Manic Monday # 67

 Well another weekend has come and gone and while I dont feel like I did much modeling, I did get plenty of sleep...I needed it too. 

So the plan was to airbrush the Heraldry on the Stormhawk Thursday/ Friday weather permitting. Build MKV Dreadnought arms (Plasma Cannon/ Multi Melta) for MkV Dreadnought. Do some work on Nemesis Skull Reaver. 

I slept in Thursday so painting was out. I did not even leave the house except to take out trash. Relaxed. Later that day I busted out the Green Stuff World Roll Maker and started making some hoses and tubing for one of the 2 Dreadnoughts I was planning on working on. 

I dont think he will live again

So some green stuff tubing and hoses with some sheet aluminum and we have destroyed dreadnought. With the Front of the Sarcophgus open I had to try and to make a pilot

 Yup I think he's dead

Pilot built from Green stuff and zombie torso and head I think. 

As of Friday/ Saturday here is where I left off on the base and pilot

Got wrecked

still dead

So I started on my Other MkV Dreadnought Weapons 

I needed to get some paint on Storm hawk

Friday

Saturday

Panel lining down, Hazard stripping started, gonna try to get weapons casings first coat started 

Did I mention I worked on the Skull Reaver......

Size Comparison

Collar of Khorne!

So I decided my nesxt 2 Terminator squads are gonna be Terminator Squads so I can have 4 Terminator squads as troops since I cna use them more than a 3rd squad of Paladins. 

Nemesis............................

 

So with my group beginning to dive into Crusade, and I am probably gonna play my Grey Knights. In Crusade My Warlord can possibly have a Nemesis if I am playing a Chaos Marine or Chaos Daemon Player ie FREE MODEL for Chaos players. Its one of those models that I should build and paint for my collection for Crusade games. Options are as follows:

• Master Of Possession
• Herald of Tzeentch
• Herald Of Nurgle
• Herald of Slannesh
• Herald of Khorne
• Daemon Prince
• Great Unclean One
• Bloodthirster
• Keeper of Secrets 
• Lord Of Change

Of the 10 options I feel the Master of Possession and all 4 Heralds are a joke. The 4 Greater Daemons......yeah not giving opponent a free Greater Daemon..

So Daemon Prince it is. And when it comes to the Dark Gods....I am all about that Slaanesh but not wanting to fight against. Never been a big fan of Tzeentch or Nurgle....So Khorne it is. The Idea of my Grey Knight Warlord fighting a Winged Khorne Daemon Prince is going to be awesome. 

Years ago I bought the plastic Daemon Prince from GW. 

And well he has been sitting around unbuilt for years. I am still not a fan of this model. While looking up conversion ideas, I stumbled upon this image for a Daemon Prince On Blood of Kittens back in 2018 deemed the Skullreaver Khorne Daemon Prince. 

"This conversion is based on the Ogroid Thurmaturge model from the Disciples of Tzeentch AOS army. The wings come from the Varghiest/ Crypt Horror kit, which is so fantastic for conversions. The axe and belt buckle are from the Bloothirster, his ponytail and Khorne tabbard (not visible) are from the Bloodsecrator AOS kit and the shoulder pads are from the Helbrute.

The basing is the Ophidian Gate terrain and some Miliput."

Size comparison

not much size difference but once properly based and given wings he will be bigger.

So pricing him out:

Generic GW Daemon Prince - $45

vs

Ogroid Thurmaturge- $42

Crypt Horrors-  $50

Bloodthirster- $140

Bloodsecrator (on ebay) $23

So Crypt Horrors I guess I can use as Spawn....or Lesser daemons. The parts out of the Bloodthirster kit are variant pieces so I'll have a Bloodthirster....so Ok its doable.  I will have to source out the shoulder pads from Pop goes the Monkey....but I'm gonna try to give him skulls from the Citadel Skull box as shoulder pads first.

Basing would be my standard urban rubble terrain, with destroyed building and destroyed MkV Dreadnought.....good thing I have spare plastic dreadnought pieces. 

Daemons.........

 So other day I went to my FLGS Imperial Outpost to see what caught my eye. I had already purchased my night haunt spirit hosts for objective counters and have an idea in my head for my Grand Master Wilhelm De Sonnac of the 7th Brotherhood. 

The base model will be Voldus but I am  changing out the Hammer for a Halberd and so other minor things too. I already have a body started (of the 3 Voldus models I have) and have removed the "tactical Rock" from under his hammer and foot. 😒

As a replacement for said "Tactical Rock" I am going with roasted mutant/ Daemon from the Sisters of Battel box set. 

And hopefully I can have the halberd in the model. I want to change the pose of his stormbolter arm too, but we will have to see on that one. 

With the burnt Mutant/ Daemon on his base Grand Master De Sonnac is going to need a more specialized base. 

So with that in mind I hunted down Vince Venturella's Hobby Cheating Episode # 94 "How to make Urban Bases" on YouTube. for some ideas. I want to elevate him so he is more imposing and possibly mount him on a 50mm base.

Remember I said I want to my  FLGS  to see what caught my eye. More Basing material. 

Daemons to put on bases. I need to pick up poxwalkers, other daemons, and cultist but I like where this is headed so far. 

And as a final thought

Fire and Magic teaser.