Building a better Chaos Marine Tank! Vehicle Upgrades Done Right by The Dark Works!

 For years, I have wished somebody would make good Chaos gear for Rhinos, Predators, Land Raiders and well everything. Somebody finally made them!

I think the "Just add spikes" approach is lazy. Forge World once had the extra armor kits, but seems to have gotten out of the 40k traitor business, which is a shame.

Nowadays, what's a heretic astartes to do? I know: call the Dark Works and check out their stuff ...

GW Alternative: Affordable Nurgle, Khorne Bikers/ Jetbike from Puppetswar

TJ here to talk about some minis that interested me for two reasons: Price and potential. These Doom Bikers from Puppetswar, a company my friends and I have had some great experiences with, not only blow away the old GW bike sculpts (for Chaos players in this case in particular), but also come in cheaper than the GW plastic bikes. They also have a jet bike! Let's take a look at the bikes, their options and talk price point.

GW Alternative: Transcendent C'Tan Alternative from MC Minis!

TJ here to just talk about another Alternative model from a company that desrves a little shout out: Master Crafted Minis. Now, they produce quite a few items (shoulder pads and guns being on the list), but since we have been talking super heavies lately, I wanted to show off what I think would be  great alternative to the plastic Transcendent C'tan model.

Alternative Daemon Princes from Hi Tech Miniatures!

Need a Daemon Prince, but really don't want the same one as everyone else? Don't like the GW model, but want to stick to the same scale? Can't/ Don't want to convert a nice Daemon Prince? I am always looking for alternatives as part of my building a better series and while this is more of a GW Alternative article, it still may be up your alley.

GW Alternative: 3rd Party Mechanicus/ Dark Mechanicus from Hi-Tech

TJ hee with another GW Alternative article, this time focused on Tech Priests, Servitors and other possibilities you could mine from the Hi-Tech Miniatures line. I have used there minis in the past and have a few mixed feelings, but generally like them very much. Let's take a look at a bunch of the Bio Tech Covenant and see how they can offer us some new and highly detailed choices for tech priests and other mechanicus (or henchmen) modeling.

Mechs and tons of Conversion Possibilities for YOUR Tau and AdMech! From Paulson Games!

TJ here to talk about a Miniature Company we here at DFG have been fans of for a very long time, Paulson Games, who recently have been hard at work building up an incredible selection of Mechs, weapons and accessory bits that not only look great on their own, but also in conversions with your favorite games system, whether you are looking to spruce up that Tau Commander, create some AdMech or add some big guns to your Infinity models. Let's take a look at what he has to offer (lots of pics):

Kromlech Bionic bits for Iron Hands and Iron Warriors

TJ here to show off some bits I bought from Kromlech that I think could be useful for the Iron Hands and (for me) the Iron Warriors. These bionic bits are very well detailed, pretty inexpensive and will draw attention to your army!

DFG Spotlight: Sam's Salamanders Conversions from the NC Warhammer Gamers Group!

TJ here with a quick Spotlight guest post from Samuel Warner, a local gamer in the N.C. area who is building a great looking Salamanders army, complete with cold ones, drake themes and bits from third party companies like Spellcrow. Check out what he has got going on!

Hi-Tech Obliterator Alternatives Painted!

TJ here with a ton of photos of my Oblits which were made from the original three Hi-Tech Miniatures Terrorizer models (now I believe there are three more additional models). These models are a lot nicer than the GW models and make great oblits. I painted them up in the same scheme as the rest of my End of Days army, so let's take a look:

Product Review: Plague Marine Alternative Legs from Kromlech's Morbid Legionaire bits!

TJ here to talk about some great alternative Plague Marine (or Possessed) legs that I picked up from Kromlech.eu. These legs come in a 6 pack (two pairs of three) and cost about $10 US. They are very detailed and in fact, I would say that these are the legs Forge World should have produced when they made their plague Marine conversion kit. There are open sores, rent armor, worms and many more small details that make for an excellent set of legs for anybody looking to make legs for Plague Marines or Possessed. I would even stretch to say you could make some zombie themed Legion of the Damned with them too (oh, now there is a hilarious idea!). Anyway, I have prepared some pics below to help you get a full visual of each set of legs in the kit.

Building Great Plague Marines from Dark Vengeance Chosen!

TJ here and tonight I want to talk about converting those Dark Vengeance Chosen that you swore you would do something with into something actually useful for your Chaos army and, since we have been talking about building a better Plague Marine lately, I want to make some Plague Marines out of my Dark Vengeance Chaos Marines. I puposefully stuck to a minimum of 3rd party bits and Green Stuff work because I wanted to show you how easy this can be and encourage a little bit of conversion out there, since I know everybody and their mother have these models on their shelf somewhere. Let's take a look at the squad I made.

Building a Better Plague Marine Product Review: Kromlech's Morbid Legionaries Shoulder Pads!

TJ here with a review of Kromlech's Morbid Legionaries shoulder pads. I am sorry but for some reason Blogger won't let me rotate the photos, but in any case, I want to take a good look at these things with you before I add them to my next conversions.

GT template search

The Michigan GT is into day two and as I walked around I was looking at tools of the trade. I stopped to admire Nick Mills' army and noticed some strange templates.

                                 

Building a Better Noise Marine Part II: Sonic Weapons from Spellcrow Miniatures

Sonic weapons are a great piece of gear for busting units out of cover and I would like to show you some GW alternatives from Spellcrow minis in this installment of "Building a Better"

Building a Better Plague Marine Part II: Spellcrow Miniatures

TJ here to continue my series on Building Better Chaos Marines with 3rd party bits. A reader pointed me toward Spellcrow, which is a company that produces a number of minis, including a line of bits for Plague Legions, which includes everything from arms to heads to weapons and more. Let's take a look at this bits.

More Obliterator and Chaos Lord/ Terminator Alternatives from Hi Tech!

TJ here with a quick post about some more awesome alternative minis I plan to order now that they are out (and I am temporarily back in America). Of course I am talking about the latest set of Terrorizers from Hi Tech Miniatures!
http://hitechminiatures.com/2/product/product/

These are similar to the set I already own that came out last year from the company. These are awesome and highly detailed and would make great oblits nurgle or otherwise. Don't listen to me though, take a look!

Unique, Alternative Tyranid Bits from Epoch Studioz

TJ here with a post brought to you by one of our Facebook posters. I was pointed toward Epoch Studioz recently and found some really great alternative heads, weapons (including TL devourer solutions), plates, pods and more. Let's take a look at what they have to offer the expecting broodmothers out there.

Perfect Death Guard Terminator Leg Alternatives from Kromlech

In the past, we have seen some great stuff from Kromlech including a set of legs that would be great for Plague Marines. Today, I am helping get the word out and adding to my Building a Better Chaos Marine series with these legs.

A Wave of Zombies is Approaching!

TJ here with a huge wave of Mantic Zombies I am using in my Chaos army and when I run my Chaos and Necron allies for recent tournaments. These Mantic Zombies really lend themselves to being painted well and I really like the way the came . I also have a few with GW parts and a couple of Crypt ls bashed into Mantic Zombie legs. Lets take a look at a few more photos.

Perturabo Fully Painted and Ready for War!

Not long ago I asked what people thought my next project would be. Keeping in step with the unsubtle nature of the Iron Warriors, I have decided to announce my return to the IV Legion with the posting of their gene-father, the Lord of Iron, Perturabo. The model I chose is the Pro-Turbo model from Hi-Tech Miniatures, which as you can imagine, is a great fit for Perturabo. In fact, with further research into the Heresy series, this model is nearly dead accurate. In any case, I really enjoyed painting the model that will form the centerpiece of the Heresy-Era Iron Warriors and their cohort. Let take a look at the model and where I drew inspiration from.