Chaos Space Marines: Chaos Knight

I haven't been able to post anything up recently, for a number of reasons: first and foremost being that I have been constructing a lot of the old kits that I have had lying in boxes for ages, in readiness for the weeks and months ahead. Like a squirrel preparing for winter, I have been constructing vehicles and then burying them away in KR cases. One thing that I have been able to paint, however, is my Chaos Knight! And I must say, I'm glad that I have done it now.

This is the FW Chaos Knight kit - not a conversion - although many of the conversions I have seen on line are much cooler - and as such, there was a high percentage of resin involved in the model. I don't like resin. Not necessarily because of the material itself, but rather the moulding process that means you have to use a razor saw to cut things off their gates and such.

There is also the fact that you have to rely on superglue, rather than plastic glue, and with big, centrepiece models, there is always that fear that they could be easily broken.

I really enjoyed painting this guy, once I had overcome my fear of the resin. I'm not sure how much I would have enjoyed painting it if it was dedicated to one of the fussier gods, like Tzeentch, but Nurgle allows for a sloppy paint job.

A lot of rust, dirt and mud has gone onto this model, and at times I wondered whether I should perhaps have just painted him entirely brown... But I think it worked out in the end.

I opted for the Thermal Cannon in the end, because... y'know... Thermal Cannon.

The Foereaper Chainsword was made entirely out of resin, which was generally fine, except for the interlocking mechanisms - otherwise known as the important bits - which were warped and/or needed heavy trimming. I got there in the end, mind.

I now have a centrepiece for my Sons Of Entropy Chaos Space Marines army! Excelsior!

Renegades & Heretics: Renegade Militiaman

I am just beginning with my forays into the world of Imperial Armour, and more specifically, Renegades & Heretics army lists. The other day I posted up a picture of my first Rogue Psyker, and today sees the first of the Grunts coming to parade.

The torso and head come as part of the Renegade Militia conversion set from Forge World, to accompany the Imperial Armour 5: The Siege Of Vraks Part 1 book, which has since been superseded by the compendium version. The legs and arms, meanwhile, are Cadian.

As with the Rogue Psyker, I tried to make this chap grubby and grimy. His homeworld of Balatha is a world built on the back of heavy industry and chemical processing, so he is dirty, pollution-smeared and... well... not very happy, I suppose...

Chaos Daemons: Great Unclean One

For a long time, I have been lacking a real centrepiece for my Chaos Daemons army. I had focused on Heralds for my HQ choices, to buff my infantry units, but they lacked a bit of visual pizazz.

Sure, I've got a Soul Grinder, but the focal point of any army should really be the unit that the other units revolve around, rather than one of the useful-but-not-extraordinary Heavy Support units.

The Great Unclean One from Forge World is an excellent (and very very weighty) model, and is super-easy to paint. The vast majority of this guy was painted using washes.

This was my first attempt at using Blood For The Blood God - one of the Citadel Technical Paints - and I have to say I was pretty impressed. In the pot, it just looks like red paint, but once it is on the model you can see its translucent nature more clearly (geddit?)

The welts, sores and wounds on this chap are what help to give him an awful lot of character and depth. Every inch of his body is devoted to the grotesque.

There are even maggots infesting some of the open sores! Gruesome! This model was great fun to paint, and just like with my Rogue Psyker in the previous post, the hard work was done for me by the sculptor. This was basically just a 'colouring in' job. And with Nurgle, it doesn't matter if you colour over the lines!

Renegades & Heretics: Rogue Psyker

I have not had much of an opportunity to indulge in hobby fun of late, due to the arrival of a Mini-Primarch. However, I have finally gotten back on the wagon and have rounded off the first model of my small Forge World-heavy Renegades & Heretics force - my Rogue Psyker.

I absolutely love the models from the Forge World R&H range - inspired by the Imperial Armour Siege Of Vraks books. They all have so much character, and the level of workmanship from the sculptor, Mark Bedford, is absolutely fantastic.

This was one of those models where all of the hard work was already done for you by the sculptor. The details of the model almost seemed to paint themselves, and allowed for the kind of grimy, dirty look to work wonders. This really was the ideal model with which to rekindle my love of painting. NEXT!