Thursday 28 February 2019

Emperor's Children Forgefiend


I actually painted this model twice! Once a few years ago shortly after the kit came out, and again recently to update the scheme to match my current Emperor's Children force. I haven't changed traitor legion over the years, but I did update how I painted them as my skills developed, and I wanted it to look good with the rest of the force (I updated my Helbrute in a similar way last year).


I've always liked the Ectoplasma Cannon head, just because it looks like a demon parrot or something! In fact, I like that head so much that I used it as the basis for my Heldrake's head that still graces the top of this blog today.


In terms of conversion work, it's pretty stock, but I did use one of the Mauler Fiend's tendrils to make a tail for it. It was 5 minutes of work, but I think it looks good and adds a sense of balance to the model when viewed from the side where it's quite front-heavy!


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  1. Great addition of the tail, really does balance it and I thought it was part of the kit until reading your text. So, good stuff. What's in the mix for Monster March from you?

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    1. I'm going to put up a short post about it tomorrow, I'm painting a Shadowsword for my Steel Legion.

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  2. Nice to see this thing finally making it to the blog. It's one of my favourite Chaos kits.

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    1. Yeah, it's pretty cool. I think you might have bought it for me actually.

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  3. I've always loved this model. The painting looks great and that tail is an awesome little touch. I may have to steal that idea.

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    1. Yeah, sometimes the small and easy conversions have the biggest impact.

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  4. Excellent! One of my favourite Models, and you've done a great job with it. As mentioned, the tail is a nice little added touch.

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    1. Thanks. I'm happy with the repaint, and it might actually see the tabletop now.

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