paz Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 First B&C post! I've been playing a lot of xenos and daemon armies lately, so I felt it was about time to get back to some good old Astartes action. With the release of the red wake and the condemptor dread from ForgeWorld, I finally knew what chapter I wanted to play, the Carcharodons Astra, or Space sharks. I love scenic bases, and the description in the Badab war part II, of the Sharks massacring the Mantis Warriors, sounded like something I wanted to reproduce. 2 Figs built so far, Tyberos and the Condemptor Dread. Tyberos, about deliver the coup de grâce to a separatist Mantis warrior. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7290095.jpg I like The Red Wake's helmet, but I think his victim's last sight should be Tyberos' pale face, black eyes, and sharpened teeth. Head is made from a marauder horseman head and the mouth from a possessed marine head. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7290097.jpg Not all the bases will have mantis warriors on them, just the big ones. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7290096.jpg The Condemptor. How cool is this Dread? Super poseable, and I magnetized the right arm for many diff. weapons options. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7290091.jpg Another poor mantis warrior http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7290093.jpg Custom Heavy twin linked bolter arm, just for fun (does anyone use a TL Bltr?) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7290094.jpg The kit is highly detailed http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7290092.jpg And so it begins! I will be running lots of Terminators, scouts, land speeder storms, and assault marines in this force, using vanilla marine codex with Tyberos chapter tactics. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7290098.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sword brethren Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 looking great, i love the head conversion on the red wake. any chance of a closer look at the heavybolter, it looks brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Hey man, both of those guys look really menaceing, and will look awesome once completed. It's good to see you've got your comtempter shoulders, have to wait on mine :) . really looking forward to see what else you come up with. Cheers, Jono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paz Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 Grotsmasha- You won`t like this, but they sent me 4 shoulders. Must be learning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightHunters Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Out frickin standing Marine! Really impressive skills on display here, the wakes head, 100% on the money, the poses for both, don't think can be bettered, the poor unfortunates caught in the action look be suffering greatly ( as Befitting traitors, albeit unwitting ones) and the TLHB arm is very well done although not a great choice on the table as mentioned. Looking forward to more! there must be more! That is all. FTE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Holy :D . That Tyberos is insanely scary! Awesome job, these guys look sick as hells! *Runs screaming in terror* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Very nice stuff! Great use of the fallen marine markers as well, really gives the models character! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Grotsmasha- You won`t like this, but they sent me 4 shoulders. Must be learning! Nooooooo......stupid Forgeworld........you can neverhave enough bitz I guess Cheers, Jono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machinepriest Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Welcome to the forum :) Great choice of Chapter. I see the Carcharodons are getting quite popular. Tyberos head looks very menacing! Hope to see some paint on these guys soon :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorns Padawan Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Welcome to the B&C! Cracking way to introduce yourself on here, truely excellent stuff so far. Love the Tyberos head, very well put together! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan vener Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 i would love the tyberos model but there is a fluff problem. quote from IA 10 "never seen outside of his archaic suit of terminator armor, his face when revealed was a corpse white nightmare with half the bones of his face exposed in a bloodless grimace, while his eyes were a soulless, depthless black." although if his face was changed to match it would be awesome. still like the conversion though. sorry if this seems like a bad welcome from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimdarkness Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Very cool very very cool. Only thing is are they supposed to be in the same pose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loketh Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 These guys are absolute BEASTS! Great poses, great conversions. I love the extra touch of having the bladed dorsal fins on the shoulders of the armor and I'd love to see that motif carried through the entire force. They look awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trysanna Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Very impressive. I really like that the Carcharodons are getting a lot of attention, and I think you have done these models justice. I am very impressed with Tyberios, he look brutal! Cannot wait to see them painted. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Scipio Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Very awesome. I also like that the Imperial Armour books create a lot of love for the lesser played/know offical chapters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daismith906 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Amazing work each mini has alot of character. How hard was it to magentise the arms? did you do it at the bicep joint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 and the mouth from a possessed marine headI knew that mouth looked familiar. Great conversion, and I love the dynamic poses (and victims). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitsplitta Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 As a Mantis Warrior player... I highly approve. Well done man! Looking forward to seeing this army develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Adams Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 Dude, that face conversion may be the cleanest I have ever seen! I hated that tyberos model from the first time I saw it, but your conversion is amazing, Top Notch Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paz Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 So I had some free time this long weekend, knuckled down, and got some base coating done! The army as it stands, first base coat, still lots to do. The recent addition of scouts helps. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7310107.jpg These ironically were scouts I had started painting as Astral Claws, just before the badab books came out, based on BoLS' AC color scheme ( a sand yellow with tiger stripe patterns). Now they serve the loyalists! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7310106.jpg I was worried Tyberos would have too cluttered of a base with the prone Mantis Warrior, but I think once he is in a big meaty squad of terminators, itll look better as a centrepiece model. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7310102.jpg This model gets sexier the more time I spend painting it. After seeing the super condemptor with 2 gats and some missiles, I may need a couple... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7310101.jpg Different view of the Heavy bolter. SOOOO many random bitz used here folks, so many... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7310100.jpg I magnetized the arm just above the elbow, where it meets the shoulder. After seeing that heavy conversion beamer and plasma cannon, I'm glad I did! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7310099.jpg Tasting blood, the sharks move in for the feeding Frenzy!!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/shadow/P7310108.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paz Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 1000 heathens- thats the effect I was going for, thanks! Doghouse- high praise indeed bro, thanks Machine priest- Well you can only have yourself to blame! I saw your blog when you first started, got me inspired! I hope you see it as flattery and not stealing :P ShanV- I haven't had a chance to read the full fluff for him yet, what I picked up was that he had a gaunt face, black eyes, and a rictus-like grin with ivory looking rows of teeth. I shant be changing it, but thanks for the fluff input! Grimdarkness- something I also only noticed after building them. Tyberos' pose is preset, but how I positioned the Dread's legs dictated his upper body tilt, which just so happened to coincide partially with Tyberos' upper body. Loketh- I wanted to make my shark dread look diff, as I know the guys running the badab war campaign at my FLGS would get some, which inspired me to add one to Tyberos. I think if I keep it minimalist it can help cement the shark aesthetic without going "space wolves wolf talisman of wolf" all up'n'ere. Daismith- Easy to magnetize actually! a medium magnet slots just into the shallow space for the arm to shoulder joint, then a smaller one and a ring of plasticard and bam, she's good. Everyone else: thanks for the warm comments and welcomes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azeikel Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Very nice :P I love the posing and inventive use of the casualty figures. I think i might steal that... Looking forward to seeing more from you. Azeikel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring-around-the-roses Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 With those models, you've just convinced Abaddon to give up. He knows its pointless, and the UM are as we speak fleeing to their Primarch, praying for something as cool as that. And failing to get a answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daismith906 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Amazing work cant wait to see more, this army will look the nutz on the game table. Cheers for the reply about the magnets, my contemptor came yesterday so will make a start on in asap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sword brethren Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 they look fantastic, i really really like Tyberos, send a pic to GW, if i were them i would show that conversion on the whats new page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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