SirTainly's Stuff!

[SirTainly]

I was hoping to start this thread with my new Horse Army for 30 and 40K. Sadly with real life things are happening that mean I will have less time for a few months, so that's all on hold. I'm going to share instead models that I have been doing to help clear my modelling desk as I need the space for Apocalypticon UK terrain (I'm one of the organisers). I'll keep all my Iron Warriors stuff to the other thread though.

 

So in the last few weeks, I have been building some World Eaters from the 00s

 

 

I printed up the Excoriator axes to make the squad a bit more punchy in the current edition - whether I get paint on them before 11th, who knows? :)

 

[SirTainly]

Being a bit of a frugal sort, I do like to get maximum value from my purchases. Given the Lord Invocatus kit comes with most of the bits for the generic Lord I thought I'd have a go at making a greenstuff push mould to make a new torso. Results were ok, but not exact, so adding some bits from the bits box gave me something I was happy with - still working on the riders for both.

 

 

 

 

Still need to tidy up the back of the saddle

[Firedrake Cordova]

Really nice greenstuff work

[Brother Christopher]

Great use of bits! This brings back memories of the times I cared more and attempted similar endeavours, not of this scale, though. I think the GS body looks good enough. Parts of the cast (?) are impressively perfect. The only thing I'm not sure about is the chain - I think that the links are a bit too big. But 1. that's a common pitfall with hobby links and 2. it's also quite subjective.

 

But don't mind me. Frankly, I think I've developed a certain aversion to hobby chains since they are 'too realistic.' I find that GW's chains have a certain heft to them and are usually more rectangulary; conversely, actual chains are usually more roundy and lack the heft (if that makes sense) which makes them at odds with GW's usual aesthetic.

Edited Thursday at 10:59 AM by Brother Christopher

[SirTainly]

Thanks guys - the chain is there to distract from the fact that the two halves don't join as they should and the body is actually wider on one side! :D

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Personally, I feel the chain is fine (if a bit large realistic, making it perfectly sized 40K wise) and serves its intended purpose as I didn't notice the size difference until you mentioned it. 

 

Besides, I feel the model does need the chain the reinforce the animalistic and barely restrained nature of the juggernaut - otherwise, with its armour, it comes across as rather vehicular.