Widowmaker Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 So, I've always wanted to do a Night Lord army. I've started a few times, but always got distracted before getting too deep into the project. However, recently I caught the bug again.... I had some bitz and pieces lying about - including, but not limited to, half a Hellbrute and half a Daemon Prince. It occurred to me while looking at them that I've seen a bunch of excellent Night Lords... I've seen several excellent versions of First Claw; I've seen Terminators and Raptors, but I don't think I've never seen anyone try doing The Exalted. So I threw my hat in the ring. See what you think. http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/20150714_042411_RichtoneHDR_edit_1436840745403.jpg Just base colours right now, but it's a start. Apologies for the lousy camera phone pics. I'll throw something better up soon. As always, comments and criticism are welcome. Cheers, Widowmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Carnelian Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 That's a GREAT vision of the Exalted, especially given the fact that he has several descriptions that emphasize the scale of his armor and his interference with its machinery. Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhorneFlakes Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Nice work, I haven't seen a conversion like that yet, looks good with the bulk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widowmaker Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Thanks guys, I appreciate it. Looks like my update from last night was eaten by the crash, so I'm reposting the pics for posterity. http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/20150715_030537_RichtoneHDR_edit_1436922492309.jpg It is a work in progress, but I'm mostly liking it so far. It's not 100% what I had in mind, but it's pretty close. If my GS skills were better, I would remove some of the cabling between the legs. I'm also not a huge fan of the chains and skulls hanging from his arms... the helbrute ams have ports for fuel cells, which unfortunately got used on a different model. The chains and skulls were the best fix I could come up with, but any thoughts about possible replacements would be appreciated (don't let the paint job fool you, it's never too late to make changes). Anyway, more soon. As always, comments and criticism are welcome. Cheers, Widowmaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I think he's pretty awesome! I wouldn't change anything other than to give his base some love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widowmaker Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 @Vel'Cona - Cheers mate. I appreciate it. He's not quite done yet... base will be done very soon. In the mean time, some more updates. Apologies for the pic quality. http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/20150716_130129_RichtoneHDR_1_edit_1437045472463.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/20150716_130608_RichtoneHDR_edit_1437045405433.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/20150716_130616_RichtoneHDR_edit_1437045335906.jpg Almost done I think. One or two more days, then the base.... As always, comments and criticism are welcome. Cheers, Widowmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hunk Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Looking great! Awesome freehand on the shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Um, how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonlover Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 It looks nothing like how I envisioned the Exalted, but still works really well as the Exalted. My brain had him more serpentine, for some reason. Dragonlover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandrian Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 The Exalted looks awesome!!!! Well done Widowmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzdougs Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Excellent freenhand, dude! The lightning and the Legion symbol on the shoulder pad are really impressive :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanforthLaertes Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Really sweet model - you should be very proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Wow, that freehand is frankly ridiculous! So impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widowmaker Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 Wow! Thanks for all the compliments folks - you're making me blush! @ Bob Hunk, Kizzdougs and Vel'Cona; Thanks guys, glad you like it. Took a while to get to a stage where I was happy with it, but I'm pleased y'all like it! @ Lord Haelim Lev and DanForthLaertes - cheers guys. Glad you like him. @ Dragonlover - thanks man. The description that always stuck in my mind was of over sized terminator armour. Which to me conjures ideas of bulky and tank like, rather than sinuous and serpentine. But I can see how other aspects might have led to serpentine. Glad you liked him though. @ Jolemai - best I can give you is, "Slowly. Patiently. And over several days" :P Thanks again for the comments folks. They keep me motivated. Finished model should be ready soon. Cheers, Widowmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widowmaker Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 So.... Some of you may be aware that, although I rarely post my WIPs, I do have a few threads over in the HOH. One of them follows my progress as I've been trying to build and paint my way through my bits room (to call it a bits "box" doesn't quite cover the scale of my 40K addiction). Anyway, I promised myself I wouldn't buy anything more until I had a handle on the overflow. Until I came across these in one of my piles of models. http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/030AF904-554B-451C-9C9B-74385F0E15E0.jpg All glued up and nowhere to go. Way back when, I had painted them as Night Lords, but wasn't happy with the way they turned out, so had these earmarked to become World Eaters. Until I built the Daemon Prince above. And I painted him. Which let the monkey back out its cage... Which led to this.... http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/F4EA5AF9-51F0-4B26-8EBC-6031F51C4EAC.jpg So... That'll be, Sevetar, an Aspiring Champion, all told 30 Chaos Marines, 10 Raptors, 50 assorted shoulder pads, a Night Lords Contemptor Dread with auto cannon and power claw, and some rhino doors. Oh. And Krell. Because, why not, right? At some stage in the future, I have plans to add a Terminator Lord plus terminator squad, a couple of rhinos, and at least one Landraider. So far, I have been successfully resisting the urge to pick them up too. So far... Stay tuned - there's more to come soon. Cheers, Widowmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widowmaker Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 And, just for fun, a substantive post - progress on the Krell conversion. Name and fluff to follow. http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/346AA91B-98E9-4205-8152-DC2ABF3E7216.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/93FA9A3C-65C0-420C-883C-EE41401197ED.jpg As always, comments and criticism are welcome. Cheers, Widowmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassill Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Woah, I never thought to use the VC guy as an upper for a marine, that's freaking awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widowmaker Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 Thanks Kassill, glad you like him! I've been kicking the idea around for a while now - bought Krell with the aim of adding him to my 40K collection almost 3 years ago. Initially I planned to give him the Doghouse treatment (GSing greaves onto the model), but I wasn't happy how it turned out. Which led to much more radical surgery. Which then forced me to lower the neckline. Pretty happy with him so far, but I might add a couple more changes. We'll see. More soon Cheers Widowmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornestar Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Gave you all the likes I had left. Krell conversion FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalvationOfReason Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Wow. That Krell conversion....NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Really great looking Exalted, both impressive conversion and painting - esp the Freehand! Love your Krell conversion too. These Night Lords of yours are going to be very special, me thinks B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widowmaker Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 @Venomlust & SalvationOfReason - Thanks guys, I'm looking forward to getting some paint on the Krell conversion. Gotta put some fluff together too... @Midnight Runner - Thanks mate, glad you like them. I'm excited about the project - Hope I don't disappoint! Alrighty folks, hope we all had a good weekend. I have a little progress to post. As I mentioned above, a large part of the drive for this thread (other than Night Lords being awesome, of course) is an attempt on my part to clear some of my existing bitz. Which is why I am having to start with 20 CSM models at various stages of construction. They will all receive the Night Lord treatment as much as possible, but it means that while I can do some conversions, until I build brand new models most of the treatment will be limited to weapon swaps at this time. Enough waffle however. I have the first 10 CSM ready to go under the paint brush with Krell. See what you think. http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/1B50850E-6C61-4EB8-80D7-33508D233433.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/723045EA-B397-41E6-839E-EB3A1BB8195E.jpg Apologies for the lousy camera pics. As always, comments and criticism are welcome. Cheers, Widowmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widowmaker Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 So, we have some progress... http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/F1010CCB-DA1E-41FE-BB48-6ECE48873C22.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/570D6292-72B3-48EA-97D3-DAF49B0A91EB.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/0AE2C6BA-39E4-4233-B653-3DE287507BF1.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/FA62CF97-67B5-4C4B-B0ED-70CAB30F10A8.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/5AF838B3-F752-44D1-A35E-41F94AAB635F.jpg There are still many layers (and a lot of clean up) to go, but it's moving. What d'ya think so far? As always, comments and criticism are welcome. Cheers, Widowmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widowmaker Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 And it continues... http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s106/widowmakerphotos/Games%20Workshop/Warhammer%2040K/Chaos/Marines/Night%20Lords/In%20Progress/D9B6A5DA-386B-465C-8074-83793EAAA3D9.jpg More soon. As always, comments and criticism are welcome. Cheers, Widowmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widowmaker Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Bueller... Bueller.... Alright boys and girls, are we sitting comfortably? It's time for another installment in the progress of my Night Lords. Let's see if this one is comment-worthy. Fourth time's a charm, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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