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

[The Traitor]

Looks fantastic, a real monster you've got there! Do you plan playing it or is it only for the joy of it?

[Pandoras Bitz Box]

The one thing I am not entirely sure about are those huge green circles (lenses?!) towards the back of the model, mostly because they're ...just there, if that makes any sense. I think they'd look much better if you were to add some cracks on the surface 

 

YES!... Thinking back now, as I scanned over the tank, I remember looking at these port hole things and it crossed my mind they looked a little... out of place, then I just got carried away examining the awesome blending.  I think its because it looks like there is nothing "wrong" with them that they seem odd. I think what popped into my mind but I dont know how hard it would be was it would be great if you could see something floating inside, like the suggestion of a body or something.  Krautscientists idea with the cracks though seems a lot easier and would achieve the same sort of goal. if you did the cracks near the bottom maybe you could paint some of the fluorescent fluid leaking onto the rim?

[Greenz]

Oh wow Augustus. I haven’t been in the WIP section much the last few weeks, and in that time frame, you’ve built, customized and painted to competition an entire raider! If someone misses my Angels blog for a month, well, they’re not missing much hahaha

 

So having gone through the whole process in the last 15 mins, that is one stellar raider. I’m very relieved you didn’t get carried away with the tentacles and such. There are a lot of vehicles out there that are great, but just way too cluttered. Great job balancing it.

 

I do have to echo Kraut and Pandora. What are those lense/ containers? They look fantastic! But a little out of place

[Augustus b'Raass]

Wow, thanks a bunch for the awesome comments and the useful and constructive feedback guys! I like that you like the tank, and have worked on it a bit thanks to your input. More on that later this post, though, as I want to show you the second and final unit of my second ETLVI vow, the Blightlord Terminators!
 

I didn't really like the standard heads for the chainmail guy and the fly guy, so I swapped those around with a sandpapered-down helmet from the Plague Marine kit, and with the helmet from the DA Lord of Contagion.

 

Also, I know how the blightlord termies are all designed to be characters in their own right, but I'm looking for a more unified look. To achieve this, I swapped all their arms and Cataphractii shoulder pads around, and, more importantly, magnetized all their arms. As such, I can swap any arm with any other arm, and potentially equip them with swords in teh future, should I see a need for that.

 

More importantly, magnets allowed me to make their combi bolters interchangeable. As you can see in the picture, all of them have combi-plasma's. I used the Calth combi-plazma parts from Shapeways. However, I'm also inclined to just give them combibolters, as I think the Blightlords are most adapt at herd-control. They have a very decent damage output, but for their points, there's more efficient means available to the Death Guard to take out high-wound units. As such, I envision them shooting and then tar-pitting entire units with combibolters and axes. 

 

Anyway, here's pictures.

 

God, I love magnets. Of course, when doing herd-control, the weapon of choice remains the Flail of Corruption.

 

 

 

Oh, and regarding your comments on the green 'lenses' on the Land Raider - I agree it's unclear what they're doing there - or even what they are. Thy're designed to be vents, but I don't understand why Maarten (the designer) chose the dome like top. I used it to created a gory-plasma-like substance and I agree with you all it needed more detail. So I added cracks. What do you think? 

 

I hope you like both! Comments and Critique most welcome. :tu:

 

Cheers!

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@ hushrong: Thanks! But, erm... the hope is in there? Or does any hope end in there? ;) 

 

@ guardian31: Thank you so much!

 

@ Pandoras Bitz Box: Wow, that is  very, very high praise! You make me blush, Sir! The word gmuggesriin is now in the dictionary. 

Gmuggesriin (adject.) A great thing, something with great value. Ex.: Thierry's new car has a ~ colour, don't you think? 

 

@ robotfish7591: That';s what I was going for. Now you go and finish a project! ;)

 

@ DuskRaider: Eh, 30 plaguebearers with your flesh recipe will take me a day, tops!

 

@ Krakendoomcool: Yeah, I figured since most of the bruised, fleshy areas on the tank and the fleshy parts of the corpses have a purple hue, I should use it someplace else as well. Also, all standard energy weapons should have different colours of energy. So Green for Plasma, Purple for Lasers, Blue for Lamps, and Red for lenses. 

 

@ Brother Chaplain Kage: Thanks, mate! I appreciate it!

 

@ rednekkboss: Aww but I did do those! They're just a bit thin, and since the pics are made from a relatively large distance, I guess you can't see them all that well.

 

@ Maarten: Me too, buddy! AND THANK YOU FOR IT!

 

@ KrautScientist: Thanks! How about the things now?

 

@ The Traitor: I plan on playing it, for craps and giggles, but I'm thinking maybe the Land Raider will get a points decrease sometime in the near future and then it'll be worth taking to a semi-competitive level.

 

@ Pandoras Bitz Box: I agree with you and Krauty, but 'something flowing inside' is taking it a bit too far. That is plasma energy inside. Nothing survives in there. Not even Nurgle's creatures.

 

@ Greenz: Well welcome back, buddy! Glad to see you return and liking the 'Raider! 

[Pandoras Bitz Box]

Hey man, your new termies look wicked. Also, well done for magnetising them, most of my Grey knights have their options magnetised too. Some times I wonder if its worth the effort! Are those 3mm magnets? I wondered if you'd have any issues with the weapon arms drooping with only one point of contact, but I guess they are quite short and there is a lot of surface contact from the rest of the plastic for friction. I found with some of my Grey Knights, most notably the Banner Bearer, because the magnet is in the wrist it is only 2mm and because the banner is so huge and top heavy it tends to fall one way or another.

 

Those cracks in the fuel cells definitely help to break up the surface and make it a lot more... well... worn I guess, and Nurgle appropriate.  I didn't realise they contained plasma, I assumed it was some sort of radioactive, or corrosive goop. I definitely wouldn't have suggested floating bodies or even leaky bits if I had XD. Seriously though, I know I gushed a bit over your paint work but it is great, my paint work is something I need to improve, so seeing finished pieces by the likes of yourself and the other adept painters really is spurring me on to improve.  Very cool stuff.

[Pearson73]

Beautiful work, the pink on the lascannons is a really nice choice to set against the cream of the main hull. The vents look much better with the cracks, really smooth blending there.

[Maarten]

Oh, and regarding your comments on the green 'lenses' on the Land Raider - I agree it's unclear what they're doing there - or even what they are. Thy're designed to be vents, but I don't understand why Maarten (the designer) chose the dome like top. I used it to created a gory-plasma-like substance and I agree with you all it needed more detail. So I added cracks. What do you think? 

 

@ Maarten: Me too, buddy! AND THANK YOU FOR IT!

 

They are intake filters you silly goose.

 

And you're very welcome, couldn't get better free advertising than you showcasing it with such an awesome build.

[DuskRaider]

Ahh yes, welcome to the "joy" of working on Blightlords. Great detail but each is so specific it's infuriating. When I first saw them I thought Fly Dude was cool because he was some sort of alternate build... yeah, nope. That annoyed me and has prevented me from buying more (other than the ETB kit). I also see they pilfered armour from the VIIIth. That'll teach those bat eared creeps 

[Krakendoomcool]

The cracks on the intake filters are working.

 

Those blightlords look good. There seems to be a lot of monopose going on in the Deathguard range. Not just the dark imperium guys. It poses an unusual problem for the converter.

 

I like your different coloured energies idea.

[Viridia]

They do look a lot better with the cracks now, almost like it's containing tanks of something suitably liquidy and Nurgle-ly. Loving just how OTT the tank is now, it suits the DG to a tee!

[KrautScientist]

The cracks are a perfect addition, buddy! While it's still not totally obvious what that part actually does, the presence of vial fluid seems suitably Nurglite to just explain its presence -- maybe a careful application of Nurgle's Rot/gloss varnish in some of the cracks and below them could be used to suggest some leakage taking place?

 

I applaud you for making the Blightlord Terminators more versatile! They are still plenty Nurgly, even without some of the more outrageous weapons ;) One suggestion, because it' something I'll do with my own Blightlord Terminators, if I ever build any: On the fly guy, I'd maybe get rid of the right fly arm, keeping just the one held to the belly. I think that would make the whole thing look a bit more like a mutation and less like an action figure gimick (I've actually thought about adding some "strands" of stringy glue to the left fly arm, to make it look fused to the carapace, and only half-formed, if you know what I mean -- just throwing around ideas here ;) ).

[Augustus b'Raass]

Cheers, guys,

 

I got bored a bit from painting, so I decided to start working on the builds of my third ETLVI vow.

 

As I might have mentioned before, I got three sets of DI Death Guard. That's three times all those characters - no-one needs three Lords of Contagion. So I decided that one of them would be an addition to the Blightlord Terminators in the unlikely event tat I'll ever want to field six at the same time. I'll probably enter him in my nest vow as a Chaos Lord in Terminator armour. As distinct looking as he is, and it being the miniature of a proper Chaos Lord, I'm sure that's not against the sirit of the ETL. 

 

So here's a Chaos Lord in Terminator plate with a Balesword and a combiplasma. 

 

I had reat fun converting this guy! I wanted to do without the cloak on his back. I used the spare engine-and-shoulder-pads part that was left over from the Deathsroud Terminators frater hushrong so generously donated. There remained a huge gap, which I build up in layers of putty to mimick a huge cackerous growth of some kind - after which I stuck in a new addition to my tool-box: guitar string! His weapon arms contain a combiplasma, the arm of which I ordered as an extra from a bits site, and a balesword I had to spare from the Blightlord kit. The head is a shaved down MkIII helmet from the Plague Marine kit. Of coure, there will be generous amounts of buboes added later :)

 

 

 

What do you think?

Cheers!

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@ Pandoras Bitz Box: It is most definitely worth the effort - if only because the effort is fun! Those are 3mmx2mm Neodymium magnets with a strength of N48 - they'l hold about 300 grams, so I am not worried in the slightest that they will droop. Your construction of a top heavy banner being held by a 2mm magnet sounds super flimsy - better fix that! I'm glad you're inspired by the stuff I post! Thanks for telling me!

 

@ Pearson73: Thank you! Yah the purple was a spur of the moment choice, and I am glad it worked out so well.

 

@ Maarten: Ooooooh is that what those are!!! Argh. Now I'll have to redo them again!

 

@ DuskRaider: Haha yeah, I can understand your pain. I'm just ging to go at them with the same techniques and keep it simple with them. And shut your mouth about my former Night Lords!!   

 

 

@ Krakendoomcool: I see that 'problem' as an extra challenge. When I saw the DI Death Gaurd miniatures and the new Plague Marine kit, I thought to myself: "I'm not going to let GW dictate how I build my Space Marines! I never have and I never will." I think it's pretty awesome what you can still achieve with them, only using a hobby saw, some putty and some basic modeling skills.  

 

@ Viridia: Haha OTT is kinda what I was going for, lol. Cheers!!

 

@ KrautScientist: YES! They survived KrautScientist's scrutiny! I agree with you that it's still unclear what it does from how they looks, even with the explanation Maarten gave, above. I know he just kind of copied that design from FW, who copied it from real-world air filters, it's just a weird design a priori. Stil, I might just go back and just make them look all rusted up. I'm sorry to say I'm not going to do anything with the fly guy's arms, as I really like those details - admittedly, initially I thought they were genestealer arms!! Also, while you shy away from what you call 'action figure gimick/Masters of te Universe - you also know that we differ quite a bit on that front. And these are my mini's so I HAVE THE POWER!!!!

Edited July 18, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[Krakendoomcool]

Your Nurgle Chaos Lord looks great. Changing the facing has completely changed the model. I've got two sets of DI Death Guard so glad to see another option for him. His back looks brilliant. Guitar string still has it's uses even if you have a tentacle maker.

 

My reaction to the Deathguard coming out last summer was 'They look great. But what do I do with them? My army is going to be exactly as cool as my 8 year old nephews.' Especially with the heavily keyed and monopose parts. So it's great to see the conversions of these guys. They don't have to be the same. I've always converted before but something about these guys made me hesitate. Maybe it's also the super high detail, complexity and individuality made it difficult for me to get my head around making improvements.

 

I will testify to that fly arm looking like a genestealer arm as someone who put an actual genestealer arm on my WFB chaos knight over 20 years ago.

[gianlucafiorentini123]

Reading the text before looking at the pictures I was a bit worried about converting the Lord of Contagion as I couldn't imagine it not looking like the base model, but you've knocked it right of the park! Cant wait to see it painted up.

[Pandoras Bitz Box]

This Lord look super cool, i absolutely love his back. I have done a possessed im waitong for Krakendoomcool to paint, which is to date my only nurgle conversion. I did his backpack being absorbed into his flesh but really like how this lords fat, inflamed flesh is engulfing his own power supply. Im trying to find something to give constructive feedback on (i often dont feel confident enough to give it but alway long for it on my own thread!), but appart from the fact you havent finished the details i cant really see anything i would try and improve on this guy. I quite like his round, hunched silhouette but i suppose id tpu wanred to break it up a little bit you could have a couple of thos broken boney potrusions tearing through the top of that flesh mass? I dont know. There are so many nurgle aesthetics you could go for! Fat, torn, hollow, mutated, horned... Its so subjective! Anyway, it's great man.

[Kizzdougs]

The Land raider turned out perfectly! Love the paint job :tu:

[Charlo]

LR is a monster of pustulent perfection.

 

Terminators are bad ass.

[KrautScientist]

Also, while you shy away from what you call 'action figure gimick/Masters of te Universe - you also know that we differ quite a bit on that front. And these are my mini's so I HAVE THE POWER!!!!

 

Oh, don't get me wrong: I love MotU as much as the next childish manbaby -- it's just that there's always and underlying current of silliness in many of 40k's concepts and designs, and it bubbles over in some of the models, occasionally, and then needs to be pruned back a bit ;) I wasn't arguing in favour of losing the insect arms completely, mind you -- I just think the right one looks weird (and not the good kind of weird), and getting rid of it would, in a way, actually make the model look more chaotic and disturbing -- just my two cents, though ;)

 

The fat guy is looking fantastic! I remember hating the process of converting that same base model, and taking ages for coming up with something I liked, so it's good to hear your experience was different. The overgrown cancerous growths on his back work really well (I imagine it's not often somebody says that about tumors, but here we are). How about some kind of bony spore chimney jutting out of the back on one side? I think that might look cool.

 

As always, keep up the amazing work, buddy! :)

[Eldrick Shadowblade]

Looking good on the tank and new termies. Theres something off about the treads on the land raider... to bright.. might just be the photo. I'm looking forward to what you paint up next!

[hushrong]

The Terminator Lord looks fantastic! Nice reuse of the LoC's body and extra bits left over from other kits.

 

The tumor on his back is appropriately nasty looking. I can just envision pus leaking from it down the back of his armor legs. Any chance we will see a small tentacle or tow growing out of that? 

[Augustus b'Raass]

Cheers, guys!

I finished the Terminators! Hurray!

Here's pictures:

 

And individual guys:

 

 

 

 

 

And here's another picture of the entire squad. Notice anything different? :D

 

"What?" I hear you say "They suddenly have different weapons in that last picture!" And my answer would be something along the lengths of: "Indeed! It's due to something similar to magic, namely magnets!"

 

You see, the Blightlord can be used in an anty-armour/monster role with the combiplasmas, but also in an anti-infantry role - with combibolters...

 

...a Blight Launcher, and of course a Flail of Corruption!

 

And that's vow #2 done! Wooooooo

 

I hope you like them. Feedback most welcome. Cheers!

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@ Krakendoomcool: I know right? The tentacle user has its uses for sure, but guitar string is SO much easier to use. Wow. I really encourage you to chop away at the Death Guard, btw. Being Nurglite, they're very forgiving when it comes to mistakes. :tu:

 

@ gianlucafiorentini123: Cheers, buddy! He'll be in Vow #3 and he'll be finished tonight for sure!

 

@ Pandoras Bitz Box: I really like your ideas, buddy. Thanks for commenting as always - I really appreciate it. And please don;t be shy - I might be more experienced than you (or not, I don't know!) but I don't have your brain and I am sure there's ideas in there that I haven't heard or had. So please, please share whatever comes up. :) Thank you!

 

@ Kizzdougs: Thanks, Kizz! I like that you're back to Emperor's Children again. 

 

@ Charlo: Haha Pustulent Perfection. Sounds like a bad Marvel Superhero

 

@ KrautScientist: I'll add that idea to the pool and add it to Krakendoomcool's and Pandoras Bitz Box ideas for the next one!

 

@ Eldrick Shadowblade: Eh, the tracks might have come out a bit brighter due to the extra contrast I've put on the picture. :)

 

@ hushrong: Argh, the tentacle idea is so cool too. I HAVE to do another one, now. 

[Augustus b'Raass]

Third vow here.

 

VOW #3

 

I, Augustus b'Raass, rise to the challenge of E Tenebrae Lux, boasting the forces of the Death Guard. I vow to Nurgle and the rest of the Chaotic Pantheon to complete the units listed below for a total value 833 points on or before August 1st, 2018. Success shall bring me eternal glory and failure shall doom me to wear the Badge of the Oathbreaker as a mark of shame until the year-end.

 

Plague Bearers (15x), Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos - 130

Plague Bearers (15x), Daemonic Icon, Instrument of Chaos - 130

Nurgling Bases (9) - 162

Malginant Plague Caster - 110

Typhus - 175

Chaos Lord of Nurgle in Terminator Armour with Balesword and Combiplasma - 126

 

Plague Bearers:

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Nurglings:

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Malignant Plaguecaster:

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Typhus:

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Chaos Lord of Nurgle:

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Edited July 21, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[DuskRaider]

These turned out beautifully, bud. I love how vibrant they are. I will admit, I got a bit excited at first too because in the first picture it looked like a couple had their left pauldrons painted black :)

[ElDuderino]

This is nurgle done right, haven't seen a DG force this good since Guitarasmus' old army. Not much else to add, expect that I really like the mix of green shades on the terminators and the relatively "clean" style. It makes them seem more like an organised force, as opposed to vomit-zombies in armor:)

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thanks, you two! 

 

I also finished the Chaos Lord of Nurgle:

 

 

Hope you like!
 

Cheers!
 

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@ DuskRaider: Thanks, buddy :) And yeah I can see how they look a bit black - almost!

@ ElDuderino: Wow, thanks! I like how you identify the style as 'clean'. :)