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The Ordos Majoris - Hobby, Painting and Modelling => Painting and Modelling => Topic started by: greenstuff_gav on January 14, 2010, 07:35:23 PM

Title: Terra Gnosis
Post by: greenstuff_gav on January 14, 2010, 07:35:23 PM
These (http://www.terragnosis.co.uk/pre_orders.html) look interesting :)
i wonder how they break down and how good the final castings are...
Title: Re: Terra Gnosis
Post by: Gestalt on January 14, 2010, 08:40:55 PM
The Touchstone Reaper looks awesome ;D
Title: Re: Terra Gnosis
Post by: Heroka Vendile on January 14, 2010, 09:19:10 PM
oooo, they do indeed - the female fighter more than the reaper I'd say
Title: Re: Terra Gnosis
Post by: judge-minos on January 14, 2010, 11:48:57 PM
If you check the workbench there is even better staff coming up. The female elves could be great rogue traders with few modifications and Salmus the unbound would be a great psyker
Title: Re: Terra Gnosis
Post by: precinctomega on January 15, 2010, 06:34:22 PM
The Reaper is said to be 54mm to the top of his head.

"Aren't you a bit short to be the Grim Reaper?"

R.
Title: Re: Terra Gnosis
Post by: RobSkib on January 15, 2010, 06:55:36 PM
The undead warrior is damned cool. Maybe not for an actual skeleton, but he could be painted in green and blue washes and be used as a ghostly apparition, psychic manifestation/power/hallucination.
Title: Re: Terra Gnosis
Post by: Adlan on January 15, 2010, 07:16:01 PM
Magus looks perfect for an under cover Hanja.
Title: Re: Terra Gnosis
Post by: Gestalt on January 15, 2010, 11:53:46 PM
The workbench does have a lot of promising pieces. They all seem to be one piece models, which is a drawback.
Title: Re: Terra Gnosis
Post by: Myriad on January 16, 2010, 01:04:17 AM
the skeleton warrior in the shop apparently just has a seperate sword hand, so it seems as if they are mainly single sculpts.  lots of potential though.

I want the undead warrior from the workbench.  No idea how to use it though.  A damaged servitor?
It can go sit with my eolith frankenstein in case I ever play a game on halloween.
Title: Re: Terra Gnosis
Post by: precinctomega on January 16, 2010, 07:57:16 AM
I think the most fascinating aspect of this site is that the models in the "workshop" are all CGI models, implying that the master sculpts are being produced in a 3D printer.  I suspect that these masters are then conventionally cast in white metal.

This isn't the first manufacturer I've seen making use of the latest opportunities offered by 3D printers, which provide a level of detail and customization that hand-sculpting can't match.  Yedharo Models are doing the same thing.  These are small-scale, backroom businesses, but we already know that big manufacturers like GW are following the same path for some aspects of sculpting.

Personally, Salmus the Unbound looks utterly perfect as an Astropath/Penitent Psyker/Daemonhost/Cult leader.  A very flexible model that offers plenty of options, not least because it looks like his head will be easy to cut off!

R.