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

[KrautScientist]

Cheers for the feedback, guys! :)

 

@ Thousand Eyes: That model in the corner is the "Chibi-Knight", a roughly epic-scale version of my Chaos Knight which I am pretty certain has been featured on this thread before, although I have updated it with an additional bit or two since then:

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/8/19/737650-Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Daemon%20Knight%2C%20Epic.%20Epic%2040k%2C%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Imperial%20Knight.JPG

 

It's been a terrible week so far, so not much progress and some only slightly better pictures of the model:

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/8/19/737646-Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Daemon%20Knight%2C%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Imperial%20Knight.jpg

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/8/19/737647-Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Daemon%20Knight%2C%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Imperial%20Knight.jpg

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/8/19/737648-Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Daemon%20Knight%2C%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Imperial%20Knight.JPG

 

I did have a bit of fun finishing the interior of the top hatch, though:

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/8/19/737649-Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Daemon%20Knight%2C%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Imperial%20Knight.JPG

 

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

[oldschoolsavant]

That chibi-knight needs a chibi-baron I think. :)

[HardCoil]

I love that mini knight. That's such a good idea :D

[Andvarr A]

Should start a collector's range of micro-knights lol

[Thousand Eyes]

I am glad I asked as everyone seems to like the little guy :) (sorry for missing/forgetting it earlier on)

 

Liking the new pictures and I am guessing the things surrounding the knight are hints towards what is going to be on his base?

[Andvarr A]

Yeah the little guy is some sort of informal mascot I think.

 

Plus if Kraut is as sneaky with his surprises as in the past, I think we'll all be pleasently surprised with his basing effort on the knight ...knigitt...argh...python!

[Dantay VI]

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!

 

If you can make your own decals, Carlson 793 has made a ecal sheet in te downloads section which has the bottom left wolf head on it in different sizes.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Oh and stunnng work as always :)    

 

[Kizzdougs]

Awesome Knight, bro! Great paint job :tu:

[Augustus b'Raass]

Looks like you've been inspiring some peeps...

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99550108141_KnightScionSeated04.jpg

[Evil Eye]

Wow, the Kn ight is looking absolutely incredible! I'm lovin the chibi-Knight too!

[Andvarr A]

Looks like you've been inspiring some peeps...

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99550108141_KnightScionSeated04.jpg

Those bloody sneaks

[Mors Vincit]

Pretty sure those decals really did exist. They were in the oop space wolfs if i remember correctly. I may have some around still. I just have to look.

[Dantay VI]

I notice the pilot has a face plate resembling the Lancer, I wonder if we will see other pilots for Castigators and Acherons? I also wonder if they can be separated from their thrones, for Knights already built?

[KrautScientist]

Hey everyone,

 

it's been a while, but then life has been less than optimal lately. Anyway, yesterday I felt the urgent need to do something creative, in order to distract myself from the somewhat gakky general situation, and I'll be leaving a small teaser for your edification ;)

 

 

 

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

[Thousand Eyes]

Looks like a Chaos knight did not like that statue.

[Biohazard]

Base looks good so far mate. Look forward to seeing it in place.

[Daemon2027]

A base for the Knight, a great start so far.

[Teetengee]

Nice use for the statue!

[MadSkoll]

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2014/2/14/584945-Chaos%2C%20Chaos%20Lord%2C%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Gladiator%2C%20Huntmaster.JPG

 

Moin KrautScientist,

 

stunning conversions (especially this one). I am very interested in what colours you are using for the skin tone, looks promising for my Brotherhood of Iron (Khornate Warband, WIP Thread incoming soon).

 

Greetings from Germany

[KrautScientist]

Cheers, guys! :)

 

@ MadSkoll: Moin moin! ;) Regarding the skin recipe, it's really rather easy: Just use Rakarth Flesh over a black basecoat, then wash liberally with Badab Black (or, failing that, Army Painter Dark Tone or GW Nuln Oil), then go back and add highlights with the original Rakarth Flesh -- easy ;)

 

As for the other comments, you guys are right of course: That's the base for my Chaos Knight. After spending quite some time thinking about what I wanted to put on the base, I realised that there are few things more emblematic of the crumbling Imperium of Man than a toppled and destroyed Astartes statue -- plus the piece from the Honoured Imperium kit was a pretty nice fit scale-wise!

 

So here's the finished base:

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/9/25/746414-Chaos%20Knight%20base%2001.JPG

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/9/25/746415-Chaos%20Knight%20base%2002.JPG

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/9/25/746416-Chaos%20Knight%20base%2003.JPG

 

And here's the - still unfinished (!) - Knight, provisionally placed on top of it:

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/9/25/746418-Baron%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Chaos%2C%20Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Daemon%20Knight.JPG

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/9/25/746420-Baron%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Chaos%2C%20Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Daemon%20Knight.JPG

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/9/25/746422-Baron%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Chaos%2C%20Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Daemon%20Knight.JPG

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/9/25/746423-Baron%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Chaos%2C%20Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Daemon%20Knight.JPG

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/9/25/746419-Baron%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Chaos%2C%20Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Daemon%20Knight.JPG

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/9/25/746413-Chaos%20Knight%20PIP%20100.JPG

 

Even though there's still quite a bit of detail work left to do (I'd place the entire model at about two thirds done, roughly speaking), the pictures should still give you a reasonably good idea about what the finished piece will look like.

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/9/25/746417-Baron%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Chaos%2C%20Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Daemon%20Knight.JPG

 

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

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/9/25/746421-Baron%20Harrowthorne%2C%20Chaos%2C%20Chaos%20Knight%2C%20Chaos%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Daemon%20Knight.JPG

[Biohazard]

The Knight is looking great buddy. I have to say the base looks a little monochromatic to me though. I'd try and maybe add a wash on the statue possibly a thin green wash to try and show moss maybe? Just something to draw attention to the different elements without being overpowering

[Teetengee]

Yeah, looks like it is pretty much time for weathering now.

Looking good!!!

[MadSkoll]

@ MadSkoll: Moin moin! Regarding the skin recipe, it's really rather easy: Just use Rakarth Flesh over a black basecoat, then wash liberally with Badab Black (or, failing that, Army Painter Dark Tone or GW Nuln Oil), then go back and add highlights with the original Rakarth Flesh -- easy

Ah, I guessed already Rakarth Flesh would be part of the recipe. Thanks for sharing! I read somewhere, that you used a minimalistic approach and that sounded promising. My current recipe includes Calthan Brown, Rakarth Flesh, Pallid Wych Flesh and Reikland Fleshshade, but I am not happy with it.

Yours looks more dead/blue, which contrasts nice with the red armour.

[oldschoolsavant]

Yep, liking the knight, and Bio's right about adding some extra detail to the base......

 

Wait.

 

That's the wrong way round, you lecture me on bases. :D  I'm fast on your heels with my pair, and I might even have some small stones. Sand for texture even. 

 

Contain yourself now ! 

[Agraorth]

Well i rate this knight M, for Metal :D Always inspiring to see your work but... DAMNIT, i do more and more Khorne unit and less for the other gods x) Stop corrupting me!