Author Topic: Agis Blackstone Fortress minis (Read 21268 times)

Agis · « **Reply #30 on:** December 28, 2018, 07:25:40 AM »

Thanks all!

Quote from: ecurtz on December 27, 2018, 08:43:10 PM

Yeah, the Blackstone Fortress heroes seem to be especially polarizing. ... and the Eldar is the only one I dislike to the point I may proxy or significantly rework her - the pose is just terrible IMO.

I have read that too, personally I like most minis and I really LIKE the Eldar sniper sculpt. I just painted her in Ulthwe colour and will post her tonight/tomorrow.
What is really BAD about the mini is the scalecreep, she is WAY too big... but as you said, just proxy her if you are not comfortable with her and all is fine.

Quote from: sir_shvantselot on December 27, 2018, 11:40:11 PM

...I was tempted by BF. But I’ve got so much on the go at the moment. More than I’ll get games with.

We all know the feeling, or?
For me it is ASoIaF, SMOG, Titanicus, Necromunda, Kill Team, WHQ Blackstone Fortress and all my personal side quests...
Sigh!

Agis · « **Reply #31 on:** December 29, 2018, 02:19:18 PM »

Amallyn Shadowguide, the Eldar Ranger! Since I got a big Ulthwe army I changed the craftworld colours.
Many dislike the sculpt, I really really like her.
The only downer is the size, absolute scale creep as you can see below!!!

more on my site: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/blackstone_fortress.html

Genghis · « **Reply #32 on:** December 29, 2018, 05:08:42 PM »

More nice painting. I kinda like the sculpt, but hadn't noticed the scale creep before, which is, indeed, annoying. The Kroot is enormous as well, I don't know enough about their fluff to know whether that's reasonable with the fluff or not though.

I also like the new helmets and backpacks on the Chaos Marines, I'll probably steal that idea in due course.

AWu · « **Reply #33 on:** December 29, 2018, 06:07:18 PM »

Eldar really is growing on me when she is not looking like christmas tree..

I think you made her much more setting blend in than Eavy Metal painter..

Diablo Jon · « **Reply #34 on:** December 29, 2018, 08:01:03 PM »

That's a nice Eldar ranger very well painted but the scale creep is ridiculous. I guess if you use her as a character model rather than as a member of a unit its passable. Maybe Amallyn translates as "very tall" in the Eldar tongue

Hobby Services · « **Reply #35 on:** December 29, 2018, 08:08:10 PM »

Great cats, that mini's absurdly overscaled. Must be a Primaris Eldar, eh? :\

Agis · « **Reply #36 on:** January 02, 2019, 02:21:42 PM »

Another angle:

And here comes the Spindle Drones:

I aimed for an ancient look.

Dentatus · « **Reply #37 on:** January 02, 2019, 03:57:18 PM »

All great as usual but I really like those drones.

As as aside: I'm glad I picked up Blackstone Fortress. I like the idea of co-op games. Problem is, there are 7 of us weekly regulars now so I guess I need two copies?

Hawkeye · « **Reply #38 on:** January 02, 2019, 03:59:01 PM »

Plus, she's standing on her tippy-toes, which probably doesn't help as far as her height is concerned...
I think it's a lovely sculpt, though, and the paint-job is beautiful, Agis! Neither the game nor the miniature range has been on my radar, but I might have to take a closer look after seeing the work you've done on them!

Brummie · « **Reply #39 on:** January 02, 2019, 04:22:08 PM »

Quote from: Hobby Services on December 29, 2018, 08:08:10 PM

Great cats, that mini's absurdly overscaled. Must be a Primaris Eldar, eh? :\

Maybe she's just a tall gal, it does happen!

Love the Spindle Drones! Inspired!

waitwhat · « **Reply #40 on:** January 02, 2019, 04:36:54 PM »

Quote from: Brummie on January 02, 2019, 04:22:08 PM

Love the Spindle Drones! Inspired!

Seconded - very Dwemer. Will be stealing that.

Elbows · « **Reply #41 on:** January 02, 2019, 07:54:32 PM »

Nice work on the Spindle Drones. I also went with a metallic colour. Not a fan of the minis (way too demure/tiny/fragile) but that's an issue I have with several models in the box. I was on a roll painting them and then stopped...we haven't run the game in a bit.

Agis · « **Reply #42 on:** January 02, 2019, 09:02:48 PM »

Quote from: Elbows on January 02, 2019, 07:54:32 PM

Nice work on the Spindle Drones. I also went with a metallic colour. Not a fan of the minis (way too demure/tiny/fragile) but that's an issue I have with several models in the box. I was on a roll painting them and then stopped...we haven't run the game in a bit.

Strange - I really like the drones, very unique alien design, but I have to agree very fragile...

Verderer · « **Reply #43 on:** January 03, 2019, 07:23:19 AM »

I just finished assembling the minis. What a chore! The mold lines are an absolute nightmare, because they're hard to see at places, and still you want to get them off... I think they've tried to be cunning and hide them a bit, but still. Probably so that people might skip this phase altogether? But each mini can have as many as five parts, there's so many more mold lines to scrape off!

Plus although I like the minis per se, they're are far too fiddly, things gonna snap off... And painting is more difficult since there's so many more hard to get nooks and crannies.

I think weakest of the bunch are the beastmen. Even though they're multipart minis, they end up looking something like bulky single part plastic cast from the 90ies. Plus their details are a bit shallow too.

But I will keep on following your thread so I can get some inspiration for painting, Agis.

steders · « **Reply #44 on:** January 04, 2019, 01:29:15 PM »

Quote from: waitwhat on January 02, 2019, 04:36:54 PM

Seconded - very Dwemer. Will be stealing that.

Totally agree
Really horribly brilliant paintjobs that make me cry tears of frustration.
Especially like the sons of Horus scheme on the CSM.
excellent work as always. Makes me hate you more

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