Malchy's WIP thread : Kohuru head hunter squad (up 12/10)

[Pearson73]

Wow, genuinely brilliant work with the warband, such a broad range of parts coming together to make very individual, yet very cohesive characters. The bodyguard's masks give them a truly horrific visage and the over-sized mask of the spirit guardian carries this theme further.

[malcharion]

Thanks a lot :)

 

@Sagentus : glade you can see them !

 

@pearson : Thanks a lot ! Cool that you enjoy the team so far :)

 

 

Here is some more background for you today

 

 

The Khraves wars :

 

The Khraves. Those xenos praying upon mankind with their incredibly powerfull psychic capacitys were rampaging the Obscurus sector with an assault of a scale never witnessed before. Inslaving world after world.

The starport of Indra-sul was one of them and then it was Cayor turn.

 

The attack wasn't suden and violent.

The Khraves capacity to subtely corupt their victimes from afar was used to slowly take control of the mind of several lords of Knight Houses and populations.. The rivalry and conflict between the diferent realms turn in a wolrd wide civil war when the corupted knight houses and kingdoms fell upon one another unleashing carnage and terror upon those they had sworn to protect. No one was safe and the red sands drank the blood of inocents. .

 

The house Joolan was one of the Knight house that suffer the less of the Khraves mental influence. The Joolan realms was located at the edge of a part of the forest feared by the Cayorians named the Kasamança "The ghost land".

There the trees produce particulary thick fogs obscuring the forest on miles away. The choice of the Joolan to make those fogs their home, the secret surounding their realm and how they survived the many danger lurking in the mist. All this isolated them for century from the rivalry and the wars for lands with the other knight houses. However the few who tryed to penetrate the Joolan fogs and survived talk about them with fear.. They talk about the giants avatars of wars stalking into the spore clouds as the Seytan Sakaar "the mist demons".

 

That's why the house Joolan get out relativly untouched of the Khraves induced civil war. Their hit and run tactics were very effectives with the covert of the Kasamança mists that they call home. Also many refugees and knights from different house fleeing befor the madeness that took their own try to reach the Joolan realm. Swearing to join the house forever in return of retribution.

With their new allies the Joolan took the décision to go deeper into the Kasamança jungle in order to keep waging the guerrilla from it.

 

This is the moment the Khraves choose to launch a full scale ground invasion inslaving the agonising realms devastated by there own madness.

 

 

..stay tuned..

 

Also a friend of mine give me some plastic tube that could do the tricks for the Ogryn spear.

I Drill the hand again and reassemble the spear with the new haft what do you think of it now ?

 

 

 

Thanks for watching ! :)

 

Malchy

[malcharion]

Hi everybody !

Waiting for the Ogryn community validation I start working on the shield bodyguards ;)

 

Wip time! It's almost finished but I wanted to share it with you before puting the last coats :

 

 

 

 

 

Let me know what you think ;)

 

Malchy

[Dantay VI]

Looks absolutely amazing!! :tu:

[Checkmate]

I love that shield. The rest of the models pretty cool too I guess 

I'm also really enjoying the background you've put together for this house.

[Quixus]

Looking great. Where did you get that head?

 

I wonder if the head would be a good choice for a Possessed Marine/Mini DP. I'm thinking about this head, some torso/shoulder pads, raptor legs, the winged backpack and and clawed arms from the possessed box.

[Gederas]

Looking great. Where did you get that head?

 

I wonder if the head would be a good choice for a Possessed Marine/Mini DP. I'm thinking about this head, some torso/shoulder pads, raptor legs, the winged backpack and and clawed arms from the possessed box.

That head is from the AoS Witch Aelves/Sisters of Slaughter kit. If you want to use it on a Marine body, it'll take a bit of kitbashing, as those heads attach ONTO the necks of the elves in their kit. So you'd have to make up a brand new neck for your kitbash

[Boytoy]

oh yes. excellent woodgrainging on  that shield - it looks superb. love how the helmet ties in to both the turquoise and the shield's lava-eyes.

 

Another home-run

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Excellent work.

[malcharion]

Hi everybody ! Thanks for the replies :)

 

@DAntay VI : Thanks a lot :)

 

@Checkmate : Haha Thanks It was really cool painting that shield, I can't wait for the other one ^^. Really cool you like the backgroud so far :D !

 

@Quixus : Cheers man, sorry for the late reply ! Gederas answer it perfectly though :)

 

@Boytoy : Thanks a lot Boy !

 

@Bjorn Firewalker : Cheers Bjorn ! :)

 

I enjoy a lot painting those guys so I already started working on the old Samba N'diaye  ^^. Pictures are comming soon !

Is the Ogryn spear size is ok to you guys ? So I can prime it :)

 

Malchy

[Pearson73]

Ogryn looks fantastic, as do the glowing eyes of the mask and the weeping eyes of the shield. I must repeat myself again, just to say how bloody good this warband is, you've picked a great theme and set of cultural cues to base it off.

[Torbenos]

As has been said these conversions just ooze character and are very distinctive and original. You are doing great work. 

[Sandlemad]

Damn that bodyguard is good. The colours and the work on the shield especially but fantastic overall.

[hushrong]

The paint job is phenomenal! Those colors just look great together!

[Krakendoomcool]

This thread is absolutely outstanding. I'm a bit late onto this. I had seen some stuff about, can't remember where.

 

You know your on a winner when your looking at chapters you have no interest in, or you think you have no interest in and you are suddenly loving them. If you don't like Carcharodons or Raven guard you just haven't seen the right Carcharodons and Ravenguard. These are so great. They are so good that they immediately replace what you think you know about them. Really great style. Such a strong theme going on. The war paint going on in a Maori style is very impressive.

 

The dioramas are lovely. Really capture the feel of whats going on. Three great Night Lords flying in. Another Chapter where you just need to see the 'right' Nigt Lords and you will love them.

 

I'm already bowled over with the stuff I thought I wasn't into.

 

Then you lay Capten Kraken on. What a great model. I love it.

 

Then you lay on Leman Russ. With the nmm paint job and the war paint on his face.

 

With Leman Russ and Capten Kraken your hitting me with stuff I love in an amazing way and I've got no chance.

 

Amazing!

[Sagentus]

Amazing paint job thus far, your work is always great to see and aspire to

[KrautScientist]

Hey mate, this latest project of your is really intriguing! I am getting such a "Horizon Zero Dawn" vibe from the models, for some reason...

 

The painted cereminial bodyuguard is already looking quite stellar. Excellent work! :)

[malcharion]

Hi everybody ! Thanks for all the kind words and feedback on the project ;)

 

@Pearson73 : Thanks man ! Hope the finished Warband will match the praise : )

 

@Torbenos : Cheers Torbenos ! The originality is what I'm looking for the most when I paint or convert a model. It is my way to "own" my work, really glade you like those :)

 

@Sandlemad : Thanks ! I hope I will be able to reproduce the same things on the second bodyguard shield ^^

 

@hushrong : Thanks Hushrong ! I will play on those same colors for all the Warband to tie them all together.

 

@Krakendoomcool : Wow dude ! Thanks a lot for such a praise ! Really cool that you like my thread and even better if you found interest in chapter you didn't like before ! That's the best things I can hope for my model. To show my own vision of the army I love and to convert some heretics on the way ! Haha just kiding. Thanks again Kraken :)

 

@Sagentus : Cheers man ! :)

 

@KrautScientist : Haha ! Thanks Kraut ! Your work on your own Warbands among other things make me want to do this side project :). I was amazed by how you could put sutch character in simple human or Servitor model and I wanted to give it a try too. For Horizon you are certainly right I'm a huge fan of the visual univers of this game. The techno tribal style is something that I wanted for my Warband/knight house and if you feel those vibes it's a win :) Hope you'll enjoy what's comming next !

 

I made some progresse on Samba N"Diaye and finished the first shield guard :

 

 

 

Samba N"Diaye Wip :

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here we are for now ! Still a lot of work to do on the Grios. The nmm is taking me some time but I think it will be worth it :).

 

I'm wandering what to do for the base.. A jungle base (but maybe too mutch green) or a red sands base to contrast with the greens ?

 

As usual thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, it's bringing a lot of motivation !

 

Malchy

[Brother Lunkhead]

Wonderful work there brother..... as usual, your kit-bash and paint work is inspirational ..... As to the bases, I think a jungle base fits well with the theme. They don't have to be green.... xeno fauna can come in many colors, so you should be able to utilize the jungle theme and paint to contrast nicely with your figures. Once again, great work and I look forward to seeing the results or your decision on the bases.... they will look excellent, I'm sure

[KrautScientist]

The paintjobs are looking truly spectacular -- are you mixing NMM (on the augmetic arm and axe) with actual metallic paints (on the weapon detail and decorative headdress), though? That seems like a slightly weird combination to me.

 

As for the bases, some kind of overgrown tech ruins would be awesome (thinking Horizon Zero dawn again, but yeah), plus it stands to reason that the wood used for the shields would have to come from somewhere. One thing I'd like to point out is that this is the far future, and a big galacy to boot, so there's no law saying the vegetation would need to be green -- just sayin'... ;)

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Is Samba a Tech-Priest, or did he steal/seize that AdMech power axe?

[malcharion]

@Brother Lunkhead : Thanks a lot brother ! I think I will follow your advise and don't go for red sands. The xeno fauna is appealing but I'm not found of the GW bitz and I don't have a clue how to make my own.. I was thinking over the night and I came up with the idea of yellow savana tall grass in witch the lions stalks. It would be doable and the gold like color of those grass would look great with the schem I think ? With the archeotech ruines suggested by Kraut.

 

@Kraut : Thanks mate ! For the base what do you think of what I suggest to Brother Lunkhead ?

As for the metalics I know it look weird now because the gold are just primed. This is something I wanted to try since I see a model from a great peinters mixing the two technique somewhere on the internet. I liked the idea and decided to give it a try. I already do just that with the shield bodyguard. Using true metalics for the gold parts and nmm on the grenade, chaînes etc. I've made some progresse on Samba (their is still the pigments to add) you could have a look at how the two technics looks together when finished. :)

 

@Bjorn : Samba N"Diaye is a hight representative of the Grios cast. Those are acting as Sacristan, keeper of arcanes, religion and lore of the Joolan House. Therefor that's them who trade with the mechanicum from the day the House join the imperium. The way Samba N"Diaye get this axe is unknown but it look like this Relics came from a forgotten âge of the Joolan history.

 

 

 

 

 

Let me know what you think :)

 

Malchy

[hushrong]

First off the NMM is awesome. Everything else is coming along beautifully.

 

As for a base I wonder if something like grass lands a'la the Serengeti would look good. Or maybe something from the outback? Red dirt with green grass?

[Augustus b'Raass]

That skull wizard guy looks so incredibly epic. Can we get a shot of the back - I'd love to see all the tubing that goes in there. :)

 

The plastc tubing for the spear made it work. The hand is still a tiny bit out of proportion, but it doesn't look like he's holding a twig anymore. :tu:

[KrautScientist]

Your basing idea sounds rock solid -- in fact, I was going to suggest some kind of savannah as a backup plan. Well, that and it reminds me of all the time I spent crouched in tall grass in Horizon Zero Dawn, you know ;)

 

About the NMM/metal paint approach, don't get me wrong -- it certainly looks awesome enough! I was just wondering because mixing both kinds of approaches basically defeats the purpose of NMM in the first place, doesn't it? But hey, as long as the resulting models look as awesome as yours, I am certainly not complaining.

 

On a related note, the little witch doctor guy is all the more awesome once you realise there's a clunky old chaos marauder below it all ;)