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Title: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on September 17, 2011, 06:52:57 PM
I want to put together a small team of super-soldiers that can be reasonably explained by serums/technology/mutation and have sort of stumbled a bit.

There is Captain America who had super-serum and turned into a not too super hero.
Ironman led to the introduction of Warmonger through specialist armour.
Is Black Widow a super hero or just a martial artist?
Is Nick Fury a superhero or just a normal leader?

I need a few more ideas and would prefer a mix of male and females but don't want them to be aliens, weird mutants (with wings/invisibility/extra limbs etc) or REALLY super (like superman).

I will be using them to join my armed forces and want them to be explained away as government experiments turned good.  I am looking at a party of 5 or 6.

They will get costumes rather than uniforms but there won't be any capes.

Please help with a few names so I can look up their Marvel/DC profiles :)

EDIT:  I am not after miniatures as these will all be self sculpts.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Tomsche on September 17, 2011, 07:00:20 PM
The `new` Captain Mappleleaf and his superpowered... horse from Alpha Flight :D
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Ajsalium on September 17, 2011, 10:10:58 PM
Black Widow is cybernetically improved, if I remember correctly.

Nick Fury is just a though guy. But the Ultimate universe, he's the first "Captain America".

You have Wolverine, aka Weapon-X, who looks reasonably normal except when he extends his claws. Adamantium-covered skeleton is optional, if you wish. Primary superpower is healing (regeneration) factor. Enhanced senses, too.

Or Deadpool, the merc wirh a mouth. Healing factor, and elite assassin.

Hawkeye, expert markman. Either naturally talented and well-trained, or cybernetically enhanced (Ultimate version).

Daredevil, blind but with super-hearing, so it acts as a sonar. Well trained and though.

Off the top of my head. If you want more, just ask. ;D
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on September 17, 2011, 10:41:56 PM
They will be for a sci-fi army so I reckon that a bit of cyber enhancement wouldn't be out of the question.

Super healing could be rationalised by some form of serum that enhances the bodies own ability so that would be OK.

I think that I could go as far as tough skin (like the Thing) but not make it too odd looking...maybe a brute like the Hulk but not as angry and more predictable (he would be the brute all the time)

So...

Nick Fury-the super version...but not too super and more clever/tactical (the go between)
Warmonger/Ironman
Captain America
Black Widow
A Brute of some kind...maybe Juggernaut? (is he bullet proof?).
...another one...another female?

I am not keen on Deadpool because he was an amalgam of mutants and I don't think I want mutants to be 'readily available'.  He's also a sword fighter so I put him in the same sort of league as Black Widow (marshal artist).

Wolverine is cool but if I was going to use a character like him, I'd probably go for the Beast but with a bit less fur.

Is there a female version of a 'Flash' type character (super speed)?

I think a five person team with a sixth one as a go-between would be about right (not too much sculpting and just enough to have a presence).


  

Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Ajsalium on September 17, 2011, 11:00:50 PM
Juggernaut's primary power is being unstoppable. Once he begins moving, absolutely nothing can stop him (although Thor made him stumble with a superthunder or something). He also has the typical superstrength, superstamina... powers. You can rule that he's bullet-proof, if you wish. To be honest, he has the perfect looks for a brute character.

I can't think of any good female speedster. There was an evil one as memeber of the Liberators (enemies of the Ultimates), Hurricane:
Quote
This Hurricane is a character in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, a woman with super-human speed (gained from surgery) from North Korea. She is a member of The Liberators, an international counterpart of The Ultimates. The Liberators invade the USA, killing thousands. She is defeated when Quicksilver forced her to move at speeds beyond her limits, tearing her body apart. She first appeared in Ultimates vol. 2 #9 (January, 2006).
The lass in white overalls and googles here:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Ultimates_Liberators.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Ajsalium on September 17, 2011, 11:05:27 PM
BTW, are we talking human or grymn?

Because if you're talking about human supers, I don't see why you should limit yourself to Marvel or DC fluff. You can invent your own, which is the best part of this hobby, in my opinion.

Of course, if you want to sculpt grymn versions of famous supers... I'm all for it! :D

And for the sake of self-pimping, have a look at a supers group I invented:
http://role-n-roll.blogspot.com/2010/05/euroforce.html (http://role-n-roll.blogspot.com/2010/05/euroforce.html)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Hat Guy on September 18, 2011, 01:38:33 AM
I am not keen on Deadpool because he was an amalgam of mutants and I don't think I want mutants to be 'readily available'.  He's also a sword fighter so I put him in the same sort of league as Black Widow (marshal artist).

Actually that's only in the terrible movie, in the primary comics universe (626), Deadpool was a special forces soldier (not a mutant) who got aggressive cancer and joined weapon X hoping for a cure. The procedure cured his cancer and granted him a healing factor, but left him horribly scarred and mentally unstable.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on September 18, 2011, 10:21:30 AM
Although I will be creating my own paint-schemes and giving them different names, I thought I'd lean heavily on the Marvel/DC universe for ideas because they are the ones I am most familiar with.  It also makes them easier to describe if I say..."that chap there is like the Beast" rather than not having an obvious comparison.

I think I need to find out a bit more about Deadpool because I only know the movie version :(.

I quite like the idea of Hurricane.  She sounds 'creatable' due to her being surgically enhanced by the Koreans...although she won't be a baddie.

So:
Nick Fury
Warmonger/Ironman
Captain America
Hurricane
Black Widow
Juggernaut/Beast/Brute

Any ideas on a cool brute other than Juggernaut/Beast?  There are the Thing, the Rhino, Abomination but they are a bit too mutated for my liking...and the Hulk is a bit too unpredictable...
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: leonmallett on September 18, 2011, 11:34:40 AM
Just being pedantic, but regular Nick Fury has powers; he is very long lived thanks to the Infinity Formula.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Benny on September 18, 2011, 12:09:53 PM
I think the Rhino would work well in your sci-fi setting. I forget the particulars but he doesn't have powers. He wears a big powered robotic suit type of thing that makes him near bullet proof and also super strong. That seems explainable with your future setting and follows the Iron Man type of science.
Along similar lines there are also Crimson Dynamo and Warmachine.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Tomsche on September 18, 2011, 12:20:10 PM
Or Sasquatch, you ould have him explained by some serum going furry
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on September 18, 2011, 02:32:31 PM
Rhino is a bloke in robotic armour?!  The things you learn when you ask questions  :o .  I had no idea and just assumed he was some sort of mutant.

Even though he is an armour wearer, I'd prefer the brute to be a natural brute...through a serum/bio-engineering so as not to clash with the Ironman character.

I am not familiar with Sasquatch (is he DC?)...what powers does he have?

Every time I have mentioned Warmonger, I have actually meant Warmachine  :'(...sometimes I am a confused person.  Warmonger was the giant armour that had a go at Ironman in the first film, wasn't he?  I think that it would be too big for my purposes :(.

Crimson Dynamo may be an option instead of Ironman...

Decisions, decisions...
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Tomsche on September 18, 2011, 03:56:00 PM
Nah, sasquatch is the `powerhouse` of the Alpha Flight team, a scientist that experimented with the Hulk gamma ray tech, which went a bit sour yet not as much as with Dr Banner

http://marvel.com/characters/bio/1009560/sasquatch_walter_langkowski
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: wellender on September 18, 2011, 08:29:59 PM
Just being pedantic, but regular Nick Fury has powers; he is very long lived thanks to the Infinity Formula.

As is Black Widow.  No cybernetics there.

Iron Monger was the guy in the first Iron Man film.  He also appeared in the comics.

How about the Punisher?  No powers, just a really good soldier. 

Deathlok, a cybernetic zombie type guy. 

Deathstroke form DC.  He has a healing factor, heightened reflexes and I think senses.  He supposedly uses all of his brain when thinking.  Not sure if that is still part of his continuity.  He is a mercenary.

Deadshot, expert marksma from DC.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Tomsche on September 18, 2011, 09:46:29 PM
There`s also Colossus to be a viable option as the `brute`, with his organic metal skin, he could just be a real badass android instead of a human mutant
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on September 18, 2011, 10:19:47 PM
I don't think there's a major military organization on the planet that hasn't at least looked at whether psychic powers like ESP, telepathy, or simple luck are real or not, and if real, if they can be trained, enhanced, and exploited for military use.  Having some or all of those powers show up would seem to fit the meme - add pyrokinetics ala Firestarter or or "throw-a-tank" level teleks if you want a higher power level.

If technology includes "alien equipment recovered from a Roswell/Tunguska UFO crash site" stuff, almost anything goes for what kinds of weapons/battlesuits you might have access to, and what powers they might grant.  Even with lesser real-world tech, please do the sensible thing and give your elite, ultra-rare supersoldiers with enhanced strength customized personal armor and weaponry to match.  If Captain Bicep is strong enough to lift a 10-ton truck he can be given one heck of a big gun to lug around - and if he's not naturally bulletproof, they'll make him superheavy armor to wear that makes most man-portable weapons a mere nuisance.

Oh, and don't forget, the original Human Torch was a flat-out android, and GI Robots (often with strangely human behavior) have been a staple of comics for years.  Uplifted gorillas are popular too - so popular that DC used to have an editorial limit on how many monkeys, apes, or gorillas could appear on comic covers in a given month.

Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on September 18, 2011, 10:34:08 PM
Although everything you have said makes a lot of sense, I want to keep them looking like standard superheroes...and the weapons and tech will be aimed at a less fatal sort of design...speed, agility and strength being the main weapons.

I can see the reality of your brute being dressed in heavy armour and carrying a big gun but it doesn't really scream superhero to me.  Now I know I said super-soldier but that was more aimed at their powers rather than their look.  When finished, I want them to look like Marvel characters rather than super soldiers.

I am not really sure about the whole magic/psychic powers thing...
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Hat Guy on September 19, 2011, 01:27:16 AM
Ultimate Black Widow does have cybernetic enhancements, she's a defected Russian Super Soldier from the 1990s.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on September 19, 2011, 02:10:52 AM
Although everything you have said makes a lot of sense, I want to keep them looking like standard superheroes...and the weapons and tech will be aimed at a less fatal sort of design...speed, agility and strength being the main weapons.

I can see the reality of your brute being dressed in heavy armour and carrying a big gun but it doesn't really scream superhero to me.  Now I know I said super-soldier but that was more aimed at their powers rather than their look.  When finished, I want them to look like Marvel characters rather than super soldiers.

I am not really sure about the whole magic/psychic powers thing...

Ah, okay - what role are your costumed supersoldiers playing in the war?  They probably aren't going on military ops if nonlethal (or at least less fatal) tactics are the norm.  Are they being used more for publicity - morale boosting at home fighting battles (maybe even staged for the camera?) against fifth columnists, gangsters, and spies?  Maybe carefully planned special ops missions against "soft" targets with plenty of nearby backup to rescue the heroes if something goes wrong?

I could see a game with two distinct groups of supers, one "public" and full of colorfully dressed pretty faces with showy but ineffective powers and the other "covert" with all the real military experience/training, nasty weapons, ghastly powers that kill horribly, and probably a high turnover rate.  There might even be quite a bit of friction between the two, especially if the pretty boys don't approve of pragmatic tactics and the coverts get tired of never getting any credit for their actions.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: TheMightyFlip on September 19, 2011, 09:54:53 AM
Mockingbird is the latest to be injected with the Infinity formula, though this version is mixed with the super soldier serum.

Wolverine is a super soldier, as is Fantomex.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: wellender on September 19, 2011, 06:15:40 PM
Ultimate Black Widow does have cybernetic enhancements, she's a defected Russian Super Soldier from the 1990s.

Oops.  I was thinking 616 Black Widow.  No cybernetics, but has the Infinity Formula.  Which Ultimate Widow had the cybernetics?  I know the first one became Iron Widow, but I don't recall the her being a cyborg.  I know there was a second one after her, but I didn' read much of that one.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Hat Guy on September 20, 2011, 12:29:08 AM
They never really expressly say what "enchantments" Ultimate Black Widow has, but she remarks about her implants acting up and there's a discussion about her role in a Russian Super Soldier programme.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on September 25, 2011, 03:20:58 AM
I have been thinking about this little project and I have decided to go with:

Nick Fury (NOT the film version)

Iron Man (an amalgam of the comic book and film versions - he'll have the film's boots/gloves)
Black Widow
Hurricane
Juggernaut (a special version I found while searching the web)
Beast (He will be like the film version in X-Men 3 when he puts the leather jacket/trousers on)

I thought about Captain America but he doesn't add anything special to the group apart from a shield (in looks rather than strengths)...so the Beast will take his place.  I thought about Wolverine instead but I thought the beast was a bit more civilised (as strange as that sounds).
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on September 25, 2011, 09:46:08 PM
It's a start:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/WIPtwo.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Ajsalium on September 28, 2011, 09:01:07 PM
Boob widow!

Because the first superpower females have is gravity-defying megaboobs. Everybody knows that. :D

And before you paint your sculpts, have a talk with Kev.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: hubbabubba on September 28, 2011, 10:05:06 PM
What about Marshal Law, the hero hunter, though team work was never his strong point
(http://comix.com.br/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/GN0099-Marshall-Law-3-Posters.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on September 29, 2011, 03:04:54 PM
Epic fail on the arms (so they have now been removed and shortened ready for re-sculpt) but you can view it as a WIP:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super1.jpg)

In the pic are a Grymn, Black Widow (as the arms are about to be removed), human trooper and the next WIP...Hurricane.

I was caught up in the sculpt and kept going even though I knew the arms were a little long...never mind, they are gone now.

As for Marshall Law... ??? what the heck is that?!  Not one for the group I fear.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Commander Vyper on September 29, 2011, 03:29:19 PM
Marshall Law, kinda of like Dredd, only a bit more facist. ;)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on September 30, 2011, 09:50:40 PM
I have re-sculpted the arms/hands now:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super2.jpg)

The Marshal Law character looks a bit too overly stylised (a bit like Death's Head) for my liking...
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 01, 2011, 08:32:17 PM
I had to paint her...

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super3.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 09, 2011, 05:45:34 PM
Next up is Hurricane.  She is finished and if you look at the scale pic, there is an armless Juggernaut there too:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super4.jpg)

More here:

http://insosworld.blogspot.com/2011/10/sculptysculpt.html
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: white knight on October 09, 2011, 05:56:26 PM
You're getting good at this, you should get them moulded before painting.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Sinewgrab on October 09, 2011, 06:11:27 PM
You *absolutely*  *positively*  have to make a mould of that Juggernaut, Inso.

Or I will be displeased - and you don't want that.  I am sure Kev will let you do at least one or two here and there  I love the Juggernaut, in all his forms - one of my favorite characters - and the Clix only seem to know one of his costumes...
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 10, 2011, 05:40:27 PM
If I got little Juggernaut cast, I'd be stealing IP, now wouldn't I ;) ?

Maybe once I've got my little team out of the way I can sort out a few generic characters for casting...but I would have to be very careful where it comes to obvious copies.

Hurricane is done:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super6.jpg)

There is more chat over at Inso's World with regards to her changed costume design and a few questions regarding the team (again!).
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: white knight on October 10, 2011, 07:54:39 PM
If I got little Juggernaut cast, I'd be stealing IP, now wouldn't I ;) ?

As someone whose work has been plagiarised and made others money several times, I can honestly say I don't care. :)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Sinewgrab on October 11, 2011, 03:37:35 AM
If I got little Juggernaut cast, I'd be stealing IP, now wouldn't I ;) ?

Maybe once I've got my little team out of the way I can sort out a few generic characters for casting...but I would have to be very careful where it comes to obvious copies.

Then feel free to cast 1 extra, and I'll give you an email address and we can discuss a 'trade' so that we aren't doing anything like selling IP-related stuff...

 :D

I like what you are doing though - they look good.  I think a 'superhero' section for Inso sculpts on Hasslefree sounds like a damned fine idea.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 14, 2011, 09:04:32 PM
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super9.jpg)

More over at Inso's World :) .

Next will be Nick Fury.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: YIU on October 14, 2011, 09:47:33 PM
Super Mamika

(http://www.fubiz.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mamika16-550x411.jpg)

(http://buzzandwin.fr/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Mamika6.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 15, 2011, 10:38:45 PM
...

...

I'm not sure about 'Super Mamika'...

...

But then, there were three:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super10.jpg)

Nick Fury now has a face and some webbing...
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: soapy on October 16, 2011, 01:18:15 PM
Oh the number of people who are going to be upset with you for not casting up the micronaut. :D

Another great bit of work there mate.

Soaps.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: fairoaks024 on October 16, 2011, 01:27:43 PM
superb work,

you really need to sort out a range of your own heroes to get cast up, i'd buy a set and i'm sure others would too.

regards

jim
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 16, 2011, 04:38:07 PM
Cheers for the comments :).

I have a full time job and casting things (at the moment) would just be another thing to occupy my limited free-time.

Just view these as practice for the castable ones when I get round to it (and I'm sure that there would be more sales in Human sized rather than Dwarf sized anyway).

I have had an offer to cast some of my minis...but I have to get to a point where I want to (and it isn't cheap) and can afford it.

Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 16, 2011, 08:52:44 PM
A few WIPs (seeing as I never got Nick Fury finished for my Sunday Blog update)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/WIP14.jpg)

More info at Inso's World :) .
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Comsquare on October 16, 2011, 09:12:18 PM
You're really doing a great sculpting job, wish I could be half as good :(

Just one thing, is it just me or is the arm little to long?
Could be the pic
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 16, 2011, 09:26:35 PM
You're really doing a great sculpting job, wish I could be half as good :(

Just one thing, is it just me or is the arm little to long?
Could be the pic

Once I have bulked the forearm up a little, it will look OK...and the pointing finger doesn't help.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 17, 2011, 10:51:05 PM
I hope the arm looks better now that I have lengthened the legs a little and bulked up the forearm...oh...Nick is finished:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super11.jpg)

BIG Beast needs feet and a tidy and he will be too:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/WIP15.jpg)

Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Comsquare on October 18, 2011, 03:28:43 PM
Indeed, it does :-*

Really excellent sculpting-skills.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 19, 2011, 02:57:32 PM
Nick Fury joins the team:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super12.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 26, 2011, 07:34:29 PM
Puck is now finished:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super16.jpg)

His hand is a bit odd but the paint will sort that out.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 27, 2011, 05:28:46 PM
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super17.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: sundayhero on October 28, 2011, 06:52:22 PM
Nice set of figures ! I like the style  ;)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 28, 2011, 10:37:38 PM
Cheers :) .

I have had to sculpt them like that otherwise my Grymn armies would be dwarfed by them (pardon the pun  lol ).

I am having trouble deciding which Iron Man to sculpt.  I am torn between the comic book 'classic' red/yellow Iron man or the film version from the first Iron Man film (red, yellow with a circular glowy bit on the chest).
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: wellender on October 28, 2011, 10:41:05 PM
Even the comic one has the circular glowy bit.  It's just yellow in most books.  The current Iron Man suit has it closer to the blue-white color from the movies.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 28, 2011, 10:49:26 PM
Even the comic one has the circular glowy bit.  It's just yellow in most books.  The current Iron Man suit has it closer to the blue-white color from the movies.

What I meant was the circular glowy bit rather than the triangular one in the last film.  The latest film armour is a bit heavier and I want to keep it fairly light.

I like this one:

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1pbk1_5mpzU/SuXQ0IkDrBI/AAAAAAAAAUo/kqhwnnASx98/s320/iron-man.jpg)

But I like the boots and gauntlets from this one:

(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTvKykUUnPY-sIDnwpkR3zekNh7b-BwHTT0y7JdGGuYfoOpHbkDo0uFzFku)

At the moment, I am tempted to mix and match...
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: sundayhero on October 28, 2011, 10:51:43 PM
Nice match with the grymn figures (I didn't know them). :)


For the ironman version, I like the two versions. I believe you should just choose the one matching the other figures period you want to play ;)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on October 30, 2011, 12:05:44 PM
Iron Man and She-Hulk are now on the corks.  I will be going for a mix of film/comic for Iron Man and the Chibi costume of the children's version of She-Hulk...you'll see what I mean once you see her costume.

On a different note, I tidied up Beast and got him painted:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super18.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: sundayhero on October 30, 2011, 12:08:59 PM
Nice "team muscle/tank" purpose  :o

I'll need to add some of those "tanks" in my own collection...I just have Hulk and SHe-hulk for that purpose, I believe.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: wellender on October 31, 2011, 02:40:51 PM
Wow!  That Beast is a not only a great sculpt, but a great paint job too!  Good work!

Another Iron Man you might want to look at from the comics is his Silver Centurion armor.  It has the Triangular chest piece and is similar to the brief case armor he used in the film.  It's color scheme is Red and Silver.

(http://dallaspenn.com/pics/albums/album02/IronMan_SilverCenturion.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: tanktastic43 on October 31, 2011, 07:14:31 PM
Great sculpting and painting.

Beast is a beaut!

Well done!

tt43.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 02, 2011, 01:02:49 AM
@ Wellender - I wish I'd seen that before because it appears to have all of the bits and bobs I was after...unfortunately, I have almost finished Iron Man and was too far gone to adjust him to the Silver Centurion.  As it is, my Iron Man doesn't conform to any of the Iron Man armour variants I have seen...so I hope he looks suitably 'Iron Man' to be accepted as such (I am sure He'll fit the bill :) ).

On a separate note, I finished sculpting She-Hulk last night so she will be shown off today at some point :) .  I'll warn all you hardened She-Hulk fans that she is a little more buff than you may be expecting and she is a little on the 'RAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH' side too :) .

I am really enjoying all this sculpting lark at the moment but there is a looming problem...

...I will need to buy more Green Stuff very soon!  I'm sure Heresy Miniatures will be happy to oblige.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: sundayhero on November 02, 2011, 01:49:56 PM
Concerning green stuff, I buy mine on a uk ebay shop. Very good quality in my opinion, and come in a plastic box (like a small Tupperware, sort of). On ebay UK you can find very cheap big rolls of green stuff (36" for around 7.50euros). Search for "kneadatite".
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: wellender on November 02, 2011, 02:24:00 PM
@ Wellender - I wish I'd seen that before because it appears to have all of the bits and bobs I was after...unfortunately, I have almost finished Iron Man and was too far gone to adjust him to the Silver Centurion.  As it is, my Iron Man doesn't conform to any of the Iron Man armour variants I have seen...so I hope he looks suitably 'Iron Man' to be accepted as such (I am sure He'll fit the bill :) ).

Iron Man has so many armor variants, I'm sure yours will be fine.  Looking forward to seeing him when your done.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 02, 2011, 05:42:28 PM
I hope so Wellender...he has the mask so he has that Iron Man look  :) .

I always buy my GS from Heresy because it is nicely priced, quickly delivered and is helping out a small company.  It also comes in the lengths you mention.

Further progress on the super-soldier front...She-Hulk:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super19.jpg)

Already in paint as we speak :) .
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 03, 2011, 05:58:10 PM
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super20.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: sundayhero on November 03, 2011, 06:20:55 PM
She's lucky there is no steroids doping tests for super heroes  :D


Nice and original figure  ;)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: tanktastic43 on November 03, 2011, 06:50:16 PM
She Hulk got muscles!  ;)

tt43.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 05, 2011, 07:41:02 PM
Iron Man is now finished:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super21.jpg)

Captain Britain will be next :)

Then Goliath :) (he'll be an OGrymn).
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 06, 2011, 11:42:30 AM
Iron Man painted:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super22.jpg)

Goliath is now on the cork and will end up about 60mm tall!  I've begun fleshing out the wire with Milliput to save on cost...
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: wellender on November 07, 2011, 04:14:53 PM
Looks good Inso.  Now you need a Warmachine!
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 08, 2011, 12:40:14 PM
Looks good Inso.  Now you need a Warmachine!

Rather than Warmachine, I am going for the female version; Rescue (with Pepper Potts at the helm :) ).
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: wellender on November 08, 2011, 03:07:59 PM
Nice idea!  Are you doing Giant-Man (Hank Pym), Goliath (Clint Barton who is also Hawkeye) or Bill Foster Goliath/Black Goliath?
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 08, 2011, 03:17:53 PM
Hank Pym in this costume:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Goliath3.jpg)

He is going to be an OGrymn so he will be more bulky and hunched.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: wellender on November 08, 2011, 03:19:44 PM
You'll need a Wasp to go along with him.  Although Wasp at Grymn scale would be tiny in Wasp form :)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 08, 2011, 03:51:34 PM
You'll need a Wasp to go along with him.  Although Wasp at Grymn scale would be tiny in Wasp form :)

I now understand something that was said to me a while ago...

You make a soldier with a rifle, the calls go out for an officer.
You make an officer, the calls go out for support.
You make a support trooper, the alls go out for five different varieties...
...before you know it you have made a drop-ship and mechanised infantry...and all you ever planned to do was sculpt a single rifleman.

At the moment, I will be making Captain Britain, Rescue, Demolition Man and Goliath for this team.  I am a bit more broad minded with the Star League (because they are totally random) and may (in the future) re-visit the team but at the moment, I am more or less set with it.

I am a slave to my muse and I have to place limits on what I do or I will spoil my muse and nothing will get done.

Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 18, 2011, 08:23:42 PM
The troublesome Captain Britain:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super26.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: sundayhero on November 19, 2011, 10:15:47 AM
So nice !  :-* I love that style of figures. The only issue is that you have to build every figure by hand, due to visual "incompatibility" of that particular style.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 19, 2011, 10:35:17 PM
It is difficult enough to get decent human sized superheroes...there would be no way I would get Dwarf versions easily :D ...I always knew this little project would be labour intensive but that has always been part of the charm.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 20, 2011, 09:40:00 AM
The British lion is ready...here is Captain Britain (no decals were used and yes, the cuffs were fun ;) ):

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super27.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Tomsche on November 20, 2011, 09:59:46 AM
I like him!

Then again, I always thought Excalibur was one of the best series in all of marvel, certainly the earlier team that climaxed with the Necron story arc
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 20, 2011, 10:32:19 PM
I only ever read the first Captain Britain album so I am not familiar with the comic stories...however, he is a great looking super character and fitted the bill perfectly :) .
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: aircav on November 21, 2011, 08:59:28 AM
Brilliant  :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: white knight on November 21, 2011, 01:53:54 PM
The only thing is with the inclusion of the union jack, your grymn are now short blokes from the UK instead of aliens from another world. ;)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on November 21, 2011, 03:11:02 PM
Who's to say that they haven't colonised Earth in the future?  Maybe they are already here  :D ...
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on May 24, 2012, 10:13:16 AM
I had no idea that I have left this project alone for so long!

On the sculpting table, the Beast is just waiting for his head to be finished and he will be able to join the team.

I have had quite a 'Muse Deficit' recently so have been a bit hobby light (add to that an Urban platoon, Salute 2012 and some walker painting) but I am climbing back on the hobby horse again and Beast will be a fitting return.

I have gone for the blue hairy version of beast... the one with just trunks on. He should be finished over the next couple of days but I'll get some pix very soon :).

Hopefully, Beast will lead to further super-soldier recruits soon :)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on May 24, 2012, 12:33:33 PM
Just his head to go:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super29.jpg)

The Dark Eldar is for scale purposes :)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: leonmallett on May 25, 2012, 02:09:43 PM
I do love those Grymn-sized Marvel characters; Captain Britain has turned out amazing (I am ashamed I missed seeing hi  painted - my shame).

With all that red, what about a Red Hulk? I would love to see Cap and the Vision if you ever feel motivated to tackle more. Brilliant stuff.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on May 26, 2012, 11:17:27 AM
I do love those Grymn-sized Marvel characters; Captain Britain has turned out amazing (I am ashamed I missed seeing hi  painted - my shame).

With all that red, what about a Red Hulk? I would love to see Cap and the Vision if you ever feel motivated to tackle more. Brilliant stuff.

Thanks :)

Cap is on the cards but I can't make a Vision because his powers don't fit with the brief. Red Hulk? Maybe but I am quite brute-heavy at the moment so I'm more likely to go for a more light-weight character (Hawkeye maybe?).

Until then, here is Beast:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super30.jpg)

He is being painted as we speak :).
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on May 26, 2012, 04:22:35 PM
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super32.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: soapy on May 26, 2012, 11:20:55 PM
Mutant-scientist-with-bright-blue-fur-tastic! :D
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: leonmallett on May 27, 2012, 08:35:47 AM
More great work. :)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on June 05, 2012, 12:32:45 PM
To the scientist's surprise, a revered OGrymn chose to take the super-serum and even though he was large for even an OGrymn, the serum made him grow further. He took the name of Goliath and joined the team... here is a WIP of the 60mm tall behemoth:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super33.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Mason on June 05, 2012, 12:57:56 PM
Only just caught on to this thread, and soooo glad that I did!

 :o :o :o

These are great, full of character whilst still keeping their Grymm-ness.
Bloody fantastic, sir!
Love 'em!
 :-*

All of 'em!
 :-*
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on June 10, 2012, 05:51:22 PM
Cheers :)

Goliath is coming along:

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/Super34.jpg)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: white knight on June 10, 2012, 06:55:14 PM
Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym, I presume?  ;)
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Dr. The Viking on June 10, 2012, 09:24:01 PM
Those small ones remind me of Super Hero Squad.  lol
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: white knight on June 11, 2012, 02:02:32 PM
Those small ones remind me of Super Hero Squad.  lol

Oh yes, I accidentally caught an episode of that a while ago and hated everything about it, but they did make me think of Inso's figures.
Title: Re: Super-soldiers?
Post by: Inso on June 11, 2012, 05:02:11 PM
Funny you should both say that but I did sort of use this as a guide for She-Hulk (and would have loved to have sculpted her just like it... but failed):

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Superheroes/SheHulk4.jpg)