Infantryman 54 mm - from new member

[Lord Varrys]

Hello All,

I have just fund this forum. I'm Bernhard from Austria and not a big gamer, but I like this WH world. I Bretter paint figures, sometimes sculpt something. My latest work is this figure. Maybe you like it.

Thanks,
Bernhard

[Cortez]

Welcome to the Conclave!

That looks awesome.

What method did you use to sculpt it?

[Lord Varrys]

Thank you my friend!

I used Milliput and Pro Create and a little bit green stuff - Milliput mix. First I made the body and the accessories to watch the right positions, and after it I built up the textures of cloth etc. Later I cut it for molding and finished. On the pictures you can see a primed resin cast.

[Koval]

That's really impressive. The lack of iconography's actually rather nice, as he could become either a bona fide Imperial soldier, a Traitor Guardsman, or a Gue'vesa auxiliary with very little extra work. I like him.

[aeprod]

That is amazing work!

[paper-chase]

Wow that's awesome, wish I could do half as well

Also I agree koval the lack of identifying marks or icons really make this model, so many possibilities 

[Lord Varrys]

Thanks All for rhe kind words! More possibilities by painting for me was important too. The imperial guard's soldiers aren't so far from the armys of nowday.

[Ancelyn]

Excellent sculpting

[Adlan]

Fantastic Work, looks great. It also looks ripe for Converting and all sorts of fun.

[TheNephew]

.Very. nice and clean.

And not IP infringing, hey?

May yet survive GW killing the line.

[Lord Varrys]

Thanks a lot for the kind words! My friend is working on the paintjob yet. 

[Lord Varrys]

And not IP infringing, hey?

May yet survive GW killing the line.

Sorry, how do you mean this?
By the way, tjanks for your post!

[TheNephew]

I mean it looks amazing without having any Imperial Aquila, purity seals, marks or other Copyright issues I can see, except perhaps the lasgun.
So if it should happen to accidentally fall into some silicon and get casted a few times for the benefit of 54mm modelers around the world, you wouldn't be hunted down by lawyers.

Well done that man.

As for killing the line - current stocking and such seems to indicate GW has no intention of maintaining any of the Specialist Games lines, so it's good to know that there are more good-looking, visually-appropriate miniatures being sculpted by non-GW-affiliated people, meaning Inquisitor has a fresh supply of models to play it with.

[Lord Varrys]

And not IP infringing, hey?

Thanks for your words. Yes maybe I make a short run release. I'm thinking about it yet.
My main question was the other sentence with the IP.

[TheNephew]

IP = Intellectual Property

That's what I meant when I said you are safe from lawyers etc. - you are not infringing on GW's intellectual property and copyrights.

And, if you did successfully make a small batch of casts, I think there would probably be a good number of buyers here on The Conclave.