Heresy Era Death Guard: Contemptor Mortis Complete

This guy has been complete for a while but i haven't got around to photographing him until now. This final Mortis sees the completion of my Death Guard Dreadnoughts, and some much needed anti-aircraft support!

Some weathering powder on the barrels of the Assault Cannons.

I used the same shading technique on this Mortis as the other 2 dreads. Sadly the green colours i thought i used were actually slightly different to the ones i used this time around. Never mind, it still looks good on this Dread.

Rust effects on the exhausts. I seem to have forgotten to do this on the other 2 Contemptors, so i quickly went back and added it to them!

Rubble base. The eagle eyed of you may notice a piece of the old Urban Basing Kits that GW did years ago.

When i built this Dread i wanted to make sure it had interchangeable weapons options, specifically Power Fists. I'm really interested to see how effective close combat Contemptors are!

Once i started doing that i decided to give one of the older Contemptors the magnetic treatment as well, so its arms came off and the magnets went on! I only had to buy one more fist for this guy, as he already had one to go with his Lascannon. I really like the look of them actually!

Here's the Contemptors all together! You can see the differences between the green on the shoulder plating in this shot...as time goes on I'm sure it ll bug me enough to go back and update the 2 older Dreads!

Now time to find a game and unleash the CC Dreads!

The GunGrave

Heresy Era Death Guard: Contemptor WIP 2

A quick progress update on the Contemptor Mortis. He's nearly there, just a few more highlights and washes to go.

In the last update i mentioned that i had a few Fists to build for the Contemptors (3 to be exact) This will enable me to run 2 CC Dread's, as one of the Dread's already has a Fist. I'm very curious to see how effective this may be!

More when its done!

The GunGrave

Legion Predator Turrets

This is a small adaptation that Ive had in mind for a while. I had a few spare turret options available for my Predator from various trades and spares. The idea was to make my Predator more versatile, as it often gets left at home for more powerful options. 

I managed to separate the predator cannon from the turret without and breakages and embedded a magnet into the turret. 

I then repeated the magnetisation of the turrets i had: an Executioner, Lascannon, and Predator Cannon.

This is my favourite turret option, as i think this will give my Pred' the right amount of punch to make it worth taking.

I'm hoping that these options will mean that the Predator doesn't stay at home quite so much and can come out to play a little more!

The GunGrave

Heresy Era Death Guard: Contemptor WIP

This is the final of the  three Contemptors that i had planned for the Death guard. He was long over due, so in a continued effort to move away from the Mechanicum for a while i got him built and ready to go. 

He's currently in the Mortis configuration, but this time round i magnetised the arms to give me more flexibility with the Dread's. 

It was pretty straight forward to do. I have a few Contemptor Fists to assemble as weapon options for the Dread's - I'm keen to see how close combat Contemptors fare!

I also removed the arms of the first contemptor and magnetised the arms. I haven't repeated this process with the second Mortis Contemptor, as the arms were stuck fast and i think I'd just damage it to  much.

now that i have a pair of magnetised Contemptors, I'll be taking a look at some weapons configurations! I'll be getting those fists done soon as well.

The GunGrave

Legion Vehicle Sponson Caps

So this is a cool idea that I originally saw on Mordian 7th's blog a few weeks ago. It was a cap that covered the weapon sponsons on Legion vehicles when the upgrade wasn't in use. I liked the idea so much i decided to give it a go myself!

So i started off with a 28mm base (these are the old ones mind, not the new larger GW ones) I sanded the surface flat to give it a smooth texture.

The base on its own is a bit bare, so i needed to add some rivets. I saw a rivet technique a few years ago that i wanted to try. It uses layers of PVA glue to create the rivets. I applied the PVA with a toothpick.

Simply dot on the glue where you want to rivets to be.

It only takes about 10 minutes to dry in the sun. I found that i needed 3 passes with this technique to ensure i got enough height with the rivets. With such a short drying time it wasn't a problem.

I then added some Legion iconography.

Painted it in the colours of the Legion!

And there you have it. I did of course forget to mention that this cap is magnetised, but i guess that goes without saying. As you can see the cap does protrude a bit from the hull of the tank. This is due to the way i  built the tank. Only part of the assembly for the sponsons is  magnetised, meaning that some of the assembly is glued to the hull. As this is a retrofit i couldn't rectify this. I don't think it looks that bad though!

I will probably  make another set or two of these for the other Sicarian model  of tanks. Give  it a go yourselves if you  like the idea!

The GunGrave

Heresy Era Death Guard: Legionaires

Just a quick post today. I managed to quickly complete the final five Legionaires for the Death Guard force.

Theres not much left to do for the death guard. Theres one more Contemptor to do and one more Sicarian. After that...who knows! I think a family portrait is overdue though.

The GunGrave

Heresy Era Death Guard: Sicarian Battle Tank

Time for a change of pace now. I've painted so much Mechanicum recently i swear i can taste engine oil in my mouth!! So as usually, i reached up to the 'To-Do' shelf and grabbed a model. It was time for some reinforcements for the Death Guard in the form of a Sicarian Battle Tank. 

I got two of these assembled some time ago,, so it was high time they were painted.. I started off with this one, and the second is already prepped and ready for painting. 

The accelerator Autocannons. A potent weapon great at taking out light armour and pulping infantry.

I armed my Sicarian with Lascannon sponsons for some extra punch. I have magnetised them just in case i don't have the points to spare in a game. I'm really pleased with the heat distortion on these Lascannons.

After i finished the Sicarian i was kindda in the mood for some more death Guard. So i built and primed the final five Legionaries for my fore. This will take the number of standard Legionaries to an impressive 40!

More soon!

The GunGrave

Heresy Era Death Guard: FellBlade!

This poor guy has been staring me in the face for ages as he gathered dust on my 'To Do' shelf. I thought it was high  time to get him finished off!

This models journey has been.....traumatic. The build was a pain, so much so i wouldn't touch it for months. I had to be in a highly motivated mood to do any work on it. Overall this left me with quite a negative feel for the model...shame really, because now its don't i love it! I definitely won't be going in for another any time soon though!

The engines received the rust treatment.

The size of the main gun has to be seen to be believed! Its a monster!

The Lascannons got the heat distortion treatment.

Plenty of weathering on the tracks. I wrangled with quite a few different marking ideas for the FellBlade, but I'm happy with what i settled on. It needed a good splash of green to break up the bone shades.

The Death guard brass etch added a nice bit of detail to the tank.

finally here are some WIP shots i took along the way!

I'm keen to get this model on the table and blasting Loyalists soon!

The GunGrave

Heresy Era Death Guard: Armoured Reinforcements

Something my death guard have really suffered from is a lack of armoured support. This is about to change very soon!

BOOM! Fellblade! The mother of all pain-in-the-arse tanks to put together in the history of table top wargaming! If the finished product wasn't so dam sexy, the thing would've gone in the bin half way through. I think we'll all agree, the problem with this style of chassis is.... all together now....THE TRACKS!!

Anyhoo, now the beast is assembled i gave it some extra special Death Guard treatment with some brass etch. The sponson laser destroyers are magnetised. He'll be moving up the painting que soon!

Waiting in the wings, some more armour! Two Sicarian Battle Tanks are patiently waiting for their paint jobs! I need to do a bit of filling on the rear of both tanks first, but that shouldn't take to long.

The Death Guard are about to pack a lot more punch!

The GunGrave