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Title: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 08 September 2013, 06:56:12 PM
Or something of that ilk...

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eBr9jCfqDBc/Uiy5lc4UdgI/AAAAAAAAIVw/Ckvg6bxnhnc/w965-h521-no/P1250470.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-v5itxUoMU1k/Uiy5ma5-gOI/AAAAAAAAIV4/dXIlROZQ37k/w1044-h393-no/P1250474.JPG)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-l707iKtY0Yw/Uiy5nRh_1MI/AAAAAAAAIWE/QvFYyQEK0wk/w1044-h391-no/P1250481.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EheNb_h-1Js/Uiy5oP-49XI/AAAAAAAAIWM/sVqrzsdMlfA/s500/P1250482.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fMFXrj7wMqg/Uiy5oou6gBI/AAAAAAAAIWQ/oH01Y7HPP0g/s500/P1250484.JPG)
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: d phipps on 08 September 2013, 06:58:22 PM
NICE! There's something very menacing about these.  :o
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Amalric on 08 September 2013, 07:20:28 PM
...There's something very menacing about these. 

Yes, very menacing.
Great painting.
My only suggestion would be to add numbers.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Superman-mechanical-monster.jpg)
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: jet on 08 September 2013, 11:53:47 PM
Who makes them? Super cool!
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Post by: The Dozing Dragon on 09 September 2013, 12:19:36 AM
Nice PJs
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Post by: WallShadow on 09 September 2013, 01:29:28 AM
Very Dr. Whovian.  Simple, yet menacing. :o o_o
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 09 September 2013, 06:09:39 AM
Thanks for the feedback

Who makes them? Super cool!

They're Design28, now sold by Black Pyramid Gaming as Iron Men under their Steam and Steel line.
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Andym on 09 September 2013, 07:32:12 AM
Excellent Doctor!! :-*
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Melnibonean on 09 September 2013, 08:47:17 AM
They look great and I think that as a group they look even better.
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Mad Lord Snapcase on 09 September 2013, 09:16:58 AM
Very nice.
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: pocoloco on 09 September 2013, 10:52:17 AM
They look very bodeful indeed!  :-* Maybe a pic of them with somewhat gloomier surroundings for our viewing pleasure? :)
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 09 September 2013, 03:52:05 PM
They look very bodeful indeed!  :-* Maybe a pic of them with somewhat gloomier surroundings for our viewing pleasure? :)

Thanks! Haha! I never thought about a more eerie representation. Maybe when I've painted all of them I'll do something and see if I can make it look proper.  lol
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: matakishi on 09 September 2013, 04:13:09 PM
Not bad at all.
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: pacarat on 09 September 2013, 05:07:18 PM
Ned Kelly goes Pulp!  ;)

Agree, nice effect en masse...
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Traveler Man on 09 September 2013, 05:42:37 PM
Very menacing! Seeing those advancing in a phalanx like that should give any adventurer a moment of doubt.  :)
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: gamer Mac on 09 September 2013, 10:35:46 PM
Like the weathering :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: janner on 10 September 2013, 07:11:06 AM
Coolio  :-*
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: beefcake on 10 September 2013, 11:29:47 AM
Very nice. I'm beginning to like all this pulp stuff.  :)
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 10 September 2013, 06:59:40 PM
This was fun. SO I had to do a few more...

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P0h1ULK4c_k/Ui9c18o6frI/AAAAAAAAIWk/X5wg5dn0Hqw/s700/P1250488.JPG)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VzUgEEc8-rA/Ui9c27a9kmI/AAAAAAAAIWw/aui4b7GlDds/s700/P1250490.JPG)

I even managed to paint the old Mycroft robot I had lying around. He'll be one of the leaders of this new robot force. I nearly removed the smoke stack as I thought it was a bit too VSF like, but in the end I thought 'what the hell' and left it on.  lol

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VJ-mvjjHL1M/Ui9c3niZV9I/AAAAAAAAIW4/3b4UPTZzEIs/s700/P1250492.JPG)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZMYDwcc4Qp0/Ui9c4HQ0s0I/AAAAAAAAIXA/KFswqMZesAo/s700/P1250494.JPG)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H5gAAZLxsUY/Ui9c4t3rpyI/AAAAAAAAIXI/-R2HQegRDYk/s700/P1250496.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0OOy6UtJt3M/Ui9c5a0xZ1I/AAAAAAAAIXM/2mUKgLF5uUw/s700/P1250498.JPG)
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Mad Lord Snapcase on 10 September 2013, 07:52:08 PM
Superb. I love the ones with the winch.
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: BlackSmoke on 10 September 2013, 11:52:35 PM
Brilliant! And these could easily cross over into other genres like 7TV or VSF!
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Prof. Dinglebat. Phd. on 11 September 2013, 12:53:28 AM
They could be used as maintenance men for the chemical plant made by Pegasus Hobbies.  ;)

http://pegasushobbies.net/catalog/Peg.-Gaming-Accessories/c2/p104/%234911-Chemical-Plant/product_info.html
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Andym on 11 September 2013, 07:24:16 AM
Some more cracking work Dr! Those utility boys are great!
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 11 September 2013, 08:28:49 AM
Some more cracking work Dr! Those utility boys are great!

Thanks Andy!

There's more of them on their way in the mail now.  :-X

I really shouldn't have and the money and all that, but sometimes I just loose the interest in food and buy figures in stead... .... ....  lol
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: pocoloco on 11 September 2013, 12:03:03 PM
Great new additions there Doc! That leader looks like the type that is easy to heat up and build up some steam if things don't work his way... and, of course, go out with a big bang!  lol
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: janner on 11 September 2013, 01:13:30 PM
Thanks Andy!

There's more of them on their way in the mail now.  :-X

I really shouldn't have and the money and all that, but sometimes I just loose the interest in food and buy figures in stead... .... ....  lol

You'll know what'll happen if the Valkyrie finds out  :o
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Bergil on 11 September 2013, 01:16:08 PM
Works for me!
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Post by: Jonas on 11 September 2013, 07:55:33 PM
Cracking job, I look forward to see the rest!
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: einarolafson on 11 September 2013, 08:16:34 PM
Fantastic job!! I like them :-*:-*!!
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: ErikB on 11 September 2013, 08:56:59 PM
Those are awesome!

I'm also thinking of them being steam-powered hard-suits with a bad-guy inside.

Numbering them would be great.  It would make them both unique and still faceless, if that makes any sense.

If they contain people, then perhaps some kind of rank system with chevrons?

I can totally see these guys robbing a bank or assassinating a prisoner within a police station.
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 12 September 2013, 07:12:38 AM
Cracking job, I look forward to see the rest!

I'll bring these and the new ones the 20th. We'll take it all out for a spin with Pulp Alley I think. And shoot a bit for the LAF.

Those are awesome!

I'm also thinking of them being steam-powered hard-suits with a bad-guy inside.

Numbering them would be great.  It would make them both unique and still faceless, if that makes any sense.

If they contain people, then perhaps some kind of rank system with chevrons?

I can totally see these guys robbing a bank or assassinating a prisoner within a police station.

Yup all of that is totally possible. In the context of our games they're going to stay robots though. It'll be classic superman stuff really - evil mastermind builds robot army to take over the world.  lol

Fantastic job!! I like them :-*:-*!!

Cool! I can't wait to see yours painted then.  ;) :D

 
Great new additions there Doc! That leader looks like the type that is easy to heat up and build up some steam if things don't work his way... and, of course, go out with a big bang!  lol


Haha. Yeah, and with great ball(s) too  lol

Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: mikedemana on 14 September 2013, 05:59:16 PM
I really shouldn't have and the money and all that, but sometimes I just loose the interest in food and buy figures in stead... .... ....  lol

Bwahahaha! Our hobby in a microcosm..... lol lol lol

Mike Demana
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: WallShadow on 13 April 2015, 01:13:06 AM
having just reviewed some of my Tom Swift, Jr. books, these would fit perfectly for Tom, Bud, and/or  Chuck to be working on the exterior of Tom's latest invention, the HypoGrammatical Fibullizer, since it had been sabotaged by the interfering Visitors from Planet Squidge!
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 13 April 2015, 06:23:13 AM
Strange!  I just played my first game with these last Wednesday!

And I forgot to show the latest additions.  Hhmmmm.
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: cheetor on 13 April 2015, 06:31:11 AM

I'm glad that this thread got resucitated.  Multiple robot minis in the same rigid pose always does it for me, and that leader is a great model.

 :-*
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: ErikB on 13 April 2015, 04:54:46 PM
I'm glad that this thread got resucitated.
Me, too.

There's something about that look of many identical drones.  When it comes to people or animals, we want each one to be different, but with vehicles or robots, a big wall of identical units gives an impression of unfeeling power.

I still like giving them numbers, though.  It makes them simultaneously unique and identical in a strange way.  I like that effect.
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: General on 14 April 2015, 01:39:18 AM
Do you have a link for where to buy these guys?
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 14 April 2015, 07:03:40 AM
Do you have a link for where to buy these guys?


I think they're with black pyramid games now.
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Dr. The Viking on 15 April 2015, 07:51:48 AM
Here are the rest of the evil minion robots that I painted. I painted this right after the thread was started but forgot to post them. The sculpting is notably worse on these 'new' ones and I guess that sort of made my enthusiasm go a bit down. The original monopose robot with the arms at the side is way superior to all the rest in my humble opinion.


(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_1KITyAQx0U/VS4HxT_IQGI/AAAAAAAAL3s/yyjcp371VK8/s700/P1280256.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NgI-wuTEDzQ/VS4HypmJZfI/AAAAAAAAL3k/oaagEBkoy74/s700/P1280259.JPG)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KvZ-YVdL96M/VS4HzaKx_7I/AAAAAAAAL3c/beBs2G1Jjx0/s700/P1280260.JPG)


And here's all the robots collected in one image:

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Ugc_p50J8Fg/VS4H3aJLixI/AAAAAAAAL3U/rPFxcpPvdJA/w1043-h309-no/P1280263.JPG)
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: cheetor on 15 April 2015, 10:57:18 AM
as a mass they work the best.

Yep.  They have the relentless, emotionless automata thing down. 

From here I dont really see a big difference in quality, although I understand if it sapped your enthusiasm when painting.  They look good to me though :)
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: ErikB on 15 April 2015, 04:58:03 PM
Fantastic job!

Just wondering, have you considered some lighter silver edging and/or edge chipping?  And/or some mud or dirt in the upper-body crevices to imply runoff catching there?  Some rust around rivets?

Maybe that's already in there and I just cannot see it on my screen.

In any case, wonderful job with these guys.
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: Earther on 15 April 2015, 05:20:35 PM
Quote
"Smedley, fetch the giant magnet, there's a good chap…"

I think they look terrific. Very menacing! :o
Title: Re: Evil Minion Robots
Post by: ErikB on 15 April 2015, 05:41:55 PM
Ah, okay, different computer screen.  I see what I was looking for and it's there, very subtle and looks quite nice.  I like the rust and metal look on the torsos with the not smooth surface that we see with cast iron.  Very nice effect!