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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Dr Mathias on July 18, 2017, 07:46:17 PM
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This will be my catch all thread for things 40K and 'grimdark'.
I was waiting until I had all the figures for the Arena of Blood game painted up before I started this thread showing the arena build (there were still three minis to complete after the initial photo, finished them last week). This entry got absolutely slaughtered in the LPL- I had a feeling I would lose anyway but not that badly ;) None-the-less it was a fun project and I plan to take it further with more wyches, some monsters, violet fungi instead of murder stakes, etc...
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E7E9xtCO8jc/WW5PHP-BWQI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/y8AfXxrzq60GjivQKmmYRxvzQcCCXFPEACEwYBhgL/s1600/DrMathias_Arena_of_Blood_Round7.jpg)
The arena is a combination of cast plaster, cast resin, laser cut acrylic and card, gatorfoam, and foamcore.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cWKaAEzR3vk/WW5ZhfTYwrI/AAAAAAAAA9M/KSOx45Phj-QbJC3gnuN4RJs6G2xyQ5cUgCEwYBhgL/s1600/ArenaBuild1b.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K4OD2tsKz_o/WW5ZhtlM3sI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/aIZpbumQ3FoyTyaOHV5g6ZpKNwadpVtggCEwYBhgL/s1600/ArenaBuild4.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sdhDmlPTf4k/WW5ZiKa1EWI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/yMNiYMIkN7I8ID1fx4QpM45Dh3Efg96wQCEwYBhgL/s1600/ArenaofBlood1.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tgs7WozncXU/WW5PGB9zv9I/AAAAAAAAA8U/CmIKaeoB07caIGQeRZk6XPASKotKsoG2wCEwYBhgL/s1600/Hellion.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dEAOGvA9VKY/WW5PGKchSlI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/NPUzNfwDi3MuQiOLNKYFKztguNf0zKtHwCEwYBhgL/s1600/BeastMaster2.jpg)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_7kjM9B-0hA/WW5PHSt9AWI/AAAAAAAAA8g/7TCXINMdO0g1-H10bsXdIl6aw3kT_A8ZgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Khymera.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CjE0GuKPKsY/WW5ZjKykQmI/AAAAAAAAA9g/NSd07p5QNA0Tkbg-pdYBqIYYj4lZmC6lQCEwYBhgL/s1600/ArenaofBlood3.jpg)
My blog (https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2017/07/dark-eldar-arena-of-blood-3d-game-board.html) has a lot more detail on the build.
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Nice stuff! Wanna play this game, look fun and remind star wars episode 2 geonosian arena
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Lovely set up and beautifully painted miniatures, Matt.
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It's so clean! Maybe you need some cleaning slaves with mops for between rounds.
It's a beautiful project, really nicely put together! :)
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Playing this at Recruits would be great!
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Playing this at Recruits would be great!
I'm going to try to make it- I'll need to register it soon! Thanks for the reminder :)
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That's frikkin amazing
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Some blood would make it a touch better
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Wow! Great stuff Dr! :-* That skinless puppy is just amazing! :o
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That skinless puppy is just amazing! :o
Not something you read everyday lol
Looks very nifty Matt 8)
I really like the tiles :)
cheers
James
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I'm going to try to make it- I'll need to register it soon! Thanks for the reminder :)
Be sure to leave some space for Randy.
You know me, plenty of intentions, few realizations...
Doug
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Nice, in a dark space pixie way!
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A really lovely little project. Excellently presented and very nicely painted.
I will echo the 'needs a bit of blood' comment because it is so beautifully clean at the moment, that it doesn't scream 'arena of blood'.
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The pj on the skinless beast is fantastic. Beautiful painting.
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Wow, man, this is simply awesome :o
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That looks really nice. Not very bloody that arena of blood though... unless it's white blood :o
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Regarding the blood, I did consider it but haven't made the commitment. Once it's painted on, it would be hard to take off if I think it's cheesy :)
What I have been thinking of doing is using thin acetate with blood on it, cut to hex size so the edges aren't pronounced. Each hit can produce a blood patch, which would track crowd pleasure. Still kicking it around.
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Looks very good. Is it a GW-Game or something made by your own??? Remembers me a little bit to the movie "Rollerball".
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Wonderfull stuff all round.
Beautifull mini's and a lovely arena.
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What I have been thinking of doing is using thin acetate with blood on it, cut to hex size so the edges aren't pronounced. Each hit can produce a blood patch, which would track crowd pleasure. Still kicking it around.
I think that would work really well... and ticks all the boxes. Good idea.
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Looks very good. Is it a GW-Game or something made by your own??? Remembers me a little bit to the movie "Rollerball".
It's a gw game that came free with white dwarf. Funnily enough it seems to be a sort of precursor to gorechosen.
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Not so bloody but damn fine! :-*
I would fight to the death here any day!
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It's a gw game that came free with white dwarf. Funnily enough it seems to be a sort of precursor to gorechosen.
Where can I find it? It looks interesting
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Where can I find it? It looks interesting
Issue 229 , It turns up on ebay fairly regularly.
Would you believe it has a wikipedia page!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_of_Blood
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Issue 229 , It turns up on ebay fairly regularly.
Would you believe it has a wikipedia page!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_of_Blood
Thanks for providing that info!
If anyone is trying to track down WD #229, make sure the fold-out map is included if you want the character stats and individual ability rules. The first one I picked up was missing the map, which also meant I was missing the stats :)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U-QfGpYp5-k/WW5SCW8uXnI/AAAAAAAAA80/J7GoccKdSd4CXiL6Zg97bXcHhSt8IvajACLcBGAs/s1600/dark-eldar-arena-of-blood-fold-out-play-mat-white-dwarf-pull-out--2301-p.jpg)
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Acetate sounds like a great idea. I agree blood on it would look cheesy.
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Amazing Matt - cool project and excellent execution. :-*
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The arena is a combination of cast plaster, cast resin, laser cut acrylic and card, gatorfoam, and foamcore.
When I first saw this in the background of your LPL11 entry, I seriously thought you'd used actual marble tiles 1.5" or 2" across for the base. Are the "marble" tiles and wall panels just paint? They look great!
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Beautiful painting.
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When I first saw this in the background of your LPL11 entry, I seriously thought you'd used actual marble tiles 1.5" or 2" across for the base. Are the "marble" tiles and wall panels just paint? They look great!
Thanks- they're painted. About half of the casts were tan and the rest were light gray. First they were given a light primer coat, then I gave them a thin coat of white paint, mixed in a bit of dark purple or gray and smeared it around to get the cloudy look. The veins were done with a combination of watercolor pencil and a very thin brush. There was a third layer comprised of paint and clear Future floor wax to carry off the translucency. It actually went pretty quick, less than an hour total if I recall. I did some theatrical scene painting back in the day that was illusionary marble, that helped with this project I think. The acrylic was drying very fast!
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5GbPHDbtM40/WW5Zg5QYawI/AAAAAAAAA9E/nUt9hs74CMwQO4bzjvnKfOaOlCMdY5t9QCEwYBhgL/s1600/ArenaBuild1.jpg)
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I just assumed you'd used plaster with a marble filler !
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Great project, great execution (as expected from an artist with your skills), somehow it was under my radar for way too long.
It really itches me to do something similar... ;)
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Really awesome build and painting. Must be cool to game in!
Personally, I would have chosen a darker colour scheme (maybe marbled black?) to make it fit in more with the Dark Eldar aesthetics. But that's just a matter of taste :)
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The Dark Eldar Haemonculi have used their dark arts to raise this thread from the dead...
Having played several games now, and ran a few at conventions, I decided to finish out a second team. This allows people to play matched teams and gives two people that want to play the same Wych an option to do so.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q22puHS2WQs/XB17Poo77cI/AAAAAAAABRY/V14obi7EXuUPvXaYvx7fJIFiYlv7oztkwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Wyches-3.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-87R344wHwsw/XB17PgqcMEI/AAAAAAAABRU/h9mn4gCo-6QzYBs9nkdySpa5mV_An5emwCEwYBhgL/s1600/BeastMaster-5.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qjEwAGfE4i8/XB17PkyDkeI/AAAAAAAABRc/jppwlc_vxjsAySQsBqIaIo2E0AG8C-AcwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Hellion-2.jpg)
There's some notes on conversions etc. on the blog.
https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2018/12/arena-of-blood-dark-eldar-drukhari.html (https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2018/12/arena-of-blood-dark-eldar-drukhari.html)
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Brilliant! Love that cockroach looking creature, where’s that from?
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Great stuff. I've eyed up some Dark Eldar to do something just like this many a time!
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Brilliant! Love that cockroach looking creature, where’s that from?
I think it was from Mega Miniatures. I believe the proprietor sold off most if not all his molds to a bunch of companies. I have no idea where it is now. I could use another two though! I really like the look of it, even if it is pretty flat.
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Never understood why LAF punishes the GW entries so hard. Beautiful work on the Wych teams. Good choice on the clear stands for the arena teams too.
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Missed this thread first time around. Fantastic work, belated congrats on a wonderful job.
I think it was from Mega Miniatures. I believe the proprietor sold off most if not all his molds to a bunch of companies. I have no idea where it is now. I could use another two though! I really like the look of it, even if it is pretty flat.
Detective mode activated.
Definitely Mega Minis - specifically 0013 Blood Sucking Demon. Before that they were part of the Hobby Products range, and before that Metal Magic.
http://miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Monsters_%28Mega_Miniatures%29
Annoyingly, that particular model seems to have been sold to Omni who sold it as OMS0010 Alien Stalker. Omni is OOB as far as I know. Good luck finding more, though.
http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Sci-Fi_%28Omni_Miniatures%29
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Wow, really nice! I love the marble effect on the floor.
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Never understood why LAF punishes the GW entries so hard. Beautiful work on the Wych teams. Good choice on the clear stands for the arena teams too.
Thanks! Seems like there’s a bias against GW sometimes, I can’t recall what beat the original entry but the opposition was probably decisively better, the photo wasn’t the best. My non-GW have been beaten by GW entries too, so who knows :) The LAF voters are fickle (myself included 😂).
Detective mode activated.
Definitely Mega Minis - specifically 0013 Blood Sucking Demon. Before that they were part of the Hobby Products range, and before that Metal Magic.
Excellent sleuthing, very interesting!
I may need to modify its profile in game if it’s a bloodsucker :)
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what a great project. Fantastic painting.
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Thanks Bloggard, it's been a fun project.
Anyway, here's my last mini of 2018. Honestly I wasn't super excited to paint this one since I don't like the resin Raging Heroes uses, it doesn't accept primer easily and I've tried quite a few brands- washed the resin, let it 'de-gas' for weeks, etc. etc. She was originally just a test mini for priming. About a quarter of the way in I really began to like where it was headed and I really like how she turned out. Not sure what I'll use her for, but I based her to match my Wyches for the Arena of Blood. She may come out when a Wych avoids combat for two rounds or something.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JxEG6hAACNw/XCqzai8iIfI/AAAAAAAABSQ/33knoCHbaHM63SRJ1c7Aor1K5drYm9CcQCLcBGAs/s1600/Sephea.jpg)
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Beautiful paint job Matt. The painting of her face is really expressive. Former boy friend perhaps?
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Nice painting.
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wow love that miniature what a great DE proxy and brilliantly painted.
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Oh mini and the paint job are great. But I am not sure whether she holds z weapon or a strange pogo stick.. or something even weirder :P
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Thanks for the comments all, appreciated.
Beautiful paint job Matt. The painting of her face is really expressive. Former boy friend perhaps?
lol
Oh mini and the paint job are great. But I am not sure whether she holds z weapon or a strange pogo stick.. or something even weirder :P
I think that this is one of their 'dual purpose' miniatures, in that it can be sci-fi or fantasy. I guess I'd say her weapon is a Husk Blade, although I'm not well versed on Dark Eldar fluff these days so that might not be the best counterpart :)
All I know is if I were her, I'd tie up those braids- they're looking to get caught up in that sword lol
Then again she has some sort of blade finial on the end of one, so I suspect it's a weapon too :)
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Remarkable work, Dr. Super clean tho. I agree some janitor-slaves would be appropriate.
"The new and improved Ronco Fusion engine power-washer! For those tough arterial spurts and stubborn viscera chunks. Available NOW!"
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yep, great painting - face particularly.
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Rather than create separate threads for additions to my 40K collection, I'm going to just collect them here.
A year late to the fight, here's a set of Necromunda Goliaths.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-imdBww5xRAE/XDu-NAnM3iI/AAAAAAAABT4/beml-DqFd8UJy91tiyZT62FpPjH2WzU3ACLcBGAs/s1600/Goliaths-1-Gang.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7oODc8UD1bQ/XDu-Mf-ofwI/AAAAAAAABTw/mTBPD94R73MSLDeM-HjVKmCWujqbR493wCLcBGAs/s1600/Goliaths-1-Mom.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qppANL-FIA8/XDu-M6v3q2I/AAAAAAAABT0/bDjO0pebFM8oHTOfaoXJtN979IDmGagvACLcBGAs/s1600/Goliaths-2.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UpTOm3hxvEo/XDu-NdbQLUI/AAAAAAAABT8/S072a5F65kg7yUCh-AgGfLXw5OBlKc2bQCLcBGAs/s1600/Goliaths-3.jpg)
I added some giant rat pelts (using greenstuff) to give them a more feral look, other than that they are more or less stock.
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Great work. Nice tattoos.
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Oh nice thread, loving the look you achieved on the Goliaths.
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Great stuff :-*
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As great as always, I just love the pelt and tattoo :o 8)
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Great Goliaths!
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They look awesome. Well done!
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Brill 8)
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Nice meatheads!
8) 8)
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Excellent. Fist of the North Star bad guys.
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Nice.
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I love the fur added. It fits so well
Now I am sad i havent thought about it myself :)
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They are gorgeous! Nice addition :-*
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Those look great. The rat pelts are a fantastic touch.
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Great, the fur really makes them 'yours'.
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Fantastic work on those Goliaths.
The conversions are great but I am particularly impressed with the paint scheme. Very nicely done :) ... dark colors suit these very well.
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Brilliant goliaths, love the rat pelts! Cracking scenery too.
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Thanks all, appreciated. I have Cawdor and Orlocks on tap, trying to decide which to tackle first.
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Both great choices..
But do Orlock first ;)
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After seeing this cool thread by Blasphemia Blackwood (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=114085.msg1427748#msg1427748), I was inspired to make a mech and pilot myself. I hadn't done snow effects before, so it was pretty fun.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1SDRlWqbhN8/XFZRJW_l3oI/AAAAAAAABXQ/dlbY6i5w82AKDEd1A2vqRy3fOozftgv4wCEwYBhgL/s1600/50866841_10217827398986781_6691772352423788544_n.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-98jHG7pNKgI/XFZQFGWWppI/AAAAAAAABW4/6eCD5L3PB1UcztKENG3qZVkpiWmcPA4IQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Gelida-Sentinel-1.jpg)
Ventor Tentyritæ is one of the last surviving members of the once prosperous Tentyritæ family. The family was the foremost supplier of Gelidan animals to wealthy offworld clients looking for exotic specimens. It was said that numerous xenos beasts supplied by House Tentyritæ made their way to the Necromundan Hive Primus, destined for the laboratories of House Escher or Spire menageries, and rumor has it that some beasts were even seen in the fighting arenas of Commorragh.
After Gelida was cut off from the Imperium, Tentyritæ's patronage disappeared and their fortunes fell drastically...
I see this as a sort of spinoff from the 40K Xeno beast hunter group I painted several months ago.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5Vnyfw2UzCo/XFZQFu-myTI/AAAAAAAABXA/dL33Y-IGauwh1lXOa7LRHgq1bCWVPPLOgCEwYBhgL/s1600/Gelida-Sentinel-Scenic.jpg)
More details on my blog (https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2019/02/gelida-frozen-expanse-project-inq28-40k.html)
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Great work on the Goliaths! :-* I've never been a fan of the models, but you've changed my mind on them.
The pain ting is just perfect on that sentinel and pilot! :o Can I ask how you did the face? The skin tone is great!
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Love the Sentinel and the crewman.
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Yes very nice, Now paint a Wampa for him to shoot!
I do want to see some monsters for him to hunt though :)
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Excellent sentinel and crew!
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I seem to have missed the last few updates on this post, so it was a happy surprise rediscovering it. As ever, some cracking painting going on. Is the mech pilot a conversion of the objective Aquilla Shuttle pilot figure from one of the 40K starter sets from way back?
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Excellent.
Nice photo work as well.
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Great work on the Goliaths! :-* I've never been a fan of the models, but you've changed my mind on them.
The painting is just perfect on that sentinel and pilot! :o Can I ask how you did the face? The skin tone is great!
Goliaths are my least favorite gang. That's why I did them first :) I changed my own mind too!
My generic skin recipe is:
1. Base coat GW 'Cadian Fleshtone'
2. Wash with GW 'Reikland Fleshshade'
3. I often paint eyes at this point, easy to clean up mistakes on the next step.
4. Layer up a bit leaving dark tones in crevices etc. with 'Cadian Fleshtone'
5. Start highlighting by adding a small amount of Vallejo Model Color 'Basic Skintone' to the 'Cadian Fleshtone'
6. Add more 'Basic Skintone' and continue highlighting until you get to the contrast you want (I usually stop around here, I don't often use the range of tonal gradation many painters go for)
7. Add a little red to the fleshtones and thinly paint over the lower lip, very thin.
8. I think I added a little red around the nose/cheeks too- it's cold out there ;)
Yes very nice, Now paint a Wampa for him to shoot!
I do want to see some monsters for him to hunt though :)
I've been thinking about that- I need to make some more hangers-on and some creatures for sure.
I seem to have missed the last few updates on this post, so it was a happy surprise rediscovering it. As ever, some cracking painting going on. Is the mech pilot a conversion of the objective Aquilla Shuttle pilot figure from one of the 40K starter sets from way back?
Thanks, yes- that's the pilot from the Macragge set. He was pretty bulky and bundled up and seemed a good starting point. In the following pic I'd already replaced the pistol and case of vials he was originally holding.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y-E6xFlIs3c/XFZRJSzEQhI/AAAAAAAABXM/wXserjkje1IHL73jZV7CovjwQv4830ihACLcBGAs/s1600/50515070_10217769531100120_6201703329681113088_n.jpg)
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Hmm
Not too keen on thet lasgun though. Strangely unbalances the model.
But it look much better with paint though. You are kinda magician here :o
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Hmm
Not too keen on thet lasgun though. Strangely unbalances the model.
It is pretty big, true. I probably could have used a regular lasgun and modified the barrel. Maybe for the next group :)
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Oh, I love it! :-*
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These are gorgeous!
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Thanks all, appreciated!
Well, I had three full days and two half-days off in the last two weeks due to inclement weather, which I put to good use. I may have painted half of last years entire output within the first month of this year!
So, here's my Blackstone Fortress set completed. I based them all at once, which I have to say was not fun at all...
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--udJUAMjxCw/XFkLzZngNGI/AAAAAAAABYk/nRX3wCm4oCgf2mmZq1EsGGyHUmSQRGkFACEwYBhgL/s1600/Blackstone-Fortress-Group.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LL29e36OfOI/XFkLzs5KWUI/AAAAAAAABY0/F2PIVn68WlYsD-S7S2hb1WhBSaFcW9M6gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Blackstone-Fortress-Heroes-1.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mj6p2bWkFH8/XFkLzmEHhdI/AAAAAAAABYo/3apzIt6hEm45YFDvjJtBYtnbJ25r5yIAACEwYBhgL/s1600/Blackstone-Fortress-Heroes-2.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B2lGRWZTVrs/XFkLzeHgYjI/AAAAAAAABYs/gkH8ZyqtFBczR2HtHgzFdKjCr7S-JYYjACEwYBhgL/s1600/Blackstone-Fortress-Heretic-Astartes.jpg)
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MxAimfsEgkI/XFkLzIMrQXI/AAAAAAAABY0/nYajz4kqFJoq736XriyJJ0mKZ2q0rTu9ACEwYBhgL/s1600/Blackstone-Fortress-Beastmen.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RHCsEnwwrVo/XFkL0aghgZI/AAAAAAAABY4/iloDhs7yGZ4y9A9Dp4lsjr6a6xQ-xyt8ACEwYBhgL/s1600/Blackstone-Fortress-Psykers.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FNdrtExM_oc/XFkQf11T0YI/AAAAAAAABZI/C93c-xhpcu87h1wab7O9jyLNyYrNs5wJwCLcBGAs/s1600/Blackstone-Fortress-Negavolt.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3yGsKiHt2Zc/XFkSxh8kEtI/AAAAAAAABZU/8cd-h2dBq5k2xs09P8oSLCwKOYtUTq3PQCLcBGAs/s1600/Blackstone-Fortress-Traitors-1.jpg)
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B8M7nA7KFb8/XFkL0pZlwgI/AAAAAAAABY4/Sd_cnH03xmMQnoJLoU-9bbt5_ocRGg68ACEwYBhgL/s1600/Blackstone-Fortress-Traitors-2.jpg)
I stole the gold colored scheme for the Spindle Drones from Agis- hope you don't mind :)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KdKOCApxze4/XFkLz6USRUI/AAAAAAAABYo/ExWytn3Tutwrob450WXI8gJjvW99zty9gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Blackstone-Fortress-Hostiles.jpg)
Phew!!!
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They are amazing. Well done.
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Wow, what a haul!
Great work!
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Nice painting! Well done!
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Let me repeat myself... absolutely beautiful!
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I can only agree to the previous postings, top notch job.
I like them all, but the Colours of Pious Vorne and the Man of Steel are REALLY great!
(Actually, I like them more than the ones I chose…)
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Yep.
That is one nicely painted set of miniatures :) .
I can't pick and choose because they are all excellent :) .
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The man is a machine.
Lovely work.
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WOW. Beauties!
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This is insane :o :o :-* :-* :-*
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This is insane :o :o :-* :-* :-*
Yep
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That is a truly stunning set of figures, magnificent!
:o :o
Impossible to choose between yourself and Agis which is best, lets just say that you both have the best Blackstone Fortress sets that I have seen.
:-* :-*
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That is a great looking set of miniatures. Superb.
Must look gorgeous when you play the game.
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An incredible output for this month. That is a beautiful set of miniatures. :-*
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Thanks everyone, appreciate the comments. Agis's Blackstone is pretty inspiring. At times I think we were painting the same miniature on the same day- I was just putting off basing and photographing all at once :)
I'll probably be slowing down a lot for the next three months as my job responsibilities increase- this was a manifestation of procrastination.
Plus that damn Ambull expansion that GW announced... I couldn't let them release that before I got the set done!
Now I'm on the hunt for a nice 3D terrain set, looks like there's at least one out there.
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There's at least one great looking set of files if you have access to a 3d printer.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/a36kmy/3d_printable_blackstone_fortress_tiles/
(Sorry for the reddit link, but the images weren't loading at the actual site)
Add my praise to the growing collection.
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There's at least one great looking set of files if you have access to a 3d printer.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/a36kmy/3d_printable_blackstone_fortress_tiles/
(Sorry for the reddit link, but the images weren't loading at the actual site)
Add my praise to the growing collection.
Thanks for the link, that looks good.
I'm getting closer everyday to dropping $$$ for a 3D printer :)
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Amazing painting, I have no idea how you keep them so consistently beautiful.
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Awesome stuff.
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Those are some very nicely painted figures, I may well use some as inspiration when I get around to doing my own.
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Ditto, I am going to use these for inspiration when I eventually get to painting... great stuff!
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Lovely stuff. Many of the Blackstone fortress models I thought where pretty sweet, but I wasn't a fan of some of the heroes.
It's amazing how people from the community are better able to make the mode shine with better colourschemes than the actual tudio models.
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Wow. Gorgeous work!
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As a follower of the Eldritch Epistles blog, I would see some unearthed and exceedingly rare unreleased miniatures- and then lament that I'd never get my hands on them. Wargames Foundry did something amazingly cool and released a set of these previously unavailable Rogue Trader era miniatures, which included some Arbites and an Administratum scribe.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3fmdm_xGP5g/XQmnZhvsbdI/AAAAAAAABgI/_pb5cn-4i9YecL3E7-tZR4GnVRQLPDO1ACEwYBhgL/s1600/Arbites-Foundry-Old-School-Scene.jpg)
These were painted up pretty quickly- they certainly have that mid-80s Citadel chunkiness we Oldhammer fans know and love. I also painted a "Confession Booth" by MaxMini that I've been eyeing for several years.
A few more pics on the ole' blog: https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2019/06/rogue-trader-era-arbites-and.html
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Very pretty stuff!
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Very cool 8)
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It's good to see this thread pop up again. Nice blacks on those judicial thugs.
I still cant get over the speed and quality with which you churned out the Bkackfortress figs, awesome.
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Wonderful work - a real joy to behold.
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Thanks all. My painting output is basically 'feast or famine'!
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It's good to see this thread pop up again. Nice blacks on those judicial thugs.
I still cant get over the speed and quality with which you churned out the Bkackfortress figs, awesome.
What he said! :)
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Great work Matt. Nice to get releases that you missed - even if it takes 20 or so years.
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I still cant get over the speed and quality with which you churned out the Bkackfortress figs, awesome.
this - the standard would amaze me regardless of the speed - ... but the speed ?! :o
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Thanks all :)
Here's a pic of some recently completed Imperial Naval Security I kitbashed. I used Dreamforge Eisenkern bodies, shoulder pads and weapons from Mad Robot, and helmets from MaxMini. The bases are from Champ Industries. The officer is from Victoria Miniatures. She has a new bionic hand, the original came with a hook. The backdrop is a space picture I bought off eBay, with a wall in front of it.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pj9iLKEZGo4/XQwoi9YxmDI/AAAAAAAABhE/0LYo-3qpl0A3Fu08n5OSYYx34ZqwtuK7wCEwYBhgL/s1600/Imperial-Navy-Security-Group.jpg)
The descriptions of the Naval Security troops in Dan Abnett's 'Eisenhorn' books stuck with me, and I'd been wanting to make some versions of the troops ever since I read the books a few years ago. I accumulated the components, and the project went on the back burner for a few years. When GW recently announced the Necromunda Enforcers, which have a similar carapace armor vibe, I knew I had to get them done quick or I'd never get to them!
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Wow, what a team!
Good work, friend!
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Those look exceptionally cool, Matt. Great picture too, of course :)
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Nice work.
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Cracking figures and set up 8)
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'get them done quick' he says. Wish my speed painting was that good.
Those fill the bill perfectly.
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Lovely work as usual.
They certainly fit Mr Abnett's description to a tee.
8) 8)
Great idea with photo set-up too, I shall be stealing that one.
:D
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'get them done quick' he says. Wish my speed painting was that good.
Those fill the bill perfectly.
I wish my slow painting was that good.
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They look the part, well done.
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Thanks guys :)
As always, I'm flitting around between projects and have been working on some stuff for the Gelida: Frozen Expanse community project. I recently finished some canids. Four will get snow bases, one will end up in the Dark Eldar arena :)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_ssh1pgIsmI/XROOn_hxmNI/AAAAAAAABiA/MwunD7j4Fe0bQPlGZ4ajRpaQ88dFRfozACEwYBhgL/s1600/Canid-Hunt.jpg)
There's some WIP shots on the blog. https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2019/06/gelida-frozen-world-project-canids.html
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Amazing scene
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Splendid 8)
I’d like to get into Gelida (already involved with Mare Solum) but I can’t justify a whole set of ice/snow terrain :?
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Those are lovely! The converting really transforms them into alien beasts rather than just being big wolves.
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Thanks :)
I’d like to get into Gelida (already involved with Mare Solum) but I can’t justify a whole set of ice/snow terrain :?
I hear ya, I've avoided snow and ice terrain since I started gaming!
Those are lovely! The converting really transforms them into alien beasts rather than just being big wolves.
Thanks! They definitely needed a little somethin' extra.
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Very cool(pun not intended),love it :-*
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What a scene! Very cool! :D
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My word :o :-*
That’s brilliant Matt.
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Your painting skills are extraordinary, every single photo is breathtaking!
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Brilliant work and top scene-setting.
:-* :-*
Funny that you should post these as I have a couple of LotR Wargs getting similar treatment at the moment, although as fantasy beasts for Palaeo Diet as opposed to alien critturs.
These will provide great inspiration.
:)
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Lovely stuff - really liking those conversions and painting.
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Great scene Matt. :-* It doesn't look good for the girl though...
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stunning
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Very cool thread. Those old new arbites are my favourites
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I decided to make a News Year's Resolution for 2020, and that is to get my collection of Rogue Trader era 40K Adventurers painted. My first batch is a bunch of Space Pirates.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bBrFBDBlYMo/Xieu9zrfE2I/AAAAAAAABto/IW7kknFjp280o_3rbFD7bZeiWrbufNUwwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Adventurers-Space-Pirates-1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xMBdZjVM5pA/XievJqaVtxI/AAAAAAAABtw/1uyEe8DDOBUDw79Uv7EARC6Y8L1uXW-vgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Adventurers-Space-Pirates-2.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AB8922VKKCw/XievJfo34FI/AAAAAAAABts/YhIlYpvCjo0xsuNqNVZb_C0Z7gATwfoAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Adventurers-Space-Pirates-3.jpg)
My color inspiration was a concept illustration for the Jodorosky Dune project, drawn by Moebius:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EJJm1n_68A4/Xiev5FqmQNI/AAAAAAAABuI/FH9Aal1vdYgQg0QeRfiU0GD5ASpGFBAdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Dune%2Bcopy.jpg)
I have lots of 40K projects planned for the year, so I hope to get more stuff into the thread.
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Fantastic 8)
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Amazing! Some of the greatest miniatures ever made. Particularly love the chap with the goiter.
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Yep I will say it again, so much character with those old models, oh that i had kept them :'(. However I never did a good as job with them as you have :-*
Fantastic stuff and so good to see them again, have fun!
Glen
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Stunning!
You have painted the crispest, cleanest versions of these classics that I have ever seen.
Love the colour scheme.
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Gorgeous painting, making me feel guilty too,I have a pile of Spacefarers (pre Rogue Trader)miniatures...
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Wonderfully painted characters!
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Superb Matt. Top painting :-*
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Really great work. The brushwork is amazing!
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Thanks all :)
Who wants to pick the next one to take on?
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MO7cVHA4b78/XikADtz1gSI/AAAAAAAABuU/8XZLHz9VDvYchrlJVlOmQRiBK0wXDPKkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/WD099-Adventurers-Batch1.jpg)
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I vote for the bottom row. Amazon first of course.
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Absolutely fantastic group! I really love the Moebius inspired colour scheme with the stylised skull & crossbones badge and snazzy striped trousers.
Cant wait to see more!
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I'm with axiom on this - great choice of inspiration.
And I'd chose the space crew next (pilot, engineer, ships officer, etc).
Although that Amazon is tempting too.
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Amazing gang, friend! Would like to see a ship's crew as well!
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Gorgeous, I vote for the Amazon too.
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Thanks everyone, appreciated. Amazon it is (she was the most expensive to acquire, and never did settle on a color scheme for her!).
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Thanks everyone, appreciated. Amazon it is (she was the most expensive to acquire, and never did settle on a color scheme for her!).
Good choice!
Do you have them all now then..?
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Good choice!
Do you have them all now then..?
Yes, I've had the full set for a few years. Not sure what I've been waiting for... I have a few painted, some from ca. 1990. I'm considering stripping two of them (the astropaths) for a re-do, since I don't have a bare duplicate of those guys.
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Those are really nicely done, good work.
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Continuing with my goal of painting up all of the old Rogue Trader era 'Adventurers', I recently finished up the 'Space Amazon', 'Punk', and 'Mad Punk' (who, oddly, is more calm than the frenzied and maniacal looking Punk).
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UkT-zUxEdlM/XnKqaNpS0SI/AAAAAAAABv4/kCq08coWiu41OP3kYN1nxiTkpqQRNTBmwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Adventurers-Space-Punks-Amazon.jpg)
As requested, space ship crew up next :)
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Very nice. Love the flaming stocking.
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Excellent. Great colour choices on the (not) mad punk.
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What an amazing bunch! :-* :-* :-*
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Brilliant painting on a lovely classic trio. I'm with hubbabubba, I really like the colours on the Mad Punk - particularly her black and red suit. Those eyes on the Punk though - completely insane!
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Superb! The Space Amazon is the eye-catcher, but I really like the work on the not-mad Mad Punk too.
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This is going to be the best set of Adventurers out there when you finish them, I reckon.
You have to recreate the old advert when you have finished them.
;)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O5iaNdHwscA/U5W5ah7EdCI/AAAAAAAAHgY/BuncWlgZjCk/s1600/WD099_RT.jpg)
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All great, but the painting on that Amazon - wow.
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Thanks all :)
Added a servo-skull and a converted Evangelist (made by Anvil Industry) to the mendicant relic hunter group.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5i4SWl_OrN0/Xn_1NKLs8FI/AAAAAAAABwY/t2bwrD9k-iAIDgnEKHeexaMqXXuTi8oagCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Ossuary-Vox-.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vCId60nfnrU/Xn_1NUQb75I/AAAAAAAABwg/pfwm3k6UZVg1BcJ_3uxTviMW_piLTyAtgCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Ossuary-Vox-WIP.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gFAuXmM30ss/Xn_2L_kb75I/AAAAAAAABwo/YkQGV9i2k705oLDo_MTFXk3cRksImsAuQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Order-of-the-Ossuary-Parade.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2lqwil_ZByE/Xn_1NBezx7I/AAAAAAAABwc/kQcGJR1L0bQFprrxe2su74BV5Sx1gc-7ACPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Order-of-the-Ossuary.jpg)
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Oh my, the mendicant relic hunter group is your best work so far!
I just love the light Colours on the minis. :)
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I must agree with Agis.... great idea, minis & especially finish.
Keep it up
Z
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Fantastic 8)
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They are very good.
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It is... AMAZING!! :-* :-* :-*
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Fantastic painting, which of course, I have come to highly respect.
I still am in awe with the freehand on that Relic... wow! :o
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That evangelist is lovely! Great conversion.
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Superb!
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Great work. Love that last lot. The colours are amazing.
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Thanks everybody, I appreciate the comments :)
As mentioned before, the credit for the blue and off-white color scheme goes to Suber, from whom I lifted the idea :)
I joined the dark side (3D printer owners) recently and have manged to paint up a vehicle I printed. I was pretty happy with how this came out, I'm not a fan of prominent print lines and this was even smooth enough to apply some small decals.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qPkvMmaGUm8/XoFc0JXPlbI/AAAAAAAABw8/rW40eX8jolk7D7sjAHtEGzSDld888ZB1QCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Loader-1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E10lkx8mikI/XoFcz0wDoGI/AAAAAAAABw4/vYCt6QY221wKkUh5PwoAxIN26vCDcNxaACPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Loader-2.jpg)
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The vehicle's pretty cool, it's nice to see civilian vehicles in the 40K setting. I'll also add some slightly late praise for the mendicant relic hunters, that unifying dusty blue theme is very cool. I'd envisaged those figures as slightly disparate tatty browns, but the cohesive look with the blue really works.
I also love the photo of the parade through the crowds of civilians - you've got a great collection there. Is the far right lady in gold-trimmed Navy a Victoria Miniatures figure with a new bionic hand? Also, where are the lady in purple behind her, and the lady in yellowy-green to the her right from - they look quite cool (not that the others don't, but I can identify most of them).
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Thanks :)
Is the far right lady in gold-trimmed Navy a Victoria Miniatures figure with a new bionic hand? Also, where are the lady in purple behind her, and the lady in yellowy-green to the her right from - they look quite cool (not that the others don't, but I can identify most of them).
Correct, Victoria with a new hand. Good eye! The hand is just a plastic hand from somewhere else, I drilled into the back of it and put in a little greenstuff to give it a bionic look.
The woman in purple is a converted Female Courtesan from Fenryll.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QL59ZvYop4U/XPR5jnJ_wlI/AAAAAAAABfs/merk_PPYFBEn7GxhXDzLhiVQ3rjVPWeGQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Imperial-Noble-1.jpg)
The other is a slightly converted Reaper miniature, Xiafang.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ekixHsrSB3Y/WGf8PX7qaqI/AAAAAAAAAsg/W_9I3rOvTFUdaS6tlQb93n6c52ts-s4UQCLcB/s1600/VeroniqueFidelia.jpg)
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Superb work all round, painting and the conversions!
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That picture of the parade is stunning! Some amazing brushwork skills on display.
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Nice vehicle, good luck with the printer.
The figures look excellent.
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Thank-you for the references, they're both very nice minis. It's surprising what a difference the relatively subtle addition of a few bits to their waists and/or holding a relic can make (plus the not so subtle servo skull). I may well shamelessly steal inspiration from those conversions at some point.
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Love the addition to the mendicant group. Having a 3D printer really allows you a wonderful opportunity to expand your scenery and vehicles. So far I have resisted buying one but it's very tempting.
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Thanks all :)
Some additions to the Gelida: Frozen Expanse project. A servo skull loaded with grenades:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XP8buow_WbA/XoP-nS6QDMI/AAAAAAAABxE/omDRNNtXE_8B6r-FxiKLfr7RKedJUoS1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Gelida-Servo-Skull.jpg)
And a guardian/combat servitor:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S0CwXbr8pGo/XoP_wiPfySI/AAAAAAAABx4/SwpDYq4oOjAFYMI0xNPByZbYQbQ6Bby9ACPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Gelida-Wendigo-Front-1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gwvcVh9004Q/XoP_w6w_WeI/AAAAAAAAByA/GtWcPDBror46_Au4owdyN4Rb3lFwEAW-wCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Gelida-Wendigo-Side-2.jpg)
Gratuitous Photoshop scene:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1shsUNM2LlU/XoP_wlhN7-I/AAAAAAAAByE/iS1BvIGDDPA87jQa8CrARsWio1xo11yKgCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Gelida-Wendigo-Ambush-Snow.jpg)
A few more pics up on the ole' blog:
https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2020/03/gelida-frozen-expanse-mechanicus.html
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"I also have been wanting to build a combat servitor with an antlered head. " Not something you hear often... lol
Nice work on the servitor.
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Wow, that's properly sinister - very cool.
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Lovely additions. Your whites/greys are in perfect balance.
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Amazing Guardian!!
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Holy crap - how did I miss this thread.
I've been myopicaly WW2 for a while and didn't spot this beauty. Mother-lode of wonderful things here. Brilliant!
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Thanks for the comments all :)
Now for some more Sororitas. I think I have four different 40K projects going.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lzdjF1pHbkE/Xoa_mbZYsTI/AAAAAAAAByY/g_jDshudE2MWyB-sOtkRgVt0eLLBzhlJwCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Retirbutors-Squad-Flamers.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O3lxEDXjU7s/Xoa_mkbYy1I/AAAAAAAAByg/tafcem8zRlwCKzy5RcJVIBEOjY6il3_TQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Retirbutors-Squad-Multi-Melta.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2EpjeyxCXgY/Xoa_mXWXP6I/AAAAAAAAByc/8c5cfGhAz9caOtZWV0O7hL40G05-oGNCgCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Imagifier-Standard.jpg)
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That is a really nice white/bone and red color scheme. The banner is incredible. That is a fantastic freehand painting. :-* :-*
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Oooh, this is a bit nice. :D Great work on the wintery photos, and I really like that SoB colour scheme.
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What a spectacle :o
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Thanks all!
One of my other ongoing projects is Inquisition- I'm flipping back and forth between oldest to newest as I paint my way through the entire GW catalogue. I forgot to post my Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau (released 1987), who has been joined by Inquisitor Eisenhorn (released 2018).
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m3Lnceyi8PY/XjJd-8CWe-I/AAAAAAAABug/dk1G6_hwwyAdOu9sTkmA73r9ykH0r9YdwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Obiwan-Sherlock-Clousseau.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bCvdM5_bplU/Xo0d2z3EdNI/AAAAAAAABy0/gmBC3ZXj13UUcQhipHoIeXvpW3rJBrL-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Eisenhorn.jpg)
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Very nice painting. The older miniatures look so small next to the new ones. Eisenhorn looks like his big brother. lol
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:o :o :o
I can't believe what I'm seeing...
You are very skillful, love your paintjobs!
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Incredible work - the antlered combat servitor is sheer genius, the colour schemes are splendid, and that freehand painting... :o
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very nice painting
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Awesome thread.
Please keep going!
I want to see more. :D
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Thanks again all.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hVIeTW8T4WM/XpUiIUwcArI/AAAAAAAABzw/3LXW20vCvFIEOk6m1Fx1awXS6GBLKEVXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Gelida-Grognards-1.jpg)
I recently finished up some city guards for Gelida. The base models for these are Wargames Atlantic 'Grognards'. I used GW weapons since I already had a bunch of extras. I also replaced the leader's mask with one from the Necromunda Goliaths kit just to make him stand out a bit more. The comms guy received a greenstuff mask.
I wanted them to have a sweet ride but all of the many tanks and walkers in my pile of shame are destined for other projects. I hopped on Thingiverse and found a couple different models I could combine to make a wheeled Repressor/Rhino looking APC.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eANJ6Ifvx_c/XpUiIfp32lI/AAAAAAAABz0/7OqKAWKcBRMCKHTpl0gMvpZLV6OCiCDvACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Gelida-Grognards-Ride-1.jpg)
The next few things I post will be for this snow world thing I have going, then back to oldschool I think :)
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Nice APC.
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A recently completed terrain piece.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HChrWpd8Ye8/XpY8nXIzqNI/AAAAAAAAB0M/yqx34EgS6CAsRZY4hNXcZMDoEBvLStJOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Gelida-Frozen-Victim-1.jpg)
Almost done with the snow world stuff.
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Incredible terrain piece - it's perfectly captured the look of a poor frozen traveller. Inspiring stuff!
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Aces! 8)
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Woaw, don't know how i got by this thread!
Love the frozen planet theme and particularly the relic hunter party.
Brilliant (and i think i'll take the relic party for myself since i've got nearly all the figs and was wondering what to do with em).
Thanks for posting!
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Thanks all!
Brilliant (and i think i'll take the relic party for myself since i've got nearly all the figs and was wondering what to do with em).
Thanks for posting!
Thanks for looking!
Last of the 40K Frozen World pics:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QoPqOMDOkwo/Xpd-3bicPcI/AAAAAAAAB0o/COdsYzSZztIBErQVrHSeTtPFBw42btdSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Gelida-Wendigo-Lair-Front.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xJ9TCoc3s80/Xpd-qT8aPrI/AAAAAAAAB0k/twyezFSsbhErs0m618UeVvvA2DchRGR6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Gelida-Wendigo-Lair-Front-2.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HNi9oLKp-gg/XpeAU_5aN2I/AAAAAAAAB1I/eT6piqswEG0P9H8C00-2yTAdwVCzKCG7wCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Gelida-Wendigo-Lair-View-2.jpg)
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The frozen figure under the overhang followed by the desolate frozen open gateway is magnificent! :-*
What a perfect terrain piece to set the table for the adventure. Are you planing on bringing these winter warriors and terrain to a convention? If not, you really should think about it...
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The frozen figure under the overhang followed by the desolate frozen open gateway is magnificent! :-*
What a perfect terrain piece to set the table for the adventure. Are you planing on bringing these winter warriors and terrain to a convention? If not, you really should think about it...
I'd like to, the quarantine has made me reflect on the olden days when I would haul a huge amount of terrain to a convention. Used to love running games.
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Yeah. It can be a lot of work. I'm sure your table would be really impressive. I still have hopes for Gencon this year and Adepticon next year.
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That frozen gateway is amazing! Great work!
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That's some more sweet work there. The terrain is very cool, especially the skidoo (although having picked up Fallout 4 again recently, the vault is kinda sweet too. The Grognards are very nicely done, it's good to know they take GW arms nicely. (I got a sprue of three of them free that I'll do something with at some point, knowing the GW arms will work opens up my options.)
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it's good to know they take GW arms nicely. (I got a sprue of three of them free that I'll do something with at some point, knowing the GW arms will work opens up my options.)
They fit really well. I fiddled a bit with one set, the flamer arms.
Finished up the next batch of Rogue Trader 40K Adventurers, the ship's crew:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CBX-XYKGZTM/Xppu2UhjYiI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/Gj4VCbkfj3kVCtQ7oMZ-BLZoZjftqrjeQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/40k-Adventurers-Ship-Crew-Full.jpg)
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Awesome work sir, can't believe I have missed this thread. I am loving the mix of old and new minis.
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Glorious work on that ships crew! The model selection is perfect, the colours scheme is lovely, and the backdrop is spot on. I'm enjoying this output immensely!
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Just looked at the wonderful snow stuff, now have to go & get a
nice hot cup of tea, your effects are too realistic. Well done.
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Thanks everyone :)
I've added quite a few WIP shots of one of my more insane builds to my blog (https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2020/04/ambulatory-triptych-40k-altarpiece.html). The Ambulatory Triptych:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Oc1twnL42fo/Xp8DPaGqG2I/AAAAAAAAB4I/BPbEwrKiQyY04azzU37smBs2h4NxCh2FQCEwYBhgLKs4DAL1OcqzVgBXk8PiIKl68Bc1F32rjXqq_mQ9_w1KU3aiqKL2MrOi0qQfnvS-Gd_UvSAraA0NRvuwJj6h2locsnpdik_EmDLNu-zXWPTjsH5MJSu0TsQiAc1247ZWt-wKdO1rtMAsB0IVrHJ5FHNBMAVNAWTsqENJxjICCBBrZ9dHqYur7iCB7OyIq1QstX0HrcsxbVi-lZ3Ydr8ofhhHySyiCk-GCCVpaNbIhDbJfKMHnUxRLGQn_aV_7yzK93MLRmaMbByqcA0V1JP1Ujss4kBmc57TQDejPs9OOCvvXptTq8Cl6j5TVYARgKm-m9O6JnbRGDe2zXxCR4NaEZv1ACKPXV6MLkO4Sxxu-FysODqyTbKE1Gp31wKMf1Lzbe0wJzCz_uFY3kicofg-0tLKrUEPOPKnaDqSTuzPEINxMLPgGwJ3UNdZ4PqPeo9ZjyrqQsgAfRMlSy_pf758EApz7vso71-aBZpSPtLbqFSmY-gxbuNbWhfmLJH69FSdBmNhgE7fh7yjDPWqwwus03SzEKsqT7uJe_WjJFFKCBnjAtlKokcUJY7LAIlWSVPm9Y2f3GCQQdlQOyv55H_f4Jp4jmHxM4YJ6enxuN1qAw4nUMJOP_PQF/s1600/Ambulatory-Triptych-WIP-6-Front-Painted-1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vTZGJ5ebXKM/Xp8DNW-UiEI/AAAAAAAAB3w/HfeUt-4Q7LYClYAFfed-7j8XJbT7WmETQCEwYBhgLKs4DAL1Ocqxfc-l45YdoAKyPqIYTzjUAqY3MdfpctqMx0RFp1YwTzvfxxdiaJDs5Gb0UNQ40Z7ifr03b0GSLrOUeP90mCLkB0waPLbbcrCSX0VqiorYtoE5CCLWRnlPuwfz4Cp8EgKusSgxgFdEdWV6pHnBFhHvW6SOdUFENV9XW-SA21xyRxZYwcd2OKI_tRrNMc89hSLGQ1pvndlDVCkhUDo4_0CAGXICaVZ1ZTVWj0TJBsJS6G6dP4YkbDKVqXvG8uL0qfPWJFc_eiBCwmaHeqVeBvvz_q0qmW-6ZjCZgkhxbof93LFRmafEUkaDDiIur8P8bUuoD29To9qhaAxVmwjH-9iHzYEi5RCFtcB8_tgjPOotsSyA5zU-miFM-CQTv819A5gYTcdS--ja7TjEWyLO_lNeB4mwnlvZVJ_8MNIuKNFwvjQiIbyVZwOQf-ryle9sZdq58eTDXYUzVTPczWrJFiVYwL9D6AMTtD64DWV_b7OENR8iBKsB76xktonQGXvMLeLa7nJv9j6N8s_pAyF39yEyWhBsktEC9gm892Y5wkICTP-kQMhKhg_xBsJBoyTjT_1X3hC-mjc59Rv1jfjukcohFaqa55f-fZMNBMJWQ_PQF/s1600/Ambulatory-Triptych-Painted-Done-1-Front.jpg)
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That's insane brilliant Doc :-*
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You deserve a hug for this. :-*
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Wow... amazing work!
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Some stunningly good paint jobs .... loved the snow terrain, and as for the Triptych :-* :-*
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Nice.
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Pure artistic genius. Much respect.
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Superbly preposterous! And yet... Very 40k.
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Stunning.
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Thanks everyone :)
I've added quite a few WIP shots of one of my more insane builds to my blog (https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2020/04/ambulatory-triptych-40k-altarpiece.html). The Ambulatory Triptych:
Truer words have never been spoken. Wow. What an artistic masterpiece. The panel on the left reminds me of a painting but I can't place it. What references did you use?
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Thanks everyone :)
The panel on the left reminds me of a painting but I can't place it. What references did you use?
There's a few paintings merged into this. "Fall of the Rebel Angels" by Brueghel:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_The_Fall_of_the_Rebel_Angels_-_RMFAB_584_%28derivative_work%29.jpg)
The horse skull harpist and background in general is from Bosch, "Temptation of Saint Anthony":
(https://d2jv9003bew7ag.cloudfront.net/uploads/Hieronymous-Bosch-The-Temptation-of-St-Anthony.-Image-via-wikimedia.com-.jpg)
Sitting demon on throne is from Bosch's "Garden of Earthly Delights":
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Bosch_the_Prince_of_Hell_with_a_cauldron_on_his_head.JPG)
You deserve a hug for this. :-*
Hahaha, that's up there with the best of compliments!
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Bosch's "Garden of Earthly Delights" was the painting I was thinking of. I had not seen the others before. Excellent choices for your inspiration though all of them are a bit disturbing. You really embodied the gist of their work!
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Wow! Just... wow! That freehand is amazing.
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Brill! :o
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What a MASTERPIECE!
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HOLY TRIP!!!
:o :o :o
++++++Please report to your nearest member of the Ecclesiarchy immediately, as you must be probed for possession at once!+++++
That is stunning work, sir.
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Not jealous at all.....
;D
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Bloody genius!
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Great piece of micro-painting, I particularly like all of the contextual references you’ve given.
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Thanks gentlemen. I can't believe I forgot to post that build here.
I recently finished up a Plague Doctor made by Anvil Industry. Apropos for the times :)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_atyHPyBUs0/XqOYEwffMHI/AAAAAAAAB4U/OyujTCnlLvMO0VUbkUiChD0nlkeueNWAACEwYBhgL/s1600/Anvil-Plague-Doctor.jpg)
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looks great!
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I acquired a set of the GW 'Skullz' Adeptus Mechanicus many years ago, up till now I've only painted one. I recently finished up an Enginseer from the set, along with a homonculus companion, plus two other little guys that fit the theme, but aren't GW. Anyone know who made them?
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7IdX36gtMIs/XqYS6LEM2JI/AAAAAAAAB4g/AGO3dJyyxlkJ7uzOE83bBRX50i1k0oLuwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Mechanicus-Skullz-Enginseer.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--JKrqDguiuY/XqYS_zMubmI/AAAAAAAAB4k/nlS8IsJeAgYe8cIKTL7trKKAYfsnr8B5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Mechanicus-Windows-95.jpg)
I also photographed some 40K objective scenery I had done a couple of weeks ago.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ognmMnmgJtM/XqYTOA8nP8I/AAAAAAAAB4s/7vLLEz3M9FM8CQFVimqoF-_aOP5iTRXvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Objectives-Genestealer-Cogitator.jpg)
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Those are some really interesting old figures. Beautiful work as always. What is the monster in the 40K terrain holding tank? Was that scratch built or a repurposed terrain piece?
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Thanks syrinx0 :)
What is the monster in the 40K terrain holding tank? Was that scratch built or a repurposed terrain piece?
GW Objectives set. Pretty cool scenery pieces in my humble opinion. The creature in the stasis tank is a genestealer by the looks of it, GW has a few different face/mouth types for them nowadays.
(https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/catalog/product/920x950/99220199065_40kObjectiveMarkers01.jpg)
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Nice work,little guys are old Warzone miniatures, Dark Legion Children of Ilian the Hellcart with slaves.
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Gorgeous work! This thread continues to deliver!
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Nice work,little guys are old Warzone miniatures, Dark Legion Children of Ilian the Hellcart with slaves.
Thanks for the ID on those :)
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More lovely work as ever. I love the Windows 55 screen.
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:o Amazing work on the scenery kit, no wonder the imperium is in a rut of they're still on Windows 95!
Just saw the ambulatory triptych on the previous page as well, absolutely stunning! I'm jealous of your freehand skills.
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Cracking work Dr. Mathias!
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Painted up for "Inq28th", here's an oldhammer Ordo Malleus. The sculptor had been hitting the Moebius graphic novels I think :)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g9EC-taRjZA/XqiPVMVFH-I/AAAAAAAAB5Q/DJ_OHXOErZU1Pec9ANM5zEFiGLD6A7eogCEwYBhgL/s1600/Inquisitor-Rogue-Trader-Shoulders-Moebius.jpg)
Plus an Inquisitorial acolyte reading the Weighted Companion Cube the Litany of Incineration.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vm3oST5HLJs/XqiQ7HOVRzI/AAAAAAAAB5c/JTwouCjSMw8QVXxg8rhJJcOH12qTIfoDQCEwYBhgL/s1600/Acolyte-Brazier.jpg)
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That acolyte is insanely good. The script in the book - do you an artistic gnat working for you that we should know about?! :o
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Very nice
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That acolyte is insanely good. The script in the book - do you an artistic gnat working for you that we should know about?! :o
That, my friend, is a decal! I don't often use them in books and such but I wanted to give it a try :)
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Some more very nice work there.
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Brilliant work, love the computer a page back!
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A group of Sororitas Celestians. Almost done with my metal Adepta Sororitas army. Just some tanks and a couple random priests left.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NdPY_sLL1iU/XqeEoqq6apI/AAAAAAAAB5A/FBBHeTpaShESR52S6GW2z8yBMyoZgYeWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Celestians-Sqaud.jpg)
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Some absolutely beautiful painting!
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Terrific work on those,especially like the acolyte :-*
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Brilliant! Too bad some piccies of your previous posts have disappeared.
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The Sororitas are stunning! Where'd you get the creepy cherub heads for the bases?
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Brilliant! Too bad some piccies of your previous posts have disappeared.
Thanks :)
That's an issue with Blogger, where I post most of my stuff. Not sure what is going on there, but it's a known issue that has happened to other blogs recently. I just made some attempts to repair the URLs so hopefully they're showing up.
The Sororitas are stunning! Where'd you get the creepy cherub heads for the bases?
The heads are from inexpensive plastic Christmas ornaments I bought at Hobby Lobby many years ago. I made a silicone mold and cast some in plaster.
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Next 40K 'Adventurers' entry, the Eldar Trader.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AwjlzNGdVZ0/XrHWjB_8BnI/AAAAAAAAB6w/DXrrKTcKBG4uGJPemY7iHzdlwlMDSXQJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/40k-Adventurers-Eldar.jpg)
I've been enjoying painting these as small groups, so along with the Trader I painted up two fan sculpts from the old Collecting Citadel Miniatures Yahoo group, three Rogue Trader era Eldar mercs, and a pet Gyrinx. I'm working on a shuttle for them but am waiting on some parts for it :)
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Perfect! I really love your painting (Especially the Bone Singer)
Love seeing all these classic minis again. I have great memories from playing Rogue Trader.
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Love the color pallet on these. Fantastic blending on the dress!
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Superb :)
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These are just gorgeous. What colours! :-*
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What those guys said, +1.
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Whoa! Amazing!
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Another very nice little warband. I've got the female trader in my lead pile, but I'm not really sure how to put the rest of the warband together. It's way down on my to do list at the moment though, so future Genghis' problem. I'm intrigued what you'll be doing with the shuttle.
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lovely work, where are the female and the bone singer from? I have never seen those models. Thank you in advance - and again, lovely painting.
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Thanks all, appreciate the comments. This was another fun group to paint.
lovely work, where are the female and the bone singer from? I have never seen those models. Thank you in advance - and again, lovely painting.
They are both sculpts that were offered up in the 'Collecting Citadel Miniatures' Yahoo Group several years ago. That group has pretty much gone defunct as the Oldhammer groups grew on Facebook and Yahoo stopped supporting Groups.
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Love it, love it, LOVE IT! :-*
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So much beautiful madness in this thread.
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Thanks for the comments all, appreciated. I have the next 40K adventurer, the Pilot, cleaned and ready for primer, as well as another RT era Inquisitor and about twenty other random things including Zoats and Arbites. In the meantime here's another installment of mendicant relic hunters and the plastic Inquisitor Greyfax.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z6HM3Ta-Hd0/XrNNmM_dwUI/AAAAAAAAB8M/3qdHJtNYXzoQIT2kPTxg7ZKHURMIT0QkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Order-of-the-Ossuary-Homonculi-Stickman.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xBJKds90A1M/XrC_8bFgJBI/AAAAAAAAB6k/8LGvSnIgTbU2p6FJ0vKBc8vjqFnsrqe-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/GreyFax.jpg)
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Beautiful madness indeed. Is that a family visit to the Inquisition training school? lol
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Love the relic hunters!
The inquisitor isn't bad either ;)
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Wow, just read the entire thread. Amazing.
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Beautiful madness indeed. Is that a family visit to the Inquisition training school? lol
Haha, field trips in the grim darkness of the far future!
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Brilliant!
Love the family group shot (creepy little blighters..) and the armour on the Inquisitor is exquisite!
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Amazing thread!!!
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Lovely work on the Inquisitor, but I really love the tones on the Relic Hunters.
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I've been wanting to finish up a squad I've had in progress for a couple years now, the 2nd edition 40K Frateris Militia. Last up to finish off the squad of 20 was some special weapons and a standard bearer. All are conversions, new heads or weapons. The heavy stubbers are way too big but after looking for original Necromunda stubbers it didn't seem worth the time, money, or effort so I went with modern Genestealer stubbers. To lift them the priest must be giving them a little dose of Frenzon ;)
I also added two more VOID militia to the group.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b-PaenXHXVc/XryUQgcCC6I/AAAAAAAAB9U/u9vBbwoCNPosYCXNSdL9Bm2ShpmvZRmxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Frateris-Militia-Specials.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NtdoBP1oPmQ/XryVezoGx0I/AAAAAAAAB9k/aUD31_-sbjAbp1GbIlKgbebBg3neHRAEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Void-Militia.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aYO6_ydLmcU/XryWH0ztKeI/AAAAAAAAB9s/O3UJx2GY9rocAT3yAy-ODTIgf1y0IGkIQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Frateris-Militia-Full-Group.jpg)
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An excellent looking militia.
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That is really cool!
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Some more lovely figures there. I like the cohesive look to the group - I went the other way with my Frateris Militia and had a hodgepodge of colours. Funnily enough I was thinking of expanding my militia but pondering what figures to use; I was hitherto unaware of those Scotia Grendel militia figures - they're absolutely spot on for the job.
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Some more lovely figures there. I like the cohesive look to the group - I went the other way with my Frateris Militia and had a hodgepodge of colours. Funnily enough I was thinking of expanding my militia but pondering what figures to use; I was hitherto unaware of those Scotia Grendel militia figures - they're absolutely spot on for the job.
Thanks- I wanted these to look like a group of former workers or indentured laypeople, with issued clothing, or Imperial citizens with a limited range of local dyes. Keeping them fairly unified is mainly to keep them separated visually as I have plans for a second militia unit... someday!
The VOID militia are great, I love them all.
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I recently painted up some "Murder Hornets" (acquired when Akula was selling his Dune Space Opera figures) and some Zoats. One of the Zoats is a modern Knightmare Games figure- fits right in with the Rogue Trader guys which fetch a pretty penny these days. I painted them all fairly quick using mostly Contrast paints with just a little bit of direct painting.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8tx7l5-ujlY/Xr8EXrQwd_I/AAAAAAAAB98/YrehtUqbVv0KErP8y8HjAqSsXZrgtk1VACPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Zoats-1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nqGbrnTkpbo/Xr8FaLftbwI/AAAAAAAAB-U/T8xeJBOm2K0Jt8zRCNgI9RbCBro8FEfTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Murder-Hornets-Nests-Eldar.jpg)
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Beautiful paintwork Doc, the Zoats and Hornets especially :-*
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Great stuff, thanks for continuing to share. I was unsure about the VOID stuff but you really brought them to life.
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Some more very nice work. Noting the different basing colours, do you intend not to mix and match your Zoats/Murder Hornets/Eldar on the gaming table with your urban Imperial citizens?
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Some more very nice work. Noting the different basing colours, do you intend not to mix and match your Zoats/Murder Hornets/Eldar on the gaming table with your urban Imperial citizens?
I don't know, my basing is all over the place. I have snow, urban ruins, urban, desert, Necromunda industrial, Spacehulk green, generic outdoors, and some that are half and half. I debated on these a lot and decided on what I thought looked best with them. It's a mess.
Since they get such a small amount of table time it probably doesn't matter much :)
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Looks great! Those zoats are pretty cool, I've never seen the original figures before, only the new one from Blackstone Fortress.
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Lovely stuff!
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Damn you for reawakening the urge for a Zoat or two, though!
>:D ;)
You are spot on with the comment about the newer matching the old, though.
Makes the search a little easier.
:)
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May's '40k Adventurers' entry- the pilot and psyker. I also finished their ride, an ornithopter I picked up from Ramshackle games a couple years ago.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qKQTiwASQFk/Xs7XZ5F5UvI/AAAAAAAACAc/Hleh6A677hQJBFL87ffH-Kprng5R-oygQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/40k-Adventurers-Pilot-Psyker.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yUbhIia-Nog/Xs7XZ4hJ36I/AAAAAAAACBQ/BPo03L87AosIPaHADA2B4KTm_jigRUGxgCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Ornithopter-Front.jpg)
Some possibly boring details on the wings in my blog (https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2020/05/40k-adventurers-pilot-psyker-ornithopter.html).
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What a fantastic scene. Those were some very characterful figures. Excellent understated paint job - clean crisp and realistic.
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Lovin’ it! Brilliant brushwork as usual. The pilot, in particular his face is great.
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Really nice, love how sharp those are. That ornithopter is cool!
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Excellent execution, friend!
Those two are really cool, but the champ in this picture must be the ornithopter. I love it!
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What a brilliant couple Matt. And the reflected scene in the glass of the chopper is genius :-*
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Stunning!
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Those faces are so expressive and the windows on that 'Thopter are amazing!
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Some more very nice work there, really bringing the old school figures to life. Also a very cool ornithopter.
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Thanks all!
Next entry for my Inquisition project, another Rogue Trader Ordo Malleus, some acolytes (Warzone 'Mourning Wolf' and an 'Etoile Mortant') and some old Adeptus Arbites.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9FhmOz3OlzY/XuK1fyfItfI/AAAAAAAACDU/83I58I2EMj8LND4vpLrMjtZeXU_LvtWTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Ordo-Malleus-Acolytes.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s8hYPBG6SAE/XuK1f1f0XlI/AAAAAAAACDk/0tuGGudGqksBlrGZfpSSRfjicV7Y7nbBwCEwYBhgLKs4DAL1Ocqwrl6ADiOurmW6NgCp56u5lT8sVpvgVYk0eSRCPnUGkH-0nvyf4N6qFuBbI4ASCq1aFPVqwL7TLkSdowCw3Y9u0Jd1Wxjx4zHECyF5JnJzriuX44NOdeIuoeAUh2DTtwEYFkwaYWCVMOSp2UBPlVQPd654amrbQ46RvtAq93ljEQKdLB19LOMc5QeFOe1TKDRX1pxq9run_I_Mu2GLXj2SZE2wUCYpECcp09IQHTTMi0ENX69KgNF4jy7NKjY7zYUrKNJN2ZLI9JN0NbnkMY58xnQ9It30wsY5J5xsMGUAsuBDFYdZ-DJLeyRiW0wFbVlmMwG23Syf6UBWMsIOYItDj1F09KcquesoFL2MCJ8tQbJuhYev7PUx4z8PnHdXb4W9hFz1oWQpyu39X2n3JQL8Fg2IAncBmet6m4ck7r855yrdgogdpeKGzod-QElgEJL6eSMbKLfEAj3iQzUxb7tNpOv2uOoiNE8gVwbX5AdZ-zgPfzFsVRIZihpTIuhU-vfMVY7ZHC-xdyC-oHD3rJOb4uF7vj8andmMtq563QNHuUVns-ncnECDdvf--fq3Vyy07jFE0SzVTKCjFU7e33YYj9zvZztTY_WbvMIb1ivcF/s1600/Arbites-Squad-Front.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bYYcj8FJ4eE/XuK1gEbQW1I/AAAAAAAACDo/52Umfs038UgiVqUJRSeeEP5o0Ng1PW2wACEwYBhgLKs4DAL1OcqxpPM_4O_lRcqrv7d26E07Mxigbsg4ae_a2WqpdvBRh2_zvSxfW3djOrqmtiz6_I_cguF5MiMRtmAs0vzVDtyxL0Mp6fliSGsJtSYpmtpEP26_PlzeHcfLcl3FTpCWsQti-Oppa4UNay0XjyJZGMJ0OWDC_WPSdcW6_TXHVdjXb_nQ7odGj0FKpbTCLe8DjZMQ4MhqBbMkB52Z7zbzbEStC3QCOrnglldPqpXgOZwqDP1cOo-u9v1ih-SzpStk6-7c4omQbt-qWknONIXznNeEydjNrtBQtDnyDZ-40KudeuKcs94AM8W8RtiueP646GPwaiH-yOVO-BnFpRVARoprfaR69PcZfWV3jfVBegrgo7_ySFPPUMyasvInf-tTQjyh5Q-C4z_3U5SFe3eVhx9VxolAZfOI65bzBjfOHaF3Ue_XjGMT2TvZanEHSJz-jndR2ZLLIPIxDZntIfV5aLj3yOFzSvhdB_DxnWRbZ-PXpL7QC_UPlUy8PaMVWykObC4eZv7VLbDWCx_hVJjTW_Cr4wXjoPc9bdc3MsYjYKKGnhGos1fJBclTwwFLPriGe-KAzBFCMN1oVl2QZoXnEMOrzX9rRLl6y9VZ2MKj5ivcF/s1600/Ordo-Malleus-Arbites.jpg)
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Stunning!
8) 8)
Never seen those Warzone figures before.
They fit in well.
Great Dredd vibe too.
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Nice work on the Warzone Imperial, still have a few of those,and Lutherans :)
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I love how natural the arbite with grenade launcher is, yet you make no mention as to how tricky that conversion must have been! These look terrific all round.
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Lovely work, friend!
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wow, lovely models, lovely paint job :)
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why did you convert the launcher
the original one was nice
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Thanks all :) I feel compelled to go with a Dredd vibe :)
why did you convert the launcher
the original one was nice
You may be thinking of the 2nd generation Adeptus Arbites? These guys only had three variants- leader, bolter, and shotgun.
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Rogue_Trader_Forces_of_the_Imperium_-_Collectors_Guide
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Yes that is the one I have
93 catalog
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My Inquisitor for the month of June is "Hector Rex" and retinue from Forge World.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Db1SOx7uMYg/XvpHqmPj36I/AAAAAAAACFI/F0I7YgpUCeYXhTI8HiFbd-QSRFB79HKdACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Hector-Rex-Retinue-1200px.jpg)
Not my favorite model, I actually preferred to paint the acolytes. Next month back to a rogue trader Inquisitor.
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Love the acolytes Matt. They’re brilliant.
I mean the main character is brilliantly painted too, but I’m not really tuned into the current over the top GW design aesthetic to appreciate it. Just looks a bit bonkers to me, but that’s my cross to bear lol
TBH, the backdrop alone is worth the price of entry. Gorgeous.
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I mean the main character is brilliantly painted too, but I’m not really tuned into the current over the top GW design aesthetic to appreciate it. Just looks a bit bonkers to me, but that’s my cross to bear lol
I bear the same cross, there's way too much going on a lot of the time :)
I need to paint some Copplestone for therapy now lol
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Copplestone will definitely be a change of pace from current GW!
Beautifully painted as always.
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The whole 40k world IMO is pretty over the top, really. But they have been pumping out minis for what... decades! So there must be something to it.
Another great addition to a thread filled with dazzling eye candy! :-*
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Super nice paint job! I didn't even know about the existence of this figure. I just ordered it after seeing your post as well as the other Inquisitor Forge World has posted there, plus some slavers for Necromunda.
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Thanks all :)
Super nice paint job! I didn't even know about the existence of this figure. I just ordered it after seeing your post as well as the other Inquisitor Forge World has posted there, plus some slavers for Necromunda.
Nice! The Forge World Solomon Lok will be coming up in the queue- I really like that model.
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Some more nice work there. I know what you mean about some of the GW figures being a bit too busy (I'm working on a couple of the Blackstone Fortress heroes at the moment - they've got a lot going), the acolytes are very cool - I like the less combaty figures.
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Not a fan of the sculpts but really appreciate the paint jobs, and that background is worth a photo all to itself
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Thanks guys :)
Some more nice work there. I know what you mean about some of the GW figures being a bit too busy (I'm working on a couple of the Blackstone Fortress heroes at the moment - they've got a lot going), the acolytes are very cool - I like the less combaty figures.
You're not kidding, the Blackstone minis took a lot of time.
Not a fan of the sculpts but really appreciate the paint jobs, and that background is worth a photo all to itself
Thanks :) They are not Forge World's best output :)
Next up: June's Oldhammer 40k 'Adventurers' entry, techs and cyborgs.
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Test-bed Slave, Talisman Scientist, Tech-Priest Zon, Converted Zon, Tech-Priest Schlan, Talisman Cyborg, and the Adventurers range Cyborg.
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I had an extra Tech-Priest Zon, and I felt the urge to convert him and paint him up like Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who has been getting a lot of media exposure lately. The gribbly behind them is a 3D print I bought from Dragon's rest when I was picking up my Blackstone layout. It includes a tealight to produce the weird underglow.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MlbdLqIW9pw/XvuI0Kbu-fI/AAAAAAAACHI/hAZj9ffYWKksaFvv_DoWrc4rTdcmOG5qACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/WD099-Adventurers-Batch1-2-3-4-5-6.jpg)
On track more or less to get these painted by year's end :)
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More excellent work. Your Fauci looks good. Obviously a younger Fauci when he still worked in a lab. I bet he remembers those days fondly. lol
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That's inspired!
About the previous one
Love the acolytes Matt. They’re brilliant.
I mean the main character is brilliantly painted too, but I’m not really tuned into the current over the top GW design aesthetic to appreciate it. Just looks a bit bonkers to me, but that’s my cross to bear lol
TBH, the backdrop alone is worth the price of entry. Gorgeous.
This says it all, I subscribe each word. Gorgeus work.
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Thanks all, as always I appreciate the comments.
July's entries for my 40K Adventurers project are the 'Female Warriors', 'Gabs' and 'Jayne', and the Imperial Assassin.
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Taking suggestions for the next ones to tackle :)
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Nice work Matt. Those sculpts have a lot of character but you wonder how they fit in their armor... lol
Perhaps some astropaths next?
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Very nice! Love the lady marines! Hey paint the ventolin pirate next!
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That trio look great, the assassin particularly. The predominantly black colour scheme on all 3 works nicely.
Personally, I'm looking forward to your take on the navigator :)
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Cracking work 8)
The squat engineer was always a favourite figure of mine so perhaps that one next?
Pretty please :D
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Lovely work on these :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Can I ask where you got all these models
paint any of the squats would be good
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Hehehe, thanks for the suggestions all, I'll have to roll a die now lol
Can I ask where you got all these models
Some, like the Ventolin, I have had in my collection for over twenty years! I decided to make a concerted effort to collect the entire range about ten years ago, and managed to get the last ones around then. Space Amazon was the hardest to find and the most pricey, I think the last one I picked up was the ex-tech or hero though, which weren't that uncommon at that point. I had about one third of the set painted back in the olden days but sold them off :'(
Those sculpts have a lot of character but you wonder how they fit in their armor... lol
Indeed!
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I've had almost no time to paint my own miniatures for the last several weeks... who would have thought that COVID-19 would have made my life as a public school teacher more difficult? lol
As a result I'm a month behind on my Inquisitor project... finally managed to get GW's latest inquisitor done- Lord Kyria Draxus.
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Very nice. Beautifully painted overall but I love the color transitions on the "dragon"!
My wife has been teaching and doing therapy remotely with a huge list of applications she never used before and zero training. Her admin & tech from work have gotten most of the issues ironed out but their focus is the kids, parents and core teachers. As her dedicated IT resource I have to say I am impressed by how adept she has become with the technology. As you have noted, it actually takes longer to do your work remotely than in person which is the opposite of what most people think. Especially when the rules keep changing. Ah well, interesting times and all that...
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She looks fantastic! :-*
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She looks fantastic! :-*
Indeed she does - magnificent brushwork.
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Thanks for the comments all :)
I'm about two months behind on my 40K Adventurers project, but still chipping away. Since two people voted Squats last time I asked... up for perusal is the Squat Miner and Engineer from the Adventurers range, along with a couple mole mortars they use for surveying, a ratling security guard ('Shorty', from the Mercenaries range) and a Squat crewman.
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Cracking 8)
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Superb :o
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very industrial
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Those figures have a lot of character. Excellent paint job and weathering.
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Great stuff, I like your colour choices, they always seem to work very well.
Keep them coming.
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It's always nice to see some Squats turn up... especially when they are as nicely painted as these ones :) . Great work :) .
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Thanks all! Still working on the 40K Adventurers and Inquisition project. I got a bit behind but hope to catch up and finish off the range by Jan. 1.
The latest entry on my back-and-forth Inquisition project (painting the oldest, then the most recent, working toward the center) is a Rogue Trader era generic Inquisitor. He came in a pack of three. I was not a huge fan of this guy back in the olden days, but he grew on me as I was painting him.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zqDnlNLMPY/X5jSV3bwJII/AAAAAAAACLk/CGmiF4epGY0-PGgIyc_FAnGubTRpo_xdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Inquisitor-Rogue-Trader-Oct-2020.jpg)
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Some amazing updates here recently but that Inquisitor is just brilliant.
I always liked the slightly awkward 'busy' look of this figure.
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Very nice. I like the old Inquisitor's normal human size. Not like it is now...
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True, Inquisitors have gotten pretty bulky and tall :)
Every year, the community painting project 'Orctober' (Orktober for we 40k players :) ) passes me by. This year I decided to make sure I sneaked one in, and since I no longer have any unpainted vintage orks I went with an oldhammer inspired Ork Renegade from Knightmare Miniatures.
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An excellent Orktober addition.
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Having got behind on my 40K Adventurers project, I made up for it a bit this month and knocked out four more of the range.
The first group is the three most down-and-out of the set- the Hive Worlder, Hero, and Ex-Tech. All look like they have been through the ringer. I imagine them as stranded spacefarers or perhaps crew that resisted a mutiny and were marooned. I also painted the 'Bandit' from the Adventurer's range. Followers of the project have probably noticed that the Talisman Timescape range usually has a very close match to a figure from the Adventurers range. To me anyway, the Bandit bears a resemblance to the Archaeologist, so I painted him up at the same time.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s_MoMy_wIQI/X52vUkJe71I/AAAAAAAACL8/ziHBEX33Arwanj9qRytnjjwIh3-4EVNDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/40k-Adventurers-Ex-Techs.jpg)
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I love these old school figures. :-*
Thanks for showing.
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The latest Inquisitor, Solomon Lok and retinue from Forge World. I used a decal on the servo-skull.
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Very nice. Nice trim on the cowl. The decal on the servo skull looks great. Where did you get that?
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Lovely additions!
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Great to see those Adventurers getting such great paint jobs, especially as you are almost ready to unveil a complete set!
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Lovely painting.
As we slide into almost lockdown, the flying toilet roll dispenser is very timely.
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Thanks all!
Very nice. Nice trim on the cowl. The decal on the servo skull looks great. Where did you get that?
The decal came from this Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/forgottenchapters/forgotten-chapters-purity-seals-and-parchment-transfers/description
As we slide into almost lockdown, the flying toilet roll dispenser is very timely.
^__^
I have to admit I never thought that, and cannot unsee it now... lol
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I've had these miniatures sitting half-finished on the desk for at least three months. "Iona Starkiller" from Hasslefree Miniatures, and two "Fishman" Warriors from Knightmare Miniatures. The first is obviously an Eldar psyker and the fishmen are modern versions of the fairly rare (if not rare, at least pricey) 1987 40k Piscean Warrior.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m-Exk_XoZOo/X6YM4_6U5MI/AAAAAAAACM8/7Hd2mA1c040QC7cR6bM5ElEyvfwhgnXOwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Starkiller-Pisceans.jpg)
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Very nice. I love the fish scales. Are the dots painted on freehand or was there sculpted detail there?
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Very nice. I love the fish scales. Are the dots painted on freehand or was there sculpted detail there?
Thanks! There is some cross-hatched scaly texture sculpted on, mostly on the tail region. The dots are hand painted though. I also used a metaillic/iridescent under layer which also contributes to the effect I think.
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Really nice painting.
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Lovely work on those :-*
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Those are beautifully done, Matt :-*
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Thanks all :)
I added a few more crew and some robots to the Squat contingent. I had acquired a couple of crew in a trade but didn't get them in time to prime them along with the previous set.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-570je3u3kwU/X6yXyJxvDdI/AAAAAAAACNU/eR2HFmUYWMYtvOLm6YQCJnyaaDoJm86WgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Squats-Bots-1-1200.jpg)
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Great looking additions. Colorful but nicely weathered.
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Great looking additions. Colorful but nicely weathered.
Thanks :)
Progressing along on the Rogue Trader 40K Adventurers. Next up: the Navigator.
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I decided to paint up all my other Navigator types (from GW and 3rd parties) at the same time. I had already completed one, 'Espern Locarno' from the Blackstone Fortress set.
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40K Adventurer (1988), Forge World Horus Heresy Navigator (2014), and Espern Locarno (2018).
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Navigator from Trolls Under the Bridge.
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Lead Adventure Astropolis miniatures. Seemed like weirdo navigator types to me!
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Group shot of the Navigator entourage. I imagine them to be from several different Navis Nobilitie households.
Any suggestions for the next Adventurer?
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Scum and Pirate. Absolutely insanely good painting on the eyes of the Navigator.
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Scum and Pirate. Absolutely insanely good painting on the eyes of the Navigator.
Suggestion noted ;)
I wanted the eyes to look unsettling and inviting at the same time, he's a creepy fellow!
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very nice painted navigators. :-*
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Super duper double plus good!
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Amazing paintwork on all of those beady little fellas!
Especially on that 88 Navigators trousers as I know just how skinny those legs are!
Envious?
Yep!
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Oh, and seconding the suggestion of the Scum.
Such an iconic 40K classic figure.
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Those are wonderful! :-*
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What a collection of navigators! Love the paint scheme on the old GW one. As for what to paint next: scum in fishnets!
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Sumptuous :-*
Well done, Matt. This is shaping into quite a collection :o
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Excellent, I love those lead adventure figures, never seen them before
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Thanks all :)
What a collection of navigators! Love the paint scheme on the old GW one. As for what to paint next: scum in fishnets!
No fishnets I'm afraid but I hope what I came up with shows I'm no slouch ;)
I've been working on this next build for quite some time. I first conceived using an Imaginext toy I commandeered from my child for a spacecraft several years ago. I originally intended to use it as a Retro-Raygun Valkeeri craft, but I changed my mind several months ago when working on my Rogue Trader Eldar. Acquiring a 3D printer had also opened up some possibilities and jumpstarted the process.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j3S5REKLWF0/X7_iJkESH9I/AAAAAAAACSA/gaPg_zPUXTwUT65HF3-E93pnTnoeBSjXACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Eldar-Flyer-6.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jiFZAWQTc2c/X7_hQzI_fbI/AAAAAAAACRY/wqe0MqivxwoqGtyGcjh32ruRmBroNAfpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1672/Eldar-Flyer-2.jpg)
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A few Eldar vehicle bits and some weapons, along with copious amounts of milliput and sanding produced this Eldar flyer for my small corsair group.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bSBKt9nHrmQ/X7_iJAijipI/AAAAAAAACR8/mRgXGoccl-UEzmT0sa_bTYlDfO2HyP49wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Eldar-Flyer-5.jpg)
Next up, an Inquisitor and then the latest 40K Adventurers :)
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WOW :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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That is brilliant. Fantastic re-purposing of an old toy. It looks so cool your kids might want it back...
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Brilliant work on the ship, the minis and the background. You have a great artistic vision.
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That's cool...at first I thought it was an old Armourcast mini.
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What an absolutely fantastic thread, full of fantastic classic miniatures and new sculpts, all with amazing paintjobs. It's a pleasure to read.
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Stunning project mate, really inspirational, I do 40k in 15mm, I’ve amassed a fairly large blood angel collection, which I’m getting ready to paint, Nids next, but I also have a 15mm Inqusitor force, you’ve inspired me to re visit them.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-htcvrBmKjAg/U8xdX5VONiI/AAAAAAAAI-4/g9v0p_CJXSc/s1600/IMGP1165.JPG)
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Thanks all, appreciated :)
This was a fun build.
Stunning project mate, really inspirational, I do 40k in 15mm, I’ve amassed a fairly large blood angel collection, which I’m getting ready to paint, Nids next, but I also have a 15mm Inqusitor force, you’ve inspired me to re visit them.
I wasn't aware there was that sort of stuff out there in 15mm. Pretty cool!
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It’s all conversions of 15mm sci-fi figures.
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That’s a fantastic build 8)
Screams Rogue Trader :)
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What he said, really captures the spirit of the rogue trader era of 40K 👍
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That Eldar ship is brilliant.
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Thanks everyone, appreciate the comments and feedback.
Up next is my November Inquisitor, a guy from the Rogue Trader era.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f__5nUAVldI/X8JiKFrJKKI/AAAAAAAACSQ/jTCO9XVaLckI9Wtr9s6OYiloBNsalUQcgCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Inquisitor-Purge-Close-800.jpg)
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Very nice. Love the banner!
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Love his left hand.
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Very nice
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Brilliant!
He looks just the sort of zealous maniac so beloved of some in the Ordos!
That banner is wonderful too.
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Introducing Imperial Governor Aegidius Ophatran and entourage.
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Having been prompted to paint the 'Scum' (Space Eunuch to me!) as my next 40K Adventurer, I needed to figure out who he was guarding. I decided on the excellent Colony 87 Governor and his wife (now available from Crooked Dice), a damsel from White Knight, and I added a female warrior from the Cobalt-1 range. I think that the Eunuch and warrior woman are both sculpted by Naismith- can anyone confirm?
I also did a few more officials. One, the actual 'Official' from the 40K Adventurers range, plus some other very cool Colony 87 miniatures. This is my second time painting the set of Colony 87. Tedious to do them again, but damn they are a great range.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XEPcPnAt1ac/X8g2QtGwbPI/AAAAAAAACUk/5ZPOO5C34lQO2p752QIYV3OZBCMrpqHegCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Governor-Officials-Colony-87-800.jpg)
The official reminded me of this guy:
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Lastly, the Scout:
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Gettin' close!!!
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Great work! I love those Crooked Dice sculpts. And yeah, good call on Burke!
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Top drawer as usual, but you raise the bar yet again with the checkerwork patterns on the Official.
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The use of the bust in the background is inspired too.
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Sumptuous work on the Governor :-*
But all great, of course :)
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Outstanding work!
The tattoos on the bodyguards are unbelievable! :-*
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The governor and his entourage! :-* :-* :-* Characterful sculpts, but your painting really pushes them to the next level.
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Jeepers - so good :-*
What a thread!
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Superb! But I am biased ;)
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Exceptional thread and a superbly imaginative collection! :-* Gorgeous work!
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Fantastic additions to the Imperial family and auxiliary officials. Love the Burke inspired palette for the official. No doubt he will be one of the first to die horribly every encounter...
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Thanks all!
Love the Burke inspired palette for the official. No doubt he will be one of the first to die horribly every encounter...
What makes you think that? It's not like he would smuggle a bunch of eggs he found in a Space Hulk or anything ;)
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Some more lovely figures, with painting that good you can totally justify the second copies of the Colony 87 figures.
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My penultimate entry in the year-long '40K Adventurers' project- the Ventolin Pirate (actually a boarding party of them ;))
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pMiIk_uR6pY/X99vGBgJA_I/AAAAAAAACXw/eMlMkKwYl34UiLTVaqedZ1rPjUQ6kJaogCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/40k-Adventurers-Ventolins-Group-2.jpg)
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I also 3D printed a boarding torpedo by Dragon's Rest.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AzZTbXLTg7o/X991C1XwQrI/AAAAAAAACYs/KLAIc3OqWpQtP6FCruJ9s7qzR5ah0BOkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/40k-Adventurers-Ventolins-Boarding-Torpedo-2.jpg)
I have about a dozen pics on the blog:
https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2020/12/40k-adventurers-ventolin-pirates.html
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Wonderful stuff
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Very cool, that boarding craft is brill 8)
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Superb! Agree that the landing craft is just fab!
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This thread is ace, so much coolness in one place, love the pirate boarding party.
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Yeah that boarding craft is top notch!
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Stunning additions, taking the Ventolins to full throttle!
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The conversions all work so well and the Servitors and boarding craft take them to another level.
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Just amazing! Love those conversions, and that craft is flipping awesome
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Splendid. :o
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Thanks everybody, much appreciated.
I'm almost through the Astropaths now- the last of the 'Adventurers'. Then a scenic piece finale' to show them with. Hope to get the lot photographed prior to the New Year.
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As ever, some more very lovely work. I particularly like the idea of boarding shield servitors and may well steal that idea - I've got one of those servitors knocking around without any particular use, so some photos have been duly saved in my inspiration folder.
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Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"One of the more charming traditions enjoyed by citizens of Ophatran Secundus is associated with Saint Christophorus. On the eve of his feast day, sacred relics of Christophorus are taken from their shrines and given over to a masked actor known as the "Gretch". The honor of portraying the Gretch in each neighborhood is given to a discharged war hero of the Imperial Guard, and they are afforded special indulgences for taking on the role."
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AXfQSDqVAeE/X-PaNjzFdDI/AAAAAAAACZI/mAEJ-GcVJ6ooBQ6WncfCjSPimJGqfwsXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Gretch-1.jpg)
"As the sun sets, members of the Ministrorum provide the children of the neighborhood fruits, and they set out to find the 'Gretch who stole Christophorus'. They roam their district hunting for the hidden cache, and upon finding the Gretch, drive it away from the relics in a ferocious mock battle. It is interesting to see the citizenry being taught proper reviling of xenoforms through a whimsical allegory. The children are awarded special confections and printed tracts detailing the lives of Imperial Saints for their enthusiasm in recovering the relics."
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IDKbMyH8__0/X-PaZkfhPMI/AAAAAAAACZQ/38Yk-sbayPICV0vfLaFchXfVUzXqh-2RQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Gretch-3.jpg)
"Although some claim that the Gretch tradition hails from ancient Terra, I have found through rigorous research that many millennia ago Ophatran Secundus was on the periphery of a large Orkish invasion, and it is my belief that the Gretch lives on as a cultural memory from that trying time. Most citizens politely refuse to dig too deep into the tradition... otherwise they would need to confront the uncomfortable fact that if all the relics of Saint Christophorus were assembled, they would provide enough bones to represent two Astra Militarum regiments."
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What a magnificent retelling of a sacred Saint of the Imperium. The impressive scene is most enlightening. Why that gretch costume is itself a masterpiece! But do not worry about the faithful's understanding of the mysteries of Saint Christophorus. The inquisition will assist those unfortunates that do not properly take the printed tracts to heart.
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lol lol lol
A great bit of fluff to go with that wonderful paintjob.
8) 8)
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This months Inquisitor is Gideon Lorr. I also managed to squeeze in another Rogue Trader era Inquisitor in oddball armor (the guy in white). That finishes out the Rogue Trader era 3-pack.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YSi4QLD1sUs/X-nu_0S3gEI/AAAAAAAACZk/7_RtQM8ofTA6PzuxRZdr-IAxqdLGX1RqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1930/Gideon-Lorr.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-axXGKDy15LA/X-nvmMFT11I/AAAAAAAACZ8/WKMEyvNGQr8eEiGsLqKv-teOeRl43B9NQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Inquisitors-Rogue-Trader-3.jpg)
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As ever, more thoroughly splendid brushwork there.
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Thanks for the comments everyone.
Here's my final installment in my year-long quest to paint the 40k Adventurers- Astropaths. I wanted to go all-out for this last group, and painted six more to go with two I already had.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dFrC4BXS6TM/X-zT8pgZPtI/AAAAAAAACck/h_rFTW5izhQ8UjnaimW6X97vSnBYe7DhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Astropaths-Full-Choir-1200px.jpg)
I also 3D printed an orrery and modified a bit to "40k" it.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iLfXvQ5dq_o/X-zWx8sCBEI/AAAAAAAACdA/SOPU7qfHTB4_VLmEv6hpj-6NnHi0UQ2lQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Orrery-Scene-Large-1000px.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CyXG9EnJMdM/X-zYDwF_nOI/AAAAAAAACdY/ijhW_n4dPioL1E1ulKrXDf7QKAylwVRgACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Orrery-Ground-View-1000px.jpg)
I'm hoping to set up the entire Adventurers set for a group photo soon.
More details and photos on the blog.
https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2020/12/40k-adventurers-astropaths-astropath.html
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Awesome. Good to see everything rotates around Holy Terra. lol
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Awesome. Good to see everything rotates around Holy Terra. lol
Anything else would be heresy :)
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A wonderful group shot. Fantastic scenery.
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Superb! Always loved that Talisman Astropath.
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Those are gorgeous Matt :-*
They have a very ‘Dune’ vibe.
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Those are gorgeous Matt :-*
They have a very ‘Dune’ vibe.
Thanks! Agreed on the Dune thing, I tend to have Dune in mind when I work on old 40K stuff. The Adventurers project was heavily inspired by the "Jodorosky's Dune" documentary.
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Well, 2020 is down the tubes... I did however manage to finish out the Adventurers range as planned.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bs056NmbBlA/X-53D7yfBYI/AAAAAAAACjU/aNpHcJHC0scyDvZsNJAT3GZA4png_z7kQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1766/DrMathias-40k-Adventurers-Set.jpg)
Thanks again for all the feedback and comments on these over the year. It was a fun project. I'm having a hard time coming up with something to match for 2021. 40K wise I'm continuing the Inquisition and acolytes for sure- but I have so many other lingering ideas and stuff collected. Rogue Trader Hive Gang, Imperial Navy, Skullz Mechanicus... the list goes on and on.
I think I will try to finish out the Foundry Darkest Africa range (in another thread of course ;) )- I only have about twelve packs left for that :)
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Great work!
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A job well done, congratulations.
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What a project. Merely collecting them was impressive but the painting definitely took it to another level. Looking forward to what you paint in 2021.
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(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bs056NmbBlA/X-53D7yfBYI/AAAAAAAACjU/aNpHcJHC0scyDvZsNJAT3GZA4png_z7kQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1766/DrMathias-40k-Adventurers-Set.jpg)
Incredible.
This may be one of the most inspirational things I've seen in awhile. Can you share how you staged this shot?
Well done!
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Well done.
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Beautiful work :)
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A really interesting project to follow that has resulted in a truely impressive collection of beautiful miniatures!
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That's... epic.
Well done all around. Thanks for sharing this.
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Thanks all :)
I'm having trouble deciding what to do in 2021 :)
This may be one of the most inspirational things I've seen in awhile. Can you share how you staged this shot?
Pretty easy! I hotglued seven tiers of styrofoam togther into steps and then laid a piece of fabric over the whole thing :)
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Most excellent 8)
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Should I send my shipping address? Just send them regular mail, I can wait. lol
Absolutely gorgeous. Love them all! :-*
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That's a thing of beauty :) . Wonderfully painted and presented :) . Excellent work.
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Absolutely gorgeous! The recreation of the RT era catalogue page really sets the whole project in the correct light. Perhaps a side by side with the original page (with the goofy names) would be fun to see? It would certainly set off your paint jobs!
And as for topping this; how about recreating another RT catalogue page? There's still some stuff to do before you have to resort to doing Space Marines after all. If I recall correctly, there were at least two pages of adventurers? And there's the dedicated Imperial Army pages, and maybe the Eldar pages might be fun too...
At any rate; your pictures are what always sets these wonderful paint jobs off. You sir, certainly know how to set a scene. I absolutely love the one with the Imperial nobles gathering in hushed silence and awe around the massive orrery. You can almost smell the unwashed bodies and incense there...
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Plus one to all the praise.
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Thanks all :)
And as for topping this; how about recreating another RT catalogue page? There's still some stuff to do before you have to resort to doing Space Marines after all. If I recall correctly, there were at least two pages of adventurers? And there's the dedicated Imperial Army pages, and maybe the Eldar pages might be fun too...
I have the "Imperial Agents" (it might be 'Agents of the Imperium') on the slate. They never had a color advert- I could do that ;)
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Wow! Individually throughout the year those have been great, but that group shot is amazingly cool.
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Well done Dr Mathias - such beautiful painting and photography!
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That is brilliant :-*
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Thanks all, appreciated :)
I have a few more things to add, been behind updating this thread.
Modified holiday decoration church and a pilgrim.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Cj5rHtF3nE/X_PD_AbU9II/AAAAAAAACkY/pkEGE3bqhYgbeqyPtEeM9ZNjtzy4zCq4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/40k-Chapel-Exterior-Square-2-1200.jpg)
Leet herder and Leets (Leets from Matakishi, herder and hound from Blind Beggar)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r318C5M_C00/YCHmTc8L2sI/AAAAAAAAClI/9VpTxgSureAaGzLeqwRHzd_IyblO1GV4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Leet-Herder-1.jpg)
Rogue Trader era Inquisitor (it says 'Rogue' on the base tab) and an RT era assassin.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Cj1Dx1HX0m4/YE0FWILnbrI/AAAAAAAACl4/tw9HXw1xDk8CG3Y9xBRsuLIZ7vrMiD13wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Inquisitor-Imperial-Agents-Rogue-1200.jpg)
2003 Inquisitor
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dVot7f5MMSg/YGKV8Zr20yI/AAAAAAAACmU/g82JGNGraf4jAMzA9zyTHiqpi03ihEciACLcBGAsYHQ/s1400/Witch0Hunter-2003-Inquisitor.jpg)
A couple Colony 87 workers and a servo-skull from Forge World
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CjwNHNY7xWg/YHG1gg8TRyI/AAAAAAAACmo/aaMzV5DM43QPlwGihavd4vFoXmVxvyhugCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Colony-87-Workers.jpg)
And a self-portrait more or less, based on a Reaper mini with headswap and a few other mods, along with some servo-skull friends.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y3LFVCx6DNo/YHG6rf7HnNI/AAAAAAAACnE/lqCxnZb6eJ4DqczNm7i-Iu_vMl2lExisQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Matthias-and-Skull-2.jpg)
All of these have an individual entry on my blog with some more detailed info.
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Wonderful painting and photos. I think the self portrait is my favourite.
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Great stuff as always mate but yeah that self portrait is top notch.
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Excellent painting and artfully composed photos.
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Very nice additions. Love the details.
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Such a great thread with a wonderful mix of miniatures.Love the terrain elements too.
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What a wonderful variety of new additions, I love them all!
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I also failed to comment on the full set of adventurers, shame on me!
It is truly wonderful to see the whole lot together, especially set up in the original advert style.
Top drawer, really top drawer.
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The personality figure is great, but I am more taken
by the servant skulls, wonderful job.
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More excellent work. Added a beard while zooming? Servo skulls with pencils & quills. Love the inherent contradictions there.
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Thanks everybody :)
I added a new member to the Tau kill team- a Wargames Atlantic lizardman with some conversion work to bring him into "The Greater Good".
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DWvJeCprUhk/YIYp2GOyAgI/AAAAAAAACn0/mkjkcyt0NQkTes19HuVgWe8qCbggX78sQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/WA-Cham-Tau-Front.jpg)
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He’s a bit good :-*
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Love that 8)
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The lizardman looks great!
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I like that alot. Warhammer Chameleon Skink has made it to the future.
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I was actually shocked to be reminded that Inquisitor model dates all the way back to 2003 - getting old when models I consider new(ish) are 18 years old. It's like discovering your friends' kids have just finished a Masters degree...
That chameleon is superb! The rifle works beautifully, and the outrageous scheme is beautiful. 8) 8) 8)
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Wonderful figure. And it is definitly missing at GW's Range!
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Techno-Skink!
Love it!
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I added a new member to the Tau kill team- a Wargames Atlantic lizardman with some conversion work to bring him into "The Greater Good".
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DWvJeCprUhk/YIYp2GOyAgI/AAAAAAAACn0/mkjkcyt0NQkTes19HuVgWe8qCbggX78sQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/WA-Cham-Tau-Front.jpg)
The whole thread is beautiful, but this model caught my eye - absolutely fantastic! :-*
Very well done.
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Splendid - was it fairly easy (for cack handed people like me) to modify that Wargames Atlantic lizard man?
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I was actually shocked to be reminded that Inquisitor model dates all the way back to 2003 - getting old when models I consider new(ish) are 18 years old. It's like discovering your friends' kids have just finished a Masters degree...
Haha, no kidding. I look at the dates and think "That has been in my collection THAT long?"
Splendid - was it fairly easy (for cack handed people like me) to modify that Wargames Atlantic lizard man?
Thanks! I thought it was a pretty quick and easy one, the lizard's hands are about the same size as the Tau, didn't require much trimming to get to fit in place. I should check to see compatibility with the Kroot arms.
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Great colorful skin on the lizardman. No bland green lizardman in the dark future.
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Here's a few shots of a miniature and box diorama I made for a 28mag challenge, the "Downtrodden" of the 41st millennium. I have a little narrative to go along with it on my blog.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ftz71VPmtrQ/YKHYKSj770I/AAAAAAAACpg/7vyrzpW_7MIPchCOyHvifApQKdvm5RW_QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1400/Downtrodden-28mag-Challenge-Side-1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6nV3Qd-4Lxo/YKMYnoy7xcI/AAAAAAAACqU/RjiUSNqqYu8IvrhNwQ7a96QQnb4mc3aSACLcBGAsYHQ/s1477/Downtrodden-28mag-Challenge-WIP-2.1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TIdGpUsVtjM/YKHYTrX6xbI/AAAAAAAACpk/SpCAYLxIoUU7LZtFFMmD-3CYo84BcCgmACLcBGAsYHQ/s1400/Downtrodden-28mag-Challenge-Dark-Front-1.jpg)
Miniature Extravaganza Downtrodden Blog Entry (https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2021/05/28mag-downtrodden-challenge-lucinda.html)
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That is a lovely diorama and fits the theme well. 28mag is home to a lot of superb modelling and artwork.
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I think I have run out of superlative with this thread.
This really does tell the story of the Imperium. Maybe not how it got there, but certainly what it has become.
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Srunning job :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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yeah... that's exceptional. perfect fit for 28mag.
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Beautiful work on the painting. The overall weathering is fantastic.
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This is really fantastic. In the moment I read a 40K Novel and your work feels absolutely like a part of 40K novels. Thanks for sharing.
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Stonking 8)
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Wow, that's amazing, jolly nice work there.
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Superb! :o
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Gesamtkunstwerk :o
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Getting behind again, here's some of the 40K stuff I've been working on...
A few Inquisitors:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y-U6j99Oog4/YNqUT2lwUZI/AAAAAAAACsY/ADRwG7tnSgsfrd-eyAMjAF-JMBgYctUfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Ordo-Malleus-Inquisitor-1.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wtP77PHwnTA/YNqUTbsn-LI/AAAAAAAACsQ/tj01zDYsl40CvclUjG_DH6K82TNckvz3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Inquisitor-Bolter-Power-Sword.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Jwd7lWjP9KA/YNqUTsm4J0I/AAAAAAAACsU/NW16fZB_3awAD_KmhEsqyyHkweIji5ZYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1120/Inquisitor-Draco.jpg)
Since I finished up all the old school Rogue Trader era Inquisition I did a little group shot, in the style of an old White Dwarf ad:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kp2ruNqkEic/YOE51UPPhFI/AAAAAAAACtY/78rZQLikwfoJ5sCiiU_rRyR6-mQbWHJUQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1810/40K-Inquisitors-AD.jpg)
Liscensed Relic Dealer (Reaper base fig with some conversion, mostly scratch built mobile kiosk):
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u2nCjIXqODo/YL15GhlAdGI/AAAAAAAACqw/Rk7IR5gOUT0Rs0ZJNK49aAqJpFoPsVGnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1201/Mobile-Relic-Kiosk.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7BiibCG5X1M/YL15GPrtCuI/AAAAAAAACqo/SGxoDd_wy4U4HbVp8sSU_yCV533Ld49ZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1400/Mobile-Relic-Kiosk-Back-2.jpg)
I've missed posting some other stuff on my blog, which is where I link from- so as I update that I'll be adding more images.
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Excellent stuff Dr. :-*
And your Jaq Draco is superb and now reminds me of my long-ago converision now unfortunately lost to the mists of time and gone to the lead-pile in the sky :-[ it had a hand-drawn and painted banner as well, I must do an up to date one as I already have a Grimm, and a Meh`lindi, but I am still looking for a suitible Googoli...
Cracking work and I love the old RT vibe very much.
Glen
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Stunning work all round and that 'ad' shot is great!
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The pièce de résistance for me is that mobile kiosk, though, love all the contents.
Inspired!
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Lovely work there.
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I've got to agree with Mason, that's all cracking brushwork as always, but the relic trader & kiosk is brilliant.
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Fantastic! I particularly like Drac's banner and the mobile kiosk is superb. I have that Reaper figure too (in bones) and I would never have thought to use him for 40k but the conversion works perfectly!
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Most excellent 8)
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Never realised there were that many rt inquisitors! Love the white dwarf style advert picture!
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Outstanding as usual but that mobile relic kiosk made me smile. Superb. Thanks for doing all that and sharing it here.
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That is brilliant Matt :-*
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Brilliant work...that Relic dealer & kiosk is just :-*
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I like the inquisitors but the relic kiosk is a stroke of genius wonderfully implemented.
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Thanks everyone, my little (non-ruined) Imperial city continues to take shape :)
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Just got to add a plus one to all the nice comments
about the Relic Trader. :-* :-* :-*
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By the Emperor, that is just breathtaking! :o :o :o
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Superb - the RT inquisitors are still a cool bunch, I am happy to own just a couple of them.
And that kiosk is fantastic! :-*
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Thanks everybody :)
Here's a "Trench Shrine" that I won as a prize for placing first in an Instagram contest several months ago (it arrived unpainted and I just got it painted recently). Kind of odd painting someone else's build, but I really enjoyed working on it. Lots of neat details!
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NBU6TYcrBxA/YO-fhs3BGUI/AAAAAAAACtk/KbpVy4Cmth0sCtkk8A6mXP5cYzxBVuUEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Trench-Shrine-WIP-No-Paint.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ekvujrEX63M/YO-kMqyYT6I/AAAAAAAACug/doMLlagwaxIlyUiRBnK_lEOWrsf4pEGeACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Trench-Shrine.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-72P05p_jJeU/YO-gccI9h5I/AAAAAAAACuA/2MeKNfmB35MVsuQCnL-JUACW3G8Q4MQnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Trench-Shrine-4.jpg)
A few more pics on the ole'blog (https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2021/07/trench-shrine-alltag40k-prize.html).
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Nice! Trench Art at its extreme :)
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Nice! 8)
Is that gold foil on the central ‘bullet’?
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Nice! Trench Art at its extreme :)
Thanks! I actually didn't really know much about trench art until I did some research for this paintjob. I had no idea that they made artillery shells as big as they did :o
Is that gold foil on the central ‘bullet’?
No, just a weirdly bright yellow :)
I think the camera freaked out on that light spot considering how dark and gloomy the scene was :)
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Works a treat 8)
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That's an awesome scene. It certainly is an inspired build, but the paintjob is what sets it apart even more! 8)
And is that guy on the right actually opening a bottle? lol
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Fantastic stuff, not seen this thread before
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Amazing painting :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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That’s excellent
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Very nice, and definitely fits the grimdark setting well. Just the kind of crazy thing I'd expect out of the Imperium.
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Thanks all :)
And is that guy on the right actually opening a bottle? lol
Yes, at least that what I interpreted it as! I did a little cleanup on the implement he was holding to make sure it 'read' as a bottle opener :)
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What an inspired scene, painted to perfection.
Brilliant!
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Using the 6mm marine figs as tiny devotional icons is sheer genius, BTW. I've used 28mm figs as suitably gigantic statuary in Epic in days past but I never considered doing the reverse.
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Wow! :-*
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Fantastic stuff. It just screams 'Rogue Trader'.
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Thanks everyone, I loved this project.
Using the 6mm marine figs as tiny devotional icons is sheer genius, BTW. I've used 28mm figs as suitably gigantic statuary in Epic in days past but I never considered doing the reverse.
I have a dozen or so of those little guys, and picked up some more 3rd party 6mm genestealers and Sisters for use as icons and little statuettes- so it was cool to see someone else incorporate them that way. As usual I have an idea and someone else beats me to the punch!
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Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TqvjGWavd38/YYCAUw7jJuI/AAAAAAAAC1g/bS0aH9ydHx8dpvCVSRhfKF_N2NZbPZ2aQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Halloween-40K-2021-3.jpg)
"The attentive reader has likely deduced that the citizens of Ophatran Secundus celebrate an unusually high number of holidays, some of which can be traced to the pre-industrial era of the planet, or even to Holy Terra. One such event is Harrow’e’en, celebrated in ancient times as a harvest festival and tied to primitive ideas about the nature of spirituality. Harrow’e’en now coincides with the traditional yearly arrival of the Emperor’s Tithe Fleet, and is celebrated a day before the first voidship docks with the orbital stations above Ophatran Secundus.”
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3uOzGgb8a-k/YYCAUPwwD5I/AAAAAAAAC1Y/0yMmuINxIMk-KvifzIqQDJuMlAzfIKR8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Halloween-40K-2021-2.jpg)
"The arrival of the interstellar voidships cause many citizens of Ophatran Secundus great concern. The local Ministorum Preachers teach that the veil between the Empyrean and reality is at its thinnest on Harrow’e’en. Hostile warp entities are said to cling to the ships and make their way to the planet surface on this day. Pious citizens practice reciting prayers and charms in the preceding weeks to protect themselves. They must put their warding phrases into practice if they happen to meet the ‘Spirit of the Warp’ and its attending procession as they go about their daily business.”
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bUhsIq6Nxbc/YYCAUwOIJgI/AAAAAAAAC1c/Q6nYgefY5vcvQm7c0MUQH-DCNJsPNQQPACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/Halloween-40K-2021.jpg)
"Within each neighborhood, a particularly pious citizen dresses in a fearsome ‘Spirit of the Warp’ costume, and is accompanied by members of the Adepta Sororitas. The Sisterhood round up and test citizens who happen to be outdoors, to make sure they can recite their prayers correctly. Successful recitations are awarded a purity seal, and those who have neglected their duties are taken to be chastised and re-educated. In some districts, children that successfully recite their prayers to the Spirit’s entourage are awarded fanciful costumes and roam the streets, seeking out citizens for the procession to round up.”
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Wonderful scenes :-* :-* :-*
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Now, that is Lore.
Magnificent!
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Brilliant!
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Wow! This thread delivers. Great stuff.
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Adept Matthias Laetorius alway gets to the important heart of the matter. Wonderful stuff. :-*
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Ace!
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That’s superb Matt :-*
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Continuing to deliver excellence.
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outstanding !!
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What a spectacle! Love it!
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That is thoroughly splendid, jolly good work.
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Excellent, that is all.
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Splendid
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I acquired a 'Judge' miniature from Artel W Miniatures a few months ago. He was primed and ready to go at the end of 2021 but I didn't want to rush painting him as he's pretty detailed.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieG31T3rJ1aAHLKWS2HOGQkio5Y9K1JFty2Acohd3G0d5AV7F_5zdUBFW1oDCAsbA64oTBRFCV9a_OCo39XAazixMBbynGINg8I7Kvt-IGQe4xgcVIbBbuC9P60j68lg1mQyKvJEazG2Riqz_xtH31QKt7cYa8oxJXagk7eFTJDv1lWd7AYODv3e3u=s1200)
I imagined him as a doddering and potentially inebriated Imperial Noble, using his lineage to curry favor and spread his family's influence. I used some decals from Forgotten Chapters, along with some freehand for the tree.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4uFG949KgaZF_UYt-w5ZiKOnGr9uGLH49FAR-TSE31tL0r7_ETujecTR5J0RvufRrA_MuXej7JceM9vgZnejImrT49wfL7s2Kknx9py7O8VP0oqtDg7G_RRQEiHvuAw-9911rUpjlbPPfrjK_xlCcBQpr2F0u2--TAqN2NQBCM_WMnG6mMAy_eo2G=s1400)
I based his color scheme, and the scroll he is holding, on the Earl of Squanderfield in "The Marriage Settlement" by William Hogarth. He's using his family tree to seal a marriage contract involving his rakish son, so that he can get the money to finish his grand mansion in the background.
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Lovely paintwork on a great figure. Really like that one.
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Great work! And really interesting to see the inspiration.
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Beautiful painting :-* :-* :-*
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Really fantastic model - the paintjob and the inspiration for your paintwork are great. :)
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Superbly done 8)
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Superb!
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Egads! That's some truly splendid painting there, jolly well done.
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That is a great miniature and very well painted.Also liking the picture and background.
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This is all very inspiring and slightly mad - love it.
The wheeled rhino on page 14 takes the cake - such a great idea and it looks so right - I am surprised no one else seems to have done similar...
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Excellent, really like the reference to the painting, top stuff.
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Thanks all. Fun mini to paint :)
I added some more oddities to the 40K project. A Reaper Chronoscope that seemed to be a good stand in for a Rogue Trader, and a Tau Xenos Servo Skull to go along with the Ork and Kroot.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNuVZivIHfcJo4_pJXlG8DwZoP8mOy3wnnmPEIAQjvKE-T174v5ebe2Ar4-Io6Fp3JlrKqu8UxQ8w89bWpLBG9zVvSVdFKibexYpJaH1JXJTOJYKJzuYc9zzxV1M3Nqx_8K1eKLmpxDl5zUcb_mPaECfWmoVWyVf8t_Go3W0wyKnVMIVzoILzVW34a=s1200)
I made a few more paintings for my backgrounds, using embedded magnets and magnetic sheet for the paintings. I found some pictures making rounds on the internet a couple years ago... actors Photoshopped into paintings of Russian generals. They seemed to work for Imperial Navy portraits. I ended up making my own Lt. Ripley, as there were no badass females in the lot. Picture frames were printed on my Mars2Pro.
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More on the way, I've been very lax in my posting!
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I've been very lax in my posting!
But, compared to the majority of us,
not lax in the work you do. :-*
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Cool, I particularly like the paintings.
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That is all really rather cool!
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Has been an absolute blast looking at all of the hobby stuff you've been doing in this thread. Cannot wait to see more of your results.
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Love the Sigourney painting. Everything really... just leaves one feeling like one wants to see more loveliness...
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lovely miniature and paint-job, and the portraits are v. nicely done and amusing.
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Thanks everyone. The paintings were a pretty fun and easy way to add some 'lived in' detail to the Imperial setting :)
Added a Jokaero a couple days ago. I picked him up a couple of years ago... so close now to getting the metal Inquisition range done.
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Wow!
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Beautifull models and well painted, but it's that amazing setting that keeps drawing my eyes. Those paintings are so cool
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Beautifull models and well painted, but it's that amazing setting that keeps drawing my eyes. Those paintings are so cool
Absolutely. Very evocative.
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Yet more lovely work. (I also really like the paintings.)
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paint-jobs are superb.
think I'm seeing le Shat and Bowie (?) up in the portrait gallery (maybe they've been covered higher up in the thread).
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Thanks all, fun little project.
paint-jobs are superb.
think I'm seeing le Shat and Bowie (?) up in the portrait gallery (maybe they've been covered higher up in the thread).
Thanks ;)
Good eye :)
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Wonderful work. Great attention to detail in all of your staging. The paintings really work in an overblown 40K inquisition way.
The full collection is here I believe: https://replaceface.tumblr.com
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I have been running a small 'miniature painting' enrichment session for my high school students, which has been a lot of fun. Some of them are pretty good!
Also, a few selected some very crappy models, and I had to learn a little Meshmixer to make some edits and repairs. After doing that I felt absolutely compelled to make a variation of the 3D printed 'Guard Pug' to try to figure out the sculpting tools a little better... so here's my "Greater Goodest Boy" to join my Tau kill team.
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Ha! That pug is brilliant.
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Love the little chap :-*
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The pug is perfect.
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Nice addition.
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That little guard pug is so cool! :-*
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That dog is brilliant, and very nicely painted.
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Thats excellent.
Where can I see more pictures of your Tau kill team?
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Thanks all :)
Where can I see more pictures of your Tau kill team?
Scattered around, in this thread, Instagram, and on my blog. I'll try to do an updated group shot today- it's been a while now that I think about it.
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Pug's brill.
As for the portraits on the previous page, doesn't seem like anyone caught Admiral Walken on the far right. lol
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As promised, the Tau in my smallish "Alien Legion" style force.
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That is a fantastically diverse force! The dogs, spider, dwarf, duck and demon/night gaunt (?) figure are amazing. Are those conversions on your blog?
Edit: I see you updated your blog with the various miniature details.
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Eeeeep!
Those are so superb. The pug is still the coolest, but the earthworm fellow comes in close, with the Squat/Brotherhood type.
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So very cool 8)
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Fantastic! :-* :-* :-*
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For the Greater Good! Brilliant!
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Awesome! 8)
I especially love the dark grey colour scheme; should I ever do Tau, this would be my inspiration...
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Yep, they're fantasstic, both in conception and execution.
A treat for the eyes, thanks for sharing.
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Thanks all, this is one of my favorite ongoing projects. I'm going to eventually add a human, kroot, and all the Stagrave alien heads :)
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I still have the comics but couldn't answer a plot point or character question but have fond memories
the painting and mix of characters is super-outstanding (is that a word?)
very very nice
:)
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Love it. I did something like this to a lesser degree with skaven and lizardmen heads on tau bodies.
I love the spider one. I'd love to see some sci-fi spiders with wings, Vespid proxy ;)
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what a great collection of figures, and truly beautiful painting :-*
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They look awesome, as does everything your brush work graces us with. Always excited to see what new work you kindly share with us. Also a great idea with a charmingly eclectic selection of figures looking forward to seeing what you add to it next.
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That grey has a very subtle purplish touch to it; was that a mix, or is it an existing colour?
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Thank you all, appreciated.
That grey has a very subtle purplish touch to it; was that a mix, or is it an existing colour?
It is indeed a purple grey, a custom mix probably using Vallejo colors. I made a small dropper bottle full a couple years back and don't really have a recipe- which is unfortunate, as I'm running low!
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That's a great group of models, with wonderful painting!
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For this month's "Servo Skull Saturday" I finished up a rather chunky metal skull that was offered up several years back in a Facebook genestealer fan group. Its a pretty big one, looks to be from a Patriarch.
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That's very cool. Nice one.
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Lovely new additions displayed in some great scenes.
:-* :-*
That grey has a very subtle purplish touch to it; was that a mix, or is it an existing colour?
It is indeed a purple grey, a custom mix probably using Vallejo colors. I made a small dropper bottle full a couple years back and don't really have a recipe- which is unfortunate, as I'm running low!
It looks very similar to a colour that I made accidentally whilst 'weathering' a new fence in the back garden (true, I tell ya!).
It happened when I mixed black and white with some burnt umber to attempt a brown tinge and it came out very similar to that. Worth giving it a go.
;)
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I acquired the set of Adeptus Mechanicus from the 'Skulz' program many years ago, shortly after they were released, around the year 2000. I had done some painting for a GW Outrider, and in exchange for that he was able to acquire a set at one of the GW conventions. Its taken since then to get them all painted! I decided to do the unreleased servitors I had acquired at the same time.
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They look outstanding one and all, you really did them justice (like all the other figures you've graced us with really) but I am particularly enamored of the reds, they came out splendidly. Thanks for sharing as always.
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Beautiful :-*
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Ouch; right in the incomplete collection! lol
I have 6 of the miniatures in the set, which I've bought as an undercoated lot almost 20 years ago and I've never come across the ones I'm still missing...
Yours have been painted beautifully (as always), and still in keeping with their temporal origins (i.e. slightly garishly); they're awesome.
And I've never even seen the two unreleased servitors. Shame they were never released; they look like interesting and fun minis to paint; sort of a hybrid between the Rogue Trader one and the later more static 2nd ed ones.
Great work! :-*
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The weathered yellow and red paint scheme is perfect.
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just fantastic :-*
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More lovely work as ever.
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Thanks all. The Mechanicus set was a long time comin'. Still have some old servitors to do then I can take a break from Mechanicus.
Meanwhile, here's the altarpiece from the Space Hulk Chapel 'Build Something' contest:
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And a few more Tau oddities. These were all 3D printed on my Mars2Pro.
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And a few more Tau oddities. These were all 3D printed on my Mars2Pro.
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They are lovely. :) Excellent paintjobs on cool figures.
(As I have no intention of purchasing a 3D printer myself, are these available anywhere to purchase printed rather than files?)
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(As I have no intention of purchasing a 3D printer myself, are these available anywhere to purchase printed rather than files?)
Thanks, I'm not sure if there are licensed printers for any of these, I'd have to dig around. RNestudio is pretty well known, I'd guess they'd have someone. The others might not even be companies :)
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Beautiful painting again Dr. Mathias :-*
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Those Tau are real characters. I love your colour palette for them too.
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Splendid as usual :D
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Those Tau are amazing! Your painting is always awesome but added to the character in those sculpts, genius! Top notch!
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blimey, yes. The best 3D prints I've bought have pretty much proved to me that quality isn't an issue now - and yours consolidate that, and then some...
but the painting ... :-* stupendous.
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The Tau in the big hat gives off a Big Trouble in Little China vibe - and that is just so cool!
As is BBTau.
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I was thinking the same thing. The big hat Tau is is too cool.
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In love with the samuraï T'au too!
The big one have a Muun from SW vibe
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As always, wonderful execution.
The Tau miniatures are the cat's meow. :-*
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Some more lovely work as always, and that freehand is just amazing.
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Thanks all, appreciated.
As usual it is 'feast or famine' in this thread, and now that I have more free time there will be lots of stuff coming down the pipe.
I recently painted the last few figures I needed to complete the acolytes/retinue miniatures from the metal GW Inquisition range, here they are in the family photo (no actual inquisitors in this one, still have one or two left).
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Great group shot. Love it!
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Wow, that is a very cool collection, all nicely painted.
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Superb stuff. This is possibly my favourite GW range: so many characterful non-combatants. To see it like this: beautiful!
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Awesome, that range contains some of the most characterful minis they produced at that time, Juan Diaz I guess, great stuff.
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Recent additions to the 40K project, Rogue Trader style Space Vampires. This is a side project that has been marinating a while, all starting from a Cobalt-1 miniature for which I had no real purpose in mind, and it turned into reading the Rogue Trader bestiary, watching Buck Rogers in the 25th century, and printing off a bunch of extra stuff to make a pair of vamps and their natural forms.
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That is insane, Dr Mathias! You hear me, insane!! :o
And I love it for just that. That’s what made Rogue Trader so great, that strange Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon/Pulp/not everything is grimdark vibe.
Bloody good painting on those two.
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outstanding indeed
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Very cool 8)
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Fang-tastic! :o
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Lovely! :-*
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That is insane, Dr Mathias! You hear me, insane!! :o
And I love it for just that. That’s what made Rogue Trader so great, that strange Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon/Pulp/not everything is grimdark vibe.
Bloody good painting on those two.
I quite agree.
Great work!
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Those Vampire vampires are very good but in their human form, well, just so full of character. Love 'em. :)
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What a great concept, and thoroughly well executed as ever; nicely done sir.
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They look fantastic!
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Thanks everyone :)
Fang-tastic! :o
lol
I finished up a couple old school servitors today, so here they are- along with a 3D printed strategium holo projector I also finished up about two weeks ago and just got around to photographing.
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Yet another project that took way too long, with lots of modding of 3D files, tons of decals, and some freehand painting.
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Wow, that looks stunning!
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That hologram projector is brilliant: love the hive city.
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:o fabulous figures and terrain :)
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The holo projector is very impressive. That would make a great table piece for a boarding action. Not sure the candles would survive on the top of the green screen though. My old green screen monitor could fry food. lol
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Truly wonderful,those vampires are brill :-*
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The holo projector is very impressive. That would make a great table piece for a boarding action. Not sure the candles would survive on the top of the green screen though. My old green screen monitor could fry food. lol
Hahaha, you're probably right about the candles :)
Plans are to incorporate it into the Space Hulk project :)
Up for "Inq28th" is my latest Inquisitor, Erasmus Cartavolnus.
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That holo projector is just ace. Also; rather massive! I love the detail of the hive city being reproduced on the monitor.
And the candles are obviously scented, to stave off the ozone-smell :D
Also; the flame effect on the inquisitor is simply spectacular! If you don't mind, I'll be nicking that for my Grey Knights, because it's just too awesome 8)
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That Inquisitor looks great :)
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Thanks all :)
Finished up the old Necromunda Karloth Valois psi-vampire today, just in time for the deadline on the 'Justice for Gary' challenge in the Oldhammer Facebook group.
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Great work: that colour scheme works really well for him.
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That is some face!
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That is some face!
One that only a mother could love lol lol lol
Great paint job none the less.
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Amazing stuff! Your painting style really makes these figures pop too.
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The painting on him really pops 8)
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Thanks gents, seemed like an oddball tertiary triad color scheme, done fairly cartoony would be the right move for the character.
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This one particular character was one of few still missing from my Necromunda collection, exactly because he's just a bit goofy. But your paintjob convinced me to go out and nab one myself.
And I was able to find one relatively cheap too, so cheers for that :D
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Cool. Love the Karloth Valois. I originally started with a Scavvies warband back in the day and was after Karloth as well.
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Amazing thread!
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Love the psi vamp! Never seen that figure before!
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Thanks all :)
I am mostly done with the servitor project I've been on for a while. Here are the most recent metal ones, from the Space Marines range (they accompanied the Techmarine) but they also were sold in packs of two for the Inquisition. Kind of a pain to get all four of the left arm close combat variants in metal in this day and age.
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I'm up to twenty-five servitors now, including six from Wargames Exclusive and one from Raging Heroes.
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That’s a great collection of servitors! There’s something extremely creepy about the concept of servitors and the painting on these brings that across.
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Nice. You know some old necromunda pitslaves could look nice in there as well, or at least make good conversion fodder if you are into that sort of thing.
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Nice. You know some old necromunda pitslaves could look nice in there as well, or at least make good conversion fodder if you are into that sort of thing.
Actually, I think I have most of those. You're right they would go well with them... guess I'm not as close to being done as I thought!
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Stunning :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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oh my - been missing more wonderment over the last couple of pages :-*
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Wow - what a stunning thread! Mind blowing skill Matt! :o :o :o
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Actually, I think I have most of those. You're right they would go well with them... guess I'm not as close to being done as I thought!
I look forward to seeing them :)
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Heading to the desert briefly with some Adeptus Mechanicus oddities.
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A small Jawa looking fellow and his toaster companion (found on Cults3D I think, printed on the Mars2Pro), a sinister looking nomad from Ramshackle, and a 3D printed walking toaster (also on Cults3D if I recall), which is amusing to me, but also one of the most flimsy and impractical things I have printed.
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Those are superb! The walking toaster may be flimsy, but it's so characterful 8) 8)
Although I was wondering for a minute what the link between Ad Mech and Cylons would be ;)
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one of the most flimsy and impractical things I have printed.
But oh so nice. I am reminded of the sentient toaster in Red Dwarf.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303669102869?var=602908898917&hash=item46b416c915:g:dwQAAOSwDb5fStPC
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Love them. Inspiring stuff and incredible brushwork, as ever.
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Very cool 8)
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Thanks all :)
But oh so nice. I am reminded of the sentient toaster in Red Dwarf.
I need to revisit that show :)
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Brilliant as ever, but that toaster turns up the awesome to 11. 8)
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That toaster is great! If this is 40k it’s surely armed with an inbuilt melta weapon :D
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Very clever! 👍
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I've missed the last few updates, cracking work as always - very inspirational - but that ambulatory toaster is just ace.
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I've missed the last few updates, cracking work as always - very inspirational - but that ambulatory toaster is just ace.
Wot he said.
The eclectic mix you are using really captures the varied and wacky feel of the Mechanicus.
Makes me feel the urge to add to my own Collective.
8) 8)
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Some recently completed 'Grimdark Citizens' designed by Across the Realms, printed on my Mars2Pro.
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Splendid. The backdrops/scenes are great 8)
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Brilliant! Citizens look amazing.
That dumpster image is something else. :-*
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Fantastic dark and dirty scenes. Love the attention to detail you show with the posters.
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I love watching the work you do.
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The painting is SO crisp!
And the scenery is impeccable. Is the hand grenade brain poster original? It's brilliant 8)
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The whole effect is great. I love the dumpsters with the gothic arches!
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Thanks everyone, appreciated!
Is the hand grenade brain poster original? It's brilliant 8)
I cut that out of a graphic design magazine many years ago, been saving it ;)
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There is a lot of incredible painting here. Your creativity is amazing. I have to echo that dumpster scene is fantastic...all of your work is fantastic. :)
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Thanks!!!
Up for perusal is this months Inquisition offering, the Eisenhorn vs. Glaw Black Library limited edition diorama. This was a tough one to get a hold of... all thanks to Jon Boyce, who tracked down someone that had the set and might be willing to sell it. Took well over a year to get a hold of. Sort of rough sculpts, a bit awkward, hard to paint, and certainly not my best work... but here it is.
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Well done :-*
Always satisfying to get some miniatures one has been searching for, especially these two Dan Abnett characters. One of his best series of books (if only he’d do a sequel to Double Eagle…).
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Well done :-*
Always satisfying to get some miniatures one has been searching for, especially these two Dan Abnett characters. One of his best series of books (if only he’d do a sequel to Double Eagle…).
Thanks, appreciated.
June and July were weird, weird months... managed to pick up six or so really rare minis I'd been looking for- in some cases for several years.
I really enjoy the Eisenhorn/Ravenor series, I've read it twice and it has inspired a few things in this thread for sure. I'll check out the book you mentioned!
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and certainly not my best work.
I'll take that standard of painting any day. :D
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A little more fun to paint than the last offering, I recently finished up two Oldhammer style space pirates made by Satyr Art Studio. They fit perfectly with the 80s figures.
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Satyr Art minis are the first and fourth, from the left.
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...space pirates...
Are brilliant. :)
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They look fantastic, what a superb group shot!
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outstanding group of figures
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That is a wonderfully colorful & ragtag bunch of space pirates.
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Recently painted some oldhammer style squats to join in with my mining survey team (completed over a year ago when I was doing the Adventurers range).
A mix of Black Tree, Kromlech medic, GW, and a Satyr Arts powerboarder.
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They fit superbly together even though they're from different manufacturers, and the colours suit them to a t. Those checks on the chainsword are splendid.
Also - mole mortars! :-*
Industrial yellow works well on them.
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They are excellent. :-*
I'd always glossed over the BTD squats because of the rubbish pictures on the website, but seeing them done properly makes me want some!
Did someone more reliable take them on when BTD binned all their sci-fi stuff?
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Superb 8)
They really blend well together.
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Stunning!
:-* :-*
Checks on a chainsword!
Madness, I tell ya...
:o :o
I did not know Black Tree did Squats.
If they are the ones with the forage caps, they are lovely.
8) 8)
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I did not know Black Tree did Squats.
If they are the ones with the forage caps, they are lovely.
8) 8)
They are, and they don't.... see my post above. They shed all the scifi lines a few years ago when they went international and I've no idea who, if anyone, picked them up.
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Thanks all, this has been another fun little offshoot project.
They are, and they don't.... see my post above. They shed all the scifi lines a few years ago when they went international and I've no idea who, if anyone, picked them up.
I really don't know about that. I picked these up on eBay several years ago- I originally thought they were Heartbreaker or some other 3rd party group emulating the look.
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That is a great collection of Squats and wonderfully painted too.
Also got to say the terrain looks amazing.
The Blacktree Squats were only three packs as far as i know.I have two of them.The little sci-fi Halflings they did were cool too.
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It's the paintjobs that make it work. Great to see them.
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Fantastic little warband of Squats :) . It's a classic case of bringing a selection of different ranges together with a quality paint job. I love it :) .
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These are so good. A delight to behold!
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A few additions to the relic hunter/mendicant procession. Meridian Miniatures/Black Crab and one from Wilhlem Miniatures with a new face from Statuesque.
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Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 1, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"On occasion, in the more scared pilgrimage destinations, one may encounter high ranking adepts that have abandoned their important stations for the life of a pious mendicant. Sanctioned with a special indulgence by the Adeptus Ministorum, taking such a vow releases them from their former positions and allows them to serve the Emperor in new ways. Naturally this causes the Administratum a certain degree of consternation, and it is said that many a bloodline engineered by the Orders Famulous has been unexpectedly disrupted by noble pilgrims abandoning their duties due to sudden bursts of fervor and spiritual visions.”
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I don't usually haunt this topic, but I have to say, this is an absolutely fantastic thread and the brushwork is absolutely brilliant!
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Superb - I just can't decide which is my favourite of this little and supremely weird lot - probably the fellow buried under a mountain of prayer tags. 8)
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Excellent, love the blue 8)
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Love the procession. The background terrain is superb.
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That scene is so nicely done. Just awesome. :-*
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Beautiful work on those new figures, and the procession looks fantastic!
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I agree with ALL the positive comments.
Keep it up, please. :)
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Yet another lovely piece!
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The whole idea is brilliant! :o And that blue….awesome. :-*
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Especially all of them together in procession truly shows them off. And to have them with such an epic background pulls the whole scene from great to awesome! :-*
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Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"The Harrow'e'en celebration on Ophatran Secundus coincides with the traditional yearly arrival of the Emperor's Tithe Fleet. Although major functions begin a day before the first voidship docks with the orbital stations above the planet, there are several preparatory stages. The most important ritual observance, which sets the date of Harrow'e'en, is a confluence of officials from the Adeptus Astra Telepathica and the Navis Nobilite. The assembled adepts consult the planet's ancient orrery, and contact the fleet's chief astropath to pinpoint the imminent arrival.
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Once the arrival date has been formally announced by the Imperial Governor, the citizens of the capitol throng to the shrine district. The multitudes pass through the Crusader Gates and into the Ecclesiastic precinct. Crusaders stand in watchful vigil and priests find positions that carry their voices to the crowds. The people of Ophatran believe that vengeful and malignant warp entities cling to the voidships, and that the veil between the Empyrean and reality are thin on Harrow'e'en. The priests recite horrifying tales of these creatures of the Immaterium, and the prayers to combat them.
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The most exciting event, certainly from the perspective of the children, is the day preceding the docking of the first voidship. On this day, most of the citizens stay indoors, and those that venture out are likely to meet with a procession led by a ‘Spirit of the Warp’. Children that are able to recite their hymns are allowed to wear outlandish costumes, and roam the streets seeking citizens for the procession to test. Anyone stopped by these roaming waifs must stop and recite the proper prayers of protection, or suffer admonishment from the Adepta Sororitas that accompany the procession.”
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The Harrow'e'en celebration is a true instant classic. :-*
Magnificent story, diorama's and photography. Have you thought about doing a coffee table book (pdf) of these collected tales? ;D
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Once again lovely stuff. :-*
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Dr Mathias, this is utterly amazing! Excellent! :-* :-* :-*
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So cool 8)
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That's a hat trick of pics and a treat :-*
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Awesome
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Excellent work! The painting is superb and the writing adds a subtle but deliciously grim flavour.
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wow
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Storytelling in a single picture is an art in itself. Combine that with wonderful terrain and beautiful miniatures and something truly special emerges.
An absolutely stunning display, Dr... 8) :-*
PS: I absolutely love the statue of the saint with the missilelauncher. Is that a printed or converted piece?
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I'm out of my seat, giving you a standing ovation! Bravo sir, bravo!
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fantastic stuff :-*
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Great scenes!
Loving the back story too.
:-* :-*
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Thanks everyone, appreciated. My hobby productivity plummets once school starts up, but I managed to find time to paint a thing or two, take photos, and knock out a little narrative. I really enjoy writing as an observer taking in the peculiar practices of the 40k setting.
PS: I absolutely love the statue of the saint with the missilelauncher. Is that a printed or converted piece?
It is printed, from a couple sources I 'digitally kitbashed' together. The launcher was from a paid file, so I'm not really distributing the file as is- but I am planning to make my own launcher and I'll be able to distribute a new mashup somehow or another.
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I absolutely love the statue of the saint with the missilelauncher. Is that a printed or converted piece?
Our Lady of the Blessed Fragmentation :D I like that statue a great deal- it's a perfect 40k twist on old fashioned religious iconography.
The story is great, by the way. I much prefer the earlier, less-serious 40k to the current lore, and the idea that the kids can have some supervised fun (but only if they learn their prayers!) feels a lot more believable.
I will add my vote to compiling all of these stories in one place, whether it's a book or a blog :)
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I seem to have been away from this thread for a little while and have had several pages to catch up on. As ever, it's all wonderful stuff and I'm insanely jealous. ;)
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Thanks guys :)
I'll give creating a compilation of narratives and images a thought. Might be fun to do!
For now, I leave the city and offer up 'The Mandalorkian'. I painted a Wargames Exclusive goblin in a Baby Yoda style carrier a while back, and had been wanting to make a guardian for him. Once I saw Puppets War had a 3D printable set with a Boba Fett helmet, it was a matter of printing one off and making a proper disintegrator rifle.
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The Mandalorkian.
And just like that a new series is born. How could you go wrong with a Disney series created in the W40K mythos? :)
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That's just wrong on all sorts of levels.
You're a bad man and should know better.
Well done.
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That's just wrong on all sorts of levels.
You're a bad man and should know better.
Well done.
+1, I love it.
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just getting better and better, if that's possible :-*
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That gobbo just hits way too close to the mark; brilliant! And the guardian is pretty spiffy too!
This is the Waaagh!!
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:o I just wet myself! lol
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lol Absolutely Brilliant!
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Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
“As Saint Christophorus’s Day approaches, the children of Ophatran Secundus begin making their ersatz servo skulls. There is a commonly held (and erroneous) belief that Saint Christophorus created the first servo skull. The children’s versions are fashioned from paper strips and a starch glue, painted, and attached to sticks so that the children may simulate the hovering of the omnipresent skulls, which can be seen flitting about any imperial planet”.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilwQ1cREwfDwsV1iofX1HBhKqoLXcDuWx2_yIzqds3IljY8Q3_CLa34WKpliiUA5Kdbfi2_P0vTO2dj4Agy0pOPdGkgRaqh6sXTGGVr59JvUkDcYhZzWHDJZPpR1lGHbsvbv8CI-AS0KAjLYITZD2XZQcljPvNpu6LtzPpj0TDmb7696-2rrqxwWoP/s1400/Servo-Skulls-Kids-Dec-2022-1.jpg)
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These must be your best yet, and I just CANNOT decide which is my favourite. The expectant lady is practically medieval, with the check pattern and the seal putting her middle ages firmly in 40k - superb.
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Simply genius :-*
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You continue to impress. Please keep it up. :)
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Dude! They look great!
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Excellent 8)
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Very clever indeed. Lovely work.
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Wow! Very cool.
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Very inventive! And brilliantly executed, as always.
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Another great scene. Love the background watchers & clerics. Now what is the man doing in front of the heretic occupied stocks?
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They are really nice - who are the figures by?
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What is this, I can't even...
:-* :-* :-*
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Wow, Mathias! This is what I miss as I don't take an interest in 40K threads. I just read up on a couple of years worth of gorgeous, inspired work!
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Absolutely stunning. Such a perfect 40K atmosphere! :-*
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Thanks everybody. It's times like these I feel like I'm playing dollhouse or something lol
Another great scene. Love the background watchers & clerics. Now what is the man doing in front of the heretic occupied stocks?
I'm not entirely sure, but he best not linger!
They are really nice - who are the figures by?
The expectant mother and two kids are mostly 3D printed, designed by Vae Victus. I've tweaked them a bit digitally and with good old fashioned conversion work.
Up next- the day preceding the Festival of Saint Christophorus, and the first official day, 'Gretchenacht'.
Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"The rituals and observances associated with Saint Christophorus last twelve days, at least officially. However, centuries ago, the Ophatran Synod decreed that no relics may be sold, transferred, or bartered within the twelve day period honoring the patron Saint of the planet. As a result, the day preceding has become a boisterous market day in which hundreds of relics, books, and religious artifacts change hands. The multitudes of merchants and peddlers hawking their wares, many of dubious provenance, is a sight to behold- preferably from a balcony.”
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“Saint Christophorus's twelve-day festival commences with the appointment of a devout Imperial citizen, usually a discharged Imperial Guard veteran, to don the costume of ‘The Gretch’. This loathsome character, usually green and festooned with relics, is a symbolic representation of the vile xenos creatures that seek to desecrate the cities of the Imperium. If the Gretch finds any relic unguarded, no matter how lofty or crude the shrine, the owners are chastised by Frateris Militia and often end up in the penitent cages. Consequently, the vast majority of relics are faithfully ‘guarded’ for the entire festival period.”
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Love the addition of trh Grinch. lol
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That is simply awesome! The variety of figures in the crowd is great, I could look for an hour, soaking in the details!
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Brilliant lol
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Absolutely fantastic!
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Wot dey all sed. :-* :-* :-*
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That is so incredibly cool - and fun :D
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Chorus!!
:-*
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Lots of character and wonderfully composed!
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I think we've seen the Governor and his scribe up close already, but what about the other three figures on the landing in the center? Are there pics of those elsewhere in this thread?
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All the above with christmas bells and tinsel on it :-*
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Great new tale of the Gretch.
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I think we've seen the Governor and his scribe up close already, but what about the other three figures on the landing in the center? Are there pics of those elsewhere in this thread?
I thought I'd shown them all here before, maybe not though. Here they are:
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Just wonderful stuff!
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Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"The second day of the Festival of Christophorus is spent in contemplation. Citizens without a special permit stay indoors, where they contemplate the life of The Emperor and Saint Christophorus. Workers in the Emperor's Manufactorums are given a special fifteen minute break during their shift for this purpose.
Many citizens, however, hold an unusual belief. It is said that Christophorus left the planet after it was claimed in the Emperor’s name, and ventured beyond the galactic edge in search of the fabled Second Legion of Adeptus Astartes. He will bring the Lost Legion back someday to vanquish all of the Holy Emperor’s foes. There are many books related to this topic and the tales are told behind closed doors.
Although not judged as heretical, this legend has caused some lively debates in the various branches of the Adeptus Ministorum and Adeptus Terra.”
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The child is from Vae Victus (she was a troll or orc or something, I modified her) and the wheelchair is from Thingiverse. I'm not sure where I got the sitting librarian, printed him a while back and I can't find the file ??? Maybe the Inquisition got hold of it...
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As Uti just said, wonderful stuff.
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Splendiferous as usual :D
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Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"The third day of the Festival of Christophorus is devoted to the Miracle of the Portals. Hagiographies of the saint state that Christophorus returned to Ophatran Secundus at the time of the Siege of Cassius Longinus during the Age of Apostasy. When the planetary defense forces were about to fall, Christophorus miraculously delivered weapons, ammunition, and devotional tracts to dozens of garrisons- all in the same night. In some cases, he was able to enter the bunker complexes through small ventilation shafts. During the third night, citizens with travel permits endeavor to visit as many buildings as they can, and affix printed prayer tags and devotional images to the doors.”
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The story that keeps giving!
That limo.... :-*
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Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"The fourth day of the Festival of Christophorus is devoted to Saint Lewinna. As the reader likely knows, Lewinna is the Patron of the planet Providentia Nova, as well as the Order of the Ivory Crown. She is well known through the subsector, as she was a devout pilgrim to the local shrine worlds. Lewinna’s feast day features a parade usually including a delegation of Ivory Crown Sororitas and Ministorum officials. I was fortunate to attend such a parade, which included the Lance of Lewinna- a relic that very rarely leaves its shrine world. Due to her popularity among pilgrims, and the reverence directed toward the Sororitas, the crowds can be immense.”
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Superb.
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Dr. Mathias your painting skill, photographic ability, diorama crafting and narrative vision is simply sublime. 🫡
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Dr. Mathias your painting skill, photographic ability, diorama crafting and narrative vision is simply sublime. 🫡
And that is understating it. :D
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:-* I'm loving your telling of the story of the Festival of Christophorus. I'm looking forward to seeing how the celebrations develop and if a saint in a red suit appears. :-*
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These diorama photos deserve to be in a book. These are better than just about anything similar Games Workshop has done for their magazines and advertising.
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These diorama photos deserve to be in a book. These are better than just about anything similar Games Workshop has done for their magazines and advertising.
So say we all!
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Thanks everyone, I'll try to get a publication together :)
Meanwhile:
Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"The fifth day of Christophorus is Presentation Day. The major cities of Ophatran Secundus are divided into many precincts. Nearly all precincts (other than zones administered by the Holy Adeptus) are assigned to a noble family that ensures the productivity and spiritual well being of the citizens."
"On this day, the people of the district give the precinct’s nobility a package wrapped in decorative paper. Almost without exception, these presents contain letters wishing the Emperor’s benevolence on the family. Three generations ago, one package held an explosive device, which entirely eradicated the notorious Von Pazzi family. Consequently, that precinct was razed, its citizens dispersed, and is now the Square of Penitence. It has been whispered that the Imperial Governor wanted the Von Pazzi done away with, or perhaps that the Ecclesiarch coveted the area for a new plaza for his penance cages.”
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Love it 8)
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Good Lord...! :o
Tell me, do you execise these splendid miniatures on the game board at all or are they solely for display?
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Good Lord...! :o
Tell me, do you execise these splendid miniatures on the game board at all or are they solely for display?
Some get table time, although rarely these days!
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More wonderful painting, terrain and photography. This festival gets better and better. I also love the detail you've woven into the telling of this story :-*
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I thought I'd shown them all here before, maybe not though. Here they are:
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Where did the woman on the far left come from?
Also, if canon 40k was more like your vision of it, I'd be a much bigger fan of it :-*
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Where did the woman on the far left come from?
She's a figure from the old Cobalt-1 range. Seemed like a perfect match for the 'Space Eunuch' :)
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Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"The sixth day of the Festival of Christophorus is ‘Steersman’s Honor’. On this day, Navis Nobilite display their chapterhouse’s relic in the primary forum. Their conveyance bears an image of Holy Terra, wrought from Terran metal. This symbolically shows their role in spreading humanity from humanity’s home planet. For the populace, this display is a fraught one. Navigators are feared by most humans- and particularly the Ophatrans, who believe warp spirits cling to void travellers. However, the chance to see the sculpture of Terra compels them to observe, and many pilgrims faint from the joy of being near a physical piece of Holy Terra.”
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghpQp7POb-nA8d1UU7zyXuIWQlyVbLH-akoi0HDPfN__R9PnKcS7Ueh3QMVBD1JQARs0JmKPoaDvpsfLlD36dnywstLbr_I-eMa9UbwySSH4vgkn7Km7WCIV3wKZTHFbaqu6pJnhQMfljNutgt0JJPiegErhNdAgnlOZ1QbxtyG3Phwxs_4R8j-rIQ/s1400/40k-Christophorus-Day-6-Wayfinders-Day-1-2022.jpg)
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The Mandalorkian is awesome!
Dis is da way!
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Well Doc, all I can say is, that those recent photos are absolutely jaw dropping! :o
Magnificent really. :-*
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Loving every single one of these 8)
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Another excellent 40K diorama. :-*
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Thanks again all :)
By now you may have come to the realization that there will be twelve successive days of this nonsense :)
Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"The seventh day of the Festival of Christophorus is ‘Seer’s Honor’. On this day, the Astrotelepathic Choir allows themselves to be seen for seven Terran minutes. Due to their empathic sensitivity, they do not make themselves part of the crowds that swarm the Imperial Sector. However, they fulfill their religious obligations according to Christophorus’s few writings, which state that his “Astropath and Navigator be honored for their guidance.” The Ministorum claims that Christophorus was a Missionary Galactica, but I suspect he was actually a Rogue Trader- which would account for his open mindedness toward the psykers of the Imperium.”
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Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"The eighth day of the Festival of Christophorus is ‘Dia Exsolutum’. Saint Christophorus’s fragmentary writings include a phrase- ‘may the cages be opened’. On this day, the penitent cages across the planet are opened and the prisoners are redistributed. Contrite prisoners that committed minor crimes are released. The most egregious or unrepentant offenders are sentenced to arco-flagellation, or internment in a penitent engine. If there is an excess of penitents, the Imperial Navy is often on hand to take on ‘recruits’. Although the penitents are offenders of Ministorum laws, the Adeptus Arbites provide oversight of the potentially dangerous process.”
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Thanks again all :)
By now you may have come to the realization that there will be twelve successive days of this nonsense :)
Excellent news!
Love the guillotine.
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Love the guillotine.
How many more chopping days till Christophorus Day ? ??? :D lol
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This is so much better than official 40K!
Love the Arbites vehicle. 8)
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I love the work that has gone into your terrain and figures. The star of the show in this one is the converted nun with the servo skull
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Love the guillotine.
How many more chopping days till Christophorus Day ? ??? :D lol
lol lol lol
Yep, love that guillotine!
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The Arbites afv is a definite winner for me 8)
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Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"The ninth day of the Festival of Christophorus is dedicated to the destruction of heretical and subversive writings. On this day, an archaic and fearsome device of unknown STC pattern, called ‘The Vostroyan’ by the locals, is stationed in the Plaza of Conviction. The grim engine houses an incinerator, which serves to immolate any prohibited books hurled within. Common examples of such texts include anti-Imperial propaganda and xenologies which are too accurate in their portrayals. In the year I attended, there were an unusually high number of pro-mutant writings, which presaged a coming wave of conflict in the capitol.”
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(Had to use a bit of Photoshop on that last one, my LED setup was inadequate and I ran out of time to design something that would work).
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This gets better and better. The incinerator is a work of genius
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Fantastic creation. A Nutcracker/Sphinx/Incinerator. Wow.
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That's brilliant!
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Thanks again all :)
By now you may have come to the realization that there will be twelve successive days of this nonsense :)
Viva la nonsense. :-*
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Viva la nonsense. :-*
huh-huh! Thank ya very much lol
Splendiferous nonsense :-*
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The giant fire nutcracker makes the scene in a way that 40K cannon cannot. Bravo! Loving this whole thread.
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Thanks again all, nearing the home stretch. My masochistic need to feel the pressure of the Lead Painter League must be to blame, I'm painting the miniatures I need for these setups day-by-day now lol o_o
Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"The tenth day of the Festival of Christophorus is the Procession of Skulls. The Ecclesiastic Precinct is closed to all citizens other than Ministorum, and Adeptus with special indulgence. The nobility of the capitol assemble, bringing forth their ancient servo-skulls, which are tangible evidence of their ancestors. Many of the skulls date from the colonization of the planet. By law, the governor must be descended from the families of the original colonizers brought by Saint Christophorus. As the nobility process into the Via Sancti, citizens and pilgrims beseech the blessing of the luminaries, and children dream of founding their own noble house some day.”
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Mind blowing!!! :o :o :o
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Servo skulls with candles and Snow White in one pic - beats anything seasonal other than piping hot Glögg served on a frozen morning at the Brussels Christmas fair. :D 8) :-*
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Love Mary holding the baby missile launcher.
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Wonderful Matt. Very festive lol
I think you’re secretly the Prof. Or his long lost American cousin. This looks just like one of his epic spreads. Outstanding.
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Wonderful Matt. Very festive lol
I think you’re secretly the Prof. Or his long lost American cousin. This looks just like one of his epic spreads. Outstanding.
Hehehe, thanks! I've been a longtime fan of the old Witchheimer, and I also have learned a thing or two from the many other great minds here ;)
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More fabulous miniatures in wonderful settings set off by your painting and photography skills.
Wow.
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Excerpt from Esoteric Pilgrimage Destinations of the Gothic Sector, Volume 7, by Adept Matthias Laetorius.
"On the Eve of the Feast Day of Saint Christophorus, each precinct enacts the symbolic ritual of the ‘Gretch Who Stole Christophorus’. Sacred relics of Christophorus are taken from their shrines and given over to the costumed actor portraying the "Gretch". The actor portraying the Gretch makes a traditional display of the stolen relics, and leaves to find a hiding place. After thirty-nine and one half minutes pass, the precinct Ecclesiarch makes a show of investigating the reliquary, loudly declaring “Saint Christophorus's Day is ruined”. The eager children then race off to recover the 'stolen' relics."
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"The children roam their district hunting for the hidden Gretch and his cache. Upon finding the nefarious character, they drive it away from the relics in a ferocious mock battle. The children are awarded special confections and printed tracts detailing the lives of Imperial Saints for their enthusiasm in recovering the relics. Although some claim that the Gretch tradition hails from ancient Terra, I have found through rigorous research that many millennia ago Ophatran Secundus was on the periphery of a large Orkish invasion, and it is my belief that the Gretch lives on as a cultural memory from that trying time.”
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"The twelfth day, as one might expect, is the culmination of the Festival of Saint Christophorus. The relics, having been returned to the reliquaries, indicate that all is well and that the safety of the Imperium is restored. All that remains is to burn an effigy of the Gretch (a symbol for all hostile xenoforms) before an image of Saint Christophorus. This occurs in nearly every precinct, even outside the capitol city, and is quite a celebration. Relics and religious trappings may be sold again, and the rare pilgrim that has any money left sets out on the next stage of their journey through the Gothic Sector.”
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quite simply fantastic
Amazing stuff and wishing you and all fellow LAFers a Happy and merry St. Christophorus day
Glen
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Snowwhite? She’s part of the aristocracy?! Wonderful. But what happened to the seven squats and the glass sarcophagus?
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Snowwhite? She’s part of the aristocracy?! Wonderful. But what happened to the seven squats and the glass sarcophagus?
Maybe that tale should be the subject of a new story
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Absolutely awesome work here.
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This has been a superb pageant! I've really enjoyed the scenes, and had fun spotting all sorts of interesting figures and scatter terrain.
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Thanks for the magnificent & entertaining spectacle of the Festival of Saint Christophorus.
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That's amazing. The nut cracker bookburner though, clearly the work of a non-Euclidian mind.
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Fantastic result 8) 8)
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Just amazing <3
I came here for a bit of inspiration during the St. Christophorus festivities on my own home planet... and I've been duly inspired. A little bit daunted too, to be honest.
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As everyone else has said, breathtaking stuff - the nut cracker is exquisite.
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Thank you all for the comments, the Christophorus narrative was a weird compulsion that I felt had to happen. Glad it was well received!
That's amazing. The nut cracker bookburner though, clearly the work of a non-Euclidian mind.
Highest of praise!
At any rate, there is no rest for the wicked, and I had a few things I wanted to knock out before the New Year rolled over.
Over the summer I had acquired a number of rare miniatures, some I had been after for the better part of a decade, and wanted to get them painted up. These included an unreleased Frateris Militia and a Sister Famulous. Along with the Frateris mini I painted all of his mates and a 3D printed 'Commander Z' from Reptilian Overlords. I digitally modified him to carry an autogun, and scaled his head up 10% to match the bobble-head proportions of his militia friends.
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The Sister Famulous fits in great with her non-militant sisters from the Orders Dialogus and Hospitaller.
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Excellent 8)
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Outstanding work, on the Famulous in particular! Such a lovely sculpt (and very sad to see a certain ebayer recasting it at the moment). You've brought her "I've seen it all before, and I am unamused" expression to life so well.
The non-frateris Frateris fits in perfectly, and really brings the unit together. There is so much great inspiration in this thread! I hope it brings you as much joy as it brings the rest of us.
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The militia leader with the flag has an uncanny resemblance to the president of a certain nation under attack, but maybe that's just me ;)
The new sister indeed fits in perfectly, perhaps as some sort of sister superior.
And the statue of st. Christopher is another awesome mash-up I gather? 8)
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That Sister is excellent: such a characterful sculpt, and it really shines with your paintjob.
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Such a lovely sculpt (and very sad to see a certain ebayer recasting it at the moment).
Yeah, I saw one pop up recently on eBay (and it went for a pittance). I assumed that one was a recast for sure. How do the recasters get a hold of so many rares?
The militia leader with the flag has an uncanny resemblance to the president of a certain nation under attack, but maybe that's just me ;)
And the statue of st. Christopher is another awesome mash-up I gather? 8)
Not just you! He's a free download from Reptilian Overlords with a free-will donation. I think they did a great job with the likeness.
St. Christophorus is a digital mashup of a Vae Victus king, a bolter, a new Santa hat, and a servo-skull icon.
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Brillant work on that sister!
Don’t want to derail your fine thread, but sometimes I also wonder about recasters. Long time ago there was a guy at the bay who had everything from WEG Star Wars, which normally is pretty rare and goes for insane prices. I assumed you pay those prices and make good profit by selling dozens of cheaper recasts.
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Lovely work :-*
Are you sure the statue of St. Christophorus with the missile launcher isn't actually St Javelin?
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Yeah, I saw one pop up recently on eBay (and it went for a pittance). I assumed that one was a recast for sure. How do the recasters get a hold of so many rares?
Sorry, not to derail the thread but to attempt to answer your question - in my experience they buy them from the collectors. I've managed to collect well over 100 unreleased minis in a 20 year period, and sometimes I sell a couple on ebay when I decide to trim the collection down. I've had some VERY aggressive potential buyers on the rare occasions I've sold stuff you don't usually see (e.g. the Diaz unreleased Kasrkin), and it can be hard to block them. I can think of one or two ebayers who've brought stuff from me, and then some time later are repeatedly selling mediocre painted versions of the same mini. It is very depressing.
But threads like this one should be the very opposite of depressing! So I apologise for bringing it up and now I'll shut up about depressing stuff and just say: this thread is SO inspiring, and the minute my offspring can be trusted not to interfere (she's currently 4 yrs old) I plan to dedicate more time than I should to making story-filled dioramas inspired by your excellent work.
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So I apologise for bringing it up and now I'll shut up about depressing stuff and just say: this thread is SO inspiring, and the minute my offspring can be trusted not to interfere (she's currently 4 yrs old) I plan to dedicate more time than I should to making story-filled dioramas inspired by your excellent work.
No need to apologize whatsoever! I appreciate you bringing up the topic. Several years back I acquired a bunch of Foundry Azande that were recasts, I had no idea that was even happening at the time. I couldn't in good conscience sell them on, and didn't want to toss them out, so I donated them to someone painting them for sending to gamers serving overseas.
Having good contacts in the gaming world is probably essential in making sure you are getting the 'real deal'. I'm a bit isolated in that respect although I have acquired some very cool things over the years :)
I probably annoy some 'collectors' because I tend to paint the rares I get!
Lovely work :-*
Are you sure the statue of St. Christophorus with the missile launcher isn't actually St Javelin?
I have quite a few statues now! Saint Javelin is definitely a female, she's holding the RT era missle launcher. Christophorus has the RT boltgun ;)
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I have quite a few statues now! Saint Javelin is definitely a female, she's holding the RT era missle launcher. Christophorus has the RT boltgun ;)
I really must make myself a St Javelin statue
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This is a wonderful thread Matt!
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More fantastic work as ever, I love the colours/tones you've used on the militia, and the look of them as a cohesive uniformed force really works. As also noted by others, that sister's facial expression is brilliant; she is most definitely not amused.
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Wonderful painting as always. The Sisters are truly brilliant.
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I probably annoy some 'collectors' because I tend to paint the rares I get!
May you long continue to annoy them. I personally can't stand the types that keep things wrapped in celaphane, and litter the collectors groups with photos of there unopened, unspoilt treasures.
Arrrghhhhh, paint the damn things and get them on a table!
Great work in this thread. You've done more cool stuff for the Wargames Atlantic box art, congrats.
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May you long continue to annoy them. I personally can't stand the types that keep things wrapped in celaphane, and litter the collectors groups with photos of there unopened, unspoilt treasures.
Arrrghhhhh, paint the damn things and get them on a table!
Great work in this thread. You've done more cool stuff for the Wargames Atlantic box art, congrats.
I so agree with you. They are TOYS(n. something designed to be played with...) :)
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Great stuff, as always, Matt!
Mike Demana
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Woha...
it took some time to read through the 54 pages but it definitely worth the time. The painting, the sceneries, the story it is just amazing. I really like your explnations of where is the model from and if you modify 3D files.
Thank you for this journey is the dark 41st century !
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Why some indie magazine (physical or digital) hasn't done a feature on your work is beyond me. It's such a joy to look at, and it reminds me of the potential of this toy soldier hobby of ours.
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Brillant work on that sister!
Don’t want to derail your fine thread, but sometimes I also wonder about recasters. Long time ago there was a guy at the bay who had everything from WEG Star Wars, which normally is pretty rare and goes for insane prices. I assumed you pay those prices and make good profit by selling dozens of cheaper recasts.
Really? I had a huge amount of WEG figures and literally could not sell them. I ended up swapping a big tub for some painting.
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Thanks all
Why some indie magazine (physical or digital) hasn't done a feature on your work is beyond me. It's such a joy to look at, and it reminds me of the potential of this toy soldier hobby of ours.
Thanks, much appreciated! I did recently get interviewed for an article in Goonhammer, for my servo-skull project "#servoskullsaturday".
https://www.goonhammer.com/servoskullsaturday-an-interview-with-mathias-leahy/
Finally finished up another relic dealer and his mobile kiosk.
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Very cool 8)
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This is all just simply amazing. :-*
That relic seller is something else. :o :o :o
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No doubt only the finest preserved portions of dead hero's and saints. Magnificent.
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That kiosk is very clever. The relic dealer is superb: the stance, the accoutrements, the colour scheme!
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Very cool relic salesman.
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Nice interview - it was enjoyable to read, even though I am clueless on the 40K universe. Your stuff just seems to tell a story -- I always enjoying seeing the figures you post. Thank you!
Mike Demana
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love the use of the Lost Empire tracked tug :-* :-*
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Thanks all :)
love the use of the Lost Empire tracked tug :-* :-*
I've been saving that bit for years now lol
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What a thoroughly excellent trader and stall, jolly good work sir. (I may steal this idea at some point.)
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The relic dealer and his stall are a brilliant idea and perfectly executed. I get so much inspiration from this thread :-*
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More excellent stuff and that article was a fun read. This is such a great thread!
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I finished up the Forge World 'Relic Monger' character today- he was a must-buy for my 40k Imperial Sector, considering I already had a few relic dealers lurking about. I love the design of this guy, and the casting quality was excellent. I used some Forgotten Chapters decals on the scrolls.
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The tracked display of relics takes the cake 8) :-* :o
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That is a great figure, but your concoctions certainly hold their own alongside him.
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Wow, what a project! Great figures on every page.
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Most excellent 8)
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Awesome.
Which relics are faked and which ones are real though ? :D
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I am sure they are all real bones. Whose is probably hard to know for sure... lol
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I am sure they are all real bones. Whose is probably hard to know for sure... lol
Dublin 'Trader' in black-market antiquities to American tourist,
"I have here the GENUINE skull of Brian Boru, High King of all Ireland!"
American tourist,
" I was here last year & you sold me 'The genuine skull of Brian Boru then, &
that one was bigger than this one!"
'Trader', " ah...(thinks quickly) but this one is him as a small boy"
lol lol lol
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sumptuous work.
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Over the last week I completed a few of the old 'Forces of the Imperium' range, along with a 'Sensei', from the Rogue Trader era of 40k. That completes an old pack from around 1991.
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Beautiful work on all of those! It’s very cool to see your painted models from these old lines.
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such a delight to see the work in this thread.
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Cracking 8)
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Always an absolute delight to see these!
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Excellent new additions to your collection of ancient releases.
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As ever, more truly wonderful work here.
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I printed and painted up two more civilians from Marchen Miniatures 'Magical Girl Assault' range, to complete the set of three. They are additions to my group of Adepta Sororitas Order Famulous. Here they are heading out on a field trip.
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Uniform colors inspired by...
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The brush work is excellent. I am scared and intrigued to visit this school
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Some threads I follow for inspiration, you know, people who are better than me but I reckon I can do what they do one day.
Then there's threads like this where I come to gawp in disbelief at the painting, confident that given a thousand years practice I'd still never come close.
Amazing work.
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Love it 8)
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Ha ha ha, very cool.
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Very nice additions indeed. They look mischievous though; I wonder if they came that way, or if the order has made them like this.
For more additions to the Order Famulous' charges, take a look at Crooked Dice's Savage Schoolgirls (https://crooked-dice.co.uk/product/savage-school-girls-1/); they would fit in perfectly (and add a lot to the sisters' workload for sure)
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Then there's threads like this where I come to gawp in disbelief at the painting, confident that given a thousand years practice I'd still never come close.
Thanks, I have a list of painters I gawp at too lol
I commissioned a mini from Stone Cold Lead and about died when it arrived and I saw how smooth and crisp it is o_o
For more additions to the Order Famulous' charges, take a look at Crooked Dice's Savage Schoolgirls (https://crooked-dice.co.uk/product/savage-school-girls-1/); they would fit in perfectly (and add a lot to the sisters' workload for sure)
Dang, I forgot about those, thanks! Just placed an order with Crooked Dice too! Maybe next time :)
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Love the new additions to the school.
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Great ideas and painting! 8)
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This post is the culmination of a three and a half year project- to paint every 28mm Inquisitor Games Workshop has produced to date. Since starting the project in January 2020, I tried to paint one Inquisitor per month, switching back and forth from the earliest release to the most recent.
Today, I finished Inquisitor Karamazov!
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I ran into a few pitfalls along the way. Games Workshop released two Inquisitors (Draxus and Cartavolnus) while I was on the project. More problematic, I discovered I had forgotten about the Black Library limited edition Eisenhorn- it took a full year to track down a set. Huge thanks to Axiom for helping me with that.
Lastly, I thought I had purchased Karamazov and had him stored, but it seems I was wrong about that, so I had to track down his metal version too. In the meantime, I nabbed loose Eisenhorn and Silas Hand minis from eBay, so I have a single of them along with the figure placed in their dioramas.
The real kicker is I can only say I have painted all the GW 28mm Inquisition for about three days, since they are officially releasing more in the new Kill Team box this Saturday... needless to say I am chagrined!!!
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A cracking collection of the Imperiums best...or maybe worst servants. I applaud your vision and grit in tracking them all down.
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The real kicker is I can only say I have painted all the GW 28mm Inquisition for about three days, since they are officially releasing more in the new Kill Team box this Saturday... needless to say I am chagrined!!!
Look on it this way, you can always claim you PAINTED (past tense) all the Inquisitors.
You don't have to say that they then added more.
By the way I would be happy if I did just one up to your standard.
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A terrific achievement, made even better by the superb paintjobs. My favourites are the brilliantly bonkers Rogue Trader Ordo Malleus figures with their gorgeous Moebius-esque colours :)
Really glad I was able to help in some small way to fill the gap!
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Awesome! Karamazov is such a brilliantly barmy figure!
If your collection is just inquisitors I think your record might be safe for a while? Isn't the new set just hangers-on?
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Congratulations, great work on them all.
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Glorious effort. Now, how’s your tally looking on all the inquisitorial hangers on: acolytes, crusaders, demon hosts etc. etc. etc?
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Glorious effort. Now, how’s your tally looking on all the inquisitorial hangers on: acolytes, crusaders, demon hosts etc. etc. etc?
Those are pretty much done. I haven't done the two characters from the old 54mm that showed up in 28mm again (Damien 1427 and Deathwatch Cpt. Artemis) but I hope to rectify that soon. I also don't have all of the rare unreleased ones, I think there are four or so of those. I don't have much, if, any hope I will even see them available.
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This pic is missing the jokaero, I forgot to include it.
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Very impressive. :o A real labor of love but well worth it.
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It was a great range and Dr M’s really done it justice.
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I love your acolyte collection: such a variety of figures, and such superb work on them.
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Thanks everyone :)
It's been a lot of fun completing the ranges I really like- the Inquisition and Oldhammer 40k Adventurers are my highlights. Hope to have Arbites and the older metal Sisters of Battle finished in the near future!
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Fantastic work 8)
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I've been away from this thread for a while, those are some lovely additions to your truly marvellous collection. The young ladies from the scholam and the Inquisitors and their assorted acolytes are stunning.
If your collection is just inquisitors I think your record might be safe for a while? Isn't the new set just hangers-on?
That's what I thought, the team is lead by an Interrogator IIRC. Your Inquisitorial collection remains up to date. ;)
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Fantastic thread!
Well done! :-*
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That was a grand show.
The only question I have is: what's next? :D :D
(I'd love to see some Dr Mathias Turnip 28, judging by the glimpse we got from the cool BSC entry.
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Brilliant work. Quite inspirational.
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Incredible stuff. It's been mentioned a few times, but I'd second the calls for you to put all your background and images into some kind of publication. It deserves it!
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I somehow missed this tread so far: well, it's never too late ;) Great job!
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Thanks everyone :)
I try to paint up a 'Servo Skull' every month, here's my June submission. She's an 'Escher Shivver' from Forge World, which I suppose is some osrt of low-level psyker that can attempt some prognostications. Couldn't pass up a mini with a crystal ball/servo-skull :)
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Between the skin tone, the purple and the orange, there is *so much* depth of colour in there. Kudos!
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Some lovely detailing 8)
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Nice figure, but a lovely paint job.
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Last year I posted a "Twelve Days of Christophorus" narrative here, and on Instagram. A frequent request was to compile it together into a PDF, which I managed to do. I posted it up on DriveThruRPG as a free download.
Lots of photographs of Imperial citizenry and how I imagine a functioning out-of-the-way Imperial planet might be, without a looming invasion at all times.
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https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/464783/The-Festival-of-Saint-Christophorus (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/464783/The-Festival-of-Saint-Christophorus)
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Fantastic! What a great xmas gift for us. :-*
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Excellent 8)
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Brilliant 8)
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Super - Merry Christmas!
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Terrific - may your Festival of St Christophorus be safe and happy.
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Wonderful stuff!
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As ever, those are some splendid figures and accompanying fluff. I'd love to have this sort of fleshed out and populated 'regular' civilian setting. Thank-you for sharing the consolidated background fluff for it all.
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I remember! I will have to go and download for when I need some of the Dr. Mathias inspiration... :o :-*
Mike Demana
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So much brilliant visual storytelling in one place… genius! 👍
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Outstanding scene. Well cool al-around.
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Thanks for the comments all, appreciated. Glad to hear that the 40K holiday excursions are enjoyed :)
I recently finished up the last of the Inquisition Kill Team from the Ashes of Faith box set that was released in May. Here's a few pics, with individual shots on my Blog (https://miniatureextravaganza.blogspot.com/2023/12/ashes-of-faith-inquisition-kill-team.html).
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With this done, I have painted all of the released Inquisitors and henchmen/acolytes, with one arguably technical exception- Arco-Flagellant 'Damien 1427' , an easter egg in the Adepta Sororitas Arco-Flagellants box set. He was originally one of the figures in the 54mm Inquisition range so for completion's sake I'll be getting to him (and his posse) in the New Year.
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I just went over to your blog to check all of the photos out... :o :o :o
The writing on the waist sash and the lists is mind-boggling. Though it is your subtle shading that amazes me the most. Truly as master of your work!!
Mike Demana
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Really love the color choices on the Interrogator and the camouflage on the veteran.
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The writing on the waist sash and the lists is mind-boggling. Though it is your subtle shading that amazes me the most. Truly as master of your work!!
Thanks, although most of that is likely decals :)
Some freehand here and there to integrate it all but I got some good ones from Forgotten Chapters that are too nice not to use :)
Really love the color choices on the Interrogator and the camouflage on the veteran.
Appreciated! He matches my deathworld terrain pretty well :)
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Cracking groups of figures! I like your crisp, clean style of painting. The denizens of the Underhive never looked soo good! 8)
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As ever, you've done an absolutely cracking job with those acolytes. As mentioned above, your shading, particularly on the folds of cloth, is lovely.
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Great looking additions!
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https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/464783/The-Festival-of-Saint-Christophorus (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/464783/The-Festival-of-Saint-Christophorus)
Thank you.
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Superb - as usual :D
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Absolutely fantastic work, the colors really 'pop' so to say.