Mordheim Goblins

Time for another sojourn to Mordheim and another quick scratch-build project! How did a handful of gobbos end up bossing an orc around? Read on....

40k Tau, #Inq28-style

Maybe it's just that Tau don't lend themselves to grimdarkness, but they don't look to be so popular in the #Inq28 scene. Being on a roll with my two Eldar scratch builds I had a go at another scratch build project, a Tau with some drone companions.

40k Blanchitsu Dark Eldar

Of course I had to follow up last week's Good Eldar with a Bad Eldar. Scratchbuilt again from an even more depleted bits box. I went easier on myself this time and didn't stick to a two day deadline. Like last time the build was real ad hoc.

Process and more pics below the jump…

40k Blanchitsu Eldar

Here's a little one-off project, and the most Blanchitsu model I've built. I set myself the challenge of scratch-building a model in one day and painting it the next, and this is the result. Having not made anything (A)elfy before I wanted to make a real alien-looking being. It was gonna be a Dark Eldar at the start, but the build process was improvised and the model got more ambiguously Aeldari as it developed. By the time I added the Bretonnian horse-shaped helm the model looked more like an Aeldari Dire Avenger than a Drukari Bad Guy, so Aeldar xe is.

Process pics below the jump…

Lamians Warband: Painting Update

Group shot – The Lamians Warband

It's been a while since I posted last, because I've been knuckling down and just painting all the models at the same time. Instead of posting about 10 models in gradually decreasing states of bareness, I thought I'd hold off until they're (almost) done.

So, here they are!

Making a Mounted Chaos Space Marine

There's a sixth member of the Chaos Space Marine squad I last posted. It's the most involved conversion I've done on any of the models, but the idea was cool enough that I wanted to try it.

The Chaos Marines

I'm getting a brilliant response on Instagram (@instahekatoncheires). Thanks if you follow me on there.

In the mean-time, I've made progress on the Chaos Space Marine models to the point that I think that they're more-or-less complete (give-or-take some tweaking). Here they are:

Captain

Work In Progress

Here's a group shot of the Chaos Space Marine squad. There's a lot of blue-tacking at this stage, but they're taking shape. I began with a set of 5 Dark Imperium space marine intercessors from ebay + a big grab bag of assorted bitz. My working process involves cutting and splicing small pieces of bits with generous millput useage to fill the gaps. The commander character for example has the breastplate from a Blood Angel model which needed some trimming & padding to fit on to the Primaris torso. The winged shoulderpads are also from the same Blood Angel kit and have had their iconography scraped off and replaces with (carefully trimmed) Harlequin masks. I seem to be doing a lot of careful trimming.
Since my last post, the commander character (left) received a promotion to a bigger base, which I'm going to milliput texture onto like the others. He's a Slaaneshi champion so he is going to want to look as grand as possible.
The dog-helmed marine at the back has had his snout replaced with an old Tyranid nozzle bit, which I imagine to be some kind of elaborate rebreather. He's also got an extended bolt rifle that's just out of shot in this photo.
Front-right is an in-progress noise marine! I'm scratch-building a noise cannon out of a bolt rifle and fleshy bits from Tyranids and elsewhere. Without access to the rules I don't know if you can take a single noise marine in a squad of bolter marines but as I mentioned before I'm not planning to make a game-legal regiment.

I am planning to start showcasing them individually on here as each one is more or less completed. There's also more models in the works as part of the same project and some of them are very experimental indeed.

I have started adding some in-progress photos to Instagram. My handle is @instahekatoncheires.

Hek

First post

Hi Blogspot.

Inspired by some great WH40k and Inq28 modelling and conversion blogs on here, I'm trying my hand at some modelling work for the first time in about a decade.

I'm working on a small unit of true-scale Slaaneshi space marines based on the new Primaris sculpts. The goal is to see what I can make without relying on the usual Slaaneshi tropes. I'm more interested in making and painting the models than playing with them so I'm not expecting the resulting squad to be legal in game terms. I'm aiming for a characterful squad of unique models.



Here's a preview. I'm basing the marines on a squad of Primaris Intercessors from the Dark Imperium box, with parts from Harlequins, Blood Angels and Mechanicum to make for some more ornate armour. I also have some further bit box experiments in the pipeline which I'll show if they turn out well!

Hek