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Offline Hobby Services

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #15 on: December 24, 2018, 02:49:34 PM »
The top knot might be a reverence to Abbadon...

Likely so.  Chaos marines are noted for their slavish adherence to fashion trends.  At least this guy didn't succumb to the urge to mount those idiotic trophy spikes on his armor.  :)

I distinctly remember a local Tyranid player from the 3E days who entered a painting contest with a "Chaos vs. the Swarm" diorama that consisted of a converted Hive Tyrant standing there doing a belly laugh pose with Abbadon in front of him, jammed into the ground upside down by his spikes with his feet kicking helplessly in the air.  It was sight to see.

Offline shadowking1957

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #16 on: December 24, 2018, 03:51:01 PM »
Superb work...

Offline Ultravanillasmurf

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #17 on: December 24, 2018, 09:39:17 PM »
I distinctly remember a local Tyranid player from the 3E days who entered a painting contest with a "Chaos vs. the Swarm" diorama that consisted of a converted Hive Tyrant standing there doing a belly laugh pose with Abbadon in front of him, jammed into the ground upside down by his spikes with his feet kicking helplessly in the air.
What an interesting image.

Offline Grimmnar

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #18 on: December 25, 2018, 05:26:09 AM »
What I can't understand however, is the topknot (?) on the big bad marine boss... I mean it's like pole stuck on top of his head with skulz on it? How does that thing stay up? lol
I was thinking the exact same thing.  Very silly bit of detailing there.
Its not a full size skull.
Missing the back half.
And have you seen what stylists do with just hairspray? This has extras.
And as mentioned, the topknot is believed to be a homage to Abbadon.

Grimm

Offline Diablo Jon

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #19 on: December 26, 2018, 09:02:48 AM »
Impressive stuff. I love a lot of the miniatures from the game and have been picking them up on eBay some really crackers in that game.

Offline Agis

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #20 on: December 26, 2018, 10:33:31 AM »
Impressive stuff. I love a lot of the miniatures from the game and have been picking them up on eBay some really crackers in that game.
LOL, I am trying to sell Halfling twins atm...

And, a slight conversion…

Obsidius Mallex with Chaos Marine bodyguards. I painted them again in the colours of the Sons of Horus.
In addition I swapped the backpacks for Mk II packs and added a Mk II helmet to tone them a bit down, I just do not like horns and too many pointed trophy racks...

And the always welcome scale comparison shot:

From left to right - Classic plastic Marine, BF Chaos Marine, Primaris
...somehow they have grown on the Blackstone Fortress...

As always more on my site: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/blackstone_fortress.html
cheers and keep on gaming, Agis - http://www.adpublishing.de

Offline Ultravanillasmurf

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #21 on: December 26, 2018, 02:58:19 PM »
Nice work.

Interesting comparison.

Offline DonVoss

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #22 on: December 26, 2018, 04:30:14 PM »
Tried to resist the Fortress buy....:)

Not so easy any more. Thanx Agis.....:D

Cheers,
Don

Offline Diablo Jon

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #23 on: December 26, 2018, 09:24:06 PM »
LOL, I am trying to sell Halfling twins atm...

yeah well not all the minis from the game are great  ;)

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #24 on: December 26, 2018, 09:36:00 PM »
Fantastic work :o :o

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #25 on: December 27, 2018, 08:39:21 AM »
Thanks again folks!
yeah well not all the minis from the game are great  ;)
LOL, so true, but fortunately it all depends on personal taste!  lol
I am going to use 2 stand-in minis for the Halfling sniper brothers.

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #26 on: December 27, 2018, 08:01:23 PM »
I quite like them but I have barefeets in space.

But when I was talking with my friends we could all agree that Missionary and Rogue Trader are great but we were very split with the rest. Seme people love halfings some despised them.  Same with Kroot, Eldar and Robot thingy.

I am Kroot man but the Eldar gal was more popular :>


Your Rogue Trader is perfect match for GW miniature stand in.. like they were paying homage to this model :P


Offline ecurtz

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #27 on: December 27, 2018, 08:43:10 PM »
Yeah, the Blackstone Fortress heroes seem to be especially polarizing. I'm with AWu on the Kroot being good, and the Eldar is the only one I dislike to the point I may proxy or significantly rework her - the pose is just terrible IMO.

Agis' painting is marvelous, as always.

Offline audrey

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #28 on: December 27, 2018, 11:10:34 PM »
Excellent idea on the mkII backpacks and alternate helms for the CSM. They look much better. I have been removing all the spikey bit from the traitor guard. I like the red UR-025, further “blending” in with the Mechanicus.

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Offline sir_shvantselot

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Re: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis
« Reply #29 on: December 27, 2018, 11:40:11 PM »
Fantastic painting as always. I was tempted by BF. But I’ve got so much on the go at the moment. More than I’ll get games with.