Bigger Guns

I felt my Mechanicus troops needed a little artillery support. 

A little work with an Earthshaker cannon some tubes, a handful of matchsticks and a couple of jawas later, the first of three Earthshaker cannon emplacements was completed.

Menial servitors

I have seen these little guys in a couple of places now. I have a big bag of unwanted goblins so I thought I'd make some mini-servitors.

More to come, I just need to source some tiny machine deailes for them.

A friend and I had a recent conversation about the messed-uppidness of servitors when used for normal tasks. A mindless fusion of flesh and machine mopping the floor or doing the dishes is so much scarier than using them for battle.

Secret project: Second glance.

A little progress. Enough to guess what it is at least.

Secret project: Sneak peek

Could be anything. Shhhh.

The best kind of dwarves

No not Squats.... (though I might try the in them future)

I am talking about Chaos Dwarfs!
My take on Chaos Dwarfs is a mix of the old 80s big hats and the new forgeworld heavily armoured models. Mixed with quite a lot of "easy to make".

Plastic dwarfs. Good place to start. Need to braid up that beard though. Nothing says evil like dreadlock beards. It also helps cover up those ancestor faces that regular dwarfs seem so fond of.

Snip off the top of the dwarf helmets and add a proper hat. The hats are made from the now infamous plastic tubing I use for everything on here. Greenstuff on some chaos-y stuff and glue on a spike. And huzzah. I am trying out green stuff masks but so far I am unconvinced.

Hashut be praised!

Start on a high note.

Starting with a really old one.
Because it's good.
*cough*notjustbecauseIhaven'tgotanyrecentphotos*cough*

Many moons ago when the sun was warmer and dragons roamed the Earth. I was but a young Bel making my way through the steppes with naught but an axe, the skin of some fearsome beast for warmth and a chainmail bikini to eat.

Okay it was actually 2 years ago and I was living in Cardiff. Shut up it's my story.

On those barren and blasted post-apocalyptic plains I met a man. This man commissioned me to build for him a Chaos Space marine unlike any other.

While the actual details were up to me, it had to feature a Khorne berserker in a wheelchair. It was going to be a joke get well gift for his boss who had recently broken his leg.

And lo! This was lovingly crafted.

 the client's boss plays World Eater Chaos Space Marines so I knew I'd be working with red, brass and skulls.

 The chair it mostly made from layered sheets of plasticard made into a rough chair shape and then sanded smooth. The skulls on the back and arm rests are made using a stamp mould of a spare skull I had lying around. A few spikes from the chaos vehicle spikey bits sprue finished off the chair body. A pair of old ork big gun wheels finished of the ...well, the wheels..

You can only see the exhaust here but there is an engine built from a couple of spare ork bits strapped to that chair.

Hark at the painting from the days before I understood weathering, chipped paint or even how to paint half decent looking blood.

Last of all the leg cast is just good old green stuff. Patted with a bit of fabric to give it a nice texture.

I couldn't resist adding a little something extra to the cast.

Quite frankly, this is still one of my favourite commissions. I have learned a thing or two since then but it was fun to build, fun to paint and the client liked it. Would that they could all be this interesting.

If I had to do it again, I totally would. And I'd add more spikes.
~Bel.