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Greetings Terrans, how goes it? I hope you are all safe and well, and are adjusting to this new weird reality we find ourselves in! This isolation business really does suck a bag of dicks, but every cloud has a silver lining, and hobby time is a great way to keep things on an even keel. I have some big plans, but more on that later – first, I want to share my completed DoK Warband.
The first new addition is a fourth Handmaiden for Seros – because points, it makes sense to have four Witchelves in the warband, so I used a few spares to make this bloodthirsty lass:
She is based on the Hag Queen from the Cauldron of Blood and was kindly donated by Thomas of High Times on the Eastern Fringe (thanks dude!). I finished her with some of the spare sickle arms from the flappy Harpy types. Here she is with her pals:
Next I have three choppy Harpies, (I refuse to use the bollox GW name for these winged ladies). Lovely minis but very fiddly and flimsy… They just had some minor headswap work, and changing up the basing elements.
I also built & painted two jabby types:
Finally, I couldn’t resist putting the Medusa from the Cauldron of Blood set together. She had a headswap, and all the OTT bleeding got shaved down, but she is otherwise unmodified. I don’t have a specific role in mind for her at the moment, but I think you can recruit monsters to your Warcry warband, so she might find some use as a counts-as one day:
I think that will be all for this little project for the time being – here’s a final shot of the whole group together:
Now, let’s talk a bit about stuff coming up. I was planning to do a DreadMob to support my RT Orks – very much with BOYL in mind, but the way things are, there is no guarantee that BOYL will be going ahead this year. I still do intend to do some Dreads, but not as urgently perhaps. I also have all of the Iron Claw Space Pirates collected and begging to be painted up – again, not so urgent now perhaps.
Somewhat surprisingly, I actually have the urge to clear some of the plastic crap that I have been accumulating as a result of subscribing to Warhammer Conquest… I’ve given my mate Ross all the Nurgle stuff, but I have a ton of Primaris to deal with, so I’m setting myself a little challenge – how can I do a Primaris army, and still make it old school. Ideally, this should push my painting on a bit, and get me to the point where I give at least some fucks about new 40k… Wish me luck!!
Phew, I wouldn’t want to run into these ladies in a dark alley — or anywhere, come to think of it ;)
Fantastic work, the fourth Handmaiden sstands out as an especially cool piece to me.
Cheers mate – number 4 was almost an afterthought, but ended up being one of my faves too 😁
Very nice, that fourth handmaiden looks outstanding. I would not have spotted that she’s based on the Hag Queen (easily my least favourite DoK model, but you’ve turned her into something exceptional). Really like the medusa as well, who knew that she was actually quite a nice miniature underneath all that silly looking blood. The harpies are top notch too of course!
Old school looking Primaris sounds very intriguing – especially with your unique spin on things. I await with baited breath :-D
Cheers dude, yeah, I’m pleased with number 4 as well – it’s a neat pose I think. I’ve always thought that Medusa was a cool mini – apart from all that goofy blood! Really it is impossible to remove it without damaging the skin texture, but hopefully it’s not too bad here… If I ever get to meet the pillock who decided to add all the blood, I’ll give him or her a stern talking to!
I’m kind of excited about the Primaris too… and a bit nervous! I have some ideas, so we’ll see how it goes 😉
All very nice (well, OK, not literally, really, but you know what I mean)! :-)
I do – cheers mate 😊
Well you have certainly been busy of late that’s for sure and very nice these all look too. Love the group shot and the colour schemes are excellent. 😊
Cheers mate, glad to get them done, though it looks like it’ll be a while before I get to have a game with them! 😕
I liked these too and what is more I liked the bases as well. I’ve been thinking of doing some cracked earth/whatever bases one of these days so when I see some that well done, I have to say, “Well done!” :)
Cheers Ann, I must admit, I’m pretty pleased with them – and I’m relieved that the bases worked out as well as they did! They were all a bit ‘experimental’ 😉
Those are great- very dynamic- loads of implied movement to them.
Cheers,
Pete.
Cheers mate, yeah, modern GW minis are technically brilliant in that sense – loads of movement for sure, but these gals are a wee bit flimsy as a result 😕
So cool mate. The bloody sickles look great. I’m intrigued to see what you do with the Primaris
Cheers dude – and you know, I reckon you might just approve of where I’m going with the P Marines 😉
You should always seek my approval first son haha. Excellent, well now I’m even more intrigued. Are they going to be Zombie Primaris?????
That’s uncanny…
I agree, thank goodness for hobbies! :)
Glad you’re making the most of your Quarantine time. These all look fantastic!
Thanks IM – fiddly to paint, but worth the effort I think… Shame it’ll be a while before they get some table top time!!
Lovely work – that red skin just works so well for these miniatures. The kit bashed one is truly excellent.
Cheers mate – yeah, I am delighted with the skin colour tbh – I love painting red anyway, but it really suits them I think :-)
Oh wow! Great looking gang.
I love the hag queen handmaiden, she looks fantastic. Good to see her put to use.
Old School Primaris will be a challenge. I’d go for an edge of imperium type paint job, like the marines sitting in front of the smash the empire graffiti in the RT book. That would be cool. How will you reproduce the wonky poses and strained facial expressions? I have no idea.
Cheers dude, thanks for making her possible! I had a feeling that conversion options would present themselves 😁
As for the OH Primaris, well, it’s all under way… 🔥💀🔥
Thinking of your Primaris project set my bones on fire, everything is turning black. What are you up to?
Ahhh… you can expect an update soon 😉
Lovely collection of demonic looking lasses!
Cheers dude 😊