Word Bearers Chaos Knight

[Dark_Apostle_XVII]

Thanks mate :)

[Pandemicus]

That is a fantastic painjob. Worthy of the Word Bearers. What would Lorgar say?

[Dark_Apostle_XVII]

Thank you. Well I certainly hope he would be very pleased :)

[HJL]

Oh that is very nice! Get it in a game and show everyone the true power of the dark gods!

[Urauloth]

Looks superb. Absolutely love what you did with the faceplate.

[Dallas Drake]

Stunning! Absolutely mind blowing. I think I want a Knight now. Could you post a list of conversions/bits you did please?

 

10/10 job and the best Legion too.

 

SERIOUS Kudos dude!

[Dark_Apostle_XVII]

Cheers HJL, can't wait to get it in a game.

Thanks Ghost

Wow! Thanks Dallas you should definitely get one, I can't recommend the quality of the kit enough.
Thank you so much, and I have got to agree, it is the best legion.

Sure, I'll get a list edited in and post links to the bits where possible. As well as detailing the conversions.

*Edit* - bits and conversions:

Starting from the bottom up,

the base is a Quake Cannon Crater,

the Left Leg has been adjusted to raise it up a few cm to account for the height difference between base and crater. This was done by cutting the peg off where the hip and leg join (needs to be removed as it is hexagonal so can only fit in certain ways and I only needed to raise the leg at the hip slightly - not enough to fit in the next slot). I also cut the leg in two at the knee, bent slightly and glued back so it was positioned on the crater.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/122948524@N05/14547079320/ - picture may explain better, black lines are where to cut. I then posed knee and hip as necessary.

The thigh armour plates are from the Maulerfiend. See photos below.

http://www.bitsandkits.co.uk/chaos-forgefiendmaulerfiend-left-arm-p-9018.html

http://www.bitsandkits.co.uk/chaos-forgefiendmaulerfiend-right-arm-p-9017.html - hand had to be cut away from this one as it is joined to the plate. This was just hacked away as neatly as possible with clippers and tidied up with a knife and file.

The arms have been switched round - this is really simple, just build as instructed but switch weapons round (eg put together cannon as instructed and the left shoulder then connect as you would for the right arm. its the same either way).

The Daemonic face on the end of the cannon is from the Defiler Battlecannon.

http://www.bitsandkits.co.uk/chaos-defiler-torso-battle-cannon-p-5370.html

The shield and autocannon have been swapped round, again, just build as normal and swap sides. The Dark Mechanicus logo is made from FW Chaos brass etch with the Mechanicus symbol from the Knight set in the middle.

I made use of FW etch throughout. Would thoroughly recommend.

The head is made from the Mechanicus Knight head and converted like so: https://www.flickr.com/photos/122948524@N05/14547175350/ to make teeth.

The horns are the ends of these: http://www.bitsandkits.co.uk/chaos-chariot-smooth-horns-x2-p-9574.html - much bigger that I thought they would be so just cut the tips off. The 'hood was shaved back too to make room for the horns.

A lot of the details on the armour plating that looked too imperial were shaved off with a knife and file.

The exhausts are from the Forgefiend.

http://www.bitsandkits.co.uk/chaos-forgefiendmaulerfiend-exhaust-x2-p-9021.html - had to put the back armour plate on first though and slot them through the holes and stick as if you stick them first, the holes in the back plate are too small to fit the wide top part through.

Finally, the spikes on the shoulder pads are from wherever I could get them, as Chaos players, they are easy to come buy, possessed have a load, the Daemon Prince does etc.

Hope that helps, feel free to ask anything else you want to know or if I missed anything.

Thanks

[HJL]

its a shame you dont live in Texas, we could get a game in against some poor fool. Two of them striding across the field re-educating the emperors slaves.

[Dark_Apostle_XVII]

Yeah. That would have been awesome mate! :)

[Strazhakov]

The Dark Gods be praised this looks fantastic. Great centerpiece model.

 

This really makes me want to convert a House Devine Cerastus lancer and dedicate it to Slaanesh...

[KrautScientist]

Fantastic work on your Chaos Knight! I already noticed it earlier on Warseer, but I lacked an account to comment, so I'm glad to finally have a chance to tell you the model rocks ;)

 

Maybe you should post the model in the "Forge" section of the board as well -- I guess there are many members over there who'd have a thing or two to praise about your model as well!

 

Keep up the amazing work!

[Dark_Apostle_XVII]

Thanks Strazhakov! Do it, it sounds great. But please let us see it if you do.

 

Thank you so much! That means a lot coming from you dude, I love your work on the Eternal Hunt. And saw the early stages of your own knight recently and love how it's coming along, can't wait to see it finished.

That's a good idea actually, I might just do that.

 

Thanks :D

[Strazhakov]

Thanks Strazhakov! Do it, it sounds great. But please let us see it if you do.

 

Will do. It's just a matter of time actually.

 

Forgeworld models take a lot of prep work etc. Work cuts into my hobby time bad and right now I'm glad if I get to play my current list once a month. Actually I haven't uploaded any pics of my army as of yet but hopefully I'll soon find the time to do a photo shoot of everything I currently play and some WIP stuff like my Ahriman conversion inspired by Forte's great looking Sorceror.