Generator Done!

Sctterfield Done

Plague Drake Build Done (probably)

Ok.  So I think I'm done with the building part of the plague drake.  Maybe a few tweaks here and there still but mostly done.  Probably.

Anyway.  Here are some shots.
Attached the head to the neck and added some nexk damage / exposed rot to the inside.

Added boils and rot to the main body.  Added corrosion and damage to the main hull.

 Work in progress shot of the underbelly with exposed rib cage.

 Added corrosion and damage to the wing sections.

Currently priming black.  Updates soon (-ish)

Coms. Relay / Targeting Relay Objective

Done-ski!

Booby Trapped Objectives

Done-ski!!!

Next up (time permitting) 'Targeting Relay'

Back to work .... *hangs head*

So Monday is back to work for me; the school year starts back up again.
Summers are always my most productive times but I hope that I will continue to be able to post material over the coming school year.  I am going to try to still do a little hobby work each night but between lesson plans, grading and RL that time is at a minimum.

Here's to hoping I can make a little progress this weekend and have something more to share.

Plague Drake Progess

Continuing the work on my Plague Drake.
Yesterday I made some progress on the head and chest.

HEAD
I found some of the armor bits I snipped off the head during the initial deconstruction and was able to marry them back onto the new exposed skull.  I trimmed back the white plastic card to accommodate the rescued pieces.

Green stuff work to fill gaps and add some connective tissue / diseased flesh.

CHEST

Using a pair of snips I cut a huge hole in the chest of the Hell Drake.  

I had wanted to use the main chest piece form the zombie dragon model, but the radius of the rib cage was too large and I just couldn't make it work.  In the end, I used the side ribs from the zombi dragon.  the side ribs were still a little bit too big so I glued a piece of the broken armor back on to act as a central chest plate and after that had set went back and clipped the ribs to fit the area.  All in all, I think it works ok. 

Still a lot to do. 

Foreseeable Problem
How am I going to mount this bad boy on his base?

Big Mek Rusty Whotnotz

Done!
(well ... 99% done... I just noticed I hadn't rimmed the base yet.. )

Order - Paint and Build (some more...)

As soon as the Hell Drake was released I (as a Nurgle Player) immediately wanted to make a "Plague Drake".  Finally... my back log of models has started to thin enough that I have gotten around to starting that project.

Concept Idea
Essentially I am looking to kit-bash these two kits.. and what ever I can find in my glorious bitz box.

I don't want to simply slap some zombie dragon parts on a Hell Drake and call it a day; I want to make the Hell Drake's armor look like it has corroded down to the skeleton below ...  

First thing I wanted to do was to upgrade the tail on the drake to something more substantial.  I replaced it with the tail from the Zombie Dragon and mounted the tail in the main exhaust port... a little green stuff and it fits in pretty well.

Next I started on the head.  As I mentioned I wanted to generate a corroded armor sort of feel.  I decided to build the normal Hell Drake Head and then cut away the armor and place in one of the skulls from the Zombie Dragon.  The Zombie Dragon skull is a little .... big ... but... I'm sure I can make it work. 

After I was able to align the skull I started re-building the armor plating I had to cut away.  It's very much a W.I.P. at the moment but... I think it will work in the end. 

Aaaaand, while waiting for green stuff to cure I started painting up 

Big Mek Rusty Whotnotz

Let's see what I can accomplish today!

Order - Build! Build! Build!

I've generated 4 more new objectives in line with the objective secured missions in the 7th edition book.  I like making objectives because it's an easy way to convince myself to make scenery and it's fun.

Scatterfield

Grav-Wave Generator

Booby Traps!

Targeting Relay

Aaaaand... last but not least.  While rooting around in my Bitz-Box I found the 2007 Games Day limited release Orc Warboss!  Forgot I had him ....  I thought he'd make an excellent Ork Big Mek so I set about modifying him.  

Introducing... Big Mek Rusty Wotnotz!!  

Equipped with a "Power Klaw", Boss Pole, 'Eavy Armor, Da' Fixer Upperz and a bucket of attitude!

Finished Knight!!

I'm super happy with the way it came out!
These colors aren't exactly true.. it looks a little darker in person.

Imperial Knight Progress!!

I'm ready to start adding decals and then some battle damage.  I'm not sure how much damage I am going to add yet.
So far... it's looking pretty.

Objective Complete!

Finished my "Quad Gun" / "Sky Fire Objective".

Quartering

I decided to try to 'quarter' my knight.
I really liked the blue color scheme but I also wanted something to tie into my Space Wolves army.
I wanted to represent that we had a free blade who worked with the Space Wolves; or maybe had some debt of honor to the Space Wolves.  At first I was going to just quarter the left shoulder and leave the rest of the Imperial Knight blue, but I thought he would look too much like a Librarian so... I decided to try this.  I want to try to mimic the Space Wolf color scheme as much as possible, hence his shoulder is yellow.  His giant chain sword will be red.

I'm diggin' it so far ... 

Imperial Knight

The knight is partially assembled and I've begun the metal dry-brushing that I typically do before I apply armor paint.  It's the armor paint that worries me.  I have a space wolfs army and adding a knight to it would be awesome.  The question is; do I try to follow my space wolf color scheme or do I paint a typical blue errant knight?

I'm torn.

Morkanaut DONE!

W00t!  Pretty pleased with the way it came out.

Next up.... Imperial Knight!