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

[Aslomov]

I have finally got around to leaving a message man! 

 

Well, I have to say that I disagree with every single person on here, your minis are just abysmal!! It hurts my eyes just to look at them! You should be ashamed!

 

I joke of course! I love these!!  This blog is full of such good inspiration, I shall TRY to match the level that you achieve, and fail miserably! But as we all know, it takes practice, practice and more bloody practice!

Keep up the good work man, it's damn good plastic crack to stare in awe at!

Edited August 23, 2018 by Aslomov

[Augustus b'Raass]

 

During my vacation I tried to keep up with the forum, and it's given me a ton of inspiration - I'm finally going to work on my Knight(s), plus a ton of stuff on my Death Guard. 

 

I started with this Plague Marine squad. Now, you might be thinking "huh, what a weird weapons combo" and you'd be right. But the thing is I figured out I need a lot more guys wit flails than I'd legally be allowed to field if I was doing the four five-man squads I was planning. So I swapped some bolter guys with flail guys in the list of things I am yet to do. Unfortunaty that will mean I have a couple bolter dudes left over at the end, so I guess I'm painting a squad with bolter guys and flails in a couple months. Anyway, time for pictures!
 

Squad Hakur

 

Sergeant Hakur - made from the DI Noxious Blightbringer's body. I really like the way I exaggerated his slumping gate with his plasmagun arm.

 

Vexilarius Adid - Just a simple arm and backpack swap of the standard guy. 

 

Specialist Dulud - I went to town on him with my new tentacle maker. Also, he has tons of bits from the extra (painted) DI sets I got, as well as a third party backpack.

 

Specialist Dasudo - I'm actually the most pleased with this guy. Since the Plague Marine set only has one flail of corruption in it, I only got two of those sets and I need at least six flails, I was forced to make some custom. His is made from a Space Wolves double-handed power axe haft and a Dark Angels terminator Flail of the Unforgiven. Pretty nifty, if I may say so myself

 

Specialist Gulk - the runt of the litter. I cannot seem to make this head seem cool. I might even change his head and possibly his right arm. He's another attempt to use the DI standard bolter marine's body, of which there are two in the box - see the legs? What do you guys think?

 

Tat's the squad. I'd love to hear what you think of them. Let me know!

Also, I started work on the three PBCs I got. I kinda went overboard magnetizing all options, as well as the base sponson guns themselves, for storage... 

 

This is what the options pile looks like - a ball of magnetized bits.

 

Thanks for looking. I have the rest of the week off for hobby time, so I'm thrilled!

 

Cheers!

 

Replies:

 

@ Hugnry Nostraman Lion: That nurgling in the hole thing seems like a cool idea but would be maybe a bit too convoluted for the aesthetic I'm going for.... I like the idea of giving them a loading space, like the Legion Earthshakers. But that would make their profile bigger and since I also visit the tournament scene... 

 

@ Midnight Runner: The crazy tree thing is a Feculent Gnarlmaw - it's a GW miniature that increases the abilities of nearby Daemons of Nurgle. 

 

@ Atia: Well, seeing as you weren't on the Chaos Team, I didn't mind your sleepy face! And thanks!

 

@ Alsomov: Yeah they're pretty crap, aren't they? I should just throw everything away and start anew. You're on the right track with the practice though - feel free to ask for advice on anything here. I'd be hapy to help you out with any techniques.

Edited August 28, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

Nice job on the DIY flail and for Gulk, maybe have some hoses running to the sides of his gas mask snout? 

[Midnightmare]

These are deliciously fetid, I like the extra pustules all over them. A very individual looking squad :tu:

 

I kind of like Gulks head, good call on the hoses though.

[Hungry Nostraman Lizard]

Whew, what an update. You uploaded all of this at 2 am today, so they'll be done being painted by... 11am? :) Great stuff, and you inspired me to revisit my Dark Imperium box/more plague boil boys. 

[hushrong]

Welcome back!

 

And please tell me you will show up for a game with a magnetized ball of weapons. Then slowly pick them out and pop them on the crawler.

 

Aside from that I love those crawlers and you've done a great job changing them up so they do not look like they were a copy-paste job. I also cannot wait to hear what havoc they reap for you. Those things are by far one of my favorite vehicles in this game. I usually try to think of ways that I could sneak it into my Black Legion. Best idea I have though is to use it as a scorpius.

 

The plague marines also look great. Nice conversions and use of bits as always! The blightlauncher marine definitely catches my eyes. I love those tentacles/cords around his weapon and that third party backpack!

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thanks guys,

 

Unfortunately my buddy called in sick forour planned day of hobbying. I filled the time we would have spent chatting and having laughs with hobby productivity. 

 

Let's start with Specialist Gulk of the above WIP squad. BCK and Midnight Runner suggested some cabling for the helmet, so I did just that. Thanks guys!

 

Now, some of you might remember these Great Plague Cleaver toting guys from squad :

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Well, turns out that Great Plague Cleavers suck and that Flails of Corruption rule. So I made them into this:

 

 

Hurray for the Chaos Marauder kit I picked off Facebook two years ago - they've proven invaluable for cultists, poxwalkers, and now for this!

 

I also did some work on the Flying Daemon Prince. He got a Bionic Eye to make it absolutely clear he is a creature from the 41st millennium. That lead cable will run into the side of his neck, but the end is left long and in the wrong place to let the GS around the first end cure

 

I started his backpack by putting the smoke stacks from the finecast Nurgle DP's as backpack exhausts. Cables will run from below his shoulder pads into the backpack, which will get an organic ring to it. I also added extra flayed flesh between the resin sculpted flesh and the cables running out of his lower half. 

 

Finally, work has begun on the PBCs.

 

That's it. That's all I have fro today. :D

 

Cheers!

 

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@ BCK: Good idea! Implemented :) Satisfactory?

 

@ Midnight Runner: Cheers! That's kinda what I was going for so I'm glad it came across as such :tu: 

 

@ Hungry Nostraman Lizard: Nah, maybe tomorrow. Definitely this week though. :) Go for the DI box! Its a great resource of Nurgle Bits and very simple to cut up!

 

@ hushrong: I guess I will? I'm also looking forward to their performance. I have yet to see them in action  -I've never actually played or seen a game being played with them....

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Impressive works.

[Custom Hero]

Very impressed with the daemon prince so far. It's given me little inspiration to try something with the Cawl kit when I get to putting my CSM army together. Edited August 29, 2018 by Custom Hero

[DuskRaider]

I love the Daemon Prince, he looks much better and I like the flesh around the tubes coming from his shredded torso.

 

I don't know if it's how thin they are or the bend to them, but the tubes on the Blight Launcher Marine look off. If you've got the green stuff tube maker, try using that instead.

 

I'm a bit sad you replaced the Cleavers, truthfully. They looked great previously and Cleavers still serve a role when attacking tanks and hard-to-kill opponents. The movement on the flail chains just doesn't gel well with the models holding them. 

 

Plagueburst Crawlers are coming along nicely! It will be nice to see them completed and all together. Will you be doing anything to differentiate them?

[Augustus b'Raass]

Another day of hobbying yields great progress on the tanks, but most importantly: I think the build of the Daemon Prince is done!

Here's a compilation picture, followed by wide-angle pics in hidden brackets, and finally shots of the details, with explanations. 

 

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And detailed pictures:

 

I decided to give him a bionic eye to show his human origin, as well as to visually place him in the 41st millenium. There's also black carapace sockets and a cable running from his neck to his backpack, and finally some campaign pips on his forehead to show his astartes origin. The plastic Death Guard symbol on his shoulder pad identifies him even with more detail.

 

His backpack is a corrupted version of an astartes backpack. I used a combination of smoke stacks and MkIII backpack exhausts to function as the lower heat dispensers of an astartes backpack. Three grills in the middle do something similar, as well as making a Nurgle symbol. Cables from his backpack and his head place the miniature in the 40K universe, as well as showing off his astartes origin and bulking up his upper arms to make the pauldrons fit better.

 

Again, cables running from under his shoulder pads to the backpack bulk up his spindly arm to make the shoulder pads it more, as well as further emphasising the 40K/41st millennium origin of the daemon.

 

let me know what you think. You know me, once a build is finished it needs paint, so please I can only incorporate feedback in the next 24 hours or so.

 

Cheers!

 

Replies:
 

@ Bjorn Firewalker: Cheers, buddy

 

@ Custom Hero: Aw man, a buddy of mince converted a Dark Mechanicus Cawl out of the Necron Canoptek Spider and Cawl himself I believe.

 

@ DuskRaider: Cheers! Let me respond to all your points: Thanks for the lauding feedback on the DP. I unfortunately cannot help the tubing on brother Gulk - thicker would be far too thick I'm afraid. About the Cleavers: sadly they had to go - I will never use them as their only function is anti-armour/monster, and there's other stuff in the army to do that. I'm not sure what you mean by the movement issue - the first guy is making a sideways swipe and the other is going for an upwards swipe. PBCs are basecaoated, washed, drybrushed, washed, drybrushed, and are now ready for their final wash.

Edited August 30, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[Midnightmare]

My word, your Daemon Prince is quite a work of art! Brilliant execution mate, I love the touches you have done to bring him into 40k (the Black Carapace sockets are genius!!)

 

Quick question - what did you use to fill in the shoulder pad recesses? Cheers :tu:

 

Such awesome work mate, genuinely terrifying visage. I know you will do him (it) justice when you paint him (it!) - going to make a fine centrepiece.

 

I know I am racing about the Prince, so just let me say I like the piping on Gulk too, and also the flails work really well too :)

[Viridia]

I am really digging this daemon prince right now, and I love the new plague marine squad. Looking great!

[hushrong]

The daemon prince is looking appropriately wicked!

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Daemon Prince (staring at his body's lower half, which was torn off when he ascended): "I did not feel THAT. Good thing I do not serve Slaanesh. Oh well, as a Servant of Nurgle, THAT part of my body was never as useful as it should have been."

The daemon prince is looking appropriately wicked!

I second that.

[Hungry Nostraman Lizard]

What you've done to an already awesome model is spectacular. 

[DuskRaider]

 I unfortunately cannot help the tubing on brother Gulk - 

 

Well not with that attitude you can't.

[Augustus b'Raass]

Ugh - I found out this week that having a lot of time on your hands isn't necessarily a good thing - it prevents you from being efficient and allows for endless sidetracks. I've been working on the five-man Plague Marine squad (base colours done now), the three PBCs (Base colours done), the Daemon Prince (started painting and the base colours are also done), but also went on to build more. 

 

Today, I finished my incarnation of Necrosius the Undying. The regular miniature that people often use, and which is now the basis of many (fan)artwork, is actually listed in the Forge World site as a Nurgle Chaos Space Marine Sorcerer. It's not necessarily Necrosius - although Necrosius's equipment is reflected in the miniature. So I decided to make my own, using the artwork as my guide, and the body of a Tallyman as a basis. Here's what I have so far:

 

 

 

What do you think? I'm pretty happy with his staff/force weapon, and find his backpack to be solid. Perhaps I'll sculpt some rags behind the fly icon on the banner, and perhaps have his mutation bursting out of his leg. Any other ideas are welcome of course!
 

Cheers,

 

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@ Midnight Runner: I filled the shoulder recesses in with pure milliput. 

 

@ Viridia: Cheers, buddy!

 

@ hushrong: Haha thanks! Wicked is what I was going for? :)

 

@ Bjorn Firewalker: 

 

@ Hungry Nostraman Lion: Thanks! The Mourngul is a really cool miniature, indeed. 

 

@ DuskRaider: Lol, wel, you'll be glad to know then, that during painting, one of the cables fell off!

[DuskRaider]

Wow, I love your rendition of Necrosius! I really need to get around to redoing mine.

[Greenz]

That DP is just straight up fantastic! It’s completely out of the norm for what we typically see with Nurgle, it’s quite refreshing. Can’t wait to see this bad boy painted up

 

That Necrosius is sweet too! I’m actually doing something very similar with that staff for my plaguecaster. How do you find it holds up? I’m worried mines going to come apart.

 

As ridiculous as this might sound, do you plan on doing anything with his bolt pistol? It just looks very clean compared to the rest of the model, though that could be fixed up with the paint job

[Doghouse]

Insanely cool work on that DP mate, that is inspired.

[ElDuderino]

The prince turned out great, I love all of the little details you've added since last time. Very cool and totally unique.

 

Necrosius looks sweet as well!

[Augustus b'Raass]

Daemon Prince finished.

 

Finally, I finished something this week. I'm never doing multiple projects at the same time again, lol. 

 

Anyway, picture time!

 

 

 

And all the above picture separate, but in hidden brackets:

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I hope you like him! I admit that he doesn't comply with the regular Nurgle vibe, but I kinda like the different aesthetic. Anyway, let me know what you think! 

 

Comments with Critique and Curiosity appreciated!

 

Cheers!

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@ DuskRaider: You already did one? Where?? I must've missed it somehow. Linky please? Or tell me which page on your thread.

 

@ Greenz: Thank you! I'm glad you like him so much and appreciate the 'out-of-the-box-iness' of the Nurgle DP. About Necrosius' bol pistol: it comes straight out of the Plague Marine box, and has a maggot crawling out of its cartridge ejection port. That'll have to do.

 

@ Doghouse: Thanks! High praise from hallowed Doghouse!

 

@ ElDuderino: Cheers, buddy! Glad you like both of them.

Edited August 31, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[Warsmith Uveron]

In close to 200 pages of clever conversions, this one is one of the best. 

 

It captures an aspect of the god, that isn't seen in other deamons, which is good. Especially in the Daemon Princes.  

 

My only thought would be perhaps the skin could do with a glaze? I have been playing around with them since I watched the tip video on WHTV, it may help balance the contrast between the light grey highlights on the skin and the pinks of the flesh.  

[hushrong]

The DP is utterly fantastic! Every detail has been so finely crafted and the miniature is simply breathtaking with the paint job.

 

Although, the more I stare at him I start to feel itchy!