Hello, my name is Konrad, also known as Uruk’s Customs, and I’m gonna guest post on Tale of Painters for a while. I’m In the hobby for about 11 years, more or less since Games Workshop introduced The Lord of the Rings wargame. My beginnings were really sloppy, like most painters I guess – I still have some pictures with my horrible, just horrible Moria Goblins I like to look at to remind me where I came from. Anyway, after LOTR I decided to move over to 40k, inspired by a few friends who shared the fascination of its setting. My army of choice was without much thought Chaos Space Marines – bloodthirsty legion of the Blood God, World Eaters.
First of all, here’s what started it – two squads of classic Khorne Berzerkers, who were the sole reason I chose Angron’s legion. I was simply in love with their adorned helmets and savage looks.
Squad Vragar, my first 40k unit I ever put together. They went through some minor upgrades over the time, such as the addition of Forge World’s bits.
Squad Decimus, my second unit. I wanted it to be easily distinguished from the first unit which wasn’t that easy considering they’re all the same sculpts. I added some trophy racks and bits from WFB Warriors of Chaos to make them look even more savage and gladiator-like.
Assault squad Calavius. I knew I’d want to make a World Eaters assault marines squad at some point, and even though I loved the classic Raptors look, I wanted them to be more like just Berzerkers with jump packs.
Next up are my Terminators. I built them inspired by one of my biggest gurus, Wade’s Workshop. Still waiting for GW to release proper legion rules so they could actually be threatening… I also magnetized the whole squad for a gallery of combi-weapons for every occasion.
Last, but definitely not least is my all time favorite Chaos HQ – Kharn the Betrayer and his (still not complete, as I need eight) retinue consisting of classic, metal Berzerker Champions. I’m a huge fan of classic models and spent quite a lot of time looking for these (still do!).
Stay tuned for part two – reinforcements from Forge World. Also make sure to visit my Facebook page 🙂
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Lovely work!
It must be amazing to see them all deployed on the battlefield. Great work!
Yeah Khorne Berserkers!
They look awesome,
Great!
That's a very impressive looking army. Amazing job.
These guys are really nicely done. Awesome "Blood for the Blood God" 🙂
I really like the sarge? holding the melta bomb.
Thank you all for your kind comments! I'm really glad you like them. There's still a lot more coming up, so keep your eyes open and axes sharp!
look great, really love the brighter red used, normally you see the same old blood red for these guys – yours look crisp!
I love seeing a Chaos army painted so clean and crisp. A lot of the models, especially those old metal Berzerkers, are just full of detail crying out for such a great paint job. Your work really does those sculpts justice! Now I'm gonna spend half an hour looking at the 3rd edition rulebook color section…any chance of a tutorial?
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Hey, thanks a lot! I really appreciate it. My techniques are awfully simple. Black basecoat. Four stages for armor: Doombull brown drybrush, Evil Sunz Scarlet drybrush (build up the color with a few layers) and then edge highlight with a mix of ESS and Dwarf flesh & sharpest edges with ESS, DF and white. Golden trims: Gehenna's Gold, washed with Doombull Brown and DB + Black in recesses, followed by edge highlight with Gehenna's Gold and final edges with Runefang Steel mixed with minimal amount of Gehenna. The rest is pretty obvious I think, but if you need anything more, feel free to contact me on facebook @urukscustoms. Thanks again!
Nice stuff mate! I also have some older models that i first painted (That I will never let see a table) but it reminds me how much better i have gotten even though I am still not good haha