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Showcase: Mortarion – Daemon Primarch of the Death Guard

Bitzbox — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 21:56:09 +0000

In this showcase article we are looking at Mortarion the Daemon Prince Primarch of the Death Guard legion for the Chaos Space Marines. I absolutely love this miniature and he was an absolute joy to paint.

I used the colour scheme of the Apostles of Contagion for his armour to match the rest of my Death Guard army. I made a tutorial for this scheme on our YouTube Channel.

Another video that may be useful is this size comparison of Mortarion. If you’re unsure just how big this miniature is compared to other citadel miniatures then this video has the answer for you

Showcase: Alarielle the Everqueen

Bitzbox — Thu, 31 May 2018 13:31:21 +0000

In this first of a little series where I show off my favourite miniatures from my collection, I start with my all time favourite miniature which is Alarielle The Everqueen from the Sylvaneth faction for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar.

Bellow is a small gallery of images of my Alarielle Miniature

The base was made out of cork tiles and the river and waterfall were made using pva and hot glue. I mainly followed the GW guide for painting her however I went with something very different for the beetle. I went for a very cool iridescent effect using Badger ghost tints. The video below is a step by step tutorial on how I achieved the effect.

Blanchitsu: Inquisitor Arbalan Mordax

Bitzbox — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:20:19 +0000

Another miniature for my little Blanchitsu collection is this Inquisitor who I’ve named Arbalan Mordax. He is a pretty simple conversion using legs, right arm and a torso from the Custodian Guard, along with a Grey Knights thunder hammer, a deathwatch inquisitor symbol, a Stormcast Eternals bird plus shoulder pads from the Tarteros Terminators. His head is from Scibor miniatures.

I have also made a painting tutorial below on how I painted him

Blanchitsu: The Finished Warband

Bitzbox — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:10:06 +0000

This blog post is a bit delayed but a little while ago I finished the first Blanchitsu warband. Below are photos and even a video showing them all off.

Blanchitsu: From Artwork to Miniature

Bitzbox — Thu, 04 May 2017 09:36:57 +0000

In this Blanchitsu post I am turning my focus to the first miniature in my second warband. This warband will follow the Genestealer Cult rules for Shadow War Armageddon. The first miniature is based off a piece of John Blanch artwork. This sketch below I assume is representing a Chaos Cultist however I may be wrong. Either way it’s an awesome character and I knew I had to make a miniature for him.

The Tzeentch Kairic Acolytes had the perfect head for this miniature, I just added some hair to him. His blunderbus is from the old Empire Militia set, as is his torso. He uses legs from the Genestealer Cult Neophytes which is a great set for any Blanchitsu conversion. He has various spikes, including some ork armour plates and green stuff fur. I even added a little bottle on his back from the Tzeetnch Enlightened.

I’ve almost finished building the rest of this warband who we’ll see in a later blog post. I will also be showcasing both warbands in a video for our YouTube Channel.

Blanchitsu: My First Warband – Part 3

Bitzbox — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:19:18 +0000

In part 3 it’s time to look at the last two miniatures for this warband.

First up is this Astropath. A simple conversion using the Chaos Sorcerer for Age of Sigmar with a flagellants head and a couple of other little accessories.

This second model I call The Grave Digger. He uses the Necromancer miniature as his base, this time using a head from the Empire Great Swords, a metal top hat. He also has a shovel tucked away.

And here we have a group shot of the warband together. I do eventually plan to add something big and mechanical for these guys

Blanchitsu: My First Warband – Part 2

Bitzbox — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 20:17:38 +0000

So as promised, the second part of this series will focus on some of the weirder elements from this warband. I don’t yet have names for any of these but we will start with this guy made from a Cairn wraith. He also uses hands from the skitarii ruststalkers, an old undead horse head and various pipes and tubes.

The next character is built primarily from a ruststalker. He uses some bits from Bellasarius Cawl and a hat from the Empire Greatswords.

In the next part I will show you the last two miniatures from this warband.

Blanchitsu: My First Warband – Part 1

Bitzbox — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 10:57:08 +0000

Yes you are seeing this right. A blog post on our blog and it’s not April Fool’s day anymore. This is the start of a blog and video series all about Blanchitsu. What is Blanchitsu? Well it’s essentially Inquisitorial warband creation for Warhammer 40,000. If you’re familiar with the game Inquisitor then if you think of it in 28mm scale then you’re on the right track. Miniatures are usually painted extra dark and grimy to get that John Blanche feel. Below is the first video in our series looking at Blanchitsu which will tell you more about it, where to find inspiration and also how to get started.

So now that you know a little more about Blanchitsu I want to show you guys my first warband. The first miniature in this warband is already painted. This miniature was originally built for a steampunk style Ad Mech army that I had planned a while back (I may reignite this project in the future).
He is built mainly from the Tech Priest Dominus kit but uses the head from the Shaking Sean miniature from a game called Smog.

Next up we have the two henchmen for the warband. This first miniature uses the head from a Skitarii Ruststalker, Genestealer Cult Neophyte Hybrid Arms, Empire Greatsword Legs, a Cadian Backpack and a Militarium Tempestus Scions Torso as well as a couple of extra little bits.

This second henchman also uses Genestealer Cult Neophyte Hybrid Arms and Empire Greatsword Legs. He uses a slightly different cadian backpack and also has a head from the Genestealer Cult Upgrade Sprue, a metal cowboy hat and a torso from the old Empire Militia set.

In part 2 we will look at some of the more weirder creations from this warband.

Bitzbox on Patreon

Bitzbox — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 12:21:17 +0000

As some of you may know over the last couple of years we have been making content for our YouTube channel. This includes painting tutorials, battle reports, reviews and much more. The channel has grown very well over the last few months and we really enjoy making the content. We have put a lot of investment into making the content which has allowed us to grow the channel and we want to do even more with it. That’s why we have started a Patreon page to help make this a possibility. Of course we have some great rewards on offer or our Patreons who support us. The bags of gubbinz that we sell on our website are one of our rewards and for the time being this is the only way to obtain them. Another reward is a free shipping voucher code that you can use as much or as little as you want. The video below goes into a little bit more detail:

Path to Glory Warbands

Bitzbox — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 15:43:39 +0000

For our upcoming Path to Glory campaign on our Youtube Channel, we have created this page with photos of our lords plus our starting rosters.

NURGLE WARBAND ROSTER – nurgle

TZEENTCH WARBAND ROSTER – Tzeentch

KHORNE WARBAND ROSTER – khorne

SLAANESH WARBAND ROSTER – slaanesh