Brother_Brimstone's WIPs

[Brother_Brimstone]

I think I'd probably have to reduce size of  backpack. To correct her lean I would have to completely remodel her foot and leg on the side where it is lifted and her abdomen/mid torso area and the reason I used this as my base model is because i liked all the little details on it - details which i'd have little chance of recreating!. I'll just cut off the burner on top and attach it to a standard 40k sized space marine backpack - sisters of battle seem to have smaller backpacks than space marines anyway. Hopefully, as long as the burner isn't too large, the backpack could look a bit like this.

Thanks for the comment.

[Rayner]

Another way to solve the leaning problem might be to put something under her foot, giving the impression she is stepping down. The object wouldn't have to be that tall, just enough to correct the lean without having to bend legs, perhaps rubble made from GS.

[Brother_Brimstone]

That's what I was originally planning to do, but i took Shannow as saying that even in such a situation, she shouldn't be able to support suck a large pack. If you think that such a correction would seem reasonable i may try it, as i quite like the model as is.

Thanks for the comment

[Shannow]

Though it looks large I think if repositioned well than it will give her that extra 'beef' look like she is a hard ass sister of battle and no backpack is too large, certainly worth trying rather than pulling apart the lovely backpack!

Rob

[Kaled]

I'd be tempted to try a standard marine or chaos marine backpack with the flame on top - it does look a bit too bulky at the moment IMHO.

[Myriad]

I do really like the flaming backpack, and it vibes well with the rest of the model.  It probably will look better scaled down slightly though.  It might also help to repose the head slightly - it's looking up in the air a bit and this contributes to the 'falling backwards' look.  Nice head though, and a good model overall - the plastic 40K arms mix well with Finari's shoulder plates.

[Brother_Brimstone]

The following pictures are for my other Battle Sister WIP - Sister Mercy. She's very early in development (no arms!), but I thought i would post what I have so far to see what you think of my other power pack design. It's made from parts of a blood angel's jump pack, with a sisters of battle icon stuck on. It's meant to be a very ornate backpack, reflecting Mercy's high ranking in her particular sect.









As usual, comments and criticism appreciated.

[Shannow]

I love her! Perfect pose for those wings, I think it gives here movement despite a fairly static pose, interested to see what you do with the arms. What weapons are you going to give her?

Sterling stuff.

Rob

[Brother_Brimstone]

I plan to give her a repeater crossbow (design taken from one of Greenstuff_Gav's, the link to his guide is in that thread, two above the post with the pictures) and a brazier of holy fire (from Swords Of The Faithful), the design of which I'm still working on (i have several ideas, i'm just trying to work out which is most practical and will look best).

Thanks for the comment.

[Shannow]

Ahhh I wondered when you were going to use that, I think it has exactly the right look to it as well, archaic but deadly (bit like my mates dog). I think anything conical/spherical and spiky would make a good brazier but I look forward to seeing what you produce, I envy your conversion cobbling skills!

Rob

[kierkegaard]

The winged backpack looks excellent (the one with the flames coming out of it sticks out far too much from the model though, IMHO.)

What are those models that you have used?

[Brother_Brimstone]

The flame pack sister (sister doraldine) is Finari, Female Crusader and the wing pack sister (sister mercy) is Monique De Noir, both from Reaper Miniature's range.

Thanks for the comment.

[Brother_Brimstone]

Apologies for the double post, but new content is here. I got around to painting Armadeus, and this is the more or less finished thing, The only thing left really is to touch up the base, as the brass is showing a bit on these pictures. As a bit of explanation, i co-ordinated his cloak and clothes and mechadendrites as blue (and bluey-grey), and purposefully chose a conflicting primary colour (red) for the Arm, as it is meant to look like it sticks out from the model and the clash of the red and blue is meant to sort of display the clash of Armadeus and the Arm. Generally i tend to shy away from conflicting primary colours, but here it was mean to be purposeful, rather than just bad taste!









The lighting for these pictures isn't ideal; there was no natural light, and i don't really have any strong focused artificial lights, so the light came from the camera flash, meaning some areas reflected the flash more etc... Anyway, comments/criticism appreciated.

[RobSkib]

I like him! It's just a shame he has such a backwards lean

[Brother_Brimstone]

Yeah, I only really noticed the lean after i was partway into painting. I tried bending his feet, but anothing short of remodelling the fit would have fixed it.

Thanls for the comment.

EDIT: Does anyone think his paintjob is a bit visually 'noisy'? It may be because he has a lot going on, with the metal pipes, bandages and skintone, but parts of it seem a bit 'busy' to me. I can't think of any way to remedy it, so i'm leaving it as it is for now (i'm quite happy with the paintjob as a whole), but if anyone has any suggestions or constructive criticism, that would be great.