fingolfen Posted October 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2019 So since my last blog entry was a little light on details, I decided to go into the nitty gritty of getting the Cult Baneblade together and painted in the most recent installment. It's a simple green baneblade, that used: 3 colors of primer Over 26 colors of paint + two pigments At least four different washes Full details (including the epic paint chart below) at the blog! https://miniordnancerev.blogspot.com/2019/10/genestealer-cult-baneblade-in-detail.html#more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted October 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 I only found out about the Armies on Parade event a couple of months ago, so I sort of had to get the base work in high gear. Ended up going with the Cityscape Genatorium Sector as most of the base with a few extra bits added. While I didn't medal, I did take "Best Painted" - so overall I'm happy! Front view - Iconward hoisting the colors over the Imperial Building loosely inspired by the Soviet flag raising over the Reichstag in 1945 Another view: More at the blog: https://miniordnancerev.blogspot.com/2019/10/armies-on-parade-uprising.html 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted November 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2019 More cult goodness! Finally got the Nexos completed along with the standard bearer for one of the Command Squads for the Brood Brothers detachment! The Nexos is one of the nicest miniatures I've put together. Fit is awesome, design is awesome. I build and painted it in pieces to get it just right The Standard bearer took some work as I had to file out all of the detail on the flag, but I'm happy with the end result I'd been hoping to get both of these done for Armies on Parade, but hey - better late than never! Lots more on the table... watch this space! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted November 2, 2019 Report Share Posted November 2, 2019 Oh, man. That flag is genius! And yeah, the Nexos is such a sweet Model. Great job on him here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted November 2, 2019 Report Share Posted November 2, 2019 My favorite part of the Nexos is that the building on his little holo-map is Games Workshop’s main headquarters. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted November 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2019 Thanks guys! Yeah, the fact that the Nexos is overlooking GW HQ is a really sweet touch. I visited Warhammer World this summer on vacation, which made the miniature even that much cooler to paint up... ("we parked right.... here!"). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted November 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 So the Genestealer Cult boards have been really a hot bed of conversions and kitbashes lately. One of the users posted a great conversion of the Kroot from Blackstone Fortress and I was inspired to make my own. I'm working on getting some better photos as this one just doesn't do it justice, but I've just about finished up my sniper Sanctus including a servo skull as familiar... Some high level details on the conversion: More at the blog: https://miniordnancerev.blogspot.com/2019/11/genestealer-cult-converted-sanctus.html#more 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 Damn, dude! That is just amazing! When I first saw it, I thought for a moment I was looking at a full scale cosplay or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted November 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 On 11/23/2019 at 11:59 PM, WestRider said: Damn, dude! That is just amazing! When I first saw it, I thought for a moment I was looking at a full scale cosplay or something. Thanks!!! I really enjoyed getting this one together. It was a challenge and really stretched my technique to the limit... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted November 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2019 Welcome to head swap central - today's vict.... subjects - the Cadian Command HQ Squad (commander was a real pain) and the Master of Ordnance... More shots at the blog: https://miniordnancerev.blogspot.com/2019/11/genestealer-cult-brood-brothers.html Command squad: Master of Ordnance 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted December 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 How about some post-Christmas fun for everyone? Neophyte Hybrid squad converted from Cawdor Gangers... with some help and donations from Forgeworld, the Neophyte box, and the Cult upgrade sprue... These guys took quite a bit to get painted up right, but I really like the final result. More at the blog: https://miniordnancerev.blogspot.com/2019/12/genestealer-cult-neophyte-hybrid.html 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 Nice to see someone remembering that the chittering, all-conquering ever-hungry swarm is the reason for the season. Too many of today’s youth thing the holiday is all about empty consumerism and not existential horror from beyond the stars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted December 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 10 minutes ago, Ish said: Nice to see someone remembering that the chittering, all-conquering ever-hungry swarm is the reason for the season. Too many of today’s youth thing the holiday is all about empty consumerism and not existential horror from beyond the stars. *ROTFLMAO* Thanks much! 😄 I also got this little festive guy done - not cultist... that we know of... he *is* wearing a hat after all. It's for the Warhammer Store Red Gobbo painting competition tomorrow... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 Man, the Cawdor work perfectly with the GSC parts. Excellent job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 14 hours ago, fingolfen said: Killer job mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted December 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2019 Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the motor pool... Sadly the Astra Militarum Rapier has wandered off of the Forge World site (though the Space Marine versions are still there), but I managed to snag one before they ran away and painted it up in proper livery! More at the blog: https://miniordnancerev.blogspot.com/2019/12/genestealer-cult-forgeworld-rapier.html#more 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmer Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 Just got a large batch of GSC minis; this thread is really inspiring! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted January 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 29 minutes ago, dalmer said: Just got a large batch of GSC minis; this thread is really inspiring! Very cool! Any particular cult or theme you're going with? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalmer Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 19 hours ago, fingolfen said: Very cool! Any particular cult or theme you're going with? To be honest, I don't have a codex or anything so don't know options. But I do have a bunch of Guard figures and a slew of DKoK and a slew of renegades and a bunch of Chaos, so I was originally going to make a "traitor Guard" force to compliment the Chaos force... so I suppose I could make the Cult figures' uniforms and such match so I have flexibility. I don't even play 40k and am dusting off models to maybe start painting again in between all my other jobs/tasks. But I reckon were I to play down the road, having the flexibility to be able to field a GSC force with a slew of "counts as" models could help. Or vice versa, I don't know. I see this GSC as forming up after Chaos took a world or system or something. They nabbed it, thus the "traitor guard" link and then went out-system to conquer more stuff. And, as we all know that when you leave doors open the bugs can get in... ha ha. Any advice/thoughts/ideas? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted January 1, 2020 Report Share Posted January 1, 2020 Years back — long before Genestealer Cultists had their own codex — I remember a design blog by a guy who made an Imperial Guard army, but took care to magnetize all the panels that had icons on them, all the command squad banners, and what not. Then he created Imperial, Chaos, and Tyranid versions of all of them. Three armies in one! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted January 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 I tend to go with mostly "purpose built" forces by and large, though I have magnetized a couple of them. Cool thing about my Brood Brothers is I could run them vanilla guard as well if I wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 39 minutes ago, fingolfen said: I tend to go with mostly "purpose built" forces by and large, though I have magnetized a couple of them. Cool thing about my Brood Brothers is I could run them vanilla guard as well if I wanted to. Just throwing it out there, since it was a really neat idea. Obviously, you’re no slouch in the modeling department... On the other (three) hand(s), if might not be a bad trick to have in your tool box if you add some especially large and expensive Forge World monstrosity to the list. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted February 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 I can now say with absolute certainty - the Tectonic Fragdrill is the most time spent painting per point of the unit I've ever spent... EVER!!! Here's a few "in progress" shots - hoping to get it done in the next few days... More at the blog: https://miniordnancerev.blogspot.com/2020/02/work-in-progress-tectonic-fragdrill.html 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 Yeah, a lot of the Sector Mechanicus stuff is just ridiculously fiddly. When someone puts in the time and effort to really do it up properly, tho, like you've done here, the result is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingolfen Posted February 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 2/2/2020 at 12:29 PM, WestRider said: Yeah, a lot of the Sector Mechanicus stuff is just ridiculously fiddly. When someone puts in the time and effort to really do it up properly, tho, like you've done here, the result is awesome. Thanks!!! I'm unlikely to go to this level on everything... but it does come out pretty nicely. One of these years when I win the lottery and can just paint full time... *lol* 😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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