Quick and Easy Valkia The Bloody

There are many conversions of Warriors of Chaos Character, Valkia The Bloody. I have recently made my own with very little conversion work. Involved and just a handful of parts.

The model uses the body from the Witch Hunters model Celestine the Living Saint. I then beheaded her and replaced her head with a Seekers of Slaanesh Champion Head and gave her the Winged Backpack from the Chaos Space Marines Possessed as well as a shield from the chaos knights box. The spear is made from the a standard pole from the Wood Elves Glade Guard and a Bloodletter Hellblade although the spears from the Chaos Knights would also look pretty awesome. Apart from a couple of skulls I added to her base that is pretty much it. Took me just a few moments to make and only a tiny bit of green stuffing was used to cover up where her Witch Hunters symbols were on her thighs and her shoulder symbol was filed off.



Daemon Prince update: I attached his other front arm. Then he fell of my desk and now has no arms. They wilkl be reattached when he is mounted to a base :(

Of White and Washes

I love the Citadel washes from GW. They are a great improvment from the old inks they produced and can be used for various effects to make an average painter like myself look better than I really am. This little guide will show one method to do just that as well as paint lots of models very quickly.

It all comes down to starting with a white undercoat. You need it to be a smooth as possible for the best results. I used the GW skull white spray paint for the models shown here and must admit the undercoat could have been better had I had more time and better conditions to do these with.

The four Tyranid models below have all been undercoated white and then had 3 layers of different GW inks applied to them to paint their skin tone. The top model's use Leviathan Purple and Ogryn Flesh and the bottom two use Baal Red and Thraka Green. You can use more or less layers to get darker or lighter shades. I am going to use the purple and blue colour scheme to paint my newly aquired Trygon.



Just by applying laters of GW washes over white can produce some really good results and not just for Tyranids either. This space marines armour from my Spartan Space Marine Army has had 3 layers of Sepia wash over his armour to give it that tan colour.



Using the washes in this way gives you automatic shading for your armour or alien skin which means you can paint that Tyranid horde a lot quicker and still maintain a very good table top standard.

Daemon Prince II Update

Here's an update for my second Daemon Prince. I have added the Griffin Wings, and Lord of Change right arm to the High Elf Dragon body, tail and head. I have replaced his back feet with the talons from the Griffin and also added green stuff feathers to his back legs. I am awaiting my staff arm from eBay and base from Scibor so in the meantime all I can do is the green stuff work on his head which involves filling in the gaps and making a beak.

Daemon Prince Mash Up... Init?

So you've seen my first Daemon Prince built so what about the second? I am using a lot of bases from Scibor Miniatures for this army and this is a fantastic base that I am using for this guy.

I thought it would be cool to have him leaping off the ruins much like the High Elf Dragon so I decided that I shall use this model as the base. I didn't know what to use for the wings and then last week I saw the Griffon from the Island of Blood boxed set and thought that would be perfect! Add the claws from this model and it's all coming together nicely. I also have parts from The Lord of Change that I could use. Below are my collection of bits so far.



Since gathering these parts I can see that the head from the lord of change is way too small so this head from the High Elf Dragon will be a good alternative. I will test my green stuff skills by scultping a beak and also I will sculpt some feathers on to the model. I am now waiting for the Lord of Changes staff to arrive from eBay and I will have every piece I need.

More updates will come once I start building this bad boy.

Crimson Fist Assault Terminators

I've finshed the first two Assault Terminators for my Crimson Fist army. The rest of the squad will have pairs of lightning claws.

Toys for Tots Update

I have pretty much finished the first 3 miniatures from the command squad. I will go back to add a few more highlights at some point as I'm not really happy with these at the moment. As i'm working with a deadline I will now get the other 3 painted up first and then work on the Razorback before I do the extra highlights just to make sure I have them at tabletop standard at least before the deadline.

Nurgle Up Those Marines

As you know by now I love Forgeworld models and the Death Guard upgrade is awesome. The only drawback is that you do not get backpacks, legs and arms and the Chaos Space Marine plastics can look quite bare compared to the forgeworld parts so you end up with a model with highly detail parts and bare parts. There are several methods you can do to make the plastic parts more interesting and Nurgle-esc.

Guitar String
Guitar string can be used to add random pipes sticking out from your marines. They can be tricky to bend so I have not used a lot. I plan to paint the tubing on my Plague Marines to look like maggots.





Green Stuff
You can go nuts with green stuff for Plague Marines. You can create rotting armour, boils and even guts without even needing to be a green stuff expert. I can barely fill gaps with the stuff but when it comes to Nurgle I can just stretch it and poke it until I get something that looks very effective.



Drilling and Carving
This method I have used more than the other two as it is quicker and easier and still gives great results. Just by drilling holes and carving away at the armour with a hobby knife gives you nice holes in the armour that represent Nurgles rot or acid corroding the armour away. The same method can also be used for bullet holes and battle damage.



I hope these simple methods have given you some ideas if you plan to make your own Death Guard Plague Marines using the lovely Forgeworld parts. Below is the full 7 man squad.

I'm a resin crack whore!

Sometimes it's described as the black tar heroin of Warhammer 40,000 or simply resin crack. Either way there are good reasons why Forgeworld products are so addictive despite being so expensive. The detail in the models is superior to what you get with plastic and Forgeworld just bring out some gorgeous models that makes one simply struggle not to buy.

This Death Guard Plague Marine to the left for example maintains the old school look of the Plague Marines and is beautifully detailed. Added to it is one of the new pre heresy special weapons Meltagun.


Speaking of Pre Heresy, the new armour variant kits are fantastic. I bought loads of these to sell on Bitzbox and couldn't resist making a squad using one of each armour mark. This squad will be used as Sternguard Veterans for My Crimson Fist army.



The MK3 head was used in my Toys for Tots entry so I used a metal bare head instead which with the bulky MK3 armour really makes the Space Marine's proportions look more realistic.

A start on the Chaos Marines

I've started building some models for my chaos army. We start with the Daemon Prince of Slaanesh. Since the new plastic kit came out a few people started converting some up with the Trygon tail and I just had to get in on the action.



This is the first of my Chaos Bikers of Nurgle. He is armed with a power fist and also has the icon of Nurgle which I represented by cutting up an icon of Khorne and attaching it his backpack.

Some Crimson Fists

My main 40k army is my Crimson Fists. They are my favourite Space Marine chapter and I love their colour scheme. I have seen a couple of armies that use the really dark blue armour with sharp contrasting highlights which I have gone with in this army. Below are a captain with power fist and storm bolter and my first land speeder.







The land speeder is pinned to the pillar which is from Forgeworld and held in with some very strong super glue.

Toys For Tots 2010 - Ultramarines

Every year the 40k Radio Freebootaz forum helps the Toys For Tots charity by asking their members to donate stuff for an army which they later auction off. This year it is Ultramarines and my contribution is the Captain of the 3rd Company, his command squad and a razorback.

This is the model I plan to use for Captain Fabian although he will have a head from Forgeworld.



The command squad will include this skullz model.



Company Champion



And what I have so far: I just need to complete one more objective marker and a marine with plasma gun

Chaos Space Marines 2000 points list

This is the 2000 point Chaos Space Marine list that I intend on building. It suits my style of play which is get in fast and his at close range. I have the two winged princes for my HQ and 2 survivable units of Plague Marines in rhinos ready for objectives. The bikes are also tough and have an anti tank loadout. They will be one hit wonders who can soak up their fair share of fire power. The Berserkers will ride in the land raider for close range assaults. The Defiler is used to add some fire support and the Chosen will use their outflanking abilities.

As well as the game terms I chose this list because of the models and units. I think having an army that you enjoy building and painting is more important then one that is powerful on the battle field. This one tries to be both and I can't wait to get started on my first daemon prince for this army.

HQ: Daemon Prince (1#, 205 pts)

1 Daemon Prince @ 205 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 32 & 92); Unit Type: Monstrous Creature; Unit Type: Jump Infantry; Wings; Mark of Tzeentch; Close Combat Weapon; Eternal Warrior; Fearless; Psyker; Warptime x1; Wind of Chaos x1)

HQ: Daemon Prince (1#, 155 pts)

1 Daemon Prince @ 155 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 32 & 92); Unit Type: Monstrous Creature; Unit Type: Jump Infantry; Wings; Mark of Slaanesh; Close Combat Weapon; Eternal Warrior; Fearless; Psyker; Lash of Submission x1)

Elite: Chosen (6#, 155 pts)

5 Chosen @ 155 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 27 & 94); Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Bolt Pistol x5; Bolter x1; Close Combat Weapon x5; Flamer x2; Meltagun x2; Infiltrate; Rhino)

1 Rhino ((C:CSM, pp. 42 & 96); Unit Type: Vehicle (Tank); Transport Capacity: 10 models; Access Points: 3; Fire Points: 1; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Twin Linked Bolter; Repair)

Troops: Noise Marines (7#, 200 pts)

5 Noise Marines @ 200 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 39 & 97); Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Mark of Slaanesh; Bolt Pistol x5; Bolter x5; Close Combat Weapon x5; Fearless; Rhino)

1 Noise Champion ((C:CSM, pp. 39 & 97); Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Mark of Slaanesh; Bolt Pistol; Bolter; Doom Siren; Power Weapon; Fearless)

1 Rhino ((C:CSM, pp. 42 & 96); Unit Type: Vehicle (Tank); Transport Capacity: 10 models; Access Points: 3; Fire Points: 1; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Twin Linked Bolter; Repair)

Troops: Plague Marines (8#, 231 pts)

7 Plague Marines @ 231 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 38 & 97); Unit Type: Infantry; Blight Grenades; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Mark of Nurgle; Bolt Pistol x7; Bolter x5; Close Combat Weapon x7; Meltagun x2; Fearless; Feel No Pain; Rhino)

1 Rhino ((C:CSM, pp. 42 & 96); Unit Type: Vehicle (Tank); Transport Capacity: 10 models; Access Points: 3; Fire Points: 1; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Extra Armor; Twin Linked Bolter; Repair)

Troops: Plague Marines (8#, 221 pts)

7 Plague Marines @ 221 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 38 & 97); Unit Type: Infantry; Blight Grenades; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Mark of Nurgle; Bolt Pistol x7; Bolter x5; Close Combat Weapon x7; Flamer x2; Fearless; Feel No Pain; Rhino)

1 Rhino ((C:CSM, pp. 42 & 96); Unit Type: Vehicle (Tank); Transport Capacity: 10 models; Access Points: 3; Fire Points: 1; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Extra Armor; Twin Linked Bolter; Repair)

Troops: Khorne Berzerkers (8#, 168 pts)

8 Khorne Berzerkers @ 168 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 36 & 98); Unit Type: Infantry; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Power Armour; Mark of Khorne; Bolt Pistol x8; Close Combat Weapon x8; Fearless; Furious Charge)


Fast Attack: Bikers (5#, 275 pts)

4 Bikers @ 275 pts ((C:CSM, pg. 27 & 99); Unit Type: Bikes; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Bike; Power Armour; Icon of Nurgle; Mark of Nurgle; Bolt Pistol x4; Close Combat Weapon x2; Twin Linked Bolter; Meltagun x2)

1 Biker Champion ((C:CSM, pg. 27 & 99); Unit Type: Bikes; Frag Grenades; Krak Grenades; Bike; Power Armour; Mark of Nurgle; Bolt Pistol; Power Fist)

Heavy Support: Defiler (1#, 150 pts)

1 Defiler @ 150 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 41 & 101); Unit Type: Vehicle (Walker); Daemonic Possession; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; 2x Dreadnought CCWs; Battle Cannon; Reaper Autocannon; Twin Linked Heavy Flamer; Fleet)

Heavy Support: Land Raider (1#, 235 pts)

1 Land Raider @ 235 pts ((C:CSM, pp. 44 & 101); Unit Type: Vehicle (Tank); Access Points: 3; Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Extra Armor; 2x Twin-linked Lascannons; Twin Linked Heavy Bolter; Assault Vehicle)

Points Cost 1995