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

[rednekkboss]

Great looking Rhinos! The cables on the back  are gorgeous.  Beautiful looking Death Guard!

Edited January 9, 2019 by rednekkboss

[Pandoras Bitz Box]

Fantastic rhino buddy! That mount on the dozer blad is so good that it's making me laugh with excitement! I love the crackle in the paint to. Man, the colours are so cool, such a great contrast while ago not overpowering each other, something I feel like I need to master... Or grasp at all.

 

I feel compelled to have to pull a "Columbo" and say "one more thing...". The little green skulls in the acoves on top. I can't make out that much detail on them compared to the rest of the the tank. Is that because they are a light source? I was wondering if either they could do with some more contrast if not or some OLS on the alcoves if so? Maybe it's just me though... I'll back out now bowing with subservience to your superior painting skills before someone thinks I'm getting too big for my boots!

[Freakshow668]

Absolutely beautiful dude. I love the barrels and tubes.

[Augustus b'Raass]

Wow, thanks a lot, everyone, for the overwhelmingly positive comments re: the Rhino and its pals. I appreciate it!

Today I finished the trio of Plague Drones. They have a story behind them, as I painted them up for ETLIV, I believe. Here's their original colour scheme in hidden brackets:

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I had always disliked the colour scheme I painted them in, but never got around doing them properly as there where cooler projects. Now that I am rounding up my Death Guard and Nurgle Daemon army, I decided to strip and repair them, and repaint them! To my surprise, I really enjoyed painting them - which might have something to do with the spur-of-the-moment decision to do their wings in green. :)

 

Here's pictures:

 

Champion

 

Musician

 

Icon Bearer (as you know, I used the icon on my second Death Guard Rhino's dozer blade, so I had to revert to a regular Plaguebearer Icon. ;)

 

I hope you like them! Thanks for looking, for your comments, and onwards to the next project!

 

Cheers!

 

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@ Grotsmasha: Hey buddy! Always nice to see a comment from you here!
 

@ DuskRaider: I live indeed! You know how it is with the holidays. About the Chaos Undivided front (and back) plate - they indeed came with an interior late, but seeing as I don't do interiors of tanks, I left it our for maybe a future project? Next was these drones, but I'm also working on 20 more Plaguebearers, the giant Poxbringer, a Biologis Putrifier, and three Bloat Drones with lawnmowers - of which two are custom build using the DI drones...

 

@ Sagentus: Cheers! I should post a recap of miniatures painted in 2018, shouldn't I?

 

@ Doghouse: He returns! Cheers, mate, good to see you comment here. :) And thanks for the high praise - you're among the frater who got me posting here on this board (in fact, my first comment ever was in your truescale thread) , so there's always a lingering 'wow it's Doghouse!' when you comment :D

 

@ Pearson73: Thanks, and cit's cool that you picked up on the similar but different style ;)

 

@ guardian31: Hurray - and hey presto they're done! What do you think?

 

@ KrautScientist: Krautyboy! Good to see you and happy new year! Yeah the green skulls are weird but it's too late to change as they need to be green to make the Rhino fir its two buddies....

 

@ Eldrick Shadowblade: Dude! Another army? I've only been slaving away at this one for the better part of 2018!

 

@ Kizzdougs: Possessed vehicle upgrade? Don;t remember that one - but I have been away from the hobby for ten years before returning in 2012, so maybe I missed it because of that? Care to show Picture?

 

@ rednekkboss: Thank you! Coming from the Lord of the Swamp, the Rightful Redneck, the Slayer of Geese himself, that is much appreciated. :)

 

@ Pandoras Bitz Box:

But I agree on the lights.

 

@ Freakshow668: Thanks! Another happy find to see the barrels that come with the Container Kit the same size as those on the Giant Guard tank, I forget what it's called right now. 

[steamius]

Thats awesome! 

[DuskRaider]

Wow, I love the wings! They just pop against the pale flesh of the Drones and Riders, wicked awesome!

[rednekkboss]

Love the green wings, nice upgrade. The colors work great!

[Augustus b'Raass]

Cheers, guys!

 

 

Another squad of 20 Plague Bearers finished!

 

I'm particularly pleased with the command group, as I used the bits from the Plague Drones command. They differ quite a lot from the standard command group. I'm sorry I hadn't thunk about this earlier, as I would have loved to give a plaguebearer musician a Marauder drum instead of a flute...

 

I hope you like them and appreciate your feedback. 

 

Onwards to finishing the Biologis Putrifier!

 

Cheers

 

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@ steamius: Haha thanks :)

 

@ DuskRaider: Yeah that as the idea - I'm glad it's so well-received, for I now know what colour to do the wings on my still to be built Mortarion :D :tu:

 

@ rednekkboss: Thanks, buddy! 

[gaurdian31]

Those drones got finished quickly! I really like the green wings, makes them pop. The new unit of plague bearers look good as well. Nice work on converting the old chaos icon. That's from the Chaos Marauders right? 

[Teetengee]

Am I a bad person that I prefer the former? Looks like the mounts were made of human flesh, rather than really their own creatures.


The new ones are definitely more striking though.

[Grotsmasha]

That green really draws the eye....

[Hungry Nostraman Lizard]

Very nice stuff. 

[Midnightmare]

Dat Rhino B) it is quite frankly amazing - they all are!

 

Nice work, as ever on the Plague Bearers, gloriously sickening!

Edited January 11, 2019 by Midnight Runner

[teku]

First of all a happy new year for you to mate!

I have to disagree with that the new drones look cooler. 

Liked them when they where more united with the force. 

Rhino's are top notch work. Wouldn't expect anything else!

 

Looking forward to your Mechanicum work! 

[Augustus b'Raass]

Cheers, guys.

 

I thought it'd be nice to showcase the miniatures I painted in 2018, like some other frater have done. Basically, the year started with a big Night Lords vehicle commission, then I painted a giant Death Guard and Nurgle Daemon force, and I finished with the first three of a Renegade Knights army... 

 

Commissioned Night Lords vehicles:

 

Death Guard/Nurgle Daemon force:

(105 Poxwalkers, Tree, GUO, 3x Rhino, Plague Drones)

 

(50 Plague marines, 2 Daemon Princes, 12 Characters, 3 Terminator Bodyguards, Land Raider, 7 Objective Markers)

 

(60 Plaguebearers, 3 Bloat Drones, 12 Nurgling Bases, 2 Daemon Characters, Greater Bloat Drone, Decimator, 3 PBCs, Trilobe, 6 Blightlord Terminators)

 

(Questoris Renegade Knight, 2Armiger Helverins)

 

Impressive, to say the least. I know I'm a fast painter, but considering I've had a very busy year and my hobby time felt far more restricted than previous years - coupled with the fact that my Death Guard colour scheme is far more convoluted than previous armies (it incorporates a base colour, three washes, and two drybrush stages so that my airbrush is pretty much useless - compared to previous armies which all had a basecoat, a shade, and a highlight - all of which were done with the airbrush) I'm pretty maazed by the amount of work I got done. 

 

So what have I learned in 2018? I have indeed improved my washing and drybrushing techniques, but I feel it was  slightly to the detriment of my detailing work. I also feel like this was -at least one of the - last big army projects I will do. The Death Guard/Nurgle Alliance are a pretty fun and competitive combo, which I feel like I can use for much of the foreseeable future in tournaments and the like - especially when combined with my growing Renegade Knights collection. The truth is, I also foresee that with my burgeoning family life (I and Rose are trying to spawn nurglings) my time will be limited in the coming years. So I think complete new armies are out of the question, so I'll start working on smaller projects from now on - mostly Necromunda/Kill Team/INQ28 projects. I might make an army based on seperate lists (instead of my usual approach to just build all competitive choices in the army so I can make whatever strikes my fancy) - so expect me to 'borrow' lists for AdMech and perhaps sisters. 

 

Anyway, I wish all of you a great hobby year in 2019, and hope mine will be just as awesome!

 

Cheers!
 

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@ guardian31: Thanks and yes, that's from the Chaos Marauders I once bought 40 of them in a spurr of the moment, and those sprues sat unsued on a shalf for three years - but this year I have managed to use every component on them! It proved to be a sound investment!

 

@ Teetengee: of course you're a bad person! Regardless of your opinion on the drones, I've always thought that. But I love you even still

 

@ Grotsmasha: Indeed it does, but I'm a bit ambiguous as to if you meant that to be something positive or not....

 

@ Hungry Nostraman Lizard: Cheers, bro!

 

@ Midnight Runner: Thank you! Glad you like them, they were fun to work on!

 

@ teku: Hey it's my Belgian buddy! I'not sure if you've seen it, but the green of the wings is a recurring colour in the force - in the smoke of several banners, icons, and the Daemon Prince, but also in plasma glow and on vehicle lights. I will also use the wing colour on Mortarion, so hopefully it'll be more obvious them

Edited January 11, 2019 by Augustus b'Raass

[Pandoras Bitz Box]

That is an inspiring haul man! It's really great how you can smash out not just so many minis but of such a high quality. I'm going to try and get more done this year but I don't expect to hit this kind of level of production. Amazing effort, looking forward to 2019's output.

[gaurdian31]

Holy cow, 2018 as definitely a productive year for you! I remember all of these being completed, but seeing them altogether is crazy! The marauders certainly do have some nice bits on them, glad to hear you got such good use out of them. What do you think you will get up to next? I read your list of ideas and I think a Kill Team would be nice to see. Maybe bring back the Imperial Fists for it? Kill Team is super fun!

[Augustus b'Raass]

Next up, I finished the Biologis Putrifier today!

 

I wanted to play Warchild's This War Of Mine (highly recommended game, btw. Available for cheaps on steam, and you support a valuable NGO working with children in (ex-)warzones) on my laptop, but my GF said no because she needed the laptop to prepare for some work-related exams, and told me I should go do something productive.  lol

 

So here's pictures!

 

 

 

 

 

Incidentally, this is the last of all Death Guard characters in my army. It's a bit of a milestone. 

 

Excluding the classic Typhus, which I don't count as it just looks pitiful next to all the new DG miniatures, I have 12 characters in my army now. Here's two pictures, with desciptions from left to right:

 

Noxious Blightbringer, Foul Blightspawn, converted Chaos Lord of Nurgle, converted Necrosius, converted Plague Surgeon, Lord of Contagion

 

Converted Foul Blightspawn, converted Malignant Plaguecaster, Tallyman, Typhus, converted Plague Surgeon, Biologis Putrifier

 

A nice eclectic group of individuals, if I may say so myself :) :tu:

 

I hope you like them! Comments and feedback most welcome!

Cheers

 

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@ Pandoras Bitz Box: You're not such a slow painter yourself, dude. Don't sell yourself short: you did that Knight in very little time - especially considering the level of conversions that went in it! I remember Jeff Tibbets' Knight, which -without selling his work short in any way possible, as it was a marvelous, wonderous piece of work, that rightly got featured in the Imperial Knight iPad game- had fewer (or at least less obvious - his was more subtle) conversion work in it, but took over a year to assemble and paint.  

 

@ guardian31: Next up will be a Poxbringer, three Bloat Drones, three Helbrutes, and finally Mortarion, and then I will most likely call the army finished!

[KrautScientist]

Congratulations on finishing the last(?!) character for your DG army, buddy: That's quite a collection! The screaming Lord, Typhus and the helmeted Plague Surgeon take the cake by a far margin, if you ask me.

 

As for the Biologis Purifier, I have to admit that he is my least favourite of your DG characters (not a big fan of the stock model, though, so take this with a grain of salt). If I may be brutally honest, I don't think your treatment of the glass vials quite works: It's too colourful, by one, making him look a bit like a christmas tree (the fact that the actual sculpt already supports this look doesn't help, of course). And the actual effect looks very much painted on, which I believe is a result of your decision to go for "white" (or rather, greyish) glass and a stark black watermark. Now to be fair, this is a heck of an effect to get right, but I myself have had the best results when going for a darker glass colour, because you free yourself from the need to suggest transparency where none exists. Funnily enough, the effect works better on your Plague Surgeon -- but maybe it has something to do with being more subtle (and less of a defining part of the overall model) there?!

Edited January 13, 2019 by KrautScientist

[Chaeron]

What a fantastic haul over the year Augustus! May that be bettered further this year, of course...

 

Simply love the Renegades - great scheme and so characterful.

[Pearson73]

The characters all loo excellent, my favourite has to be the lord roaring his challenge and beseeching his dark patron, just for the classic pose.

 

I agree with Kraut regarding the Putrifier, the vials seem a little too bright and colourful and I think he might be onto something regarding the lighter glass colour.

[Midnightmare]

Knocked out of the park again, all those little details make my eyes hurt! Everything about him is brilliant, even down to how the liquid settles in the bottles.

 

Great group shots too, a right motley (sorry, I mean mouldy) crew :tu:

 

Really looking forward to seeing what you do with Morty!

Edited January 13, 2019 by Midnight Runner

[Eldrick Shadowblade]

Man! What a truly inspiring amount of production, brother! If you have nurglings... your time will be... limited. Take it from me! It gets better after a few years though. I think my favorite three of the year are: 1. The traitor knights 2. The screaming Lord 3. the necrosius conversion. Cheers!

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thanks, everyone!

 

As for my continued voyage into the Death Guard, I'll be working on a conversion of which I posted the beginnings of before; the Bloat Drone with Fleshmower!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, this one is finished. As you can see it has a Bloat Drone kit canopy - so not the DI stock Bloat Drone's canopy which I used for the three I did before with Plague Sprayers. My pals gifted me a Bloat Drone kit for my brithday, and I cought the Bloat Drone fever. So I'll construct the stock kit tomorrow, and see what I have left to create a third one. I've already ordered a DI drone from eBay, to use as a base for the third one! :D 

 

Hope you like!
 

Cheers,

 

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@ KrautScientis: You might be right (christmas tree was what I was thinking during painting...) and I'll fix it tomorrow! Pinky promise!

 

@ Chaeron: Thanks, buddy! I appreciate it. :)

 

@ Pearson73: I'll do something about it!

 

@ Midnight Runner: Heheheh I saw what you did there... ;) 

 

@ Eldrick Shadowblade: Hurray! I love Slides! Also, those are my favourites too!

[Pearson73]

Liking the Drone, the barbed wire in the Fleshmower is a nasty touch.

 

How are you planning on tackling Mortarion, converting him or leaving him stock?

Edited January 14, 2019 by Pearson73