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

[Augustus b'Raass]

Haha well it's bound to happen with the clip-in-hand bit. But... shouldn't that Imperial Griffon first eject the spent clip before he grabs a replacement full one? 

[ShVagYeR]

It's a frag grenade, though I admit this is one of my early sloppy paintjobs which makes it hard to tell. ;)

[Dantay VI]

Looking good...What are you using for the basing?, almost looks like papier mache

[Dragonlover]

On the one hand, this foray into Loyalists disappoints me. On the other, those are some sexy Fists! That Deredeo is gonna look mint.

 

Dragonlover

[Augustus b'Raass]

@ShVagYer: Oh no, the picture and painting quality are beyond fine. I just didn't look well enough (and focussed on the bolter hand and not the other one) and was too quick to judge. It's clearly the grenade hand. :tu:

 

@Dantay_xv: Cheers buddy! the basing stuff is Vallejo Sandy Paste. It has an excellent texture and dries into a flexible goop that is just perfect as wet mud.

 

@Dragonlover: Trust me, doing loyalists feels super weird for (a) die-hard chaos players like me (us?). I feel like a super hypocritical traitor. It's just that Fists are so awesome. So incredibly awesome. To paint that is. Of course, they're weak, thin-blooded bastards who are doomed to fail in their quest to protect Terra. But damn is yellow cool to paint - especially after painting nearly 12000 points of traitorous midnight blue. ;)

[Soldier of Dorn]

Yeah, sometimes you just need a change of pace. It can get a bit old painting the same colors over and over and over again, even if it is for the glory of the Chaos Gods. 'Course, I haven't reached the scale of your army, but still... Like today, I discovered that I really enjoy painting Blood Angels. Who knew?

 

When are we going to see a picture of Venerable Brother Edvaard (Get it? Deredeo, Eddy, Edvaard? No? Ah well.) with the GLORY of his new ammo chains? Soon, I hope. Those things look absolutly badass.

 

Anyways, hope your workload lightens up and you can get back to our glorious hobby.

[Augustus b'Raass]

The ammo feed has not arrived yet, so I have to make do with the current fists. I finished another one and made better pictures of the last one. 

 

Brother Elken, renowned for his ferocity in close quarters fighting. Brother Elken is often assigned scouting roles during recon missions.  

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_007_zpsp516gfld.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_008_zpsqahvexfn.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_009_zpsqpstidil.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_010_zpsj2zeqsxs.jpg

 

Hope you like him. Also, here´s better pictures of Brother Brecht.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_003_zpsvn7o8b5w.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_004_zps6b52nzom.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_005_zpsvbpmjmdb.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_006_zpscg9ux64t.jpg

 

Feedback most welcome. 

[Kriegriss]

brother Elkin is the boss man these guys are all awesome

[Midnightmare]

I must admit I was shocked to see you making a Fist army, but I wholeheartedly approve. These look awesome! Perfect amount if weathering, I love the scheme

[Augustus b'Raass]

The eagle has landed.

 

Say what you want about 'ze Germans', you can count on them to deliver quickly and with gummi bears. This is the second German company I've ordered hobby stuff from (the other being Supermagnete.de) that ship SUPER fast (arriving within five days of ordering) and include a pack of sweet bears. :D

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_011_zpsmiuy7q03.jpg

 

The ammo feed comes in two packs, one with the actual bullets and one with the chain links. I continue to be stunned by the amount of detail and the quality of this product. The weight is incredible - this tiny pack of links and bullets is actually quite heavy - more than two pewter GW marines. Combined.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_014_zpscow4kott.jpg

 

However, there is a problem. Remember my exitement when I ordered these, 1:6 scale NATO 7,62mm? Well, I've never been in any armed forces or anything and -living in a country with very strict gun control laws - I've never actually handled any guns beside hunting shotguns. So my bland self assumed the 7,62 mm stood for the length of the miniature bullets. WRONG. It's the calibre of the real bullet, and the miniature bullets are closer to 12mm long.... Goes to show that assumption is the mother of all frack-ups.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpskgmy0022.jpg

 

Remember when I said they'd fit the ammo hopper ports perfectly? Yeah... that was when I thought the bullets where less than 8mm long...

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_018_zps2zblncbj.jpg

 

They're not, so they don't...

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_016_zpslzo6h5ou.jpg

 

But, not to worry - just when I thought I had wasted about 23 euro's and had to go back to the internets to find another suitable ammo feed, I realized the cartridges of the bullets DO fit the ejection ports of the Deredeo's autocannons!

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150909_019_zpsxph9g0pe.jpg

 

See? They're almost the perfect size. So now all I have to do is somehow lengthen the ports of the ammo hopper and the guns, perhaps with some plasticard or greenstuff, and I'll be golden. If anyone has any ideas about this, please let me know.

 

On a side note, I realized that my earlier fluff objections to the ammo belt is that I thought 40K uses caseless ammo. BUt then the guns wouldn't have ejections ports, right? So the rool of cool doesn't even have to apply here, because the ammo belt is totally realistic and fluffy! Something good came out of this, in the end. Yay! :D

 

 

Replies:

@kriegriss: Thanks mate! Yeah, Brother Elken is a brutal warrior. I'm glad the MkIII pads convey this.

 

@MidnightRunner: Cheers, buddy! Yeah me doing loyalists still feel a little icky to me, but I have to say I'm enjoying the distraction. Not to worry: Call of Chaos will see me build, paint and finish some good ol' chaos mini's. :tu:

Edited September 10, 2015 by Augustus b'Raass

[Flint13]

Huh, I'd never heard that 40k weapons use caseless ammunition. Bolters certainly don't.

 

But yeah, those things look badass, Augs. I'm sure lengthening the magazine well in the bottom of the reciever will be a breeze with all the wacky conversions youve pulled off in the past. I have to try *so* hard not to just straight up pilfer your idea ^_^

 

Can't wait to see him finished!

Edited September 10, 2015 by Flint13

[HandofAnubis]

Huh, I'd never heard that 40k weapons use caseless ammunition. Bolters certainly don't.

 

But yeah, those things look badass, Augs. I'm sure lengthening the magazine well in the bottom of the reciever will be a breeze with all the wacky conversions youve pulled off in the past. I have to try *so* hard not to just straight up pilfer your idea

 

Can't wait to see him finished!

 

Flint13 I think what Agustus means by "Cartridge" is the "casing" to us. If you look at the image closely you can see that each round has a caseing that he is comparing to the ejection port that would expel said casing after being fired.

[Augustus b'Raass]

Yeah, what HandofAnubis said. ^^ :) Thanks Flint, for the vote of confidence. 

 

I went to work assembling the ammo belt this afternoon - pretty fiddly work, but it pays off. I can't believe the bullets have an actual super tiny indenture in the bottom of the casing or cartridges or whatever they are called, to which the belt click-fit. I know that's a bad word among us hobbyists, but in this case it is actually amazing. 

 

Looks cool, huh?

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpsqfn3kng9.jpg

 

I played around a bit with poster buddy to get a good concept shot of how the finished result will look. 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpsynsxa1nd.jpg

 

Also, there's WAY too much ammo feed to use on the deredeo alone, so any ideas on what to use it on further are most welcome!

 

Cheers!

[Slips]

Oh man that looks soooooo cool @_@

 

Maybe if you could pry off the actual bullet from the Casings you could litter them on the base and, using fishing wire, pose them as being ejected from the Ports?

Edited September 10, 2015 by Slipstreams

[Teetengee]

Huh, I'd never heard that 40k weapons use caseless ammunition. Bolters certainly don't.

 

But yeah, those things look badass, Augs. I'm sure lengthening the magazine well in the bottom of the reciever will be a breeze with all the wacky conversions youve pulled off in the past. I have to try *so* hard not to just straight up pilfer your idea

 

Can't wait to see him finished!

For the record, the way bolter tech is described makes it so they should in fact not have cartridges, but since the art often shows otherwise....

[Dantay VI]

Well if you have too much, you could do more deredeo's or run an Auggi competition and use the rest for a prize.

 

Make bandoliers and put them round your marines as ammo loaders for your autocannons or HB rapiers

[HandofAnubis]

Edited. Slipstream beat me to the punch lol

Oh man that looks soooooo cool @_@

 

Maybe if you could pry off the actual bullet from the Casings you could litter them on the base and, using fishing wire, pose them as being ejected from the Ports?

 

 Cut them off and hollow them out...

Edited September 10, 2015 by HandofAnubis

[Kizzdougs]

Damn! The ammo looks amazing! The large calibre looks good to me :)

[m0nolith]

That is too cool!

[Viridia]

That is just...awesome! Question, is the Deredeo leaning to its right while the guns track a target up at the left? If that's the case, it looks very dynamic. My unpainted Fists are sat on the side castigating their unassembled state right now.

[HandofAnubis]

That is just...awesome! Question, is the Deredeo leaning to its right while the guns track a target up at the left? If that's the case, it looks very dynamic. My unpainted Fists are sat on the side castigating their unassembled state right now.

 

I think his head and missiles are tracking something in the sky :) i could be wrong though, but that is what it looked like to me.

[paz]

Awesome ammo belt conversion, looks waaay better than the FW ones. Since I have two unpainted deredeos, I'ma gunna have to pilfer your idea (alpha legion secretly had idea first, sorry fists!) 

 

 

Looking forward to seeing how you deal with the ammo hoppers!

 

 

EDIT- neeever mind, turns out that's about 99 euros through UPS to ship to the cold north of canada. noooope.

Edited September 11, 2015 by paz

[Midnightmare]

That is SO awesome!!! And stolen, totally going too :D

[Atia]

 

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/temporary_zpsqfn3kng9.jpg

 

OMG - THAT - LOOKS - SO - AWESOME :D

[Dantay VI]

The ammo looks wicked!!

 

From a real world perspective, how would a single feed work for 2 guns?? Do you need to run 2 lengths of belt fed ammo (1 for each autocannon)?