Friday, February 27, 2015

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 074++++ Mechanicum Archmagos Myrmidax WIP 3

Here is an update Panorama of Arch Myrmidax Drevinius Prelt as he is being painted.  On the whole I'm pleased with how he is progressing, let it be knownn that I consider myself to be a decent (read: mediocre) painter at best.  Unlike converting, which comes quickly and naturally to me, painting is much more of a technical process.  Its a chore really, but one which must be done.  On the plus side once it is done the finished product is awesome and really has a soul of its own.

Enough bloviating, onto the model.  I've used the same sort of bronze and steel metallic pallet I've seen used heavily in other's mechanicus armies on the interwebs, its simple to do and looks good.  For the robes I decided on a rusted metal color, so instead of a bright red I used a dark brown base layered up to slighly orangish red.  This will be powdered with weathering powders to really achieve the right color blend, or at least that is the plan.  The flesh was done using a tutorial on how to paint the muscular portions of a hellbrute, he is so pink as I haven't added the final "skin tone" layer yet.  I'll use that layer to cover up the few mistakes that I've made with the metallic paints.

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 073++++ Mechanicum Archmagos Myrmidax WIP 2

He is done.  You don't need me to tell of every little detail on him.  It has been a while since I set up a real photobooth, the quality of the photos really is a lot higher.  


Sunday, February 22, 2015

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 072++++ Mechanicum Archmagos Myrmidax

++++MAGGOTS WILL FEAST UPON THE DATA OF TE:/CRITERROR++++
TECHXORCISM COMPLETE........
SCRAPCODE ISOLATED PENDING ERASURE........
++++ALL PRAISE THE OMNISSIAH, BY THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE IS THE DARKNESS BANISHED++++
SCAN:/INFVECTOR.........
++++SIGNAL SOURCE LOCATED++++
MATCHING TO ARCHIVES........
++++THE QUEST FOR TRUTH IS ETERNAL, SUCH IS THE WILL OF THE OMNISSIAH++++
MATCHING COMPLETE 93.54% ACCURACY........
WARNING TARGET RATED TECHNOMATIC DIABOLUS.........
++++EXECUTE FULL FORGE ALERT++++

Every army needs a general, and it has always been of my opinion that generals in 40k should be epic as f#&$!  The model uses components of several different previous conversions, one was a Myrmidon Secutor test model and another was an Imperial Battlesuit from several years ago.  I give you Arch Myrmidax Drevinius Prelt.

Rules wise I intend to field him as a Archmagos Prime: Myrmidon.  He is going to have a Master-crafted Chainfist (That ax is WAY to big not to double your strength and give Armorbane!) and Powerfist for three STR 8 AP 2 Armorbane Unwieldy attacks.  Add to that a Machinator Array boosting him to T 6, two bonus str 5 AP 2 shred, armorbane, unwieldy melee attacks, a flamer and a inferno pistol, and a 3+ Battlesmith roll!  As a Myrmidax he gets to choice (and fire) two additional weapons, of the various options my favorite is the Phase Plasma Fusil as its Range 18" STR 6 AP 3 Salvo 2/3.  On top of this he will count as being mounted on an abeyant, mostly for the +1 wound and It Will Not Die, plus he is definately Very Bulky.  This makes him a mere 240 points, but he will be quite the monster, excepting his lack of any invulnerable save.  There are more options but I'll figure those out once he is further along.

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 071++++ Mechanicum Skitarii Hypaspists WIP 2.0


RUN:/SYSDIAGNOSTIC........
++++SCRAPCODE INFECTION DETECTED IN 97.38% OF KEY SYSTEMS++++
ACCESSING MILITARY MANIFOLD........
SENDING EMERGENCY AID REQUEST........
++++(2+3)=8, 1x1=8, 1=88.888888888 /LOGICSTRING.ERROR++++
10010010 01001010 00111100 01000100 10001001 00010011 01001100 1010010
RELEASING HEXAMATHMATIC COUNTERMEASURES........
DATAPURGATIVE ALGORYTHMS ENGAGING........
++++/LOGIC.IS.ERROR CORRUPTION=INEVITABLE++++
/EXECUTE:CEASERESISTINGUS.EXE........
10010001 01111000 001100101 01110100 10011001 11010010 01000101 1011110
RUN:/AUTOPRAYER1044.9A........
++++FROM THE OMNISSIAH FLOWS KNOWLEDGE, FROM KNOWLEDGE FLOWS TRUTH, FROM TRUTH FLOWS SALVATION++++
++++OMNISSIAH=FALSE, MARS=FALSE, DISORDER=FUNCTION++++
10011011 01111000 00110100 01011101 00100100 00011110 01001001 0001110
AID REQUEST RECEIPT CONFIRMED........
SKITARII DEMICOHORT DISPATCHED........

Saturday, February 21, 2015

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 070++++ Darkmagi WIP

++++RECIEVING DATA INLOAD++++
VERIFYING SOURCE.......
AUTHENTIFICATION KEY OUTDATED........
ISOLATING UNAUTHORIZED DATA........
++++WARNING DETECTING SCRAPCODE CONTAGION++++
AUTO PURIFICATION PROTOCALS FAILING........
OMNISSIAH PRESER10001101101101010100101101011........
++++CRITICAL SYSTEM FAILURE++++
++++ALL PRAISE THE OCTED++++

Continued from last post here are pictures of some magi from my Dark Mechanicum Army.  It was my intention for their corruption to be less a matter of obvious mutation and more one of corrupted logic and geniune evil.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 069++++ Skitarii Hypaspist Test Models

So I have mentioned in the past that I have an Adeptus Mechanicus army, repeatedly in fact, but I have never really posted pictures of any finished models from it.  That changes now!!!!

The army is of course themed around the Dark Mechanicum, but I wanted to create more of a "We are evil because good is illogical" visual style rather than the "Oh goodie, my input/output dataport just grew another tentacle" visual style I've seen for most dark mechanicum armies.  The goal being that in a pinch I would like to be able to use them as a Loyalist Adeptus Mechanicus army for campaigns locally, as there is talk of a Imperium vs Orks campaign being in the works.

Here is a test model I did to make a Skitarii Hypaspist, which is essentially a lower order Skitarii warrior with excellent equipment but little in the way of cybernetics.  I was directly inspired by Manus over at 
Forge Mechanicus for their design.  Here is my take on these guys.


Monday, February 16, 2015

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 068++++ Helltalon WIP 3

 For the last few weeks I have been activated for natural disaster relief by the Massachusetts Army National Guard, hence the lack of posts. Here is one to hold you guys over for a few days until I SHOULD be released. There may be more snow coming unfortunately, so we will see what happens.

So I decided to change the Hellblade Interceptor I was working on into a Helltalon Fighter Bomber.  It was mostly a matter of the model turning out to be about 30% larger than the Forge World Hellblade fighter, but I also really want to try out the Helltalon's rules as they seem fun.

The weapons were pretty simple to figure out.  The Helltalon comes with a Twin-Linked Lascannon, 8 bombs, and your choice of either a Reaper Autocannon or Havoc Launcher.  As I usually rely on my aircraft to engage enemy vehicles I went with the Reaper Autocannon.  This was simple to do as I had some spare parts left over from a Chaos Defiler.  After looking the model over there was an obvious visual space for weapon mounts in front of the cockpit and above the engine intake.

I settled on how to configure the weapons mounts quickly but there was a snag with the lascannons; most lascannon bits are quite bulky, so fitting two of them stacked on top of each other didn't work with the majority of the bits I tried.  The lascannons from a Storm Raven were the corret size, but they have a "right-left" orientation which would have made it tough to mount them vertically the way I wanted.  The solution was quite easy as it turned out, deep within my bitz box I found a single ancient lacannon from the original 1980s Predator Tank kit.  It was the right size and looked adequately high tech, so I chopped it in half and used it to make the "techno bits" for the Lascannon and added some parts from a Stormtalon and the classic chaos upgrades kit. I thought they looked cooler mounted upside down.

Friday, February 6, 2015

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 067++++ Dark Eldar Revenant Titan WIP 3

ITS DONE!!!!!!!!!!

I feel the need to scream that from the roof tops.  At long last my Everest has been climbed, this guy is ready to be sent off to my friend Wayne for some pro-grade paint!  This project took me way longer than I planned, mostly because I hit a slump working on it and stalled out for about 4 months trying to figure out how to do the special effects.  Now onto the photos!!!

Thursday, February 5, 2015

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 066++++ Imperial Armour 13 rules clarification from Forge World


So a short post tonight, sorry I've not been posting much I actually have a ton of pics to show, I just need to make time for it.

The topic for tonight's post is that I have received a response from forgeworld regarding some rules questions I had regarding the Renefades and Heretics army list.