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News from my workbench!

The Fjell Gangr of my Nordgaard (Godslayer) is finally finished.
Nevertheless if you have some feedback for improvement, just let me know.



With him my Nordgaard "Special Forces" have grown to quite a size.
On the other hand I've still two unpainted units here and some of the models for this faction haven't even be released, yet.



But this is not the only project which I'm working on at present.
After a long time of idea juggling and planing I started working on the main complex for what might be my rusty, gritty industrial plant table in the future. More distant than near future.



So far there was a some foam board and card board involved and for sure a lot of glue. But also several parts of Hirts Arts pipes. My first molds of this company and altohugh there not cheap they're totally worth it.
I placed some of my Ariadna on the building to give you a hint of its size.
The bigger plan is to also build several smaller buildings in the same style and lots of connecting pipes and walkways and so one. As modular as possible to change the tabel setup as needed.

Good work on the big nord chap, looks good.

Nice start on the industrial complex.

Thanks again once more.

I hope I can find some motivation to pick up one or two Infinity models for the next painting project. It's been some time now since I worked on my Ariadna for example.

Your Nordgaard are looking really nice, look forwards to seeing some more Infinity minis

OK, let's make a deal: You go to work for me and I'll stay at home painting up my Ariadna and more.

 pfibp wrote:
OK, let's make a deal: You go to work for me and I'll stay at home painting up my Ariadna and more.

I need someone to do that for me as well

Damn, the idea was too nice.

I've got some news from my workbench. Unfortunatelly no minis. Got distracted by other things.

First I did built a little trophy for the small betting game I'm organizing at work (Soccer World Chanpionship). The ball on top was originally the packaging of a cheap rain poncho. The rest is made fromm wood and putty.
You can still open it and put the price money inside.



If you are interested in some pictures from the biulding process, you can find them in my blog: Original German verison / Google translated English one.

And I painted up the barricades I've built a while ago.

Connected "wall" version:


Collection of different types:


Last but not least: Yesterday evening I was sick of some of the chaos on my desk thus I've created a small bruch holder made from cocktail straws and cardboard.
If you are interested you can find a short tutorial in my Blog: German / English

I knew I forgot something, when I posted here yesterday.
Besides the things already posted here, I also worked on those three beauties:



From left to right:
Alice Tinkerly (Wolsung, Inventors Club)
Clan Kuge Heroine (Keinsei, Zenit Miniatures, for Saga Samurai (or just for fun))
Oniwaban (Infinity, Yu Jing/JSA)

Sandbag things worked out nicely.

Good ingenuity with the paintbrush holder.

and nice bases for those three. Look forward to seeing them painted.

Thats a nice random selection of minis.

I'm looking at picking up some Wolsung minis soon hopefully unless I change my mind again.

Looking forward to seeing Alice painted.

Thanks. As always it will quite for sure take some time till I can start with those. The Oniwaban maybe has the best chance since I want to get some progress on my Infinity stuff.

Wolsung is - as far as I know it right now - a very neat game and - even more important - a really cool setting. MAS - the creator - had some interesting ideas combined with a nice portion of self-irony.
If you are interested you should really have a look at the "Wolsung World Tour" (don't have the link available. jsut google for it). It's a free PDF providing lots of world and races background.

GiraffeX, if you're really interested into Wolsung you should maybe have a look at their expansion Kickstarter. Went live just ~1 hour ago (and is almost funded ^^).
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1008762441/wolsung-steampunk-skirmish-game-expansion

Some news from ma painting desk as well.

First my second Foxtrot Ranger was finished.
I'm not fully satistfied with the painting result but was a little out of training. Maybe it's also a point of the camouflage... *unsure*



He even has a companion with him on his base.



If you're interested you can find a few more pictures in my blog: http://pfiek.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/infinity-ariadna-foytrot-rangers/

Second I finished a Zouaves Sapper with HMG today.
Result is better in my eyes. Perhaps it's also the colors not only the training. ^^



More pictures of him can be found here: http://pfiek.wordpress.com/2014/06/21/infinity-ariadna-zouaves-hmg-sapper/

 pfibp wrote:
GiraffeX, if you're really interested into Wolsung you should maybe have a look at their expansion Kickstarter. Went live just ~1 hour ago (and is almost funded ^^).
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1008762441/wolsung-steampunk-skirmish-game-expansion

Yeah it looks good, I've been watching their thread in the news and rumour section. There's so many games around at the moment its hard choosing which one to start next

Nice clean and Bright. Ilike them. The tall grass may be a but much for the Foxtrot. Or it's the camera angle.

Very intriguing what you've done with the base markings too. A pretty cool idea, having the faction symbol there.

Thanks.
Yes for Ariadna with the simple symbol it wors fine.

BTW here's a WIP of my current project.

She's looking very nice although I have no idea what mini that is.

The lady is from Reaper Miniatures (Pathfinder series): http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Pathfinder/latest/60092

OK, the lady is finished now. Just some small flaws that did show up on the photos and will be removed as later.
The hair color turned out pretty nice.

A few more pictures of her (and the used colors) can be found here: http://pfiek.wordpress.com/2014/06/28/konigreich-ovenstede-elisijana-rotberg/



So, what's next?
Here's a small collection of possible candiates.
Any suggestions?

Good work. The hair is nice and so is the clothing.

Thanks.

Next one's done already.
Old miniature from "Armalion" range (The Dark Eye): Schwerer Ritter (should translate into "Heavy Knight" or "Heavily Armoured Knight")

Not very complicated figure and not the most complex paintjob. Mainly an "experiment" for (weathred) metall.



More pictures can be found here: http://pfiek.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/das-schwarze-auge-armalion-schwerer-ritter/

Well bugger me, that was quick.
Good job too. The metals are nice.

Well, it was an easy figure. Nevertheless thank you.
The draw back was, I did paint very much the last week. Just a little bit at the weekend.

But there's still some progress on my projects.
I've built some reinforcements for my Infinity minis. A few new Ariadna (e.g. tractor mules on 55mm bases), some Nomads (bases mostly done) for a side project and an Imperial Agent for Yu Jing. Just a very coll miniature I want to paint. ^^



And I was curious about the quality of the Reaper Bones minis.
Their prices are just too aluring (? correct English word). 2-3 Euros for standard size figures at my favorite dealer. ~6 for the big ogre.



The material is interesting. Its quite soft but durable.
Removing moldlines with a sharp knife is OK. Bending back into the correct shape is similar to resin. Reaper's tips: Soften in almost cooking water, bend into shape, shock in ice water. Works fine for me.
Who's getting the hint/idea behind the group of four on the right? ^^

My current darlign is this female paladin. Was just too tired yesterday to continue painting.



Not my only darling to be honest. Fell a little bit in love with this lady from Freebooter's Fate as well.



And since I already hat the colors on the palette one of my Ariadna got her face paintes as well.
All three faces are not finished, yet. But it's interesting to see the big differences in the facial features. The Ariadna one's are quite hard and although the two other ones are a softer type they are still a lot different.



Last but not least I finally started painting the pieces of my diorama. OK, only the socket label so far and there are still some steps to do on it.
Maybe a little more sepia wash and for sure the inscription.

Good looking stuff.

Thanks a lot.
Had a quick look through your stuff as well. Especially the terrain is gerat. Cool ideas which I might copy a little bit one day.

Inspired by the Stormclaw box I picked my old Wolf Scout conversions of the shelf, revised them a little bit and made up my mind about what the background of this team could be.

The whole story can be found here (now in English as well): http://pfiek.wordpress.com/2014/07/19/suncaller-scouts-uberarbeitet-revised/


First we have Haymish.
He's the old one in the team and somehow the leader.


Next up is Lemmy the marsksman.


The hot-blooded Sid. Joined the scouts directly from the blood claws. CC specialist of the team.


Lobster. Earned this nickname from all the scars he got from a fire accident.


Marv. Heavy weapons guy and not always the fastest thinker.

What's your opinion?

Nice characterful...er... characters.
Good GS work and conversions.

Thanks.

Although it was damn hot this weekend I was able to work on two other things.

First a Rune Priest conversion. More pictures and some words on his backgropund can be found here: http://pfiek.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/suncaller-leaders-runenpriester-rune-priest/



And I got the last slaps of paint on my first Reaber Bones figure.
More of her can be found here in my blog (both English and German btw): http://pfiek.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/reaper-bones-trista-the-white-wolf/

Too much time at work and elsewhere but not at home.
Nevertheless and despite of the too warm weather I could work on a few things.

I was finally able to make some good pictures of an older conversion for a Wolf Priest.
Also wrote some words on him here: http://pfiek.wordpress.com/2014/07/27/suncaller-leaders-wolfspriester-wolf-priest/
Made the backpack modular to use him with Blood Claws and Sky Claws for example.



Since I don't like the standard Crozius Arcanum versions I did simply build one myself from different bits and carves sprue.



Also started to do the basing for the Wolf Scouts and the Rune Priest I showed earlier.



Next conversions are already in the making.
- Another scout that I got for cheap on ebay. Still has to be "wolfyfied".
- another Rune Priest / Librarian (left, second picture)
- a scratch-build Iron Priest (early WIP, middle,. second pic). Next steps: servo arm and maybe some Doc Oc tentacles like in Spider Man 2.
- special purpose Wolf Guard "Logan". TO be used with Sky Claws or Blood Claws (or even as Lone Wolf)
- last but not least (third picture) special "Rune Priest in Terminator Armor" project. Lots of Grey Knights parts. Their iconography will be removed and replaced by runes etc.



And as we all know one can never have enough models I did also build a Painboy. I just like the figure somehox and want to paint it.
He will either end in my vitrine or will become a present for a friend that plays Orks.
Lastly I finished the home-made gun for my Anaconda TAG.The ammo box got not as smooth as I wished but lets wait how it will look when it's one day painted.

Hi there,

although I did not manage to paint anything during the last days at least I picked up the new Space Wolves Codex and worked on some more conversions.

First one today is a Terminator planed as a Lone Wolf. But he could also be used as a Wolf Lord or a Wolf Guard.
Although this equipment combination is not legal anymore with the new codex (only hammer, wolf claws of combi weapon with the shield) I think I'll keep him this way. The axe simply looks better.
His shield still has to be modified. I think I will cut of the eagle on the front and sculpt some fur over it.



The second one is a Wolf Priest / Chaplain (rules-wise, not fluff-wise) in TDA I have been working on.
The inspiration from him came from this conversion here on Dakka.
The idea behind him is that he was formerly a Dark Angel that joined forces with the other Space Marine forces when they were all trap on a remote planet outnumbered by chaos forces that wanted to kick their but.
More or less basic background story of my chapter. Don't remember if I have mentioned a lot about it here, yet.



Next up is a power armor conversion I did.
Based on my Champion of the Emperor that got a little damaged when stripping the old paint from the Failcast I gave him a new blade and new shoulder pads and so.



I'm still unsure what to use him for and thus haven't decided on the final helmet.
I think he will either be a Wolf Lord or a Wolf Guard Battle Leader.
Here's a collection of the heads on the short-list. I could either go classic Space Wolf for him or more Dark Angel or maybe somewhat neutral.
Any suggestions from your side?



And last but not least I thought a little bit about the bases for my Marines.
I did not want to go all rocks again and thus decided to try something urban or urban battle. With cracked aasphalt and so on.
So far did two test bases. Perhaps I can to some painting tests on them next weekend.
The one with the wolf has a large crack thorugh the center. Can't be seen well on the pciture.



If you want to read more about those builds just have a look at my blog: http://pfiek.wordpress.com/2014/08/10/suncaller-veteranen-veterans/

Good work. I'm liking all the conversions and modifications.

I'm feeling heads 4 (Beardy) and 5 (top knot), if not the original.

The gun on the TAG looks nice too.