Marienburg vs. the Undeadish (update: undead & spooky stuff)

[von Lucky]

Also, I have almost got a painting desk set up!!!   

[ZeroTwentythree]

Hahahah! I was typing the reply below (is it still called "typing" on a phone?) and got the warning that someone else had replied while I was typing mine. I'll have to print the unicorn and hang it on my desk until I'm done unpacking. 

Ha, thanks 6mmfan! I just took a look and you're right. I started playing in 3rd ed. Some 2nd ed. stats, articles, etc. were still in use, but I had never paid much attention to 1st. ed. Maybe I should look into it a little more for any other interesting bits!

[von Lucky]

Seriously hoping it works out. You paint with passion, and you paint darn well. There's thousands of us who have a painting desk but don't paint as much as we should (myself included). I feel my parents should've drilled that into me when I was young along with telling me about the starving kids in Africa to make me appreciate my food. Then I'd paint as much as possible (while still enjoying it).

[ZeroTwentythree]

Well, I'll work something out. So far it's just a corner of a desk, and a file cabinet for storage of supplies.

I was actually looking at garden sheds and used delivery/work vans recently. 



I managed to get my hands on some of the plastic Citadel savage orcs, and have made a few attempts at converting them to Fimir, as I've seen elsewhere. The idea is to use these as the lesser Fimm warriors, and the Reaper conversions would be the elite Fianna warrior caste.





Above shows the heads on the bodies and some minor conversions. I just did some putty work on the necks and built some tails.

I've got mixed feelings on these. Too many bones, teeth, and other junk stuck on them. I prefer the simplicity of the old Citadel Fimm. I'd also like to try working in more advanced weapons -- a few bone & flint weapons are OK, but I'd still like to see worked wood & metal. I also prefer not to have them all look like chiseled body builders. It seems like a lot of work for less than impressive final results so far. But I'll wait and see how they look painted up. I still may end up trying to sculpt a few simple Fimm, closer to the originals, and cast some of those up.

(I'd prefer more figures like the oldschool Fimm, below.)



Unfortunately, both painting and major sculpting will likely have to wait a while as I continue to unpack and deal with other crap. But, hey, I managed to unpack my small sculpting box and sit down and work on minis for a couple hours this week!

[Andym]

Fantastic conversions and those giants.......wow!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Another brief bit of time to work on minis. Small stuff, I know, but I'm trying to keep morale up by getting excited over even the tiny bits of time I can manage.


Hard to tell, though hopefully the pics are better anyway, but sculpted a bit of neck to connect the heads to the bodies, made some tails and then glued & sculpted them onto the bodies, which are now on bases.



I've also included a shot for scale comparison between one of my Reaper conversions on the left, and an original Fimm on the right. Pretty good fit, in terms of scale! I still have some reservations over the differences in style, though. I'm going to wait & see how some paint impacts that, though. Also thinking a lot about hand/weapon swaps for the rest of the savage orc conversions. I'm just not into the stone-age weapons.

[Brummie Thug]

What a cool thread. Liking the new additions as well. Variety is the spice of life as they say. What about using the Gnolls from Frostgrave as a base to work from instead. Still Plastic so cheaper but less adorned and have a different style of we apons.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Well... I didn't realize they were available yet. In fact, I forgot about them after seeing the initial announcement and thinking, "I'll have to look into that when they're released." But you're right, they could make for an excellent basis for conversions! I'll have to see about getting my hands on some.

[Steam Flunky]

Great thread. Luv what you are doing, especially the fimir conversions.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks!


Three of the next four. Two have Skaven right hands & weapons, and the middle one (the horn) I think came from the old goblin command.

Still working on the fourth guy, as I'm taking up Doc J's (from the Warhammer Empire forum) challenge of trying to work up a frog spear.  :mrgreen:

[ZeroTwentythree]

And here he is...



Fimm with frog spear. The frogs in the Grootscher Marsh and fens surrounding Marienburg can grow pretty big -- so he needs a spear to handle them!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Not in the mood for commentary. So just some pics. A bit of paint on some Fomorians converted from Citadel plastic savage orcs and other bits. Second pic is my new work, art, painting, sculpting, miniatures/gaming etc. set-up.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Overdue addition to the giant collection -- a Ral Partha skeletal giant. Measures up well with these three others I've already got! Just needs to get some paint on it sometime soon...

[Pappa Midnight]

Loving the new Fomorian orc conversions.
Your new work-station is far better than mine ( which consists of an area I use in my kitchen/diner).

Regards
PM

[ZeroTwentythree]

Loving the new Fomorian orc conversions.
Your new work-station is far better than mine ( which consists of an area I use in my kitchen/diner).

Thanks.

I'm crabby about the new work space because I am used to an entire dedicated desk to work on, plus the taboret and set of shelves I previously used to organize my supplies for years. But now I am trying to reduce all of that down to a couple of small file drawers and the last 30 inches or so of my (computer) work desk which needs to be cleared off after each use.