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Since I have participated in and completed my Call to Arms pledges, I've really taken a liking to the WIP subforum. As I've finished with my Chaos pledges, I've decided to finally tackle the Kroot Fatstalkers I got last year. This is a continuation of the Kroot that I first started… 14ish years ago. I painted this guy right out of high school, alongside his 15 kin that came in the Carnivore set. Teenage me did not realize that unthinned Testors model car paint was NOT the paint for 40k minis. Then came BSF, in which Dayhek Grekh was 50% of why I bought the game After Grekh was done and I started developing an interest in Kill Team (pre-Farstalkers) I decided to strip half the Carnivores, get some Kroothounds and Krootox, and paint them in the same style Since I didn’t start basing until like a year ago, I think this group still count as WIP

Well thought I might as well start a seperate one for my Nurgle daemons as slowly starting to expand more on them with how pretty bad my death guard are slowly starting on just using them as allied units but working on building a seperate daemons force so far just Rotigus and a couple of beasts but looking to add plague bearers drones and a few other Nurgle units

Since I have a WIP thread, may as well have a HoH thread for completed stuff Kroot are fun to paint

I recently started experimenting with oils, opting to smear a magenta/purple oil wash on my Great unclean one (on the tentacles, stomach and guts) with rather good results, if I do say so myself: So, yeah, oil washes are good, if you want to use them, but what if you don't? Well, have no fear, I still have some tips for you! There's a little oil wash on the back here, but much of the purple/magenta is actually done only with thinned acrylics and some washes and contrasts. AND, it was surprisingly easy, as I basically just splattered it on semi-randomly and let it dry, not caring if it dried slightly blotchy (in this case that was just a bonus, as it would look gross. On a less nurgley model, I would thin with contrast medium rather than water, to avoid splotchiness and keep the effect more subtle). My GUO did take a while to paint, but if you like it, I have some very good news for you: it didn't take very long and I didn't really do anything difficult or use any strange products or chemicals. Apart from the newly added effects, everything was done with a couple of brushes (some big cheap ones and my regular model brushes), regular GW acrylics, a couple of shades and contrasts, some sand and some Nurgle's rot for the base. I didn't do any fancy techniques like wetblending or the like either - in fact, many areas aren't really shaded or highlighted at all, if you look closely and I purposefully didn't even pick out all the little details (for artistic and laziness reasons). Here's how he looked before the oils (regrettably he's upside down, but I was living in a no-gravity environment at the time...) Assuming you like the result, I think the big thing to take away from my GUO is that painting models that are almost all skin/flesh doesn't need to be difficult at all, as long as you avoid the biggest pitfall of all: having all the skin be the same base colour, highlight and shade colour, because no matter how well you do it, it can easily come off as a bit boring and "plastic toy" looking. As far as I'm concerned, the only real key to making a big figure like this look good is to have different colours mixed in here and there, so the overall result is varied - it will look much more "natural", even if you're not a master of placing shadows and highlights, simply because real skin is not the same colour everywhere on your body (well, I assume not, I can only speak for myself, of course...). We don't get the same problem with smaller minis, simply because they're smaller, so the skin being the same colour everywhere isn't as noticeable. Here's another example: Incidentally, we see the same thing with terrain, where painting it like you would a regular miniature sometimes ends up looking worse than doing something much simpler that just looks better at that scale. But more about that in another post And to finish off, a couple of shots of some poxwalkers I'm experimenting on. One has had an all-over wash of the same purple/magenta wash taht I used on the GUO, another has had a more targeted application and the last one hasn't had any at all. As you can see, oil washes seem to have a lot of potential for painting skin and gross features, but it's not really a necessity at all, as long as you're not too afraid of putting different colours into the skin areas.

I needed a break from Scions and with the announcement of more Primaris coming down the pipe I figured I'd hold off on painting more power armour. I wanted something I could finish quickly because I don't want to get bogged down. A 1-2 day palette cleanser as it were. I've had some Nurgle kits about since Dark Imperium came out as I thought it might be fun to supplement the Death Guard in there. This has to be the most satisfying unit I've painted in such a swift time. I assembled it and primed it yesterday and got the unit painted up today. No portions required more than three steps to do and a lot of the smaller steps that aren't on all the models I managed to keep down to two steps. The details are crisp enough that it's pretty easy not to stray onto areas you don't want painted. White Primer Spray Gryph-Charger Grey Contrast Paint Athonian Camoshade wash Light Drybrush of Pallid Wych Flesh Those three steps take care of a huge portion of the model. Any sloppiness is easy to paint over or can be worked into blending up colours. Pallid Wych Flesh on the toe nails, horns, exposed bone, and teeth - The horns kind of get an edge highlight and kind of get a blend; I did it by eye. Corax White on the eyes Nuln Oil or Purple recess wash around tummy teeth. Mechrite Red on the tongues and guts (followed by Baal Red wash and Evil Sunz Red hightlight between other steps) Mechanicus Standard Grey on the swords Heavy Drybrush Administratum Grey http://i.imgur.com/tVynU8gm.jpg Only a single highlight step for the guts and that's not really an edge hightlight. Champion The head bundle was done by heavily diluting a light green paint and putting it on the heads and once it was dry hitting the entire bundle with Guilliaman Flesh contrast paint. Guts and Gut Nurgling Here's an example of the Mechrite Red - Baal Red Wash - Evil Sunz Highlight on the guts. The gut nurgling was Warpstone Green and a Thraka Green wash. I've definitely caught the bug - pun intended and wallowed in like a filthy nurgling - and I look forward to doing another unit after my next Scion unit.

Hi. As my hobby endeavours get progressively more random, and my available hobby time is on a compounding downhill trajectory, I've decided to consolidate everything into a single thread. Not that I've posted much the last couple month, or anything. I don't think I've even been to the B&C much. Just quietly chipping away at . With perhaps some new energy to share, everything shall go here. Unsorted and raw. I've managed to complete a fair share of my Oldhammer rescue backlog. Most importantly, I finished the Rhino. Couple pictures follow, most of completed models, but I intend to log further raw progress here. Also struggled through seven identical plastic plague marines from back then. Fantastically boring: Project Space Crusade was a real challenge. I made a couple bases for them. Basically plasticard and a couple old aquilas. Getting the dreadnought on an actual 40k base was significantly difficult. That thing's feet are one with its original square base. Lots of cutting, gluing, and swearing involved. In the meantime I've got the loyalist boarding party stripped, cleaned, magnetised, and have a first couple coarse base coats from my very cheap airbrush down. My wife thought they look like 'Space Police', which is an idea that I approve of heaps, hence the blue colour. Not sure if I want them to be Ultramarines or something else. Any feedback or -forward is appreciated. While the loyalists haven't been touched in a long time, team Chaos has seen completion. I honestly struggled through these. There's something about painting the exact same model a couple times, to some standard, that makes it hard. These weren't just as bad as the seven exactly identical plague marines above, but nevertheless numbing to paint. Didn't really enjoy. I'm taking a break from Oldhammering for a while. These are up next in the pipeline: stripped, cleaned, and awaiting basing, with the exception of the random trash I picked up the other month. Couple more plague bearers aren't shown, as is my Rogue Trader-era Chaos dreadnought.

Right now I'm suffering from a huge Nurgle affliction. I have a pre codex Deathguard army but hadn't done anything new for them in years. I made a Nurgle Ork, was asked by Pandorasbitzbox to paint one of his possessed (plague child), i've seen amazing Nurle work right here on B&C and then watched the Cinematic Trailer for Inquisitor Martyr with all the exciting Nurgle goodness in that. My fall was complete. For anyone that still hasn't seen the trailer.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AxuBJ0ZWoc&t=102s The Helbrute had to be made... There aren't any stills yet but there is this pic too to help... This guy has a cannon from the plague hulk but I prefer the look of the assault cannon style gun. I love all the horns on this guy and think he's a great Nurlge Helbrute. Although bizzarely ruggedly handsome. He's supposed to be a hulk not a hunk. Aside from that he's great. Here's my efforts... The horns come from the maggoth lord kit. I had that kit lying around for ages intending to do a Morback (Le Blog de Kouzes) Maulerfiend. I could see there would be a lot of spare horns but I couldn't tell which ones would be spare. I quickly put the maulerfiend together and started putting those horns to good use. The one in the trailer has a rockin' bod'. So i used a spare Daemon Prince torso to replicate this. I have also tried to get him to be taking a step like in the trailer. I'm not overly happy with this so might try again or forget the stepping all together. I thought I would use the hades autocannon from the Forgefiend but these are a little big. Then i found two Space crusade dreadnought assault cannons! Space Crusade being my first introduction to GW about 25 years ago. Here he is with the gun in place. I still need to straighten out the ends of the barrel and put some spikes on there. Possibly it's a tad long too. In the meantime I discovered the Gatling Psilencer from the Dreadknight kit could make a great end of the gun. Pandorasbitzbox has a spare he's kindly said he will give me. Although it has 7 barrels and this one 6, is that a psign? I would need to redo the whole gun but lets see. Here's a size comparison next to a kheres assault cannon that i nearly used. Got a lot of Nurgle stuff planned now. Maulerfiend Forgefiend Contemptor and I will get started on all those new Deathguard models at some point too.

Hi Everyone. I’m Givemead. I’ve been lurking, off and on, on here for a while, but I’ve finally got around to setting up an account and starting my own log. For those of you who are interested here is a bit about my hobby history: Hidden Content I have been in and around the hobby for something over 30 years (my first White Dwarf was issue 110 in February 1989). I started out in Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, moving on to Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd edition and then EPIC. I have only ever dabbled in playing WH40K but have been enamoured with it since those early days, first with Rogue Trader and on through the editions, I think I’m right in saying I have played a game in every edition but I’m not 100% on that! Before 3rd edition I’d not really collected a 40K army having only inherited a (mainly Harlequins) Eldar army from a friend who emigrated to America, but had added quite a bit to that with aspect warriors and other troops. 3ed was when I fell into the clutches of the dark gods and, inspired by the new codex at the time, started collecting chaos space marines. Things got more serious around 2007/8 when I decided that I’d had enough of collecting and painting at random and that I should make a concerted effort to get an army painted. I took part in the Tale of 40K Painters over on Warseer for several years and have as a result quite a large chaos army painted up – mainly daemons and within that mainly Nurgle (including about 40 of the last version of plaguebearers made in metal). In later years I did a bit more of the chaos marines; some 1K sons, a Hellbrute, a defiler, some plague marines and Warp Talons. Then for some reason I decided I wanted an army that I could finish (Ha, what a joke!) so I started collecting and painting a Tau Empire army. This was when the Riptide and other plastics were released. And I stuck at it for quite a while, through to the Stormsurge/Ghostkeel release when I bit off more than I could proverbially chew and I lost my hobby mojo, for the Tau at least, trying to convert the Stormsurge to have an enclosed cockpit. I forget the exact sequence of events but it was about then that GW release 8th edition, Dark Imperium and followed quickly on with the Death Guard. And with that I was back in thrall to chaos! Over the last year I’ve been having a few real life things that have meant that I haven’t had a huge amount of time to devote to the hobby, but the end is in sight and in short order I should be in a much better position for hobby time. If you have read this far then good on you. I’ll shut up now and get to the point. I want to have a real go at tackling my Death Guard, especially as I got the Infection Cluster battleforce at Christmas (not to mention the backlog). There may be other chaos stuff thrown in at some point just for good measure. First up a pic of the last good sized chunk of chaos models I painted, circa 2012/13; a Hellbrute and cultists, some plague marines and Warp Talons. Also some daemons; plaguebearers (the last metal ones), some screamers and plague drones (with riders converted from the metal plaguebearers). This next pic is the Death Guard from the first pic. They are mostly based on the old metal plague marine models that I think are about 17 years old now. One of the plasma gunners is from the slightly later havocs set, which was probably circa 2004. The icon bearer is built from plastic CSM bits plus some goodies that I had in my bits box. I'm not sure I want to do the new Death Guard the same way, not least of all because I remember the paint scheme I went with on these old ones was quite a lot of work, but I’ll expand on my thoughts later. Some more recently painted stuff now, from last year; an additional 3 plague drones, giving me 7 in total: These plague drones aren’t based yet (basing is something I want to explore a bit and get some feedback on). As mentioned above I have quite a few of the most recent Death Guard models, but I also have more old metal ones. Something that was bothering me when thinking about how I would tackle the old metal guys was that there has been a marked increase in size with the new models compared with previous versions. They are great models with masses of detail, but they're big. I thought about this quite a bit and decided that the main problem was that their legs are rather short and weedy in comparison with the new models but their torsos and heads are not so bad. I decided to saw the legs off the metal models and use Mk3 armour the metal torsos. I’ve got some of the metal havoc torsos and have used the Mk3 legs for them as well. This gave me the opportunity to boost the height more by putting filler in between the legs and torso. They are now much the same sort of height as the new ones: The hybrids may not have quite the same bulk as the new models but they will blend in much more now. It has been quite a bit of work but quite satisfying. I am now at the stage where I have 17 hybrids (including 3 FW resin torsos (how I came to have these I don’t know)). Here are some of them: The next problem to tackle is the bulk of the old models for which I think I will just use some plasticard at the shoulders and use arms and shoulder pads from the new multi part marines. I’ll also need to do so creative gap hiding around the waist area, but I’m sure my bits box is up to the task. In my next post I’ll show you where I’d got to with my poxwalkers.

THE ORDER OF THE ROTTEN HEART Penned by Inquisitor Vivian Drasquette Excerpts retrieved from interrogation session of [EXPUNGED] at [DATE UNKNOWN] =][= SEALED BY ORDER OF THE INQUISITION, TO BE VIEWED WITH ORDO HERETICUS PERMISSION ONLY =][= I should start this document by stating that the information contained within is not to be shared with anyone beneath Inquisitorial Clearance Level 3. If it became known that the holy warriors of the Adeptas Sororitas were vulnerable to Chaotic corruption, the results would be truly disastrous. All combat personnel below this level who encounter them are to be instructed they are facing traitor guardswomen bearing pillaged armour from loyal Battle Sisters, and to be mind-scrubbed if necessary. +++ ORIGINS +++ The Heretic Sororitas Order known as the Rotten Heart were once known as the Order of the Virtuous Deed. Originally based on the shrine/agri-world of Karidad within Segmentum Obscurus, the Sisters of the Virtuous Deed were known across the sector for their selflessness and generosity, as often performing charitable work and helping to rebuild war-ravaged worlds as waging battle. Karidad was a largely waterlogged world within the optimum inhabitable zone (if a little close to its parent star), with a mostly tropical climate and landmasses consisting predominantly of island chains. A large exporter of food for the sector, the population was somewhat impoverished due to various factors, including labyrinthine Administratum errors leading to the planet not receiving the correct monetary tithes for its food output. Between this, the fairly low technology base of the world's people and the sudden appearance of the Cicatrix Maledictum cutting it off from the blessed Astronomicon and leaving it stranded in the Imperium Nihilus, the Order was hard pressed to maintain some semblance of the rule of law. Nevertheless, it must be noted that the efforts they made to keep the far-flung world in the fold of the Imperium whilst also caring for its inhabitants was commendable, which makes their fall far more tragic. The Order was headed by Canoness Ramza Dalisay, an experienced leader and great philanthropist, whose belief in the importance of kindness and protecting the weak was inspirational to all who met her, and shaped the beliefs of the Order- and also brought them to their downfall. Whilst the exact date is unknown, some time around Mortarion's Plague Wars, an otherwise unassuming meteorite descended upon the world. It was far too small to cause any planetary damage, and indeed most of it burnt up in the atmosphere, but it is believed that this meteorite was somehow tainted with a foul daemonic prion. A few mere days afterwards, sickness began to spread across the world. Crop yields failed, the usually bountiful harvests being riddled with disease. Livestock were struck down with hideous deformities. Water became foetid and undrinkable. Before long, the entire planet was starving, with all forms of sustenance being seemingly contaminated. Naturally, the Order was quick to act, doing what they could to support the communities and putting the people's needs before their own. But they were few in number, and what resources they had were stretched thinly; they too were dependent on the produce of the world's farmers. It was on the 7th week of this ordeal that the plagues began to spread to the people. Various infections and diseases were noted, but the most common was what is now known to be the Walking Pox strain known as “Crooked Curse”. Causing bones to warp and joints to misalign, sufferers became horrifically crippled and in constant pain. The resulting plague spread quickly and soon a third of the world's population was incapacitated. Despite having only three Sister Hospitalers on the entire planet, Canoness Ramza declared that the Order would do their absolute best to cure the disease and save their beloved planet from the ravaging sickness. Hospitals were set up and Sisters were deployed to every settlement they could reach. The sick were quarantined, but cared for by the Sisters, and the healthy were routinely monitored for any sign of ailment. Alas, it did not take long for the situation to break down. In spite of the utmost care being taken to maintain quarantine procedures, before long the infections began to spread outside the care centres- and worse still, to the Sisters themselves. Cut off from the wider Imperium, with scant resources and mounting death tolls, despair began to drive itself deep into the souls of the Sisters of the Virtuous Deed. Within three months the entire population was infected, and three quarters of the Order had been contaminated. With a heavy heart, Ramza was forced to recall the survivors back to the fortress-shrine of Puregrove. Sadly, even here there was no escape from the tide of contagion that had consumed the once-verdant world. And on the seventh month of the catastrophe, every single Sister and Order serf was infected with some manner of plague. The world was a charnel house of decay and misery, and there seemed to be no escape for the Sisters of the Virtuous Deed. Through spasms of agony, they prayed to the Emperor for relief, for an end to the suffering. Their prayers did not go unanswered- but not by the Emperor. Instead, the Daemon of Nurgle known as Botarax the Blightbringer materialized within the central sanctum of Puregrove, and offered Ramza and her Sisters an ultimatum- either die in excruciating agony, or submit to the God of Decay and be released from pain. She accepted the offer of the Daemon, and the entire Order was damned. Every single Sister that still lived was transfigured into a living idol of entropy and pestilent fecundity. Invigorated with the power of the Plague God, and having seen the “beneficence” of Grandfather Nurgle firsthand, they pledged themselves to him mind, body and soul. The Order of the Virtuous Deed was no more- now they were the Order of the Rotten Heart. Emerging from the ruins of their fastness, they gathered the populace- now a mixture of plague cultists and Poxwalkers- and delivered a blasphemous sermon, denouncing Him and declaring unholy war upon the Imperium. The assorted rabble of the damned were herded onto their now-tainted spacecraft, and the Order abandoned the world on a dark pilgrimage, to spread decay and plague wherever they went. +++CURRENT ACTIVITIES+++ The Rotten Heart has been confirmed as operating with the Death Guard Vectorium known as the Congregation of Filth (formerly the Iron Hands successor chapter the Knights Penitent), and are regularly witnessed together on the battlefield; where one force appears, the other is inevitably close behind. Most notably they have been sighted as assisting with the operation of the “Carnicropolis” disease factory/human livestock plantation on the tainted world of Molus III. Forces of the 188th “Tangmyr Hunters” Astra Militarum regiment and the Raven Guard successor chapter the Emperor's Warhawks have faced heavy losses against them in recent years. +++NOTABLE PERSONALITIES+++ The former Canoness Ramza Dalisay's current status is unknown. Multiple Imperial Assassins claim to have eliminated her, and her followers claim she is very much alive. In addition, there have been multiple individuals claiming to be Ramza, including at least two Daemon Princesses. It is hypothesized that this is a deliberate ruse intended to spread confusion amongst Imperial forces, but the actual status of the true Ramza is a mystery. The current and most frequently sighted battlefield leader of the Order of the Rotten Heart is known as Grandmother Masakita Mabuloka. Though she appears to be physically frail and clearly of great age, she has been observed as being frighteningly strong and resilient, clearly as a result of Nurgle's favour. There have been other leaders encountered in confrontations with the Rotten Heart, however, most notably the Daemon Princess Ur'bloth the Bountiful (notable for her repulsive spawn which she produces which follow her at all times), the tripartite priestesses of Nurgle known as the “Sisterhood of the Harvest” (consisting of the Arch-Deacon Ibilia Vitiso and her younger sisters Xama and Clori), and the entity known only as Mortilatia (who appears to be clad in heavily modified Terminator armour). This is in addition to the many who have referred to themselves or been referred to by others as Ramza. Other notable figures within the Order include Sister-Butcher Hegritha Klommox, Plaguesmith Cereties Gorg, and the infamous “Blighted Siren”. +++ORGANIZATION+++ The Order is not especially large and is heavily bolstered by Nurgle cults and renegade Astra Militarum contingents. Generally speaking, a Rotten Heart operation will consist of a relatively small number of traitor Sororitas commanding other forces. The Plague Sisters of the Order are generally equipped for long-range combat, utilizing their lesser pawns as meat shields. Notably, the former Retributor squads make extensive use of Heavy Bolters, though other weapons have been witnessed in use as well. The Order of the Virtuous Deed was never particularly well supplied, and most of their original vehicle fleet has long since fallen into disrepair. As such they are largely an infantry-based force, with most of their vehicles being plundered from Imperial storage. +++NOTABLE ASSETS+++ Despite being relatively poorly equipped prior to their fall, the Rotten Heart has access to a number of rare assets of war materiel. Most notably, they were a very rare example of a Sororitas Order in possession of a Dreadnought, to be exact the incredibly scarce Castra Ferrum-Ignea pattern which was designed explicitly for the Sisters of Battle. The current occupant is unknown. In addition, the “Plague Dogs” warband splintered from the former 43rd Vastivian regiment of the Astra Militarum, which works closely with the Order, possess a tainted Mars-pattern Baneblade, which is often sighted alongside the Rotten Heart. Having had to replace a great deal of their existing vehicle inventory, the Order does not use many Sororitas vehicles. They do, however, utilize corrupted vehicles taken as spoils of war from foes and also a small amount of Daemon engines, many of which appear to be based on tainted agricultural machinery. Most prominent amongst these are the insectoid constructs known as Carrion Mites, which appear to be somewhat based on the Venomcrawler design, and the loathsome creations known as Thresherfiends, a former grain harvesting device twisted and perverted into a foul engine of war. A great deal of the weaponry utilized by the Rotten Heart is Bolt based, with Heavy Bolters being a particularly favoured weapon amongst the Order. Other non-Sororitas-standard weapons have been incorporated into their armoury for other roles such as anti-armour, and some Plague Sisters have been sighted wielding “Fumigator Guns”, modified Flamer weapons loaded with poisonous chemicals instead of Promethium. +++TACTICS+++ The Order's tactics are largely based on ranged combat and weight of firepower, using screens of lesser minions to protect their gunline and drowning the enemy in bodies and ammunition. Due to their “blessings” they are extremely resilient and can tolerate an absurd amount of punishment before expiring, with some Plague Sisters being able to take blows that would slay an Astartes. They also make use of psychological warfare to some extent- though how much of this is intentional as opposed to a side effect of their twisted attempts at “charity” is unknown. Civilian areas captured by the Order are usually “tended to” by the rearguard of the force, with disease and sickness consuming the populace with a grim inevitability. They have also been observed using the dead of both sides for a variety of purposes, ranging from blasphemous rituals to rations and biological weapons. There have been reports of them summoning Daemons of Nurgle to the field, but these are usually difficult to confirm and may have been summoned by their allies in the Congregation of Filth. +++CONCLUSION+++ The Order of the Rotten Heart is a dire threat to the safety of the Imperium that I fear has been overlooked in the face of other, more obvious threats such as Hive Fleet Goliath and the Legion of Vice. It is my considered opinion that we should be focusing our efforts on fighting them and their allies, lest they grow to become a truly fearsome enemy indeed. (OOC details for those wishing to run a Rotten Heart force for some reason)

It's time of the year and Papa Nurgle is bring us his Christmas gifts. I am thinking about what DG goods I could get for myself. I only have models from the DI box so I wanted to get some from the releases that we've had since then. I am certain that I am getting the Blight-hauler and the ETB Lord Felthius and cohort but I wanted to get something else. I don't want Mortarion just yet as I only play games with few points and also I'm still fairly new at painting and he seems a very complicated model. Therefore I am also excluding the Deathshroud as I feel they should be in an army with their Primarch. However, I was considering either the Blightlord terminators or one or two of the other single model units: Biologous Putrifier, Foul Blightspawn, Plague Surgeon or Tallyman. I think I would have fun painting any of them but I wonder how they perform in the TT. Terminators seem like a no-brainer but I haven't heard/read anything about those units. Any ideas/advice? Thanks in advance!