Dreadtober Black Legion Hellbrute (Part 5)

 Thanks to Marc over at the main Dreadtober site for allowing a deadline extension up to Friday November 6th to get our projects done. And with a bit of focus I pulled it off! 

Finished!

 All I had to do was some highlights and few details which I was able to pull knock out when I found the time. 

The obvious difference those of you who read the last post may spot is the addition of the grass tufts on the base. This was particularly fun for me as my 5 year old son was fascinated with watching my application of these tufts. And yes, my modeling stuff does have locks on them when I am not present. (Thank you foresight!*)

And the fallen Space Marine's helmet did indeed belong to a Dark Angel. Dark Angels, as you probably know, are fun to kill. 

So, this guy is done! Or as done as I want him to be. As a wrap up to this thing, here is a buddy pic with the Bloodbrute , his Khornate counterpart. Hopefully the next time they appear together will be in a battle report stomping their way through an enemy line (oh, let's be honest, they'll probably get nuked on the 1st turn! LOL!). 

Friends will be friends.

Thanks again to everyone who encouraged me during this project and for everyone who participated in Dreadtober! Emperor willing, I'll see you in October 2011! 

*Forsight? More like memory. When I was 4 years old, my Dad had a 1977 Chevy Blazer. He loved that thing. So much so that he bought a scale model kit and was painstakingly painting that kit to look like his actual truck. There were some rednecks that lived up the street that drove an old car that was painted in a lot of different colors, with the main color being primer Grey.  Four year old Neverness thought that was the coolest thing ever. So much so that when my Dad went to take a nap (and foolishly left me unattended) I got his paints opened and started to paint his Blazer model like that redneck car. Considering that my Dad has always been something of a Testers paint purist, the fact that I was able to unscrew those glass jars is impressive when I think back on it. Anyway, I didn't get too far into "improving" my Dad's model when he soon checked in on me. If I recall, I think it's the first time he ever spanked me, and it was the last time I ever messed with his models! 

Dreadtober 2020 Black Legion Hellbrute (Part 3.5)

 Due to the technical issues I was having last time I wasn't able to share all of my progress pics. Hopefully I get them to you today. 

So creepy I had to use this pic twice.

This first pic is the Reikland Fleshwash step over the Bugman's Glow basecoat.  

Reikland Fleshwash.

Bugman's Glow was reapplied again, but not too much as to leave the fleshtone wash showing near the recesses. 

Bugman's Glow layer.

Next, Cadian Fleshtone was strategicly applied to those fleshy bits. 

Cadian Fleshtone.

The next step was a highlight of Kislev Flesh.

Kislev Flesh.

Druchii Violet was used at all of the grooves and recesses. According to our man Duncan this will make it appear as demonic flesh, although my version seems brighter than their example, but I like the way mine turned out so...yeah. oh, and the tentacles bursting out from the side of this thing was painted using the steps GW advised in the Fear No Evil book (which I also recently used in my Death Guard Experiment.).

Daemonic Flesh complete and gutty tentacles.

Then came the gluing, where I finally went about joining the main parts together. It was all about the head of the beastie, as it has to be placed prior to assembly and I was only satisfied with the original Hellbrute (AKA Bloodbrute) headand found it to be a challenge the first time. I like the way this guy is turning out so far and I made sure to push him a bit more forward if you will, as it gives him more of an "erupting" look. 

A bonding experience.

Ok, those were the missing bits from the previous post, I should (hopefully) get this guy finished by the end of the month. Hopefully.

Dreadtober 2020: Black Legion Hellbrute (Part 2)

The month is rolling by fast, the season is in a colorful state of change here in the mountains of East Tennessee, and tucked away in our shotgun shack progress on this warmachine of Chaos continues. In Part 1 of this series I focused on the modeling and preparation work prior to priming the model. Here you can see it all the parts prior to assembly post priming.

The primed parts.

It was while scrutinizing these parts that I realized that I forgot to attach the auxiliary heavy flamer. I again decided to use a pair of standard Imperial Guard flamers like I did on the Bloodbrute. They look right and it's easier to work them onto the model than all the other choices I have available.

The heavy flamer assembly on the Bloodbrute.

I seem to have a lot of these arms in my bitz bin also, so it's an easy thing to make happen.

Cadian flamers.

I thought about getting a bit more advanced with this assembly and model on some fuel hoses. But I quickly determined that this would be more ambitious of a project than I have time, or patience, for. But I came up with another idea that involved a fuel tank but I nixed that one also because it was just too absurd. But it did inspire another idea...

Flamers attached.

Looking at this model it's clear that there is a techno-organic fusion occurring throughout it. Muscles are evolving throughout the piece replacing machine parts with some of that muscle mass still containing pipes, pistons, wires and cables running throughout it. I thought a pair of tanks attached to the rear left side of this thing looked interesting. I imagine that they connect to hoses that run throughout the body and come out through the arm to terminate at the heavy flamer. It's sick, insane, and woefully appropriate for this thing.

Fuels tanks attached.

Next up, I turned my attention back to the overall paint job. I started with the fleshy bits, particularly the head, legs and abdominal areas.

The fleshy bits.

Then I basecoated the trim using Gamecolor Hammered Copper. I used Tin Bitz on the Multi-melta barrel and the flamer. 

Hammered Copper trim.

And progress shall continue, but this is where it's at right now. I should have more done in about a week. Meanwhile, see what everyone else is up to over on the main Dreadtober site. 

Dreadtober 2020: Black Legion Hellbrute (Part 1)

It's that time of the year when one must select a Dreadnought* in order to participate in Dreadtober, the annual painting challenge themed around those big bipedal machines. For the past three years I combined Orktober with Dreadtober and painted an Ork Dreadnought. This year I decided to do something different and do something to support my Chaos Space Marine army. Also I simply haven't painted enough models from the Dark Vengeance boxed set, which I deeply regret, and thought this could be an opportunity to address that.

Hellbrute parts ready for assembly.

Long time readers might remember that I have painted one of these models before for the Khorne side of my Chaos Astartes, appropriately dubbed The Bloodbrute. You can see more and read about it in Part 1 and Part-2. But I can sum it up by saying that I knocked that model out in record time (for me). Some conditions applied to that situation that don't exist in my current one, namely free time. And I don't have much of that these days. As a result, this model may actually take me the whole month of October to complete.

The steps here will pretty much mirror Bloodbrute part 1, with really only the final color being different. This Hellbrute will be painted as a Black Legion machine, since most of my Chaos Marines are pretty much Black Legion at this point and they could use some love.

One of the things that I was really proud of, that I did on the Bloodbrute, was the base. I used some of the rock slates from the Warhammer 40,000 Basing Set which I believe is no longer produced. Since this is a special occasion (Dreadtober is special to me, surely it is to you too, right?) I decided to use one of the resin pieces in this set. The piece I selected was a helmet of a loyalist marine, which will sit amongst the shattered rocks which this Hellbrute will be stomping over. Not sure which Chapter this helmet belonged to, but I will figure that out soon enough.

The rock stage of basing. 

I flocked the base and then noticed that I forgot to drill out the holes on the barrel of the Multi-melta. I do recommend doing that before flocking the base, or even assembking any of the model actually. Never-the-less, it wasn't too problematic to do this and it wasn't as messy as you might envision. I don't drill out gun barrels like I used to mainly because the results rarely satisfy me for the effort that it takes, but on a gun like this one it looks really cool and turns out great each time thst I have done it.

Drilled out gun barrel.

On to the priming stage, and hopefully by next week I will be beyond that point and we'll into the basecoats....hopefully.

*"Collectors of every faction are welcome to participate; the only guideline is that your model should fit on a 60 mm base (or larger!)."

Bloodbrute part 2

Welcome back.  Since last time I have completed the Hellbrute model that I have dubbed "The Bloodbrute". 

The finished Bloodbrute in natural light.

In the first part I show how I started the model and here I will talk about the final stages.

After finishing painting the Brute's head and completing the "gums" that surround it, I glued it into position and then glued the front onto the model. I used rubberbands to secure the bond.

Not so unbound...

 After some additional touch-ups it was time to finish the whites on the horns and teeth that heavily adorn this thing.

After I mounted the front piece I finished the fleshy bits and the weird warpy gut bits. I used an assortment of colors to achieve this look, which I am ultimately satisfied with.

The belly of the beast.

 Having painted it in parts I had some strange spots where the colors didn't match, so I had to blend all these together.

The pink gut bits were mostly done using (Khorne forgive me) Pink Horror, which is one of the current line of Citadel paints. I used some Aileene's paint (Dusty Rose) for the high lights.

 I then added another solid coat of Ruby Red to the red areas on the model, matching it up with the other World Eater models.

I next finished off the metal on the exhaust and the barrel of the Multi Melta.

The back of the Brute

The tentacles that a bursting from it's side were a bit of challenge, but after a few purple ink washes I got a look that I liked.

Done except for the flocking.



The finished model: flocked before sealing it.

And the finished model can be seen in the first picture in this post. I am thinking that I might want to add gloss varnish to the fleshy bits, but I hesitate to do that as I have seen how gloss can attract fuzz and dust in the long run, so I am not sure if I want to do that yet.

Next up, more World Eaters!



Bloodbrute part 1

Hello again. Well since I last presented the progress on my Khorne Berserkers unit, "feeling khorney", I have since built them a sweet ride (Land Raider) and pretty much finished painting that squad. However I have misplaced their decals, and so although I am eager to present them here, I want to show them completed vs. almost done. But the work of a budding overfiend is never finished, so I have begun work on a Chaos Dreadnought, I mean Hellbrute, which I have re-christened (Khornated?) the Bloodbrute!*..

Assembly stage.

It's a great model, and although this isn't one where I can easily magnetize weapon options, I think I like the weapons as they are. After dealing with what little flash/mould-lines there were, I began figuring out how it all goes together. I decided in order to paint the thing's head (seems like a pretty stupid weakness to me, even though it looks kinda cool) I will paint it as I assembled it like I do with a lot of my models.

I wasn't keen on having the Bloodbrute standing on just the one rock that it comes modeled with, and took the time to add some more. Again, using the method that I discussed here, I base my models before I prime them.

Based.

I also thought the thing would look cooler if I took advantage of the hollowed barrels of the Multi-Melta and drilled out the holes along the sides of it.

Drilled out Multi-Melta

Next I took advantage of the wargear options in the Codex, and added a Heavy Flamer under the Power Fist. I agonized quite a bit over this, going through all my bits to try to fit every variation of Heavy Flamer I could before settling on using two basic Flamers from the Cadian Imperial Guard kit. I think this looks pretty sweet so far. Some of the other options, although they might look good, didn't make sense as far as how the Power Fist would work.

Flame on!

Using the same color palette as I used on the Bezerkers and Land Raider, I launched right into applying the Scab Red base coat.

Scabby stage.

And now I am well into the base coat stage. I hope to get more accomplished on this thing soon, and the progress I did make on this was over a fairly short amount of time. Looking at this photo, I am almost tempted to leave the head out and just have a nasty looking maw for it's head! ...it's tempting.

Base coated

*I have two of these models, the other one I will probably make for Nurgle and call it the Pusbrute. or make it for the Emperor's Children/Slaanesh and call it the Pleasurebrute or just Big Brute. It'll be awhile until I get to it so I have time to think about it.

Also, in addition to this Hellbrute, I have started on the second unit of Berzerkers. This is from the 3rd edition era "Dance, Dance, Dance" boxed set.



Assembling the reinforcements.

Until next time!