Khorne's Eternal Hunt - KrautScientist's chaotic WIP thread: Fine-tuning Eightbound...

[Teetengee]

Dang, I was really hoping you would be the first vow and the last completion.
Still, well done so far, I look forward to seeing how this knight goes.

[KrautScientist]

Cheers for the commiserations, everyone! I really appreciate it! :)

 

@ OSS: Nah, those AdMech guys actually helped keep me sane. If you want to blame something, blame the chaos at work. Seriously!

 

@ Auggie: That was an excellent read, even though I'm feeling even more guilty now ;)

 

Anyway, no use crying over spilt ...blood ;) So here's another status update: It's more than 30 degrees Celsius outside, so there's no way I'm heading out there to take proper photos, but here's the Knight with its leg armour in varying stages of completion, all the same:

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/8/3/733667-Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Daemon%20Knight%2C%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Imperial%20Knight.JPG

 

And here's a first look at the PIP belly plate:

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/8/3/733668-Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Daemon%20Knight%2C%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Imperial%20Knight.JPG

 

On a related note, there's something I would really love your feedback on: I want to add a decal to the Knight that represents the Machine's honorary membership in the Legio Audax ("The Ember Wolves"), the Titan Legion that fought alongside the World Eaters during the Heresy. So I was looking at a suitably wolf-y decal in order to represent that affiliation: At first I wanted to use one of the War Hounds decals, but those definitely show a dog, not a wolf. So which of the following do you think would work best for the intended effect (As for placement, I'm thinking one of the kneecaps)?

 

 

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

[ElDuderino]

I'd go with the one on the middle, the others are too recognizeable as space wolf badges IMO. Eagerly awaiting more progress on the knight, looks better with every update:)

[Andvarr A]

Kraut, that belly plate dude is really sweet, what's the metal recipie? It looks just epic, and that red....oooooo that red, just goes pop...wow...

 

Try a modified Logan grimnar wolf logo, that would maybe help

[JeffTibbetts]

I'd vote for the middle decal as well. And heck, I'd love to hear that paint recipe for your deep bronze while we're at it. I suspect you're doing more to it, but I'd like to see how you got it right where it's at. 

[Teetengee]

MIddle is least spacewolfy for sure. Although the left is pretty generic as well.

[Andvarr A]

I'd vote for the middle decal as well. And heck, I'd love to hear that paint recipe for your deep bronze while we're at it. I suspect you're doing more to it, but I'd like to see how you got it right where it's at.

 

Oi tibbs, I got dibbs lol no but seriously, pencils and notepads at the ready, I think I might have found my metal

[Augustus b'Raass]

About you feeling guilty: don't. You made the right choice to give that sweet Knight of yours the attention it deserves. Inspiration just hit me, as I was thinking how it'd be cool to play a game against you and have a batrep posted on the B&C forum. I PMd you a while ago, and the offer still stands.

 

God that Knight is coming along nicely, and yes, that belly plate is looking particularly awesome.

 

Concerning the decals: go with the middle one, although I'd point the paw downward. I like how that way it's a claw getting at you, fitting the theme of your army - i.e. Khooooooorne! The one on the left could be a dog too, and the one on the right is too obviously a space wolves logo.  

[Andvarr A]

About you feeling guilty: don't. You made the right choice to give that sweet Knight of yours the attention it deserves. Inspiration just hit me, as I was thinking how it'd be cool to play a game against you and have a batrep posted on the B&C forum. I PMd you a while ago, and the offer still stands.

 

God that Knight is coming along nicely, and yes, that belly plate is looking particularly awesome.

 

Concerning the decals: go with the middle one, although I'd point the paw downward. I like how that way it's a claw getting at you, fitting the theme of your army - i.e. Khooooooorne! The one on the left could be a dog too, and the one on the right is too obviously a space wolves logo.

 

Seems unanimous for the middle decal (well not unanimous but you get what I mean)

 

And as b'raass said, guilt is not something talented people should feel - it just wasn't meant to be this time round Kraut...as the ever living said "there will be another time"

Edited August 3, 2015 by Andvarr A

[KrautScientist]

Cheers, guys! 

 

@ Auggie: Will PM you shortly, mate. Promise! :)

 

@ Andvarr A & Jeff Tibbetts: Thanks for the kind words regarding the bronze -- it's actually my bog standard bronze recipe I use on pretty much every piece of bronze armour:

 

- black undercoat

- basecoat in Vallejo Tinny Tin

- generous wash of Army Painter Strong Tone

- drybrush with GW Dwarf Bronze

 

I think it works so well here because that daemon face really provides the perfect surface, so the recipe might not be as impressive as you think...

 

 

Regarding the decals, you raise some excellent points about the middle one, yet while I do like it too, it has to be said that the one on the left could work as a play on the World Eaters' tradition of marking exceptional service with a bloody handprint. Some guys ovr on Dakka also came up with some pretty cool additional suggestions. This one posted by Dreadclaw69 was particularly awesome:

 

Does anyone know whether these actually exist as decals, though? Or do they only appear in a Codex as artwork? If they are actualy decals and somebody has any of them left, especially the more hirsute looking wolf heads dead centre and in the bottom row, please give me a holler!

Edited August 4, 2015 by KrautScientist

[Andvarr A]

They do, or did. Remeniscant of the spacewolf blood claws/long fangs from 2nd edition

[Andvarr A]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=381148907242&alt=web eBay listings for transfers quite a few

[KrautScientist]

Cheers, mate! Those are not the ones in the picture, though. Similar, but not quite there. Plus I do own some of those standard SW decal sheets (it's where my original three candidates came from as well).

[thamier]

really good work KS, love the details(the chainsword vials was my favorite to paint aswell) and that pilot and the screens is just masterfully done.

 

Keep it up ;)

[Dantay VI]

Barring the centre one second from the top (skull with diamond) and bottom left, the rest are all decal patterns. 

 

You get them on the standard decal sheet and the FW decal sheet if you want big ones.

 

I know, as I have several of the decal sheets in front of me, and I also have a few of the old 13th wulfen company decal sheets kicking around too.

[Augustus b'Raass]

Dunno about the excistence - but have you seen these? The second one from the bottom left has an awesome wolves head.

[Dantay VI]

 

These are what I have... The one Augustus talking about the dread one is old, some nice heads, the next one to the right is RT era Space Wolves. However might be best to avoid that as it might make a comeback with the HH stuff.

 

[KrautScientist]

Thanks for the feedback, guys! And special thanks to dantay_xv for posting that size comparison between the regular and FW decal sheet. All of this leads me to the following conclusions (for now):

 

• The decal depicting that hirsute front-on wolf's head from the FW sheet would be great, but alas it seems to big for the intended position -- so it's out of the race
• the left one from my original selection would be a nice callback to the World Eaters' practice of using bloody handprints as a sign of exemplary service, but it's too easy to mistake it for a cat's. So it's out as well.
• The head from the old Dreadnought sheet is indeed lovely, but the laurel wreath makes it look slightly too loyalist -- plus the only way to obtain it via the German ebay site right now would set be back a whopping 15 Euros -- no way I'm paying that much cash for a 20 year-old decal sheet! ;)
• So when all is said and done, I think I'll be using the middle decal from my original selection, albeit with a slight tweak: If I turn it around, as suggested by Augustus b'Raass, maybe I can make the top look like a flame, which would make it look more "Ember Wolfy" ;)

Meanwhile, I am getting there one armour plate at a time ;)

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/8/5/734168-Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Daemon%20Knight%2C%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Imperial%20Knight.JPG

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/8/5/734169-Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Daemon%20Knight%2C%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Imperial%20Knight.JPG

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/8/5/734170-Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Daemon%20Knight%2C%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Imperial%20Knight.JPG

 

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

[Andvarr A]

It looks epic Kraut. Well done bud

[Teetengee]

Glowing chestplate makes me happy.

[Daemon2027]

Love the chest piece, very nice effect.

[Flint13]

Excellent work so far, K-Sci!

 

He fits right in with the Eternal Hunt. Did you just use the same armor technique, just upscaled? The brass especially looks great at this bigger size. 

[Augustus b'Raass]

He looks great! And your idea of the inverted paw with a flame on top sounds really good.

 

But seriously, what kind of dogs and cats do you guys have over our border that you can 'easily mistake' a wolf's claw for that of a cat???

[Daemon2027]

He looks great! And your idea of the inverted paw with a flame on top sounds really good.

 

But seriously, what kind of dogs and cats do you guys have over our border that you can 'easily mistake' a wolf's claw for that of a cat???

All those Grimm fairy tales thought me Germany is full of monsters!

[Andvarr A]

Excellent work so far, K-Sci!

 

He fits right in with the Eternal Hunt. Did you just use the same armor technique, just upscaled? The brass especially looks great at this bigger size.

 

  

Great? It looks epic!

 

He looks great! And your idea of the inverted paw with a flame on top sounds really good.

But seriously, what kind of dogs and cats do you guys have over our border that you can 'easily mistake' a wolf's claw for that of a cat???

  

Things that lurk in the shadows and are just out of sight

 

 

He looks great! And your idea of the inverted paw with a flame on top sounds really good.

But seriously, what kind of dogs and cats do you guys have over our border that you can 'easily mistake' a wolf's claw for that of a cat???

All those Grimm fairy tales thought me Germany is full of monsters!

Not just Grimm...there be more things lurking in the Dark that want to follow you home .....mwahahahah