Old School Oop Chaos Rhino Refit

In my quest to add to my fleet of oop old style Chaos Rhinos I managed to pick up another one. I dropped it into the simple green to strip the paint. Well a couple months later I opened up the simple green container to drop in some figure I picked up recently and remembered where I had left the chaos rhino.

The sides had been super glued on and soaking so long had loosened the bond, so they came off the hull. Other than that the paint came off in sheets. I took a brush and hot water to it and almost all of the paint came off.  I still ended up scraping a little paint and sanding down some rough spots but overall it was in real good shape.

 First things first what is a chaos rhino with out spike racks to display your trophies. I raided my stocks of chaos spikey bits and after trimming a couple down mounted them on the back.

The previous owner had already some chaos heads to the tops of the smoke stack but I wanted it to match my other chaos rhinos.

So I broke off the old ones  and after drilling out the mouths added the larger ones to match some of my other Chaos Rhinos.

The Chaos Rhino originally had the metal rear door from the old style vindicator. I removed the door and added a regular rhino ramp to the rear.

To cover the hole and add some more chaosy goodness I glued another chaos plate to the rear ramp.

After cleaning off the super glue residue I glued the the sides back on. The one headlight is a bit crooked and I am still debating about leaving it or breaking it off and making it more even with the other one. I plan to add some smoke launcher and I am still debating how to arm it.  I have two Chaos rhinos with a single combi-bolter, two with twin combi-bolters and two with a combi-bolter and a combi-melta. I may just go with a single combi-bolter and add a removable havoc launcher but I need to see the new Chaos space marine codex to see if that is a legal option anymore. I will make the decision and get another post up soon.

ColKG

World Eater Khorne Berserker Icon Bearer

Back in 2012 A new games workshop store opened in Winston Salem at Silas Creek Crossing. I spent most of the day building a World Eater Khorne Berserker Icon Bearer.

This is the model at the end of that day. I used a Blood letter champion head, sword arm and standard on a chaos marine body. I sculpted the neck onto the head but once it was in place none of that could be seen. I didn't place in the contest but I did get another Icon bearer for my Worldeaters. I worked on it, on and off but didn't finish it in time for the First War for Armageddon Apocalypse game. Back on the painting desk it went until a week ago when I set down and finished to model.

 I removed the blood letter head and replaced it with a regular Khorne berserker head. The people I showed the conversion to almost always assumed it was a chaos daemon model and not a Khorne Berserker so I replaced to blood letter head. He is still on the path and has been blessed with a Hellblade and Blasphemous icon.

The white and blue on his leg marks him out as a veteran of the long war, a survivor of the original World Eater legion. I painted the backpack to look like it is possessed by a living daemon. I attempted a free handed World eater symbol on the shoulder pad. It is okay for now but I am debating going back and redoing it.

A little closer look.

A final look to show the glowing eyes and grim visage that were the last sight of untold innocents.

ColKG

First War for Armageddon End Battle

On 8Sept12 the Apoc-Eclipse gaming group organized a massive Apocalypse game at the Tech Shop in Raleigh NC. The game was a historical re-fight of the First war for Armageddon with Space Wolves and Grey Knights fighting the World Eaters. So far our game deviated greatly from the historical account, with Angron being banished before the Grey knights arrived to the battle, but I digress. Now the battle comes to its conclusion.

The Chaos Hell Blades and Hell Talons strafe the battle field.

The Imperial rush more troops into the meat grinder.

World Eaters and Loyalists fight over the ruined great icon.

Chaos space marine raptors caught int the traitor guard traffic jam.

Chaos space marine armor forces its way through.

After a imperial super heavy explodes taking casualties from both sides, a lone Khorne Lord of Armageddon  charges at the survivors of a downed Inquisition storm talon in the lava field, but is killed by their over watch fire. None of the Four Khorne lords ever made it into hand to hand combat but they crossed the field in style..

A horde of Bloodletters wade a river of blood. That is what I call an Apocalyptic moment.

After taking casualties from more Vulcan mega bolters the reduced Chosen squad follow Kharn as he charges into the Imperial terminators.

After dispatching the terminators Kharn makes a run for the Imperial Reaver Titan. When the imperials take the last turn Kharn and the chosen fall in a hail of Vulcan Mega Bolter fire.

The Lone World Eaters terminator continues to whittle away at the space marine biker squad.

The last Thunder hammer and Storm shield terminator fights off two spawn and a Berserker champion

A Blood thirster is swarmed by catachan gaurdsmen blob.

Last turn the Imperials make a final rush to contest objectives. Grey Knights and Space marine jump troops deep strike around the chaos temple. Several units mishapped but three managed to make it in.

Another unit of grey knights and Imperial terminators drop at the bridge across the Charon, river of blood. the Imperials proceed to shoot the World Eaters off of the bridge and The Reaver titan behind it is half an inch too far to contest the bridge.

The Imperial thunder hawk strafes the Chaos lines.

Guard and Grey Knights swarm the Blood thirster but he stands and contests the bridge at games end.

A lone berserker still survives in the temple contesting the Chaos Temple objective.

It was a hell of a game. The points total was in the range of 143,000 points +/-. I really want to thank Matt P. for getting the game together and for all the other players making a great day of gaming. I look forward to the next Apoc-eclipse game I can attend.

ColKG

First War for Armageddon Mid battle

On 8Sept12 The Apoc-Eclipse Gaming group organized a massive Apocalypse game at the Tech Shop in Raleigh NC. The battle was a historical re-fight of the First War for Armageddon, with the Space Wolves and Grey knight facing down the World Eaters.

The Imperials Destroy the Great Khorne Icon, which explodes killing the majority of the space wolves but  laying waste to both sides of the battle.

The Chaos second wave forms up.

Kharn the betrayer and his chosen squad charge out of their land raider.

The World Eaters Terminators move closer to their target the Imperial Reaver Titan.

More World Eaters terminators drop into the lava field.

The Dark Mechanicus move forward to reinforce the Chaos temple held by the World Eaters berserkers.

The Chaos air force makes its presence known as three Hell Talons scream over the battle field.

more Daemon prince swoop over the battle field

The Line breaker squadron is stalled in the middle of the Charon, river of blood.

The Chaos fire concentrates on the Imperial Reaver Titan,

The first Titan of the game falls,

the Hell Talons strike at the Imperial line.

An Imperial Shadow sword falls to traitor guard return fire.

The World Eaters Terminators make it into close combat with the Reaver Titan and barely scratch the paint.

Anther destroying their land raider a squad of not very happy Thunder hammer and storm shield terminators stare down the greater brass scorpion.

The Imperial Air force return in force, downing several of the chaos flyers.

The Grey knights drop danger close to the Chaos Warlords feet and proceed to destroy with their tracer bullet that halves the armor value of its target, and a Warlord titan proceeds to fall to storm bolter fire.

Although Angron has fallen the Grey Knights arrive to fight Angrath and the surviving Blood thristers.

Flyers dogfight over the battlefield.

The Grey knights wade out of the Charon, river of blood to close with Angrath.

The Greater Brass Scorpion goes Apocalyptic and leaves a 29 inch radius of destruction. Taking many skulls for Khorne from both sides of the battle field.

The Space marine Bikers fire up the World Eaters Terminators and then charge into combat.

When the combat slows a single World Eaters terminator still stands.

More Chaos Hell Blades and Hell Talons fly on in the second wave of  chaos flyers.

Imperial Second wave marshals off table.


The battle rages as both sides feed more troops into the carnage.

Check back tomorrow for the final installment in first War for Armageddon End Battle.

ColKG