The Workshop

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And she’s finished

Centurio Pattern Shadowsword unit 215 on deployment during the siege of Mandalos IV

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I painted a map

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More WIP of the Centurio Pattern Shadowsword. Really happy with how the conversion looks with paint on it, kind of looks like an actual GW kit.

Painted the camouflage scheme and completed the weathering (and loving the realism you can achieve with oil paints and pigments)

Now onto detailing and the crew.

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You. Shall. Not. Pass.

Had the spare ambot conversion sat around for what seems like forever and finally decided I wanted to do something with it. Since I seem to be on a terrain/display base kick at the moment I decided I wanted to do something abit atmospheric, that also let me play around with different materials, textures and weathering.

So guarding a rusty bridge over the hive sump from some upstart juve. But who knows what it’s guarding?

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Realised I hadn’t posted any shots of the completed Diorama.

“Scavengers” A Kroot warband scavenging the wreck of a damaged and abandoned Rogal Dorn battle tank.

This was a really fun project that had been sat in my head for nearly 2 years. It was a challenge learning all the military modelling techniques that I needed to get the tank looking like it had been burnt out by shell fire, then abandoned by the crew during a beach landing. Lots of inspiration from the Sherman’s abandoned on Saipan beach.

This was also my first proper resin pour so i decided to use a deep poor 72hr cure resin so I didn’t have to colour match the layers! The waves were then carved into the top using a grinding bit in my dremmel. Then some snow terrain paste to represent the breaking waves and a coat of gloss varnish.

I’m really happy with how this turned out and it’s taught me a lot I can use on future dioramas

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“The Prospectus class surveying rig is used deep in the field to search out new, mineral rich seams. Able to traverse almost any terrain, the manipulator arms and sophisticated scanning suite allow the Survey Corp of the mining clan to scout ahead of the mining cohort. The Heavy laser array means that even the hardest to reach ore can be reached for sampling, and it’s also useful in defence aswell.”

And that’s the counts-as Norn Emissary finished for the mining clan. Kitbashed from an Armiger, a Sentinel, a Leviathan Grav-bombard and the legs from an ironstrider I wanted something the same size as the Emissary, but fitted the mining clan aesthetic.

Still a few more ideas to realise….

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“The Colossi class heavy excavator is a common sight on many of the mining worlds of the Kopalnax sector. Powered by 2 Stygian Pattern Plasma generators it is the ideal machine for the larger ore mines. Manufactured under Licence by the Starborn Mining Clan on the world of Talmtes Reach it has spread to many of the other mining institutions within the sector, allowing for a marked increase in production quotas.”

With the relegation of the scythed and barbed Hierodules to Legends I had to reassess the models role. Luckily putting it on a 30cm round base means it fits the footprint of a Heirophant so an upgrade was what was needed.

Filled the space with some crew with mining lasers and a kitbashed mini dozer and now she’s done.

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And some more reinforcements for the Mining Clan (and a use for the armiger bits I had lying around)

A counts-as Psychophage (fuel bowser) and counts-as Norn Emmissary (Prospector class survey rig)

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Finished the build of the counts-as scythed Heirodule for the GSC mining clan

Painting next while I wait for the crew models to arrive

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WIP. Counts-as Scythed Hierodule for my GSC mining clan. When you want a big bit of mining equipment, what better than a bucket wheel excavator?

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So. I may have gone overboard with the MCP Sentinels. Off to their new owner next weekend at Salute.

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Blood Angel kill team Sarathiel

Survivors of the doomed strike on the Heretic fortress of Minar band together to finish the mission and reach extraction

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“Scavengers”. Kroot scavenging a wrecked rogal dorm battle tank. Diorama nearly finished.

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And that’s the base for the diorama done. Just the kroot to paint then on to the resin pour 🤞🏻

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So. Who likes their tanks burnt, rusty and abandoned?

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Decided my GSC mining clan needed some heavier support…the Colossi Class Superheavy mining rig. Counts as a Tyranid Hierophant

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So the Rogal Dorn for the diorama now has an engine…