Hey guys,
Just a little update on what I have been up to this week.
Work has been absolutely manic for the past couple of weeks and as a result, I
have had hardly any free time to devote to the hobby… I got a little spare time
this weekend and thought I would start working on my Grey Knight Henchmen to combo with my Stormraven gunship (there is a Pictures in Progress article on BLOODYdice detailing the Stormraven's progress).
So, I ordered a box of GW’s ‘Warriors of Chaos’ for the
Crusader conversions and ‘Dark Eldar Wyches’ for the Death Cult Assassins. They
arrived earlier in the week, around Monday I think, so I started playing around
with the Warriors as I only needed to make up four for the unit. The bodies are
fairly free of Chaos symbols; however the shields were not and needed some
serious work to get them cleaned down to a smooth layer. Even now, I think they
could do with a bit more work – I have a plan to make them look awesome which I
will be showing you in the next post or so :D
The bodies did require some gap filling and removal of mould
lines although although taking photos always reveals bit you have missed D: After
that, I had to root through my massive box of bits to try and find some heads
and weapons for these guys. I managed to find some without power armour helmets
or too much in the way of augmentation and dry ran them before deciding which
to use.The next major issue was trying to decide how to represent
the Power Axes these guys were supposed to be sporting. The weapons from the
Warriors box were too medieval as they naturally come for the Fantasy Battle
range. I decided to go with the common Grey Knight theme of halberds. I reduce
the length of the handle so they would look less like pole arms and more long-handled blades. I am not entirely sure how successful this was but I thought
the effect was nice!
The next moment I get some free time, I will be working on
the shields and hopefully finishing off the final bits and pieces for the
Stormraven. In the meanwhile, keep posted and enjoy the pictures. Also feel
free to check out BLOODYdice for more table top hobby and interests.
-Lucifer
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