Thursday, October 6, 2011

a demoti-post

Hello people!

I have been quite busy lately with work as always but I have found some time to paint and the results will be shown soon enough.

In the meantime I made a small demotivational with a picture I have found and an idea that was in my mind for quite a few time now!


Anohter caption to this could be "I'm sure this is 'shopped" , but that would be too obvious and not that much 40K related :P 

Anyways it gave me a giggle ... :P Hope that you like! 

and of course some music from Machine Head's great latest album to accompany this post


Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Death Guard Razorback Mk1

Hello to everybody!

Another post from my growing Death Guard army (well, the armored part at least) and this time I decided to build a Razorback. As with all my Mk1 builds so far, I tried to stick to the original design as much as possible, but this time I made one small deviation from the original plan. For those that remember, the old school razorback featured a space marine gunner instead of the fully automated targeting system that it has now. I kinda prefer the newer version on this aspect and I tried to include it in my build.

So there it is! As always I would be happy to hear your comments remarks and questions! :)





Last but not least, another great band in an even greater cover song! ;)






Saturday, September 10, 2011

Death Guard project continues... Mk1 Predator

Hello again!

I have been busy as hell these days with work and unfortunately my posts were kinda scarce but I have managed to finish my 1st Predator for my new Death Guard army. I haven't finalized on an Army List yet but I am thinking of using a lot of these guys...







Anyways, the conversion is mostly based on the good old Predator Destructor kit but again using a wide variety of bits from various sources. I would be happy to answer to any question you may have!


And as always some music to inspire ;)

 

Friday, September 2, 2011

Cadaver on Google+

Just a quick post today to let you know that I have been really busy with work lately and updates on my Death Guard project will be slow. I have almost finished my first Predator (yes, I'm planning to use a lot :P ) so I will have some updates maybe on weekend!



On a completely different side note, I have been playing with Google+ lately and I must say that I really like how it works. If you have an account there add me for a more personal contact. If you don't and you are interested in creating one, let me know and I can send you an invitation! (its still under closed beta)



I have placed the widget on the sidebar too so you can find it any time!

I'm planning to post many things of my work there as well as here so it would be nice to see you there too!

On the music side of the post, I decided to go a little more mainstream in my playlist lately and this is where I got;



Take care all of you!! :D

Thursday, August 25, 2011

The dawn of a new project... Pre-Heresy Death Guard...and my Mk1 Land Raider



Yes... I know... I am a couple of years late to begin a pre-heresy army. It's been quite a while from the Black Library releases and the fad is fading away... there are even quite a few great Death Guard armies out there so I'm not putting anything innovative or original out...

BUT...

...I just LOVE Death Guard... I love their fluff from my origins as a wargamer... I have been playing chaos from the early 3rd ed. just to be able to field plague marines... the idea of making a pre-heresy death guard army buzzes through my head since gw released the atrocity that is the latest chaos marines codex... if I can't field my beloved plague marines as chaos anymore, I will as loyalists ... !

It took me some time. It had to be perfect though... and the biggest problem was the armor. I know there are a lot of pre-heresy armies out there but most of them use the current issue of power armor. I wanted to look and feel 30K ... I wanted mk2 armor ... and the gods of Forgeworld heard my pleads...

The final piece of the puzzle was in place! Now, all my archaic looking vehicles could fit with an equally archaic looking armor. And what best way to begin my project, than my beloved Mk1 Land Raider






I know that this model has a love-hate factor to it. I definitely love it. For many years that was the iconic image of 40K vehicles (at least for my eyes) only to be overthrown by its successor... 

I had 2 major problems with this model though. its old age and the numerous layers of paint that has been applied over the 15 years of its existence in my gaming world. Step one was the paint removal. To be honest, I didn't have the best results but it got to a point that could be repainted and I'm satisfied with that. It will feature major weathering anyways so some minor paint remains will blend with that process hopefully... 

Step 2 was the conversion job... as I have said in the past, my conversions use a rather large pool of bits that come from an even larger variety of sources. Many of them are recognizable, others are a little more hard to see.. the pics don't help at all, got them with my cellphone sorry. Better pics when painted although I will post some more converted vehicles before I do that! I would be happy to answer to any questions that you may have concerning the bits. 

So there you have it, the first step on building an army I always wanted to have! I would love to hear your comments and remarks.

Music choice for today, another great desert rock band... 



Till next time...!