++++INLOADING DATAFILE 033++++ Defiler WIP 2

My defiler is almost done, here are some pics of it as of yesterday.

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 032++++ First post for a while

Ok I'm back, at least for a few weeks. So I moved recently and now I have a studio and am getting mini work done again. I've been building up a stock of projects to post about, so hopefully I can get you guys a reason to check out this site again.



Enough on that though, this post is about a new tank conversion I'm doing, the Merric MkII. I don't have a clear name for it yet, but it's a STC main battle tank designed in the same philosophy as the rhino and Land raider. If that sounds familiar my old IG army had a conversion along the same lines from 5 years ago and another conversion I started a bit back

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 031++++ Defiler WIP Shots

Ok here are some pics of what I've been working on for the last week or so. As you can see the conversion has advanced quite a bit since the initial concept shots last post. My desire to make the defiler more dynamically posed and to have the "IT'Z ALIVE!!!" Effect is coming along well. I've also been working to make the lower "thorax" section of the model larger to help accommodate the enlarged "turret".

So now onto the pics!

So the head is a mash up of a defiler demonic head, the techno head, a minotaur's head, and a LOT of horns from beastmen. Still a bit of work to be done melding it with the neck fully.  The Daemon in him is a servant of Slaneesh named Rhymnocerous; his claws are fast the guns are on his back and he's horny, HE'S HORNY!!!

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 030++++ Where do we stand, where do we go 2 (Also Defilers)

Alright so it's been over 6 months since I've been active here, I've been busy with work and with getting settled into my new role and unit with the national guard. I left the terrible gym I used to work for and now I'm working for Boston Sports Club, a relatively high end place where I actually am paid decently for my work.

But enough of that boring crap, you people are here for one thing one thing only: miniatures.

So the last few months have seen a slow uptick in my conversion work, so there are lots of things to show. To start things off today I want show the current in progress shots of my new Chaos Defiler conversion.

I don't know about you but I've always found the current defiler model to be extraordinarily static and dull, which is sad because its a great concept it's just hampered by the casting technology that gw had back in the early 2000s.

So I approached this conversion with two goals in mind:

1. Make the model more dynamic so it seems truly "possessed".

2. Make it seem like it belongs standing next to the newer daemon engine models.

To make the model look more like it belongs next to the newer daemon engines I decided to make it less "upright" and more hunched over and menacing. To do this I have lenghened the turret by adding a seperate power plant section behind the traditional turret and I've built a "neck".

So this is where I stand so far. I had intended to use the thunder fire cannon as just the base for the battle cannon with a more traditional barrel, but it looks so badass this way that I'm tempted to leave it as is. Thoughts?

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 029++++ Update on why I've not posted anything for a while...

Rather than type out a long thing no one will bother to read I'll simply say that I've been extremely busy working two jobs recently.  I just got promoted to the manager slot at work so things should calm down a bit over the next few weeks.  More CSM stuff to come.

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 028++++ Another article soon.

Sorry for the parcity of posts, I decided that I needed to organize and sort all my bits into seperate containers by type.  As I have two bits trunks, yes not boxes but full trunks, this is taking a bit longer than I had originally intended.  I'll see if I can't finish it out tonight, and I'm also reserving my copy of dark vengeance tonight.  Simply wow on those models, especially the chaos ones.  If anyone wants to sell their spare chaos guys I'll take them off your hands, just saying...

Sadly I now feel showed up.  I was so proud of my dark apostle and now GW creates evil incarnate in a set of minis.  So I'm going to see if I can't dark vengeance-icise him and my next truescale.  Oh well, it's nice to have a new challenge.

++++INLOADING DATAFILE 027++++ True Scale Dark Apostle

LOOK AT ALL HIS MAJESTY!!!

Ok, jokes aside I'm super proud of how this guy has turned out. A week or so ago I deleted all of the games from my computer, I actually zeroed out the partition that had them. Its tough when something becomes an addiction to quit cold turkey, but I did what I had to. And now one week later I've got a job in my chosen profession and I've churned this guy out in my free time. Funny how that works.