Morning all!
i've been a little quiet as of late, mainly due to working on my IGT15 stuff and having lost my Grandmother but you may have seen a DArk Angel
done as commission.
Alhaus, who lurks around here, wanted a marine converted for his own chapter,
Emperors Falcons.
As Alhaus is joining us for the IGT15, i suggested he try to follow the First Founding Project and come up with some background as to why such a marine would be in Inquisitor
He came up with an entire crew; as his chapter is heavily populated with Apothecaries (think Red Scorpions; his Sergeants are all apothecaries), his crew is led by a high-level Medicae travelling around searching for lost gene-seed and knowledge on the Astartes, with a Chapter Serf, a honoured battle-brother and a merc assassin
i'm paraphrasing here, i'm sure Alhaus will post some proper background when his net-connection gets sorted out!
i was given two reference images; one for
the marines' pose (bottom left) and one for
the assassins pose along with a bag of bits!
I added the Medicae from a long-abandoned sculpt which i've been re-working
the assassin was pretty straight forward; removing most of Barberettas' armour plated (not the jacket though as that's too much work!) i had to sculpt the right arm due to it being missing!
I also worked on removing her bionic eye but also provided some masks from the Dark Eldar Talos to give Alhaus some ideas if he didn't like the face!
I also created some custom bits for the Scout; namely chapter-specific shoulderpad.
here's the assassin: the filed metal doesn't photo too well but she's got a little data-comp on her left wrist but otherwise is quite minimalistic
now i look from that angle i dislike the sculpted hand so may revisit it!
a quick closeup of the Medicae; i'm waiting for some silicone so i can cast her then add chapter-specific details to her to tie the group together some more!
and finally the reason for the crew; the marine.
I didn't get any pictures of the assembly process but here's a WIP:
EDIT: buggered if i can see why they ain't showing so i've bunged a couplea links incase!
http://buildyourimagination.co.uk/minis/gallery/inq/medicae/med04.jpgAlhaus asked for an Eagle on the chest and a "normal" bolter so hopefully they'll paint up well
http://buildyourimagination.co.uk/minis/gallery/inq/medicae/med05.jpgThe skull/helix received a halo as it was missing something , a honour badge on the knee and i'm still tidying up the fingers .
Hopefully Alhaus will get 'em painted up for the IGT (i've advised on leaving the marine till last!) and will post some background / stats soon!
