Pre Heresy World Eaters and Truescale Howling Griffons!

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now working on making my Howling Griffons - start on page 93
Mentor Legionnaire ready - page 96

• Finished Shots on Page 10
• HQ WIP page 13[/size]
• Baneblade WIP starts on page 23
• Squad 2 WIP start on page 34
• techmarine on page 35
• TERMINATOR wip starts on page 36
• dread and scouts start on pg 44
• Death Guard champion starts page 50
• termie chaplain and blood angel painting on page 58
• pre-heresy guard and World Eater squad #3 on page 62
• started LAND RAIDER SPARTAN page 77
• terminator squad finished pics page 90
• howling griffon squad modelled - page 94

and for those who wanted a tutorial: its HERE.

its on page 25. enjoy

Well, what started life just under two years ago as a terminator blog for my Angels of Censure DIY quickly got warped int a WIP of a pre-heresy crusade army. so I decided to start a new thread for the pre heresy army, and keep the Truescale Terminator one on topic for when i get back to them... eventually (edit: never, by the looks of them ).

my original idea was for pre-traitor deathguard, as i always loved their colours and fighting style (tough, stoid, vehement) though ive had more than my fair share of Death Guard armies (both pre and post heresy) so, at the last minute, after the off-white was finished on the model and i was about to start applying catachan green to the armour i changed my mind and went for World Eaters (in fact teh pic below is before i changed his power sword to a chain sword):



for a while he was left alone, without comrades or foes to kill, but i eventually got round to making a unit for him to accompany, as well as an HQ choice:




over time i made the rest of the army and managed to compete in a tournament (coming last place overall and losing the best army award because one of the judges thought the bases werent finished...). the army is bulked up with some imperial army units (the intention was to expand theminto their own army, but that hasnt materialised... yet).

there will be a malcador (the Battlecannon turret one), a world eater baneblade and possibly a guardsman predator.

ill be using the Deamonhunter codex, representing the world eaters with GK terminators and everything else with what it actually is (in official games the malcador will counts as a leman russ)

[asmodai_dark86]

Could you show us what this looks like next to a normal flammer? It looks very cool and i wouldnt mind steeling this for my space wolves

[crandall87]

wow I cannot wait to see a full squad of these. great conversion

[Scanno]

Cool more of them As said before, love the finished guy, a whole squad will be brilliant, and I like the way of getting them on the field without having to make a whole army of them.

[Astador]

Can't wait to see more of this army! And hopefully you will do more for your other army! Those terminators were wicked it'd be a shame for them to collect dust!

[horzaman]

Again, the marine looks great!


It reminds me of the inquisitor scale marine in its proportions. I mean this as a big compliment- you have created a model which is far larger than the GW version, but it has the same proportions as the larger and more detailed INQ version.

They say that immitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and im very tempted to do similier things with my raven guard, so feel flattered

[Metal Fingered Villain]

Dude, thats the most badass truescale marine I've seen in a while. An army of these doods would be amazing but also very expensive if your working from a terminator base.

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thanks for the comments people, and sorry about the confusion with the threads though i thought it bestto give the world eaters their own thread since the project seems to have taken over everything else ive got going at the moment (and i have quite a few projects going on...)

Could you show us what this looks like next to a normal flammer? It looks very cool and i wouldnt mind steeling this for my space wolves

ill post a pic when i get back to work on the guy tomorrow morning, but as a rough scale, its about the size of a normal dev lascannon, so probably a bit big for a non-truescaled marine!

wow I cannot wait to see a full squad of these. great conversion

thanks! im really hoping theyre imposing when theyre al done, and with that colour scheme they should stand out on a table too - just what i want!

Cool more of them. As said before, love the finished guy, a whole squad will be brilliant, and I like the way of getting them on the field without having to make a whole army of them.

yeah, the only way i can make a whole army of these guys is with normal marines (which frankly, imho, isnt doing the models any justice - puny bolters and 3+ save hehe!). only other option is three units of GK termies, and some guardsmen or stormtroopers in troops, though i prefer to keep them a special centerpiece for the army... at the moment

Can't wait to see more of this army! And hopefully you will do more for your other army! Those terminators were wicked it'd be a shame for them to collect dust!

well they may be postponed, but they most certainly are not forgotten. theres actually a few reasons ive put the termies on the backburner: 1) im having problems with the so-called baroque colour scheme and getting the dark brown/red highlighted to a suitable 'rust' orange is a lot harder than i thught, and i dont want to screw them up! 2) i really want to practice my GS before moving on to the termie - i really want that unit to be converted/painted to the best of my abilities, and tbh im a bit out of practie at the moment...

Again, the marine looks great! It reminds me of the inquisitor scale marine in its proportions. I mean this as a big compliment- you have created a model which is far larger than the GW version, but it has the same proportions as the larger and more detailed INQ version.

They say that immitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and im very tempted to do similier things with my raven guard, so feel flattered

lol! thanks and i love seeing other truescale marines - doghouses are a big inspiration to me. so please go ahead!

Dude, thats the most badass truescale marine I've seen in a while. An army of these doods would be amazing but also very expensive if your working from a terminator base.

yes they would be, and dont tempt me, if this unit works out ok, i may seriously consider it!

[Marovian]

Liking this a lot. I reckon that your marine command squads will look fantastic surrounded by little guardsmen.

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one thing i was thinking was to have the Commander have a small 'guardsman' retinue - one holding his personal banner, maybe another struggling to hold on to the marine's chiansword as the power armoured monster surveys the area.

[zeek jr.]

pritty nice looking Commander although i would like the army alot more without any guard in it and can u also put up some pics of newly painted models

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great avtar Zeek Jr. unfortunately this is the only painted model in this army so far! im painting them as i go alone, and im not sure what im going to dowith the guardsmen yet

[hallowed_are_the_ori]

I like the idea, and your painting is nice.

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heres the comparison shot that was requested earlier on:

[freebooter]

Very very nice mate.

I really like your idea for your flamer and I can see these guys making a mess of anyone they run across even if they are outnumbered 30 to 1... Now these are the true warriors of the Warmaster.

The guardsman looks really nice too. I like the rebreather. Reckon we could get some more pics of these guys?

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The guardsman looks really nice too. I like the rebreather. Reckon we could get some more pics of these guys?

sure thing, ill post some pics when i get back from work to fill in the gap while i get the green stuff on the flamer dude

[the varks]

those truescale pre heresy world eaters are look damn sexy, cant wait to see the guardsman thou

Marco

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well some bad pics of my LatD (which have nothing do do with this army, but its something to look at as i convert the next marine!)

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daemon prince is unfinished though i though id post him up too

[Astador]

Good lord that Prince is amazing! What did you use to build him?