Well, havig resolved following Krud's adventures at the spring conclave to build some more human characters, the first, inquisitor Torquemeda to be, arrived in the post yesterday.
It's based off Andrea's blade of eternity which turned out to be a touch slender in build, possibly too much so for the shield I wanted to use. The sword is going to be switched for something shorter and nastier looking - I decided to go with toxin coated knives. Still, the judge head used has a suitable air to it, and following a bit of greenstuffing, he even has his own beard
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Watching with interest...
R.
Very nice; I really like the beard; it quite suits him. If not a shield, do you have any plans for the other arm?
I've been wanting to get this model for awhile, any chance you could describe/show the model without the cloak?
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There's a couple of shots that give a bit more of an all-round view, Nevermore. There's a bit of a join between the two piece of the scale armour, but mostly he looks much the same.
I decided he needed a few gubbins and he now has two arms (although the left one needed reconstructive greenstiffuing after losing the sword, and shouldn't be looked at too closely) - just waiting on the shield at the moment, and he'll probably have a pistol somewhere.
Well, the rest of the band finally made it from America, complete with a customs charge >:(.
Group pic, everyone (apologies for the use of the flash).
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The two at the back still need '40Kifying', and any suggestions on what to do with them are welcome.
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My worries about the shield being too bulky are entirely out, if anything it's not enoough so, but I'm planning to bling it up a little. I also found that my bits box is out of pistols and had to greenstuff one.
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And meet his hero-in-chief, Martin Cameron. He needs a chainsword, obviously (partly because I've failed to use any as yet), but otherwise I'm quite pleased with him.
Huge, mis-matched shoulder and knee pads, bigger cuffs and wires running into and around the head, works a charm on any model!
Totally remember seeing your hero-in-chief before but can't place the model. Where'd it come from again?
Wick, that is the Pizarro Vampire model, if i'm not mistaken.
I do love that shield, gives him a crusader esque look, especially with the beard, well done. Would you be able to post some pictures of the right hand model? It looks particularly cool from here. I also feel the Hero in Chief looks very 40k, his right arm is a little big (combat model bionic maybe?), but the fact he's topless is making me think of a Carl Thonius esque character from Ravenor Rogue. Nicely done.
Thanks for the comments. The new 3 are all from Reaper miniatures master series. The far right one is Finari the crusader (minus one shield), Belladonna the salvager and the hero-in-chief is Magnus the vampire slayer. I've given him a spare arm from the witchhunter rather than the sabre. It is a bit out of proportion with the other arm, which I realise isn't ideal, but I think it's within an acceptable margin. Yes, he does come with a tombstone, I'm just wavering over whether to use it.
The bounty hunter arm on Magnus is great. A smidgen large, perhaps, but I think it actually suits his posture far better than it suits the source model. A chainsword in his other hand will be fantastic.
R.
Horsey! Just came through the post today.
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I'm going to have to add the head from somewhere else, and 'de-mechanise' it slightly', but it's a nice sculpt. Here's a comparison shot - it's just above his shoulder height, which is fairly big as horses go but a good scale. It's a pretty good cast as well, so I'd certainly recommend the company (Taban miniatures).
For the record, the cyborg upper body is somewhat bulky by GW standards, but about in scale for power armour - I'll probably scratch build a pair of legs and turn it into a tech-priest at some point.
Are any of these models going to see some paint any time soon? ;)
Hey, he's undercoated the inquisitor!
The horsey looks great. Who would have guessed it was part-resin?
R.
which model did you go for in the end for the horse?
That is the Carmin Hadaukama from Taban Miniatures http://shop.taban-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=52&products_id=274 (http://shop.taban-miniatures.com/product_info.php?cPath=52&products_id=274) , hence the need to attach a different head.
The upper body is resin as well, so the overall model is pretty lightweight, which is good.
The seeing of paint isn't going especially fast, but I've made a start. I'm having trouble deciding on a colour scheme for Torqy, in terms of how dark I want the model. Martin is coming along nicely though. My apologies for continuing use of the flash.
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AMAZING work on the paint jobs Cant wait to see the Chainsword painted!
It's the 40k Riff. Nice one! looking good,
Ah, not been keeping up with 'clave developments recently due to exam revision, completely didn't notice, I've been working on the same base model as your Martin Cameron, and I gave him a chainsword too! Still, mine is going to be holding the chainsword in his sword hand and wielding a flamer in his other; on top of which he isn't going to be bare chested, so I'd say he'll be sufficiently different. It's quite a small base model though, isn't it? I found even though he is straightened up, he's only as tall as the slich devlan model, which is crouched.
Anyway, they seem to be shaping up to be a great warband, look forward to seeing them painted.
EDIT: haha, i'm using the finari model too! It's going to be Magnus, Finari, the Monique De Noir model from the same series and a cyber-paladin model from Sacred Blade. I'm using the Finari to make a Sister Of Battle with flamer, Monique as a Sister with bolt pistol and sword and the cyber paladin as a techno-barbarian. It will be interesting to see how we use the same models differently.
And finished. I even managed to get some shots in natural light this time (in the middle of June there's little excuse).
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I wasn't thinking Riff when I made him, but I see your point Adlan. His gun now has red buttons.
I look forward to seeing what you make of the models Brimstone. It sounds as if you're going to be converting them quite a bit more than my own plans, so they should end up pretty different. He certainly isn't tall, but placed next to the rest of my collection he doesn't look too out of place - the pose adds a few inches.
And a start on painting Torquy himself, with apologies for the poor light.
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And the sculpting work on Finari, the left arm modified to have an armoured gauntlet (with laspistol). It occurs to me I could make this a chainfist, although of course this would leave her with no ranged weapons...
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CHAINFIST! definitely the only option :P left arm looks very nice though, the curves have a very organic look to them. Also really like the paint scheme of Torquy, I struggled to shake the silver from the usual example paint job. I much prefer the one you've chosen. Very crusader-esque.
She has armour
What does she need a gun for?
Nice work, the Finari model is not an easy one to modify; i'm still trying to het the remnants of her old head off her... I would say go for the chainfist. if need be you could give her a pistol holster or a ranged weapon slung over or strapped onto somewhere, but it isn't a problem even if you can't. Both of my warbands have 1 character who is a close combat monster with no ranged abilities and from my experience they are always very fun to play. It's quite amusing watching the enemy characters desperately scramble away from the raging fighter, trying to get a chance to use their ranged weapons to their advantage.
I like the paintwork on Torquy so far, very ostentatious - no bad thing for an inquisitor!
Once again I fold to the will of the conclave. The chainfist is rather more badass, though.
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And a few of Torqy in better light. I see him as quite a flamboyant personality, so a bit of ostentation fits.
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I do not want to f*ck with her, seriously badass and I cannot wait to see her painted. Also love the colour combination on Torqy, very ostentatious and imperial. Very jealous of your skills.
Rob
That's Torqy finished. Just two more and the horse to go. I'm drafting out backgrounds for Martin and Finari.
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Quote from: Shannow on June 19, 2010, 02:11:46 AM
I do not want to f*ck with her...
*blinks*
Quote...seriously badass and I cannot wait to see her painted...
Neither can I, if only perhaps because I haven't the foggiest what direction you'll go with her. As for the two other ones, absolutely fantastic.
Torqy has a
"Leonidas/Elrond-in-space!" feel, and I like that feeling. Bravo!
Paint your bases! :D
I guess you know you've been playing too much inquisitor when you look at an armoured gauntlet and decide it really needs a chainblade. I promise I will paint the bases, it's just the final stage in my creative process (normally about 2 days before the model gets used). Finished painting and naming Emma today.
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Really like this model, great pose and with the addition of the chain fist she just oozes menace and vengeful holy wrath. Have you sorted out her background yet? Even if just the basics I'd love to have a read.
Rob
I love the model
though I just can't help thinking the chain blade should have been rotated 90 degrees so the teeth passed over the top of her hand making it more claw like, or it could need the addition of teeth on the other side
is just something not right about it
still a great model
Thanks for the comments. The chainblade was a spare part I happened to have, having ordered two chainswords for Martin and only used one. As Holiad has said, by 40K standards it's a fairly refined looking chainfist.
Jon - I've added her background to Torqy's background thread over in Rules & discussion.
Just to please Kirkegaard, a group shot with painted bases :)
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Modelling work done on the Beladonna model. Still have to work out the background though. Still doesn't look very 40K for that matter, but I found it a hard model to work on, and want to move on to the horses head (the pub, then the model :)).
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And on a lighter, note, anyone remmber techno ghost? Now in colour. Another background to work out, mind.
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Not very 40k? She's basically an Escher Ganger, and she has A WRIST MOUNTED FLAME THROWER. Also, a stiletto knife on her machine pistol. That is so 40k...
I like the TechnoGhost....
The arm plate with the flamer might need smoothing out and cleaning up...
Have to agree that Escher ganger was my first thought when I saw her, seems perfectly 40k to me :)
My first thought when I saw techno-ghost was actually Brothers Grimm, but in a good way...
you might want to look at the blood angles death company sprue I think the hand flamer on there is smaller and would maybe fit better.
Well that's me told. Thanks for the comments - precinctomega has made at least one Escher ganger out of this model, I believe.
I had a smaller flamer. Didn't seem imposing enough :). Technoghost might as well be brothers Grimm as anything else. Conceptually he's an attempt to get some mileage out of two fairly useless parts.
Quote from: Myriad on June 26, 2010, 12:18:39 AM
Just to please Kirkegaard, a group shot with painted bases :)
See how much more awesome they look?
I really like this warband that you are working on, and I think the Belladonna model will look great when painted too.
I have seen at least three Belladonnas ( Kaled's (http://kaled100.atspace.com/belladonna.JPG), mine (http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/ratbag23/FemaleGanger1.jpg), and one that someone else posted on the old Conclave) but I don't think that I have ever seem Robey's.
I don't remember Technoghost. What is it?
Quote from: kierkegaard on July 07, 2010, 01:08:31 AM
Quote from: Myriad on June 26, 2010, 12:18:39 AM
Just to please Kirkegaard, a group shot with painted bases :)
See how much more awesome they look?
Quite. The conclave is always right.
Quote from: kierkegaard on July 07, 2010, 01:08:31 AM
I have seen at least three Belladonnas ( Kaled's (http://kaled100.atspace.com/belladonna.JPG), mine (http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f330/ratbag23/FemaleGanger1.jpg), and one that someone else posted on the old Conclave) but I don't think that I have ever seem Robey's.
I don't know that he ever posted it, but I recall there being one in his inquisitor case when he was at York. Two pretty good uses of the model there, shows how Escher ganger it is.
Quote from: kierkegaard on July 07, 2010, 01:08:31 AM
I don't remember Technoghost. What is it?
Technoghost is the witchhunters silly-hat head on the nightbringers body, which I had spare after building my Hrud. In game I see it as a malfunctioning servo skull that has begun projecting a holographic image and developed a certain curiosity. Beyond that I haven't decided.
You get daemonic viruses that might inhabit technology, but perhaps you a saintly? virus inhabiting a servo skull, or something like that maybe. Just a thought anyway :)
Rob
With apologies for the unfinished base, some pics of the (almost) finished Bel. I'm not quite as happy with the look of this model though, I suspect partly because it was added to the miniature order because I noticed the model was cheap. I'm thinking maybe the backpack could go. At the time I thought the model needed a bit of extra weight and a grenade or two, but seeing the finished article I'm not sure.
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Since my procreate arrived in the mail yesterday, hopefully the horse should follow shortly.
Edit : Horsey! (okay it was the first time with procreate, my sculpting tool isn't very good, the light was bad and I wasn't there!! At least you can tell it's a horse)
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The head is a bit too big. Horses have rather narrow heads - not to be mean, but this ones head looks like an upscaled Shetland pony, not a proper horse.
The clothing and armour though - excellent
Quote from: Myriad on July 14, 2010, 03:17:09 PM
I'm not quite as happy with the look of this model though, I suspect partly because it was added to the miniature order because I noticed the model was cheap. I'm thinking maybe the backpack could go. At the time I thought the model needed a bit of extra weight and a grenade or two, but seeing the finished article I'm not sure.
I think that it looks excellent (apart from the huge mould lines on the flamer nozzle and tank.) I really like the colour scheme that you used.
Have another go at the horse if you are not happy with it. If that is your first attempt, I can only imagine that you would improve with practice, so I would if I were you.
Well, like with my hrud it was a somewhat ambitious project given my modelling skills. I'm not that unhappy with it, but as DapperAnarchist says, it isn't quite the right shape. I'll probably have another go at sculpting the head at some point, but I'll leave it for now.
It now has baggage to carry, which is it's lot in life these days. (apologies for the flash).
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And the rest of the horse has been put to use, rectifying my lack of a mechanicus. Course, he's evil mechanicus, and doesn't really fit with this warband, save insofar as he was in Torqy's employ for a time (didn't work out. Evil, see). Really he's for scenarios.
<edit> now with scorpion tail, which I think helps balance the model a bit, and better lighting (which an evil mechanicus could arrange, naturally).
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Apologies for double posting. Finished painting the horse, and hence the warband. It looks about half as good as I thought it would, which is still quite cool.
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And a couple of group shots. Much to my surprise they've got a fair unified look about them.
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Amazing! I really like what you've done with those bases, it makes them look completed articles. I love the horse as well, they all look really good as a group. I would say though, that you really need to practise your photography! You've got a lot better, but it looks like you're still using the flash in some pictures, and that makes the Emperor cry :'( Try getting a sheet of paper to use as a backdrop, your models are great but you're not doing them the justice they deserve with your photographs.
Well, I finally got round to painting this guy. Just some finishing off (and, yes, basing) to do before I can hang up my inquisitor brush until I spot something else shiny. I'm not quite happy with him though, since I don't think he's 'grim-dark' enough. Any simply suggestions to up his evil street cred, without rebuilding the model too much.
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I think he looks fantastic and pretty brutal! Really love the paint scheme too, very nice :)
Rob
Thanks for the compliment. have a finished pic.
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Apologies for the drop in quality of photography. 2 cent modelling tip for the day is that bubonic brown is a better base colour for bone than bleached bone. I'm off to repaint all my skeletons ;).