Violent Gods: 3rd return to the hobby's the charm? (Updated 10/09/2025)

[bloodhound23]

Getting closer. 
 

I thought the folds under his eyes were his actual eyeballs and couldn’t figure out why his face looked so weird 

 

Added some thinned Druchii Violet in the recesses and added some brighter layers on the high points of his face.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

They are looking good, though I feel the dark skinned marine could use a bit of a brighter counter point, perhaps in the form or hazard stripes or a colourful power weapon.  I do like the lighter stripe on the fur, but feel he could use a bit more than that.

[bloodhound23]

@Dr_Ruminahui Thanks, and agreed. I was thinking something similar. I might go for different skin tone, we'll see. 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Personally, while I think the darker skin makes it harder to get more ballanced scheme within the model, at a squad level it will look better to have a mix of tones than not.  So I would keep it, just see what you can do to offset it within that particular model.

[bloodhound23]

On 10/21/2025 at 11:20 AM, Dr_Ruminahui said:

Personally, while I think the darker skin makes it harder to get more ballanced scheme within the model, at a squad level it will look better to have a mix of tones than not.  So I would keep it, just see what you can do to offset it within that particular model.

Welp, bad news brother...

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Ah, well....

[bloodhound23]

Had one kitbash I wanted to sneak in for the very end of INQtober, which is this Inquisitor. 

He's tentatively Ordo Machinum. 

I had thought to rework it for publication here, but I'll just paste what I have written in a document elsewhere for my idea for this one.

 

"An Inquisitor who owes a debt of gratitude (and more) to the Mechanicum. A changed man, he has roughly converted from an Amalathian to a Recongregator with Xenarite and Xanthite sympathies. After his own brush with death due to bureaucratic incompetence, he has become singularly obsessed in exploring the overlap of the mechanical and the biological. Driven deeply by a desire to reform what he deems the conservatism and stagnation of the Administratum, and—on *his* reading of the Eighth Universal Law—he seeks to incorporate new ideas where possible for the sake of humankind, from whatever source he deems helpful. (Kurzweil style technocrat/accelerationist meets Stannis Baratheon). Played by Ed Harris. Barnes from Platoon."

So this is what I came up with, after stewing on this one for about a year. Managed to do it all today, which might be my best time yet for something that required cleanup and a decent amount of cutting to get the head to slot in. Still needs a few gap fillings on the neck and the bolt pistol.
 

See if you can guess the bits.

 

Edited November 1 by bloodhound23

[Firedrake Cordova]

Very nice.  What's the base model?

[bloodhound23]

1 hour ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

Very nice.  What's the base model?

Commissar, with headswap, blade swap, muzzle swap, and a new backpack. 
 

 

[bloodhound23]

Tried some dramatic photo effects. Still a few more stages to go, but enjoying trying to incorporate some time-saving modern painting tips. 
It would have been basically a faux pas to do this back in 3.5 when I first started, but using a single wash over just base layers on the whole model is great. 

And now I can do whatever other highlights and re-layering I feel like, but—aside from some essential details like the eyes and the base—he's done. 

[bloodhound23]

Did some painting and building, but the update will just be build photos. 

 

Front and back of what could count as a Penal Legionnaire/Voidsmaster, and a third photo of an attempt at recreating a certain metal Delaque ganger from the blister pack era. I'll fill in the gaps that leave the Chaos symbols and replace the powerfist with an appropriately-brutal "knife," probably from the Blooded kit as well. 

 

[Tallarn Commander]

These kitbashes are outstanding!

[Brother Christopher]

I agree with Tallarn Commander, enough said. Do you have these bits from kits intended for different projects you do, or do you but them specifically for this projects?

[bloodhound23]

On 11/14/2025 at 10:59 AM, Brother Christopher said:

I agree with Tallarn Commander, enough said. Do you have these bits from kits intended for different projects you do, or do you but them specifically for this projects?

Thanks! Yes and no. I usually start with what I have or a single model that I'll buy and then will browse eBay or the range on the GW website to look for swappable bits/ideas. I'll google the model, too, primarily to see what kinds of bits scale well together and what other folks have tried. Usually (and I'm certain I'm not the only one here) it starts from just one bit swap for the inspiration, and I'll order maybe $50 of bits every couple of months if I absolutely have to. But I have been trying to do with human-scaled bits what I did with SM/Chaos old scale bits over many years, which is to amass enough kits to start just putting things together when inspiration hits and get most of the way there with what I have. So I have the Skitarii box, the Steelhelms box, the Neophyte Hybrids box, the Solar Auxilia command box, the Blooded box now, you get it.

 

But I'm happy to order a few things if I don't think I'll use a whole box. I have a doc where I put ideas, and if I'm not ready to put something together it might hang out in a little bag with the bits I intend to bash that correspond to what's in the document. But I'm fine with all these kits being barely half-used, I do have ideas for a lot of bits that are just not fully-formed, but I can be patient. It will happen soon enough.

 

[Brother Christopher]

This sounds fun. My experience with 40k has always been limited to Space Marines (and now their upsized versions) so having bits from different ranges seems like an exotic notion. But I get it. I think that the way you engage with the hobby is extremely cool, keeping you busy in so many ways: planning projects and doing online research or searching for inspiration is very engaging; looking for proper bits and getting around to executing an idea is fun; seeing things come to fruition is very rewarding; failing to realise an idea might be frustrating, but might also be rewarding if you decide to look for a fix/solution. And then there's the painting bit (which sometimes can be the most underwhelming part of the process!)

 

I don't want to end this with something obviously lame, but I will: keep it up. Your work is inspiring and fun to follow.