Shadow of the Wildlands

The Arq'Muther told the tribe's youngbloods the legend of the Haunting Shadow, before they go on their first lonely hunt in the Wildlands. There are many serious dangers on Namorra Prime and some will wear your skin and eat your soul. Only a few lucky tribesmen, who survived those nightmares, could told their story and warn the others.

Hi everyone! I've finished my first NPC Monster for the upcoming Namorra Prime campaign. My Herald of Slaanesh was selected for this role and this was the perfect opportunity to finish this model.

I wanted a really grim-dark colour scheme and discard my intention to use my recent slaanesh colour scheme. This is a fact I'm really happy about. I also implemented the recommandation of the Krautscientist, who suggested a slaanesh model with cloth made of skin. All colours are rather desaturated and the only colour highlight is found on the base.

Following a 360° view of the model.

Meanwhile I have collected a group of awesome hobbyists who will attend, contribute and support this event in many different ways. There are some very well known names. But I will talk about the event separately. And be sure, I'm really looking forward to share this with you! ;-)

Sadly my usual camera setup is not available at the moment, so I have to use my smartphone which is ok, but not as good as the Cybershot I've used before. Just saying, if you wonder about the different photo quality.

Thank you very much for your visit. Feel welcome to comment and stay tuned! 

More Work in Progress

For the Cult of the Changing Destiny I finished the build of the second new member, which I've started last week. First I modified an AdMech backpack from the Ruststalkers and added some cables to his head.

I wanted to achive this well known, lovely and weird 40K-tech style, which is shown in so many artworks, because this cult member will have the roll of a Rogue Astropath, Familiar, Psy-Enhancer, etc. His 'weapon' should be an psy-artefact. I thought the top of a Rubric Sorcerer's Staff  would look very promising for that. For the arms I used a shortened pair from the Crypt Ghouls. The hand which holds the artefact was bended a bit, so it could hold the sphere. I also drilled holes in the artefact and the backpack.

I used a Green Stuff cable to connect the sphere with his backpack.

Afterwards I sculpted some sleeves.

After this step I used a Van Saar bit for more cables, added another cable to the backpack, glued on some smaller tzeentchian bits, filled tiny gaps with Green Stuff and glued him on a base.

Last but not least, I completed the base as you can see here. And he was ready for the Primer. I really like this small weird character. So far so good.

Next thing to continue with was my Herald of Slaanesh. I added a scarf with Green Stuff and two plates from a Rubric Marine's loincloth.

Then I searched for a right sized head. And searched. And searched. Finally I found one in my Crypt Ghoul 'Start Collecting' Box. The Crypt Horror Head seemed to be the only available option, if I don't want to sculpt a complete head. That would be a very hard task according to my modest sculpting skills. So I tried to convert it into a mask, which should look similar to the cultist's ones. So the cultists have their masks to praise and emulate their Herald. I think that is a nice lore / background detail for my Cult, btw.
I cutted off the big ears, the nose, etc. and added the first layer of Green Stuff.

After the first (crappy) layer was dried I added a second Green Stuff layer to redifine the shapes. I also added horns, which I took from a Skyfire Tzaangor's bow. I took my cam to take a photo and the head was gone. Seriously, it was gone and I havn't found it till today. No questions, please.

So, I started a new attempt. And this time the result of the first layer was so much better. Just take a look. Everything happens for a reason, I guess.

Thanks a lot for your visit, feel welcome to comment and stay tuned.

Work in Progress

Last week was not blessed with time for hobby. But I still managed to create some additions for my projects.

First I finished the build of new member for my Tzeentch Cult. The 9th member is a melee fighter.
His torso and arms are from a Kairic Acolyte, which were combined with legs from a Neophtye Hybrid. The GSC symbol was replaced with a tzeentchian one and the transition between the torso and legs were filled with Green Stuff. I also added a plate of the Kairic Acolytes again. I really like these little and versatile plates ;-)
For the head I used one of the Blightkings. Removed the horns and added Green Stuff to achive kind of a wrapped scarf. Next was the weapon. I wanted to have a simple, two handed weapon, which matches the appearance of the other cultists. A Gor spear was the foundation. I've shortened the staff, glued on a reversed hand and used an axe-head, which was also taken from the Gors-Kit. I needed to fill a small gap on the reversed hand and the model was ready for basing. This was done in the same way as before.

I also started to work on another model for the cult. It's based on a Skaven body, which I received from PDH for sending him two old 'Brown Inks'. He actually send me a lot of cool bitz for these two inks! For the models head I used a bird skull and the lower half of a Crypt Ghoul's head. Afterwards I sculpted a hood with green stuff.

During researches for Slaanesh related stuff I stumbled over the following artwork. It's really awesome in my opinion.

The artwork fits my imagination of a 'Herald of Slaanesh' more than perfect. So I started the kitbash.
I used a Fiend's torso and added the snake tail from a Melusai Blood Sister. The Fiend's loincloth was placed on the backside and the gaps were filled with Green Stuff.

The Fiend's Claws were replaced with hands from a Bloodletter. The sword is taken from the Tzaangor of the 'Eyes of the Nine' Warband.

For creating transitions and filling gaps I used Green Stuff again. I'm really looking forward to continue my work on this model and like the direction i'm heading with this.

Thanks a lot for your visit, feel welcome to comment and stay tuned.