MaliGn Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I always get puzzled by people hating on helmetless models, after all the model is only a representation of a split second in time, there are plenty of reasons a marine might remove their helm for a while, only to re-don it as required. Models should always be rule of cool... I've used the Daemon/skull helm you linked in the past, you can always add more to it with horns etc. I liked the mirror with imperial chaplains since it was for a dark apostle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Eleysium Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Well I think I am going to go with no helmet and the helmet "magnetized" to the model. I really appreciate everyone's feedback, and I'll post some pics of him in the Hall of Honor when I finish him. Should be within the next week or two. I decided to go with the sneering Terminator lord bare head, and I will be using the Daemon helmet from the Chaos Space Marines box somewhere else on the model. Now I am just trying to decide what I want to do about basing him. Does anyone have any feedback they want to leave on that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forté Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Have you got a work in progress thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Eleysium Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Have you got a work in progress thread? No, I do not. I'll probably just skip that and go straight to HALL OF HONOR. I hate WIP and keeping up with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellrender Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 i personally dont do helmetless, as i am terrible at painting human faces. Also, Possessed have some nice helmets :) http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l579/UltraWaarom/2013-10-30115532_zps2bc17aa3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasclomalum Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I personally prefer helmets as I actually find them to be more grim and intimidating, but that's just down to personal preference. I've taken to using loyalist Sternguard to represent Aspiring Champions, nothing says squad sergeant like a toga does... follow your own interpretation of the rule of cool and all will be well in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forté Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Nothing says trip hazard like a toga does ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasclomalum Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Kinda gives "Look out sir!" a whole new meaning doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clone Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Kinda gives "Look out sir!" a whole new meaning doesn't it? I don't think you can perform a LOS save for a dangerous terrain test, at least until the squad passes a facepalm test first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Father Ferrum Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Now I'm picturing a Chaos Lord tripping over a rock, grabbing one of his bodyguards by the shoulder, and tossing him onto the rock as he falls over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevak Dal Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 @ Hellrender, that is my favorite Possessed Helmet, and is on my "Khârn". I'm a firm believer in "Everybody wears a bucket". The only 4 models in all my CSMs that don't have helmets, and that's because they're modeled after Delta Squad from Gears of War (chainsaw bayonets included). AC Fenix, Dom, Cole, Baird and Carmine (Has a helmet-Mk4 of course and is the banner guy). They're my chosen Kill Team. I had another squad based off of Noble Team from Halo Reach, but I reclaimed the parts and redistributed them unto the collective Army...after the CSM codex first came out. It's why I don't listen to rumors any more, they get your hopes up and tend to end in disappointment :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Eleysium Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 So, I FINALLY received my Greenstuff from GW today and I am going to break ground on my Chaos Lord finally. I'll keep you guys updated on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune_Priest_Rhapsody Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Looking forward to it!! Hope the myriad of suggestions and reply's helped and didn't just make things harder. Ok, I do to... End of Line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperialis_Dominatus Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 For Chaos, it seems to me that we have a lot of helmets, both in our range and outside of it, that can provide a really distinctive, wicked look. Chaos Lord, Possessed, Chaos Terminators, even the godly Aspiring Champion helmets, to name the ones in our kits. And the Defiler's heads make great Daemon Prince masks- my warband's supreme leader has the plain skull with the horns shaved off his head- ends up looking very distinctive and menacing. Of course, the plastic Daemon Prince head with the big smile is a part of one of my Princes- took the horns off and am going to sculpt flames on his scalp. He'll end up looking like a cross between Sweet Tooth from Twisted Metal, the Joker, and... uh... Satan, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forté Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 ^^^^ and that's without looking at the Fantasy range too which has some great heads for cult troops (especially Khorne). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingDeath Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Well, what sounds better? "Chaoslord Angry McMurderbones strode trough lasgun fire and shrapnell to butcher the carriongod's lackeys" OR "Chaoslord Angry McMurderbones got knocked out by grenade shrapnell. He know requires expensive brain surgery and will in all likelyhood never recover completely. He gets then stabbed by his second in command. Even Khorne hates stupidity" When in doubt, i usualy go for the helmet unless the bareheaded option looks much better :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forté Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Well, what sounds better? "Chaoslord Angry McMurderbones strode trough lasgun fire and shrapnell to butcher the carriongod's lackeys" OR "Chaoslord Angry McMurderbones got knocked out by grenade shrapnell. He know requires expensive brain surgery and will in all likelyhood never recover completely. He gets then stabbed by his second in command. Even Khorne hates stupidity" When in doubt, i usualy go for the helmet unless the bareheaded option looks much better Lord of Slaanesh descending to the beat of the wings growing out of his back. Wind setting all the nerves ablaze with excitement from his freshly flayed skin from the back of his skull. Eyes permanently open after he tore off his own eyelids so he would never miss any detail which could lead to a new experience. Smile on his unmarked face. Sorry, what were you saying. Think I missed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune_Priest_Rhapsody Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 In hindsight, Sovlotarth regretted nailing the Eldar Farseers face plate into his own face. While the sensations the act created where indeed exquisite, the damn thing was obscuring his ability to see. He didn't like that, so he yanked it off with a swift, clean pull. And bled to death. End of Line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forté Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Only nailed it on...:cuss ;) Would have sealed in no time at all. Next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimm Blade Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I think the helmet/no helmet decision is a difficult one indeed. I am struggling with such a dilemma at the moment myself Game wise, it makes no difference so really it comes down to aesthetics. I am inclined to reserve the helmet less look for characters and leave the rank and file with their helmets on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Having several to choose from, I'd probably prefer helmets. Something cold and menacing about it, especially when you can't see their eyes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RolandTHTG Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 But how else can you see the crazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Oh, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune_Priest_Rhapsody Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Look for red hair?? <--- is an 'ginger' End of Line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forté Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Look for red hair?? <--- is an 'ginger' End of Line Good reason to go for a helmet then ;) (and I'm not a gingerist but I'm English and being anti-ginger is part of our insulting banter. No harm is ever ment by it but it doesn't always translate well and I find most Americans just don't get it, or sarcasm). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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