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Miniatures Adventure => Weird Wars => Topic started by: KeyanSark on August 14, 2006, 09:21:49 AM

Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: KeyanSark on August 14, 2006, 09:21:49 AM
Hi again:

I showed you my Kraftrüstungtruppen in http://forum.backofbeyond.de/viewtopic.php?t=111

Now, I'd like to present you Herr Otto Rhino  :D , evil genius behind this MkII suit of armour:
(http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/6048/doktor1am1.jpg)

The secret factory where the KR suits are being tested is well guarded by dozens of veteran troopers like these (sorry for the bad pic quality) from Bolt Action
(http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/4481/nazis1he9.jpg)

And Behold Baron Hans von Richtofen!, relative to the famous Red Baron. A prussian noble whose personal fortune has let him progress in the Nazi Party. He is financing research on the Power Armour Suits, but his goals are much more sinister (as a good pulp villain must be). The guy in the background is Helmut Funker. Captain of the Sigfried: the air fortress of the Baron.
(http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/605/richtofen1cr3.jpg)

These guys are the personal guards of the Baron. They are wearing sten machine guns because the Baron likes their firepower but thinks that MP40s are too noisy for a gentleman... Their black helmets with silver eagles are a homage to the venom soldiers of "Return to Castle Wolfenstein".
(http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/361/guards1kb0.jpg)

Of course, they are WWI Sturmtruppen, but their boss is a retro Baron, so their disguise suits them well  :lol:

And it is said that the Baron, a fighter during WWI, made an strange discovery after his unit took a Canadian position in Flanders in 1915... He discovered, among the ruins of a medic post, the notes about some unholy experiments made by a certain Herbert West...

After the war he made contact with Victor von Frankenstein, grandson of a famous scientist who worked with unspeakable things on the XIX century. With the money of the Reich, the notes of West, and the genius of Frankenstein, he is searching for an army of Neubelebentruppen to put an end to war and take control of the Reich...

And a partisan cell in Yugoslavia took photos of certain strange things near a Syldavian castle...
(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/589/monkam8.jpg)

Enough for today!! More pics soon...!  :mrgreen:
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Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Operator5 on August 14, 2006, 11:32:11 AM
Great figures and a great backstory for having them all together. I can't wait to see the inhuman experimmennts that come out of that lab!

Rich
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Poliorketes on August 14, 2006, 11:36:11 AM
Well done - but I don't like the stormbolter, it's too dominant and too clearly 40K. Try a MG42-twin-conversion or twin Ork Stubbas, they look similar enough to the Bergmann-MP to fit.
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Grimm on August 14, 2006, 11:37:29 AM
Hallo  KeyanSark

Be careful the    forum came from grermany and it is not    allowed  to show Nazi  symbol`s her in germany .
It is not a  problem for me but  maby for the admin .
It is    possible , for the admin,to get trouble with the police .

But now to the Mini´s I like the way you work with the Space M.  the only thing I would change is the weapon the stormbolter is to much scifi for me I would use a MG .

The Story is also cool hope to see more .

Grimm
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Driscoles on August 14, 2006, 11:59:24 AM
very nice.
Funny thing is...I have nearly the same Background. Mine is Erprobungsgruppe 9
With so many evil masterminds in Germany of the Pulp Era....victory must be ours.....
Muahahahaha ( evil laughter )
And now its time for my Berliner Weisse und Bockwurst !
Björn
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: KeyanSark on August 14, 2006, 12:29:57 PM
Quote from: "Grimm"
Be careful the    forum came from grermany and it is not    allowed  to show Nazi  symbol`s her in germany .


I knew that, but I didn't remembered the forum was German  :oops:

Nobody said anything in the KR post so I thought there were no problems... I can censor the pics if needed...

Quote from: "Poliorketes"
but I don't like the stormbolter, it's too dominant and too clearly 40K. Try a MG42-twin-conversion or twin Ork Stubbas


In fact is an MG48 with twin-coolant system embedded for higher rate of fire
 :mrgreen: . Another invention of Herr Rhino.

That's what happen when you don't have any suitable spare piece near...  :lol:
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: supervike on August 15, 2006, 11:39:31 PM
The stuff looks incredible!  Great background too.
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on August 16, 2006, 07:57:05 AM
Great stuff, KeyanSark, really like it, cool  figs and cool story! Who makes the cultist mini?

Quote from: "KeyanSark"
Quote from: "Grimm"
Be careful the    forum came from grermany and it is not    allowed  to show Nazi  symbol`s her in germany .


I knew that, but I didn't remembered the forum was German  :oops:

Nobody said anything in the KR post so I thought there were no problems... I can censor the pics if needed...


Hmm..honestly never thought about this.. the symbol isn't a problem for me, that's just a game, but Grimm could be right, maybe it would be better not to show that like here
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: KeyanSark on August 16, 2006, 08:11:08 AM
I don't know who was the manufacturer of the zombie monk... It was a miniature my brother bought some 10 years ago and I re-discovered it cleaning the house and painted it. Maybe someone here can give us a clue...

I deleted the pic as suggested. maybe you should also delete it from the reply...
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on August 16, 2006, 08:13:38 AM
OK, thanks  :)
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: KeyanSark on August 16, 2006, 08:25:30 AM
I could have sworn that yesterday I posted these pics... Maybe I clicked on preview rather than submit... However here they are again... A .45 Adventure Solo Game

First, a closeup of Helmut. Getting that blue tone was a real pain, but I like the final result. The pic is about 4 or 5 times bigger that the real thing so the colour transition are not so visible
(http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/25/helmutvd4.jpg)

My german trooper on a better pic. These uniforms are historically acurate (not like the richtofen guards)
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4033/nazis2hq6.jpg)

The game with the baddies on "Guard Duty". Richtofen, escorted by Helmut, inspects the KR MkII prototype. Two guards on the roof of the bunker watch the scene
(http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/3679/testas3.jpg)

Richtofen leaves while Herr Otto starts the activation protocols (that is, loading fuel and starting engines :lol:

CENSORED

Meanwhile, Captain Jack Hudson, from the 7th Rocket Corps try to sneak past the guards to take some photos of the armour (his jet pack is hidden in a nearly forest). Will he make it?
(http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9096/approachxu3.jpg)

More (bigger) pics (in spanish) here (clic to enlarge them)
http://armada.linuxinit.net/viewtopic.php?t=2899
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on August 16, 2006, 08:33:48 AM
very nice! the engine/ammunititon/etc., what's the manufacturer?
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: KeyanSark on August 16, 2006, 08:36:50 AM
Those are old GW WH40K accessories... They are selling them again now on their new "Cities of Death"-mania. The bunker is an old card building included in a very, very old white dwarf magazine
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Driscoles on August 16, 2006, 08:50:16 AM
Thanks for the great pictures and nice report !

Björn
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Operator5 on August 16, 2006, 11:26:01 AM
I built that exact same bunker (though I just used the template and did not use the actual printed piece). After 10 years, it's still in one piece. Surprised me, it being cardstock and all.
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: KeyanSark on August 31, 2006, 05:08:33 PM
New fresh miniatures, three germans from Bolt Action:

(http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/8532/nazis3wn5.jpg)

This is a FeldGendarme. I tried his insignia to be as true to the original ones as possible (although the photo does not show them). He is examining the papers our heroes gave him trying to enter the usual base without making too much noise...
(http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/8234/feldgendarmecb2.jpg)

And this is Fritz, the Sentinel... Damned to be commando-fodder, sniper-fodder, or whatever-fodder... When I saw him in the BA catalog I knew I had to bought the pack :lol:
(http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/1782/sentinelcn1.jpg)
(http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/6429/sentinelbackql5.jpg)

Poco a poco iré acabando mi colección, aun me faltan muchos...
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Operator5 on August 31, 2006, 05:17:50 PM
Great pictures. I'm guessing your German soldiers are the typical "not so bright, the allies-can't-get-us-here, a smoke and drink won't hurt anything" kind?

:D

Rich
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: KeyanSark on August 31, 2006, 05:31:14 PM
You got it!!! A pulp story won't work either!  :lol:
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on August 31, 2006, 06:24:08 PM
Great, well done, Keyan  :)

I like Bolt Action work, miniatures with character!
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: postal on April 13, 2008, 04:19:13 PM
nice pics I see you play or played 40k
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: KeyanSark on April 13, 2008, 06:58:13 PM
Quote from: "postal"
nice pics I see you play or played 40k


Played.... "before these dark times... Before the Empire (tm)"
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: twrchtrwyth on April 13, 2008, 10:03:45 PM
Great stuff. 8)
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: PeteMurray on April 13, 2008, 11:43:37 PM
From over in the shadows outside the chateau, an SAS commando is whispering: "Pst. Pst! Hast du feuer?"

"Hmm," thinks our sentry. "The general's driver must have snuck away for a quick smoke. Well, what's the harm in lighting the fellow's cigarette?"
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Malamute on April 14, 2008, 08:42:20 AM
Great stuff :)
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Commander Vyper on April 18, 2008, 09:59:27 AM
Quote from: KeyanSark
New fresh miniatures, three germans from Bolt Action:

(http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/8234/feldgendarmecb2.jpg)

Quote


Texting at a time like this...Gott en Himmel, put your phone away Hans there's a war on!!

Nice painting liked the grey knight/ubersoldatt for a while know

;)

The Commander
Title: Gallery of Villains
Post by: KeyanSark on April 18, 2008, 10:10:29 AM
Quote from: "Commander Vyper"

Texting at a time like this...Gott en Himmel, put your phone away Hans there's a war on!!


 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

As this post has been resurrected, feel free to check new additions to my Pulp Heroes and Villains here:

Pulp Gallery at Displaced (http://keyansarkminis.net/KeyanSark/images.html?galleryId=1857&from=Pulp)

Last additions: The Crimson Scorpion and Herr Heinrich Schwarz
Title: Re: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Sendak on May 13, 2008, 02:30:19 AM

Kuhl!

Just one comment (several come to mind) the sinister elements are communicated very convincingly in your painting style, i.e. "The Corpse".  I like the way in which your shading and 'layering' gives visual 'clues' to the depth in the sculpt, but also a 'tag' or 'connotation' that says: "do not mess with this guy".

Dangerous 'beasties' in nature have cues that give off a 'warning' also.
Title: Re: Gallery of Villains
Post by: archangel1 on May 13, 2008, 02:54:18 AM

This is a FeldGendarme. I tried his insignia to be as true to the original ones as possible (although the photo does not show them). He is examining the papers our heroes gave him trying to enter the usual base without making too much noise...
(http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/8234/feldgendarmecb2.jpg)


Nice! Just one thing, though.  The eagle and the 'scroll' on the FG gorget were painted in luminous paint so they should have a yellow-green tint to them rather than metallic.
Title: Re: Gallery of Villains
Post by: Dr Jones on May 13, 2008, 08:16:24 AM
Wow those are some great pictures and I love the backstory  :)
Title: Re: Gallery of Villains
Post by: KeyanSark on May 14, 2008, 02:18:19 PM
Nice! Just one thing, though.  The eagle and the 'scroll' on the FG gorget were painted in luminous paint so they should have a yellow-green tint to them rather than metallic.

Good advice! I'll try to retouch that part.

Title: Re: Gallery of Villains
Post by: archangel1 on May 14, 2008, 08:04:57 PM
Nice! Just one thing, though.  The eagle and the 'scroll' on the FG gorget were painted in luminous paint so they should have a yellow-green tint to them rather than metallic.

Good advice! I'll try to retouch that part.



Sorry! Just double-checked.  The eagle and the buttons were in luminous paint but only the lettering on the scroll is luminous.  The scroll itself is dark grey.  Unless you're a very, very good painter, I don't think you'll be able to paint 'Feldgendarmerie' in that tiny space!