Khornestar Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Love them both, especially the leviathan. There’s nothing like dropping a small fortune on a mini just to cut it up and somehow make it look better than the original sculpt and fulfill your vision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBULENCE Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 Love them both, especially the leviathan. There’s nothing like dropping a small fortune on a mini just to cut it up and somehow make it look better than the original sculpt and fulfill your vision.Yeah, I might have never attacked such a project, but a good friend with his own Leviathan convinced me to get one. His is hh death guard, so it inspired me to make mine something of dark mirror to his. Something I do with a lot of my death guard actually. I haven't seen many heavily altered Leviathans, so I knew I wanted to go all out and make it my own, but that being said, being one of the most expensive models in my collection, it's a slow project. I'm taking my time getting it just right.. by the end it should look right at home in the 40k death guard range. For fun I was going to put grave Warden grenade launchers in the place of the hellflamers. I'll just count them as hellflamers, maybe see if my friends will let me play them as blight launchers in causal games. But I figured using DG unique weapons would help tie it to the rest of my force a little more as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Commander Eidolon Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Great to see some updates! I was worried the Leviathan had been left on the shelf, like so many of my great ideas..... great to see it progressing and I'll keep a close eye on it, as I acquired a cheap Leviathan and I'm debating what to do with it! Really love the Moritat! Stunning work there! Might have to rip that idea off to use up my spare DI kits floating around! I love 40king 30k stuff for my DG! I quite fancy some destroyer-esque raptors! Keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBULENCE Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 So my gaming group has agreed to let me use the new imperial Knight rules with my chaos force. So I started building the Knight I've had laying sound forever... And bought a second one. So expect lots of nurgle knights for awhile. Legs (sans armour) for the first Knight are done. Hoping to bang out the build for both by the end of next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushrong Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Already off to a great start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagentus Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 With how amazing all ypur work has been so far on here i am really eager to see how this turns out :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBULENCE Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 Update time. Still lacking a few details and a lot of damage. But the upper body (again armor will be done seperately) is mostly done. Working title is meltaface. Some detail shots: https://s33.postimg.cc/hlet54g8v/IMG_20180603_191926.jpg Armor fit test, just so you can see the head won't be so derpy at the end: And some details of the back legs, as I never showed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBULENCE Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 Messy as heck 'cause I did it on the fly out of random parts, but I've taken a crack at making an interior. Next time will go much better, as I've learned a lot from this. Overall I'm pretty happy with this though. Any mess can be explained and painted away nurgle style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagentus Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Dam that looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBULENCE Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 Weapon systems online A little damage and conversion to do on the weapons. But after that, second Knight chassis will begin construction. Oh and I'll be buying a valiant this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazard Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 The details you’ve added to this guy are great. Looking forward to seeing it complete and with company. I’ve just built the Valiant yesterday and have to say it’s an awesome kit. :tu: Looking forward to seeing what you do with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBULENCE Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 The details you’ve added to this guy are great. Looking forward to seeing it complete and with company. I’ve just built the Valiant yesterday and have to say it’s an awesome kit. :tu: Looking forward to seeing what you do with itThank you! I've had the one Knight for quite some time. Bought maybe 3 months or so before the Warden dropped. I was salty so I just let it sit, as well as a little intimidated by it at the time. Now that I've actually started building it I'm kinda laughing at myself. Knights are so fun to build! And I find it's the little details that make or break a chaos conversion/kitbash. I knew I needed chains, there's just so many tow hooks to take advantage of. Super pumped about getting a valiant, out of my little gaming group of five, three of us are getting it. One friend has started on his already, I'll be the second to get it. I have some ideas already. Two of us are going full on superheavy detachment. As it was hilariously put by another, we're all going to be harpooning eachother. And for once your all get to see me paint something! I'm going to use the Knights to teach myself how to airbrush. Station is all set up. Once the chassis of each are done, I'll be diving right in. Especially because I'm still sorting out what to do with the armour plates. EDIT: I can't believe I just did this. But I don't argue with my brain when it comes to these kind of things anymore. I decided a Lance was more interesting than a giant chainsword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagentus Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 that lance looks epic... i would turn it so its aiming in the direction hes looking though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrautScientist Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Love the cockpit! Excellent work there! The other chaotic tweaks are also rather lovely -- maybe he'd work even better without a face mask, but with a third eye lens grafted on? The addition of a Nurgly lance is a cool idea! I do think you should add some kind of shield/crossguard at the base of the lance, however, to make it perfectly clear that this is a lance and not some kind of repurposed gun barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBULENCE Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 that lance looks epic... i would turn it so its aiming in the direction hes looking thoughThank you, and don't worry, arms are not fixed at all, so post can still be altered. It's only pointing like that so it can be easily seen. Love the cockpit! Excellent work there! The other chaotic tweaks are also rather lovely -- maybe he'd work even better without a face mask, but with a third eye lens grafted on? The addition of a Nurgly lance is a cool idea! I do think you should add some kind of shield/crossguard at the base of the lance, however, to make it perfectly clear that this is a lance and not some kind of repurposed gun barrel. Good idea on the cross guard, and in general the Lance still needs some work. Always enjoy getting your suggestions. I'm going to stick to using a faceplate here though. The melta on the face looks pretty awkawrd without it. Maybe I can do the best of both worlds, and have the faceplate dammaged with an extra eye poking through it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDuderino Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Cool lance! I've been thinking about alternate weapons for knights too lately, this might be a solution. Thanks for the inspiration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrautScientist Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Good idea on the cross guard, and in general the Lance still needs some work. Always enjoy getting your suggestions. I'm going to stick to using a faceplate here though. The melta on the face looks pretty awkawrd without it. Maybe I can do the best of both worlds, and have the faceplate dammaged with an extra eye poking through it? I see what you mean -- you could only use the lower part of the face mask as well, which would allow for a horn on the forehead or something like that -- just sayin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBULENCE Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 @ElDuderino happy to help give you ideas, part of why I love this hobby is open idea sharing. Hope it turns out well for you. I honestly spent a good 20 minutes looking at pictures of real Lances last night, they're much simpler weapons than I remembered them being, but gave me some great ideas to help out with the final touches for the conversion @kraut you make far too compelling arguments. I'll have to make that cut so carefully just in case I don't like it though. Wish me luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBULENCE Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 Well kraut, when you're right, you're right. But stop distracting me, I wasn't planning on doing any armour work yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushrong Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Oh, three eyes and a horn? Yes, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDuderino Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Ohlala that looks amazing. Love the bell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBULENCE Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Thank you, I was worried it wouldn't work out, so I'm glad the face is enjoyed.meeting I think I have the Lance pretty much sorted out, and I went and added a small detail to the torso. Won't be very visible once the armour is on but it's subtle and creepy, so it's a win in my books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushrong Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 That makes me think of the stomach guy from Total Recall with his little arms in that dudes abdomen. "Quaid...start the reactor.." I think it's pretty cool and I honestly think you should put it a little lower to show it off more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBULENCE Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 I love that movie, so that is an excellent reference in my humble opinion. I won't be moving them, but the chest plate is going to get pretty roughed up and damaged, which should bring it higher and have the same effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushrong Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 That movie is a classic so it's good to know I'm in good company. And if the plate is going to get roughed up and show off those little arms that works out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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