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

[Augustus b'Raass]

IT HAS BEEN DECIDED: Vargheist Wings. Thank you all for your insights on this matter - and for all the lovely ideas to make this into a near-future miniature.

 

Here's the ideas I'll likely incorporate: 

ASTARTES ORIGIN

 

• Put some plugs on his chest and back
• Campaign Studs on his forehead
• Cabling from his chest/side to his arms/under his pauldrons
• (remnants of) a backpack
• Armour growing into his flesh
• Put a dead space marine on base

Nurgle

• Give him a Hood/Cowl
• Nurglite Exhausts
• Hunchback
• Fly-like bristles
• Goo up the cables from his underside
• More flesh hanging from his underside, between the cables and the resin flesh
• Have nurglings fester the base, possibly over a dead space marine
• chains

 

 

To celebrate, I made the pictures of all my ETL vows:

Vow #1 

 

Vow #2

 

Vow #3

 

Vow #4

 

Vow #5

 

And lastly, a picture of all the miniatures I finished for ETL VI, together:

 

That's 4092 points!

Wooo

 

Cheers

 

Replies:

 

@ hushrong: Yeah, the Manticore wings are a bit too spikey for my taste...

 

@ Naryn: Ha! Sorry buddy, of all the wings yuo reviewed (all of them) you were shortest and clearest about the Vargheist wings - the ones I chose! I did appreciate your input though - and I like your idea of secondary wings. If I ever use those manticore wings on something BIG, I'll do that. :D :tu:

 

@ Quixus: Awww, sorry bud. I thank you for your input - but Subtle Discord's thoughts, above, sold the Vargheist wings for me!

 

@ guardian31: Me too!

@ Subtle Discord: Thanks! Your argument were the drop that spilled the Vargheist wings' bucket, the straw that broke the Varheist Camel's back. Etc. I'll also see what I can do about removing more of the membrane. 

[Subtle Discord]

*Smashes the 'Like' button with a hammer... repeatedly*

[hushrong]

That is righteous!!

 

Looking forward to more work being done to the daemon prince! And your Vows will surely garner you favor with Nurgle!

[Viridia]

Looking at the new comparison, definitely the Vargheist wings. They're not too big and they just look more appropriate than the others in terms of the style.

 

And I've been pipped at the post! Love the army shot, your old berzerkers and the Death Guard are really inspiring me with my warband at the moment, think I really need to pop the pustle and put paint to plastic with the Dark Imperium set I got.

Edited July 31, 2018 by Viridia

[Panzer]

My vote goes to the Manticore wings. Gives the model a super dynamic look.

[Eldrick Shadowblade]

Manitcore wings for sure. Also... don;t forget the chains! : )

[Pandoras Bitz Box]

I dont even remember seeing the Vargheist wings, but I was trying to review them all on my phone. Yeah, they definitely look the part. Im not sure what some people issue was with them (I just cant keep up how active your thread is at the moment!), but I absolutely agree with Subtle Discord on the matching aesthetic. Even if they are raggedy and soon to be even more so, they look like there is an attempt for them to be used for flight (so even if it is its dark power keeping it aloft, I think it still looks the part better than those 3rd party folded wings. very cool to see all the things you will incorporate, looking forward to seeing this guy come along.

[rednekkboss]

Great looking crew for the ETL vows. Grandfather will be pleased.  I'm anxious to see how the Deamon Prince progresses. I'm also anxious to get back to doing some Nurgle projects myself. I just checked the price on the Morungul..... one might find its way to my house.

Edited August 1, 2018 by rednekkboss

[Pearson73]

Amazing work bringing together so many models at such a high standard within the ETL time limits.

 

The Prince is an interesting idea and I think the Vargheist wings work the best, those of the Manticore are too pointed and the spines don't mesh well.

[Midnightmare]

+1 for the vargheist (late to the party, I know!) he (it!) has the makings of a brilliant conversion, very creepy looking!

 

Well done on the ETL, your output and the high quality always staggers me B)

[PowerHungryMonkey]

Manticore.The scale looks right. Have you thought of Zombie Dragon wings? Would work well for Nurgle

[Bjorn Firewalker]

I personally think the manticore wings look best on your ascending Daemon Prince; the long but thin wings match the Daemon Prince's gaunt appearance.

[Pandoras Bitz Box]

Oh yeah, i was so absorbed by the potetial development with your Daemon Prince that i totally forgot to say well done and on your ETL. A monstrous effort on your part and truely inspirational achievement!

[Greenz]

First off, congrats on completing all your vows! Every year I’ve seen your name bouncing around the ETL threads talking about huge vows, but to actually watch them unfold this year was awesome.

 

Second, that DP looks phenomenal! I love that gaunt look you’re going for, that’s an aspect of Nurgle that really doesn’t get touched on often. You’ve already got lots of advice on the wings, so I won’t bother chiming in on that. But do you have plans for the bottom half?

[Augustus b'Raass]

Cheers, gang! 

 

Again, the race for feedback about which wings is over - I have chosen the Vargheist wings. There was an exactly equal amount of people in the Manticore wing crowd as there was in the Vargheist wing crowd - but arguments for the gaunt look of the Vargheists won the day. It was never a democratic thing, though - I would have gone for the thing that made the most sense -not the one that got the most votes- anyway. So telling my why is a much stronger influence than just saying 'I vote Vargheist wings'. :) 

 

Anyway, I glued the wings in place and started with the Astartification process. 

 

I added the basic form of a backpack (two plates of plasticard with greenstuff in between):

 

Added sockets to his left chest:

 

And another one to his right chest, plus a cable running from his side to the inside of his upper right arm. 

 

I need a break from this miniature, though, so I bought something crazy.

 

A ridiculous miniature, which might have its place in a Nurgle list...

 

Thanks for looking. C&C welcome!

 

Cheers. 

 

Replies:

 

@ Subtle Discord: Stop breaking yur keyboard!

 

@ hushrong: Haha granpa is proud, no? ;)

 

@ Viridia: Hurray! Another vote for the Vargheist wings. Glad to see you agree. That's not a complete army shot, though - that's just what I painted for the ETL.

 

@ sfPanzer: There wasn't a voting process, unfortunately - I just wanted some feedback on why. And I've already chosen.... but I still appreciate the intention. :)

 

@ Edlrick Shadowblade: Re: what I said to sfPanzer! And noooooo I shall NOT forget the chains! :tu:

 

@ Pandoras Bitz Box: Cheers! I need some time on him though - I'm not quite sure about the boulder under his left hand, and the backpack is also bugging me, for some reaon.

 

@ rednekkboss: Definitely worth it, go!

 

@ Pearson73: Thank you! I agree very much on your stance about the Manticore wings. 

 

@ Midnight Runner: I already chose the Vargheists! And thanks about the ETL comment :)

 

@ PowerHungryMonkey: Thanks, buddy! But as I wrote in the previous post, I already chose the Vargheist wings... But I nonetheless appreciate your comment! I still need to buy a zombie dragon sometime... Although I think I should have done that when I was still wroking on my Night Lords army - which I have since sold.

 

@ Bjorn Firewalker: So.... Vargheist wings?

 

@ Pandoras Bitz Box: Thank you! Cheers, buddy!

 

@ Greenz: talking about huge vows? I painted them too! ;) Thanks about the comment on the DP - I agree the decrepid, rotting appearance doesn't get enough love over the rotting bulbuous thang. ;)

[DuskRaider]

Not sure how I feel about the power cell but the plugs are a good start. Did the Gnarlmaw come with all that or did you modify it?

[Augustus b'Raass]

Not sure how I feel about the power cell but the plugs are a good start. Did the Gnarlmaw come with all that or did you modify it?

Yeah the backpack is bothering me too - I think I'll just sculpt it like it's already become organic. 

The Gnarlmaw is just stock. I just added a base and some sand. 

 

Also, I got your PM, in which you asked the following:

 

 

Quick question, though... how big is that Gnarlmaw exactly? Like, say... compared to a Knight's carapace? Like, say... would it be too large to attach one in a round about way to said carapace?

 

WHAT AN EXCELLENT IDEA

 

Here's my answer:

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Edited August 2, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[DuskRaider]

Woof... yeah, that's a bit too big. Hmmm... 

[Augustus b'Raass]

No it's not! It's absolutely not! That's a totally doable conversion. The only problem is it gets in the way of the missile pod slot - which is a necessity for a competitive Knight.

[BadgersinHills]

That Gnarlmaw wouldn't look amiss in Kingdom Death, really nice miniature. Using the Mourngul for a Daemon Price was a great idea, it's gauntness being fairly atypical to the usual Princes you see. Good stuff, looking forward to seeing it painted. 

[DuskRaider]

Competitive? Pffft... in any case, the Missile is nigh useless on a Gallant-equivalent. I think it would have to be cut down or some such conversion. Sigh... in any case, thanks man. I don't want to pollute your thread with this. 

[Dragonlover]

So yes, it is a bit big, but you could cut it down a touch. Also I quite like the idea of turning the big flat seed pods into the missile launchers...

 

Anyway, Daemon Prince! Looking very cool. Any plans for weapons or are you just taking the claws?

 

Dragonlover

[ElDuderino]

Looking good! Can't wait to see more astartesification of the Prince. And the nurgle tree thing looks super cool on a knight, it'd be very cool if it was made to look like it but at out of the carpace

[Mechanist]

No it's not! It's absolutely not! That's a totally doable conversion. The only problem is it gets in the way of the missile pod slot - which is a necessity for a competitive Knight.

DO ittt.... You know you want to.

 

So yes, it is a bit big, but you could cut it down a touch. Also I quite like the idea of turning the big flat seed pods into the missile launchers...

 

This works perfectly and would be amazing.

 

That being said a cut down version using the front of the tree mounted more horizontal where the tree's mouth replaces the Knight's hatch would also work and help keep the silhouette from getting too large. That said it's more a matter of taste, I personally feel slapping a warshrine or the tree on top can extend the Knight to much and really detract from the core shape. Even on my beast I tried to keep a lot of the work roughly within the original outline.

 

The Prince is looking good and I probably shouldn't try and get you onto a new massive project no matter how awesome you would do it, that and the tree alone looks to be an interesting unit to use one the field and will be cool to see alongside your Nurgle army. Do you have plans to extend the daemon portion further with a beast of nurgle or maybe two (would love to see how you get multiples with a very similar stock pose to look as different as possible) or a great unclean one?

[DuskRaider]

For a missile pod I'd look to grab a HelBrute or Blight-Hauler bit and replace the tilt shield on one side. Remember, weapon facing means nothing in 8th so whatever. Plus it'd look cooler built into the Knight instead of slapped on and I'm willing to bet it would fit well without much cutting.

 

I'm seriously considering this now, Auggy :)