Slayers Of Sorrow, A joint 40K/BFG project

Well, well, well...



Some of you might know what this is about, the rest of you will find out soon enough. Slayers of Sorrow is an army that I have been planning literally for years, ever since I started my BFG Chaos fleet. It combines plenty of things, so for this reason I opted to form a good fluff to back up all these things. The full story behind said army/fleet can be found in the 3 novels located here:

http://swchq.co.uk/swcforum/viewtopic.php?t=7991

After I got the fluff together, I could star working on the army. The list was originally designed for the old CSM codex, but the new one crapped that plan. So I transferred it to the old SM codex as it supported the fluff a little better. Well, now that the new one is out I had to redo the list a 3rd time. And this is before I have even put a single model together.

So, lets look at some models, shall we? These are just plans at the moment, held together with blu tack and force of will alone. But they give an idea what's in store in the future.

But models:

Captain:
The plan.
Ex-Navy admiral Cassius Margus Xerxes, lord of the Slayers. I'll drill out the helmet and give him a bare head. Also he'll have two of those Doc Oc tentacles. The Combi-Bolter on the Talon will be replaced with a GK Psycannon which I use as sonic blasters (storm bolters by rules).

Command Squad:
Company Champion.
Commodore Sarah Parion, captain of the Ripper of Northern Lights and Xerxes' biological daughter. At the moment most of the model is just sketches. She'll have a combat shield and a Tomb King style sword/sabre. Also might switch the head. The body will remain, which is a resin cast from Doctor Thunder's female space marine project.

Librarian:
The model.
Boa Batista. Ex-Sister and a powerful psycher with a split personality. By looks and actions she's but a little girl with abilities sush as suppression of psychic activity. But she also has a more mature personality that's much more agressive.

Terminators:
Prototype Terminator.
This is but a prototype terminator. The model in the picture is the free terminator given with the Black Reach WD. I have a sprue of actual SM termies as well for them. The psycannon is a sonic blaster (storm bolter) and the lightning claw a power fist. I just like the look of it over the normal big fist power fist. The helmet will be made from the stock termie helmet, the one on there is to show somewhat what they'll look like. I found instructions on how to do it off the net.
Terminator Sergeant.
Ox, a daemon. He was originally a daemonhost used by an Inquisitor against Xerxes, but got taken prisoner and ended with his current appearance. I'll probably craft some Warp fire flying off of his hand as the storm bolter attack.

Techmarine:
Techpriest and servitors, first draft.
Din O'Shor, member of the Dark Adeptus and an obliterator. Also the chief techpriest of the fleet. The model as is, is also from the Doctor's femarine project. Her arms are a Chaos Lord's chain fist and a Possessed's hand. Gonna make a bolter come growing out of her left arm, replacing the top chain blade of the fist. Also give her two tentacles similar to Xerxes to house the plasma-cutter and flamer. With her are two of the tech-adepts of the fleet. They'll have large chain blades instead of axes.

Tactical Marines:
Prototype Slayer.
The prototype of the warriors of the fleet, the people that do most of the fighting on ground and in boarding action. Opted a "cleaner" look over the generic, corrupt Chaos look. Never liked it much. Also wanted them not to look that much like the Marines. Never liked the helmet not shoulder pads. The Mk. 3 has always been a favorite of mine. The shoulder pads are still a question. I've been looking at different shoulder pads from different makers to find the right one.
Sergeant with Storm Bolter and Power Fist.
Sergeant Simone. She's lost her left arm and later custom made herself a special fist to enable shooting and close combat at the same time.
Rhino.
One of the army's Rhinos. Wanted them to have a more... artistic look rather than a stock or spiky bits Chaos. Also they're piloted by soldiers in light armour since there's no need to waste power armour on people inside vehicles.

Scouts:
5 scouts w/ sergeant.
5 of the 6 scouts, along with sergeant Spiron (the Kasrkin sergeant). He'll get some work on done him. Add some hair and a sniper rifle. The 6th scout will be a Kroot. I gave them all a different look as they're mostly intended to work here and there, spying on different factions and reporting back to the fleet. But they also sometimes take into the field to conduct guerrilla action.

Assault Marines:
Prototype assault trooper.
Just to give some idea. The backpack is from Necromunda spyrers.
Assault trooper with flamer.
This Vespid will be armed with a Tau style flamer. Now it's just tacked on the neutron blaster to illustrate it.
Sergeant.
Lieutenant Troy, former Shas'ui T'au Troy. She and Xerxes are close. The quickest of you might have have noticed that she's made from the Shadowsun kit. Originally she was suppose to be in an XV8, but thanks to GW it's not really possible anymore (chaos lieutenant with Daemo. Str., Aura, and flight, closest thing to an XV8 this side of the galaxy). So now she has a fluffy stolen prototype Tau suit... thingy.

Got some snaps of the ships.

All the ships at the moment.

Despoiler:
Slayer of Sorrow WIP.
The command ship of the entire fleet and Xerxes' personal ship. The Despoiler comes with side antenna arrays, but I didn't like them. It has a slimmer look now. Also crafted a skull as the dorsal lance battery as some. Maybe from some big space monster. Who knows, it's not like Xerxes was the first commander of the ship.
The kit was a little scewer up when I got it. All the bits didn't go together well and had to GW some of the bigger gaps. Not to forget that I could fit all those gun mount bits on the sides because there wasn't enough space for them. So in the end had to slap in large turrets instead.

Devastation - Ripper of Northern Lights:
WIP.
Commodore Parion's personal ship. A little different from the "official" image, but I like the more arrowy shape of it, along with the blades on there.

Slaughter:
Engine of Violence.
Hell Machine.
The Slaughter class cruisers. Need a little touch up here and there.

Carnage:
Grave Bird.
One of the many Carnage cruisers. Also some touch up to be done.

Update.

Scouts:
Scout with Heavy Bolter.
Props to Archon at SWCHQ for giving me this for free. Never hurts to ask, nor to give. The model is as it came in the mail (though the base is added for the pic). I'm still a little torn whether or not I should replace the Kroot gun with a heavy bolter (maybe an IG one) or try to work with it.

Predator:
1st Predator Annihilator.
Or should I say Leman Russ Annihilator. Yes, the gun on the turret is actually the GW Exterminator gun, but these days it looks more like a lascannon than anything else. It has the same style muzzle and even the heat sinks at the base. The front HB is by rules a pintle SB. The figure next to it (Reaper's Sascha Dubois) will be fixed into the tank so that she'll stick out from the top hatch. She had a very laid back, yet tank commanderish look to her.

Reason to use a Leman Russ is actually from the old CSM codex, where you could get mutated hull on tanks. That made a Predator much closer to a Leman Russ. Well, time they are a-changing, but I didn't want to use a Predator or no tanks at all. I hate the Predator's looks and I wanted to make more gap to the Marines.

Updates.

Tactical Marines:
Final Tactical Marine.
Ok, this is the style I've ended up with the army. Yes, rather Marineish (is that even a word), but not like your stock Mk. 7 or anything. After going through tons of different shoulder armour types, I opted the Kroot pad. They were cheap, easy to get in bulk (I got like 40 pairs of them or something) and don't look that bad. Has that scaly, pauldron type of a thing going for it. The helmet on that one is the IW Mk. 3 one.

Naturally they're not all gonna look exactly like that, there will be personified variants and different types (lets say their armour has evolved along the ages due to materials, skill, etc.). There will be Mk. 6 legs, Mk. 2 helmets, different Mk. 3 torso variants, different arms, etc. But this is sort of the stock look for the models.

PF&SB Sergeant.
Finished putting Simone together. Her head is yet to be secured, need some green stuff for that, but other than that she's pretty finished. Still thinking on her left arm. Probably gonna put a shoulder piece on the armour to balance it out a bit.

Rhino.
Continued on the tank. Probably needs a little filing and a bit here or there, but other than that everything is secured and ready for paint.


Command Squad:
Apothecary.
Doctor Feelgood, the chief of medical personnel aboard the Slayer of Sorrow, shown with his medical servitor assistant. I'm yet to do the head. Planning on modelling them on a 40mm base, if they can't fit on a smaller one (got one 30mm one). The model is mostly SM, DA and BT bits. The assistant is a Freebooter Sister of Mercy.

Standard Bearer.
Jazacat, captain of the Cutlass. He's a chimera, made from the bits and bobs of varous creatures. I wanted to continue this theme in his gear too. Ork power claw, asymmetrical backpack, etc. He was wearing only old Admech robes when he was found, which is why he has them now too (old habits die hard). Like Parion and Feelgood, he is part of the top echelon of the fleet and serves in Xerxes personal guard.


Terminators:
Stock terminator 1
Ok, funny story behind this one. The reason he (or she?) is missing the extra armoured bits on the shoulder pads, is because I [I Swear Too Much] up. I blindly believed the arms would go on like nothing, but nuh-uh, they didn't By that time I had already pinned and glued it up, so I just clipped the armour off and fixed a stock SM terminator pad on the right shoulder. On the later ones I worked on ways to get the arms to fit. Lets just say that it's a variant of the armour or something.

The model's also made over the free WD terminators. Just replaced the torso front and all. Also has that "Grey Knight" helmet to match up with the line troopers in style.

Stock terminator 2
A helmetless terminators advancing and firing his sonic gun.

Stock terminator 3
Another advancing terminator.

CML terminator
The "dakka-nator" as I like to call it. That's the missile launcher from the Space Crusade dreadnought. Storm bolter just felt like a more shooty weapon to give him than a sonic blaster. Also, I didn't want to buy more lightning claws and psycannons. Was going to use the left claw with the SB. Then got the idea to give him a chain fist. An eviscerator from a Sister Repentia would fix that up fine.

Actually, the original idea was to give the eviscerator to a Khorne dedicated assault cannon terminators (nothing as berserkish as a super shooty gun and a freaking big choppy chainblade), but decided to give the CML terminator it too (with a neater eviscerator), so that I can switch them with each other without having to tweak my points (both cost the same amount now).

Update.

Command Squad:
Company Champion.
Put Parion together. The head isn't on there permanently yet and she's missing her pauldrons, but other than that she's starting to be whole. Just had to give her that peaked cap. No officer is complete without one. Tomb King great weapon and DA combat shield, along with a DA backpack, all wrapped around the Dr. Thunder resin body.


Assault Marines:
Sergeant.
If Farsight and Shadowsun had an illegitimate love child. I gave up on the XV15 jet pack and just proceeded to alter the original XV22 one. Prooved to be a much, much simpler solution. Gun is an Inquisitor scale, shoulder mounted psycannon. The sword is a Tomb King casket of souls guard great weapon. Normal XV8 shield generator and Swooping Hawk wings.

Filed Shadowsun's "nose" off as it just looked stupid. The head is not attached yet, as it's easier to paint that way.

Assault Marine 1.
Sergeant Kot'por, Troy's second in command. Took some work to fit a Kroot into a power armour, but finally pulled it off. Wings are from a Chaos Possessed kit. The pistol is a cut down Kroot rifle. Has a nice, hefty look to it, doubling as a second CCW in combat (sort of like the pistol-axes of old). The head barely made it on with some trimming of quills from the back of it. Nothing else, I quess.

Assault Marine 2.
A generic jump trooper. Assault Marine legs, Berserker torso and head, Chaos Warrior sword and Necromunda Spyrer backpack with wings.

Flamer Assault Marine.
Vespid jump trooper carrying a flamer. Nothing else to say really. Could probably dub it as female as they're suppose to be stronger and tougher than the males.

ok it seems a little un organized but still nice conversions so far dude

Unorganized? As in...?

Update.

Captain.
Moving along.
Man, who would have though grinding a helmet out of a metal GK body would be such a hard work. Especially without proper tools. Well, got it off and a chance to fit the new one on. It's a little high, but after cutting the neck down a little, it whould look better. Also need plenty of green stuff work on the torso and right claw, to name a few.

Had a leftover mounted 'nette torso from one of my daemon army conversions. After seeing so many artworks of Slaaneshi Marines, I just had to stick it on there as a decoration.

As in someone didn't read your fluff so hasn't the foggiest where you're army springs from.

Oh, ok.
I never expected every/anyone to read the fluff, but I didn't know how much I had to explain about the army, or how much people would even bother to know. But, I guess I could give a "short" load down.

Originally it all began as a BFG Chaos fleet, to which I started to build a 40K army around to. Never really cared for Marines per se, not to forget that the fleet's background already had them as non-Marines. But at the same time I didn't care much for another spiky Guard army, especially as I already have a Guard army. I wanted something elite (small and well armed) over hordes. Originally I was inspired by the Daemonic Gifts and Arch Heretic from the LatD list, who had Marine stats.

Like I said before, this was originally made for the old CSM codex, but the new one really didn't serve the army's idea, so I switched to the SM codex, which also got replaced soon enough. The idea is that the fighting men and women have served and mutated enough to qualify for Marine stats, though naturally by fluff wouldn't be equal (like if S3 T3 contains anything from a couch potato to an athlete, the S4 T4 of the army is in the "couch potato" category of S4 T4).

Later, as I planned the army, I started to stick in other concepts I've had, not to forget all the non-humans, as Chaos is an equal opportunity employer. I also wanted them to have more "universal" gear, and not just Marine stuff. So that's why they have Leman Russ Annihilators and not Predators (with the old Mutated Hull they would have had more LR stats). Most of the storm bolters are sonic blasters (if you leave the Heavy 3 alone, the stats are the same).

As for looks, I wanted them to be more clean and uniformal, than your average Chaos army of spiky bits and tentacles. Never really liked that look to tell the truth. Also wanted them to have little to do with daemons.


As for the fluff itself (spoiling a little).
Well, as said already, it's all run by an ex-Navy admiral Cassius Margus Xerxes, who really has it in for the Eldar, so there ain't any Eldar in the fleet (any Eldar gear that is used, like one of the scouts, is just looted stuff). At least not in any position. There's always the odd prisoner of war as they purge the galaxy from them, sponsored by Slaanesh.

All in all, Xerxes does it for himself, for revenge, instead of the greater glory of Slaanesh and daemonhood. Chaos is just a tool for him, or so he wants to think. But he wouldn't be mortal if he didn't feel the lure, which he fights as he doesn't want to be a mere puppet. This way of thought originated from his old mentor, Parion's mother.

Parion, as said, is Xerxes' biological daughter. Her mother was the old captain of the Slayer of Sorrow and the ruler of the fleet, from whom Xerxes stole the position. She's still alive, though lost to insanity. Majority of the ships in the fleet are those loyal to Xerxes during the uprising, while others were destroyed or fled after the battle.

Even though Xerxes hates the Eldar, and many share his feelings, he also respects them and wishes to know more about them, so that he can fight them better. The culmination of this way of thinking are the Eldar Hunters (veterans), who, led by their commander, Indogo, submerge themselves into Eldar lifestyle and culture, making their best to think like them, learn to use their weapons and tactics. Through this they become effective fighters.

Scouts... Well, they're not really soldiers, more like spies. They spread here and there, scout out places and report back to the fleet. As a result their gear vary from person to person. If needed to, they are capable of taking part in combat via infiltration and sabotage.


Um, I don't know what else to say. Everything else is explained in detail in the fluff. If someone has questions, I'm willing to answer them. I don't really know how much I need to explain everything.

Updeit!

Tactical Marines:
Heavy Bolter and Gunner.
Loader.
Wanted something more mobile than the IG one, but less Marine. So a bipod mounted IG HB with a fixed ammo container. Kept the tripod mount, as it could also be used on that too, if they want to make a more fixed gun platform. Also, as with IG, I wanted it to be manned by a crew, rather than one soldier doing it all. Not to forget that with less ammo with him, another soldier carrying extra rounds felt like a good idea. The ammo boxes are from the Devastator Squad sprue.

A little WIP still.

Power Weapon and Bolt Pistol Sergeant.
Comparison.
Sergeant Kirosa. He is member of a beastman race known as Tengu. His armour and weapons derive from his world. The sword is an advanced vibroblade and the sidearm is a photon pistol.

The model itself is a SM Scout torso and arms mounted on Tau XV25 Stealthsuit's legs, pulse carbine barrel, beastman gor hatchet cut down into a sword and Rackham's Irix the Fury's head. Still needs some work on the shoulders and fill in the crack in the feet.

Moar!

Techmarine:
Da techie herself.
Still need shoulde pads and some GS, especially on the left hand to make the bolter and chainsword grow out of her hand.

Servitor.
A Chaositech Adept by Ptolus. Came across her and just had to get it. Replaced the odd thingy at the end of the staff with a chainblade. Got the idea from Crossfire, where there were Imperial Navy personnel carrying polearms with chainblades. They could be used during boarding action to cut bulkheads, etc. Thought that such, quick fix solution could work for the servitors as well.

Another servitor.
Don't have much to add. The model is a Dirz Halberdier by Rackham. Had a good "Yes, master, I'll work, just don't hit me anymore" (or maybe "Yes, master, I'll work, just don't stip hitting me", which would probably be more Slaaneshi.) look to it without being an ugly fusion of steel and flesh.


Vanguard Veterans:
Veteran 1.
Base of the model is Dechala, the Denied One from WHFB. Got the model almost free, still in its blister. Typical of GW, the artwork is pretty, but the model, especially the face, isn't. So I decided to give it a new head, which is, if you hadn't figured out, an Eldar Dire Avenger head. Fitted the style nicely and as vets are suppose to use Eldar stuff, it was easier than replacing all the swords (yes, sometimes even I get lazy).

Power Fist Veteran.
I have to admit it, this image had a lot to do with this guy. Came across it a while back and it just stuck in my head. Just had to do it.

As for the model, it's a DA veteran (I opted to give the veterans Mk. 6 legs when ever possible) with a CSM Slaanesh head and an old Eldar shuriken pistol and power glove. Got a few old Eldar upgrade sprues in a trade with plenty of swords and guns in them. The sphere on the back is also from the DA vets. They're suppose to be containers they gather captured soulstones for save transportation.

Power Weapon Veteran.
I opted to use the dire avenger exarchs dire sword model as the power weapon, rather than the staff, which is probably the "proper" power weapon for him. For one, the staff power weapon looks a lot like the howling banshee exarch's executioner, and because I opted to give it as such for the vet sergeant (relic blade = two-handed power weapon with +2 to strength, executioner = two-handed power weapon with +2 to strength). Also, the dire sword looks a lot more like an Eldar power weapon.

Also wanted to continue the dire avenger theme by giving him a pointy finger with a wrist mounted shuriken pistol. Still don't know about the head, though. Could make a helmet with a plume, or something.

And more.

Scouts:
Sergeant.
Sergeant Spiron of the scouts. Decided to have him in a little Gue'vesa auxiliary like getup. Turned the Kasrkin sergeant's sword into an auspex and replaced the hellpistol with a bolt one. I didn't know what to do with the backpack power cable. It would need some work to be removed, nor could I stretch it to anywhere else, so I just left it hanging there at the moment. Maybe he hooks it up to his rifle when using it.

Filed his left shoulder pad down and replaced with a fire warrior one. The knot is from a Chaos Marauder kit, left over from my Chaos Dwarfs. The rifle itself is a custom pulse sniper rifle. Originally intended to have a normal pulse rifle (as a sniper rifle), but the store I bought some bits gave me ones with arms, not the loose ones. So I had to cut everything behind the trigger off and replaced it with a drone pulse carbine stock, which left a small gap at the joint. Have to GS it once I have the time. The grip is from a bolter. I came to like the end result. It has a beefy PSG-1 look thanks to the drone carbine's larger stock/magazine.


Predator:
2nd Predator Annihilator.
Well, actually, it's the first one, but I came up with ideas that were too late to make happen on it, so I transferred No. 1's hull to No. 2. Gave it the track guards and the shields on the sponson guns mostly to signify the extra armour. It was just a funny incident when I happened to come across a shield in my bits and just for fun mounted it on there. Didn't look half bad and fitted with only a little filing. Got another one and put them on. One could say they protect the joint around the gun from enemy fire. Or something.

The cloth on the hull gun is from a Chaos terminator (lord?). The sponson cloths are from the Ravenwing sprue, along with the SoS insignias on the front of the track guards. I just cut the sword into a teardrop shape, simple and easy. The statue on the turret is a Hasslefree Gen. Got that one a while back but never found a proper place to use it until I happened to see if she'd fit on the small box on the tank, and she did. But at the same time she took the only place I had stored for the searchlight, so in the end I just slapped it on the back of the turret, out of the way.

The tank commander was the hardest one to work, as I had no idea what to do. Didn't want just a generic Guard commander, but didn't have much bits for anything else. Especially the arms were a major problem for me, but with nothing else on hand, just had to suck it up. The Wood Elf head and DA sprue canisters came it a little "different" look.

The mysogenist pig in me loves the females strewn through the army and the clean feel to all of it. Very nice work, and props for the years' of plotting before the throwdown. Wonderfully done!

What an odd thing to say, really. I mean, ok, subjecting women to the horrors of warfare and all that. But still... Weird.


Anywho, why not have women? People can dig up any internet quote on how they're suppose to be weaker and not good at all, but for a person who has seen a 50Kg girl carry around military gear totalling at 100Kg (70Kg backpack, tactical vest, rifle, helmet, kevlar vest, etc. etc.) and leaving plenty of guys in her dust, I ain't saying anything bad about them. It even makes me laught that the scout/guerrilla company I was in, was one of the places women couldn't enlist, because "it was too rough" or something, yet they could become border patrol, which was the same exact training.

But just like Chaos, I'm an equal opportunity employer. I have female models in my IG and Chaod Dwarf army, and an all female daemonic legion.

As for the looks, I did make a conscious effort to make the men and women indistinguishable from each other when fully armoured. It's power armour after all. One suit fits all. Important personnel naturally have the right and resources to have personified armour, instead of just altering their stock one.

I wasn't speaking of subjecting women to the horrors of war. You are right. It is odd that that was the message you got from me! I was simply speaking of the use of female figs. I'm finding that all-male armies aren't as fun without a little sugar to spice 'em up. The army looks great, and the continuity of the theme is the best part. Your foresight and dedication to the end result are profound.

I just got the message like that, since a misogynistic person hates women, does he (or she) not? So to me it read "The woman hater in me loves the females strewn through the army". Naturally I didn't expect you to be serious about such a claim, but it just sounded a strange thing to say.

As for dedication... Some see dedication, some see anally retentive. It's a fine line between them, really.

I usually only hear lesbians utter the word "mysogenist", so to me, it means "basically, unrepentently heterosexually swinish".
And YAH! Anal retentive produces results!

Only thing women say about me is "smart," "clever," "funny" and "sweet." In other words, everything women say they're looking in a man, but never would settle for.


Anywho, updeit tiem.

Command Squad:
Standard Bearer.
Added a bolter on there, so now he's all WYSIWYG.


Tactical Marines:
Tactical Marine.
Another line trooper, tossing a grenade.

Lascannon Marine.
Made from the plastic Devastator squad lascannon. Couldn't work with the Marine shoulder pads, so had to improvice on the matter a little In the end mounted it on normal bolter arms, repositioned the sight on top of the gun, added a bipod and a plasma gun stock to make a sort of laser anti-tank rifle. Or something. Still have to come up with power lines from the backpack to the gun. Maybe a spotter as a "team mate."

Heavy Bolter Team.
Finally put the gunner together (the head still needs some GS), but the big deal is the bases, which are a sort of a prototype on what I'm going to do. Flagstone. Cheap, different and... well, neat. I'm not a big fan of the traditional grass and dirt or industrial ruins bases. I wanted something classical. Worn flagstone felt like a simple and easy thing to do. Also I find it to serve the army theme symbolically, the fancy side of Slaanesh mated with the wear and tear due to lack of care and maintanance.

Power Weapon and Bolt Pistol Sergeant.
Finally put everything together on Kirosa. Except the head, wich needs GS. Has some problems fitting the Fire Warrior pads on there, but to me they really work on there. Also, instead of filling the gap in the foot with GS, I remembered that I had a bag of Dark Eldar spiky bits, which also fit into the gap. I think it adds a little bit to the ninja/samurai feel of him. Reminds me of those ninja foot spike thingies. Also would make kicks far more deadly.

And now for something... completely the same.

Techmarine:
Based servitors.
The male one got his base based, the female one just got a base. The IG tank hatch seemed like a good item for some simple industrial basing for the servitor. The chick's own metal base would have been too hard to get rid of, so just worked with it.

Tactical Marine.
Based Marines.
Some of the bases I've made for the Marines. The details don't shot very well from the light colour, but the paintjob should really make them pop.

Vanguard Veterans.
Veteran Sergeant.
Indigo, leader of the Eldar Hunters. The model is a Dark Eldar Lelith Hesperax mounted on Dark Angel legs. I still need to GS some of the bits around the hips. Rest consist of a left SM hand, Eldar autarch's shuriken pistol, Dire Avenger power weapon (intended to be a Howling Banshee exarch executioner) and a Kroot shoulder pad. The skull on the base came with the WD terminator and nob.

Veteran 2.
Another stock veteran. DA body, DA mace arm, DA backpack, Noise Marine head, Eldar Storm Guardian shuriken pistol and a Tomb King chariot whip. Figured that the whip could be a Dark Eldar weapon, so the force won't just carry craftworld stuff around all the time.

Power Weapon Veteran.
Gave him/her a head and base. A typical Mk. 2 (company champion) helmet with a plume made from a Dire Avenger one. Still need to fill in a small gap between it and the helmet with green stuff. Originally the head was inteded to belong to a sergeant, but since Kirosa and Simone neither have helmet, I didn't know what to do with it other than to give to the vet. Adds to his Dire Avenger look.

Based Veteran.
Based Power Fist Veteran.
Two other vets that have bases now.

Groupshot of the vets so far.
The quality is a little off, but you should get the idea.

Some more pics. Not much. Couldn't sleep last night and ended up watching all the episodes of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. So I ended up sleeping most of the day (typical lazy sunday) and as a result got nothing really done.

Command Squad:
Champion's new shield.
I just couldn't be happy with the one she had, and as her boobs made it hard to mount the normal DA combat shield on there, I took a bolter arm and mounted the DA terminator storm shield on it. Now all I need is some nitpicker going "That's a storm shield, not a combat shield. You xiit!" Haven't had a good punch out in a while.


Tactical Marines:
Nothing here.
*GW-jedi mind trick*
You do not see a small bearded fella here. He is not in power armour, carrying a strange bolter-type weapons and an axe, and he is especially not made from a Hasslefree Torsten. Move along, valued customer.

Lascannon on base.
Nothing else


Assault Marines:
Sergeant's base.
Assault Marine 1's base.
Assault Marine 2's base.
What else can I say. I wanted to finish some of the already made models before making more new ones, and putting the bases together takes some time. Tried a more speedy methos, which backfired a bit and got myself a light glue trip and a headache.

Man, I don't know what got into my camera, but some of the pictures as of late have had their color way off. Anyway, more stuff.

Command Squad:
Bolt Pistol & CCW Veteran.
Spiderman, Spiderman,
Does whatever a spider can

What can I say? Has some Tyranid bits and a head full of ideas. I've seen some "spider" Marine conversions where a Marine had 4+ arms. I thought that lets not just make it extra hands, but proper Rending rending claw stuff. The backpack is there just to add to his arachnid look. The head too, as I'm going to paint those studs on the forehead as eyes.

I was even gonna add shoulde pads on the extra arms, but couldn't fit them in there. But who knows, maybe I'll find a way. They're not just glued on the armour, but I carved proper holes for them to come out from. so it's not like he's grown to his armour, something about Chaos which i've never really liked.

Bits include Gaunt scything talons, SM rebreather head, Berserker legs and I think that's a CSM Tzeench backpack.


Terminators:
Terminator Sergeant.
Put Ox together and worked on getting the backpack on his back. Still need to GS the holes for his wings over before attaching the pack.

Terminators on bases.
More terminators on bases.
Spend last night and this morning putting these together. Nothing much, really. Crafted one of the tiles as broken, maybe under the terminator's heavy weight or something.


Scouts:
Based Sergeant.
Nothing much. Just a base on the sergeant and attached his sniper pulse rifle.

Squat Scout.
Also based the little missus, along with a size comparison of her and the sergeant. I can't wait for someone to cry foul play with the new TLOS rules.

Well, it's been a while as I've worked on my other armies and projects.

Bike Squad:
Bike 1
Bike 2
Bike 3
They're just prototypes at the moment, something to see how the parts fit together, but in time they'll be the ones that form the bike squad.

In total there will be 3 Eldar jet bikes, and 2 Dark Eldar Reaver jet bikes. Had to use the scout bodies for them, since power armour on there looks about as plausible as a grown man riding a little tricycle into battle. Also they add a little to the fact that the army isn't all about power armoured monsters.

That's some heavy fluff.