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GROT-CON #5, eight more Grots join the worst cosplayers in the galaxy, brinigng the army up to a mighty 38 Gorts! (Plus one Gorkanaut.)

I’m taking suggestions for future additions!

#warhammer #warhammer 40000 #wh40k #40k #modelling #conversion #miniatures #orks #grots #gretchin #grot-com

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GROT-CON #4, a batch of Grots built for a special army made up of the worst cosplayers in the galaxy! Also included is a work in progress of the next batch!

I’m taking suggestions for future additions!

See the full army so far, here: https://imgur.com/a/QSnvfC0

#warhammer #warhammer 40000 #wh40k #40k #modelling #conversion #miniatures #orks #grots #gretchin #grot-con

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GROT-CON #3, a batch of Grots built for a special army made up of the worst cosplayers in the galaxy! Also included is a work in progress of the next batch!

I’m taking suggestions for future additions!

See the full army so far, here: https://imgur.com/a/QSnvfC0

#warhammer #warhammer 40000 #wh40k #40k #modelling #conversion #miniatures #orks #grots #gretchin #grot-con

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GROT-CON #2, a batch of Grots built for a special army made up of the worst cosplayers in the galaxy!

I’m taking suggestions for future additions!

See the full army so far, here: https://imgur.com/a/QSnvfC0

#warhammer #warhammer 40000 #wh40k #40k #modelling #miniatures #conversion #orks #grots #gretchin #grot-con

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GROT-CON #1, a batch of Grots built for a special army made up of the worst cosplayers in the galaxy!

I’m taking suggestions for future additions!

See the ful army so far, here: https://imgur.com/a/QSnvfC0

#warhammer #warhammer 40000 #wh40k #40k #modelling #miniatures #conversion #orks #grots #gretchin #grot-con

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Revenant Renovation - Complete!

At long last, after suffering a catastrophic collapse, my titan returns!

My Revenant Titan, which STILL has no better name for its role in my Drukhari force, is once again in one piece and looking better than ever. No longer a rigid, glued together nightmare to transport, it now comes fully magnetized with rings which actually spin and can flatten for easier relocation.

At its heart, the original base I build, two kabalite Warriors with a captured Astartes psyker, prodding and poking at the pitiful monkeigh in ordere to use him as a warp conduit, powering the mighty spinny-death-disk!

Standing at 10″ tall (12″ if you count the outer spikes) I am so pleased that after its tragic fall it has finally been rebuilt and is ready to return as the centrepiece of my Drukhari army!

#modelling #conversion #scrath build #warhammer #warhammer 40000 #40k #wh40k #aeldari #drukhari #kabalite #dark eldar #commoragh #titan #revenant #imperial armour #spinny death disk of doom

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Voidraven Renovation - Complete!

After a little bit of time languishing, the Voidraven is finally complete!

It was, granted, complete some time ago, but a few problems in its original design caused warping in its wings which needed fixing. I was also never 100% happy with the crew, so I;ve updated both!

The only major difference is the wings, now no longer fully connected by hosting a collection of magents! This allows me to remove them for transport, which was most of the problem with the warping (because they were never flat). I’ve also been able to reinforce the wings with another layer of 0.5mm plasticard which keeps them more solid. Also allowed me to decorat them a bit more.

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I’ve been working on a few terrain pieces recently (both my own and some club stuff), getting them bigger and better so that some of them actualy block line of sight, and otheer than that have finsihed a pair of new Scourge Solarites and nearly finished painting the Revenant Titan.

Given the “current issues”, my plan is to finish the Revenant before getting my Blackstone Fortress sets out again and finally finishing painting that up. I think I have plenty of time for that now.

#modelling #conversion #warhammer #warhammer 40000 #40k #wh40k #aeldari #drukhari #kabalite #dark eldar #commoragh #voidraven #bomber

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Revenant, Voidraven, Ravager and Weapon Platforms in progress!

FINALLY, a bit of time and inspiration has got me working again, and I've set to repairing and rebuilding a couple of my big projects! I've been having fun with magnets! __________________________________________________________________

REVENANT TITAN

First, my mighty spinny crucible of death, my Kabal's Revenant Titan, a torture engine with a filthy mon-keigh psyker strapped into its centre (not pictured, maybe later).

YOU CAN SEE A LOG OF THE ORIGINAL BUILD HERE.

Since its original build, I got to use it a couple of times, but the rings simply weren;t strong enough. From the start, the first and third rings (from the centre) started to buckle under the weight they were holding. It was also a real pain to store, because it was all one piece and glued in place. Very soon, the buckllng rings gave way during transport, and the whole thing came apart. I have been saying for YEARS that I'd get to rebuilding it, and never did. But NOW I HAVE.

THe two broken rings have gone away, and the innermost has not been replaced at all. THe hird ring (now the second) is now made from solid rings specifically 3d-printed, with plasticard over it to add some pattern and texture. A strong brass rod now runs through the central platform and into the new innermost ring. But most important, every ring is now connected to each other through the wonder of magnets! Not only does this give the monster a bit of movement, but it means I can easily fold it flat or dismantle it for easy transport! I'm waiting on a delivery of green stuff to finish off the central platform, and then I can get right to repainting it! __________________________________________________________________

VOIDRAVEN BOMBER

There was no great structural issue with my Voidraven, but it was starting to have storage issues. The only place I could store it, and the only box, was not big enough. Also, partly because of that and the thin plasticard I used on the wing, the tips of the wings were starting to warp a bit. As such I removed the wings and did some work on them. They've been trimmed down a bit, and now connect again with magents. I partly did this purely because I had the magents available. Also taking this opportunity to replace the crew, who I was never 100% happy with, especially the pilot.

Again, waiting on Green Stuff to smooth out a few last flaws and get this finished and repainted! And again, YOU CAN A LOG OF THE ORIGINAL BUILD HERE. __________________________________________________________________

OTHER PROJECTS

As a further note, two other recent builds. First, I've been for a while proxying Raiders for Ravagers, because I lack Ravagers. WHat I decided to do then is build some add-on pieces which could just fit onto my Raiders when I want them to be Ravagers. The design I settled on is these rings which floa around the outside of the vehicle, adding to its bulk and giving it the extra with a Ravager hull needs. I plan to make an add-on weapon platform which fits onto the front deck for the three weapons. Maybe some kind of Gatling-Lance?

Second, my club is running an Escalation League which I can't win, because the prize is a free ticket to our annual tournament, which I run. So I can't claim the prize. Boo! But I've decided to take the opportunity to bolster Craftworld forces. The theme here is Chaos Eldar, Aeldari Sorcerers from the time of the fall who have given themselves to Chaos and now raised spectral Aeldari servants to serve them in battle. My weapons platforms then are summoning disks (made from Disks Of Tzeentch) with spectres rising out of them, controling and directing their firepower. My plan here is a silly one - three squads of three, each to be deployed with one of the three Chaos Eldar Sorcerers/Farseers. The main guns are built into the spectres, but the barrels are magnetized so I cna swap out weapons. The first to be finished is pictured here, but I'm waiting on Green Stuff to finish the other two from the first batch.

Why do I always run out of Green Stuff when I need it most?

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I'm very interested to hear peoples thoughts!                                                                                                                 

#modelling #conversion #warhammer #warhammer 40000 #40k #wh40k #aeldari #drukhari #forgeworld #imperial armour #revenant #titan #dark eldar #commoragh #voidraven #bomber #ravager #raider #craftworld #asuryani #support platform #weapons platform #chaos eldar

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Archon Claus and T’au Grotesque - Complete

Two small recent builds, little characters who I’m sure will find a place in my army at some point.

The first is Archon Claus, something silly for the upcoming festive season.

“He knows when you are sleeping, etc”

The second is a simple Grotesque, whihc as a committed Kabalite I’m likely to actually use. its based on a Reaper Bones Maggotcrown Bonesack, with hands, feet and head remodelled to better suit a T’au. Additional shopulder pad from some T’au suit of some kind.

#modelling #conversion #warhammer #warhammer 40000 #wh40k #40k #aeldari #drukhari #dark eldar #archon #christmas #festive #santa claus #fatehr christmas #t'au empire #t'au #grotesque #reaper #reaper bones #moggotcrown

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The Cegorian - Complete

I’ve finally finished the third of my Triumvirate of Eldar Avatars. It is of course something for which there are no rules, but as Avatars of the still existing Eldar gods go, I quite like it.

So here it is, the Cegorian, avatar of Cegorach.

(In the middle of the first pic, flanked by my Yncarne and Avatar of Khaine.)

A previous built of this attempted to melt and bend plasticard into a humanoid shape, but I quickly found problems with that. Namely the stablitiy of the model. The only way to make it strong enough to stand was to add more layers to the legs, which made it far too bulky. Theres a previous log entry showing how I started.

But I settled on a new idea using the same basic design. It would still be a loose set of cloth and wrapped rags, but this time I would add a humanoid core. To make it make sense, said humanoid core eas totally smoothed over and painted as a star-field. So it was thus built as the other two avatars were - using an action figure as a base with all joints green-stuff and smoothed, with body features etc also filed down to create a smooth finish. Unlike the others I didn’t retain facial featyures this time as I needed it totally smooth.

Layers of plastic strips were then applied in different sizes, using the heat of a lighter to make them temporarily malleable and create the cloths and banners which wrap around it. The inner core was painted with various starfields and mebulae, with outer wrap in assorted Harlequin inspired patterns.

Comments and praise appreciated.

#modelling #conversion #warhammer #warhammer 40000 #wh40k #40k #eldar #aeldari #craftworld #harlequins #avatar #khaine #yncarne #ynnari #ynnead #cegorach

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The Red Gobbo and more Grots - Complete

THE RED GOBBO RIDES AGAIN!

Some new additions at last to my slowly building Grot army, each model being built specially as a little character of its own. First, the great one himself - The Red Gobbo!

Next, a collection of new random Grots:

Plus, a new work in progress. Its going to be a MASSIVE Ork, used as a Mega-Dred!

#warhammer #warhammer 40000 #wh40k #40k #modelling #miniatures #conversion #grot army #grots #gretchin #orks #red gobbo #hulk #mega dred #imperial armour #dreadnought #forgeworld

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Javier - Complete

THis model was only recently finished but started a while ago to be used as an old D&D character. This one is Javier, a Blackguard (Fallen Paladin) Its not much of a build, as all I did it replace the head and weapons.

#modelling #conversion #miniatures #d&d #Dungeons and Dragons

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Craftworld Rangers - Complete

A quick addition, having finally finished a small, custom Rangers unit to fill in a Patrol when I want to take a tiny Craftworld Detachment to help out. Guardian bodies, Scourge heads, Wood Elf bows and green stuff for the hoods.

#warhammer #warhammer 40000 #wh40k #40k #aeldari #eldar #rangers #conversion #modelling #miniatures

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Chaos Eldar Sorcerers - complete

Partially a little “for fun” build, these three are modelled to be Eldar fallen to the sway of Chaos, perhaps old pre-fall Aeldari who now serve the dark gods.

As a regular Drukhari player, my intention is to build from here, and either use these as Haemonculi (with Daemon-inspired Coven units) as more likely as Beastmasters (with Endless Spell inspired Beasts).

The main build is based on a Necromunda Delaque Ganger body, with arms from the Blackstone Fortress Rogue Psykers (with sleeves made of Green Stuff. The heads are Dark Elf Black Guard, with hair fixed with Green Stuff.

They ride on leviatating toothed-washers (razor wheels), which I’m thinking of using to build some of the Beasts they’ll control.

I don’t have a cool name for the trio just yet.

#warhammer #warhammer 40000 #40k #wh40k #eldar #aeldari #drukhari #character #beastmaster #haemonculus #chaos #chaos eldar #delaque #miniatures #converting #modelling

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Death Jester - complete

I’ve been really enjoying using my Harlequins in an Escalation league at my club recently, so I’ve decided to build a second Death Jester with the aim of a third joining at some point in the future.

I like each of my characters to look completely unique, as a different role in the great play my Masque perform. As my previous Death Jester was a large, armoured, hulking figure, I figured this one should be more of a withered crone. A proper image of death (though not necessarily Ynnead).

The figure I went with for the base was the Nighthaunt Cairn Wraith from Age Of Sigmar, as a proper ghost-like Reaper figure.

I carved out the innards and used some Drukhari bits to put a body inside, partially lifted off the ground so you get some impression that it might be floating (or at least in motion). The Wraith came with a decent helmeted head that works nicely, and I used a spare Splinter Cannon to built the new weapon for this Death Jester. That meant drilling most of the Cairn Wraith’s staff and hands to attach the Cannon in a way that didn’t mean it was just hanging on the end of a stick.

#warhammer #warhammer 40000 #wh40k #40k #eldar #aeldari #harlequins #character #death jester #cairn warith #nighthaunt #miniatures #converting #conversion #modelling

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Genestealer Cult Characters - wip

My friend Chris managed to break his wrist, so he commissioned me to build a few genestealers Cults models for him, and whilst at it he had me make some special stuff.

To start, for huis basic units, he needed more Heavy Rock Saws, so I duig out some Ork bits and mitbashed some.

Next, a "unique" Iconward made from a Commissar.

Next of all, he wanted a special Primus, and gave me the inspiration of a Tech-Priest Electro-Guy-Whose-Name-I-Can't-Remember. The them I went for was to remove the generator, and add on a liquid bottle instead, giving it the impression that the pipes are pumping weird Gene-Cult fluids into him and mutating him. I still need to a little work here, as he is unfortunately missing his Needle Pistol.

Finally, a few things from the Bits Vox for a custom Nexos, with holographic planet.

#warhammer #warhammer 40000 #wh40k #40k #genestealer cults #tyranids #primus #rock saws #commissar #nexos #conversion #custom

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The GROTANAUT - Complete

Behold the might and the majesty, as my custom Grot army gets a massive power boost in this walking behemoth.

Its the correct height and footprint for either a Morkanaut or a Gorkanaut, and its intended to stand in as either, depending on what I feel like using at the time. The main bulk of the body is a large Kinder Surprise......(what is the correct term for the plastic thing inside a Kinder Surprise?)......thing. From there, every weapon is custom made from plasticard, except for the missiles in the rear rack which come from an Ork Fighta-Bomba. I think. Dug them out of a friend’s bits box.

The side guns still swivel which is nice.

Not sure if it comes across, but I deliberately made it look like the thing had a drill on its underside, so with the legs as they are is can be used to bore small holes in the ground. At least, thats whay the vehicle was for before a Grot got their hands on it....

Your thoughts?

#Warhammer #Warhammer40000 #40k #miniatures #converting #painting #wargaming #orks #grot #gretchin #grotanaut #gorkanaut #morkanaut #stompa #kinder surprise