Jenn - "I wanted to think about the inherent evilness of some machines, and how i could incorporate those colours into these models" Paint it brilliant white with a HP ink logo
Absolutely beautiful work, everyone. My only idea would be for Murray to give that Thallax's Helmet a quick hit with a gloss varnish to really sell the glass effect.
Yes, yes, YES, to everything you said about arms. Any time you've got two hands on a gun I suddenly don't want to use it, apparent from covering a lot of the mini, which I don't like, it's always such a hassle to get everything in the right position. Some little tabs would get around all of that and all you have to do to change the pose is clip them off.
I was on the fence about the mechanicum box, but your castellax stole my heart!! Might have to steal the aquatic theme so they can fight my dark krakens
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: watching you guys build up and customize your own armies is my favorite part of this channel! If you want to corrupt some more knights Dave, please feel encouraged to do so!
That is an awesome kitbash and really cool colour scheme. It's mysterious and kind of Lovecraftian without leaning too much into horror elements. Very cool.
Great looking minis, both how you made them and how you painted them. Would love to see you make an entire Dark Mechanicus army on the channel over time.
Where did you get that flexible copper colored piping or chain at 11:09? It looks perfect for any sort of mechanicus conversion and I'd like to pick some up myself.
Honestly with the one that Murray did that is one I would actually try to cast in clear resin with a small plastic skull inside it and then you only pour so much in the clear and then you do the rest in a blue or green transparent so you can still see the skull and it looks like it's in the goo and then you paint over everything else that isn't the viser section black and then hit your other colors so it looks from the back side because it's transparent you see the skull but there's the black background from the shadows and the skull looks like it's floating and you just paint the skull before you put it in there like just attach a metal rod into the back of the skull to look like a spine have it stick out and have three prongs to hold it over the mold and then you just clip it off so it also looks like it has a metal spinal column
YES!! I thought of Dave immediately when I saw the mechanicum box set go up for sale today. Hope they drop those kits individually soon I want those servitors. Horus heresy sculptors really trying to out do all the other departments. Edit: The amount of Necromunda and BSF models that yall chopped up hurt my soul. Mainly the BSF is impossible to get in the US anymore. All the Dark Mec builds blew my mind.
Some amazing conversions! And love all your heresy conversions, any chance you’ll kitbash or paint a decimator or blood slaughterer when they get rules in the Martian civil war book?
Theres been so many dark mech adjacent releases since vashtorr last edition, i expect dark mech will be released at the end of 11 edition, as its likely fulgrim and his crew will be the big bad at the end of 10th
Absolutely love that floating skull in the glass jar! Though the whole video I was preoccupied with the question "why are they the Dark Mechanicus when they separated from the MechanicuM, why would they update their name to Dark MechanicuS when the good guys did". But all the wiki articles say Dark Mechanicum (no s) so I feel better now.
I don't think you got the name of the faction right even once the whole video, pretty impressive honestly. Too much conversion is a bit hard on the HH aesthetic, but I can't argue with the results. Skull in a jar is boss.
Im starting to wonder if the Horus Heresy is just the best game set in the 41st Millenium... the kits are more customizable and look fantastic edit: oh right, HH is in 30k lmfao
Pwrsonaly i prefer them for the more militery look in nog into the gothicnes of 40k , And a pa before people tru critciise gothic does not mean dadk ita a reference to religous chitexture the church astetic is whags gothix about war hammer nod the grim Dadk part So what mean is nor into all the seals and religous papers on space marines i prefer the older armors
Nice video, always enjoy watching people doing some conversions. The only thing that bugged me was you guys constantly calling them Mechanicus, not Mechanicum. Lore wise the Adeptus Mechanicus didn’t form until late in the Heresy, and the Dark (or ‘new’) Mechanicum always retained the same name.
i was 50/50 as to whether the ‘coffee sprue’ was a bit or not….To be honest even with dave saying otherwise, i’m still 45/55……the ttt coffee meta is too strong
Greetings guys. I’ve just watched this epic video and I have a question to ask: I’m looking to kitbash my very first army. My idea is for an army of Davy Jones/octopus/Kraken 🦑 themed guys. But there’s one ☝️ problem. There’s on parts. So after seeing Dave create his model. I beg you oh mighty Dave to pass on your knowledge of what parts you used to create your beast of chaos and destruction. Any help would be greatly appreciated in advance and epic work everyone. (PS: I’m in QLD- so that should help in getting the same items ect) 👍
Quick comment... The Castellax and the Thalax are both using Darkfire Cannon, those are Xenotech weapons 😉If you dive a little deeper in the lore of them (which I was surprised you hadn't, if it were your special interest) you'd have figured out that every single thing about them screams Drukhari weaponry. They're Mechanicum Dark Lances for all intents and purposes. Really enjoyed the video though, but more than a little annoyed on the consistent misnaming of the faction, they're Dark Mechanicum, they don't become the Mechanicus until AFTER the Heresy.
« I’m gonna paint a skull suspended in liquid.»
Oh okay.
Oh, Minion from Mastermind. Got it.
The freehand skull is just sick. Looks amazing.
@@Transconaslim7075 Megamind*
@@tristanemery8748 hate myself that I got that wrong lol
...as one does. 😂
Jenn - "I wanted to think about the inherent evilness of some machines, and how i could incorporate those colours into these models"
Paint it brilliant white with a HP ink logo
15:00 this fluid skull tank is AMAZING
With the shape of the castalax's body it looks kinda crab like, with those claws it looks even more crab like, very nice fit.
Carcinization strikes again!
Ditch the bipedal legs in favor of a multilegged design.
Holy shit, Murray. That floating skull is nuts.
Absolutely beautiful work, everyone. My only idea would be for Murray to give that Thallax's Helmet a quick hit with a gloss varnish to really sell the glass effect.
Yes, yes, YES, to everything you said about arms. Any time you've got two hands on a gun I suddenly don't want to use it, apparent from covering a lot of the mini, which I don't like, it's always such a hassle to get everything in the right position. Some little tabs would get around all of that and all you have to do to change the pose is clip them off.
Jen dancing in the background was absolutely hilarious during the lore dump
I love the skull in the jar. It turned out great
The Skull is INCREDIBLE! I love the painting techniques on these. Great job.
I was on the fence about the mechanicum box, but your castellax stole my heart!! Might have to steal the aquatic theme so they can fight my dark krakens
Murray: I'm gonna make a thing!
Dave [LORE VOMIT]
Murray [confused smiling]
Are you really a warhammer fan if you don't lore vomit every time someone shows a tiny bit of interest in your favorite faction?
Dave I absolutely adore your colour scheme, it's so good and I want to see more
That brass on the Castellax is great looking, really sells that nautical theme. Does Dave remember what specific paint was used?
Jens excitement over Dave’s dark mechanicum castalax was almost overwhelming. (That yawn almost sucked all the air out of the room!!)
Absolutely love Jenn's goblin energy in this whole videol.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: watching you guys build up and customize your own armies is my favorite part of this channel! If you want to corrupt some more knights Dave, please feel encouraged to do so!
back watching for the views!
extremely well done... beautiful paintjob.😊😊😊
Some brilliant tech aberrations and heresies! Really love the kitbashes!
That is an awesome kitbash and really cool colour scheme. It's mysterious and kind of Lovecraftian without leaning too much into horror elements. Very cool.
Incredible paint job i love how the big boy end up looking 10/10!
Makes total sense to do Dark Mechanicum from these miniatures.
I always love your conversion videos! They all turned out really good!
Great looking minis, both how you made them and how you painted them. Would love to see you make an entire Dark Mechanicus army on the channel over time.
Nicely done y'all. Love your color scheme Dave.
"Big gun look cool". Rule of cool for the win!
would love to see more dark mechanicum!! conversion videos are easily my favorite thing on the channel and this was great
Awesome kit bashing, love when you guys create your own stuff.
that floating skull was amazing
I can't think of a better channel to show off the upcoming release than you all. Well done you guys, you got me excited for this one. 👍❤
Can't wait for Dark Mechanicum to release the day after you finish your custom army! :P
😂
Great conversions, but Murray's floating skull wins it all 💀
Felt the heart this time. Ty was really good
Love the conversions
Where did you get that flexible copper colored piping or chain at 11:09? It looks perfect for any sort of mechanicus conversion and I'd like to pick some up myself.
I believe it's from a company called Gale Force 9, not sure if they still make it though. -Jenn
@@TabletopTime A quick glance at their website shows they sell something called snake chain that looks nigh-identical; Thanks Jenn.
They all look cool.
1000% agree on the ball tab method
Skull as a head? Warhammer at its best.
Amazing ad usually 😊
Honestly with the one that Murray did that is one I would actually try to cast in clear resin with a small plastic skull inside it and then you only pour so much in the clear and then you do the rest in a blue or green transparent so you can still see the skull and it looks like it's in the goo and then you paint over everything else that isn't the viser section black and then hit your other colors so it looks from the back side because it's transparent you see the skull but there's the black background from the shadows and the skull looks like it's floating and you just paint the skull before you put it in there like just attach a metal rod into the back of the skull to look like a spine have it stick out and have three prongs to hold it over the mold and then you just clip it off so it also looks like it has a metal spinal column
"I'm going to paint a skull half suspended in fluid!"
Me at the start: "lol, ok..."
Me at the end: "Jesus christ, he actually did it!"
The Mechanicum is my Favorite Part of the Horus Heresy. Going to do some color tests for Force World RYZA
I'm all for the lore dump, even know I know about most of these guys, I still like to see people talking about them. Also, awesome work as usual ❤
the y look great I hope they make a set soon maybe for spearhead or killteam
it would be cool to see y'all react to each other's work intermittently or at the end of the video.
Saw the coffee and expected a coffee machine cut away
Ope there it is… or I guess it’s merch… I’ll take it
YES!! I thought of Dave immediately when I saw the mechanicum box set go up for sale today. Hope they drop those kits individually soon I want those servitors. Horus heresy sculptors really trying to out do all the other departments.
Edit: The amount of Necromunda and BSF models that yall chopped up hurt my soul. Mainly the BSF is impossible to get in the US anymore. All the Dark Mec builds blew my mind.
18:57 what brass paint did you use here! I was thinking about using something similar for my mechanicum!
I desperately want to know what paint you used so I can use it for my scheme!
All look awesome but which exact colours were used in the castellax? Especially all the brass...
Awesome stuff! What was the brass cabling you used on the Castellax?
This might be the tipping point (catalyst) of my plunge into mechanicus
THE WATCHING CRUSADE HAS ARRIVED!! time to add at least one more view to every video 🙌
T’s look dope!
I am really looking forward to getting my hands on these bad boys and I really hope gw finally make some legends rules for these dudes in 40k
One of my favorite conversions to date (on my Instagram cough cough) is when I turned the new Admech Skatros into a DarkMech Beastman hunter!
Some amazing conversions! And love all your heresy conversions, any chance you’ll kitbash or paint a decimator or blood slaughterer when they get rules in the Martian civil war book?
Oh man these are cool great conversion and painting philosohy - and how good was yesterday's dark Mechanicum announcement?
Just what I've always wanted... But tiny
A mechs game that doesn't involve massive guys?? I'm stoked
Will you paint the tank? I would love to see it
So cool!!!
What is the brass colour you’re using on the castellax
0:28 the intrusive thoughts won
Great conversions and love the content. I know you're going hard on the coffee meme but is love to know how/why that started. Did you lose a bet?
Loved this ❤️🤘🔥
Why do I already like the models with just the black primer? Lol
Murry 100% called them fatfux @0:35 :')
Theres been so many dark mech adjacent releases since vashtorr last edition, i expect dark mech will be released at the end of 11 edition, as its likely fulgrim and his crew will be the big bad at the end of 10th
Thoughts on the new legions imperialis dark mechanicum?
Its extremely cool and got me back into LI entirely. I bought 3 boxes and have been painting up a storm
@TabletopTime awesome I'd love to see some more li on the chanel if u get the chance especially as a fellow lover of horible mechanicum griblys
One question; Jen what were you drinking at 04:04 it looks like Orange pieces in Milk?!
I think it was a very frothy latte maybe??
@@UA-cam-Grifter With orange pieces in it?! Weeeeird!!!
@@londoncreative
I just think it's froth?? I don't think there's any orange in there...
It just looks like a very frothy latte to me, maybe?? 😂
I just saw the ad for the Horus heresy mechanics bro
When are space bears coming back
Dark mechanicus!!!!!!!!
Absolutely love that floating skull in the glass jar! Though the whole video I was preoccupied with the question "why are they the Dark Mechanicus when they separated from the MechanicuM, why would they update their name to Dark MechanicuS when the good guys did". But all the wiki articles say Dark Mechanicum (no s) so I feel better now.
FOR THE EMP... ALGORITHM!
Come to the dark side! ❤
I've been there my whole life!
Nice
Make more traitor guard!!!!!!!!!!!!
> was not a phrase on my Sunday bingo card. But ok. You do you.
❤
I'm not the biggest lore guy, so an actual question: Shouldn't it be Dark Mechanicum instead of Mechanicus?"
It'z datt an orkyskull on datt base?! Wanna get krumped?! 😉
mechanicum tho
I don't think you got the name of the faction right even once the whole video, pretty impressive honestly.
Too much conversion is a bit hard on the HH aesthetic, but I can't argue with the results. Skull in a jar is boss.
Mechanicum Mechanicus potato potado
Im starting to wonder if the Horus Heresy is just the best game set in the 41st Millenium... the kits are more customizable and look fantastic
edit: oh right, HH is in 30k lmfao
It's way better than 40k except there's less variety and no xenos.
Pwrsonaly i prefer them for the more militery look in nog into the gothicnes of 40k ,
And a pa before people tru critciise gothic does not mean dadk ita a reference to religous chitexture the church astetic is whags gothix about war hammer nod the grim Dadk part
So what mean is nor into all the seals and religous papers on space marines i prefer the older armors
Video title: Dark Mechanicum
Everyone in video: Dark Mechanicus
Video was great, this is just a pet peeve of mine.
Comment for the algorithm
Nice video, always enjoy watching people doing some conversions. The only thing that bugged me was you guys constantly calling them Mechanicus, not Mechanicum. Lore wise the Adeptus Mechanicus didn’t form until late in the Heresy, and the Dark (or ‘new’) Mechanicum always retained the same name.
Was thinking the same thing
Also they're Arco Flagellants not Acro....which would definitely be very bouncy though 😅
I just always say the wrong term, I know it's mechanicum, hence the title of the video. Just one of those annoying slips of the tongue every time!!
god i love kit bashing.... my new accounts are "Basher.Kit.Basher" ;p
i was 50/50 as to whether the ‘coffee sprue’ was a bit or not….To be honest even with dave saying otherwise, i’m still 45/55……the ttt coffee meta is too strong
Mor drk mechanicum pls. uwu
“Do you know anything about them?”
“No.”
[Conditions met. Serotonin release authorized. Assignment: Bestow Knowledge.]
Great video and I love the convertions, but please, every time you say Mechanicus instead of Mechanicum a little part of me dies inside.
Should not be the the Dark Mechanicum.
It should! But I frequently and incorrectly use the terms interchangeably
Greetings guys. I’ve just watched this epic video and I have a question to ask: I’m looking to kitbash my very first army. My idea is for an army of Davy Jones/octopus/Kraken 🦑 themed guys. But there’s one ☝️ problem. There’s on parts. So after seeing Dave create his model. I beg you oh mighty Dave to pass on your knowledge of what parts you used to create your beast of chaos and destruction. Any help would be greatly appreciated in advance and epic work everyone. (PS: I’m in QLD- so that should help in getting the same items ect) 👍
Using a lot of van saar neck tentacles
@@TabletopTime what about the claws?
Quick comment... The Castellax and the Thalax are both using Darkfire Cannon, those are Xenotech weapons 😉If you dive a little deeper in the lore of them (which I was surprised you hadn't, if it were your special interest) you'd have figured out that every single thing about them screams Drukhari weaponry. They're Mechanicum Dark Lances for all intents and purposes.
Really enjoyed the video though, but more than a little annoyed on the consistent misnaming of the faction, they're Dark Mechanicum, they don't become the Mechanicus until AFTER the Heresy.
There's a reason I chose the darkfire lance
9th
having forgeworld resin mechanicum,this aint it