Jimmi's Worldeaters WIP

[Subtle Discord]

Wow... so little time to have a look at what WIPs are being updated, but poked my nose in here. Glad I did, I'm going to enjoy having a good look from the beginning tomorrow, but have to say this is some stellar work. Can't wait to see more.

[MagicMan]

Love how you've made the snow melt around the Heralds feet, very cool. Can't wait to see these dudes all finished.

[jimmimellows]

Thanks everyone for the really kind words, it keeps me going (albeit at a very slow pace), although i'll really try to pick up the pace of updates.

 

@Alpha ptp - I use the warmachine bases which come in 30mm, 40mm and 50mm. Fenris games have a shop on ebay that sell obscure larger sizes in resin. The 30mm's are the closest you can get to the standard 25mm GW ones but theres really no advantage in the extra 5mm the way i see it. If any one ever refuses to play over it based on a 5mm discrepancy then i'll point out that the distance from the edge of my models base to its target is still the same, and that in fact, im at a disadvantage as the enemy can get more models in base to base contact! ;)

Oh, forgot to tell you where i got them. I found UK suppliers a bit of a pain so i got mine off ebay, there are quite a few about. I specifically use this chap as he is very efficient and reliable alternate_universe. Hope that helps!

 

@MagicMan - cheers, i wasn't sure if anyone would notice the intended effect of the bloodletters being "hot" (not in the sexual way) and daemonic, i'm glad it looks like i intended. Ill be doing it to all my bloodletters eventually although its less noticable on the smaller bases. Its actually really easy to do. I added some greenstuff to the surface on the base, textured it with a rock to create the ground then painted it as normal. Then you just paint a puddle of PVA around the feet, leaving the bit closest the feet untouched so it looks dry. Once the PVA goes off add the bicarb/PVA snow leaving a "border" of the PVA visible. Once thats dry knock off any excess snow then spray dullcote varnish over the hole thing. Then go back over the PVA with brush on gloss varnish to make the ice look wet, ensuring to get a bit of varnish on the overlap between the ice and snow to sort of blend the melting effect.

[SincaiN]

Looking good man. Very nice work on the poses and the snow in addition to the painting :D

[Super-Piglett]

Loving the models, hoping I can do half as good some day :P

 

Little thing, maybe the Terminator with the dude mounted on his back should have some gore running down the pole/dripping on his back?

 

Just a thought, and maybe you weren't completely finished with him.

[Emperor's Instrument]

I think these are brilliant. I especially like the blood effect that you've created, the gore on the axe of the first guy and then the dead bodies is fantastic.

[jimmimellows]

Hi all, just a quick update whilst i have the chance. Hope you all had a good christmas, mine has been very busy (in multiple respects).

 

I got a nice haul from forgeworld. My missus got me the contemptor with a multi melta and CCW, my mother got me a deimos rhino, and my sister got me some mk3 marines for a non WE related side project.

 

Anyways, i've started converting the contemptor into WE version. I used the head from an old forgeworld black legion dread which i'd stripped of paint. I had to dremel out the head space within the torso then resculpt the lip but it fits quite nicely. Ive started with the pasticard but im might use a bit of brass etch too.

I also stole the chainfist fingers from forgeworlds chaos conversion. I bought a job lot of chain bayonets off ebay to give me enough for 2 hands! As such ill be buying a second claw arm. The arms are magnetic to allow weapon swapouts.

Ive used my spare corpse from the second herald model as a trophy on the left shoulder. I sculpted some extra guts to fill the huge hole. Ill be adding a hook or chain or something to attach it to the shoulder convincingly.

I decided to do a running pose. I might tweak the planted leg a little as im unsure if the pose looks more like a stumble. Thoughts anyone?

Im dabbling with the plasma blaster in a "mid firing" pose. Ive done a little test which is not permanently attached, ive left it one the photo. Im having a job making the plasma look how i want but im struggling to find any images showing other peoples attempts. Any help or links would be appreciated!

 

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/jimmimellows/P1070986.jpg

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/jimmimellows/P1070987.jpg

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/jimmimellows/P1070988.jpg

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/jimmimellows/P1070989.jpg

 

Oh i also got my huron heavy flamer arm and dremelled off the pad, replaced it with a WE equivalent, magnetised it etc etc. It looks as follows.

 

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/jimmimellows/P1070990.jpg

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/jimmimellows/P1070991.jpg

 

and with his other loadout

 

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/jimmimellows/P1070992.jpg

 

Anyways, must dash, cheers

 

Jimmi

 

*EDIT* As you can see, i got around the incorrect base size just i case its ever an issue. By sheer fluke, the 60mm round lipped resin bases sit perfectly on top of a GW dreadnought base. A little bit of sanding and filling and you end up with a chunky roundlipped base thats perfectly legal. I quite like the chunky look, it fits the scale of the model too!

[Olis]

Sweet Contemptor - he's got a cool chainfist (the bayonets as fingers is nice and grimdark) and the flames are something I'd like to see painted up. :D

 

Also the half-Huron/khorne termie is a good use of that arm. I'm impressed by the conversion work - simple as it may be. :D

[csandvik]

That is really nice work! I look forward to seeing some more.

[jimmimellows]

Sweet Contemptor - he's got a cool chainfist (the bayonets as fingers is nice and grimdark) and the flames are something I'd like to see painted up. :D

 

Also the half-Huron/khorne termie is a good use of that arm. I'm impressed by the conversion work - simple as it may be. :)

 

Thanks, although i kind of stole the chainfist fingers idea from this conversion by forgeworld which they feature in the new Imperial armour apocalypse book. I thought they had the fingers the wrong way round though. By rotating them i think it looks like the chain fingers could actually grip onto something. I see them as a demolishing tool so they function as a knarly drill with fingers closed, but if opened, they literally explode the target from within (if that makes sense?). Should look very Khornatewhen i get a pair!!

Im pleased with the huron flamer swap too, it just seems to fit the feel of the squad nicely, and its such a nicer sculpt than the plastic termi version. I like to stick to simple kit bashes and light green stuffing as i think its quite easy to ruin a model. Saying that, the contemptor and deimos rhino will get a heavy dose of armour trim and bits, so i'll be doing some more complicated stuff soon.

Thanks for the link to the plasma effects in my other thread, i've never seen that stuff before and although some is a bit OTT, some of the effects are really nice. I'll be having a closer look and an experiment tonight with some greenstuff. Thanks.

 

csandvik - thankyou, i'll hopefully get a bit quicker with updates now christmas is over.

[jimmimellows]

Evening chaps, just another very quick update. I have a massive deadline at work in 2 weeks so my modelling is suffering somewhat......so much for a calm start to the year!

 

Anyway, my other contemptor arm arrived so ive just assembled that and shown it on the following photos. Apologies for the shocking images, i had to brighten them a bit.

 

Im looking for peoples thoughts on the models composition with a couple of Zhufor bits blue tacked in place. I want to use a spare dead commisar trophy but i already used it on the zhufor model. I may use it anyway as zhufor may not be a regular on the table top. I think combined with a couple of extra spikes covered in trophies it should look kick ass.

Ive also been playing with zhufors cape as a kind of banner. Its only tacked on but would be glued in a slightly more dynamic "wind" pattern on the final thing. What do people think, as ive been staring at the thing for a week and cant decide if its good or bad?

 

Im trying not to get too engrossed in this conversion just yet as a want to finish my termi's and bloodletters before i get onto the good stuff (contemptor, deimos rhino and prince).

Eventually ill be sculpting trim onto all the armour pads to make it more "chaotic" and i'll be sculpting worldeater symobols and fang trim to match that of the armour pads on my termi's and all the FW berzerkers i'll eventually be using. Chest will have khorne brass etch to mirror FW world eaters torso's and there will be various hooks and chains to shoulders and back, all with mutiple trophies.

 

Ive also been toying with snapped chains on each limb to represent the dreadnought being "released" from its restraints before battle.

 

Anyway, pics..........

 

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/jimmimellows/P1080037.jpg

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/jimmimellows/P1080036.jpg

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i388/jimmimellows/P1080034.jpg

 

 

More pics will be up in the next few days as ive just finished painting the claws on my unfinished termi and im adding fishing line blood drips and splatter to both him and the heralds sword. The heavy weapons guy is now basecoated red so i'll be cracking on with him next!

[Olis]

Ooh, hey, a cape! A pretty good one too! Kudos. :D

 

With the second fist the dreddy looks much more khornate, tbh, and I have to say the fingers which have the chain bits on the outside is a much better idea than the chain bits on the inside. I can just imagine him toying with a terrified guardsman using only the index chain-finger. :P

[jimmimellows]

Not an update, more of a tutorial for the people who've been asking about snow effects. I fugured i'd collate a quick step by step for both "normal" snow and the melting effect. Sorry theres no pictures, hopefully the description is enough.

 

Normal snow

 

1) Mix up some Bicarb of soda and PVA glue in a 50/50 ratio until you have a toothpaste texture. You can add a little dash of water to make the paste easier to move around on the base. DO NOT USE either woodglue and/or baking powder as they yellow over time..........and no one likes yellow snow!

 

2)Use appropriate tool (i use a sculpting tool) to drop paste onto the desired area and to push it around until your happy. I let it dry and do a few layers to get nice piles of settled snow.

 

3) On the final layer, sit your model in a tray and pile up neat bicarb over the PVA bicarb mix. Leave this to dry overnight before moving the model.

 

4) Once dry, remove model from tub and use a brush to dust off any excess powder.

 

5) Spray with matt varnish to seal it all!

 

 

Melting snow

 

1)Add some greenstuff to the surface on the base, textured it with a rock to create the ground then painted it as normal.

 

2)Paint a puddle of PVA around the feet, leaving the bit closest the feet untouched so it looks "dry" and you can see the untouched GS ground texture.

 

3)Once the PVA goes off add the bicarb/PVA snow leaving a "border" of the PVA layer visible.

 

4)Once thats dry knock off any excess snow then spray dullcote varnish over the hole thing.

 

5) Now go back over the PVA with brush on gloss varnish to make the ice look wet, ensuring to get a bit of varnish on the overlap between the ice and snow to sort of blend the melting effect.

 

6) Pat yourself on the back!

 

 

On the model front, its slow going as work is frantic at the min. I finished my 3rd termi and am halfway through my heavy weapon termi, im at the gold stage so its slow stuff. I've also nearly done 2 bloodletters and i added a lot of blood to my herald. Contemptor is no furthur on. Pics soon of the latest termi progress!

 

Cheers

[Dosjetka]

Some quite amazing Terminators you've got here! I've got one question though: how do you paint the bare skin on your models?

 

Ludovic

[DavidKits]

I know you say you plan to do up the arms so they can accept any and all the weapons mounts... but i am curious for the Butcher cannon... are you gonna wait for one to be made or how would you convert one up i'm kinda curious on how people would make it look. *nods*

[jimmimellows]

@ battle-brother Ludovic - Thanks, im really glad you like them, i'm just hoping the squad is finished soon so i can paint something bigger like my prince or dreadnought. The skin caused me real headaches on the terminator bare head. I think my final recipe was achieved with a codex grey base with a little rotten flesh mixed in. I then highlighted up through about 5 layers adding more rotting flesh each time until my final coat which is almost white (about 95% white) for extreme edge highlights. I did a couple of very watered down washes of baal red and sepia into some of the deeper flesh creases.

 

The flesh on the corpses is a basecoat of graveyard earth. I then do about 5 layers of highlights adding rotten flesh to each layer until i reach pure rotting flesh. the final layer is rotten flesh with a dab of white for extreme edges then some very watered down washes of baal red and sepia to the deep bits of flesh.

 

@Davidkits - Thanks for the comments. I have indeed made the arms magnetic below the shoulder so i can do swap outs. I'll probably only have a couple of arm options for now. I'm unsure what to do about the butcher cannon, but its one of the weapons i want purely for coolness factor. Its partially why i got the contemptor for a chaos army. I'd love to have a crack at scratchbuilding one but as you pointed out, im struggling for inspiration. I'm envisaging a beefed up reaper autocannon with extra barrels ( sort of like an assault cannon) but im still trying to come up with some solid ideas. I may end up buying the forgeworld one if its released any time soon but i doubt that. I've not seen anyone convert one yet but now you've got me curious again so i may spend my lunch on google images.

 

cheers

[malika666]

So what other units do you have planned here? I think some bikes could be very awesome! :)

[Brother Ambroz]

Jimmi I really would love to know where you to know where you got those skull-heads on your dreads!

 

Edit: Nevermind found where you told us where to get it. :confused:

[Montuhotep]

Ive also been toying with snapped chains on each limb to represent the dreadnought being "released" from its restraints before battle.

Now that is a superb idea, would make the beastie look even more dynamic.

[fivepointedstar]

I must be needing glasses or I just listen to way to much music because I thought your header was about Jimmy Eats World, not Jimmi's World Eaters lol. :confused: OT: awesome just awesome, I cannot say to much as the awesomeness has not words to match.

[AlexCrute]

Hey Jimmi, are you settled on the Contemptor's pose or are you still open to a suggestion?

[DavidKits]

I did have an idea on how to make a Butcher cannon once, if you wish i can pass you the idea i had in mind... well both of them to be honest i had 2 ideas in particular that caught my fancy, i'm still doodling pictures in rl on how to make it work. as when i get my chaos contempt I sure do want one with a butcher. not only due to cool, but i test run the rules once with it and the dreadnought knocked out 5 tanks of a space marine army over the course of the game. i might have been lucky i ill admit but it made me smile :)

[jimmimellows]

Really appreciate the comments guys, cheers

 

@malika666 - I dont really have a list planned yet, as im not a heavy gamer. Im trying to buy things that will be useable after the legions codex finally gets released. The list of things i either have, or will definately eventually will get includes the following -

 

• FW daemon prince with optional magnetic wings *got*
  
• Lord Zhufor either as himself or as a chaos lord *got*
  
• A scratchbuilt Khârn eventually (unless they release a cool model for him some time soon)
  
• 8 chosen with 5 melta loadout (magnetic due to possible obsoleteness after codex release)
  
• 5 man termi squad possibly expanded to 7 as a retinue for Zhufor/lord if i fancy it *got*
  
• 2 x bloodletter squads including the FW herald *got 1 squad and herald*
  
• 2 x 8 man berzerker squads using the FW kit and some drastic posing (hopefully a new berzerker kit will get released to make this easier)
  
• 2 x Deimos rhinos with lots of plasticard trim added *got 1*
  
• FW contemptor converted to chaos variant with magnetic arms for the following - multi melta, extra DCCW, butcher cannon *got minus butcher cannon*
  
• FW chaos contemptor with undecided magnetic weapons, when they eventually release it
  

 

I would like a proteus landraider too but i have enough to keep me going. I'm undecided on bikes and raptors so i'll hold out on those til the codex release and pick then. I'll have to seriously convert bikers if i do do them as the current kit is one of my least favorite kits ever (including the loyalist ones)

 

Just noticed, i said doo doo! lol.

 

@Tanith Ghost - yeh unfortunately its not an easily available part unless you buy the full kit. I now have a headless black legion dreadnought to find a head for ^_^ I couldnt resist butchering the model!

 

@Paladin 7221 - I was thinking the same thing for dynamism as long as i glue the chains so they look like they are slipstreaming, for want of a better word. I need to find a nice way of doing it so that it dosen't snap all the time, and so that you cant see that its suerglued into position. I may just end up using a very fine nozzle on the superglue bottle!

 

@Deathknight 2000 - Thanks for the kind words. Glad you stumbled upon my thread, even if it was due to a confusing title, lol. I can see how you got confused :)

 

@AlexCrute - I'm happy with the pose but open to suggestions by all means, so fire away. The model is glued up but i need some superglue debonder as i can't paint the detail behind my daemon princes axe, so i can always debond the dread too! That'll teach me to keep glueing things up before i see if i can get too an area with a brush.

 

@DavidKits - I'd love to hear your ideas if you don't mind sharing them. I'll give you all the kudos if i steal any of them. I agree the butcher cannon is too tempting to resist, its ubercool in both description and the stats i saw. I may even have one on each of the contemptors i have planned. Glad to hear you had some good results in game, lucky or not. I need to buy IA apoc 2 so i can get the full stats and points and have a test game myself.

 

Hopefully, provided the Yorkshire light is half decent tomorrow i'll get a few more pics of the latest termi's up. I might get a bit furthur tonight if i'm not lured by Battlefield 3!!!

 

Again, thanks for the comments chaps.

[malika666]

Very curious to see how would would do Khârn!

[jimmimellows]

I've been thinking about it for a while, i basically started this army with zhufor as a practice before attempting an inquisitor scale Khârn, using the battle brother artemis model as a base. Then i got sidetracked with the world eaters and ive never got around to it. I had a weird fantasy of winning a golden daemon with a large scale Khârn running at full pelt, and hopefully i will do the model one day. I guess a 40k scale version would be a good practice. Still unsure which bits to use to make a good Khârn. I have seen a couple of really good scratchbuilt kharns on google but i want mine to be a bit different, im toying with the idea of posing him so hes literally mid-cleave with gorechild halfway through a victims torso or something........its got to be gory for sure!