The weapons are magnetised, there is also a Storm Laser but I didn't get pictures of it. I may add more weapons in the future, such as a second Butcher Cannon or a Soulburner Petard (as I haven't got one of those yet).
Showing posts with label Decimator. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Decimator. Show all posts
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Blessings of the Plaguefather - Completed Decimators
So my two Nurgle Decimators are now finished.
The weapons are magnetised, there is also a Storm Laser but I didn't get pictures of it. I may add more weapons in the future, such as a second Butcher Cannon or a Soulburner Petard (as I haven't got one of those yet).
The weapons are magnetised, there is also a Storm Laser but I didn't get pictures of it. I may add more weapons in the future, such as a second Butcher Cannon or a Soulburner Petard (as I haven't got one of those yet).
Tuesday, 27 December 2016
Blessings of the Plaguefather - Decimators 11
An update.
With actual models.
That I have worked on.
I should be working on my AM force for an upcoming game, but instead my attention returned to my two Decimators. You may remember that I had one Decimator built with a second as a WIP.
The built Decimator needed a new 80mm base to match the second one and also needed a CCW (due to me not reading the rules right when I built it, turns out if you have a conversion beamer you can't take a second ranged weapon which screws me over a bit).
So my first job was the base. I didn't want to pull the Decimator of its base as I was sure it'll just break. Instead I took an 80mm base, cut a hole in it and fitted it round the existing base, this was trickier than it sounds. It was then textured to suit.
For the CCW I used the standard claw from FW, I couldn't be arsed making my own which I had been thinking about doing at one point.
One thing I really don't like about the Decimator model is the wrist and leg joints, the bits that look like this:
For a start they never seem to be cast well, one side always seems to be at an angle or twisted. But the main issue is that they are so damn fragile. They very easily break and are an absolutely bitch to fix, there is almost no area of contact between the body and the hinge parts.
On this first Decimator one of the wrist pieces broke off and I have had a nightmare trying to sort it. I won't bore you with the details but I really wanted to put him through the window at one point. It took super glue, two part epoxy, Green Stuff and some brass rod to - I think - resolve it.
In the end the first Decimator looks like this...
For his younger brother I got the body all finished, the Claw done and finished the base off.
You may (but probably not) remember I wanted to make one half of him more Nurgley than the other, as thought he Daemon inside is slowly spreading it's influence working from one side to the other.
So I fixed the one shoulder plate in place allowing me to add more GS and bed the plate in more.
As you can see I also added the Decimator head. I spent a long time contemplating and mocking up alternatives but in the end nothing else really felt right. So I went with the stock head plate but attacked it with the Dremel and added GS around it, again as though the Daemon inside is slowly corrupting all of the body to it's true nature.
The second shoulder plate is not glued on (for ease of painting later). In the pic above it is just blu-tac'd in place. You may notice is doesn't fit exactly the same as the right shoulder plate - this isn't an issue or a problem, I wanted a bit of difference to show how the right shoulder plate is being distorted and moved by the growths inside.
Not much really to see on the Claw weapon.
I have mounted all of the magnets on both Decimators in the same position, so if I want I can use any weapon on either Decimator. So if I wanted I could go with one walker with two Claws. Also means I can come up with more weapons later and have them fit into any arm on any Decimator.
Annoyingly I found I was one magnet short, so the Butcher Cannon below is just held on with blu-tac for now.
And the two brothers together:
Well they were a pain in the arse.
With actual models.
That I have worked on.
I should be working on my AM force for an upcoming game, but instead my attention returned to my two Decimators. You may remember that I had one Decimator built with a second as a WIP.
The built Decimator needed a new 80mm base to match the second one and also needed a CCW (due to me not reading the rules right when I built it, turns out if you have a conversion beamer you can't take a second ranged weapon which screws me over a bit).
So my first job was the base. I didn't want to pull the Decimator of its base as I was sure it'll just break. Instead I took an 80mm base, cut a hole in it and fitted it round the existing base, this was trickier than it sounds. It was then textured to suit.
For the CCW I used the standard claw from FW, I couldn't be arsed making my own which I had been thinking about doing at one point.
One thing I really don't like about the Decimator model is the wrist and leg joints, the bits that look like this:
For a start they never seem to be cast well, one side always seems to be at an angle or twisted. But the main issue is that they are so damn fragile. They very easily break and are an absolutely bitch to fix, there is almost no area of contact between the body and the hinge parts.
On this first Decimator one of the wrist pieces broke off and I have had a nightmare trying to sort it. I won't bore you with the details but I really wanted to put him through the window at one point. It took super glue, two part epoxy, Green Stuff and some brass rod to - I think - resolve it.
In the end the first Decimator looks like this...
For his younger brother I got the body all finished, the Claw done and finished the base off.
You may (but probably not) remember I wanted to make one half of him more Nurgley than the other, as thought he Daemon inside is slowly spreading it's influence working from one side to the other.
So I fixed the one shoulder plate in place allowing me to add more GS and bed the plate in more.
As you can see I also added the Decimator head. I spent a long time contemplating and mocking up alternatives but in the end nothing else really felt right. So I went with the stock head plate but attacked it with the Dremel and added GS around it, again as though the Daemon inside is slowly corrupting all of the body to it's true nature.
The second shoulder plate is not glued on (for ease of painting later). In the pic above it is just blu-tac'd in place. You may notice is doesn't fit exactly the same as the right shoulder plate - this isn't an issue or a problem, I wanted a bit of difference to show how the right shoulder plate is being distorted and moved by the growths inside.
Not much really to see on the Claw weapon.
I have mounted all of the magnets on both Decimators in the same position, so if I want I can use any weapon on either Decimator. So if I wanted I could go with one walker with two Claws. Also means I can come up with more weapons later and have them fit into any arm on any Decimator.
Annoyingly I found I was one magnet short, so the Butcher Cannon below is just held on with blu-tac for now.
And the two brothers together:
Well they were a pain in the arse.
Saturday, 2 July 2016
Blessings of the Plaguefather - Daemon Prince & Decimator
Daemon Prince 4
Spent a fair amount of time on the Daemon Prince, most of which is filling in gaps after attached the two hands as well as on the shoulder joints.
As such the pictures below don't seem to show much progress but it's taken a while to get those gaps all smooth etc.
As you can see I have removed the wings so I could clean up the joints on the wing tips
On the right wrist and and armpit I added some pustules/boils. Had the Black Death in mind...
Next it will be adding the wings. That should then be that for the Daemon Prince.
Decimator 10
On the Decimator I took the Dremel and GS to the Torso, Shoulders and Arms.
With some blu-tac he looks like this:
I think I will add more GS to the right hand side of the torso, I won't it to really look like it has really been bulked out but the Nurgle Daemon inside. With the shoulder pad hiding so much I need to have more coming out from under it and behind the head.
I've not decided yet if I will add the Decimator exhausts on top or do something different (couple of ideas as alternatives).
Something I was considering was using the Nurgle head from the spawn kit. Size wise it matches up with the regular Decimator head well, but it's just not clicking with me at the moment.
Still a fair bit to do on this guy, but he's getting there.
Spent a fair amount of time on the Daemon Prince, most of which is filling in gaps after attached the two hands as well as on the shoulder joints.
As such the pictures below don't seem to show much progress but it's taken a while to get those gaps all smooth etc.
As you can see I have removed the wings so I could clean up the joints on the wing tips
On the right wrist and and armpit I added some pustules/boils. Had the Black Death in mind...
Next it will be adding the wings. That should then be that for the Daemon Prince.
Decimator 10
On the Decimator I took the Dremel and GS to the Torso, Shoulders and Arms.
With some blu-tac he looks like this:
I think I will add more GS to the right hand side of the torso, I won't it to really look like it has really been bulked out but the Nurgle Daemon inside. With the shoulder pad hiding so much I need to have more coming out from under it and behind the head.
I've not decided yet if I will add the Decimator exhausts on top or do something different (couple of ideas as alternatives).
Something I was considering was using the Nurgle head from the spawn kit. Size wise it matches up with the regular Decimator head well, but it's just not clicking with me at the moment.
Still a fair bit to do on this guy, but he's getting there.
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Blessings of the Plaguefather - Daemon Prince & Decimator
Daemon Prince 3
For the Daemon Prince I mainly have been looking at the base.
As with the other ruins I have done - both as bases and terrain pieces - the 'inside' of the ruin has a raised floor. As I wanted to add some weight to the base due to the precarious and delicate nature of the Prince I glued a couple of coins to the base then built a frame around them with styrene. A top piece of styrene was added as the floor top, it was attacked with a knife before filler was used along the edge.
At this point I also used some GS to fill gaps in the casting and LGS to tidy up the GS on the top.
I also added some coins under the base using spare filler help cement them in place. I now have a weighty base which will hopefully prevent the Daemon Prince being knocked over.
Rubble was added to finish the base off.
I've since glued the left hand to the arm, tomorrow I'll clean this joint up and sort any joints on the body out before tackling the wings.
Decimator 9
Moving onto the Decimator I Dremelled the legs and hips and after adding the knee panels I used GS to further Nurglify the model.. LGS was also used in places to help smooth things over and also to add a different texture here and there.
On the left leg I completely removed the face from the armour plate and knee as I wanted this second Decimator to be a bit different to the first one.
Once I was happy with the legs and hips I glued them all together.
Next for the Decimator will be the main body.
For the Daemon Prince I mainly have been looking at the base.
As with the other ruins I have done - both as bases and terrain pieces - the 'inside' of the ruin has a raised floor. As I wanted to add some weight to the base due to the precarious and delicate nature of the Prince I glued a couple of coins to the base then built a frame around them with styrene. A top piece of styrene was added as the floor top, it was attacked with a knife before filler was used along the edge.
At this point I also used some GS to fill gaps in the casting and LGS to tidy up the GS on the top.
I also added some coins under the base using spare filler help cement them in place. I now have a weighty base which will hopefully prevent the Daemon Prince being knocked over.
Rubble was added to finish the base off.
I've since glued the left hand to the arm, tomorrow I'll clean this joint up and sort any joints on the body out before tackling the wings.
Decimator 9
Moving onto the Decimator I Dremelled the legs and hips and after adding the knee panels I used GS to further Nurglify the model.. LGS was also used in places to help smooth things over and also to add a different texture here and there.
On the left leg I completely removed the face from the armour plate and knee as I wanted this second Decimator to be a bit different to the first one.
Once I was happy with the legs and hips I glued them all together.
Next for the Decimator will be the main body.
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Blessings of the Plaguefather - Daemon Prince & Decimator
Progress has continued even with the distraction of a constant stream of football on TV.
Ironically tonight no progress is being made due to me having to go to a meeting with work. Frankly too knackered to now do anything.
Daemon Prince 2:
I dremelled out the left hand, completely removing the dead horse. Amazed I didn't break off one of the fingers in the process.
I took a ruin cast and spent an age attacking it with the Dremel, then quite some time adding GS to replace some of the resin I removed, then even more time Dremelling the GS till I could fit the left hand in place.
The GS particularly needs a bit more tidying up yet, but that will get done when I finish the rest of the base off.
The ruin has now been glued to the base and pinned with some rod. I need to add more damage to it and detail the rest of the base.
To get an idea of what this guy looks like in place...
Need to start adding the GS to the body next and sort the wing/body joins.
Decimator 8
Both legs are now all glued in the chosen pose.
I have taken the 80mm base I have for the Leviathan Dread for this one, I'll need to pick up a replacement for that and one for the first Decimator at some point. The Decimator certainly fits an 80mm base better than a 60mm one.
The rights leg has been pinned into place. For now I've added the pin for the left leg but I will get some GS and Dremel work done on the legs before I glue the left leg and hip piece in place.
With the body in place it will look something like this...though I may have him looking to the left instead.
You may notice in the above pics the right leg has no foot.
I wanted to push the Daemon engine vibe a bit more than the first one so inspired by the Plaguebearer with the bloated/diseased leg I decided to do something similar. Still very much WIP.
All for today.
Expect another in the WD series next.
Ironically tonight no progress is being made due to me having to go to a meeting with work. Frankly too knackered to now do anything.
Daemon Prince 2:
I dremelled out the left hand, completely removing the dead horse. Amazed I didn't break off one of the fingers in the process.
I took a ruin cast and spent an age attacking it with the Dremel, then quite some time adding GS to replace some of the resin I removed, then even more time Dremelling the GS till I could fit the left hand in place.
The GS particularly needs a bit more tidying up yet, but that will get done when I finish the rest of the base off.
The ruin has now been glued to the base and pinned with some rod. I need to add more damage to it and detail the rest of the base.
To get an idea of what this guy looks like in place...
Need to start adding the GS to the body next and sort the wing/body joins.
Decimator 8
Both legs are now all glued in the chosen pose.
I have taken the 80mm base I have for the Leviathan Dread for this one, I'll need to pick up a replacement for that and one for the first Decimator at some point. The Decimator certainly fits an 80mm base better than a 60mm one.
The rights leg has been pinned into place. For now I've added the pin for the left leg but I will get some GS and Dremel work done on the legs before I glue the left leg and hip piece in place.
With the body in place it will look something like this...though I may have him looking to the left instead.
You may notice in the above pics the right leg has no foot.
I wanted to push the Daemon engine vibe a bit more than the first one so inspired by the Plaguebearer with the bloated/diseased leg I decided to do something similar. Still very much WIP.
All for today.
Expect another in the WD series next.
Thursday, 16 June 2016
Blessings of the Plaguefather - Daemon Prince & Decimator
With the football on hobby time is limited...
Both arms were pinned in place. The left arm will be the one which all the weight goes though so I also pinned it at the lower position as it touches the body.
The left hand has had the pin added and the left arm has had a hole ready for it. However I won't be fixing it in position until I make the modifications to the hand. Not sure what these will be yet...I need to turn what is left of the horse into something else for him to grasp hold of.
I took the Jabberslythe wings and made few modifications. The long fingers were too long and interfered with each other and just got in the way. So I cut down the middle and lower fingers. I took the ends and pinned them all in place. Will need a bit of GS but not as much as I feared I would.
I've drilled and added brass pins ready to go. To see how it all goes together I've temporarily glued the wings on. I need to make a few adjustments to the pins now I have them in place. I had to glue them as holding two wings in place by hand is impossible and blu-tac just doesn't want to hold the resin.
I'm thinking of picking up a couple of 80mm bases for the Decimators. The 60mm ones just looks too small for them. Both the Leviathan and Deredeo dreads use 80mm bases and look the better for it.
However I found I could make a start on the Daemon Prince and second Decimator. While I couldn't do much I could wash & clean up the resin and start drilling pieces for pins. Also the actual builds have started.
Daemon Prince 1.
I cleaned the pieces up and glued the upper arms in place.
Both arms were pinned in place. The left arm will be the one which all the weight goes though so I also pinned it at the lower position as it touches the body.
The left hand has had the pin added and the left arm has had a hole ready for it. However I won't be fixing it in position until I make the modifications to the hand. Not sure what these will be yet...I need to turn what is left of the horse into something else for him to grasp hold of.
I took the Jabberslythe wings and made few modifications. The long fingers were too long and interfered with each other and just got in the way. So I cut down the middle and lower fingers. I took the ends and pinned them all in place. Will need a bit of GS but not as much as I feared I would.
I've drilled and added brass pins ready to go. To see how it all goes together I've temporarily glued the wings on. I need to make a few adjustments to the pins now I have them in place. I had to glue them as holding two wings in place by hand is impossible and blu-tac just doesn't want to hold the resin.
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| 'Raaaaaargh' or something like that. |
Decimator 7
As with the Prince I washed and cleaned up the Decimator pieces.
To decide on a pose I drilled all of the leg and hip pieces and put in 1mm brass rod. Nothing is glued yet but with some blu tac I was able to pose the legs. I can now add a bit of glue to fix it all in position.
This will obviously all get Nurgled up...
I'm thinking of picking up a couple of 80mm bases for the Decimators. The 60mm ones just looks too small for them. Both the Leviathan and Deredeo dreads use 80mm bases and look the better for it.
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