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Heretical Battle-Brother

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With the release of the heresy betrayal book ive decided its tume to begin a new army, something a bit different to all of my previous ones as well as one which is unique thus, i begin my death guard army.

Ive enjoyed playing deathguard for a while now (as a CSM army) and love their resilience and toughness, so i figured why not take it back to their roots and create an army from where it all began..

With my forgeworld shipment arriving late monday night consisting of a MkII marine legion, deimos predator, death guard contemptor dreadnought with two assault cannons as well as some death guard shoulder pads i was intially awed by the forge world level of detail to their models, and pretty much dropped everything (after jumping up and down squiling like a schoolgirl for a couple of minutes) and began to make the models:

The bag of goodies:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8263/8676004701_848aa95dc0.jpg

The first marine, did a bit of work on his left hand, changed it so he looks like hes reloading:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8536/8676001499_ec1c0e84f9.jpg

A few others and all the work so far:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8675998111_60ffd85b1c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8524/8675991273_4d12641202.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8402/8675987477_012ecd07f8.jpg

Next up, the contemptor and a few more marines.. plus hopefully some paint schemes to decide which one i prefer

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Cheers for the feedback guys. yeah it is pretty expensive, however due to the fact i live in australia and the exchange rates are pretty good, it only equated out to be around $80 more or so than normal games workshop stuff, so i cant really complain in that department.

Anyway last night i began work on the contemptor dreadnought.

I was (and still somewhat are) unsure about a pose for him so i thought, to maximise the options i would make some modifications to the model to make posing him easier..

Firstly i magnetised the arms so i can change them later on if i wish, as well as change the angle.

I started by getting the 'forearm' joint from the assault cannon pack and drilling out the main section of it, which attaches to the shoulder joint of the contemptor:

Before:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8531/8680264392_5c9009886b.jpg

After:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8538/8680244242_3aec2c98b0.jpg

Then i polished it up so the magnet would fit flush to the origional face of the joint and glued it in, ensuring glue was on the sides as well as base of the forearm joint for added strength. Heres a comparison of the origional to the magnetised:

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8113/8680250862_c323c8ac3c.jpg

Finally, i got the shoulder joint and simply glued a magnet into the recess. this would make the arm slightly longer than origional however it maintains the structural integrity of the shoulder joint, i was very generous with the glue when attaching it however if it disconnexts i may need to green stuff it in in future. (note care was taken to ensure the magnet was centralised in the recess so the arm doesnt look disjointed):

 

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8521/8679138183_ff2cdbb6c6.jpg

 

Next i decided to see if it would be possible to make the shoulder joint flexible to move on a pinned rod behind it, and it was.

so step 1 was to drill a hole in the back of the shoulder joint like so:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8383/8679195225_6ca45fdee7.jpg

Next step i cut a piece of paper clip a bit longer than the width of the shoulder joint and fed it through like so:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8523/8680292732_49017e9abe.jpg

Next i drilled two holes in the shoulder piece in the basic area where i hypothesised the pins to connect through, note the angle is pretty awkward but the pins dont need to go too deep so it shouldnt matter too much.

Furthermore i added 'tracks' for the pins to slide into their housings like so:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8401/8680297718_78df9b898f.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8680302196_7d7dc4d6ed.jpg

Then using a bit of elbow grease i forced the shoulder joint into the position (due to the resin being softer than plastic it goes in quite easily)

heres some after shots of it extended and retracted:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8394/8679178779_5c1136da28.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8679197335_fb56b40f64.jpg

 

heres the final arm with the magnetised arms and hinges:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8398/8679181159_23a8eaf3cf.jpg

 

Hopefully i can keep up this amount of work and photos :)

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Only a small update today, finished teh contemptor which im pretty happy about, currently working on teh next batch of 10 marines and a master of signal model using one of the master of the chapter models (grrr metal)

no painting yet, still waiting for an airbrush piece so i can get that up and running...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8681755111_310f99d002.jpg

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Love the pose on the dread, reminds me of a guy strafing a target. But, then again, that was probably your intention.

cheers, yeah i wanted to model my force to look like their just relentlessly moving forward, picking off targets as they go, somewhat like the british redcoats

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Progress!

Finished the first squad, wow it finally hit me how many marines this army is going to consist of haha.

Furthermore i started working on the Master of Signal as well as my first Predator..

Now whilst i continue to wait for my airbrush piece, ive started painting the bolters up and working on my battle damage..

MkII tactical squad

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8121/8684883771_4aedafc91d.jpg

Master of Signal. im still toying around with the weapon layout, thinking of interchanging a powersword and chainsaw with magnets,slightly difficult with no bits box to speak of

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8539/8684881451_b6f84218c3.jpg

 

Finally a family photo:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8402/8684885561_42e01fd8f9.jpg

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Hey brother could' nt see the pictures in this post.sad.png

hmm are you sure? theyre showing up on my screen.. anyone else having troubles?

Anyway progress!

Work on the predator has begun and almost finished, however i was a bit dissapointed that FW sent me the wrong turret hatch (i recieved a second thick hull hatch instead of a turret hatch wallbash.gif )

Anyway as usual i magnetised the sponsons and turret guns, so i can get the most from my models, heres how some if it was done:

firstly, the tank spent a lot of time in a warm bath, straightening out the somewhat 'flacid' barrels :P

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8543/8695430546_64ebd36680.jpg

Once that was done i drilled out both the barrel back and turret slot, as shown

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8266/8694309075_38fa0dc054.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8263/8694324475_26c6d2ec11.jpg

Onto the sponsons. i cut these two 'pins' short and attached magnets to the top and bottom, my idea was that the magnetic force of the two is strong enough to hold the gun in place.. (note: bottom 'pin' is on the left, the wires which connect to the back of the gun was cut however, to make it easily interchangable between lascannon and heavy bolter. The pin on the left is the sponson targetters)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8259/8694322801_3b68ebec92.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8121/8694320839_e069eac28c.jpg

Next i gave the sponsons a trial run and discovered that although the magnetic force of the magnets was evident, however it wasnt strong enough in my opinion.

to fix this i hollowed out the resin between the magnets to strengthen the pull which worked well

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8404/8695436836_bc239bb4f5.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8538/8694318729_80bca45d94.jpg

once this was done to all guns i ensured they worked well, however the tail of the lascannon looks a tad bland, might have to add something there, suggestions would be welcomed.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8403/8694315419_f4cb2932db.jpg

The tank so far, tracks will be added after painting, love the look of it however, very menacingpirate.gif

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8124/8694312919_93ab94fcee.jpg

anyway ive undercoated some trial marines so i can get a scheme right which i like, as well as started painting the bolters, getting some practice on tasteful battle damage before i do it on my beloved marines..

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its meant to have power cables running to it from the lower attatchment, if you check the pictures of the Typhon on FW's website  you can see them,

yep, however due to magnetising i couldnt connect them to the bottom of the sponson, however ive changed it around a bit so theres still cabling at the back and still looks good (in my opinion).

Ill post pictures on the next update :)

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Ok a long time between updates, got weighed down by assignments and family commitments so not a lot has been done unfortunately, however heres what i have managed to do:

Firstly i finished my Master of Signal model, nothing too special but im pretty happy about the outcome, he definately stands out which was the desired effect:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7374/8719955000_b5d3a5db4c.jpg

i converted the boltgun to have a laser designator attached which connects to his backpack, this represents his ability to call in an irbital bombardment..

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7425/8718836023_4027a9f7ef.jpg

 

Next the airbrush adapter finally arrived so ive started painting the contemptor body, airbrushing is gunna take a bit of getting used to i think haha..
anyway ive only done the base coat and and wash so far, but im pretty happy about it so far:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7309/8719956122_309dabecbd.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7348/8719957030_f7e56f4873.jpg

Finished one of the Kheres Assualt Cannons:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7392/8718834417_fd1a93d543.jpg

 

Also the Contemptor Head and Base which im pretty happy with:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7333/8719957142_7b27c06d81.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7415/8719957914_2bcf4f8a0f.jpg

Hopefully theres more frequent updates once uni settles down..

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ok so finished the contemptor (minus 1 arm) which im pretty happy about, i practiced some weathering on the legs with the airbrush which i think turned out pretty well, as well as some new battle damage techniques, anyway, you be the judge:
before the weathering and head:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7350/8724224319_7ca5a9cb5d.jpg

everything else:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/8725346522_555ed9e301.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7458/8725347504_e7344b1f6d.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/8724228157_e11af77606.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7431/8724225035_913e2a626f.jpg

Now some closeups on the weathering:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7400/8724228613_b3a311681f.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7347/8724225669_af14384e39.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7302/8724223459_a53567e0b3.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7405/8724222837_3149522815.jpg

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I really like your style Heretical! This is a very promising project and will make sure to follow it closely!

 

I just really like pre-heresy Death Guard - who would have thought? :D

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