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Here it is. My idea is an inquisitor and retinue. Pictured are the acolyte and the "hammer bearer" or servitor. This model will be dragging the large heavy hammer. Modeled very extensively. Having trouble posing the arms. I have about 4 pairs that im still choosing from. The acolyte is still way in progress although a LOT of work has been done already. I plan to sculpt much more detail to the armour. He will be a "true" scale space marine. I want to have him look like a deathwatch marine in training. I am having a hell of a time getting the legs right. I plan to have one up, like the captain morgan pose, on a rock. The other straight. He will be reading from his book. The book was fully scratch built. That was a pain as well. The project is exciting. I have a very dark color scheme picked out. The inquisitor lord is still in the concepts right now. Not sure what i will do.

Also a lot of clean up work after words. Im dreading that phase though. Gray stuff is good, but harder to clean and smooth out onto plastic.

Lookin good man! Do I detect a hybrid in the middle there?

Thanks Major, Im still having a lot of trouble with the legs, I worked on them tonight, i just cant get them bulked up enough. So now i must start from scratch again.
The hybrid you see is suppose to represent the goones that are shown in the space marine codex. The masked creatures that i have never seen in miniatures before. If you look at the art in the new codex with the chaplain walking through the ranks you see two small creatures behind him. They have masks and are almost hissing at each other. I have no idea what they represent, im trying to create them as servitors or just bearers for the squadron.

Check out Scibor's site, or pm freakforge (the guy doing my Dante) and ask him, he is a sick PA sculptor

very very nice add me so i can see oyur progress please.

love it man good job on all of it

Quick pic of my Missionary concept. I want it to be a warrior priest in the future. Old school concept here. I also threw in a new paint job that i want to use these colors on the squad. All colors are dark in base, no white tints. I wanted to keep them all dark as possible but use highlights that pop.

The gold NMM armor was done in a hurry, just kind of thrown on, testing new colors to get a brass look as a finish. I dont think i have achieved this effect. :(

From a distance the effect is starting to show, close up it really doesn't, If you want it to be more brassy I reckon you would need to start with a lighter brown than the one there....

I like the SM chap so far though.

Imp. Monkey

Got to agree with IM. Close up it looks like a brown (unless that's what your going for!). All it needs is a lighter basecoat

I think it looks good so far as a test but i would try again blending the paints together and i think it would look great

Yea as i said it is just a quick one. I see now that the only way to achieve NMM is with a lighter color. As i said i wanted to keep everything as dark as possible, and i know it didnt turn out as well as i wanted it to, but hey you have to experiment to get it right.

Anyone have any advice for doing the inquisitor lord. I dont want a radical, i dont want any specific affiliation, i want an old school inquisitor. Like when DH first came out. Or when Inquisitor first came out. They are almost like a heretic police department and i love it.

Your best option would be to go onto Google and look for pictures of some old school inquisitor stuff. thats where i get some of my ideas

cool stuff I must say.. not so much a fan of the NMM as it is pretty much yellow. Most NMM go up to an extreme to so light reflextion that if you wanted to go with it go up to a tiny amount of white.

So here is one of the thighs that im in the works on. I want a very complex armor pattern, even though he is a space marine i want him to look honored and very unique in appearance. making him stand out as one of the highest veterans of death watch. Decked out in all kinds of good stuff. Must say that the thigh is TINY. I mean it is small. It is sized to about a terminator leg, but to make those hinges slight peaks was insanely painstaking.

The Inquisitor I, that is just a test to see how plasticard will do making the initial symbol. I think it turned out okay. I will have to work out a few kinks before i even attempt it on the actual space marines legs however.

Very nervous to see what it turns out to look like. Good work so far.

I know it may seem like cheeting but the etched brass inquisition symbols from FW would help immensely with your hyper-detailing of the deathwatch.

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Today i have begun some more work on the deathwatch veteran well, The acolyte, and i want to know what you guys think. I really am going for the decorated armaments here. This way he will stand out.

In my opinion i like using different thicknesses of plasti-card to do a lot of the work. It seems more natural. Especially after you paint it.

First some pics of the shoulder pads. Bordering and details are being added now.

Next the missionary. Sword or hammer, i have the sword done, here it is...what do you guys think, would a hammer be more pleasing?

And lastly some pictures of my old WH celestial. This darker tint to every color is what im looking for. I was wondering what you guys think. I painted this model about 4 years ago so be gentle.

The Celestials armour looks brilliant there, I love it! Oh and I reckon a hammer would look better, especially if you still intend for him to be dragging it.

Imp. Monkey

Vey nice. Hope you finish them very soon.

great work.
i'd prefer a hammer... i like the style of hammers
and the Celestial is a good work too!
...looking forward to the next pics

is this GD UK? if so you have competition from me

It looks like an interesting start. Good luck!

Looking great so far.

SONS of ORAR wrote:is this GD UK? if so you have competition from me

What are you planning to enter?? Because if your SoO are anything to go by then its gonna be a good competition!

Imp. Monkey

GD Baltimore.

@Imperial Monkey. This guy wont be dragging the hammer. That will be the weird hunch over model. He is the missionary. I just think maybe keeping the hammers throughout the squad would bring them together a bit more. The will be entered into the 40k squadron or vehicle category.

I hope to start work on the Inquisitor lord as well. He will be the most decorated and probably the most time consuming.

Some work done. The missionary is starting to come together now. The scrolls were quite difficult. They were done really thin. To bring more authenticity to the model. I also have to decide which power weapon the Death Watch captain should have. Im not sure which one is more suitable, if either of them. Converting will need to be done either way.

Imperial Monkey wrote:

SONS of ORAR wrote:is this GD UK? if so you have competition from me

What are you planning to enter?? Because if your SoO are anything to go by then its gonna be a good competition!

Imp. Monkey

My librarian that I’m currently working on on my blog and maybe a terminator squad retinue to go with him all depending on time, so that’s either single mini or squad... i may do a LR for the vehicle category... who knows

And brush_slip : your converting skill is absolutely awesome! Best of luck in the competition! How long do you have left?

Lookin good brushy, make sure to check your PM's btw!

Some work done to the Acolyte, I think the pose is going to work out. With the legs started, and i put them on with tac to see how the position will look. Lots of cleaning up to do, but that wont be for a while. I still have to do the two sages, finish the missionary, and the hammer bearer, then start on the lord.