++ AUGUSTUS b'RAASS ++ pre-heresy BRASS SCORPION p.247

[gaurdian31]

I'll chime in with the rest of the crowd and state that if you like painting and converting them keep at them! They all look so good!

[Viridia]

They certainly look amazing! Inspired me to finally build the ones I've had languishing in a box with the DI Death Guard as a welcome break from 30k tac marine hordes.

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thanks, guys!
 

After work, I dropped by my local GW to pick up an order of two boxes of easy-to-build poxwalkers, as well as Mad Donna Ulanti for my upcoming Necromunda Esscher gang. I set to work as I came home (the SO is doing evening shifts - which means hobby time for me weeeeeee ). I'll post pics tomorrow, but suffice to say I build 25 of the madmen tonight, and they are getting wilder and wilder. I created an angry santa from the fat dude in the easy-to-build set - stay tuned! 

 

25 build also means that my zombie horde will end up being 105 strong - which is 3x35 as an homage to Typhus' zombie hordes of 7th edition, and also is divisible by 7 - nurgle's number!

And here's seven replies!

 

@ Gederas: You should never have too many miniatures on hand before painting - buy as much as you can paint, then buy some new ones when you're done painting. Also, never play with unpainted miniatures. If you keep to those rules, you will never spend too much nor experience overload/burnout. Glad you like my Night Lords!

 

@ BubblesMcGub: Nope. 105! And cheers!

 

@ Skeggold: hahaha glad to hear it!

 

@ KrautScientist: Thanks for saying that - I feel the same way - the zombie legs in particular look so spindly compared to the poxwalker/imperial mining crew legs, that ou'd think they won't fit. But they end up looking super creepy instead of out of place - and the paint job does a good job of tying things together.

 

@ SkimaskMohawk: DO IT!!

 

@ guardian31: Hurray! I love doing them so away I go!

 

@ Viridia: DO IT!

Edited March 21, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[Gederas]

@ Gederas: You should never have too many miniatures on hand before painting - buy as much as you can paint, then buy some new ones when you're done painting. Also, never play with unpainted miniatures. If you keep to those rules, you will never spend too much nor experience overload/burnout. Glad you like my Night Lords!

Those are some good rules. I just think I overdid it with my Death Guard (I blame myself for getting the DG half of Dark Imperium on the cheap from several people), and now I've got around 80 to 100 Poxwalkers that need to be primed and painted. Which would have been done (as I've learned I can batch-paint those things quite well, especially with DuskRaider's tutorial for the Poxwalkers), if not for constant snow and rain since January. :lol:

 

Additionally, I like your World Eaters. Definitely taking some of the things you did with your Rhinos for mine.

Edited March 21, 2018 by Gederas

[BubblesMcBub]

105...... 3 squads of 35....
They are amazing Keep it up man!

[hushrong]

I am reading the numbers you have about your zombies and how they all work out for Nurgle.

 

Good to see you are in the right mindset!

[DuskRaider]

Problem is the max you can have per unit is 20 (not counting reanimated victims).

[Gederas]

Problem is the max you can have per unit is 20 (not counting reanimated victims).

Having played quite a few games with Death Guard, only keeping your Poxwalkers around 20 models is impossible. At one point I ran out of poxwalkers to make reanimated zombies when I was playing against someone :lol:

[rednekkboss]

If I could paint at your pace, I'd have space in my art studio for ...uh, more models.  Great looking poxwalkers, I'm seriously looting the microbead thing.

[Vairocanum]

YES. IT'S FINALLY HERE. Missed your first few updates for your new DG army but man it was fantastic to see all of them one after the other. As usual your work speed is absolutely amazing with how great quality work you can do in such a short time frame! Definitely looking forward to seeing some DG marines as well!

[Augustus b'Raass]

? You better watch out

? You better not stay
? Better not pout
? Start running away
? Santa Claus is coming to town

 

And he's coming to kill you and then raise you for use in his zombie army! 

 

HO! HO! HO! 

 

Here's 24 of his victims :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made these guys by mixing a set of 10 standard poxwalkers, a set of 5 easy-to-build poxwalkers and, as by now usual, several marauder and zombie bits with several hundred glass microbeads and some putty. I started with relatively expensive almost pure Greenstuff, but halfway through sculpting them, I realized I should just use pure Milliput - it's cheaper and there's no need for the sculpting to be super accurate anyway. As you see The PVA I used to fasten the microbeads needs to dry for an hour more, and then they're ready for primer!

The 10 standard poxwalkers came from the DI set I traded for my DI primaris. They were already primered and I didn't care, but the next set of ten I will strip, which I already did! They're ready for the hacksaw! 

Hope you like! comments most welcome, and cheers!

Replies (coincidentally, again there's as many as Nurgle's favourite number!!

@ Gederas: Yeah I have a bit of the same problem - I have three sets now of the DI Nurgle part. I'm planning on mixing them heavily with two squads of Plague Marines I bought, as well as with some MkIII marines from the Burning of Prospero set. :) Thanks also for the compliment on my Khornate section - the rhino trim is from Subtle Discord. It's pretty excellent!

 

@ BubblesMcGub: There's a good chance it'll be 110... :O

 

@ hushrong: hahaha I am! Lucky number 7!

 

@ DuskRaider: I know, buddy - that's why I said 'as an homage to' ;) Also, 7th edition (get it?). EVERYTHING FOR PAPA NUUUURGLE!!!

 

@ Gederas: That's true - I do wonder if I will ever have 110 zombies on the table, but one can only drea, :D

 

@ rednekkboss: More studio space? ;) Steal away! 

 

@ Vairocanum: Yes, buddy! It is! I'm planning on doing about 60 plague marines as well (2 squads of five plague marines for special weapon type (meltagun, plasmagun, plague belcher, blight launcher, plague spewer, plus two squads of five with close combat loadout)

 

 

 

 

[DuskRaider]

Well you've been busy... lookin good!

[hushrong]

Scythe walker looks awesome. I love what I see in that guy. I also think the fella with the torn belly is pretty darn cool too. That is going to look awesome painted up.

 

And that second from the last picture, walker on the far right. Thought that was a sand person from Star Wars.

 

Lastly, it is awesome how you are churning these guys out. For the last week I have wanted to build something, anything, but when I sit down I look at all the bits only to decide to come back later. In the meantime you have plagued a planets worth of people.

[Augustus b'Raass]

CHeers, Dusky!

@ hushrong: YES! That's exactly what I was going for with that dude!

[hushrong]

AWWW YEAH!

[SkimaskMohawk]

I'll hit up the pox after I'm done typhus!

[Augustus b'Raass]

Another 25 done. I'm at 85 now, and will begin the last batch of 20-25 today. This whole week, every moment of relaxation, every unfocussed thought, every second of each drive or ride, has gone to poxwalkers.... it's been quite a ride and I could not have imagined a better time getting into the painting vibe and the Death Guard mindset. It's been absolutely bonkers, and I cannot believe I'm looking forward to creating and painting another set!

 

Picture time!!

BRAAAAAAAAINS!!!

 

 

I made an error in judgement of the eyes of Evil Santa, and now it looks like he has eyeshadow on, and doesn't look nearly as evil as I hoped he would! lol

 

Pretty stoked about the hammer guy's left arm-tentacle, which I sculpted completely myself :) 

 

The scythe guy and the one with the rifle in a single hand are amongst my favourite.

 

 

 

Sand People guy looks awesome. I'll try to make an even better one in the next batch.

 

Hope you like! Comments Welcome!

Replies:

@ hushrong: YEAH BABY!

@ SkimaskMohawk: I'm sick too!

Edited March 24, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[Dantay VI]

Your poxwalkers are looking amazing.

 

If you are running out of conversion ideas. I saw this thread this morning and instantly thought of your guys.

 

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/329414-the-anvils-of-konor-contemptor-cortus-complete/?p=4879383

[Augustus b'Raass]

CHeers, Dantay. Yeah, I saw those a while ago. While I love those conversions, they suit me more as cultists - which coincidentally I was thinking about this morning: using genestealer cultist models as chaos cultists. They'd only need new heads, basically. Plus the genestealer iconography replaced with nurgle symbols.

[Checkmate]

You are truly a madman. They all look fantastic!

[DuskRaider]

We need a group shot, these are too good.

[Greenz]

So I spent several hours over the last couple days reading through your thread...

 

Augustus I just don’t even know. Your dedication to this hobby astounds me. The speed you paint at, the quality, the conversions, it’s absolutely incredible. And the fact that you take the time to respond to everyone is just awesome.

 

A weeks worth of likes couldn’t catch up with this thread. I’m really looking forward to your up and coming death guard. I had a good chuckle when I saw the Santa Walker. Awesome stuff!

[MrBadweed]

The last three pages make me think of this quote about the definition of madness and repetition :)

 

Worth it, they so fab.

[hushrong]

Loving it!! Glad to hear you have been enjoying them. They are all pretty darn awesome and you’ve definitely given each one a personal touch.

 

Could I make a recommendation for the next sand people poxealker? Bandages and a mask. Like a hospital patient wrapped in medical bandages and a air mask. Poor fellow kept getting sicker and sicker in the medicel clinic, got covered in sores they had to wrap up and when his breathing got worse they had to feed him oxygen...it just never took it off when it died and rose back up.

[Subtle Discord]

Damn man, talk about prolific. I applaud your pace and it makes total sense; when you've got this many to get through, find a way to get them done efficiently. Despite being done quickly you've got enough technique going on that any minor oversights are just lost in the sea of putrid awesomeness.

 

Thank you also for making me very happy that I have a bunch of old zombies lying around and a bunch of those micro beads that didn't work well for rivets. Someday I shall return to my Chaos projects and my future Poxwalkers will make good use of these ideas.