Red Corsairs Killteam Plog - 8/4 Update: Aspiring Champion Built

[Kaldoth]

Hey all! Been a long time since I posted anything on the B&C. Recently got back into the hobby and a buddy of mine wanted to dabble in Kill Team, so I figured I'd join him in the fun. I decided to go with Red Corsairs because taxes suck and space pirates are cool  Decided to start a progress log here to keep myself motivated to finish them in a timely manner. So far, just a few WIP shots of the first three on the desk. Apologies for the image quality. Just using my phone camera.

 

Butcher - This dude was so much fun to put together. Had a blast kitbashing it. Former Space Wolf, probably will paint him up wish a big ol Mark of Khorne on his greave.

 

Plasma Gunner - This guy sucked. Do not recommend sculpting scales. 0/10 experience, the fact that they're not perfectly symmetrical is driving me nuts but they're as good as they're gonna get. 

 

Icon Bearer - Gotta have a Fallen in there somewhere. This was my first attempt at sculpting robes. Think they turned out okay. Still gotta sculpt a backpack banner for him. 

 

Still have to put together the Heavy Gunner, the Balefire Acolyte, and the Aspiring Champion. Very much open to suggestions as to what chapters/legions they should all come from! 

 

Cheers,

 

-Kal

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 10 hours ago by Kaldoth

[BadgersinHills]

Very nice! I really like the sculpting on the AL's chest. Only comment is that the plasma gun looks a bit unwieldy in one hand.

[Kaldoth]

3 minutes ago, BadgersinHills said:

Very nice! I really like the sculpting on the AL's chest. Only comment is that the plasma gun looks a bit unwieldy in one hand.

 

Appreciate it! I honestly did that on purpose. I always build my plasma gunners with bionic arms and firing them one handed. I have terrible luck with gets hot, so its an ode to my terrible die rolls 

[Kaldoth]

A bit of progress today. Got the Heavy Gunner put together. Wanted to give him just a touch of warp taint and make him look beefy. Feel like I pulled off both pretty well. The heavy bolter was super fun to convert. Very pleased with how the handle and firing mechanism swap went! Open to suggestions for the original Legion/Chapter for this lad! All of the marines will have something that ties them to their origins, so for this guy I'm thinking of painting his original (defaced) heraldry on the tilt shield.

 

Next up I think I'll tackle the Aspiring Champion! 

 

Cheers,

 

-Kal

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

Really nice kitbashes

23 hours ago, Kaldoth said:

I always build my plasma gunners with bionic arms and firing them one handed. I have terrible luck with gets hot, so its an ode to my terrible die rolls 

Why am I picturing this now?  

[Kaldoth]

Got the Aspiring Champ built! Dude took a lot longer than expected, only because I trimmed off all of the arrows and triangles on the armor to keep him in line with the rest of the guys in the squad. I also resculpted the robes on the Fallen. Much happier with the result this time around. Didn't snap a picture of him though, so just take my word for it that they look better than before 

 

If anyone is planning on mixing bits from the Raiders and Legionnaire boxes, as a heads up, arms won't be an issue but backpacks and capes will. It takes a bit of trimming on the cloak/sanding down of the back of the torso where the backpack normally sits to get the cape bits to fit, and then the backpack to fit on top of the cape.

 

 

I've got two days to finish up the Balefire Acolyte and that's gonna be a tall order for what I have planned. I've got a Master of Possession on my desk and I had the bright idea to convert him into a witch doctor-esque traitor Mortifactor Librarian. It's gonna require a lot of trimming, pinning, and sculpting. I've got til Friday night to get him finished before I hop on a train to Tokyo Saturday morning, so wish me luck 

 

Also, still need suggestions for the heavy gunner's origins! 

Edited 1 hour ago by Kaldoth

[kabaakaba]

2 hours ago, Kaldoth said:

Got the Aspiring Champ built! Dude took a lot longer than expected, only because I trimmed off all of the arrows and triangles on the armor to keep him in line with the rest of the guys in the squad. I also resulted the robes on the Fallen. Much happier with the result this time around. Didn't snap a picture of him though, so just take my word for it that they look better than before 

 

If anyone is planning on mixing bits from the Raiders and Legionnaire boxes, as a heads up, arms won't be an issue but backpacks and capes will. It takes a bit of trimming on the cloak/sanding down of the back of the torso where the backpack normally sits to get the cape bits to fit, and then the backpack to fit on top of the cape.

 

 

I've got two days to finish up the Balefire Acolyte and that's gonna be a tall order for what I have planned. I've got a Master of Possession on my desk and I had the bright idea to convert him into a witch doctor-esque traitor Mortifactor Librarian. It's gonna require a lot of trimming, pinning, and sculpting. I've got til Friday night to get him finished before I hop on a train to Tokyo Saturday morning, so wish me luck 

 

Also, still need suggestions for the heavy gunner's origins! 

Nice one. 

For the heavy gunner go for executioners. Some guy who really join Hurons heresy