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Offline majorsmith

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colonel 'ironhand' straken
« on: 22 September 2010, 08:16:57 PM »
Just finished this chap for a mate, lovely figure to paint!

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Online anevilgiraffe

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Re: colonel 'ironhand' straken
« Reply #1 on: 22 September 2010, 08:31:15 PM »
very nice...

now who? what? and where?

Offline Mr.J

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Re: colonel 'ironhand' straken
« Reply #2 on: 22 September 2010, 10:04:34 PM »
Awesome!

Offline Criamon

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Re: colonel 'ironhand' straken
« Reply #3 on: 22 September 2010, 10:07:32 PM »
Good paint job! I like very much this miniature. :)

Offline Westfalia Chris

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Re: colonel 'ironhand' straken
« Reply #4 on: 22 September 2010, 10:11:51 PM »
"Eisenfaust" Straken! Yay! Too bad they pretty much lost it with the plastic Catachans, both the original metal minis and the later ones were rather nice.

Great work on the metal effects, and those pants are excellent, too.

Offline Gibby

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Re: colonel 'ironhand' straken
« Reply #5 on: 22 September 2010, 11:20:03 PM »
Fantastic paint job! Really really good, it's a great figure and you've done it justice!

The plastic Catachan infantry can be vastly improved by adding backpacks and such, it draws attention away from the over-sized arms.
« Last Edit: 22 September 2010, 11:25:48 PM by Gibby »

Offline dwartist

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Re: colonel 'ironhand' straken
« Reply #6 on: 22 September 2010, 11:32:55 PM »
top class!

Offline TheMightyFlip

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Re: colonel 'ironhand' straken
« Reply #7 on: 23 September 2010, 08:15:11 AM »
Great painting, but I prefer the classic Straken model.


Offline Big Frank

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Re: colonel 'ironhand' straken
« Reply #8 on: 23 September 2010, 11:07:36 AM »
Fantastic paint job, the trousers a very well done.

Offline ancientsociety

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Re: colonel 'ironhand' straken
« Reply #9 on: 23 September 2010, 05:05:33 PM »
Great mini. I really like your understated NMM bionics...

Offline Pil

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Re: colonel 'ironhand' straken
« Reply #10 on: 26 September 2010, 05:26:12 PM »
Looks like 'regular' metallics (though very nicely done) to me. Great paintjob though the metal 'muscles' on the model don't really work for me  8)
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Offline Andy H

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Re: colonel 'ironhand' straken
« Reply #11 on: 27 September 2010, 02:00:30 PM »
Fantastic paint job! Really really good, it's a great figure and you've done it justice!

The plastic Catachan infantry can be vastly improved by adding backpacks and such, it draws attention away from the over-sized arms.

I always thought the over-sized arms were right in keeping with the original (2nd ed) background where Catachan was a high-g world and other regiments referred to them as 'baby Ogryns' (behind their backs...). I think the Perrys stayed true to that point in sculpting them the way they did, but it got forgotten along the way!

Offline abhorsen950

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Re: colonel 'ironhand' straken
« Reply #12 on: 27 September 2010, 08:19:41 PM »
Was a nice model, a little pricey but you've done an excellent job.

 

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