Blessings of the Plaguefather - Plague Hulk 1

First post showing actual models for a while...

Not a great deal to show to be honest as it is very, very early WIP.

All I have done is scrubbed the bits and added the Defiler body lower plate to the Plague Hulk body. This was a pain as the plastic bit doesn't fit due to minor shrinkage of the resin, so to get it to fit I had to cut it into three piece and shave off plastic. It will need a fair amount of work to get it right yet. I will also be adding plenty of GS as well, I was planning this even before I found out I needed to do it to hide the gaps between the three pieces.

Now the rules for the Plague Hulk aren't great to be honest, it comes with an 'Iron Fist' close combat weapon - i.e. a Dreadnought CCW, which can be upgraded to the sword the model comes with. To be frank the sword is no way worth the additional 25 points. I'd far rather have the Str 10, AP 2 fist.

As such i'll be keeping the Iron Fist option, I won't model this however as the model comes with the two massive Defiler front claws which more than adequately covers the CCW role.

But that leaves me with a problem of what to do with the fist held aloft holding the sword. I don't actually like the sword (plus it's bent all over the place), not much I can do with the pose but I need to replace it with something else he is holding.

So my question is this, does anyone have any ideas what I can put in his left hand instead of the sword?

Hiatus Over-ish

So I am back from my holiday.

Here are a few pictures. I took over 1800, but I can't be arsed to sort more than these few at the moment.

I bought a sword.

So now I am back. It might be a few days before I get anything done and look to do an update.

In the meantime have a look at the following blogs from my erstwhile compatriots...

Nife's Blog of Occasional Artwork

Left is the Head of Horus. Expect it to change as he strips and repaints it several times.

The Rising Sign

To the surprise of all Maelstrom has started blogging again and he's (re-)started with some Infinity.









Expect an update from me in the near* future.


* no period of time is specified and the term 'near' may refer to any length of time between one and 30 days.

Wound / Hull Markers 3

Last model based update for a bit as I am away for a short break.

However I did grab a few pics of the wound markers before I left. The pictures aren't great I admit...

That should be enough to cover all occasions. Plenty of ones and twos, shouldn't need any more than that often.

I then decided i'd use some more skulls to make some markers.

Six I numbered 1-6 for possible use as Objective Markers. Went for a bronze scheme. Very quick paint job and needs a bit more work when I get back.

The other six were done in a metal/steel scheme. Again a very quick job.

These will be markers of some kind, such as marking a unit affected by a psychic power.

Heresy Weekender 2014 - Part 3

Final part of the weekend pictorial coverage from me. While parts 1 and 2 covered new releases, upcoming and WIP models this one covers everything else...

Display Boards -

Battle of Paramor:

Battle of Phall:

The hole is from the Kharybdis latched onto the outside,
for some reason I forgot to take a picture of it.

Painting Competition:

This Sicarian was the winner. I felt quite smug by predicting it would win from the very start...

Our very own Nife decided to throw his lot in with a Sons of Horus Contemptor Dreadnought, here it is in the cabinet...

And here is a better pic I took of it:

I took more than one however so head over to his blog to get the full treatment.

The Obligatory What I Bought At The Show Bit:

Well I bought...

That's a Mechnicum hoodie, some show only figs (the Navigator I bought will arrive in the post, if it can find it's way), the two Limited Edition books they had and of course Mortarion.

And even though Fallen Angels was one of the most disappointing books in the series I still picked up the poster, it'll join the Legion and Mechanicum ones I have up in the spare/hobby room.

The Last Bit.

Last thing to show are a few pics from the couple of games we got in after the Weekender was put to bed. I admit to not bothering to grab any pictures at all but Maelstrom did snap some so thanks to him we have these...

If only I had brought some battle cannon.

Nurglings before they ate the Scorpions.

Aspect Warriors always seem to be hiding i trees.

The Decimator playing King of the Hill.

I think that is enough for this year.