Completed Maloghurst Conversion and Painting, and a Claw for my Dreadnought

Maloghurst the Twisted / SoH Traitor Legion Herald

Maloghurst the Twisted / SoH Traitor Legion Herald

Maloghurst the Twisted / SoH Traitor Legion Herald

Sons of Horus Contemptor Cortus with Kheres, Power Claw and Grav Gun

Did up a little kitbash of old mate Maloghurst for an event on the weekend, I will use him as a Herald alternatively. I didn't go too heavy on the chipping or weathering as he isn't a front line unit, in games he actually never gets out of the Spartan as long as it's in one piece so he's still pretty fresh.

I also did up a claw for my Contemptor with a grav gun on the inside, I generally run this guy as a Cortus in games to get his points down to 165 and the benefits can be pretty handy!

Sons of Walrus, heaps better photos on a white background! Oh, and offering commissioning now.

Holla,

I've been asked a few times about doing some commission work for people and I thought, shit, why the hell not! So I've started up this site: http://jack0284.wixsite.com/website I've been fixing work for people for a bit now from some other commission painters and I know I can offer a better service than that. I'm working part time until the end of the year too now so I will have a bit of time up my sleeve to smash work out for clients. I'm going to update the blog section of that in tandem with this, using that page as more of a gallery of what I can do with miniatures and terrain.

Also, ventured out into the big brave world of white backgrounds for that GW spec floating model look and I think it actually shows off my work on the dark green bodies of the SoH a lot better than the black backdrops did!

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought

Sons of Horus Deimos Rhino

Sons of Horus Deimos Rhino

Sons of Horus Deimos Rhino

Sons of Horus Dreadnought Drop Pod

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought

Sons of Horus Dreadnought Drop Pod with entry scorch

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought

Sons of Horus Dreadnought Drop Pod

Sons of Horus Contemptor Mortis

Sons of Horus Contemptor Mortis

Sons of Horus Spartan Assault Tank

Sons of Horus Spartan Assault Tank

Sons of Horus Spartan Assault Tank

Sons of Horus Spartan Assault Tank

Sons of Horus Spartan Assault Tank

Sons of Horus Reaver Assault Marines

Sons of Horus Reaver Assault Marines

Sons of Horus Reaver Assault Marines

Sons of Horus Legion Veteran Tactical Marines

Sons of Horus Justaerin Terminators

Sons of Horus Quad Mortar Team

Sons of Horus Quad Mortar Team

Sons of Horus Apothecary

Showcase: Sons of Horus Spartan Assault Tank

Finished this rig tonight! I went all in again on a bunch of techniques and tried to replicate a few things from Mig Jimenez' books FAQ and FAQ2. Had a bit of a malfunction with the pigment splatter going white when I put the protective clearcoat on the model but fixed that up I think with a bit of extra airbrushing.

Really happy, I'm not sure how the mud splatter will hold up long term with gaming but I sealed it pretty thoroughly so it should be right. 

Sons of Horus Spartan Assault Tank

Sons of Horus Spartan Assault Tank

Sons of Horus Spartan Assault Tank

Sons of Horus Spartan Assault Tank

Sons of Horus Spartan Assault Tank

So at a conservative 2100pts now, next stop terrain! Will get to 2500 after I finish a few terrain pieces I have been working on.

Cheers

Jack

SoH - 1800pt Army Progress Shot.

~1800pts of Sons of Horus - Yew!

I did a bit of a consolidation of bits and kits and worked out I have about 6000pts for the Sons of Horus available including a Lucius Warhound. I'm getting through it pretty quickly now but also trying to build some components for a gaming table at the same time which is kinda holding me up a little bit.

I'm currently working on Abaddon with some extra arms to use him as a generic Praetor, 3 more Justaerin and a Spartan so I can run a little 1st Company Deathstar.

After that will come the 3 gun Quad Mortar team, a Legion Rhino with a pintle MM for the Vets and a pair of Javelins with CML's and pintle MM's.

After that again will be the pair of Vindicator Laser Destroyers and at that point I might treat myself and do up the Warhound and enter the titan club.

Some pics of the SoH-ifying of the Spartan:

Thanks as always for checking out my work, I appreciate the compliments and feedback you dudes have been giving me on the army and my hobby stuff.

Jack

Showcase: Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought - Yew!

Stoked.

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought

Sons of Horus Dreadnought Drop Pod Showcase - Bit of custom work.

Hey dudes,

Not really been so stoked about a dedicated transport before, but this is a huge kit! I did a bit of custom stuff with the chains, skulls and icons, shaved off the aquillas on the doors and added some of my angle-studs to the doors.

The paint job is actually something I am kinda proud of, it's the first time I have really done any airbrushing gradients properly on a vehicle, it's not perfect but I think it turned out ok. I put a heap of the Cthonian gang symbols around the base of the pod at Marine head height, like they are doing it before the pod drops and the big guy goes into battle.

Weathering post paint work was composed of sponge chipping, weathering pigments, pin washes and streaking, airbrushed scorch marks from the turbine on to the top fins and also airbrushed and streaked scorch marks from the bottom of the pod up. I wanted to have a balance of weathering so that it could be placed down with the doors shut or open and look appropriate to each format.

The new FW decals are great, the eye and chain ones are a little too cartoony as was pointed out by John from The Painting Bunker but with a bit of chipping and some filters I think they look pretty decent. 

Sons of Horus Dreadnought Drop Pod

Sons of Horus Dreadnought Drop Pod

Sons of Horus Dreadnought Drop Pod

Sons of Horus Dreadnought Drop Pod

Sons of Horus Dreadnought Drop Pod

Sons of Horus Dreadnought Drop Pod

 

So all of that work was for the Leviathan to step out of.. I should have him done tonight or tomorrow at the latest, here's a preview of the big fella:

In contrast to the pod, I feel like I really nailed the gradients on the torso for that styalised look. I think it was pretty important to get a bit of contrast going as they are huge flat areas on his chest.