Khorne's Eternal Hunt - KrautScientist's chaotic WIP thread 2024: Baby steps...

[DuskRaider]

I LOVE that World Eater! I've always wanted to try Bertrayer's recipe for them, at the very least for Kill Team. How do they stack up to the new Death Guard and Thousand Sons height-wise? I'm not sure if you have either, but if so I'd love to see a scale shot. Great work as always, Kraut.

[the emperor is scottish]

Awesome stuff Kraut really love the bloodwarrior conversions.
Was the first picture just a case of cutting the legs of at the knee and pinning on a set of Mk111 legs?

[KrautScientist]

Cheers, guys! :)

 

@ Gederas: Yes, like I said, it's probably ideal for 40k World Eaters, but can be a bit of a problem for 30k models where there's less of a scale creep and uniformity is still kind of a thing ;)

 

@ Eldrick Shadowblade: If you look closely, you'll see that there's already a skull on a spike, and I think I'll leave it at that, because it's still a 30k World Eater, after all.

 

@ DuskRaider: They should end up being around the same height, really, but of course the Mk. III legs are still the same proportions as before (i.e. slightly thinner than the Plague Marine legs). I might be able to take a comparison picture for you later.

 

@ The emperor is scottish: Exactly. I'm not trying to be snarky here, but I actually tried to explain it with words in this post ;)

[hushrong]

Yep, going to have to go off and but some blood warriors! Thanks for the tutorial and the image!

[the emperor is scottish]

Ah ok. I thought the tutorial you put up was for how you made your Khârn and not the Esca looking guy.

[KrautScientist]

@ hushrong: Cheers, mate!

 

@ the emperor is scottish: Oh yeah, the tutorial picture is for my Khârn. The guy with the jump pack, however, was made by grafting the lower legs of a plastic Mk. III Marine to the upper legs of a Blood Warrior -- there, I hope that clears it up!

 

In fact, here are the promised scale comparisons that should make it even clearer:

 

Fig. 1: A standard "old timey" Marine with my Khârn conversion (Blood Warrior torso, Mk. III legs) and the new jump pack guy (Blood Warrior torso, legs spliced together):

 

 

Fig. 2: The same two World Eaters with a Primaris Marine:

 

 

Fig. 3: And, finally, with one of the Plague Marines (from the Dark Imperium box):

 

 

When looking at the pictures, keep in mind that Khârn and the Primaris Marine are completely based, which makes them look slightly taller than they actually are, whereas the jump pack World Eater has a slightly crouched pose.

 

Anyway, hope this helps!

Edited July 24, 2018 by KrautScientist

[Quixus]

Wow NuMarines are tall. Excellent kitbashes

[the emperor is scottish]

Really love your Esca looking guy man. Give him a bandoiler of rad grenades and boom! Lol Edited May 21, 2018 by the emperor is scottish

[Gederas]

I love how your Khârn is STILL almost as tall as the Primaris :lol:

 

Those two methods work so well for making World Eaters look intimidating. Though with the knee-down replacement, I feel that I'm going to end up using pins to strengthen the join.

[Eldrick Shadowblade]

Ah! I think the black washed it out. I didn't even notice it till you pointed it out. I really enjoy the hybrid berserkers. Hope they release a new kit soon. I think i was in undergrad the last time they released some beserkers

[Gederas]

Hmm... I have 20-some-odd Blood Warriors, and the entire Mark III set from Burning of Prospero.

 

Well, I know what I'm doing with my Berzerkers :lol:

[KrautScientist]

Thanks a lot, guys! :)

 

@ the emperor is scottish: Cheers, mate -- I think you mean Skane, though, not Esca ;)

 

So, I've just returned from a hobby session over at my friend Annie's house, and I do think I've managed to conclude the construction phase on my duel diorama. Have a sneak peek:

 

 

 

As always, let me know what you think! :)

[Atia]

Looking great so far :)

[Gederas]

Love the dynamism of the posing.

 

When I first saw the Ultramarine on the base, I was like "wait, where's the World Eater?" Then I scrolled down to the second picture and was like "ooooh" :lol:

 

I hope that's going to be pinned, 'cause that looks like a lot of weight on a small area.

[hushrong]

Oh that warms the soul! Absolutely love that diorama and the World Eater just looks perfect landing on his new floor mat!

[Gederas]

Actually, looking at this new World Eater and your 30k Khârn, I need to ask:

 

Kraut, have you checked to see what helmets fit in the Blood Warriors' torsos? Because I noticed you've used the FW World Eaters upgrade helmets with these, and they seem to fit quite well? Do any other helmets fit decently in the Blood Warriors?

 

I ask, because I have 20 of the multipart ones and was wondering if I'd be able to use regular Chaos Marine/Berzerker helmets with the torsos.

[Pearson73]

Excellent work, I'm looking forward to seeing some paint on this.

[Sagentus]

Dam kraut that looks absolutely amazing Edited May 23, 2018 by Sagentus

[Kierdale]

The duel is looking excellent! :tu:

Great posing!

[KrautScientist]

Cheers, guys! Glad you like the mockup so far! I am actually rather excited by how it's coming along, if I do say so myself

 

@ Gederas: Oh yeah, there are pins present in several places: One will anchor the Ultramarine to the base, while another one runs through the Ultramarine's entire torso, and through a good part of the World Eater's leg -- let's hope it'll be enough!

 

As for your question regarding the helmets, my gut reaction is that it might work, but it might also be a bit of a tight fit. I can try it out later, though, and post an update accordingly.

 

For now, I've just undercoated the whole base, which should make it a bit easier to make sense of the whole ensemble:

 

 

And since I am not sure whether that came across in the earlier pictures, the base is actually one of those "Horus Heresy Character Series"-style modular affairs:

 

 

The idea behind this was that the smaller base would probably make it easier to actually use the World Eater in a game (as a praetor or something similar).

 

As for the Ultramarine, I was a bit worried initially that he might end up looking a bit too vanilla, but I do think he works rather well as a character in his own right:

 

 

 

If you look closely, you can actually spot the piece of wire emerging from his chest

 

And just because I can, here's another look at his opponent

 

 

As always, let me know what you think!

Edited May 23, 2018 by KrautScientist

[Quixus]

Great looking kitbashes, especially JP Khârn. Speaking of that model, is there some tradition in the XII legion of not armouring one arm?

[Gederas]

I love how they're coming along :tu:

 

@ Gederas: Oh yeah, there are pins present in several places: One will anchor the Ultramarine to the base, while another one runs through the Ultramarine's entire torso, and through a good part of the World Eater's leg -- let's hope it'll be enough! As for your question regarding the helmets, my gut reaction is that it might work, but it might also be a bit of a tight fit. I can try it out later, though, and post an update accordingly.

I'd actually say put two pins anchoring the Ultramarine to the base, one in each leg.My only other comment with the models is this: So, you've got the pins. But that base will be extremely unbalanced due to the World Eater being so high off of it. Washers (or coins) will be your friend for keeping that base firmly on the table :lol:As to the helmets, please do? I haven't yet built the 20 Blood Warriors and want to make sure I can have them all with buckets, or if I'll have to do some extra work getting them to fit in the gorgets of the armour :lol:

[Nemac Vradon]

That looks awesome KS, I love the pose on the Jump Pack World Eater, very menacing :tu:

 

Nemac

[Augustus b'Raass]

You just made me order 30 sets of MkIII legs to convert my Blood Warrior Khorne Berzerkers. [sarcasm] THANKS [/sarcasm]

;)

The diorama looks fantastic so far - I'm anxious to see them face off in your next WiP pic!

[bluntblade]

Your Ultra matches my mental image of Orfeo quite nicely.