Midnightmare Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 These Chosrn/Berzerker dudes are all the awesome mate, really stellar work. I can only echo what others have said in that they are that good they don’t look like conversions. So much detail on them I can’t imagine how long each one takes to paint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungry Nostraman Lizard Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Haven't checked in this thread in a while. Nice stuff. Love that you do blue lenses, it really makes everything pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanist Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Haha, yeah, four down, four to go -- technically speaking. I honestly doubt I'll be able to stop at eight... Well I certainly hope we see many more. Unit's of 8 are good though as you get more champions instead of pushing up unit size to 16. For me more champions best when it comes to modeling and painting as each one is a lesser character and the focal point for the unit to play with stories and a bit more detail. So congrats on the last model of 2019 and I'm looking forward to seeing more into 2020, and having set aside som more time to work on my Knight I'll also be back on the blood god's path for a while in the coming weeks (must finish the Gork/mork anought first though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrautScientist Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Happy new year, everyone, and Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it! :) @ Evil Eye: Don't worry, I am definitely planning some kind of character wielding a two-handed weapon, if only because I have both the two-handed axe-thing from the Blood Warriors and the axe from the Slaughterpriest and really want to put them to some kind of use ;) @ Kolgrim Deathhowl & Midnightmare: Cheers, gents! That is high praise, indeed! @ Hungry Nostraman Lizard: Haha, I am pretty much addicted to using that bright blue as a way of adding some oomph to the models, so yeah ;) @ Mechanist: Oh yes, please, do finish that Knight! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed! :) Nothing new to show yet, but here's my World Eaters output for 2019: Just a few models, really, but I am pretty pleased with them nonetheless. Oh, and I almost forgot my display base for Daemon Primarch Angron, which was really the first model I painted in 2019, technically speaking: So yeah, here's to another year, eh? Sagentus, ChazSexington, Dosjetka and 9 others 12 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gederas Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Mate, it's a small output, but seriously:What you produce is very, very good work. Quality over quantity man. Hungry Nostraman Lizard 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolgrim DeathHowl Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Ya that's really amazing diorama! And the World Eaters are cool too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 LOTS OF KHORNE LOVELINESS Stellar work as ever, got to say even though it’s a distance shot, the group photos really shows the quality of your output. As for Angron, his base is has just the right amount of detail as he is a busy (and big!) model and it is really balanced out. Goodbye Mr Smurf :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanist Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) I tend to watch your other output through your blog so the full shot with the Heroquest and IQ28 will be very impressive when you post it.More important for Khorne is that you've got past the stumbling block of the red recipe as your blood red supplies ran out, boosted by the great new chaos kits to play with and inspire I'm sure we'll see many more painted berserkers in the coming year. As for my knight it'll be on me desk in front of me Monday in the new house (relocating for work) and since my family wont be moving up to at least Easter I'll have plenty of evenings to get on with it. I'll use my own plog though to explain all that, so keep an eye out early next week for news. Edited January 7, 2020 by Mechanist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhand Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Cheers for the feedback, guys! @ Bjorn: Haha, I think I intended that shoulder pad more as an artifact and not an actual trophy, but it's always fun to speculate where such designs on a model originated, isn't it? @ DuskRaider: Huh, the danger here is that the new World Eaters blow my stuff right out of the water, once they arrive, though @ ElDuderino: Cheers, mate! There's an additional seven models or so ready to paint, although I may well move beyond that, if fancy takes me. However, what this is definitely not is an attempt to re-do my entire World Eaters army. We are speaking Kill Team scope here, with maybe a couple of additional models here and there. Only a tiny update for today, as I've only been able to sneak in a bit of kitbashing here and there: I have been working on a couple of World Eaters helmets, just to build up a reserve of possible heads: The two helmets on the right are vanilla (new) CSM helmets with added "bunny ears" from the Blood Warriors, whereas the helmet on the left is an attempt at grafting a (old) CSM mouthpiece to a Blood Warrior head, ElDuderino style. This exercise has only added to my appreciation of ElD's conversions in this vein, as the process of making it all fit together is a rather tricky one... I also couldn't help myself and tried to come up with a model to fit the converted helmet: As always, let me know what you think! Why not just cast them once you get to this point? DarkVen and Kolgrim DeathHowl 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagentus Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Oh Kraut mixing those head crests with the new csm helmets look epic!! I maye now have to take the heads off my new bez and to try this. Your angron is epic! cant get over how awe struck i was when i first say you building that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobWrath Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Kraut, those converted berserkers are properly ace. I'd buy them! Can I pick your brains on something? What process do you use for the brass armour trim on the 'zerkers? I basically want to copy it...for some thing. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Ruminahui Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) Can I pick your brains on something? What process do you use for the brass armour trim on the 'zerkers? I basically want to copy it...for some thing. Kraut Scientist posted it in the previous page of this thread, so I thought the easiest thing would be to repost it for you. @ Crevette: Huh, my bronze is actually the part of the paintjob I am least content with, but I am of course happy enough to share my recipe: For the base colour, I use a mix of Vallejo Brassy Brass and Tinny Tin (about 50:50), then the bronze areas get washed with Army Painter Strong Tone, then the metal is highlighted with Vallejo Brassy Brass and/or Bright Bronze as needed. Hope this helps! Edited January 9, 2020 by Dr_Ruminahui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobWrath Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Can I pick your brains on something? What process do you use for the brass armour trim on the 'zerkers? I basically want to copy it...for some thing. Kraut Scientist posted it in the previous page of this thread, so I thought the easiest thing would be to repost it for you. @ Crevette: Huh, my bronze is actually the part of the paintjob I am least content with, but I am of course happy enough to share my recipe: For the base colour, I use a mix of Vallejo Brassy Brass and Tinny Tin (about 50:50), then the bronze areas get washed with Army Painter Strong Tone, then the metal is highlighted with Vallejo Brassy Brass and/or Bright Bronze as needed. Hope this helps! Well thanks mate, that helps. Not sure I have easy access to Vallejo paints. I'll see what GW can sell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gederas Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Can I pick your brains on something? What process do you use for the brass armour trim on the 'zerkers? I basically want to copy it...for some thing. Kraut Scientist posted it in the previous page of this thread, so I thought the easiest thing would be to repost it for you. @ Crevette: Huh, my bronze is actually the part of the paintjob I am least content with, but I am of course happy enough to share my recipe: For the base colour, I use a mix of Vallejo Brassy Brass and Tinny Tin (about 50:50), then the bronze areas get washed with Army Painter Strong Tone, then the metal is highlighted with Vallejo Brassy Brass and/or Bright Bronze as needed. Hope this helps! Well thanks mate, that helps. Not sure I have easy access to Vallejo paints. I'll see what GW can sell me. Brassy Brass = Runelord brass Tinny Tin = Warplock Bronze Bright Bronze = Hashut Copper There you go :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobWrath Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Brassy Brass = Runelord brass Tinny Tin = Warplock Bronze Bright Bronze = Hashut Copper There you go I've found Hashut Copper to bronzy bronze for my brassy brass needs! I've got a new colour to try so I'll stop spamming Kraut's thread now. Feel free to pop to my WIP thread for more bronzy brassy chat though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrautScientist Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) Thanks a lot for the feedback, guys! Great to hear from you all! @ Gederas & Midnightmare: Cheers, guys! While it goes beyond the scope on this forum, I have actually managed to paint exactly one hundred models in 2019, between my World Eaters, INQ28 characters, Blood Bowl Orcs and painting a complete set of HeroQuest: So I am actually really happy with my overall output! As for my World Eaters, though, Mechanist has really hit the nail on the head: More important for Khorne is that you've got past the stumbling block of the red recipe as your blood red supplies ran out, boosted by the great new chaos kits to play with and inspire I'm sure we'll see many more painted berserkers in the coming year. This really feels like a huge roadblock has been cleared away after a long period of time -- it's also while I am already back to working on World Eater models, but we'll be getting to that in a second Also, @ Mechanist regarding the Knight: YAY! @ Kolgrim DeathHowl & Sagentus: Cheers, gents! @ crimsonhand: Oh yeah, sure, I could totally cast them -- but I am having way to much fun to come up with new designs, and with a project as focused on conversions as this, I really want every guy to have his individual helmet or head @ Rob Wrath & Dr Ruminahui: You guys have already worked out my recipe between the two of you, and Sagentus' conversion chart also seems sound. I will say that I have yet to find a proper stand-in for Tinny Tin (itself basically a stand-in for the old "Tin Bitz") in GW's catalogue. Runelord Brass comes fairly close, but I am not entirely sold on its coverage properties, and it can sometimes end up looking a bit plastic-y, if that makes any sense?! Speaking of which, while I am actually waiting for the undercoat to dry on my next Hateful Eight World Eater, so I can get back to painting, I have been making some adjustments to some earlier conversions. First up was this guy here: I actually liked the model well enough in principle, although there were a few things that kept bothering me. So I tweaked the model a bit, and here's the final version: The bladed crest on his left pauldron was so massive as to unbalance the silhouette a bit, so it was replaced with smaller spikes (I did keep the part for later use, though). The backpack also didn't result in the silhouette I wanted, so I went back to a classic CSM backpack. The biggest change, however, is that the axe was replaced with a meteor hammer, and I am much happier with the model now! I also messed around with this Khorne Havoc: I realised that the missile launcher arm came with an Eye of Horus design on the pauldron, and that bothered me ever so slightly, so I used some jaws from GW plastic skulls to try and turn it into a World Eaters legion badge: I'll admit it's not easy to make out, but it should look suitably different to the original design once painted. I am currently experimenting with adding a chaos knight pauldron as some kind of armoured cowl, and I kinda like the way it looks: Most importantly, it makes the model resemble the artwork it was based on even more closely: As always, let me know what you think! Edited January 11, 2020 by KrautScientist Hungry Nostraman Lizard, Subtle Discord, The Ergonomic Enginseer and 4 others 7 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDuderino Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I think the cowl is a pretty neat idea, I'd make it just a bit smaller though, it almost looks like the primaris terminator armor now. I'd shave off the ring where the bunny ears were attatched too, it takes away from the vaugely xenomorph-like elongated helmet of from the artwork. I absolutely love the way you turned the eye of horus into a we symbol! I will steal that idea and use it as much as possible, genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Eye Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 The Havoc looks great, and the teeth around the Eye is a genius touch. I love the old "Teeth of Khorne" concept and that artwork in particular, so seeing it made real is great! The other Berserker looks cool, but even as much as I love meteor hammers/flails I actually liked the way the axe gave him a more balanced silhouette a bit better. Somehow he doesn't look quite right. Every other change I think was for the better mind you. I'd be tempted to either A: have him reverse-grip the chainsword or B: splice the meteor hammer onto the end of the axe grip (or some other similar part), making it into more of a flail admittedly but giving him a more balanced outline. That's just me though, and overall I adore the model. The stance and the choice of helmet really make him look quite brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 It's nice to be reminded of how rad Angron's "new" base is. Fantastic work there! The Khorne Havoc is shaping up nicely so far. I especially like the armoured cowl that you've added. :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxom Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 That is the happiest looking Havoc in the history of ever. Kind of reminds me of Eddie, the mascot for Iron Maiden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrautScientist Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Thanks for the feedback, everyone! :) @ ElDuderino: Yeah, I am still thinking about the fine tuning on that armoured cowl. That being said, I do kinda like it that way, though... As for the legion badge, steal away! In hindsight, it seems like such a stupidly obvious solution, although it becomes even more trivial now that we have the plastic skull set to work with ;) @ Evil Eye: I see where you're coming from, but weirdly enough, the old version worked less well from up close than the photo would make it appear. For some reason, the actual model really seems more balanced now -- weird, right? I am still thinking about tweaking the sword, though. We'll see. @ Dosjetka: Cheers, mate! That is very nice of you to say! :) @ jaxom: Haha, you know how it is: If you like what you're doing, every workday can be a fun day ;) In other news, the photo isn't great, and the model still needs quite a bit of cleanup, but I am making good progress on my next Hateful Eight World Eater: Lexington, Kolgrim DeathHowl, Dosjetka and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthier Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 That helmet conversion looks great painted up! Makes it very evocative of raging screaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexington Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 KARGOS FRIGGIN’ BLOODSPITTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobWrath Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Thanks for the feedback, everyone! @ ElDuderino: Yeah, I am still thinking about the fine tuning on that armoured cowl. That being said, I do kinda like it that way, though... As for the legion badge, steal away! In hindsight, it seems like such a stupidly obvious solution, although it becomes even more trivial now that we have the plastic skull set to work with @ Evil Eye: I see where you're coming from, but weirdly enough, the old version worked less well from up close than the photo would make it appear. For some reason, the actual model really seems more balanced now -- weird, right? I am still thinking about tweaking the sword, though. We'll see. @ Dosjetka: Cheers, mate! That is very nice of you to say! @ jaxom: Haha, you know how it is: If you like what you're doing, every workday can be a fun day In other news, the photo isn't great, and the model still needs quite a bit of cleanup, but I am making good progress on my next Hateful Eight World Eater: I may have missed a discussion on this earlier in the thread - but is this a conversion based on another piece of Mark Gibbons artwork? If so I love it, like I love that art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrautScientist Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 Cheers, guys! :) @ Lexington & RobWrath: Haha, indeed! Even if the model isn't intended to actually *be* Khargos Bloodspitter, it was very much inspired by Dave Gibbons' illustration that came with the original Khargos soundbite, back in the 2nd edition Codex Imperialis: Here's a slightly more cleaned up model in slightly more realistic lighting conditions: It arguably looks less iconic and crimson than the previous picture, but it's closer to what it actually looks like in real life ;) I am currently working on the model's base, and while I did not want to perfectly replicate the "standing on a field of skulls" look from the artwork (as that seems a bit too 1995, even for my tastes, plus it wouldn't match the basing on the rest of the group), I did want to give it a bit of a shout out, so I came up with a bit of a compromise: And here's what it looks like mostly painted: Expect the finished model really soon. Until then, let me know what you think! :) ChazSexington, Grotsmasha, Subtle Discord and 11 others 14 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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