Traitor's Rage - a Traitor Guard blog/plog

[Darkweaver66]

Hey Ladies and Gents, apologies for my absense over recent months

Absense Disclaimer: Now that im in my 2nd year of uni and got a few deadlines out of the way, im going to be working on my Traitor Guardsmen again. sold most of the old ones to a friend as they werent much special (lack of funds at the time so conversions werent particularly good) but since I now have a job again, I have the funds to get back into the hobby (yay!)

My traitors are Khorne worshippers, along with some Iron Warriors chaos marines (which if I'm correct, I can now field alongside my traitors using the 6th ed allies rules?) which will probs be 2 squads of marines and a sorceror lord. My eventual aim is to chaosify every unit in the Imperial Guard codex (excluding special characters) for this army, so this is going to be a very expensive (and fun!) adventure xp

Updates:
04/11/12: Added pics of the Iron Warriors, Praetorian Servitor and Based minis
30/10/12: Painted a few Iron Warriors plus a converted Melta Servitor-Ogryn
27/10/12: Did a tester base for the snow on an Inquisitorial bodyguard.
24/10/12: Blog Started, plus added Cultists, Psyker, Priests, thunderbolt fighter, guardsmen, captain, and Sentinel (also Crystals and snow for basing arrived!)  

[Darkweaver66]

The Captain:
The first member of my command squad, joined by a Bannerman, Heavy Flamer, Plasma Gunner and perhaps a MeltaGunner or a medic when i decide on the final member. he is made from one of the squad leaders from the Dark Vengeance cultists, but with a Marauder head (+ Greenstuff to fill it in) and plasma pistol added


Psyker:
aaaand heres the other cultist leader, now a rogue psyker for my army. The crystals were given to me by a necron-playing friend of mine, though i'm waiting on my own order of them currently as frankly, they are awesome.


Cultists:
Coulnt resist picking these guys up when Dark Vengeance came out. They probably won't stay as cultists but will be mingled in with the other troopers, I have already converted a few of them (not in this photo) and the rest arent painted yet


Troopers:
The beginnings of my Traitors, they arent much yet but give it a few more boxes and some tanks and i'll be on my way to a fleshed out traitor army. the heavy flamer is for the command squad


More Troopers:
After deliberating over getting the forgeworld renegade weapon arms I eventually gave in and ordered them, they arrived within a matter of days too which was surprising considering how slow i've heard they are. the Banner bearer and one of the special weapons will be in my command squad.


Special Weapons:
The specialist half of my special weapons squad, armed with Snipers for some nice long-range killy pirate


Preists + 1st Veteran:
I didnt know how to make use of some of the close combat cultists in my army, but after flicking through the codex a few times I settled on Preist conversions. So went through my Chaos Marine spares for some ChainSwords and gave them eviscerators prosthetics, I think one looks priestly to begin with, and the other looks like some mad experiment, brilliant biggrin The veteran is another cutist, with the leaders shotgun currently, hes quite WIP as Im unsure what would be a suitable other arm for him



Armoured Sentinel:
my first traitor sentinel. handpainted the icon on. Hopefully this will be the first in a couple of squads of three.



Thunderbolt Fighter:
This models a couple of years old now. I may even have an old blog on here somewhere from when i first made it (still needs the rears of the engines added...) I scratchbuilt this from plasticard because frankly FW's prices take the biscuit, and the cake, and are still hungry even after that. still quite proud of it though ninja  

[Darkweaver66]

Lo and behold, I post that, and i get more post!

My crystals from Anarchy Models arrived! (along with snow from The Army Painter)




Perrrrrfeck! just need some dark grey basing gravel now (any ideas?) and i can get basing!  

[Lady Blodwynn]

Great first posts, I'm hooked and can't wait to see what else you have in store for us! emotion_yatta  

[Darkweaver66]

cheers m'dear! got half a box of guard still sprued up atm, plus a load of unpainted ones, oh, and some slightly converted (read: repositioned arms so you can actually see the torsos) Iron Warriors that need paint (and an iron warriors conversion kit ideally...) so i'll update as and when i get stuck into those ninja

::EDIT::
Oh, also, after playing with those anarchy crystals for a while im VERY impressed with them. they are sturdy and come in various sizes from the slightly thicker ones seen on the Psyker, to some fine ones which are still pretty strong but make for smaller details/outcroppings.
theres also a warning on the label not to use clippers on them as they'll shatter (they are made of coloured clear resin) so since im going to be using these mixed in with my gravel, naturally first thing i did was shatter a couple for that 4laugh  

[Hoxtalicious]

One minor nitpick regarding the commander: The join between the mini and the new lower arm with the plasma pistol is quite noticeable.

But other than that, great stuff. I especially like the freehand on the Sentinel and T-bolt, works a whole lot better than those nice and tidy decals in my opinion.

Also can't wait to see your results with the Army painter snow flock, I've been eyeing that one myself for some time now.  

[Darkweaver66]

Lt. Brookman

One minor nitpick regarding the commander: The join between the mini and the new lower arm with the plasma pistol is quite noticeable.

Lack of Milliput at the minute and everywhere around here only sells GS at like £8 a pop (that and i keep forgetting to order it online when i buy other stuff) so dont worry ill be covering THAT one up soon enough xD

Lt. Brookman

Also can't wait to see your results with the Army painter snow flock, I've been eyeing that one myself for some time now.

I'll do a test base before i use it on my other models when i finally get my gravel (any ideas where i can get a decent fine gravel or dark grey sand? dont want to have to paint it as i'll be mixing the crystals into the gravel) but from rolling a small handful around in my hand it seems pretty good, like super-fine white sand. when i update the test-base ill take a few more shots of it to send you if you like smile

oh also, on the Wayland Games fb page, probs a couple weeks ago now (when i placed the crystal/snow order) i saw a comment by someone named brookman about something about warmachine or something, had to wonder if it was you xD  

[Hoxtalicious]

fire - link

Lack of Milliput at the minute and everywhere around here only sells GS at like £8 a pop (that and i keep forgetting to order it online when i buy other stuff) so dont worry ill be covering THAT one up soon enough xD

I'll do a test base before i use it on my other models when i finally get my gravel (any ideas where i can get a decent fine gravel or dark grey sand? dont want to have to paint it as i'll be mixing the crystals into the gravel) but from rolling a small handful around in my hand it seems pretty good, like super-fine white sand. when i update the test-base ill take a few more shots of it to send you if you like smile

oh also, on the Wayland Games fb page, probs a couple weeks ago now (when i placed the crystal/snow order) i saw a comment by someone named brookman about something about warmachine or something, had to wonder if it was you xD

If looking for really good milliput go for this stuff: http://www.milliput.com/home.htm It shouldn't be hard to come by as it is a UK company that has been selling this world-wide since the 60s. Go with the yellow-grey mix found in the white box with the red lettering, you do get quite a bit of it, but if stored properly it will last you years.

Army Painter also has tubs of coarser grit and gravel available in a variety of colours: http://shop.thearmypainter.com/products.php?ProductGroupId=3 I'd avoid their grass flock, it's rather rubbish but their basing sets are great along with their line of various types of grass tuft, way better than the old static grass IMHO.

And yes, that was me being a bit worried about their poor supply levels. sweatdrop I wasn't all too pleased with them not being able to fulfil a deadline as advertised. I had to wait nineteen days and create a help desk ticket last Friday before they suddenly were able to send me my order.  

[Darkweaver66]

Lt. Brookman

If looking for really good milliput go for this stuff: http://www.milliput.com/home.htm It shouldn't be hard to come by as it is a UK company that has been selling this world-wide since the 60s. Go with the yellow-grey mix found in the white box with the red lettering, you do get quite a bit of it, but if stored properly it will last you years.

thats exactly the stuff i was on about haha the Hobby shop where i used to live did it in various varieties (as well as GRIP superglue, which is one of the better ones ive used) but theres nothing around here that does :/

Lt. Brookman

Army Painter also has tubs of coarser grit and gravel available in a variety of colours: http://shop.thearmypainter.com/products.php?ProductGroupId=3 I'd avoid their grass flock, it's rather rubbish but their basing sets are great along with their line of various types of grass tuft, way better than the old static grass IMHO.

brilliant, ill take a look through biggrin only Army Painter stock ive actually seen was what was on Wayland's. Aha the name reminded me of you but I didnt think it actually would be xD I ordered dark grey gravel from them with the other stuff but after looking at the invoice i got for them yesterday the gravel wasnt even listed, then i got a mystery Refund email from them about it, and now its not even listed on the site anymore, so thanks wayland for letting me know stare [/sarcasm]  

[Lady Blodwynn]

Maybe GW's own liquid greenstuff might be of help in regards to the arm of the captain? It takes some practice as it literally is liquid greenstuff, but it does have its applications.  

[Darkweaver66]

Lady Blodwynn

Maybe GW's own liquid greenstuff might be of help in regards to the arm of the captain? It takes some practice as it literally is liquid greenstuff, but it does have its applications.

hmmm, ill take a look into it, havnt seen it before :S

and Brookman, cos i cant find decent gravel yet and i want to mess with the snow, im currently making an ice-world themed base for one of my inquisitorial henchmen, so once im done with that ill upload some snaps for you ninja  

[Hoxtalicious]

fire - link

and Brookman, cos i cant find decent gravel yet and i want to mess with the snow, im currently making an ice-world themed base for one of my inquisitorial henchmen, so once im done with that ill upload some snaps for you ninja

Awesome, thanks!  

[Darkweaver66]

just for you mac (sorry the images arent the best quality, the fiance nicked my camera for the weekend so had to use my phone):




Just a small blob of pva, spread around the base with a spare brush, then sprinkled pinches of the snow over it. its really fine, but also using a small ammount still gives really decent coverage




and for those interested in seeing the full model here, its one of my Inquisitorial henchmen, themed around a Stormtrooper equipped with lightweight grey-knight styled gear (purely for display)  

[Lady Blodwynn]

Lovely kitbash, not completely sold on the base. To me the flock would work better as a supplement for other basing materials. It might also look better if a bit of snow covers the crystals, unless they shot out of the ground just now. wink  

[Darkweaver66]

Lady Blodwynn

Lovely kitbash, not completely sold on the base. To me the flock would work better as a supplement for other basing materials. It might also look better if a bit of snow covers the crystals, unless they shot out of the ground just now. wink

Well thats the thing, when i manage to get some gravel itll just be an addition on the top, probs jot even total coverage either, i plan to have it as just an addition and to provide a little contrast along with the blues (crystal, plasma weapons, etc) to the reds and greys of the main army