Graven's Bloggit 4th October, prepare to Enter the Deadzone!

Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you:

No adverts like this in the forums anymore.
Times and dates in your local timezone.
Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance.
Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely.
Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.

If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

**Camkierhi**

inmygravenimage wrote:
weetyskemian44 wrote:U crazy graven... crazy like a fox! I've never seen a terminator armoured pole dancer before, and probably never will again.

You say that like it's a bad thing

shasolenzabi wrote:True, Jem Hadar fleet was always tough in the show. brutal and potent

Damn right!

monkeytroll wrote:Most excellent - and yes, podium is the way to go....

Your plans for the pole are also heartily approved

Thanks mate. That's what the Pole said

Miss Dee wrote:Sorry I was looking on my phone.

No worries

So, update on stripperella:

New feet, carved out the old ones, cut down another termie for his and gs'd the gap. The angle for these was very tricky to work out and required me to look at lot of rather risque picture on t'internet It's a hard life

Going to add some wires, maybe raise the podium up about 3 cm (and with a 50mm bottom to conform to rules), maybe a crossbar on the pole-banner?

And the investigators. Their faces need tidied but the casting is blobby, and you really can't see it at tabletop level, so I may just leave them as they are. Happy with the colours and would rather move on to monsters. Also, they're not this shiny, I'm just being quick and dirty with the lighting.

Onwards, etc!

Well they great to me.

Got to admit can't wait for the monsters though!

**Gitsplitta**

I hate to say it graven... but those feet look HUGE. How about making a SM version of stiletto heels?

**inmygravenimage**

That thought had occurred to me also. I'll experiment!

**Knightley**

That man with the top hat is ace!

**Solar_lion**

Wow! .. I'm of travelling for work and I come back and I see this...my first words were..' well thats not something you see everyday!'

**inmygravenimage**

Thanks Knightley! And S_L, well, I'm glad to hear it

And now here she is, with her killer heels (bolt pistol grip stilettos

)

The basic build on her is largely done, now to add chains, tassels, feather and pipes

And then, there's the question of spot colour. My plan is to make lots of piles of bank notes on the podium and have them spot coloured green (after all, it's something important to them, right?) - reasonable? The alternative would either be red on the scarf around her face (she is a woman of mystery) or the shoes (vid. killer heels). Thoughts?

**Solar_lion**

inmygravenimage wrote:
The alternative would either be red on the scarf around her face (she is a woman of mystery) or the shoes (vid. killer heels). Thoughts?

I thought the chaos Power fist said all that!

**inmygravenimage**

Yup

I love the pose of that hand, too. See if I went with green I could have white blood on the fist's fingers. Which would be damned cool.

**Viktor von Domm**

some red shoes always implies sexiness...at least to me...

you sir have such a vivid imagination pressed in plastic and white metal....

man!!! I must say nerdy´s comp really is quite an inspiration...but I have no time....no time...no time....

the green paper money in my view would not be that much of a "sin city" spot colour... iirc red is the preferred colour...?

the cthulhu stuff is mindblowing as usual... but then again cthulhu is all about mind blowing, right?

cheers mate^^

**inmygravenimage**

You're absolutely right about the green. It tends to only be the primaries. I'm torn on whether to "bloody" the fist or not. The red shoes are really tempting. Glad great Cthulhu has melted your head

once I've got this out of the way I'm back on the mythos (actually, there's more mansion/lab furniture getting primed just now in the garage).
And your kind words are much appreciated

**Camkierhi**

You are perfoming wonders with the build dude, looks stunning.

I personally would go with the red heels, or what about her hair being golden? I know goldy was not a dancer in the movie but hey artistic license! I like the idea of the money still but not sure about making that the spot colour. I think the only green in the movie was goldy's eyes!

Regardless of the competition this is defenately one of my favourite conversions ever.

**Viktor von Domm**

I like the hair idea cam... that would be something less obvious than using red in this context... as my idea for the red shoes... was thinking the old OZ story...but the hair is less cliché...

as for cthulhu... well the whole 1920 setting has so much known but yet so much alien vibes to us that we fall for it with ease... at least this was what has done it for me every time I played the mythos...

**Dr H**

I like the idea of the green money, but you may find it difficult to make it stand out and still look like money, as it would normally be a pale green which may not stand out from the grey. Although, with a black floor, the high contrast may work.

I'm tempted to avoid red as a colour, but it's still an option at the moment.

Another option is to colour the skin. After all, with any stripper, the skin is the important part...

**Red Harvest**

Dr H wrote:

<snip>
I'm tempted to avoid red...
<snip>

Hunh

What did I do?

I have an old noise marine with footgear like that. Also has a guitar blaster. The rogue trader stuff was so crude, but so imaginative.

**GiraffeX**

Viktor von Domm wrote:
some red shoes always implies sexiness...at least to me...

Well you know what they say about a girl who wears red shoes....

--

She's looking cracking Graven, really nice pose, looking forward to the tassles

**Dr H**

You will notice, Red, that I said red and not Red.

**inmygravenimage**

Camkierhi wrote:You are perfoming wonders with the build dude, looks stunning.

I personally would go with the red heels, or what about her hair being golden? I know goldy was not a dancer in the movie but hey artistic license! I like the idea of the money still but not sure about making that the spot colour. I think the only green in the movie was goldy's eyes!

Regardless of the competition this is defenately one of my favourite conversions ever.

Well that means a lot to me dude. Yeah, the green money's not going to work. It's not hair, it's the cloth round her face... Hmm...

Viktor von Domm wrote:I like the hair idea cam... that would be something less obvious than using red in this context... as my idea for the red shoes... was thinking the old OZ story...but the hair is less cliché...

as for cthulhu... well the whole 1920 setting has so much known but yet so much alien vibes to us that we fall for it with ease... at least this was what has done it for me every time I played the mythos...

Well in the Oz stories the shoes are actually silver

Yeah, gotta love the alien horror of Lovecraft.

Dr H wrote:I like the idea of the green money, but you may find it difficult to make it stand out and still look like money, as it would normally be a pale green which may not stand out from the grey. Although, with a black floor, the high contrast may work.

I'm tempted to avoid red as a colour, but it's still an option at the moment.

Another option is to colour the skin. After all, with any stripper, the skin is the important part...

Very true, but tricky to get right. Apart from that yellow bastard's, of course

I'm leaning towards red, alas...

Red Harvest wrote:
Dr H wrote:

<snip>
I'm tempted to avoid red...
<snip>

Hunh What did I do?

I have an old noise marine with footgear like that. Also has a guitar blaster. The rogue trader stuff was so crude, but so imaginative.

Hah! Great minis, so they were.

GiraffeX wrote:
Viktor von Domm wrote:
some red shoes always implies sexiness...at least to me...

Well you know what they say about a girl who wears red shoes....

--

She's looking cracking Graven, really nice pose, looking forward to the tassles

^Blisters?

The tassles might disappoint you, we'll see.

Dr H wrote:You will notice, Red, that I said red and not Red.

Well, I'm really thinking red, now. Going to do it as ribbons of cloth, extended from her face. I've also added in cabling, chains and tassles:

Bit fuzzy, sorry. Also, note bigger podium.

Butt shot. And yes - she actually spins!
Thanks for all your support and encouragement chaps - think she's reading for priming!

**Gitsplitta**

She spins??! Excellent! That calls for a youtube video!

**shasolenzabi**

Helluva stripper costume!

**inmygravenimage**

Thank you chaps. I'll see what I can do about a video.

So here she is minus pole, with wet blending and freehand galore (gulp)

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Some additional highlights still to come, but she's nearly there. I hope...

Automatically Appended Next Post:
I absolutely hate doing freehand, I'm crap at it, but we have to push ourselves after all.

And what of the base? Well, the podium:

Gloss black, mostly. those little white specks? Well now...

Yup. Leds

like I said, pushing myself. Foil to reflect the lights more.

Crazy, but there we are

Automatically Appended Next Post:
And together (though with lights off):

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Even a bit of nmm on the.pole and osl on the termie armour.

**Dr H**

Nice work Graven. Good to see you pushing yourself. Only way to get better.

Like the lights for the base too.

**inmygravenimage**

Dr H wrote:
Nice work Graven. Good to see you pushing yourself. Only way to get better.

Like the lights for the base too.

Thanks man. Means a lot to me

And in all her glory:

And the rest of her -

Spoiler:

A detail shot:

And "interior" details:

I have a video of the lights flashing, disco style. Dunno how to put that up here though

Been a lot of fun, and thanks for all your support. Back to dungeon furniture next, methinks!
Later gang,
graven

**Camkierhi**

Looks brilliant dude, better than I hoped for you, great work. Tough competition so you have pushed the boat out and done a great job.

**inmygravenimage**

Thanks muchily mate. I have tried to dial it up a notch

Meantime, I've gone back to furniture, as promised:

**shasolenzabi**

And today we start with a sports relaxation center, whenever sports have cramped you up, or that charley horse kicks you, the isometric relaxation table will help you unwind, and relax, of course someone has to help out with the process.

**Red Harvest**

Bit of a stretch, calling it an isometric relaxation table, don't you think?

I do like well done interior scatter.

That Terminator stripper is really disturbing. Moreso than the table, IMHO.

**Gitsplitta**

Gruesome! (sp?)

**inmygravenimage**

shasolenzabi wrote:And today we start with a sports relaxation center, whenever sports have cramped you up, or that charley horse kicks you, the isometric relaxation table will help you unwind, and relax, of course someone has to help out with the process.

You are loony

Red Harvest wrote:Bit of a stretch, calling it an isometric relaxation table, don't you think?

I do like well done interior scatter.

That Terminator stripper is really disturbing. Moreso than the table, IMHO.

pun! Yeah, I like to add a bit of unusual detail to my board games. I'm really looking forward to Talisman stuff once the Mansions critters are done. And I'm glad she freaks you out

Gitsplitta wrote:Gruesome! (sp?)

I take that as a high complement!

And so, some Lab (or rather) LAB equipment (plus somewhere to sit):

Slightly crappy pic, sorry. Next, monsters again I think!

Cya
graven

**Solar_lion**

Only Blog where you can get gruesome lab equipment and 40k PA SOB pole dancers.. how great is that!

Should be a new category on Dakka!

**monkeytroll**

Excellent work on the stripper sir

All the lab equipment looking good too, nice stone effect on the chiropractor's table.