Time for a sizeable image dump...
In preparation for the Death Guard vs White Scars batrep (
viewtopic.php?f=84&t=31996) I got all the Giant Plague Rats/Plague Zombie Infestation based and undercoated, but ran out of time and energy to get them painted as well.
Some of the lower or more fragile models got some bits of wall added to make them easier to pick up, followed by the standard Plasticine filler and Vallejo Sandy paste texturing.
The 'Space Crusade' Chaos Dreadnought conversions also got done, although the green still needs shading.
Some household repairs required some Milliput, so I used the remnants to make some Nurglings to go around the Reaper Bones daemons.
Kicking off this year's gaming stuff were some Rhinos. I've been using some very basic green-painted placcy Rhinos on the few occasions that I use them, and decided that something more deluxe was required.
The purple ones were originally painted in SM1 days! Left-to-right:
An old RTB01 Chainsaw bayonet had been added to this way back in the day, I added a spike as an echo of the Plaguebearers' ones.
Top hatches carved off and replaced with three bits of tube, plus triple spikes on the front.
Triple spikes.
The front panels had already been carved off this one, so I added a dribbling Nurgle symbol, and also some tentacles coming out of the back, from a 40k Genestealer head.
These are on 30mm disc bases, as I've found the Rhino-based Vindicator and Contagion Engine/Whirlwind conversions look too crowded on 25mm.
This was a bit of a distraction, at some stage I'm going to get multiple use out of some of the Death Guard force by doing Lost and the Damned Redux, Ghalamore Incursion and maybe Chroma's old Daemonworld list, and have been stockpiling Beastmen etc. for the purpose. I decided to see what I had that would be suitable for Big Mutants and got a little carried away...
These are also on 30mm disc bases, the standard Mutants will be on 25mm bases from Vanguard to help distinguish between the two units. Includes Ogryns, Trolls, Minotaurs, some CSM Missile Launchers and a Heavy Bolter? from a Discrider. Arguably they're a bit over-gunned for having two Heavy Stubbers, but again it helps distinguish from the Beastmen as Mutants.
On a similar vein, these three lizards will give me another three Chaos Spawn so that the six existing ones can be used as a formation while these ones get used for formation upgrades. They're probably not going to get all the chains and stuff that the other got, due to it getting very fiddly.
Finally for now, the finished Bikers. The Lord started off the same as the middle guy on the right base, but his Chainsword had snapped off. This gave me a conversion idea, so after carving away a bit of a channel down his right side he got a scythe made from bent and flattened fuse wire, and even a little tentacle from Plastic Putty! The (unfinished) Chaos Standard Bearer and the wall were intentionally placed on each side so that they would help protect the delicate scythe from damage.