Judgement Day Project: #34 Citi-Def Pvt. Raimi

[Mr Saturday]

This week, to conclude my East Meg One project I give you the main man himself, War Marshal Kazan.



Kazan is a pretty hilarious mini, for a murderous dictator. He's sending everyone to Siberia with that finger. Everyone. The sculpt is a fair bit more buff than the character in the comic, and that moustache...

Apparently Carlos Ezquerra (the artist who worked on the Apocalypse War series) gave him that little moustache as it was quite popular with fascists during the Franco years in Spain. It gave him a chuckle, as it gave me one when I was painting it. The tache, the weird shades, the white crew-cut, he's just fabulous, and manages to totally pull it off. The fact that he's a total bastard helps his cred too. I can't wait to get him on the gaming table.

With Kazan finished, that concludes my East Meg One project. I now have a hearty group of Sovs, enough to give me options when picking a force. There are at least two new Sov minis coming down the line, which I will certainly be adding to the collection once they are released. For now though, here's the whole gang.

[Major_Gilbear]

very good - I think the sculpt actually looks a bit like Franco too! 

[Mason]

Two great new additions, chaps.
Love 'em both!
 

[cheetor]

#21 Judge Death Spirit Form



The next 25% of the Dark Judge spirit forms today, being the big cheese himself, Judge Death.

Of the four Spirit forms, its probably my least favourite sculpt, but its ok all the same.  The spirit forms of the Dark Judges are so iconic that I get a kick out of the fact that there even are miniatures to represent them to be honest.



Judge Fires floating head will be along in not too long.  Mr Saturday will be posting next Monday as usual.

The Judge Death Spirit Form blog post is here.

Thanks for looking

[Michka]

I love this thread! I find myself looking through my Judge Dredd stuff a lot lately, and this is all your faults. If fact I just picked up the Dark Judges set a week ago after seeing how nice yours look. I might have picked up the Sov Judges instead, but I just had to have my own Judge Death. Until I saw them in this thread I didn't even know they made the spirit forms miniatures.

[cheetor]

I love this thread! I find myself looking through my Judge Dredd stuff a lot lately, and this is all your faults.

I didnt paint any Dredd figures for about three years, a time during which you were going through a Dredd phase.  What goes around comes around and all that   I hope that you get around to doing some more Dredd work sooner rather than later.

If fact I just picked up the Dark Judges set a week ago after seeing how nice yours look.

Did you pick up the Foundry or the Mongoose/Warlord Dark Judges?  Both are nice for different reasons: each have distinct styles.

I might have picked up the Sov Judges instead

Mr Saturday did a very impressive job on his Sovs it must be said.  Inspirational.

but I just had to have my own Judge Death

I understand that urge 100%

Until I saw them in this thread I didn't even know they made the spirit forms miniatures.

Mongoose/Warlord figures.  The spirit forms are so iconic that really they are pretty much essential if you are a Dark Judge fan.

[Mr Saturday]

This week it's one of the dark brothers, Judge Fire. The dark judges remain my favourite Dredd villians by a mile. This is the Citadel version from the mid 80's. Small, but full of evil.



I wanted Fire to look like a blackened corpse that's burning internally. Fire can be tricky to get right, but I'm pretty happy with the result. Lots of washes and glazes over a bright yellow base was the order of the day, including a white wash for recesses where the heat is most intense. I also painted some highlights on his body to give the impression of heat emanating from within, like a burning coal. This also served to guide the eye to areas that would be lost amongst the black. Fiery toenails for the win.

[Duff]

What a brilliant thread. Love your terrain as well, any info on the various sources of your terrain pieces would be greatly appreciated for my own Dredd stuff.

[Muzfish4]

Double Plus Extra Win for Judge Fire and the superb flame effects you have achieved.

Are the bases from MAS?

[Mr Saturday]

Thanks, I found it quite difficult to photograph the flame, I must admit. The terrain is Cheetor's, he can fill you in on the particulars Duff!

The bases are from MicroArt Studios Infinity range, if I recall correctly. I use several ranges of urban bases for my Sci-Fi models, Dragonforge being another.

[cheetor]

Great work on Judge Fire Mr S!  Very topical considering the current story in the prog

What a brilliant thread.

Your own Dredd work is off the charts Duff, very inspirational.

Love your terrain as well, any info on the various sources of your terrain pieces would be greatly appreciated for my own Dredd stuff.

My urban sci-fi terrain is largely Mantic Battlezone/Deadzone elements.  In the shots shown to date there is also a Micro Arts Studio Pumphouse and a Generator. 

The civilian vehicles are a mix of Marx Cars of the Future (old 1950s toys bought on Ebay), Zombiesmith "Rides" and a couple from other sources. 

The whole lot sits on cut up Deadzone mats which form the sidewalks etc where the buildings sit which themselves are on a Zuzzy urban mat (the negative space becoming roads).

I plan to put up a proper thread about the terrain at a later date, once I have a few other things finished.

The interior terrain is Battlesystems card stuff.  Its great, I am very pleased with it.

I hope that helps.  Ask if you want more info about anything specific

[OSHIROmodels]

Fanatics updates gents but Judge Fire is the winner 

cheers

James

[Muzfish4]

Thanks, I found it quite difficult to photograph the flame, I must admit. The terrain is Cheetor's, he can fill you in on the particulars Duff!

The bases are from MicroArt Studios Infinity range, if I recall correctly. I use several ranges of urban bases for my Sci-Fi models, Dragonforge being another.

Thanks for the information.

I have just placed an order with Dragonforge...

[cheetor]

#23 Judge Fire Spirit Form



This is the last of my Dark Judge spirit forms painted, which is very satisfying.  The flame effect is a little bit comic book, not hugely authentic looking I reckon, but its an adequate swing at a difficult subject all the same.

Oddly, both Mr Saturday and I working on and posting Judge Fire related miniatures consecutively was a coincidence, rather than a plan.



I get a kick out of having that lot painted, Im ten years old again in some small way

I forgot to mention, the spirit forms are Mongoose Publishing figures, while the corporeal Dark Judges are from Foundry.

The associated blog post is here.

Thanks for looking!

[Major_Gilbear]

Looking good; both the Citadel Judge Fire and the Mongoose version. Well done guys!