Ferrum Aeternum - A brief return - with Paint!

[PowerHungryMonkey]

Ok, back on point. The last set of Flamestorm Gauntlets arrived with a few more bitz so I busily got to work on the last Ambot Aggressor.

Here's the full unit. They look really chunky and hulking when all in a group. Perfect for a unit of siege bots i recon. I also have a comparison shot of all the unit types so far. There will be a Thallax robot that will fit nicely between the Terminator and the Aggressor soon enough too:

As always, C&C very much appreciated.

Cheers,

PHM

[Gederas]

Wow, Ambots are perfect for making Aggressors it seems. That's pretty cool! :tu:

[hushrong]

Man, I am taken with the ambits turned automata Aggressors. They are definitely hulking and look awesome in that scale shot.

 

Looking forward to the thallax count as.

[Custom Hero]

Nice work with the ambots! Very creative way to repurpose them!

[PowerHungryMonkey]

G'day!

Another longs absence thanks to life and lack-of-mojo. Sadly there has ben very little hobby achieved in the last month but I recently recieved an order from Zinge with a bunch of their bendable decals and I thought I'd jump back on the Terminators and give them a bit of detailing. While I was at it I FINALY gto around to casting those Cruxes for their left shoulders. So those have gone on too. Here's how the unit looks now and a few close up shots of the extra detailing:

You can see the decals have come up great on the legs of these guys and I've even used them around the neck-seal of one of them too. So happy with them now. The blankness of the armour after shaving off all the Custodes finery was a sticking point for me and while there's not a lot extra on them now I feel it really adds a lot to the models and the unit as a whole. The Crux on the left shoulders was also something I'd been wanting to finish off for AGES and now that they're on I really feel the unit is complete. With a little more GS patch-work (like always!) these guys will be paint-ready for when I finaly get my hands on some contrast paints.

As for the afore-mentioned Robo-Primaris, I've aquired a few Thallax bots now and have started some basic work on each of the 3 core units: Intercessor, Hellbaster and Reiver. Nothing to show for it yet but I'm hoping to have something cobbled together by end of the week for you all.

The hobby spark has returned and I hope to get a lot more guys to that crucial 100% Paint-Ready stage for when some funds come my way. More soon.

PHM

[Cadmus Tyro]

Those ambots are looking superb mate, how do they scale up to castellax?

[PowerHungryMonkey]

Those ambots are looking superb mate, how do they scale up to castellax?

 

Thanks Cadmus, and the rest of you too. I'm very happy with the Ambots and how they've turned out. And to think, I was ready to sell them off coz I just couldn't make them work as Centurions, heh.

 

I've got no idea how they scale to Castellax bots. I've never gotten any or even seen them in the flesh..er metal. From what I can tell they'll probably end up slightly shorter than the Castellax bots but a bit more brawny and hulking. I think if I'd have gone for Castellax robots for the Aggressors they'd have come out too big, even for truescale Primaris counts-as.

[hushrong]

The updated terminators look great! I am at the same point at looking at the plainness of those termies once all the AC filigree is removed. You've done an awesome job giving them some character.

[PowerHungryMonkey]

Hush, if you're looking to do the same for your Termis or your Dornian IH then I highly recomend the flexible decals from Zinge Industries. I'm totally sold on them now

[hushrong]

Oh dang! Those are nice!

 

I'm going to have to see if they have one with filigree or chaotic trim for some of my other goodies. Thanks for that link!

[Gederas]

The updated Terminators look badass, I like it.

 

Also, PHM, do you have any 'normal' Marines? Just asking if you could post one with the Ambot-Aggressors, as I was thinking of getting a couple of those to make some Automata for my Praevian for 30k to pal around with. If those are 60mm bases they're on, then they could work really nicely as a Castellax counts-as.

[PowerHungryMonkey]

Cheers Gederas,

 

Nah, I haven't got any mini-marines any more. Used to have what felt like millions of them but I sold up/gave away all my hobby stuff years ago and have had to start from scratch when I came back to the hobby with this army. Those bases on the Ambots are 50s. I think 60s could work too but considering the models come with 40s for Necro they might look a bit small on those. The 40s are too smallin my opinion and I recon the 50s are just right.

[Gederas]

Cheers Gederas,

 

Nah, I haven't got any mini-marines any more. Used to have what felt like millions of them but I sold up/gave away all my hobby stuff years ago and have had to start from scratch when I came back to the hobby with this army. Those bases on the Ambots are 50s. I think 60s could work too but considering the models come with 40s for Necro they might look a bit small on those. The 40s are too smallin my opinion and I recon the 50s are just right.

Hmm.... Okay. I suppose I'll just need to find out myself sometime in the next few months then

 

The reason why I asked is because the Ambots you posted look like their feet are almost at the edge of their bases, which means they'd have roughly the same 'footprint' on a 60mm base as a Dreadnought does.

Edited July 17, 2019 by Gederas

[PowerHungryMonkey]

Hmm.... Okay. I suppose I'll just need to find out myself sometime in the next few months then

The reason why I asked is because the Ambots you posted look like their feet are almost at the edge of their bases, which means they'd have roughly the same 'footprint' on a 60mm base as a Dreadnought does.

Gederas, the Ambots will be way too small for even the standard Casta Ferrum (Boxnought) Dreads. While probably close in width they'll be far too short and squat. You could try to space them out and get rid of the massive hunch but you'd be a braver man than I.

Well a week or so later than hoped but here is the first test model for my Thallaxii-cum-Primaris marines. He's an Intercessor, gonna be the Sarge. I hope I've managed to make the gun suitably different from the lightning guns and the model over-all a bit distinct from a standard Thallaxii:

And the obligatory group shot of all the unit types:

(Left to right: Scout, Tactical Marine, Primaris Interessor, Terminator, Primaris Aggressor)

What do you think? I've got a Hellblaster and Reiver on the slab too to show off soon.

PHM

Edited July 27, 2019 by PowerHungryMonkey

[PowerHungryMonkey]

A few weeks out and a few more robots done.

Just a second Intercesor bot and a little addition to the hand of the 'sarge.' I'll have to think of better names for all these robot units at some point.

I'm starting to see how a unit of these will look and I like it. Still feel there needs to be a little more to move them away from being just a Thallax robot but the re-jigging of the lighting guns really helps change the look of them. Thinking I'll get to a 5-'man' unit and see how I go before commiting to a full 10.

Also have a rather underwhelming Hellblaster

Sigh. Really couldn't get in to this guy. All I've done is add the plasma tanks to the side of the existing gun. Needs something else, a lot else really. Suggestions would be appreciated.

Anyway, that's the state of the robots at the moment. Any more will have to wait till I get another cohort of Thallaxii.

Cheers

PHM

[carnosaur93]

man your iron hands are amazing, they really capture that big chunky brutal feel that i feel like space marines should have perfectly!

as for the helblaster-bot, i feel like it might actually look a little better without the canisters on the side, for making them more interesting however, how about a bunch of messy cabling from the gun connecting up to some beefed up power-source on the robot (i tihnk they have one on their back right? if not you could add one)

Edited August 15, 2019 by carnosaur93

[apologist]

Looking lovely, in my opinion – keep up the good work :)

 

Also have a rather underwhelming Hellblaster

*SNIP*Sigh. Really couldn't get in to this guy. All I've done is add the plasma tanks to the side of the existing gun. Needs something else, a lot else really. Suggestions would be appreciated.

 

I'd perhaps modify the helm to have some form of protective layer – a bit like the 'welding masks' on the new flying Marines (Inceptors?) 

The focal point's the head, so any changes here are always effective at communicating a different role/function.

[PowerHungryMonkey]

man your iron hands are amazing, they really capture that big chunky brutal feel that i feel like space marines should have perfectly!

 

as for the helblaster-bot, i feel like it might actually look a little better without the canisters on the side, for making them more interesting however, how about a bunch of messy cabling from the gun connecting up to some beefed up power-source on the robot (i tihnk they have one on their back right? if not you could add one)

 

Thanks Carnosaur.

 

I was looking at using the power-pack off the actual Hellblasters but its not sitting on the back well. The big turbines the Thallax torsos have on them chews up half the back area and only the lower back would fit the power-pack, it looks a bit weird. I agree that that would likly be a good way to go tho. More tinkering it is then. Cheers.

 

 

Looking lovely, in my opinion – keep up the good work

 

Also have a rather underwhelming Hellblaster

*SNIP*Sigh. Really couldn't get in to this guy. All I've done is add the plasma tanks to the side of the existing gun. Needs something else, a lot else really. Suggestions would be appreciated.

 

I'd perhaps modify the helm to have some form of protective layer – a bit like the 'welding masks' on the new flying Marines (Inceptors?) 

The focal point's the head, so any changes here are always effective at communicating a different role/function.

 

Once again Apologist, thanks.

 

Great idea with the 'welding mask' look. I think that could be the way to go. I wanted to add some extra targeters too on the right shoulder area so that might help to chanege the profile. I'll play around with the head and see what I can come up with.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Your war robots are well-posed.

[PowerHungryMonkey]

Thanks Bjorn.

It seems the posts are getting further and further apart at the moment, I'll endevour to rectify that. I would possibly help if I had reliable funds to throw at my hobby and also if I didn't keep side-tracking myself with new units before finishing the ones I've started.

That said, I got side-tracked, twice. Opportunities came up to get a few models I wouldn't otherwise have gotten for a long time and so the little cash I could scrounge for hobby went somewhere other than more Thallaxii to finish of my Intercessor squad. Instead I've got sme VERY WIP shots of two units that I'm really excited about. First up is another War-Robot to add to the cohort but he's a bit bigger than the Thallaxii:

Yep. Its a Thanatar, or rather its my version of a Redemptor Dreadnought I've been eyeing off this kit for ages now but never really had a use for it seeing as its sooo huge and I was never gonna play 30k Mechanicum. Luckly he's pretty much on par with the actual Redemptor and is exactly right to go with my RoboPrimaris army. Like I said, he's still in the infant satge but the initial proof-of-concept with the plasma cannon worked. Now to build the rest of him...

The other unit that had me side-tracked from the side-track is my take on a Deimos Predator. I'd seem someone flip around the body on a Plagueburst Crawler so the tracks were more like the Sicaran and I really loved it so I was dead-set to go doen that track and mke myself an archeotech Predator. The a mate of mine happened to show me a 3D printed Sicaran he'd gotten from Thingverse and I thought "that'd be even better, and cheaper." The bonus with this was that I could down-scale the Sicaran to be just a bit bigger than a Rhino rather than A LOT bigger. There is a lot of work to be done on the hull and tracks to patch up the smooth out the print but I couldn't help myself and started to work on the turret with C-Beam Cannon:

Seriously chuffed with how the C-Beam Cannon has turned out. There's a little 'something' still to add to the top of the turret to cover that blank patch but I've gotta find said something. I'm hoping I can do the rest of the idea justice with the main body of the tank. This is the first time I've been excited about building a tank since the Land Raider kit first came out (so like 18-20 years?)

Anyway, hope you all enjoy and I'll try my hardest to keep the updates on these guys a bit more frequent.

Cheers,

PHM

[Gederas]

We need to see the Thanatardemptor finished ;)

 

But the Thanatardemptor and Deimos Predator look good so far. :tu:

[PowerHungryMonkey]

We need to see the Thanatardemptor finished

 

But the Thanatardemptor and Deimos Predator look good so far.

 

Thanks Gederas. The Thanatardemptor, as you've dubbed it, is a little stalled at the moment. I got it second-hand off a BSS site on FB and unfortunatly the guuy that sent it forgot one of the bags, the one with the arms and waist in it So while I'm waiting on them to turn up there's little I can do on the big guy. I'm gonna focus on the Predator for now and getting the print up to scratch but that won't make for interesting pics. Hopefully something fun coming up soon tho once boring parts are done and bitz turn up.

[hushrong]

The conversion beamer looks sweet but DAAAAAANG!

 

That redemptor/war-robot is going to be insane!

[Isengrin]

The predator turret looks great!

[Marshal Rohr]

These conversions are absolutely, mind blowingly awesome. Truly inspiring work.