WIP - Penal Legionnaire

[Caralinus]

I was going to post a few picture up just as the Conclave went down but I've been making progress with my resin armature and not knowing quite what to use it for decided to do a Penal Legionnaire, possibly an escapee but never-the-less seconded for use by the Inquisition.

[MarcoSkoll]

Now that's a fantastic start. The job you've done on the locks and chains is particularly impressive.

Looking forward to seeing how it develops.

[Caralinus]

I'm not sure if I should give him a stubby shotgun of some kind or a small smg. He's meant to be wearing dungarees (eventually I'll give them a nice orange paint job) and I'll probably give him another shackle round his waist; I figured he was wearing a full set of shackles but broke them and got loose or got loose and then broke them. I need to make him a new head too.

[MarcoSkoll]

From the perspective of SMGs being very under-used in Inq, it wouldn't hurt to go that way - but don't let that stop you using the shotgun if you've got a good reason to choose it.

[Molotov]

Now that he's in the service of an Inquisitor, will he still have his explosive collar?

[Gideon Sterne]

Sub-machine gun. It has to be. A nice, compact autoweapon firing caseless 10mm ammunition from strip mags held above the barrel in a bullpup comfig (see the G-11 for ideas)!

Or something unusual like an Owens gun, or, even more comical, an SM-Laser - like a mini multi-laser, perhaps.

Brilliant start, too!

[Caralinus]

I like the look of the owens gun, seems ugly enough to be given to a Penal trooper.

As for the collar, I hadn't even considered it. Since I don't recall them being mentioned too much since RT I suppose you could say that some Penal Legions use them and some don't. In any case they need a Mechanicus adept to detonate them so at least he's safe, maybe!

I quite like the idea of it though, I might put one on, or at least see what I can come up with, I don't want his neck to end up looking unfeasibly stretched so I'll have to see if I can make something that looks right but doesn't throw out his proportions.

[Molotov]

...at least he's safe, maybe!

Until someone uses machine empathy to detonate it! 

[Hadriel Caine]

nice pose. you got a background for the character? I had a look in the other forum but I am largely blind and absent minded so didnt see one!

what is the sculpting material used here as it looks very crisp and less rubbery than GS.

Adam

[Caralinus]

Nope, no background yet.

The putty is Grey Stuff (ProCreate), a little more plastic than Green Stuff but more-or-less similar. It's nicer to cut and file too as it takes a nice crsip edge but it can be fairly hard when filing and like Green Stuff gums up a file pretty quickly. The only other thing I do is mix in a blob of Vaseline.

[Ancelyn]

A great start, but are the leg irons practical?  I was under the impression Penal  Legionnaires were fitted with explosive collars. Or am I confusing my Sci-Fi?

[Caralinus]

They can be fitted with explosive collars but what difference does it make. That's the benefit of making your own models, they can look however you want and I wanted mine with shackles

[Aidan]

Great start, it's good to see all the self-sculpting going on now (sign of the economic times? Or that GW need to broaden their range? I dunno). I love the manacles on that guy. They might hinder his walking a little bit, but they aren't so heavy, and his pants seem baggy enough to soften it a bit.

Indeed, his pants seem rather too baggy, on the right legs. Do you intend to smooth that off? Or is the guy just suffering from penal legions recieving arse-end of munitorium deliveries?

I also think a sub-machinegun would be cool. With Skoll's revised armoury (gratuitous advertising, yay! ) there are 6 different models of sub-machine gun. I like to dole them out to mooks, often.

-Aidan.

[Ancelyn]

They can be fitted with explosive collars but what difference does it make. That's the benefit of making your own models, they can look however you want and I wanted mine with shackles

Fair enough . Impressive modelling.

[MarcoSkoll]

(sign of the economic times? Or that GW need to broaden their range? I dunno).

Probably a little of both, but probably more the latter.

At least in my case. I got fed up of the loss of the individual part codes and things disappearing off the range.

With Skoll's revised armoury (gratuitous advertising, yay! )

Woo!!! Free publicity!