To explore strange new worlds... Or: Expanding my Rogue Trader's warband

[kierkegaard]

I think that Von Castelaan's pistol would make a great stubber if you removed most of the barrel (leave about 1mm of the cylinder, and drill it out,) and removed the sideways magazine.

[DapperAnarchist]

I made it into a twin-mag stubber by chopping of the barrel, giving it a big thick flash hider or long barrel or something, and two 28mm bolter magazines at different angles. I wanted three, but it looked really awkward. Its in the hands of the red-armoured Inquisitor in my WIP thread.

[Kaled]

I've been doing a bit more work on these two...

First up is the Explorator - I forgot to take a photo after doing the lower half of his coat, but now I've stuck his body and cloak together, including his left arm.  The next job is to start his right arm and to detail his chest - either that, or to build his axe and mechadendrites.

I've started on the girl's head and hat.  I had to make a few adjustments to it as the bicorne was worn sideways on the original model and I wanted it fore and aft.  It needs a bit of tidying up, but 'm really happy with how it looks - more characters should have hats!

Also, she now has arms - I kept the pose of the original, but used Bloodhound's arms instead.  Her right arm is attached to her cloak, her left to her body.  I haven't yet joined her cloak and body, but that'll be the next job and then I can fill the gaps and it'll be time to add the rest of her equipment to her belt.  I'm really not happy with her sword, so will re-work that as well.

[precinctomega]

And now I can see where the inspiration for this model came from!

R.

[MarcoSkoll]

I haven't passed comment on this thread yet, but I guess that's common fare for me in the P&M section.

I love what you're doing with Jessamyn - it's a fantastic model to start with, but yet you're still finding ways to improve upon it. I may well have to take inspiration from her somewhere down the line...

The Explorator is also turning out well for what is quite a tough combination. Personally, I'd probably have elected for a model with more of a paunch, but that's not very AdMech (doubtless, they have technology that siphons off excess fats to maintain the efficiency of their already "frail" organic parts*).
*i.e. Liposuction.

It has just occurred to me another solution would have been a not so bulky Tech Priest, but with a mess of mechadendrites curving out of his back, holding the coat up and giving it its size, sort of an unintentional framework for it. It's perhaps too late for you to use the idea, but I think I like the concept, so I may well make a Techpriest like that myself.

Also, I believe I shall have to run an event at some point, and give you a chance to get some of the wonderful models you've been making over the last year on the table so we can admire them in person.

[kierkegaard]

Both models are looking great Dave. What are your plans for the Explorator's right arm?

[Kaled]

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure other than he'll be carrying an axe. I might make it similar to his left leg and his coat would be a tabbard. Or his coat might stay a coat and it'll just be a simple sleeve.

Last night I started adding tubes to his torso - I'd never been sure exactly what his chest was going to look like, but now it's going to have a control panel in the centre with tubes running around the sides of his torso to whatever is on his back, plus the tube running to his mouth - some sort of fancy atmosphere filter/processor perhaps...

And only now do I realise that I've put the tubes running around his back in the exact place his mechadendrites were meant to attach. Oh well, sure I'll find space to attach them...

If I get chance I'll post pics later so you can see what I'm talking about.

[Hadriel Caine]

I like what I can see but you seem to have a wee bit of a bandwidth problem

[Heroka Vendile]

the bandwidth problem is because Warseer have used the advert for the IGT straight out of Daves photobucket instead of rehosting it themselves. Every single time someone has gone to the Warseer homepage it has eaten into Daves bandwidth allocation.

[Hadriel Caine]

Yay how clever of them!

[Kaled]

It's my fault - I told them to use that image. Originally they used one on the DM site but that (and the number of downloads of the Briefing Pack) caused the DM site to exceed it's bandwidth, so I changed to use the Photobucket copy. Not sure why it's had so much traffic this month though as it wasn't a problem last month.

Looks like I  need to find yet another home for it...

[gwrulz]

try weebly for some of your photos

[Kaled]

My quota on Photobucket resets tomorrow so normal service will be resumed then...

[Hadriel Caine]

If we had a like button I'd be pressing it. I'm glad we don't but the sentiment stands.

[Stormgrad]

Dave i dont use my photobucket so if you need something hosting i dont mind putting it up there or even just giving you access to it let me know if it becomes a problem again and im happy to help