Another Figure Complete

For the long weekend I decided to do some painting in York, some work done on the Cult but also working on finishing off a squad of Imperial Guard.

Whilst the Scavvy / Cultist still remains to be finished (I have done work on it, honest) I managed to finish my Relic bearer / Priest.

I think the staff came out alright. He didn't end up as good as the Confessor but the model is older so a little simpler.

Hopefully won't be too much longer before I finish that Scavvy...

Confessor Finished and a New Project

So I've finished  the Confessor (minus the base). Only had his mace to do so I just needed to find some free time to do it. It wasn't anything too taxing.

I think this ranks as my best painted model ever and didn't take that long to do. Its a stark contrast to the first model I painted (sadly no pictures available as I stripped it a couple of weeks ago).

Also, whilst routing around in my bits box I found an old metal figure that I bought when I was using the Citadel Journal Genestealer Cult rules (so probably around 10 years or so ago). I think its an old Empire Light Wizard model (I ordered it when GW still had its bits service). The model was supposed to be used as a special character in the Journal rules but I never really got round to finishing him off. So after digging him out, I rustled together a few bits and made something that will hopefully fit into my cult.

Basically, I've replaced his sword with a fancy bolt pistol, and created an ornate staff head out of a cocktail stick, genestealer claw and genestealer head (the claw is supposed to be holding the head and it will all be a nice shade of gold). I also trimmed off the Egyptian bear that he was sporting. Not sure how he's going to look at the moment, I think I need to get some paint on him and hopefully he'll come to life and fit right in.

Sidecar - Complete

Well I've just finished my sidecar (but not the bike or the rider) and thought it deserved an update.

However, I've not started painting the bike yet though I've almost finished modelling the rider (I just have the sleeves to do).

I've got a little bored with painting Shadow Grey at the moment so I'm also working on a Space Marine Captain (painted red) to mix things up a little.

Sidecar Construction Complete

Part 2
Part 1

After waiting for the greenstuff to cure, I got round to finishing the construction of the bike and sidecar (the rider still has a lot of work to go).

The final steps I made also meant that I didn't have to modify the Hybrid passenger so I just put his arms back on.

To do some work on the sidecar (and for later painting) I needed to detach it from the main body so the shape may be a little crooked (I've just placed it together to get a rough idea of things).

And here's the pictures:

I decided to use one of my resin wheels instead of the plastic Space Marine wheel to match the rest of the bike (and also use some of them up). I did some greenstuff work to make the hub cap and improve the tread.

I used another wheel for a spare tyre doing similar greenstuff work to the other wheel I added. I also wanted to have some method of attaching the wheel (other than just having it glued on) to make it look more realistic. I initially tried modelling a strap but that didn't work well so I used some stiff wire to build a bracket.

I trimmed down the cockpit and added a greenstuff cushion to finish off the sidecar.

The next stage is to give it all an undercoat to check that all my surfaces are smooth and that there are no marks with the greenstuff. As the rider is detachable, I can work on him at a later date.

Sidecar Update 2

Part 1

I got my first delivery of Sentinel Searchlights yesterday but didn't have much time to work on the Sidecar last night.

Here's what I managed to do last night / this morning, unfortunately I didn't even have time to take the photos from my proper camera so my phone will have to do.

Its not much, just basically finishing the handlebars and adding the light. I've also added one of my spare wheels to the back to make a little stowage.

The bike itself is pretty much finished, its just the sidecar I need to focus on now, cleaning up the underside and making the 'cockpit' look less like I'm just sticking someone in there - thoughts have included sculpting a robe for my Hybrid, sculpting a 'blanket' to keep the water out or adding seat lining (like cushions). I'm also going to work on adding some stowage to it to make it look less 'efficient'.

I Got Mail!

So after a week away from work I received a few parcels today containing the following:

First up is the crashed ship from (I think) the 40k 4th edition starter set:

This will make a good piece of scenery for the cult (the Patriarch had to get to the planet somehow).

Next up is the model that is supposed to pilot the ship:

After a good soak in Dettol and a bit of conversion work, this chap will make a good Hybrid.

I also received the wheels I ordered for my bikers (here's the link to where I ordered them from):

 These wheels are about the same size as the Space Marine bike wheels though unfortunately they're one sided so I'm going to have to do some greenstuff work to make them work with my bikes.

The Unwashed Masses

One of the core parts of a Genestealer Cult force are the Brood Brothers - ordinary humans fighting alongside the Genestealers. The easiest, and most common way to represent these are through the use of Imperial Guardsmen, representing military defectors, but the background also includes regular civilians such as miners, office clerks and so on.

Unfortunately Games Workshop do not provide any 'Imperial Citizen' models (or at least that I can find), with the closest 'non-military' models being those from Necromunda (which in turn have their own flaws as each gang has its own unique look so an entire army of these would look a little odd).

So I decided to attempt to create my own 'patchwork militia' from some spare parts I had lying around.

The main components consisted of Catachan legs, trimmed and modified with greenstuff to look less militaristic, Cadian arms, with the shoulder pads trimmed off, and Empire militia or Catachan torsos with assorted heads.

To keep with the non-military aspect, I tried to keep the weaponry the militia were armed with as low-tech as possible, instead of grenades they have Molotov cocktails, autoguns instead of lasguns and very primitive flame throwers.

I've still got a little more work to do on them but they're one of my first major projects (and my first using greenstuff) so I don't think they're too bad from cobbling a few parts together.

Scratch built heavy stubber

More heavy stubber

Primitive flame thrower and welding mask

Rebel with Molotov cocktail

Greenstuff Satchel

Running rebel

Balaclava hooligan