=][= The Great Baalite Bake Off 2017 =][=

[sockwithaticket]

 

Down time between all the brilliant domestic and international rugby games this weekend yielded my re-imagining of the Sanguinor for the Crimson Tears:

 

 

Parts:

Head - Sanguinary Guard

Torso - Dark Angels Ravenwing Command Apothecary + Death Company blood drop

Left Arm - FW Destroyers + Sternguard fist + Aquilla brass etch + modified BA tactical suad pad

Right Arm - Sanguinary Guard + some random arm top section + Sternguard (maybe Vanguard) pad

Belt accessories - Grey Knights, Death Company, Terminators

Legs - Sanguinary Guard + purity seals (Death Company, Terminators, FW Korvydae), Dark Angels Company Veterans icon

Pack - Sanguinary Guard + Dark Angels Company Veterans icon

Any thoughts on a grail count-as? Or shall I log this as an OOC completion? Looks great though, lots of momentum captured in the pose.

 

Thanks Jol, I thought that with the official one being so static that a dynamic pose would be a good start to differentiate my own take.

 

You can sort of see it in the last picture, on his right hip there's one of those little relic bits from a Grey Knights kit (the one with a tiny purity seal on it and a bone inside), that's the grail substitute, so, yeah, complete as he's going to be!

 

I've edited out the duplicate picture so there's one that actually gives a decent shot of his twin bladed weapon.

[Dont-Be-Haten]

 

 

I'd use the black shield cape and hood. Very grim and secretive. I might even use the black shield wrent shoulder. The Death watch DA is a good piece to kitbash with as well.

Yeah, I'd have to either buy a box or find someone with extra bits.

 

I'd like to see about maybe a MKIV armor marine but usually those are hard to come by in my area unless I buy the whole box or multiple sprues.

It's what I did for my counts as Seth. Got a mate to let go of a black shield cloak. I'd see about the FLGS first.

[Kinstryfe]

Hello brethren. I haven't entered anything like this before but recently having come into a lot of bits and pieces that seem to fit the IXth and having built some troops recently, making a few Characters sounds like a lot of fun. Thus, if you don't mind a usual traitor playing loyalist a little bit, at least two of these I have planned should be fully rules compliant. I'm unsure if the 3rd is but I plan on making it look cool anyway.

 

I Kinstryfe rise to the challenge of The Great Baalite Bake Off and vow to kitbash a Captain of the IXth with storm shield and thunder hammer, a Captain of the IX in Tactical Dreadnaught Armour, and the Sanguinor on or before April 3rd, 2017. Success will bring honour to the IXth, whilst failure is not an option...

[Tyriks]

 

 

Finally, we have Asher Ultan, a Death Company Chaplain:

Front

http://i.imgur.com/4kElBkBh.jpg

Right

http://i.imgur.com/WS8Eaf8h.jpg

Rear

http://i.imgur.com/AJvQdR8h.jpg

Left

http://i.imgur.com/v9hFWjth.jpg

Angle

http://i.imgur.com/roFYS3Oh.jpg

Bonus booty shot to show the pistol strapped there:

http://i.imgur.com/lM2Wugfh.jpg

Bits:

Legs, Shoulders, Jump Pack, probably Torso - SG kit (Torso might be BA tacs)

Head - Upgrade sprue

Right Arm, pistol - Mk III kit

Left Arm - ASM thunder hammer 

Crozius Head - SM Commander kit (or maybe Chapter Command kit)

Rosarius - Either Terminator kit or Chapter Command.  I'll paint a strap or string holding it to the gauntlet there.  

Tyriks do you have anything more Chaplain-y you could use for the head? The Crozius is good as a symbol of office (great minds and all that, I used that Sternguard bit for a Crozius too), but something skull helmet-ish would be a massive help imo, it's just such a distinctive part of what makes a Chaplain.

 

No, I wish I did.  But since I think only one of my chaplains actually does, I've decided to paint Chaplain helmets silver so they'll still stand out a little.  

 

 

Alright, gonna jump into a third vow: I, Tyriks, vow to build two librarians for the honor of the Storm Blades, failure is not an option, et cetera. One will be jump pack, the other standard PA.

 

They'll probably wind up out of competition. All of my efforts to make psychic hoods have been really bad but I'll see if I can't do something for them.

 

Vow logged. That's a total of eight entries

 

The classic way of making a psychic hood is to use a shoulder pad, used either as it comes or clipped to appear concave on the vertical bits. Perhaps you can use that as a start point?

 

That's what I've been trying.  I've tried two different ways to cut the shoulder pads - either use snips, which is much easier to get symmetrical but which always bend/break the plastic (at least for me), or try to saw it with a hobby knife, which I have yet to get symmetrical.  I'm not sure what I should be doing differently, but I've chopped up about a dozen pads in the past few days and they all look like :cuss !  

[Kierdale]

Some excellent conversions!

So the BA intend to make a Character-based alpha strike in the ETL? :D

Talking of chaplains I'd love to see a fully silver BA chaplain sometime a-la the cover of the 1st edition Compilation.

[LutherMax]

Silver? He's gold!

[Dont-Be-Haten]

Silver? He's gold!

Left corner mate.

[LutherMax]

Oh chaplain - I read 'captain'.

 

Heh, thought we were gonna have a blue dress / white dress situation for a moment there :D

[Vairocanum]

There has been a lot of really great conversions in this thread so far! I haven't really entered any B&C events since I don't trust myself to paint under a time limit but conversion events are always fun so I wanted to join in.

 

I Vairocanum rise to the challenge of The Great Baalite Bake Off and vow to kitbash a Captain with a power sword and bolter on or before April 3rd, 2017. Success will bring honour to the Blood Angels, whilst failure is not an option.

 

 

 

@Tyriks: You could try using a round file for the psychic hood, it would take a while longer to file instead of cutting but I'm sure it would be easier to make it symmetrical.

[Jolemai]

Warden Castor

 

112^th company, Blood Angels

 

 

 

 

 

 

A terran by birth, though a marine very much in the image of his genefather. Attained his rank post union with Baal. A stern line officer, fanatically adherent to the imperial truth, who stood apart from his brothers watching rather than commanding hearts; particularly after the verdict at Nicea.

 

Gained the full esteem of his brothers during the long rearguard action to Terra, eventually falling while repelling a Daemonic incursion aboard the company’s vessel, Isimud.

 

He was good fun to build, a bit of cutting and greenstuff used which is adventurous for me, I'm more of a painter than a modeller. He's more ornate than most of my austere legionaires, though still not compared to his 40k progeny. Parts used:

Chaplain Cassius, MK3 shoulder pads, MK3 right arm, glade guard knife, empire greatsword sword (hung at back), purity seal, inferno pistol from the blood angels tactical squad( I think? One with a blood drop on the gauntlet), blood angels head from the multipart deathwatch sprue (also painting an alternative chaplains helm)

 

Planning on using transfers on the pads. i'm pleased with how he's turned out - I think he's Chaplain-ish enough to serve in 40k but visibly something other too.

 

Hopefully that's a vow complete, will wait for brother @Jolemai's judgement on that and make any necessary changes.

The model looks good it should be a great addition to your army and fun to paint but with regards to this event, it will only be an OOC entry due to using the torso, both legs and a single arm being from Cassius. Up to you if you want to make changes

[Jolemai]

 

Finally, we have Asher Ultan, a Death Company Chaplain:

Front

http://i.imgur.com/4kElBkBh.jpg

Right

http://i.imgur.com/WS8Eaf8h.jpg

Rear

http://i.imgur.com/AJvQdR8h.jpg

Left

http://i.imgur.com/v9hFWjth.jpg

Angle

http://i.imgur.com/roFYS3Oh.jpg

Bonus booty shot to show the pistol strapped there:

http://i.imgur.com/lM2Wugfh.jpg

Bits:

Legs, Shoulders, Jump Pack, probably Torso - SG kit (Torso might be BA tacs)

Head - Upgrade sprue

Right Arm, pistol - Mk III kit

Left Arm - ASM thunder hammer 

Crozius Head - SM Commander kit (or maybe Chapter Command kit)

Rosarius - Either Terminator kit or Chapter Command.  I'll paint a strap or string holding it to the gauntlet there.  

Tyriks do you have anything more Chaplain-y you could use for the head? The Crozius is good as a symbol of office (great minds and all that, I used that Sternguard bit for a Crozius too), but something skull helmet-ish would be a massive help imo, it's just such a distinctive part of what makes a Chaplain.

 

 

Have to admit, I did consider whether or not to restrict Chaplains in a such a away, but that would have meant not allowing for bare heads or for those whose Successors have something else. Interestingly, Chaplins used to have access to Death Masks, so a Sanguinary Guard head would also work. At this point, it becomes easier to go with free reign for creative purposes.

 

 

Cheers and complete! Fancy another go?

 

Thinking about doing a Cypher count as. The lack of capes/robes are causing me some hesitation with vowing such a thing.

 

 

Cypher is pretty much a FFA for this event, so perhaps the Cypher in your universe lacks robes?

 

 

 

Alright, gonna jump into a third vow: I, Tyriks, vow to build two librarians for the honor of the Storm Blades, failure is not an option, et cetera. One will be jump pack, the other standard PA.

 

They'll probably wind up out of competition. All of my efforts to make psychic hoods have been really bad but I'll see if I can't do something for them.

 

Vow logged. That's a total of eight entries

 

The classic way of making a psychic hood is to use a shoulder pad, used either as it comes or clipped to appear concave on the vertical bits. Perhaps you can use that as a start point?

 

That's what I've been trying.  I've tried two different ways to cut the shoulder pads - either use snips, which is much easier to get symmetrical but which always bend/break the plastic (at least for me), or try to saw it with a hobby knife, which I have yet to get symmetrical.  I'm not sure what I should be doing differently, but I've chopped up about a dozen pads in the past few days and they all look like !

 

Apparently, there's a guide on the B&C but it's probably been archived... Has a search either on here or Google yielded anything?

 

Some excellent conversions!

 

So the BA intend to make a Character-based alpha strike in the ETL?

No comment

Edited February 16, 2017 by Jolemai

[Jolemai]

Hello brethren. I haven't entered anything like this before but recently having come into a lot of bits and pieces that seem to fit the IXth and having built some troops recently, making a few Characters sounds like a lot of fun. Thus, if you don't mind a usual traitor playing loyalist a little bit, at least two of these I have planned should be fully rules compliant. I'm unsure if the 3rd is but I plan on making it look cool anyway.

 

I Kinstryfe rise to the challenge of The Great Baalite Bake Off and vow to kitbash a Captain of the IXth with storm shield and thunder hammer, a Captain of the IX in Tactical Dreadnaught Armour, and the Sanguinor on or before April 3rd, 2017. Success will bring honour to the IXth, whilst failure is not an option...

Vow logged and welcome to the event. Looking forward to what you come up with

[Jolemai]

There has been a lot of really great conversions in this thread so far! I haven't really entered any B&C events since I don't trust myself to paint under a time limit but conversion events are always fun so I wanted to join in.

 

I Vairocanum rise to the challenge of The Great Baalite Bake Off and vow to kitbash a Captain with a power sword and bolter on or before April 3rd, 2017. Success will bring honour to the Blood Angels, whilst failure is not an option.

 

 

 

@Tyriks: You could try using a round file for the psychic hood, it would take a while longer to file instead of cutting but I'm sure it would be easier to make it symmetrical.

Welcome aboard! One of the reasons I wanted to do a modelling event was because I knew there were some who didn't join the painting events and I wanted to find a way of including them in the things this forum does together. I sincerely hope you enjoy the event and you gain lots of inspiration from it

Thread update to here

[Tyriks]

 

 

Finally, we have Asher Ultan, a Death Company Chaplain:

Front

http://i.imgur.com/4kElBkBh.jpg

Right

http://i.imgur.com/WS8Eaf8h.jpg

Rear

http://i.imgur.com/AJvQdR8h.jpg

Left

http://i.imgur.com/v9hFWjth.jpg

Angle

http://i.imgur.com/roFYS3Oh.jpgBonus booty shot to show the pistol strapped there:http://i.imgur.com/lM2Wugfh.jpg

Bits:

Legs, Shoulders, Jump Pack, probably Torso - SG kit (Torso might be BA tacs)Head - Upgrade sprueRight Arm, pistol - Mk III kitLeft Arm - ASM thunder hammer Crozius Head - SM Commander kit (or maybe Chapter Command kit)Rosarius - Either Terminator kit or Chapter Command.  I'll paint a strap or string holding it to the gauntlet there.  

Tyriks do you have anything more Chaplain-y you could use for the head? The Crozius is good as a symbol of office (great minds and all that, I used that Sternguard bit for a Crozius too), but something skull helmet-ish would be a massive help imo, it's just such a distinctive part of what makes a Chaplain.

 Have to admit, I did consider whether or not to restrict Chaplains in a such a away, but that would have meant not allowing for bare heads or for those whose Successors have something else. Interestingly, Chaplins used to have access to Death Masks, so a Sanguinary Guard head would also work. At this point, it becomes easier to go with free reign for creative purposes. 

 

Cheers and complete! Fancy another go?

 Thinking about doing a Cypher count as. The lack of capes/robes are causing me some hesitation with vowing such a thing.

 Cypher is pretty much a FFA for this event, so perhaps the Cypher in your universe lacks robes? 

 

 

Alright, gonna jump into a third vow: I, Tyriks, vow to build two librarians for the honor of the Storm Blades, failure is not an option, et cetera. One will be jump pack, the other standard PA.They'll probably wind up out of competition. All of my efforts to make psychic hoods have been really bad but I'll see if I can't do something for them.

 Vow logged. That's a total of eight entries :blink: The classic way of making a psychic hood is to use a shoulder pad, used either as it comes or clipped to appear concave on the vertical bits. Perhaps you can use that as a start point?

That's what I've been trying.  I've tried two different ways to cut the shoulder pads - either use snips, which is much easier to get symmetrical but which always bend/break the plastic (at least for me), or try to saw it with a hobby knife, which I have yet to get symmetrical.  I'm not sure what I should be doing differently, but I've chopped up about a dozen pads in the past few days and they all look like :cuss !

Apparently, there's a guide on the B&C but it's probably been archived... Has a search either on here or Google yielded anything?

Some excellent conversions!So the BA intend to make a Character-based alpha strike in the ETL? :D

No comment ;)

I've searched B&C, Google and YouTube, but no luck as of yet. So far my best one is actually a pad I put too much pressure on while cutting and the top broke, so it's just like a huge collar, which is kinda okay, so I might use that.

[Brother Dallo]

No love for the Grey Knight power armour kit? It comes with five torso backs with psychic hoods on them. It would save you time and effort. Or maybe you're just working with bitz you currently have, which is fair enough.

 

Dallo

[Reyner]

I Reyner rise to the challenge of The Great Baalite Bake Off and vow to kitbash 1 Blood Angels Captain on or before April 3rd, 2017. Success will bring honour to the IX Legion, whilst failure is not an option...

[Mirbeau]

 

Warden Castor

 

112^th company, Blood Angels

 

 

 

 

 

 

A terran by birth, though a marine very much in the image of his genefather. Attained his rank post union with Baal. A stern line officer, fanatically adherent to the imperial truth, who stood apart from his brothers watching rather than commanding hearts; particularly after the verdict at Nicea.

 

Gained the full esteem of his brothers during the long rearguard action to Terra, eventually falling while repelling a Daemonic incursion aboard the company’s vessel, Isimud.

 

He was good fun to build, a bit of cutting and greenstuff used which is adventurous for me, I'm more of a painter than a modeller. He's more ornate than most of my austere legionaires, though still not compared to his 40k progeny. Parts used:

Chaplain Cassius, MK3 shoulder pads, MK3 right arm, glade guard knife, empire greatsword sword (hung at back), purity seal, inferno pistol from the blood angels tactical squad( I think? One with a blood drop on the gauntlet), blood angels head from the multipart deathwatch sprue (also painting an alternative chaplains helm)

 

Planning on using transfers on the pads. i'm pleased with how he's turned out - I think he's Chaplain-ish enough to serve in 40k but visibly something other too.

 

Hopefully that's a vow complete, will wait for brother @Jolemai's judgement on that and make any necessary changes.

The model looks good it should be a great addition to your army and fun to paint but with regards to this event, it will only be an OOC entry due to using the torso, both legs and a single arm being from Cassius. Up to you if you want to make changes

 

 

Aye you're right, my fault for not reading the 25% instructions properly. Can I alter my pledge to be for a captain/legion consul then? Will be able to meet the criteria with the bits I have for a new miniature.

[Ovidius Incertus]

I, Ovidius Incertus, rise to the challenge of the Great Baalite Bakeoff and vow to kitbash The Sacrament Bound (= the Sanguinor) on or before April 3, 2017.  Success will bring blood-soaked honor to the Flesh Tearers, whilst failure is not an option.

 

The theme is the Sanguinor as the Flesh Tearers would view him: a call to let the rage take hold and purify their souls.  To this end, I'm trying to mix the sort of artificer bits one might expect from the Sanguinor with some more brutal bits to represent the conflict within the soul of the chapter.  I'm hoping to blend wrath and sadness in the finished product as he beckons the Flesh Tearers to follow him into the Rage.

 

A few initial WIP pictures:

 

The bits I intend to use, for the most part:

 

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/20170214_204446_zpspzfyv06g.jpg

 

And I'm biggerizing^TM the mini to broaden the chest as well as to make him taller (will do the legs and waist). Also I've removed the bulges on the rear of the Sanguinary Guard torso to make room to attach the wings.

 

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/20170214_205655_zpsc4lb9xdf.jpg

 

Poor Lemartes has lost his legs!  I've started scrubbing the legs of detail in preparation for stretching them.  You can also see the plasticard spacers I've added to torso.  Hopefully my cutting was accurate enough that extensive GSing of the torso will not be necessary.

 

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/20170214_222550_zps42s2ochi.jpg

 

I will be doing some flowing locks in GS on the death mask and I think a flowing train of litany scrolls like the Sanguinor or Astorath, but with the addition of chains.

[Jolemai]

I Reyner rise to the challenge of The Great Baalite Bake Off and vow to kitbash 1 Blood Angels Captain on or before April 3rd, 2017. Success will bring honour to the IX Legion, whilst failure is not an option...

Glad to have you with us Iron halo thoughts?

[Jolemai]

 

 

Warden Castor

 

112^th company, Blood Angels

 

 

 

 

 

 

A terran by birth, though a marine very much in the image of his genefather. Attained his rank post union with Baal. A stern line officer, fanatically adherent to the imperial truth, who stood apart from his brothers watching rather than commanding hearts; particularly after the verdict at Nicea.

 

Gained the full esteem of his brothers during the long rearguard action to Terra, eventually falling while repelling a Daemonic incursion aboard the company’s vessel, Isimud.

 

He was good fun to build, a bit of cutting and greenstuff used which is adventurous for me, I'm more of a painter than a modeller. He's more ornate than most of my austere legionaires, though still not compared to his 40k progeny. Parts used:

Chaplain Cassius, MK3 shoulder pads, MK3 right arm, glade guard knife, empire greatsword sword (hung at back), purity seal, inferno pistol from the blood angels tactical squad( I think? One with a blood drop on the gauntlet), blood angels head from the multipart deathwatch sprue (also painting an alternative chaplains helm)

 

Planning on using transfers on the pads. i'm pleased with how he's turned out - I think he's Chaplain-ish enough to serve in 40k but visibly something other too.

 

Hopefully that's a vow complete, will wait for brother @Jolemai's judgement on that and make any necessary changes.

The model looks good it should be a great addition to your army and fun to paint but with regards to this event, it will only be an OOC entry due to using the torso, both legs and a single arm being from Cassius. Up to you if you want to make changes

 

 

Aye you're right, my fault for not reading the 25% instructions properly. Can I alter my pledge to be for a captain/legion consul then? Will be able to meet the criteria with the bits I have for a new miniature.

 

For this event, once vows are made, modifications aren't permitted. So you'd either have to cut up your above model and re-build it to the required criteria (which would be a shame) or call it complete and make a new vow (the Captain you've got in mind). Personally, I'd do option two as you've got a great kitbash to lead your army.

[Reyner]

 

I Reyner rise to the challenge of The Great Baalite Bake Off and vow to kitbash 1 Blood Angels Captain on or before April 3rd, 2017. Success will bring honour to the IX Legion, whilst failure is not an option...

Glad to have you with us Iron halo thoughts?

 

Good point maybe I should have put Centurion instead of Captain No matter though I should have some reasonable bits kicking about (got BA tactical squad, Death Company and Sang Guard stuff to play with). I'll find some bits and update my post tonight :)

[Jolemai]

I, Ovidius Incertus, rise to the challenge of the Great Baalite Bakeoff and vow to kitbash The Sacrament Bound (= the Sanguinor) on or before April 3, 2017.  Success will bring blood-soaked honor to the Flesh Tearers, whilst failure is not an option.

 

The theme is the Sanguinor as the Flesh Tearers would view him: a call to let the rage take hold and purify their souls.  To this end, I'm trying to mix the sort of artificer bits one might expect from the Sanguinor with some more brutal bits to represent the conflict within the soul of the chapter.  I'm hoping to blend wrath and sadness in the finished product as he beckons the Flesh Tearers to follow him into the Rage.

 

 

A few initial WIP pictures:

 

The bits I intend to use, for the most part:

 

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/20170214_204446_zpspzfyv06g.jpg

 

And I'm biggerizing^TM the mini to broaden the chest as well as to make him taller (will do the legs and waist). Also I've removed the bulges on the rear of the Sanguinary Guard torso to make room to attach the wings.

 

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/20170214_205655_zpsc4lb9xdf.jpg

 

Poor Lemartes has lost his legs!  I've started scrubbing the legs of detail in preparation for stretching them.  You can also see the plasticard spacers I've added to torso.  Hopefully my cutting was accurate enough that extensive GSing of the torso will not be necessary.

 

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/20170214_222550_zps42s2ochi.jpg

 

I will be doing some flowing locks in GS on the death mask and I think a flowing train of litany scrolls like the Sanguinor or Astorath, but with the addition of chains.

Vow logged and welcome! Sanguinor entries certainly have a lot of potential. Just remember that Special Characters have a strict Datasheet to adhere to

[Jolemai]

 

 

I Reyner rise to the challenge of The Great Baalite Bake Off and vow to kitbash 1 Blood Angels Captain on or before April 3rd, 2017. Success will bring honour to the IX Legion, whilst failure is not an option...

Glad to have you with us Iron halo thoughts?

 

Good point maybe I should have put Centurion instead of Captain No matter though I should have some reasonable bits kicking about (got BA tactical squad, Death Company and Sang Guard stuff to play with). I'll find some bits and update my post tonight

 

If you had, then I couldn't log the vow as a Legion Centurion isn't a Codex: BA choice Pretty sure you can find some suitable bling to be a counts-as iron halo

[Jolemai]

Long way off from completing mine, but here's some WIPs:

Librarian:

Yes, jetbikes are a legal count-as choice for a bike, just like Cataphractii and Tartaros pattern TDA is...

Cypher:

[Dont-Be-Haten]

We've hit 199 comments. Not enough likes to go around. I'm really quite excited to see how everyone ends up with their models. I'm still waiting on some pieces to get here. I wish I could pick up one of the forge world heavy chainswords instead of the regular eviscerator. In the mean time, any ideas on how to make it fancy?