7/13/14: Finished: Khorne/Slaanesh Word Bearers Daemons Detachment

Hey guys!

Been a lot of daemonic forces crossing the paint table over the last couple of weeks, both commission and personal! I'll share my new Nurgle guys soon but, for now, this post is for the commissioned group! This group consisted of:

• Skarbrand (Made from the FW Bloodthirster)
• Skull Cannon of Khorne (WHFB Hellcannon conversion)
• 28 Daemonettes (The old Juan Diaz ones!)
• Daemon Prince of Slaaneshi/Keeper of Secrets (Raging Heroes Asharah model)
• 2 FW Renegade Psykers

Enough chit chat though, pictures!

Skarbrand! I received the model with an average paintjob. My client had me clean him up, rebase him, tarnish the wings, and sculpt a new axe.

I tarnished the brass with Nihlakh Oxide; it really compliments the red skintone and the green eyes.

The axe was built with cardstock, plasticard, and greenstuff. Not my best sculpting job, but it works!

The wings were tarnished with a dremel tool, and the edges were greenstuffed to show the old torn leather hanging off. The wings weren't totally destroyed so my client can run him as Skarbrand, a stock Bloodthirster, or Angraath.

The Juan Diaz Daemonettes. These were all secondhand models; they were stripped, rebased, and cleaned up rather nicely!

Just wonderful models!

That's a lot of death right there....

The first renegade psyker. Really creepy model, he painted up really quickly and to good effect!

Even threw a little script on the back for extra detail!

This is the second time I've gotten to paint this model, so it was really nice to come back and play with it again.

Even went for a skull tearing effect to really make the psyker look desperate.

The Skull Cannon of Khorne! Really interesting conversion, the hounds are Barghests from Puppets War, the cannon is a Hellcannon from Fantasy, and the rider is from the Chaos Warshrine!

Wanted to go for a glowing blood look, complimented with the greens of the rest of the army.

TO WAR!

The Slaaneshi Daemon Prince! I'm sure she'd double nicely as a Keeper of Secrets too! The model is the limited edition Asharah model from Raging Heroes with the Terminator Lord familiar on the base.

The reds tie her back into the Word Bearers, as does the green on the book. Even opted for some tattoos and streaks in the hair to add to the Slaaneshi feel.

The pictures don't show it, but the Daemonettes also got flames on their loinclothes. I feel this really added needed detail to the model, and looks great too!

And the little familiar! The client had wanted to use the hand holding the book on the Daemon Prince, but preferred the sword and lash, so I still tried to work the book into the model!

And the finished group!

The Daemons of Slaanesh clash with Nurgle's chosen! 

Alrighty! Next up are a trio of Wraithknights, more Imperial Knights, some Necrons, and another addition to the first Legio Titanicus commission I completed back in May! Will have some pictures of my new Nurgle daemons too! Whew! 

Stay tuned and keep painting!

Granesh

1/30/14: Review: Puppets War Barghest Fiends Pack

Howdy folks!

Sorry for the spacey lack of updates this month! Its not that I haven't been busy working on projects, a couple of setbacks and things in my personal life have just pushed everything here to the end of the month and beginning of the next. My Tau order finally came in, so I was able to jump into that, and the Necrons will be done early next week, so its coming full circle soon!

I have, however, had a little time to continue on my review of Puppets War's miniatures. This time, I jumped to the models I was most excited to assemble and get rocking: The Barghest Pack! Lets do this, shall we?

Disclaimer: Although I received these models through a promotional offer to promote both myself and Puppets War, I have no obligation to give a biased or favorable view because of the the circumstances. If I don't like a kit or piece, you better believe I'll speak my mind about it! Same goes if I love it!

Puppets War's Barghest Fiends Unit Review
Cost: $35 (approx USD)
Contains: 5 Complete models minus bases

The models come in four pieces: the torso and right legs, two left legs, and a head. Again, like the Rippers, they didn't include bases, so if you're going to pick them up, you'll wanna order some bases for these bad boys! I opted for some GW ones, but I'll touch on that later...

The models had a couple of vents on them, but nothing a pair of clippers and a file couldn't take care of! I was also surprised by the lack of air bubbles! There's a couple on the pads of their feet, but nothing in areas that would affect painting. Bravo Puppets War!

The left legs, as you can see, are all letter-matched to ensure everything lines up. You'll want to dry fit everything together, just to ensure everything lines up though.

As I said, the lack of air bubbles and miscasts in these guys was incredible! I was certain the chains were going to have errors and imperfections, but lo! There weren't any!

The holes where the heads attach was my only negative: The mold lines and flashing inside them made clean up very finicky and difficult on them, especially if you're trying not to damage the collar. I ended up clipping the nub off the backs of the heads and just gluing them in that way. They're still plenty sturdy though!

And the fully assembled beasts! You can see they fill up a full 40mm base with little room to spare! I would have thrown them on a 60mm or even a bike base, but I didn't have any to spare, unfortunately. I remedied the sizing issue by making some sculpy rocks for them to run over ala James Wappel style. I haven't had any time to throw some paint on them, but following Genghis Con, that should change!

These models have excellent uses for Warhammer 40k! My first thought, of course, was Hounds of Khorne: you get the same number, better sculpts, and still save $15! How can you go wrong?! They'd work as Dark Eldar Khymerae and Clawed Fiends and, again, save you money in the end! With a little conversion work, they could work as Kroot Hounds or even a replacement for a Krootox! Like Space Wolves and Chaos, but don't like the Chaos codex? Bam! Chaotic Fenrisian Wolves! You'll be able to find a use for these models in many MANY armies!

Quality: 4.5/5

Clean sculpts with little to no air bubbles or flashing, but the minor issue with the neck drops my rating to a 4.5. 

Price: 5/5

Cavalry rocks in 6th Edition, it shouldn't cost you an arm and a leg to run them! Puppets War delivers on price here easily!

Value: 5/5

Whether you're a gamer or a painter, these models have everything! Lots of detail for painting, but still look great if you haven't had the time to paint them. A basecoat and a heavy wash would do most of the work for you anyways! Lots of army applications, very distinct models! 

Overall: 5/5

These models are definitely the go-to for you Khorne Daemons and Beastmaster Dark Eldar players out there! Even if you don't have an army that can run them, the amount of details, clean sculpts, and poses will make for a fun painting project if nothing else. 

You can find these models and many other excellent ones on Puppets War; they just released some barricade terrain pieces that look pretty sweet!

Now I'm itching to paint these guys up! Hoping to do a ruined Imperial Cathedral look on the bases so they still match my Chaos Marines, but are still different and distinct if I decide to do Daemons at some point. Gotta hold off though, I've got a ton to do before Genghis Con! Tau, Necrons, Eldar, and Chaos Marines are all coming down the pipeline very soon! Stay tuned!

Granesh

4/7/12: Finished: Orange Crush Chaos Marines and Biel-Tan Eldar…FINALLY!!

Hey guys!

So I’m finally done with this commission! I’ve never had a commission give me so much trouble to get through, but I sat down yesterday and got it all finished. As an artist, I’m not totally happy with how everything turned out, but its done and the client’s happy, which is all that matters!















WHEW! So glad these are done! I sat down yesterday too and got some personal pieces either finished or started.





Sorry for the crappy lighting, I’m still getting the apartment figured out. Anyways, that’s Bloodletter #3 for my Chaos Marines, and Rhino #2 for the Alpha Legion. The bloodletter was half done anyways, so it was just a matter of doing his sword.

The Rhino, on the other hand, was a test to see how the teal color turned out without Midnight Blue (my base color for Alpha Legion). A 1:1 mix of Necron Abyss and Chaos Bla….oh wait, Kantor Blue and Abaddon Black, worked perfectly. A little Scorpion Green mixed in, and it worked spendidly!

Alrighty, down to the shop to learn a little Game of Thrones for my new job (I work at the FLGS now!!), I have some lists I want to run by you guys…we’ll do that tomorrow!

Granesh