Thursday 27 October 2016

Gal Vorbak, Zone Mortalis and FW weapon upgrades

Howdy Guys and Girls :)

Today I have a mixed post for you - showing off my Gal Vorbak (well, the first five I've finished now), sharing a project from a friend and taking a look at some of the upcoming Forgeworld Weapon Upgrades.

Gal Vorbak

The Blessed Sons, Dark Brethren, Possessed of the Word Bearers Legion




The Gal Vorbak is a title that, over time, came to refer to any of the Word Bearers who were possessed by the powers of the Warp, but those who later bore the title were a lesser breed of abomination compared to the first of the Legion's brethren who sealed their pact with darkness. The Gal Vorbak were the first of their kind; Space Marines and Daemons fused into a single being.








Converting and painting these guys was really fun as I could add some homage elements from the first chaos books to the models - thanks to some AoS parts. I even could sneak a Marine possessed by a Verminlord into the unit. Next to do is a Mhara Gal Dreadnought aswell as a few characters.

Oh, and some Sisters of Silence arrived recently (the sprues are now guarded by a Silentium Pantherinae ...) - looking forward to work on them.




Zone Mortalis Custom Tile and Forgeworld Weapon Upgrades


Now I would like to share a project by our buddy Col. Hertford. He recently bought a 3D printer and is now experimenting with custom tiles for Zone Mortalis. We chatted a bit and now he's working on a special one for me (an internet cookie for anyone who finds out what it is about). He is still trying things out so it's pretty much just a concept, but it's already looking great:


You can follow his project here or on his blog (http://colhertford.blogspot.co.at/) - I'm looking forward how it turns out and can't wait to paint the tile.

Last but not least - Forgeworld announced today that you can buy some of the weapon upgrades at the next 40k Open Days - awesome!



I also heard that the Terminator upgrade for Assault Cannons and the Ultramarines Breacher Shields should be available soonish. What Legion specific upgrades would you like to see in the future?




Hope you enjoyed my post today :)

Regards,
Lady Atia

36 comments:

  1. I'll be 'avin some of those emperor's children spears at open day thank you very much.

    Would be great to see some Kopesh power sword and spears for thousand sons in the future.

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    1. Oh yeah, 1k sons need some cool meele weapons :)

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  3. Those ultramarine upgrades arnt expected to be at novembers open day?? Any estimate on that? I need them now!!

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    1. It's painful waiting for these upgrades.. I have So many Terminators waiting for Vigil Pattern Storm Shields and Assault Cannons:(

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    2. Not sure if you will be able to get them there, but they shouldn't be that far away :)

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  4. Nice post, as usual.
    What I am really waiting for is the Blood Angel transfer sheet, I have a lot of tanks waiting their transfer to be finished

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    1. Thanks :)

      Afaik the sheets get done when they do the book artworks. So we should get them once the blood angels get their black book :)

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  5. I´m really waiting for Mechanicum tranfer sheet or etched brass...

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    1. Atleast we will get a Malinax sheet soon :)

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  6. Combat shields for assault squads would be nice.

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  7. What legion specific weapons could Iron Warriors get? Not sure... maybe modified umbra ferox bolsters with more shots for tac squads or like Technomajestic said... legion assault shields and maybe hammers for the Iron IVth. Not sure really

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  8. Whoa. I would not want to run into those dudes in a dark alley.

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  9. Easily obtained mk iii breacher shield and carrying arms please to go with prospero mk iii plastics :)

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  10. As a world eater player I want something. I feel like we've been forgotten

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    1. MOOOOORE CHAIN/POWER AXES!!!!

      And more salamander stuffs

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    2. I did some sculpting for my salamanders (actually, I think I will have to finish them alongside my RG - shattered legions style) :D

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  11. Nice, ornate athames to put on the belts of Word Bearers officers.

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    1. The AoS Wrathmonger kit has some (I used them for my sergeants ;D).

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  12. Salamanders hammers would be good or dragon scale Shields!

    Also do people think Custodes will get Dreadnoughts and Titan upgrades as I'm currently reading Thousand Sons and paragraph seemed to imply they do have them!

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    1. Infantry-scaled dragon scale shields would be great indeed. Used on of the terminator shields for my Numeon :)

      Mhmmm ..... titan upgrades once we got a plastic warhound would be cool indeed ^_^

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    2. Yeah Numeon is on my to do list! Once I've painted what I've got so far! But definitely might use a guardian spear and dragon scale shield for him!!

      The thought of a Custodes contemptor seems far more reasonable for my ability!!

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    3. http://battlebunnies.blogspot.co.at/2015/11/pre-heresy-salamanders-artellus-numeon.html

      I converted Hestans spear with the help of a grey knights blade and a volkite charger ;)

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    4. Well now I'm off to find my resin Vulkan Hestan!!

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    5. Atia, thanks for the suggestion - I've spent the evening hacking and reposing my Vulkan Hestan.
      The addition of the shield is really good, just need a Guardian spear from Prospero and then all good!
      Does yours have house rules?

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    6. Glad it worked out for you :)

      And yes. Eh no. Ehhh he will have. Wait, I wasn't supposed to talk about it, Drake? Well, you will have to wait 'till december than ...

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  13. Awesome post! Great content!

    That ZM tile looks great...maybe he could try his hand at an Eldar ZM?? Lol

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    1. I'll ask him (or if he reads the comment, he can answer it by himself haha).

      :D

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    2. Well, I think I can try, but I'll need to learn blender to do curves. We can chat at the open day.

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