Sunday, October 2, 2016

Three May Keep a Secret...


I've had the idea for this in my head ever since the new Verminlord kit dropped. I figure that, the way things usually seem to go, Slaanesh would be the last one to get a plastic Greater Daemon kit, and there seemed to be a lot of potential in the Verminlord as a base for a conversion. Picked one up a while back, but didn't get around to doing anything with it until very recently. Finally started a while ago, and got the modeling finished the other day.
She's still mostly Verminlord parts. I shaved down all the raised Skaven detail as best I could, and then worked on covering up all the sunken detail. The other two arms are made from Soul Grinder claws and the back vents that are left over from the Daemon Prince kit (because who builds it without wings?), and then there are a few Slaaneshi icons from various kits and I sculpted a single breast on there, since that used to be a pretty major Slaaneshi theme.
The basing is my new usual, building up with cork and then trying to blend it together a bit with a paste of Mod Podge and fine sand, then adding on some pebbles from Woodland Scenics and some coarser sand over parts of it.
It took a ton of putty to get her extra arms blended in, but I think I managed a pretty good job of it. I was actually able to get a really good fit with the vents/arms, didn't even need to pin them. The only pinning is on the feet, one into the base and one sideways into the little hill there.
I added a coat of Mod Podge over all the greenstuff work once I was done, because it flows pretty nicely and does a great job of filling in the little rough spots that I'm not good enough to get out of the greenstuff.

Even tho she's not painted yet, I'm taking her along for a game of AoS at my buddy's place in a few here. Here's hoping she doesn't get hit too hard by New Model Syndrome. Y'all have a good one now, y'hear!

EDIT: I won the game, despite forgetting a bunch of Rules (Chaos Daemons all have a ton of unique Rules, half of which only kick in if there's a relevant Hero nearby, and then there were Faction abilities and stuff) that would have benefited me, and she took out a Treeman Ancient, taking only one Wound in the process. No New Model Syndrome here!


8 comments:

  1. The conversion is fantastic! It does make such a great Dark Prince with the motion and all those extra arms look great!

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    1. Thank you! She's probably the most ambitious conversion project I've ever tried, and I was super nervous and stalled out a couple of times, but now that she's done, I'm really happy with the results. Now I just hope I can get the painting up to the same level.

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  2. That model is deeply disturbing. I love it. Slaanesh would be proud.

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    1. Thank you! "Disturbing" is definitely a goal for my Chaos stuff.

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  3. That's an awesome conversion. And you're right, Slaanesh will be the last to get a proper Greater Daemon, which sucks cause I really like Slaanesh.

    Looking forward to seeing this painted.

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    1. Thanks! I started out in 40K with a bunch of Noise Marines, because I was a total metalhead back then, and the lack of love GW's shown Slaanesh has been something of a disappointment to me ever since.

      DreadTober is taking priority on my modeling/painting time right now, but I should hopefully get her painted by sometime in November.

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  4. Dude, that is pure awesome. Love it. Some great modelling skills there, and the idea is fab :)

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    1. Thanks, man! Coming from you, that is really a hell of a compliment :D

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