Heresy Miniatures scale

[RobSkib]

a beautiful model

Catachan women are not famed for their beauty

I'd be hard pressed believing a Catachan woman would be wearing a long dress as well, I pictured them more as the kind who wear tank tops, drink pints of Stella and can break a man's spine in fourteen different places in under three seconds. That model doesn't say 'Catachan' to me at all.

I'd recommend stretching your artistic muscles a little bit and inventing a world where this kind of 'rustic' look that you're aiming for is the norm, and where the average woman doesn't have a string of ex-lovers' ears as a necklace. You clearly don't want to change the look of the model, so why shoehorn it into a setting where it's clearly out of place, when you could create a world that befits the model, rather than the other way round?

[Dolnikan]

To echo the others, she doesn't look like a Catachan at all. I know that in your wirtings Lars has a lover from Catachan(I just remembered it) but this model would be completely unsuitable for her. It lacks the muscle and the type of clothing and equipment you would expect from a Catachan. The years would not have removed all that.

[Inquisitor Octavian Lars]

Sure, I will find another character for her to represent, but how do you recommend I create Freya? (should I sculpt or not)

[Draco Ferox]

For all those wondering where I got it, the null rod was from the old daemonhunters codex.. It's in-game effect was to render the bearer immune to all psychic powers. Fluff-wise, it was made of obsidian, which is supposed to be psychically inert, and have the ability to nullify psychic activity. Might be a special type of obsidian, but from the entry (it's in the armoury, so it only gets a brief mention) I gathered that it was just regular obsidian. In inquisitor, I would say that it counts as a fairly weighty staff, being made from stone and all, and gives the bearer great protection from psychic activity . Maybe not total immunity, but until you disarmed them, they would be very difficult, if not impossible to attack with psychic powers, similar to the null collar in the fanatic online lectures on the wych article, conviniently available from the Skoll archive.

[Inquisitor Octavian Lars]

I knew about them, but could not find it. I will look into a set of rules for it. Do you have any reccomendations for Freya?

[Dolnikan]

For Freya I would go for some sculpting work on a muscled model. Catachan women don't look much different from the men. Only the face and some slight curvature.

[Inquisitor Octavian Lars]

I am still unsure of a figure, perhaps a few pointers from the 'clavers?

[Kaled]

Your problem is that the vast majority of female models are of the beautiful shapely half dressed type - I guess because that's what sells - but it means your options will be limited. I suggest trawling through the links in the Modelling Resources thread...

[greenstuff_gav]

Cool mini or not ... lots of stuff there. i'd find a skinny-ish male & bulk him out into a her for that Muscley lady look...

[Inquisitor Octavian Lars]

http://www.pizarrominiaturas.com/product.php?id_product=11
BUT WITH AN AA-12!
this might work, but I wanted to run it past you.

[Adlan]

Pizarro are good, I used their russian sniper for one of my warband. She always struck me as a Van Sarr, but sh'd be pretty good as a catchcan in an synthskin.

NSFW, but sculpt some clothes on her and this one might do well, she's pretty well muscled. http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/ky-ra-54mm.html

[Draco Ferox]

I would suggest a good start would be the 28mm ogryn model 

On a serious note, that Pizarro model looks good, and I almost used it for one of my characters, until I saw Salvager Belladonna from reaper, which fitted better. The Pizarro model looks like she is wearing a bodyglove, so minimal conversion work needed- you could swap out her pistol for that auto shotgun (which should be called "The Perforator"), and replace her sword with a staff. It's quite a dynamic pose, so if you wanted something stationary, you may have to look elsewhere.

And Adlan, you suggestion has a breast hanging out....

[MarcoSkoll]

The EVA model, while nice, and probably usable as an Van Saar or other hive assassin, just hasn't got the Catachan aesthetic.

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There is the story of when I turned Sergeant Stone into a woman, but the less said about that the better.
The problem is, if you want a believable muscled female that actually retains some femininity, it takes a lot more than simply adding huge knockers to a male model.

I tried it with Silva's model, but it didn't work out 100% and I'm planning on redoing her at some point with the lessons learnt.

[Dolnikan]

I'm afraid that she isn't entirely catachan, although, a long time away from home could explain the differences. It is a very cool model though.

[Inquisitor Octavian Lars]

I felt freya would be a lot less catachan-ish after 60 years and juvenat treatment, also, the model seems to click with her image. (I also love the idea of her using an aa12/usas12)