McGibs Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Hey all! I used to post more regularly but stopped once my webhosting lapsed. Well now I've got a fancy new host at mcgibs.com and I figured I'd reboot my miniature blogging with some of the new things I've done in the meantime. I've been building up my bloody Khorne army for years now, but recently I decided to recolour them. Originally they were traditional red n' brass/gold, but that was way too much red on red. Now they're a nice school-bus yellow with some cool wytchsymbol etching for decoration. The "god neutral" colour also helps justify my apostasy away from mono-Khorne and dip my toe into other flavours of chaos. I've still got buckets of old and new models to paint, but here's some of my recent converts! Renegade Marksmen (Noise Marines) I wanted some proper shooty marines, and noise marines fit the bill perfectly. But glam rockers don't really fit the army theme, so I opted for some upgunned bolter bros. To make them fit with the recent plague and rubric marines proportions, I hacked these guys together with AoS Blood warrior legs. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_noisemarine01_turn.gif http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_noisemarine02.jpg These guys use beefed up autocannons (or mini battlecannons?) for Blastmasters. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_noisemarine03.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_noisemarine02_turn.gif Overseer (Dark Apostle) This guy was just a blast to make and paint. The AoS whippy guy is such a characterful model, and I did a head and arm swap to make him a little more intimidating. Khorne apostles to not preach! They whip! http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_overseer_turn.gif http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_overseer01.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_overseer02.jpg Obliterators I was never a fan of the melty-cheese obliterators, so I made these abhuman fellas weilding massive daemon-weapons. Shame they lost their powerfists in 8th though. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_obliterators_yellow.jpg Caco Beholder (Daemon Prince) One of my favorite models so far. I made this guy from a pingpong ball, lots of greenstuff, and assorted WFB and necron bits. The Faceplate from the WFB Chaos Chariot inspired me to make an entire model based around it, and the floating head/meatball daemons from doom are a classic in my mind. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_cacoprince_turn.gif http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_cacoprince01.jpg Kanarak I haven't used him in many games because it's more difficult to field daemons in my lists, but I enjoyed making this good doggo. Bashed from one of the Santa Sled wolves and one of the hands from the AoS Khogorath(?). http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_karanak_turn.gif http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_karanak01.jpg Contemptor Dread If there's one thing I love more than anything else, it's big stompy robots. This guy was a good excersize in converting the oddly posed plastic Calth Contemptor. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_contemptor_turn.gif http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_contemptor01.jpg Decimator My battletech love was bleeding through into this guy. He's not as beefy as the proper forgeworld model, but he's got dreadnought stats so he gets a pass. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_decimator_turn.gif http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_decimator01.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_decimator02.jpg Dreadnought There's still a place in my heart for the dumb washing-machine dread. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_dreadnought_turn.gif http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_dreadnought01.jpg Renegade Knight And my biggest stompybot! http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_knight_turn.gif http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_knight01.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_knight03.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Raeven Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I'm not gonna lie, those are some of the best models I've ever seen, and that is no small feat, especially on this forum. Consider your blog bookmarked. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5153633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Most impressive. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5153648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 So glad to see you back and posting, brother. As always, your models are inspiring! I particularly love the Decimator, what an ingenious idea. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5153677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krakendoomcool Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I thought I recognised your style. Your 40k skaven turned up in a thread a while back. Theres too much awesome on your blog, I’m exhausted. Love the 50s style bubble helmets on you Genestealer cultists I’ve been trying to find the right piece of clear plastic to pull that off myself. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5153706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandoras Bitz Box Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Ha ha ha ha, these are very awesome... a redundant comment I suppose as that's plainly obvious. Never mind, I stand by it. I love your modifications and kit bashes here, so cool. I especially like the walkers and the Cacodaeom. I've been planning my own take on the Cacodaemon myself! only much smaller, as if a Cacodaemon possessed a Deathguard Plague Marine. Just so cool, I cant stop flicking up through them over and over. I'm really enjoying the Dread Armiger with the Shield Faceplate. Well... and the other 3 dreads too. So very cool... I just have a big smile on my face. Maximum effort. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5153773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBULENCE Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 These are all brilliant and I'll be stealing a lot of ideas off of you. Good work. That deamon prince though! Now that's inspired. Very unique DP and instantly in the list of my top five princes Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5153849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azaiel Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Wicked! As a Doom player the Caco daemon made me smile. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5153948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noigrim Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Top notch painting & converting Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5154045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGibs Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Thanks a lot guys! Here's a few WIP Chaos critters that are awaiting a lick of paint. Deredeo Spiderbot (Speaking of Doom inspired daemons...) http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/workbench/chaos_deredeo_wip01.jpg I've been realizing one can never have enough dreads... I had an absence of melee only ones. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/workbench/chaos_dreadnought_wip01.jpg Doom Drone (Heldrake) My camera makes this guy a little fisheyed, but I wanted to make a less jet-aircraft looking heldrake conversion, now that they're more like hovering dreadnoughts ruleswise. It's a shame it's so undergunned for such a huge model. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/workbench/chaos_heldrake_wip01.jpg Also dipping my toe into gross disusing soup with some deathguard conversions! Here's my take on the Plagueburst Crawler, which... like all GW tanks... seemed to be backwards. So I flipped it around and made it look more like a proper assault gun. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/workbench/chaos_plaguecrawler_wip01.jpg And what would nurgle soup be without a couple Blightspawn? I had some AoS Blight King models kicking around for a long time, and they're perfect for making gross nurgle heroes with. I also wanted to give them actual chemical-thrower weapons, and not just sloppy garden hoses. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/workbench/chaos_blightspawn_wip01.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5154114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Just brilliant modeling and painting going on here. I too am taking copious notes. I've been planning my own take on the Cacodaemon myself! I wasn't until I saw this one, but now I am. :) Play on good sir! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5154258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJD Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Fantastic miniature. I enjoyed your previous work and I am glad to see you back. How much of this is re-paints and how much is completely new. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5155007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGibs Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 The Noise Marines, Apostle, Karanak, and Decimator are all new. The others are repaints (there's lots of older photos on my website in sig). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5155134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson73 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Really fantastic works, the eye of the Decimator really stands out. The new conversions look cracking, each one looks so well thought out and combines such a range of bits. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5155978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebulon Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 You have done some amazing work here. Thanks in particular for the Plagueburst Crawler idea - I have one which I was hoping to make a counts-as Vindicator from, and I think I’ve now found the “how” :tu: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5156023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradogmatic Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Your work is incredible. Can I ask what source parts you used to make your Blastmaster Heavy ACs? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5156817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Love your work, McGibbs! You've got a really unique style, and i saved almost all of the pictures in this thread to my ''Inspiration'' folder! That Plague Crawler looks suddenly... right! Such a simple change, but so much better! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5156916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilofix Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 This is one of the greatest things I have ever seen Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5158049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinespider Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Stunning work all around. A non-humanoid Daemon Prince is very hard to get right, but I love yours. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5158102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGibs Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Hey guys, got a bit of a backlog dump here, some new stuff, some repaints/reshoots. I've been playing some more shooty lists, and needed a cheap foot lord to command backfield units. This beefcake was chopped together form various AoS and 40k chaos characters. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_footlord01.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_footlord_turn.gif Chaos lord also needed a weedy wizard lacky to throw buffs around. The cool skull helmet was carved off the DV CSM champion, and was sitting in my bitsbox for years, but was always too small for actual marines. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_footsorcerer01.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_sorcerer_turn.gif Speaking of DV marines, I converted a bunch of the oddball champions into bolter boys a long time ago. Here's some repaints of a couple of them. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_marines01.jpg Heres a trio of hig honkin gatling guns that are quad-heavybolter Rapier battery. The treads are from some Manic kits I think. My bolter marines usually end up crewing the things. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_reaper01.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_reaper_turn.gif Repaints of my skittery Bloodslaughterer duo. Legs are from some russian mech miniatures. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_slaughterer01.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_slaugheterer_turn.gif Repaint and rearm of my Cycloptic hellbrute. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_dreadnought02.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_dreadnought02_turn.gif Repaint of my favorite Defiler stalktalk. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_defiler01.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_defiler_turn.gif Repaint of my Laser Vindicator. http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_vindicator01.jpg http://mcgibs.com/wp-content/gallery/miniatures/chaos_vindicator_turn.gif Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5204811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noigrim Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Your chaos models are always the best, deliciously unsettling Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5204856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Glad to see this up an running again! Do you still have your Imps? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5204872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Firewalker Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Impressive. Is this war band pledged to Khorne, or the Chaos Undivided? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5204875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGibs Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 Thanks guys! Hopefully I'll get some more painting done over the holidays. Glad to see this up an running again! Do you still have your Imps? I have my entire retro-marine deathwatch mostly assembled and ready to go, but aside from a test model, nothing's painted. Impressive. Is this war band pledged to Khorne, or the Chaos Undivided? It was originally Khorne aligned (go figure), but I'm slowly but surely sliding into Undivided territory (well, most Slaanesh then anything). The orange paintscheme was an attempt to further distance them from a single god's colour. Because of all the guts and gore, they'll always be Khorne adjacent, but I like to sprinkle in other spices. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5204910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDuderino Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Beautiful! Such a cool army, I really enjoy seeing these again. Very nice use of the skull cannon bits on the defiler, now I know what to do with those weird things;) Very nice presentation too, I love the gifs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/349869-mcgibss-bloody-beasties-and-other-sundries/#findComment-5205053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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