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Title: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 10 November 2009, 03:13:01 PM
A small vue of the Indian Rebels opposing British and Prussian forces in their race for unobtainium in the steaming hot Indian enviroment. Aided by terros older than Man itself these beings are neither truly human nor daemon.

ALL MINIS ARE PAINTED BY MR. CIGARFACE (A FELLOW DANE)
(http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1115093/royalguard1_small.jpg)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00422.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00417.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00426.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00424.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00413.JPG)

All minis painted by Mr. Cigarface (fellow Dane)



Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Skrapwelder on 10 November 2009, 03:28:46 PM
Fthagn! What a great idea, and beautifully executed. Dimly terrible!
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: gamer Mac on 10 November 2009, 03:31:51 PM
Very nice :-* :-* :-*
Good use of the Ironclad stuff.
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Malamute on 10 November 2009, 03:46:19 PM
Very nice :-* :-* :-*
Good use of the Ironclad stuff.

Wot he said :)
Very nice use of colours and I love the lightning coming out of the gun. :)
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Plynkes on 10 November 2009, 03:50:00 PM
Those fellows in robes are lovely figures very nicely painted. I also think they'd look great in white with saffron turbans if you plan to do more (or anybody else is).

The monsters are cool too; though they do look like they're sucking sherbet out of those tubes to me, which diminishes their menace somewhat.  :)
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Ironcladman on 10 November 2009, 10:23:02 PM
Nice work chap.  :-*
Love what you have done with the steam tank. Bravo!
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Mr. Cigarface on 10 November 2009, 10:51:01 PM
Blasted!
Curse ye to the nethermost regions of noneuclidean nebular space, Thorbjørn.

Nobody exposes the sikh empire without paying for it (I´ll take blood, please...).

And nobody introduces me to an excellent forum without screwing up my daily internet quota, and thus puts my already strained relationship at risk...
Arghh, if only I had a couple of more hours to spend each day o_o

Well, curses and whining aside: thanks for all the positive comments. I really appreciate it, so keep ´em coming  :D

I´m hoping to paint my maharaja/daemon sultan tomorrow. Pics will follow. Oh, and hopefully the glorious and dastardly fiendish steam elephant will arrive any day now  8)

Cheers!
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Chairface on 11 November 2009, 12:52:25 AM
Welcome Mr. Cigarface! You are a talented man. Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 11 November 2009, 03:34:46 PM
Chairface/Cigarface - any relation?

I must say I'm quite liking this too (obviously having posted it and forced you in here).

Any great ideas for a scenario? 8)
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Hammers on 11 November 2009, 03:45:05 PM
Very cool looking Sikhs, Thorb.
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 11 November 2009, 08:12:02 PM
Excellent stuff there, where abouts are the Sikhy types from?

cheers

James
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Dewbakuk on 11 November 2009, 08:29:47 PM
They're Ironclad Martians.
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Mr. Cigarface on 13 November 2009, 11:10:19 PM
Here is a small update on the ruler of the sikh empire: the daemonic sultan Malakh Singh.

His baba yaga style palanquin is almost done. Just needs a little more work on the metal. Malakh, however, is little more than primed on these pics.


(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00434.JPG)

And here with a special appearance of Sir Humphrey Gladstone to give a sense of scale:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00436.JPG)

EDIT: Oh, I almost forgot: once again, thank you for all the kind comments. Much appreciated  :)
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Chairface on 14 November 2009, 05:14:02 AM
Ooooh. More brilliant stuff. The palaquin is fantastic!
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Ironcladman on 14 November 2009, 09:29:24 AM
Loving your work, :-*. It has given me some ideas for some Martian weapons and vehicles. How did you make the lightning effect for your gun?
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 14 November 2009, 10:14:50 AM
Yay and huzzah for Chaugnar Faughn. Always liked that one very, very much. Where did you get that tripus seat? It´s a frighteningly effective model, I´d say!
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 14 November 2009, 03:37:50 PM
I don't know what to add to the above, except we gotta make a really nice photorep sometime in the new year!
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on 14 November 2009, 07:12:30 PM
Here is a small update on the ruler of the sikh empire: the daemonic sultan Malakh Singh.

Possibly the most bizarre figure I've ever seen. Also one of the most imaginative.

Gorgeous in a disgustingly Cthulhic way. I work with a lot of Punjabis and I can't imagine what they'd make of your collection  lol

I can't wait to see the Sultan finished!
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Mr. Cigarface on 18 November 2009, 07:26:32 PM
@Chris: The skullplatform came with Chauga Faugn. The rest are legs from GW bloodletters and a glassbead in between as the unobtainium orb.

I´m glad that he scares you  :)
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Mr. Cigarface on 18 November 2009, 07:35:23 PM
Possibly the most bizarre figure I've ever seen. Also one of the most imaginative.
Thanks a lot, mate! I´ll take that as a compliment  :D

And please try not to aggravate your punjabi friends too much with this. We´re still having a bad rep in big parts of the world here in Denmark because of the Muhammed cartoon controversy from 2005. We definetely don´t need no Sikh Crisis as well  ;)
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Mr. Cigarface on 18 November 2009, 07:47:07 PM
I promised Ironcladman to make a  minitutorial on the lightning effect on the steam tank, so here it is.

The effect is deceptively easy to make. Really!
Its basically just some pieces of steel wire,
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00448.JPG)

one of which has been bend in the middle to create a softer end.
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00449.JPG)

They have then been bend into shape quite randomly and stuck together with super glue. (Here I´ve been lazy and bluetacked them together instead)
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00450.JPG)

Finally they´ve had globs of PVA glue strategically placed to represent the spots where the rays come together and create super heated plasma or whatever it is unobtainium lightning rays create when they come together.

After priming and painting: voila! You´ve got yourself a fancy lightning effect!
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00444.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00446.JPG)


I haven´t done any more work on the sultan yet. Malakh, however, got some new reinforcements from Ramshackle today, so the future DOES look bright – err, I mean gloomy – for the glorious sikh empire.

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00442.JPG)


Over & out!
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on 18 November 2009, 08:32:05 PM
Thanks a lot, mate! I´ll take that as a compliment  :D

 lol - it was certainly intended as one!

And please try not to aggravate your punjabi friends too much with this. We´re still having a bad rep in big parts of the world here in Denmark because of the Muhammed cartoon controversy from 2005. We definetely don´t need no Sikh Crisis as well  ;)


Don't worry, they are pretty laid-back and certainly not religious extremists. Some of them do have very big swords, though, so best be careful ;)
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 19 November 2009, 07:20:22 AM
Uuuh! I foresee a lot of rays coming out of my different vehicles soon! :D

I really like the ramshacklemini you're doing. Any ideas for what it is??? It looks like one of the turberculosis beaks they wore in the 19th century.
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Chairface on 19 November 2009, 03:13:22 PM
Love the Mr. Snickety conversion! Inspired!
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Mr. Cigarface on 07 December 2009, 09:55:30 PM
Damdadamdadam... Time flies by when you´re having fun - or flu which is what I´ve been spending my last couple of weeks fighting with. First my kids and girlfriend got it, and last week it was my turn  :?


Whining aside, here is a couple of pics from todays hobbying...


First is the sultan himself. I´m not that happy about the result - especially the attempt of making visible unobtainium-filled veins didn´t go quite as planned. He´s still not done, but at least he sports a somewhat more interesting tan now.

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00459.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00460.JPG)


Doctor Death-by-deadly-sharp-and-nasty-Fingers was done in the same colours as the royal guard. Simple and fast.

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00461.JPG)


And last but definately not least we have the Tunnelmobile of the Freemasons´ secret chapter on paranormal studies. It was pretty fun to paint the occult imagery. It is one of my first attempts on freehand, but I´m quite pleased with the way it turned out.

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00465.JPG)

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1115093/DSC00466.JPG)

Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 07 December 2009, 10:59:22 PM
I'm so happy you live in my country!!!  lol
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: Bullshott on 07 December 2009, 11:07:20 PM
Excellent work. I like the painted symbols on the Tunnelmobile.
Title: Re: The Inscrutable Sikh Empire (Danish VSF Department, Fyn Chapter)
Post by: oldskoolrebel on 07 December 2009, 11:12:46 PM
Very different looks fun  :D

I love the plasma shot  :o. And the occult/free masonry iconography 

in fact I love Doctor Death-by-deadly-sharp-and-nasty-Fingers pretty creepy, strangely reminiscent of Edward Scissorhands  ::)

Cheers
Andy