Faber's Mordheim extravaganza - Bruto&Carogna - UD 3 Mar p.8

[Thantsants]

I think to get the sense of what Thantsants said. It's a big limit to creativity, I know...

Actually I was just being facetious in view of the many projects I seem to be ineffectually waving a brush at at the moment!   

I think you're quite right and Mordheim with all its little warbands, as you say, is a very good choice for maximising creativity.

I certainly feel your pain at your life being swallowed up by work - I'm on the go from about 5.30am (walking dogs and getting to work, till about 8.30pm when I finally sit down at my painting desk. About 10 hours of that is spent at work - the remaing time is more dogwalking and boring stuff like eating and driving!

I've carved myself a little niche of time on weekday evenings to crack on with painting and am only limited by the length of time I can keep my eyes open - its definitely a tonic to what is usually a pretty irritating and long working day!

You do right to be selective and go for a cohesive approach to your hobby time 

Not a big expert on OSL either, but don't all the cool Necromancers wear purple?

[Damien]

Wow, those zombies are incredible, I showed them to my girlfriend as she was passing by and she looked ready to puke; so they are spot on! The gore, the poses and those bases are fantastic! Are you going to build/paint one warband or many?

Great stuff
 Damien

[Faber]

Thanks all for the kind words fellas! Much appreciated!

@Damien: many warbands!
Today I'd like to share with you my progress with the dwarfs gang.
I had always loved the heroquest dwarf hero...A friend of mine used that adventurer as his mordheim noble and I think this is a great idea. So...I stole the idea and made my own noble on that concept.
so, from this:



with a little convertion:



...and painted:




...and with some friends




Next in my production line will be...
the slayer!




As always, comments and criticisms are welcome!
Cheers
Faber

[Doomhippie]

That dwarf leader is really cool. Especially seeing that the original miniature is  from Heroquest I must say you did an outstanding job painting it. And I love the dwarven pals of his.

Mordheim will forever hold a special place in my heart as it was that game that brought me back into painting and playing. And I got to meet a lot of really nice people playing that game. Apart from that I think Mordheim is also an almost perfect setting for people with only little time. It is both a very rich background that allows for lots of creativity and you don't need to paint gazillions of models to play a decent game. Good choice!

[Mason]

Great stuff, Faber!

The zombies are great examples of creativity and imagination and those Dwarves look great.
Top paintwork on all, but that Noble takes the biscuit.
Superb!
 

[Faber]

Thanks guys 

@Domhippie: quote for all you said, pal. I have to add that Mordheim bakground is my favourite background ever. A dark ruined town full of decadence in a fantasy setting...that's the happiness receipe for my taste.
About the noble..I have to admit I'm really proud of it. I've been helped for the coinversion by a great friend of mine but the painting had been my personal challenge. Heroquest dwarf is more a toy than a miniature and painting was very hard. A real satisfaction

@Mason: cheers pal Zombies were really a funny work. I'm plannig another couple of them but I have so little time...Anyway, I have to say thank you for your "miner special rule"...You gave me the motivation to find a miner charachter for my warband and I've now found a wonderful one to paint. You'll see my miner hero painted as soon as possible  

[Sangennaru]

always loved the way you give new life to this old chaps, Faber! =) Great work!

(you have a couple of pending PM, since a while! )

[DeafNala]

That is a SPLENDID start to what should be an OUTSTANDING War Band. The antlers really make the Dwarf Noble something special. All of the Lads benefit from some WONDERFUL brushwork & basing. VERY WELL DONE!

[Calimero]

Very nice work, Faber  

[Damien]

Faber.....this guy is SICK!! What a difference you made on a mediocre sculpt, absolutely fantastic and don't even get me started on the paint job. I love the subtle highlights, he fits right in with the other dwarves; great stuff.


Cheers,
 Damien

[Faber]

Thanks guys for the kind words!

I'm trying to give some sort of a theme to every warband: dwarfs are the vintage ones (just as undead are the kitbashed) I bought a lot of marauder stunties and I'm eagerly awaiting for some time to paint them...
Let's see what I can achieve...

[Mister Rab]

Faber, that conversion on the dwarf noble is just brilliant - really effective and utterly changes the feel of the figure. Well done!

[Blue in vt]

As mentioned above the Nobel is fantastic...love the painting on his horns in particular. 

 I must say that the addition of the second axe to the Marauder Slayer looks pretty good as well.  We recently had a discussion on Bugman's about how there is actually two different casting of that slayer...one with and open hand...as seen in the catalog picture:



And one like you used with a closed fist...as seen in this is pic...sorry about my 1990 PJ! 



I now Have copies of both...because I'm obsessive like that... ...and I was concerned about how similar they would look in a unit...I may steel your idea of a second weapon to differentiate them from each other a bit more.

Cheers...keep up the excellent work!

Blue

[Grimmnar]

Thanks all for the kind words fellas! Much appreciated!

@Damien: many warbands!
Today I'd like to share with you my progress with the dwarfs gang.
I had always loved the heroquest dwarf hero...A friend of mine used that adventurer as his mordheim noble and I think this is a great idea. So...I stole the idea and made my own noble on that concept.
so, from this:

Faber,

Looking good as always. Such a stunning conversion for a old fig. Nice to see what you can do with a little imagination and some time. :-)

Grimm

[Faber]

I'm really happy to see that you like the noble, guys!

@Mr Rab: thanks pal! I have to say that the original figure is not a very good cast but it's a pretty nice sculpt imo. Actually, I was inspired by a friend of mine (a painter far more talented than me! my menthor, I could say) who used this mini as his warband leader many years ago...He did not any conversion but painted it perfectly and the result is really cool anyway. If I had the chance I would take a pic of his noble this weekend.

@Blue: thanks pal! Horns were painted at least four time before finding the right technique. Never painted deer's horns before 
BTW, that slayer is really a fantastic mini...one of my favourite dwarf ever! Actually, it is the first "warhammer dwarf" I've ever seen and I found it so cool that I started to collect dwarfs I was unaware that there are two different cast of it! BTW, I'm pretty happy of the conversion too...a troll slayer always needs two axes IMO!
PS: your PJ in 1990 was not that bad! Anyway, for sure better than mine at that time: in 1990 I was 2 years old! 

@Grimm: thanks pal I'd like to have more time to spend for the hobby...Hope to achieve some progress this weekend.

Anyway, it has been quite a long period since the last time I posted some models of mine here on LAF, but I have to say that it's always a pleasure to share them with you guys!

cheers!