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Cheers, mate! And yeah, definitely I have all kinds of small trinkets and =][= symbols that will go on there as soon as the BA symbols have been shaved off

So, another small update on my current INQ28 activities:

For the last few weeks, I have mostly been tied up in a pretty big painting vow over at The Bolter & Chainsword, which actually had me paint more than 500 points for my World Eaters army -- quite an achievement for a lazy bum like myself

With that project now concluded, I have put a bit more work into my conversion of the Sanguinary priest -- noting not without chagrin that Kel has recently produced a really great conversion based on the same model, while I still struggle with my own version. Oh well...

I have started to remove most of the BA iconograpgy from the torso and replace it with Inquisitorial imagery. I have also replaced the model's feet with those from an old plastic chaos warrior, in order to make them look less Marine-y: It's a small thing, to be sure, but one that I think will work towards making this guy less like an Astartes. And I have followed weirdingway's suggestion, shaving off some plastic here and there to make sure the arms sit flush against the torso. And now I am messing around with different weapons and poses. I want to keep the chainsword, but the other arm is still up in the air, so to speak. Here are the options I am currently considering:

Sword and Tempestus Scion power fist:





Sword and shotgun:





I'd be happy to hear any suggestions you might have!

While reviewing my hobby year, I have also realised with shock that I only managed to paint a whopping FOUR models in 2014:



While I am fairly happy with each of them, I really want to put more work into my INQ28 collection this year -- especially since I kitbashed and converted lots and lots of INQ28 stuff last year. So keep your fingers crossed for me, okay?

Sang priest looks good! My only query - could be wrong because there's no side on pic but - he looks kinda like he's falling backwards?

2014 models look ace

I really like the Sanguinary Priest conversion so far, but I think it's suffering from two main issues at the moment. First, it still reads as a Marine. The head is a Space Wolf head, so it has those Marine proportions. I think an Empire head would give it more of a sense of a normal human wearing power armor. The arms from the Scions kit aren't quite different enough to make it look like non-Astartes power armor on their own, so I think that a head swap is essential to making the model look like a human in power armor. The second problem I see is that the model is unbalanced. The model leans to his left, both due to the position of the sword and the slant of the base. What I see when I see this model is a statue. It looks like a statue of a Marine that has tilted a bit. Neither the power fist or shotgun options offset the left-lean, so we're left with a model that looks static.
I think there's a way to make either right arm option work, though. Either pose would require the head to look to the right. If you want to try out the power fist, angle the right arm out, so it looks like he is using the power fist as a counter-weight for a massive swing with his chainsword. A yelling or grimacing head would help a lot here to convey the emotion. This solves the balance problem because the heavy power fist is held out to counter the left-lean, and sells the impending action of the model.
The shotgun solution is even simpler. By turning the head to the right (again, a more emotive head would help this pose out), instead of casually holding the shotgun up, he's now just shot someone in the face, his arm snapped up and body leaned back from the recoil. Or, he's about to level the shotgun at some poor sucker, and is preparing for the kick. Either way, an expressive head, pointed in the opposite direction of the body weight, will lend this piece the symmetry it needs to hold together.

(also, check my email!)

I think what DK said is very accurate. A head swap and repositioning of the head and maybe right arm would go a long way. As is, at least without a repose, I think the scenic base should go or at least be altered. On the humanizing aspect, perhaps the use of a human hand rather than marine one on the left arm would help too (although may complicate the sword-arm conversions somewhat).

Like I said before, excellent progress!

Cheers for the excellent feedback, guys! I think you're all spot on regarding the "tilting" effect -- which is why I got rid of the scenic base right away: It's not so cool that I cannot come up with something of equal quality that doesn't have the model looking like it's about to keel over

Regarding the rest of the model: Dexter, mate, your feedback is once again invaluable! I really didn't want to lose that head, but when I did, the model instantly started to look 100% less Space Marine-y. I also worked on the left arm some more. Take a look:





I really wanted to keep the shotgun, so I tried grafting it onto a different scion arm -- and that worked, if you ask me. I think the model seems far more balanced now. It would even be possible to go for a more "shooty" pose...



...although I have to say I prefer the more static version -- he just looks tough as nails like that. Thoughts?

Again, thanks for the excellent feedback, guys!

Nailed it. The static pose is way better. He looks like he's standing there shaking with psycho-anger. I can see the veins bulging in his forehead already.

Brilliant head looks awesome considered some kind of casting pose? He looks like a Psyker and something like a casting hand may be an interesting option.

Made all the difference! Great choice of head

Cheers, guys! Glad you like the updated version! If have your excellent feedback to thank for this, though

Oh, and I don't really see this guy as a psyker, if only because nearly every Inquisitor I have built so far has become a psyker in the end, so it feels more interesting to finally tackle a non-psyker character for a change

Yeah definitely don't make this guy a psyker. He's Monodominant to the core!

have you had any ideas about hid backpack yet i think he would look cool with a very thin spindly servo arm

 kencotter wrote:
have you had any ideas about hid backpack yet i think he would look cool with a very thin spindly servo arm

yes!

Cheers, guys!

Not sure about the servo-arm, to be honest -- I think I'd prefer this guy's silhouette to remain mostly uncluttered.

Anyway, here are some new pictures for you:









The blood drop dangling from the rosary has been replaced with an =][= symbol. I may have to add a detail or two, but be are basically looking at the finished build now.

And here's something that mostly came about due to messing around with some bitz on my desk, among them an old Lord Solar Macharius body:







Granted, the scion arms may need some fine tuning, but I think they lend a suitably imperious air to the model that I find myself strangely fond of.

As always, let me know what you think!

Really liking the staff can't help but feel an exquisite revolver might suit the other hand rather than that rather utilitarian power fist. He looks as if he needs something ostentatious and over the top with more bling.

@ Llamahead: That is an excellent point, mate -- so excellent, in fact, that I went to work right away, in order to make it happen. Unfortunately, it turned out the devil is in the details: I had this sweet, kitbashed archaeotech-pistol all set up, and then I realised the right arm ended up looking really stupid because the gun's body and barrel were much too long. So after much deliberation, I exchanged it with the plasma pistol from the plastic Commissar, and I am now once again mostly happy with the model again -- much ado about nothing, you might say...

I'll put up updated pictures as soon as I can.

What about some sort of crazy flintlock pistol from the Empire fantasy range?

@deadmeat85: I actually have a ton of those, but anything beyond a certain length will always end up looking very strange on this guy -- and those flintlock pistols are *very* long.

So, here are the pictures I promised: I did decide against the plasma pistol after all, choosing a pretty old Laspistol instead because it was closer to the original archaeotech idea, at least in design:







Not perfect, maybe, but a compromise I can live with -- for now...

Great ide really suits the old is best ethos of the Imperium.

Yep, I think it works as well. What about one of the DV cultist auto pistols?

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Thanks for the kind words, guys! I really appreciate it!

@ deadmeat85: Hmm, the autopistols did seem a bit too pedestrian for this guy, to be honest. Plus they are still rather bulky.

Have to agree really like this one and an ancient old weapon seems to fit him.

Hey everyone, a small update today: Here's a touchup to an earlier conversion of mine that I did a while ago but forgot to post:

You may remember this Inquisitor/Interrogator I converted from the plastic commissar, right?



To be honest, I wasn't 100% happy with the guy before, there was just something off about him for some reason. Back when I built him, I tried a different pair of legs, which seemed promising...



...but wasn't quite there, either. But a while ago, I tried replacing his original legs with a pair of legs from the Tempestus Scions, and I think this changes the overall look of the model rather drastically. Take a look:






I think he looks quite a bit more formidable and dynamic this way, wouldn't you agree?

If more dynamic is whatyou want to express, I agree. I liked the stiffness of the former concept, though. In connection with that huzzars' breast it radiated aristocratic pedigree, some kind of "keeping composure no matter what, stick this broomstick up your buttock". The original (now the middle) set of legs was too big, but the stance was perfect. The upper set with the rocky step adds a certain vibe of posing. And riding breeches, there is nothing better to make someone arrogant jerkface than letting him wear riding breeches without any intend to ride a horse.

I think it looks pretty cool myself and has an almost western shoot out style to it I like it so much so I might copy it

The original jodhpurs of the Commissar make the legs (particularly the right) seem wider than they are where the Scions legs are just incredibly wide; he looks like he has rickets or has been riding a horse too long ;P

To my mind, it would seem more natural if the legs were closer together but that would involve removing a section through the centre of the groin/pelvis.

I do like the stance using the Eisenkern legs too though. The body sits too high but if the very topmost part of the legs were removed down to just above the bottom part of the groin then again, they would appear more natural. Without getting too fixated on groins (!) you can see that the original is 2-3mm or so higher than with the Eisenkern legs and I think that is why they look not quite right.

YES! That's the winning pose right there dude. It's true, the Scion legs are freakishly spread apart. However, I feel that's a necessity of scale. At 28mm, certain features become so small as to be unnoticeable, so GW scales those features up to compensate. This is why hands and heads are disproportionately large on most GW models. I think the widely-spaced legs are another feature that fall into this category. Sure, if you examine them up close, and compare it to drawings of an actual person, they don't match up. However, when you look at it for what it is, the wider-spaced legs enhance the dynamic nature of the model, and balance it, providing a sense of stability.

Cheers for the feedback, guys!

I am really rather happy with the new legs, to be honest: The original legs made the model look very different: aloof and noble, but also somewhat "ineffectual", for lack of a better word: He didn't look like a character who would actually get to do anything much, but rather like an NPC, for some reason. I think the new legs really add some dynamism and agency to the model. And even though he may seem a bit squat now (mostly because he's leaning into the shot), I think it's far preferable to the previous version -- Dexter really hit the nail on the head with his reply, putting all of this far more succinctly than I could have.

PDH pointed out to me that the xenos-style pistol I had put together no longer fits the model's new look all that well, and we has totally right, of course! So I replaced it with a second autopistol, adding to the character's desperado look. I also got rid of that chain running from his lapel to his gun, while I was at it, because it became stranger and stranger the longer I looked at it -- I wonder why they put that chain there in the first place...?

Anyway, this is what the model looked like after a bit of impromptu surgery:



I am also so in love with this guy at the moment that I started painting him right away. Here's a look at the PIP model. Still a couple of finishing touches to be done, and the model's still missing its base, of course, but I think this guy is mostly done now:





As always, let me know what you think!