Sunday 1 December 2019

Sawberus Unremembered


I was reading the air freshener bottle label whilst idly sat on the toilet the other day.  It said, "Immerse yourself in intoxicatingly sensuous jasmine" at the top of the blurb, and I thought to myself 'This was written by a worshipper of Chaos.  I just know it.  There's a Slaaneshi cultist lurking somewhere in the Avon factory, making up innappropriate tag lines and advertising jargon.  These are the fucking end times, dude'.


Anyway, speaking of Chaos, I haven't been completely idle and I am semi-diligently working on my latest Hellforged abomination.  I made the base last, obviously, because dicking around, trying to pin a fully painted model onto its base positively reeks of professionalism.  But I managed it, in the end, without too much fuss and only a modicum of cursing.



Then I realised that I had absolutely no clue how to paint the damn thing and had completely forgotten the recipe.  Trawling back through previous posts wasn't much help at all.  I knew I had based it with Zhandri Dust and used Brass Scorpion at some point along with glazing medium.  And that was about it.  So I'm writing it down with pictures this time.   Its not the same as the original (of course it isn't!) but I'm ok with it.


The base tiles are different this time anyway.  I ran out of thick plasticard to use as the marble slabs, so I ended up sawing a bit of terrain up.

And lashings of Reikland Fleshshade Glaze! (not shown here)
Sorry, Alistair, but if you ever want the Secret Weapon miniatures Urban Streets board back, it might have a couple of holes in it.  I'll make it up to you, promise.  You probably don't even remember gifting it to me, so I'm being a bit stupid even mentioning it on my blog.  I shaped it and filed it down so it doesn't even look like the board tile.  The tiles were of a similar size to the knight, so I thought I could get away with it.

One man and his dog

Regardless, it's not finished yet.  Not by a long shot.  The original idea was to cover it in gore.  I meant to drown that fucker in claret.  I wanted it bearded in blood.

Here, Shep! Here, boy!

Now I'm not so sure.  I think I should at least practice on a test model or something before committing.  I tried using an old toothbrush and pot of Blood For the Blood God against the wall and the results were promising.  But it could go horribly wrong.  Not that Khorne will care.

C'mon, boy!  Fetch!

13 comments:

  1. Oh would youb look at that puppy! Isn't he just the cutest?

    I really like where you are going with Sawberus. But I agree that he needs some gore. I don't know about covering him, but a bit around the sawface and maybe a trail of drips?

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    1. He's a good dog, yes. I'll try not to be too... egregious with the blood effects. Drip trails are a great idea, thanks. I'll dig out my UHU glue and some human hair and see what happens.

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  2. Love the Sawberus Armiger. They look great together, superb job mate!

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    1. Cheers, Siph. I want to complete the set with a Nurgle war dog at some point.

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  3. Oh yeah, 600% guaranteed Slaanesh is also god of Marketing XD

    Sawberus is looking great there! I can understand wanting to go all BftBG, but I can also understand being hesitant to go wild with it over a paint job that nice.

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    1. Yeah, Slaanesh would love the idea of rampant consumerism, wouldn't S/He? I'll be careful with the blood effects. Thats why I stopped and did a blog post before adding them. I don't want to rush and make a pig's ear of it.

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  4. I look forward to you discovering the joy of Patreon provided 40K nonsense, and the joy of owning your own 3D printer :-)

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    1. I'm not sure what 'Patreon provided 40k nonsense' is. A 3D printer is tempting, but I already blew my wad on a VR headset this year. No more gadgets. For now.

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  5. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15191641

    https://www.patreon.com/themakerscult

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    1. Interesting. Sounds like work tho...

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    2. Says the man who spends hours, if not days getting all the little details right :-) One of the useful things about my printer has been printing stands that keep GW washes open, and trays that hold GW paint bottles. Their stupid shape makes them harder to store without spilling than other ranges.

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  6. As someone who works in the packaging design industry, I can confirm that yes, I have no doubt that slaaneshi cultists do also work in the industry (seriously, its the only logical reason to explain away the insanity)!

    Also, that sir is a fantastic looking model, both in structure and painting!!

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    1. At least its not a Stealer cult. Surely Slaanesh has better taste in music? Cheers, Cheef.

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