Converting and painting a Howling Griffons Librarian - Part 2

I've been slack.  Here's the finished Lib:

Converting and Painting a Howling Griffons Librarian Part 1

I really didn't want to pay for the Librarian, so I figured since I wasn't using the Ancient, I'd base the Libby conversion on him.  I cut the cape off the Gravis Captain and secured it to the Ancient:

Painting Howling Griffons Part 5

I wanted some slate stone bases, but the ones I found online are too OTT for me, so I made these masters:

Painting Howling Griffons Part 4

Went with black glazed metallic silver for the trim and chest plate, as well as started with the joint seals and general cleanup.

Painting Howling Griffons Part 3

Made some decals, I found some excellent ones on bolterandchainsword, just mashed them together to make a single sheet for the laser printer

Painting Howling Griffins Part 2

After trying a few different methods, I settled on repriming the red quarters by hand, again using the VJ German red brown.  I use a chisel tip brush as it's easier to get straight lines. Two thin coats!

Painting Howling Griffins Part 1

Painting these guys is very much a shifting, fluid process.  It's taken me a while through trial and error to get to a point where I'm getting results without spending way too much time them.  The first squad worked out well, but war way too labor intensive, so I keep refining as I go to see how much i can simplify as still get consistency on the finished product.

For this first part I'll show how I got the yellows done.

 I used Vallejo German Red-Brown acrylic, thinned 3:1 with Flow-Aid and ran it through the airbrush. I completely covered the model as the whole thing needed a primer base. I didn't preprime with any enamel black or white.

Let's roll with Primaris Marines

Yes, it's been a long time.  That's life I suppose.  Anyhow, when GW released Primaris Marines along with 8th Ed, I took the opportunity to start up a new army project.  I've always wanted to do a vanilla marine army, but since I've already got Space Wolves the motivation wasn't really there.  Then Primaris Marines dropped.  I could get new sculpts, with fewer troops, and I could salvage vehicles from my abandoned 30K force.  But what chapter?  After I kicked around a few ideas, I went for broke:
Howling Griffons

Here's what I have so far:

Clan Raukaan Shoulder Pad Quick hit

Seeing how I'm building Iron Hands I figured I needed clan shoulder pads.  My freehand painting leaves much to be desired and I don't like decals, so I need to convert up some.  I have the brass etch sheet but the marine pads are a bit to small to get the icon to form to, so I built a prototype.

Iron Hands Bionic Limbs

Today, Bionic limbs for marines.  I looked at several aftermarket bits and they either are not available anymore or just a bit too small.  Time to make my own!
I started by cutting down a set of marine legs and an arm.  I then placed a bit of tube in as a base:

Deathguard Part 1

Betcha thought I only built orks.  I've always wanted a Nurgle army.  I had a Warmaster force that I sold, and I've painted a few figs for sale, but I laways wanted a full Fantasy of 40K army.  Since I've got so many other things going on I knew if I was going to go through with it I'd have to keep my model count low.  Terminators!  More than I should have but small to pack and fewer models to paint.  Huzzah!

Being a fan of the old Realms of Choad books I always liked the idea that the Plaguebearers eternal curse was to count.  Diseases, Nurglings, flies, what have you. They are also know as the Tallymen of Nurgle.  I latched onto that idea for my Plague Marine warband, "The Tallymen".  I'll include scraps of cloth hanging off of them with their tally marks.  Still Plague Marines, but with a little more character.  Here's my prototype:

Quick Hit Friday

Another quick hit.  This time a Vindicator built for funsies.  I wanted a different profile when I built this.  I have a hard time accepting the Rhino chassis for the heavier tanks like the Vindy and the Pred.  I feel they should be beefier with a bit of a brutal edge.  This guy is based on Chimera tracks and a Mk1 Rhino body.  Parts added to taste.

Belial Conversion -Guest Post!

Hello All!
I go by Misrael on the Ordo Fanactius forums, I am also related to Scott but I lack the Conversion skills he has but today I got frisky and made a Belial from the new Deathwing Command/ Deathwing Knights box set.
With the new Deathwing Command/ Deathwing Knights box set I looked over the parts and figured out I had all the parts to make a Belial Master of the Deathwing. First I chose the legs with the studs on the left leg. Next I took a Deathwing Knight torso with the Iron Halo looking bit on it and the Hooded Head that shows just the lower part of the face. Then I used the Power Sword and Storm Bolter that would be used for a unit leader. Then the final touches are the banner from the Dark Angel Veteran sprue and Terminator shoulder shield, the last thing is the cloak that comes in the new Deathwing box. That's it. Simple and looks good and I think looks better then the GW Belial model.

Master of the Forge Kitbash

I have always liked the idea of a Master of the Forge led army, but I don't care for the resin model.  I figured I'd see what I could do with an all plastic build.

Here's a go at a Master with a Conversion Beamer, using parts from the Devastators box and the Marine Vehicle Accessory sprue.

 

I started with modest parts, a set of legs, a standard torso rear and a Tech front torso from the Marine vehicle sprue: