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Having spent the last few weeks (months?) working on the Arvus I was keen to get on and build a new character.  This one is another member of my Explorator's warband - a Skitarius equipped with recovered Tau technology.  The original idea was for a model based on John Blanche's sketch of a Cybernetic Guard in Visions but as I started putting him together he ended up looking rather different.  The bust cannon is intended to represent a stripped down one from an XV-15 stealth suit.  He also has some form of Tau sensor array linked to his eyepiece.


- Dave

Doesn't quite look Mechanicus enough to me, perhaps some purity seals would solve that.
Also that's one of the Inq civilian bodies you've used there isn't it?

that looks cool. I've dabbled with Tau tech AdMech before myself. this looks much more, organic.

Not sure about the left arm to be honest, I think a human arm could work better to emphasise that he isn't actually a tau battlesuit... To be fair the paint job will show this well anyway.

It's stone's right shoulder pad for sure, I can't make out the torso without my glasses though.

good work!

Adam

Quote from: Heroka Vendile on September 25, 2009, 03:06:40 PM
Doesn't quite look Mechanicus enough to me, perhaps some purity seals would solve that.

Well, he does have a purity seal on his chest, but I decided to avoid adding more purity seals as Kryzak (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t286/kaled100/kryzak.jpg) doesn't see any need to add them to xeno-tech.  While he accepts that the alien mechanism is a perversion of the true path, he believes that the knowledge used to create the technology still comes from the Omnissiah - and as the knowledge is divine in origin there is no need to certify it as pure (and the alien tech itself is impure so there's no point sticking a purity seal on it).  I plan to paint him in a black and red colour scheme, so once he's painted he should look like a member of the AdMech and ought to fit in nicely with the rest of Kryzak's warband.

QuoteAlso that's one of the Inq civilian bodies you've used there isn't it?

Yep - it's the one from the guy with the welders mask.

Quote from: Adam Cunis on September 25, 2009, 04:34:17 PM
Not sure about the left arm to be honest, I think a human arm could work better to emphasise that he isn't actually a tau battlesuit...

Does the left arm make him look like a battlesuit?  It's not something that had occurred to me.  However, as you say, I think once he's painted it'll be obvious where his allegiance is.

it doesn't SCREAM battlesuit but the more armour on his limbs the less flesh the less human... I dunno just what I thought. the paint job will completely reassure me!

do you by any chance have any pics of the civilian parts?

Adam

Quote from: Adam Cunis on September 25, 2009, 05:56:02 PM
do you by any chance have any pics of the civilian parts?

No, but there are some on the Collecting Citadel Miniatures wiki;
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Inquisitor_54mm

thanks for the link- i had forgotten about that wiki.

just need to track down dome civilians now...

Adam

Quote from: Adam Cunis on September 25, 2009, 06:37:57 PMjust need to track down dome civilians now...

good luck with that then =/
the most interesting and different kit GW release for inquisitor, which barely got one print run.

Was the choice of Sept for the base deliberate or just what looked good?

Tullio

I wasn't intended to be a Sept symbol when I started making it, merely a variation on the bases I'd used for the rest of the warband - however, having drawn out the pattern I realised it'd unintentionally replicated a Tau symbol...  It seemed fitting so I kept it.

Well, it looks cool. I like the use of the ... Plasma Cannon backpack, I think it is, from the plastic Devastators?

Tullio

Quote from: Heroka Vendile on September 25, 2009, 08:49:52 PM

Quote from: Adam Cunis on September 25, 2009, 06:37:57 PMjust need to track down dome civilians now...

good luck with that then =/
the most interesting and different kit GW release for inquisitor, which barely got one print run.

whoa... i didn't know that... i have one kit... but they're by now used for conversions to my admech group... Oo

hey kaled. tried to e-mail you via web page. not sure if its working so taking this route in the hopes you see it. re your bitz on photobucket? r u interseted in selling as a job lot? what sort of monet per page?
peace.
tony

theemperorswill, please don't use the open forum for trade and sales discussions. Drop Kaled a personal message via the Conclave's PM function to sort such stuff out in the future, please.

Dave, any progress on this chap?

Quote from: Saussure on October 25, 2009, 01:12:24 PM
Dave, any progress on this chap?

There is actually - I'm just varnishing him now, should be able to upload pics later today.  It seemed like ages since I'd painted a character - felt a bit rusty actually and I don't think he's my best work, but he looks okay and he fits in with the rest of the warband really well.

I've also just started sculpting a Calculus Logi armed with a hunting rifle based on John Blanche's sketch... I'll start a new thread for him when I make a bit more progress.

looks great so far. A very neat job.
The base matches perfectly.

I meant to upload these last weekend, but didn't manage to find  the time until now...

very cool dave. I like the mechanicus colours here, reminds me of feytor... especially the tabard (see mechanicus showcase) He looks much more... human? no... less tau... when painted too which is great.

been waiting for this all week :P

Adam

I love the paint scheme, and the painting is wonderful (I'm really jealous of your abilities Dave.)

I can't say that I like the legs (they look a bit spindly, and the necessarily huge feet really add to this problem,) but all in all, I think that it is a great conversion. I really like the use of bits (Sgt. Stone's arm with the burst cannon, and the Terminator face mask and Tau optics on the head in particular.)