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I am starting to come to the end of my Tyranids and will be picking up my old Ork army. I had loads of fun making some weird conversions - here's of an Ork Warboss in mega armour made from a forgeworld dreadnought. Probably Ultramarines, but I can't remember.

He's got Killer kan feet and a bunch of Orky guns wrapped with wire and random Ork bits stuck on.

Its needs a repaint - my old orks have pink skin and blue Deathskullz plates, but this time I'm thinking teal/turquoise skin. I've got a nice magenta that I want to include in the scheme somewhere.

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Hobby adjacent post:

I really want to get into the gaming side of Warhammer 40k, so I decided I needed a way to store and transport my miniatures.

I remember having a lot of fun with this when I was a kid. I got a big thick sheet of furniture foam and cut holes in it with a holesaw bit. Then, I stuck the foam to thin sheets of mdf and packed layers into a massive toolbox. I think this alternative solution is a lot more elegant but less fun...

If anyone is curious, I used a 4L A4 Really Useful Box and a sheet of 0.75mm self-adhesive rubber steel ferrous sheets from The Magnet Shop. It was about £10 for one sheet and one box. The sheets stick really well. This box will probably hold 60-80 infantry models.

The sheets I got were receptive to magnets (not magnetic). I got 2mm x 5mm round N45 magnets for the bases, but I'll definitely need stronger/bigger magnets for anything bigger than a termagant.

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Finished the Parasite of Mortrex. I can't believe how small the model turned out to be, it's so cute!

I finally nailed down my scheme for the wing membranes. I tried the really light pink that I use for highlights (Fulgrim Pink) with red ink and then a separate try with purple ink, but it looked wrong.

I've gone for Pink Horror, with purple ink and then a drybrush of Pink Horror and then one more drybrush with a 50/50ish mix of Pink Horror and white.

I felt the model was lacking in the pink carapace colour, so I added some Rippers to the base.

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I'm so happy with how the Swarmlord turned out! I always forget to take before pictures, but it was originally painted up in Kraken colours.

I managed to get two models out of the same box by buying an extra Hive Tyrant torso, so I've also got a Winged Hive Tyrant to paint.

I just remembered I actually have a whole bunch of genestealers, warriors, rippers, and the older hormagaunts and termagants hidden away in a box and still painted up as Kraken that I'll eventually need to repaint...

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Painted up Trygon! I kept flitting between different models but have found the motivation to finish a bunch of them.

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Haven't posted in a while, but here's a rough pose (with white tac) for my Old One Eye conversion using a Screamer Killer as a base. It needs a lot of green stuff, but I think I'm happy with it so far, and it looks different enough from the Screamer Killer.

I used the following kits:

- Carnifex kit: Old One Eye head, claws, and back plate

- Leviathan box: Screamer Killer body and arms

- Plus, two little claws/mandibles, I think they're from the Trygon/Mawloc kit but can't be sure.

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Still working on my first Blood Knight...

Need to figure out the basing next

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Taking a break from my pink nids. Here's a WIP of my test model Blood Knight champion. So far I'm liking the green/purple Hulk/Green Goblin colour scheme, and I'm hoping it's giving off necromancy vibes.

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Vampire skin test: My model isn't as light as the Citadel Paint App. I might have to start with Warpfiend Grey and go up to a mix of Slaanesh Grey and white.

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I've finally caved and purchased my first models from the Age of Sigmar range.

I've gone with Soulblight Gravelords. For the colour scheme, I want to stay away from the red and blood and lean into necromancy colours (green and purple). I'm also picturing the armour in the Drukhari style (very dark plates with vibrant highlights)

I didn't have any Soulblight models in my impcat files, so I've gone with Daughters of Khaine for the test schemes. I think the pale skin looks better than blue, but I can't decide between purple armour with green fabric/accents or green armour with purple accents.

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WIP pictures and a height comparison of the Tervigon and Tyrannofex/Psychophage kitbash.

...Not sure how I'm going to actually going to get it to stay *on* the base 🤔

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WIP Tyrannofex kitbash from a Psychophage

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WIP of my finecast Lictor with bits added/replaced using spares from the new Lictor kit

He's got the new legs, arms, and head and the old/finecast body and pincer arms. I also used hot water to try and uncurl the tail, but it didn't work too well.

He doesn't have the second section that makes up the hooves, so I'm going to have to do some dense foliage on the base to hide that

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Little lost T'au and the big bad Broodlord

I hate the recessed armour lines!

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WIP and finished pics of my wrecked Devilfish base. For realism, it should probably be dirtier/more battle damaged but l'm done for now. Next, to finish modelling and painting the Psychophage/Tyrannofex kitbash to sit on top of it

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🤦‍♀️ I never remember to do before photos

Another WIP: Repurposing an old T'au Devilfish as a scenic base for my cobbled together Tyrannofex kitbash or: giving my short girl something to stand on to bring her up to the same height as the Tervigon model.

I'm also in the "clean up the lines on the next go round" painting camp

And why can't I just work on one thing at the time?

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I got the new Lictor kit, and it looks amazing! After I built the model, I decided to try and use some of the spare parts to spruce up my old Finecast model. I forgot to take a 'before' picture, so I've used the official one, but here's my progress so far