Yes, when you are in a sad mood, that is like a cold of the mind, so a "bowl of robot chicken soup" is highly recommended.

ROFL...that was totally the best reply mate you ever gave!

But of course

As always full of awesome!

Aye up folks , wish i had something new to show but i have been having a chronic case of winter blues and what feels like terminal burnout , Still lots of ideas , a simple pre heresy space crusade game set on board Horus's ship with boarding crews. and a Proper 3d game board for a custom version of inquisitor been the top contenders, But the drive to finish them is just not there at the moment .. I even picked up some more lizardy stuff from WFB for the liliitu coven the cockatrice and the tomb kings tomb guards, but nothing is really doing it for me .. gonna take a break and hope the desire to create comes a flooding back .

I know the feeling. Take a break man, it is needed from time to time to recharge those creative juices.

Its not a good time of yea for doing anything really. Bloody dark, wet and cold. If I could afford to get drunk I would.

Hey Neil! Sorry to hear you're stuck in the doldrums - hope it doesn't last too long. I've had similar funks myself around times when family have been acting up. No real helpful advice to give, I'm afraid, but just know that it's not terminal - something small will interest you eventually, and that's just what kicks it all off all over again.

Hope things aren't too rough at your end, and I'll be sending you good vibes

Tom

hey mate... winter blues is awful...was just today running around to get my wife some daylight bulb...to no avail...have to look in the interwebs for that now...

have you considered making a sort of honor rack for your stuff you already produced? something that shows you how special your work is? something that might be of intrinsic motivation and positive feedback of your prowess?

if all else fails... i am more than happy to banter with you...as long as yoou keep with us...you know...appetite comes with the eating^^

sunny days i wish for you mate!

cheers, vik

Hey up lad.

Hope things got sorted, you need a sabbatical I'd say.

Take it easy mate, we'll be here.

I'm sure something will come along and inspire you when you least expect it.

Sometimes its nice just to have a break and look back over what you've done.

Really like all of that stuff. Good job!!!

no worries man, We'll be here when you return...

very nice. I love your creativity with your conversions.

back on form guys , thanks for the support , folks been working on a retro mini today for the 25th anniversary , also been working on the 3d space crusade board , now forge world have gone and usurped me

hello neil... welcome back to the fold!

the elysians always give the vibe of true battlehardened spec ops... when it comes to IG forces from GW these are very tempting! also your poses have added a lot to the feel of these scenes! you can almost hear eery sounds and feel the tension those soldiers must have in their muscles...

that one pic looks even like a predator kind of vision...is that how you picture orks to look like or is it from another charcters point of view?

good to see your stuff again!!!

cheers, vik

^ just gonna say.. what he said, beacause he hit the nail on the head

Is that a genestealers POV? I like this image a lot.

Looking good, those tacked GK on your blog looked immense

^ i like that idea alot, so it really is AvP movie staring warhammer models

Oh and Neil I think you;ll like this http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/431742.page

I do enjoy the full terrain, photoshopped pics as well! They give a great feeling to the models!

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

Those photos have a great feel to them and the boards looking great as well

Good to see you posting again mate

Nice minis, is that a custodes I spy?

Excellent atmospheric pics as usual, plus bonus ork

Hey peeps , sorry for the extended absence , family stuff , left little room for modelling and my mojo was shot . Inspiration has been wanting to come back for a while , and it did with the space crusade board , but lack of funds to complete it and the arrival of the new forge world stuff , sent my passion packing , there stuff will be half the price of doing it myself . I did however form the desire for a more passionate board whilst i was in the midst of designing to hit charts and what nots . The movie the women in black gave me the jitters and spurred a passion for the Gothic again , i have wanted to create a dark tower for a while , the juxtaposition between smooth walls and rocky outcrops gets me every time , so a long inspiration trawl later

https://gimmebar.com/loves/neil101/collection/firehose

and i have a design had no end of trouble with the thing though , as i am a bit strapped for cash at the moment trying to make do with stuff i can scavenge again recycled road in this one . Also wanted to capture that realistic rock thing that model railway guys do so well, http://www.building-your-model-railroad.com/making-rocks.html

so i tried to cast my own from my garden with some old plaster of paris and really old rubber for molds , didn't work so well but was very interesting , not sure if this is going to be the best way for me.. but i do like the detail in the rocks . ( have a thing for textures at the moment )

nothing is glued on the build , just trying to find a good silhouette ,

@Vik cheers Vik , glad to be back , just needed some time and space the elysian look like the work of Möbius to me , especially form the fifth element , spec ops is apt , i got them for LJ as they have the ship security vibe he wanted . the pics were just for fun nothing really behind those ones , just playing glad you like mate.

@Rogue Thanks man appreciate it alien vs predator ..mmm.. i like that and i have the models , oh noes don't get me started on another project

@PDH Cheers Pete , Its beer goggles point of view , the GK will keep tacked until i get my mits on the forge world board , so i dont get bored with them .probably change completely by then though oh and thanks for the link love fanir stuff , very dark,

@Rawson hey mate thanks for popping in , i think i might be moving into a new era of moddleing , i am really enjoying just playing and photographing again .

@Cheers llamahead , boards on hold now unless i get some real pennies real soon. the forgeworld minis do lend themselves to my style of photography much more so than any other minis i think , the detail just pops.

@Monkey Cheers mate , yep custodes for Bj , copied diligently from the excellent Rhys knight here, the ork comment me lol . and seriously think about GDCK cheers.
http://rhysknightminiatures.blogspot.com/2012/01/custards-sorry-custodes.html


thank you for taking the time to comment folks , especially since i haven't been returning the favour too much lately

lots of just playing with the cam lately , all wips

I love the mini-eye view shot of the cathedral with all of the troops walking up the stairs

Neil that church really is superb!!!!! I really want to see this one painted and finished . Now that would be good to play Inquisitor over.

edit - I meant to ask what is the big black area to the left of the steps upto the church....I cannot make it out in that picture.

So when is your anniversary? The Zone Mortalis looks good, cannot wait to see the doors. I rather like how FW have used some of John's art on the walls too. If I had more gaming buddies in the area I think I would buy one too. Though I imagine painting it would be an effort and a half.

@ cap cheers man , love that shot my self was in two minds as to show it or save it for when its complete , but wheres the fun in that , ;-)

@ PDH , thought you might like it , i am trying to make ita gaming board also , but dio first , i tried the other way round and it looked crap , no heart and soul just gaming mechanic, i really need to get some proper pink foam and tools , like a work bench and a shed , would love that . The dark area is going to be the cold plated mechanicus basement area with plenty of movement room and doors and what nots, trying to get that rocky and smooth variation. got loads of passion for finishing this off mate , never fear , cheers mate.

hmmm.... interesting project...a good opening to any comment on this thread

so a black tower? hmmm... the inspiration pic is full of stuff from known movies and lots of other sources... is that small part of the admechs done by you? not entirely sure as mostly you draw/sketch in finer lines... but i might be wrong here^^

the plaster of paris idea and the use of garden landscape as a sort of mold making material is very good idea...and i do apreciate your ambitious research for good and convincing looking textures! here lies true value for the dio!

and well the current version of the dio... very scenic... but i am not totally surprised by that...you are a man fro a scenic aproach of such projects... seems that is bread and butter for you^^ oh and i think that is a good idea to share that cloud site for research purposes... tho i have to say i feel better for having downloaded everything that takes my fancy^^

cheers, vik

Wow cool, going to burn down Space Frankensteins Monster's lair?

Must have missed the last little bit of content. I agree with PDH and i too really like the Genestealer vision.

Nice to see some Elysians, Everytime i see those models i have to remind myself of all my unpainted/unnassembled models. Some day.....

Hey Neil! So good to see you're producing again - and such unique stuff too! Hope this marks the start of a big creative period for you

Love the chapel, and especially your evocative shots of it - it's been said by others, but the image of the troops climbing the stairs is fantastic. I really want to see the Woman in Black, but it was that or the Muppets last time I went to the movies with Hannah, and - what can i say? The elysians look sweet too, as well as the board - amazing stuff. Have you checked your house for FW bugs?

Apologies if I missed your last update, have had very little time for Dakka lately. Hope you're doing well!

Hey folks , been working on the frank n furters lair, some good progress some not so good

@Vik why thank you kind sir, The admechs are by the genius Jes goodwin i think , looks very much like his work , he has influenced my own work though , as a kid i copied his terminator captain sketch for my art homework , cant find the pic now.

right again with the texture work, if that's wrong it just doesn't work as a convincing reality for me. lots of stuff in the gimme bar , very handy for me , the talented Tears of envy spotted it , and i haven't gone back since.

@ Perkustin Hey mate , yep Frankenstein's monster is gonna get it ! the elysian pic is just glowing edges filter in photoshop. looks kinda cool on that pic, shame on me using filters

edit oops @Scarper ,thank you .very kind words matey, i hope this signals a new creative juncture too, really feeling some writing and maybe even drawing , feels like i have been away an age , not sure if i would have opted for the woman in black over the muppets had it been on , these are not the bugs you are looking for hope life isnt too mental for you , would be a shame to miss out on all those post apoc stories

work is progressing at a pace , i stocked up on 12 bottles of liquid nails and now only have 1 left picked up some cork sanding blocks for rubble and stripped some bark off my plum tree i even stocked up on some extruded polystyrene at last !! but the plaster of Paris casts are the best thing for this project, i made the cliff face first using just the yellofoam polystyrene but it looks a little plain now i have completed the front steps and the side cave . ,the sleepy hollow tree and the graveyard , next, i made my own tombstones using the plaster of Paris , but the my squirty polystyrene foam tree failed , too big and dominating will probably just pick up the citadel wood.

This certainly looks like its about to be epic.

that foamy looking structure is so weird looking... i hope i wont get nightmares from that

and that poor sod of a plumtree sure has it...looks definatly done in...^^

When I saw the words "update, big hill" I was expecting, well, a hill, not an entire game board!

Dude, you sure do love to make some cool terrain! Wish I had the skills (and the space ) to do what you are up to!

Neil never disappoints in his terrain or conversions!

Great terrain...again!

great looking peice this is turning out to be neil!

So uh Neil, you didn't happen to have an encounter where one object looked like an ice cream cone, and another like a circle and a little red one that went "whoooosh!" did you?

Oh yeah now that looks the part.

Wow man! Amazing stuff! The groundwork is awesome!

Hi all

Thanks for the feedback , I have been struggling with the build , the natural stuff went in like clockwork , but everything else has been a bit of a mare , It was my bday the other day , so i picked up a few prezzies for the build , the garden of morr and the citadel wood , both cool products , i highly recommend the garden of morr in particular , a bit pricey though at twenty five quid but the tombs in it are marvellous , great for inquisitional stuff. and the gothic reaper is straight outta the original Frankenstein, perfect! but then i got stumpted with the tower , cant decide on 40ked windmill or just a gothic tower , none seem right at the moment . my heart leans for the windmill , but i think i will get burnout if i have to scratch build the 40ked sails, but a plain tower looks a bit bland now .

any help folks can suggest pictures or other 40k towers would be much appreciated, really want to start painting now. before mass effect 3 steals away my life

@ Moltar Cheers molt , epic scale would be so much easier , for huge dios i think i might take it up

@vik , lol , i based it on this pic kinda yep my garden is truly a garden of morr

@Commander cain hiya cc , cheers man , i really don't have the space truly , just cant stop myself building the bleeding things and your skills are in no way lacking my friend

@ shazolenzabi Thanks shazo, cost me bomb this one , cant really decise if its a gaming table or a diorama . probably one of the reasons i suffering with the tower design.

@Baiyuan Hey mate , thanks man , wanted it to be light , ....its not!

@Rogue wolves He rogue , thanks mate , the natural stuff i am pretty confident with , its hard to go wrong with hills stuck now though.

@Sahzo " qoute " " So uh Neil, you didn't happen to have an encounter where one object looked like an ice cream cone, and another like a circle and a little red one that went "whoooosh!" did you?"
well if i did i wouldnt be posting about it on dakka , dirty boy


any advice on what direction to take the tower is most welcome folks.

I dont think a windmill is the best idea, I think that it would look cool as "the lightning church" from Tales Of Hersey!

I love it but not a fan of the windmill. It certainly adds atmosphere but throws off the whole grim dark future idea. If it was for fantasy I'd say leave it, but take no offence I love the feel of this work of art. I would maybe add a clock instead covered in imperial iconography.

Always a pleasure to see your work!

I don't know... I think the windmill is a nice idea - it reminds me the scene from Army of Darkness movie and the one from Van Helsing movie... And a lot of other grim and dark images. Windmill is a really suitable variant of tower for gloomy and creepy atmosphere, well, with a proper decorations. Something which can make a great 40k landscape.
Just throw in some wires, tesla-coils and other tech stuff for more Sci-Fi feel... Who said, there can't be a futuristic windmill? 40k is all about grotesque and fantasy vibe.

An awesome build nonetheless! Keep it up

Well Neil, one never knows when one has been affected by such a "encounter" He was making the sculpture unconsciously at first. Looks good with the tower for the windmill and the graves etc. Like it.

i think the windmilltheme is as classy as you can go... i know... the future surly will have a problem to have a working windmill that is any use against so many other energy sources in that techperiode... but well... i think you should do the windmill... but for my sins...i would do it ruined and halfburned ... the wings/sails of the windmill like this perhaps...or already bunt down seriously...:




also like the lil poe pic with the raven!

and what is that substructure of the windmillsials made form? looks like a picketfence to me...^^

Liked like iron speared fence to try and keep grave-robbers out.

Thanks folks , given me plenty of food for thought , really like the last church idea , and i think it would be pretty easy to do too
, then the windmill got a big thumbs up , and my heart does agree , the only thing putting me off is another long build , kitbashing .. :-/ , i have tentatively placed the building on a black powder world , with little imperium contact,so the fantasy element is not so much bothering me, but still , it is 40k not fantasy ..mmm.

@ Capitan solstice , giving me plenty of inspiration on the church theme , never really considered it until now thanks , found a deviant art pic too

https://gimmebar.com/loves/neil101/collection/firehose

@Madmartykmf hey mike thanks for the feedback mate, i do agree with you about the windmill , my original idea was just to have a fantasy themed 40k diorama , then the Frankenstein idea took hold and the windmill is so Frankenstein and Gothic , , but i am struggling to fit it in with the mythology , is it an imperium structure on a black-powder planet , can i tie the two themes together convincingly .. guess we'll see , cheers man. and congrats again.

@Ishkatar , this is what i feel in my heart about the piece , i usually go with my gut , but Amber and Bailey , both told me in no uncertain terms they think the windmill looks out of place or too dominating , now i am torn , i have found some cool tesla style stuff that would work very well with the build from quantum gothic
http://www.quantumgothicwars.com/rcstudio/
but the price and more work is putting me off .. maybe i should stop trying to rush it. thanks matey.

@Shazo , I think we must have gotten our wire crossed i thought you were talking about the hill , who was making the sculpture unconsciously , and what sculpture ? sorry for the mix up matey ,

aye spear tipped fences , they never work do they tut tut tut .

@ Vik , love that windmill design ,
based on this concept art i think


which this guy built before if you remember. soo cool.



http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/at2/2010/9/25/f79e8b046c30a0e9002dfcb2b7703e98_16851.jpg

love the burnt out sails idea , i was thinking of going down this route at one point , so it wasnt too dominating , my problem with this design is its so very much fantasy , not really a problem since i am thinking of a blackpowder planet , just , i dont have any fantasy buildings to pull it off convincingly.

thanks for all the ideas folks , plenty of food for thought will, keep posted where it goes from here.

I tend to disagree. 40k is very fantasy in so many ways... After all, it's a very eclectic universe, where anything can find it's place.
Of course, it's all up to you, but I think, that hobby is all about making your ideas come true, no matter, how complex and work-demanding they are.
Pfff, I know, that sounds a bit lame and not very motivating

PS:
Those Power Modules you've linked are super cool!

your resaerch is yet again mindblowing...and yep...i remember the guy that made that windmill... great builder!!!

well with the whole blackpowder theme too you are totally boundless... so i would do this... but you are also quite right that the sails would be dominating the scene pretty much... maybe by only doing one full sail and the rest ruined would compensate you in a way? that might leave enough "mindspace" for the whole terrain to be worth a look...the balance restored and staying true to the vision ...

as for the powergenerators... i have in my scratchbuild box a chewing gum package...that looks like a powergenerator... if i am able i will show you a pic of that... dunno maybe it will be helpful^^

@ Ishkatar , true , its very eclectic , i do like fantasy , just putting off what i know i should do i guess ( the hard work ) scratch built sails , grimdarked up to look suitably futuristic and still retain that fantasy vibe. tricky stuff , but ultimately what i think the hill needs , either that or a church spire with ruined outbuildings now.

@ Vik I think i know what gum packet you mean , the rolled stuff in strips ? have to pop into town today so i may pick up a pack , nice call mate.

http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00LMwQyketrIbj/Pop-Chewing-Gum-YD-R-001-.jpg

yep...that is looking quite like the stuff that i have... tho a tad different... more ribbed...sort of... you know what i mean once you see it in the store^^

Hey folks , i finished the build finally , took a bit longer than originally planned , decided to go with the regular aquilla tower , and move focus of the build to the as yet unseen rear , as diorama , i was happy to only have the front and sides , but as i progressed i thought , bugger it ,this can be a gaming board too so i added a few bits to give more regular gaming room and also to let the hill have a bit of breathing space , probably will add another flat section for gaming purposes, i base coated all as one and will paint it all as one , but the boards are in fact separate for storage ,as is the tower which is in two sections. painting next effeminately going for a morning or moonlit winter theme , and picked up some woodland scenics for snow basing , looks like a great product. was thinking of a vampirific blood red tower in a snowy white environment , but it might be a bit much maybe just regular tower.

painting suggestions welcome

introducing inquisitor radical inqusitor Absolom on the mount.

@ Vik still havent been in town for that gum generator

@ captain solstice , special thanks to you for igniting the church theme , it really inspired me to finish the build , loved the windmill , but couldn't face the kitbash

Wow. I cant believe you actually used my advice

it looks amazing neil, and i like all the interesting little characters you have there

oh man... what a feast for the eyes! again so much storytelling with pics! what i truly like and what i one day would love to see in person, are the many delicatly placed breadcrumbs of details all over the board... so many sweet things here and there ...alcovens and steps and caves and scattered small items like the axe and it´s chopping block...

also i like how you help us even tho we are not there to look in every nook, to do just that with your camera perspective... great photography... i think for this one you should again make a scenic background like you did with your chilling captain at the island... a moody sky...

i think after seeing this we all can live with the tower and not having a windmill quite good... it seems to have inprinted it´s need and will on the artist!

very good work old boy^^ and beeing an old grunt just means in this context full of whim and vinegar enough to be able to conjour such pleasentries for our eyes!

*respectful nod*

Man! That is EPIC! Perfect composition!!

Thanks folks , i am pretty tired after the build , your comments really kept me going , when it started to get tough , went through loads of different concept stages during the build, was difficult trying to keep the Frankenstein aim , especially when i researched Don quiote , lol . learned new stuff too , less is more ! i always forget this basic concept and end up having to pull bits of conversions and scenery;-) , although my cliff face went through 3 different stages , and still doesn't really look like i wanted it too . Oh well , you live and learn eh!

really looking forward to a nice easy paint job , will probably take an age as its so bloody big though .

@ captain solstice , Yeah cheers again matey , ( less is more , more often than not )

@Rogue wolves thanks rogue , , now the fun bit. ;-)

@ Vik glad you like mate, the back drop is something i have been thinking on for the final pics , it will need to be pretty huge though , i have a spare door that i am thinking of using a panel of the front of it. Been old has some advantages , i get to be more grumpy than usual without having to explain myself .

@ Dst , hey mate , cheers ! it was pretty frustrating , every time i put something right something eles looked wrong , i was spinning the board to make sure it had that golden ratio feeling. i wanted it to feel like an old landscape painting by the romantics. not sure if i pulled that off , will e easier to see after the paints on .

thanks for all the help folks

maybe use a piece of canvas rather... some blanket even...

Been old has some advantages , i get to be more grumpy than usual without having to explain myself .

i like that as a motto^^ getting old never was so rewarding^^

Perfect!.You never cease to amaze Neil

kudos

Now that I look at the Church again, it really does remind me of the lightning church! I cant express how cool it is to see something from your head made real by someone else...

You've definately pulled it off man!

Looks great Neil, I was referring to this.

@ Vik canvas is a good idea , but pricey i was thinking wallpaper actually .

@ Mike Hey Matey , i just realised i made a shrine to the aquilla lol, your work has obviously inspired on a deeper level .

@Captain Solstice , I did see a picture of the lightning church on deviant art after you mentioned it , and it was sat upon a rock, i haven't read the story though , i had dismissed the idea of church early on , but after you mentioned it , and i did some more specific research i realised it was probably the , best option for this build . A church on a big rock is definitely not original , but tats exactly why it was right , , also , the shrine of the aquilla is a great kit , but doesn't lent itself to conversion very well , on account of the huge wingspan , something I figured i could get rid of , in hindsight , it was never going to happen I think I if I hadn't built the hill , i would have definitely gone with the windmill , but i was kinda burnt out tbh , and needed a refocus , the church idea was that , thanks again , if i were to build the actual lightning church , i guess , it wouldn't have the big aquilla symbol on the front though
the idea of a sacred stone inside is interesting too . i also found these cool images that convey part of the idea i wanted to portray










@ Sahzo i am a bit dense sometimes shazza , mash potato !

Funnily enough this came on the tv whilst i build it , Amber just looked at me sideways one eyebrow raised

i am now wondering if my tongue popped out like that ,

Save the Windmill idea for your upcoming fantasy version! But yes, If you can get ahold of a wallpaper sample book, especially a textured wallpaper sample book- that would be awesome!

@ Dst Wallpaper sample book might be too small i imagine , but textured wallpaper in general might work well for a painted backdrop . i have a roll of lining paper somewhere in the house .

I primed the Tor today , using sponge stippling , sorry for bad lighting in pics, looking foeward to trying to get the snowy feeling

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=&pIndex=1&aId=4400036a&start=2

now that is some fast progress...!

Keep them coming like this and you'll have to eat your breakfast of one of those terrain pieces some time soon. Where are you going to store this?

Damn that is good.

Neil....this looked cool last time I saw it now it looks amazing, Really is looking good.

@ Sahzo i am a bit dense sometimes shazza , mash potato !

Funnily enough this came on the tv whilst i build it , Amber just looked at me sideways one eyebrow raised

i am now wondering if my tongue popped out like that ,


There is a very strong possibility that did indeed happen thus making your sweety look at you so oddly as you were likely channeling Richard Dreyfuss at the moment it happened.

Hey just a quicky before bedtime

Did some more washing and rough highlighting , thought I would take a few pics before I start on the winter stuff and cover it all up


@Vik , i have been waiting to get to this stage for a month , not wasting time now , gonna try get the big stuff done and then get bogged down with detail work , really fancying just painting up a mini , but i really should finish this first.

@Baiyuan lol quote " Keep them coming like this and you'll have to eat your breakfast of one of those terrain pieces some time soon" Mmm Khorne Flakes !

I have no idea where i am going to store this mate , i rarely think that far ahead , i have been contemplating , ritually burning it tbh , but doubt i have the alls for such a grand gesture , more likely just stick it at the bottom of my bed , trip over it every morning and slowly kick it to death one day at a time , like i did with the necron monolith scenery

@PDH , hey Pete glad you approve , I kept thinking of your minis whilst building it , thinking would so and so fit here , or would this do justice to your inquisitorial guys , so thanks for the inspiration mate


Will probably do some detail work tomorrow and add more depth , I have been researching snowy and winter themed stuff , to try and get a good idea about all the different, ice and snow styles that could be added to the board, I tried to get the look of a green full moonlit night , at first , but decided it was too monotone, that's why there are greenish hues on the board , I think it works well near the grave yard.

like i did with the necron monolith scenery

now! no you didn´t ruin that one, now did you?

but i really should finish this first.

story of my hobbylife... and yet i always fail to do so^^

it is really a shame that you have not some gaming club you attend to... otherwise you could at least donate your stuff... that way it would at least get played and used as it was intended... hmmm...what a horrible way of such a fine piece to crumble to dust...

Totally Creepy!!

I think you should put your stuff on ebay! That is an amazing game board!

How did you make the little coffins?

What about some sort of ghoul type thing near the crypt? Munching a arm or something!

Hey folks , added the snow effect yesterday , and I wasn't overly impressed , so i then had to vacuum it all off not very easy either ,as i had spray pva glued it on took me all day to rectify that problem , several ink washes ,and highlights later , i was back at the beginning oh and i lost my raven to the vacuum

thought i would share the ten minutes of snow effect on the tor with you , i have started work on the tower now , and its nearly done tbh barring details , but i think i will save those pics for the final dio , although i did post em up on the ammo bunker on Molotov's inquisitor terrain thread if your really want to see them

also started base coated a miniature for dio hurrah!

@ Dave cheers an thats the effect i was going for

@ Manny , i am considering it mate

@vik aye dust and crumbs

Looks pretty damn sweet to me! I was going to say, I might have to tap you for advice when using the snow-stuff, as I want to use them for a board/VC army I'm starting up...

-Remi

@ HF Izanagi , lol , it looked alright , not variation though , and to get that i would have had to work pretty hard i reckon , snow drifts and ice sheets , , where as this just looked like the first fall . I also missed the colour variation immediately ! go figure . i have been looking forward to the snow for ages and when i added it i thought , oh i miss the grimdarkness of it all lol

i linked some gw tutorials earlier , i was going to follow their lead tbh.

I can see the inspired song now "Dying in a winter-terrorland!"

well so now that the snowlook is dead...maybe you could stick the tower dio back to back to the ashwasteland dio...and make a huge dio^^

hope you are in good spirits after that vacuum work...poor raven...so he wont say nevermore ever again?

This looks as if it would make a great centrepiece for the final battle of an Inquisitor Campaign. I'd also like to see a few more shots of the new Inquisitor I know it's based on a Death Korp rider but what did you use for it's head?

Love your work brother.
Subbed

This is the kind of terrain Warhammer 40K was meant to be fought over.

My hat is off to you.

--B.

Wow! Gothic. If I ever have the time and space I'm making a graveyard - looks so sinister and horror movie-esque

Hey folks , i painted a model for the dio this week .

@shazo, snow has thawed for now

@Vik qoute " .poor raven...so he wont say nevermore ever again" so true .

@Llama cheers matey, the head is a servo skull from forge world. inquistor lokks i think.

@Spudkins Cheers matey.

@Briancj thanks you kind sir , but please dont get cold on my account

@ Weety hey weets hope your well, the garden of morr kitt is great you really should do one . thanks for the kind words.

Definitely looking like a Hammer horror film set!

Great progress! Love the texture.

The witchfinder dude is also pretty nicely painted, the white and leather are particularly good.

Nice progress.Really looks good.
Peace

that´s by far one of my favorites minis i have ever wanted but still don´t possess... you did him justice very well^^

^ i feel the same way

The tower is beast!


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I seem to be doing that a lot these days

lol its funny cause its true..

Hey folks sorry for the absence.. I have been working on a few projects though I finally got around to putting form to character i created for Praxus , Hopefully he will be taking part in Molotovs Inqivitational.. in june so he has a retinue to come asap then paint, working on that as i type.

anyone who has followed this blog will know Vendrake from GDCK as the Ordo Xenos responsible for capturing those cookie thief's, also appears in some of the Praxus fiction and the story from pimp my wizard.. I had always envisioned him as a Eisonhorn type character ,, surrounded with nobles and diplomats. but some other nastiness too.

sorry i don't have time to comment on all the great feedback at the moment , needless to say , many thanks

More to follow time permitting



edited added bigger picture ..

I can see you're in a hurry... at least with all the typos on the picture, the miniature on the other hand is terrific!
A little bit hard to figure out all the details though, the picture isn't ideal for that.
I'd enjoy better pictures, just to see what's what.

aye! we the people demand more and better pics...! after all today is labor day here in germany! so the masses have spoken!

Aye, this miniature looks wonderful. Will be nice to see more detailed picture

@ Baiyuan Size not usually my problem honest, ;-) but there you go . ( spelling is though , no spell checker in my photoshop )

@ Vik ..look no paint , now you can see all my liitle mistakes :-(

@ Ishkatar okay i okay i get the message

Cheers folks , I have some more pics now. will post em in a bit

Ooh I like your earthshaking ordinance piece. the ground trembles with every shot!
Your terrain is awesome too, I wish I had the time to build like that! Its the sort of thing I'd want to play necromunda on.
The latest miniature look pretty cool too, not so much a soldier but an armed administrator.

Nice to see Vendrake getting some love

Looks good, but yeah, let's see some details

And I do like that base.

So good. Just so, so good.

Yes, Neil... I do believe that's the most typo-filled picture I've seen from your lot. But I'm glad you got it out there. The guy totally does ooze Eisenhorn. The stride, the mechanically-assisted legs, and the head. And despite the typos (last mention, promise), I like the accompanying text for his pic providing a background.

As always, excited to see him move forward and get painted! Great miniature, good sir!

-Remi

geez, what a tough crowd...typos..really?

I think the mini looks great Neil!!


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Are those nut/bolt combos Grandt line?

Nice! What's he made of? I don't really know a lot about Ordo Xenos. Who are their "troops'?

Looks ace here too!

hey neil^^ only teasing you mate! great to have you back... hopefully you let us in on all the work you must have been done in the past months...

and yep...that mini is a sure worthy deed for a honorable return of you^^

very menacing looking...yet still noble...!

Hey folks , thanks for the feedback , and you know it wouldn't be a post by me if I wasn't corrected on my poor grammar I was gonna change it but then I thought , arh bugger it

@all now you made me cry

@DJ that cannon has good memories for me , it blew an ostentatious airship out of the skies , and forged a new friendship with an angry squat Time is something I have on my hands more than most round these ere parts, If i had as little time as everyone else does I would still be on page five , always impresser's me how much all you guys get done with the time you have available .. well except Vik , he's just lazy ( just kidding )

@Monkey cheers , Details "why I oughtta " I'll give you details You Damn Dirty Ape!


@LL hey mate , cheers man.

@Izanagi hah ha ha you do realise I was typing blindfolded right .. because I want to suffer for my art Paint yep I know just I am getting lazy again on the way thinking of this as a colour scheme red power fist what do you think ?

@Dst Innit D@Ve , i cub be tiping like dis den day wud av aproblem

Cheers Dave he was a really tricky build tbh and only came together at the end , really pleased with him though, although his back legis slightly off centre and his backpack needs to be higher I think .

funny you should mention the bolts , becuase it was your custom basing i thought of when doing these , i rembered the palsticard you used and thought yep that would work, the bolts are off ork's axes from boxeset.

@Jackanory hey matey good to see you again. Their isn't much about them that I can find , regarding troop types ect.. (if anyone knows more I would appreciate it ) The Puritan Amalthian sect are allied with planetary defence forces a lot of the time , and have the ear of the arbitraters because of their roll in keeping the status qou. bits are :
DKOK flame team bottom coat.
Fogeworld edition princeps torso and boots
DKOK death rider ride captain right arm ( the one that usually hold the lance upright )
Elysian command power fist.
Legbrace made from the cyberscroll of inquisitor Lok
Backpack = chaos renegade torso
Staff not sure .. dark eldar witches I think
=][= symbol inquisitor corteaz
base palsticard and rhino door

@ just missing a sweater , thanks for the leg brace idea too.

@Vik hey mate , tease away its Biayuan I am scared off..
glad you approve mate , he wouldn't even exists with your continued support over the year/s i will one day finish Praxus I swear it You know how i like my nobles vik. me being a royalist an all

And just for you Vik some more Praxus

[i]First up Duke Adalaise

The youngest of two brothers , son to Louis de le mar Adalaise , Planetary governor of Praxus , and aggri-dustrial planet proto forgeworld in the local hydra system within the Dalthus sector .
As the youngest heir , his Older brother Xavius Adalaise is next in line of succession . Schooled in the finest nobilite ways of treachery and deceipt, Duke Louis Fournier - Adalaise was a rash an impulsive youth , unlike his brother , he was reckless in his pursuit of adventure and deviations. In His lust for excitement , the young man, took up duelling as a pass time. His chances better than most due to his custom force shield generator. His dead eye aim was the talk of the sector for many years , leaving a trail of blue blood in his wake . His new life suited him deadly ,dashing and handsome , the ladies of Dalthus swooned, he had nearly forgot he wasn't the actual heir to Praxus. This worked in his favour until a fateful chance encounter with Inquisitor Vendrake in the Governors palace.

Fournier, displeased with Vendrakes treatment of his elderly father challenged the ageing and unassuming Inquisitor to a duel. The whiley Amalthian Inquisitor took this chance to gain leverage over the ageing Governor, agreeing to the young man's terms ,the pair met at dawn atop the massive imperial dwarfing the surround buildings of Praxus Prime.

A light wind swept over the balustrades whipping there hair in frenzy of static life. Cold steel blue eyes stared the young man down , but he had faith in his aim. The invisible forcefield crackled the air around him , lifting the hairs on his arms to attention.

Plantery commander Louis his first born son Xavius and his grandson Antal watched nervously as Fournier loaded and cocked the heavy duelling pistol.

steady .. aim .. He felt the muscles in his arm tense as he brought the iron-sights of his bulky naval pistol to bear over his brothers heart .. kill him and you shall be governor

One shot rang out over the city that morning .. but the effects have echoed through time .
Convinced Fournier had tried to assassinate his only brother , the governor banished him from the imperial palace..
Ashamed and confused , Louis took solace in the soothing words of the Inquisitor , the wind can play havoc up here , this was not your fault .. you are a talented man .. your skills are wasted hear .. put your faith in the emperor child .. if you want to kill , we have plenty of enemies.. come where you are most appreciated.

Xavius was critically wounded. his only chance of survival was to be fitted with an iron heart. The inquisitor's personal servitor was sanctioned to perform the operation .. bed bound the oldest brother grew bitter with resentment. The Imperial Governor died not long after .. leaving a vulnerable and subservient Xavius in control.

The duke has served alongside Vendrake for two score and four years .. and never in that time has he missed a shot due to the wind.[/i]





cheers all Good to be back good night

lol...yeah... if i live the day to see you wave proudly a flag on a royal day i say the end is nigh^^
lol

that dueloist is looking very cool...the small banner as a means to show the element of wind in his life? good idea!
the gun...what IS the final version... i am confused now... while the sixshooter version has its merits i must say i like the broomhandle inspiration that influenced the numbers 6-8 with the number seven as my own personal favorite! you jsut gotta love the old mauser! the sash by the way suits him very well... and gives off that duelist look very good!

and man... was it long ago to read some of your fluff...! too good to be dosed so seldomly...!!!

daaamn neil you never sease to amaze me, im going to have to go all the way through again, because your models are highly original and inspirational!

Nice!

I love the Inquisitor and I love that powerfist bit, not seen that before. You're very brave about hacking up FW resin.

With regards to the duellist's pistol, I think that the quintessential duelling pistol would have a long barrel and would (at least look like) a single shot weapon. The six-shooter looks a little chunky, like it would fire giant slugs that would make a real mess. If I could pick, I think I'd go for option 2, it looks really elegant

Bruticus wrote:If I could pick, I think I'd go for option 2, it looks really elegant

^ Second that

2 or 7(with the flag) are my favorites

My faves are two and six but six is a tad long and want to stick to gw only parts for these guys, i have beeing wodring if i could make a version of 2 , i guess Baiyuan is the go to guy in this respect !

what do you say baiyuan is it possible , what bits would you use ?

@Vik , the fluff not to my usual standard but you get the jist..
felt good to write about Praxus again tbh, love the mauser. might make a return ..


@Rogue hey mate , I f you do read through , can you tell how many times i bitch about life and feel sorry for myself ,
actually scrub that on every page ;-)

@ Biayuan Thanks mate , would really appreciate you weapons knowledge on the pistol if you get chance.. its bugging me no end.

@Bruticus Toys are for breaking , was my motto as a child ,hasn't changed much , just I have to pay for them now .
I agree with you single shot is the best option , not gameplay wise though , i would dearly like to get that efecct but .. cant see how .. 2 is my fave also , But these guys will be off to game at warhammer world , so GW parts only is what I am after.

@Rawson and Rogue , Third that !

Wowzers, Neil, he's awesome! Love the pose - the tilt in the hips and the jazz hand is exactly the right level of flair to suggest supreme arrogance
Great writing piece too, love the subtlety! It's been too long since I've had a chance to read some fluff of yours.


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(Though now I've said 'jazz hand', I can't get the image of him being super camp out of my head, quietly whispering 'pow' every time he fires his pistol)

Neil, I hate both you, and your talent, good day.


Kidding of course, excellent stuff, I've only managed the last ten pages so far, but I'm in awe. I'll also be pinching many of your ideas

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#3 pistol is my choice.

neil101 wrote:My faves are two and six but six is a tad long and want to stick to gw only parts for these guys, i have beeing wodring if i could make a version of 2 , i guess Baiyuan is the go to guy in this respect !
what do you say baiyuan is it possible , what bits would you use ?
@ Biayuan Thanks mate , would really appreciate you weapons knowledge on the pistol if you get chance.. its bugging me no end.

How could I not help!? So here's my two cents:

1. You already fixed the position of the head after version 2, that was definitely the right step. Such a small difference in posture makes all the difference in attitude. Like Scarper said, now he has the right hint of arrogance.
Another matter of posture, make sure the barrel doesn't point upwards, like in 1,3,6,7,8. To me he looks more like he's taking aim, rather than already firing.

2. For more inspiration you can obviously google "duelling pistols", but I found the results to be unfruitful. "olympic pistol shooting" on the other hand grants you a wealth of shooters in the same position and their sophisticated equipment.
Some examples:
Regarding the second and fourth picture, please try to focus on the "equipment".

How about giving him such goggles with a clear and an opaque lense? I think that would be quite cool.

3. I think scopes are out of question here. If he's a duellist/sportsman there are no scopes, just iron sights and the most accurate custom-made weapon he can come by. Such a weapon obviously has a longer barrel (I agree 2 is good, 6 is too long) and would normally be single shot. A las weapon with a power-pack on the back would be a nice workaround. I like sixshooters, but they would be style-wise inappropriate here. A semi-automatic could work.

4. I can't really tell you how I'd build such a weapon for your guy, I would have to actually do it myself and would end up with something I couldn't have imagined before, but I think the tallarn las pistol could be my starting point.
Shave off the mag replace it or leave it as oneshot.
Replace the las-style muzzle with a more sophisticated-looking one.
Either sculpt a hand around the grip or replace the whole grip with a similar one from one of the many WHFB percussion pistols.
Add proper iron sights.
Any element that says "custom" could be a nice touch, like one of those strange grips, or a nice pistolstock.
The detailling is hard to discuss in advance, ask yourself whether you could make it look any cooler, but try to stop before you push it too far.

Hope that helped a little, it's hard to give any further advice, I can only really do what I do when I have things right in front of me.



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dsteingass wrote:I think he needs a hat of some sort.
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#3 pistol is my choice.

Not too sure about number three, it's bland and doesn't look like it meets the quality/technical standard of the dude. Again it's of course mainly a matter of taste.

Technical??..He's totally Baroque!

Hey man,

As you know I've been keenly following this. But I shall declare if for all of dakka to see. Each time I see Vendrake I get that "I've just seen a cool model feeling." Along same lines as each time I see Mig's Inquisitor Haag.

If we're voting I rather like number 7.

Björn - nice errr pistol!

Two fantastic miniatures. Love the cocksure pose on the second guy, speaks of a certain strutting arrogance.

dsteingass wrote:Technical??..He's totally Baroque!

Yes, he is. You might have got me wrong there, I wasn't saying he's "technical". What I meant was that number 3 is not in line with his level of technique or quality. It looks too simple, too bland and too cheap. He'd have something more sophisticated if you ask me.

- you overthink I think.

Or maybe it is you, who underthinks? You know me well enough, Dave. That's how I roll. I have a well-thought-through reason for almost every step of my conversions (that's why they take forever, but also why they stand out sometimes). So when Neil asks for my twisted opinion, that's what he gets.

Hey folks , just wanted to say thanks for Volunteering your advice regarding the duke , It really is appreciated , This guys has been keeping me awake at night trying to figure out the best solution.

Molotov first suggested a single shot duelling pistol, but I was hesitant, love the naval pistol, but I did try out some options ,
None have worked so far in my opinion , I was also a bit worried that after I green stuffed him the position was a bit static , the roll in hips gone . Now I know I will need to rip of his arm and make it straight.

@ Baiyuan I know I jest with you Baiyuan But I also know you are the man when it comes to technical pre scion and 28mm weapons .. Cant thank you enough for taking time to suggest your preferences regarding the duke , I think the eye glass is spot on , I shall try this out , the pistols you linked are superb thanks for that , I never thought of Olympic pistols
And I shall take your advice regarding the pistol , I have been trying to save money and avoid having to order that tallern pistol but I think its the only one that will work . Might try to make one myself first though. I agree with everything you said( for once ,) I guess I have been avoiding the hard work I know he needs to be right.( I did put iron sights on No 6 , are these not what you are referring to ) thanks again for you input.

some pics from earlier on in his development.







@ Scarper , jazz hands ! what is this chicago.. I got rid of the "Jazz hands " because in the group shot they looked so much bigger than the rest of the gangs forge world tiny hands. did like the pose with hips though. a bit more formal stiff upper lip look now .

@Yodhrin "and a good day to you sir" Glad you like mate , my heart and soul went into this blog for a solid year, easing off a little now though...... must pretend I have a life outside of the internet .. I apologise for my bad grammar monkeys trolling and not finishing the comic ..or anything else for the matter.

@Dst mmm.. not too sure a bout a hat.. would be a little too steam punk I think.. Pistol 3 is cool a little clunky though and the hand was at the wrong angle for his cuff .. but the broom handle works in my opinion , on different note , i saw this a while back and thought of you



@Pete , Cheers mate , far too kind to put this in the same league as migsula though , Haag looks like he would have vendrake for breakfast I am obviously trying to stretch out the build to avoid having to actually paint him up.


@Hey Perkustin , Cheers mate , I guess the duke is the same mini I made before , but smaller , it was quite tricky using the dkok commissar legs as the are quite skinny compared to his breastplate, I think the shield ties those two things together nicely though.

@Baiyuan , quote "
Yes, he is. You might have got me wrong there, I wasn't saying he's "technical". What I meant was that number 3 is not in line with his level of technique or quality. It looks too simple, too bland and too cheap. He'd have something more sophisticated if you ask me. "

i knew what you meant , I did want a technical feel to the retinue overall actually , I have a cybercultist in their too with a strong necro vibe. I like the fantasy stuff but these guys I wanted to capture the technological aspects of 40k along side the Gothic and punk and baroque.

@ Dave & Björn ha ha ha .. I like Dave because he has a wicked sense of humour and he is an Amazing terrain builder with an insane technical level of detail..
yet I also I like Björn because he has a wicked sense of humour and he is an Amazing miniature builder with an insane technical level of detail...

but which is better their is only one way to find out.... I say a duel !

for poshness sake i would suggest to you using now the eldar gun... i love that look...

neil101 wrote:Hey folks , just wanted to say thanks for Volunteering your advice regarding the duke , It really is appreciated , This guys has been keeping me awake at night trying to figure out the best solution.

I hear you, but the ones that keep you awake normally turn out best when finished.

Molotov first suggested a single shot duelling pistol, but I was hesitant, love the naval pistol, but I did try out some options ,
None have worked so far in my opinion , I was also a bit worried that after I green stuffed him the position was a bit static , the roll in hips gone . Now I know I will need to rip of his arm and make it straight. :'

There is no reasoning with reason. Mol's probably right and you know you want to change that arm, don't try to ignore that fact.
About the naval pistol, it's very cool background-wise and it seems plausible that the Duke would be a collector of fine weaponry just as he is an virtuosic duellist. So if you're so crazy about, I'd say give him both. A duelling pistol for long range and a naval frag pistol for close quarter encounters. Tactical versatility can't be a bad thing for an expert pistol shooter of his ilk. If you put it in a quick draw holster, that doesn't cover the whole gun it would look good. Maybe in place of the shield on his belt, I'm not too sold on that anyway. The only no-go would be dual wielding imo.

@ Baiyuan I know I jest with you Baiyuan But I also know you are the man when it comes to technical pre scion and 28mm weapons .. Cant thank you enough for taking time to suggest your preferences regarding the duke , I think the eye glass is spot on , I shall try this out , the pistols you linked are superb thanks for that , I never thought of Olympic pistols

Oh, you're flattering, there are others who are just as good, I'd say. I'm looking forward to the first pics of the eye glass.

And I shall take your advice regarding the pistol , I have been trying to save money and avoid having to order that tallern pistol but I think its the only one that will work . Might try to make one myself first though. I agree with everything you said( for once ,) I guess I have been avoiding the hard work I know he needs to be right.( I did put iron sights on No 6 , are these not what you are referring to ) thanks again for you input.

You're welcome, I'm always happy to spread my wisdom/run my mouth. Yes, the sights on number 6 would do, but again I'd say the more sophisticated, the more suitable for the duke. Make it look adjustable, a screw here, a cog there, a little bit like this one (even though it's for a rifle):


More inspiration:

@Pete , Cheers mate , far too kind to put this in the same league as migsula though , Haag looks like he would have vendrake for breakfast I am obviously trying to stretch out the build to avoid having to actually paint him up.

Beg to differ, Haag surely is a badass and a piece of art, but imo your work is just as inspired as Migs'.

i knew what you meant , I did want a technical feel to the retinue overall actually , I have a cybercultist in their too with a strong necro vibe. I like the fantasy stuff but these guys I wanted to capture the technological aspects of 40k along side the Gothic and punk and baroque .

That's the combination of designs that makes the 40k universe the greatest one around.

@ Dave & Björn ha ha ha .. I like Dave because he has a wicked sense of humour and he is an Amazing terrain builder with an insane technical level of detail..
yet I also I like Björn because he has a wicked sense of humour and he is an Amazing miniature builder with an insane technical level of detail...
but which is better their is only one way to find out.... I say a duel !

I'd say neither Dave, nor I are seeing this as competition, it's just a professional discussion. Maybe we get a little ambitious in promoting our personal philosophies sometimes, but even that only leads to amicable polemics.
Plus everybody knows I'm the best! Who's your daddy...obviously just kidding.

if you elongated the naval pistol's barrel.. then it would be purrrrfect!

Big B is alright in my opinion.....He has this strange self-masochism thing going on, but he is a genius, and it is well-documented that his process works quite well (eventually)

You'll never catch me SERIOUSLY telling someone their way is wrong just because it is different. My personal philosophy on life is to try and be more open-minded today than I was yesterday, every day...but I can BS with the best of them

In fact, it's probably safest to assume that both Baiyuan and myself are being smartasses by default whenever we post anything at all

dsteingass wrote:
In fact, it's probably safest to assume that both Baiyuan and myself are being smartasses by default whenever we post anything at all

^done

at least it was you doing that statement...otherwise that could have been quite offensive^^

Good motto, Dave. Sounds a little wiser than mine, which is 自强不息 (translates to "self cultivation without cease" or more literally "improve yourself, don't rest". Then again, it might seem differently, but I'm quite lazy and I need something to aspire after.

Vik, I'd never take offence from being called a smartass... my fiancé actually gave me a t-shirt that says so.

lol...


is smart ass a good translation for "klugscheisser"?... lol...

dsteingass wrote: Big B is alright in my opinion.....He has this strange self-masochism thing going on, but he is a genius, and it is well-documented that his process works quite well (eventually)

Hehe, I like the sound of that.

You'll never catch me SERIOUSLY telling someone their way is wrong just because it is different.

Again, good way of thinking, there is no wrong and right with most things.


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Viktor von Domm wrote:lol... is smart ass a good translation for "klugscheisser"?... lol...

My shirt actually says "Besserwisser" but I'd consider "Klugscheisser" as a synonym and similarly appropriate.

Neil - What Björn said. It give me that feeling so I'm right and just take your complement and say thank you. I know we Brits have problems with that though. I think it was DS who told me off for being modest when receiving a complement.

Don't put the painting off for too long. You'll regret having to rush them.

Neil those sketches are great! I especially like the 'cardinal' really hope to see a mini of that. The Young Adalise concept art and mini look promising although i am not sure about the head on the mini, the head in the concept art is my favourite element of the piece.

neil did you sketch those??

If it weren't for all the ribbing, encouragement, goading, C&C, and ball-busting, none of us would be posting our stuff here in the first place IMHO, we need each other.

..I know that was sort of a hippie pass-the-joint kum-ba-ya statement and all, but it's true.

aye dave... pass me the bottle ...be a good mate!

at baiyuan...lol...somehow the weaker from of that word escaped me^^ dunno why^^

Neil great work as usual, I like pistol nr 2 en 6 best. The pistol in the tallarn set looks like a great fit too.

Did you look at the pistol that the chaos dwarf infernal command kit?

see this pic: http://lunatix.epixx.org/images/20120424_IGChampionFrontSmall.jpg

now that is a sweet gun!

@ Baiyuan , thanks again mate , for the reference pics , it has sent me on a nice google pic search and i have the ideas of the pistol i think the duke needs. have some time to dayso i am going to work on it .

@DST & Baiyuan , I still think a duel would be fun to watch ;-)
rivet guns at the ready !

Just messing , I know we all have the greatest respect for each other on these forums , .. well execpt for Viks thread that is just fair game . ;-)

@ Pete , okay .Vik's told me off for that before .. fishing for compliments is what he called it :-)


@ Perkustin , would like to finish of a version of the young duke , I agree the mask is the thing for him though.

@ Rogue Aye , never really get around to doing anything grander than sketches though , maybe one day , I will finish the comic , and that will inspire more drawing and painting.

@ Iron Bars thanks mate , I had looked at the forgeworld empire range but I missed that one , is a beautiful pistol , but at first glance looks a bit big for him. the handle is great though near perfect. i had seen this one but thought too small

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/AlternativeFW/xlarge/ironscom2.jpg

and too big

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Images/Product/AlternativeFW/xlarge/landship13.jpg

maybe like this though

http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr35/RiTides_Nids/KalJerico6.jpg

@ Vik quote " now that is a sweet gun! " true.

great sketches btw, now i need to ask.. is this done in photoshop and the backround is placed behind the sketches.. or do you sketch on some of the best damn paper i've ever seen

@ Rogue sketched on printing paper very quickly , and then whacked into photoshop for ageing and doodahwhatjamacallits

Hey folks a quick update, I painted a model don't get excited though its not one of Vendrakes gang was feeling pretty cheesed off at all this converting lark , and needed distraction and to test some new paints also thought it would be a good idea to get some practice in before i paint the retinue up, just basing left for a few now then onto the paint .

big thank you to everyone's comments regarding the Duke , especially Baiyuans links it really made the difference i needed , I went ahead with the Olympic duelling pistol style as i like the technological aspects of it, but i didn't do the eyepiece in the end too fiddly for me special thanks also goes to Sacrper who very kindly sent me the tallern pistol I so wanted. then didn't use sorry mate .

Just to reiterate Vendrakes retinue is made primarily for Molotov's Inquivitational event at Warhammerworld . So I have really tried to be good and only use GW parts , that's has been quite tricky sometimes especially regarding the dukes pistol, but patience won out out in the end, and I am very glad I didn't cheat and grab that pistol form warmachine , feels good to overcome that problem with help from your friends

So here is a group shot of the gang

Vendrake Inquisitor =][=Ordo Xenos amalthian Puritan

Souel astropath=][= tarot divinator - Astromancer

Chrion =][=combat medic , ex hive techno cult - Stymm junky -- ( if his stim suit ruptures only the Famorian can fix it , untill then Chrion will get extra doses of slaught or other combat drugs and styms , sending him into a rage - catatonic or something worse -- i built another quick model of Chiron to represent the slaught change ..

Cecropian of famoria =][= Techpriest .

Duke Adalaise =][= Duellist

Socrates =][= Acolyte

Well thats just pure majesty neil! Seriously awesome all across the board.

You nailed it with that duellist pistol, the perfect amount of futurism imo.

WOW! - Fantastic work!
-What is the big riveted club with the roller?? -That looks fething great man!!

hmmmmm^^ the beastman looks very good... great fur you did... is the chainsword all rusty? ...my only nitpick tho would be the wolfen fur around his shoulder... maybe you could do a paw pattern on this piece?

the inq- munda gang looks very superhero like! nice twist with the book cover titles... that is a refreshing idea^^... the naga looking one tho you forgot in a single feature pic^^...

that group is soo cool neil!!!... now i must say, i hate stealing, but i love the way sketches look like that.. so yea i think im going to do that

Learn to make better pictures, it's just mean to post such beauties and make us crawl into our screens to fully perceive them.
I love the duellist, inq, acolyte, medic and tech priest, but the astropath doesn't work yet (at least not for me, might be the sobriety that is alien to me and could be solved by the paintjob) and the brute looks wrong (might be the weird neck and the ridiculous size of the mace-head).
Nevertheless 100/100 points for making a perfect retinue, that really has it all.

^^ pot calling the kettle black??

Fobbing people off with tiny snippets because of your terribly slow progress, is something Neil can do without. My snippets usually hardly lack focus and contrast though. So yeah, he's a bad bad black kettle!

He said fobbing

The Ethereal conversion looks especially fantastic, where is that head from? I think the thing on his belt needs to be hooped onto something though. And I love his superhero pose. I also love the use of Goliath bits, I think they are really cool sculpts - they have quite a lot of piercings though, not sure if that will look right.

Now I think the Astromancer is just bob on. I really like him and if I squint a bit I can see a lightening arc or some such bursting forth from the staff.

The head's from the fw cadians.

Just about done with the Famorian minus some blood on his arco whips.

@Vit Cheers Vit , the gun came out just about right, i can now sleep

@The brute , is just a very quick model to represent when chiron goes loopy , its not getting any more love from me, and i might not use it at all tbh , because its so rough.
the club is from the forgeworld ogryn I converted last year, its his drill bit arm

@ Hey Vik , The beastman was justa quic paint job , and wont be getting any more love from me either. just to get me thinking about paints to be honest , although I like how he came out , kinda muted and blanchey .. really enjoyed painting him though.
naga is not getting a close up far too rough , shouldn't have really posted the pic along with the other guys but i guess we deserve our 15 mins right

@Rogue , look forward to seeing more of your work mate

@Making you squirm in your seat is half the reason I post give a man his small pleasures Nothing wrong with those pics must be your eyesight
Glad you like the full group shot , I totally agree with about the brute , was just a last min idea , and wont make it into the final group as chiron alter ego unless something dramatically changes , although i personally love the Astropath guy.. nice easy paintjob is what i am thinking with him in particular.

@Bruticus, Hey mate , the head is forgeworld Cadian vets. about the piercings .. i did notice after i added socrates's head he had a lip ring , but tbh i am going for that blanche punkiness with him , so it will fit .. like this stuff
Glad you like the Astropath , he is one of the group faves for me.

@PDH Cheers Pete, is your eyesight as bad as Biayuan's though .. I see no lightning

He's awesome! I love the greens - unusual colour scheme, but I really think it works with the reptilian vibe. Is the 'snake' part mechanical though? Or some kind of creepy bio-engineering?

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Hang on, I've just worked out that he's Cercropion - he's probably the character you've given least away about, but nice job! I really like Chiron's reliance on him from your backstory too - should be a really interesting in game mechanic

Subbed!!!

Btw, what model have you used as the basis of your xenos inquisitor?

@ scarps Hey mate , Aye its cercropian , funny thing is , He is the one with the most fluff, Plans a foot for him.. He is part bio mechanically engineered , part techpriest.. Adaptus Biologicus ;-)

some more wips the only bits I used were from the sslyth and [img]inquisitor Loks retinue except the admek symbol under the =][= which is from the forgeworld techpriest oh yes and his mini flamer from his mechadendrites.






@ AnUnearthlyChilde Thanks mate

bits are :
DKOK flame team bottom coat.
Fogeworld gamesday edition princeps torso and boots
DKOK death rider ride captain right arm ( the one that usually hold the lance upright ) and pistol holster
Elysian command power fist.
Legbrace made from the cyberscroll of inquisitor Lok
Backpack = chaos renegade torso
Staff not sure .. dark eldar witches I think
=][= symbol inquisitor corteaz
base palsticard and rhino door ork axe bolts .

Cheers Neil, had a feeling I wouldn't be able to get a hold of that torso lols

What a great model - Canst we have a super close up photo from zee front?

My plans for making models look like models on the table top is not going well..

And as if any one could refuse Weetyskemian44

Wow, the model really looks very cool. Good work on that. I like the green on it, suits the model very fine.

neil... you are so old...old school wasn´t even invented back then (i am thinking Harryhausen here)

... that Cercropion (if scraper is right in his assumption...i seem to have lost track with all that plethora of names you come up with... what is with good names you can rely on... tom, dick and pete???) lol...

that model has so much of everything... but it doesn´t feel busy or overladed... verdigris is looking good on that groin protector...he is truly a sparkling example of the bigotry of the inquisition and all the xenohating... something like that still hunts down anything that might be looked at from a certain angle as not totally human...

don´t get me wrong... i really like it!!!

I remain amazed, jealous, and ever so slightly resentful having seen the full gang

I have to ask, where are you finding all the lovely Blanche artwork online? I can only ever turn up the same ten or twenty "famous" images through Google.

finding secret hidden blanche artwork is neil´s mutant power... kidding only... he loves his work so much he has spent ages for this to hunt all down....

holy crap neil, hes amazing... how on earth you can look at a pile of bits and a picture or two and come up with this! now thats why i bow to you sir

Aye up folks , Kinda Finished the Duke , just a few bits and bobs left on him , sorry for the bad pics , nearly all where rubbish ..
@ Scrazza

@ Vik Aye spot on with the old school, Dorien grey me Your also completely right about the oxymoron that is the imperium .. better the devil you know right ? glad you like the model mate , i enjoyed painting that , think its got me into painting again in general.

@Yodhrin Hey mate , well at least you don't have to paint em all up in two weeks Its been an interesting journey creating these , , the back story has to be more important than the mini
, I feel the model is a tiny part of the whole , and after investing so much time and energy in the story, the model has to match up .. some do this better than others, chiron is my least fave model , but story wise up there with the best.. i am considering improving the model or making it a fine cast to match the others, but tbh I am struggling finding another suitable model.

As vik says I am huge JB fan , some would say stalker potential I have large collection of his older work , been collecting since I was ten , now thirty six but all just scans from various magazines and rulebooks tbh , most of this stuff come from his sketchbooks . His attitude to art has inspired a huge part of my own artistic journey . .. Ideas equally as important as technique.. very dark and a little bit political Phiq over at blogspot http://phiqeke.blogspot.co.uk/ http://miniphiq.blogspot.co.uk/ has put together a great collection at gothic punk. http://gothicpunk.tumblr.com/page/22

@ Rogue Hey rogue , cheers mate , but no bowing here this is a socialist blog

The duke looks cool

Neil, enough with the intentionally awful photos! He looks awesome, but he's so blurry that its hard to make out any details - the eyes look deeply shadowed, and I can't tell if that's intentional character of poor light. Is that blood on his lip or some kind of boil (I'm hoping its a boil - what an awesome character feature that would be for a nobleman!)?

The people demand better pictures! Your paintjobs can take it


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@ scrazza cheers mate.

@ scarperHa ha ha don't you start as well , Honest my lord these are the best I got . not a boil damn I wish I had thought of that just a bit of blood.. smeared ,and on his back hand also.. you do realise that all these images are zoomable in the gallery right ? or just right click em .. well it works for me .. The eye shadow is a skunk stripe like Blade runners "Pris"
but like you say not the best pic to show that..

uuuuiiii! the blending of the blue is very nice!

the whole cuirass looks very good...and the slightly due to the boil rotten looking face together with the shadowed/blackened eyes gives this charcter a great air of dominance! tho he is very bright in colors this one emanates a truly dark air around him... i wouldnae want to face that one in a dark alley...!^^

and have you seen that small rainbow at the lower left corner of the pic... lol...happiness radiates^^

i always marvel that peeps here can better themselves even after they did outstanding jobs already!...

and...

so this is really you?...

Thanks for the big pic neil - Its a subtle and natural looking minature especially given its nature as half mechanical snake, half cyborg.

wow neil.. as i said, amazing.. and i really like the black around his eyes as well as the bit of blood dripping from his mouth.. make me think he was with a large group that was attacked... he survived and now is gurrilla fighting the crap outta them

I still maintain that your pics are rubbish, and posting my thoughts is not a renege on that

Love the eyeshadow - it's a really nice 'foppish' kind of touch. The kind of ridiculousness of a Georgian wig, but without looking silly. Really sells the character! I really think the blood was a great addition too, especially on the back of his white glove - a fantastic gritty contrast to his elegant dress uniform. I can totally see him taking a blow, dispatching his assailant, and then becoming mildly annoyed at the blood on his fine clothes as he wipes his lip

I'll just bomb the question that has been spinning in my mind for couple of days... What is that white matter that you've used/plashed in your scenery?

Wowzer. Amazing progress and some incredibly characterful minis. The more close up photographs have confirmed something i always suspected; You're a fantastic painter!
Love the blue on the duellist's coat really deep and blended.

@ Vik Arh.. a mirror !! put it away!
glad you like mate , I did notice the mini rainbow , but i cant see it now ;-? weird. aye and it obviously left a pot of gold ;-)

@Weets nice sig btw... Your welcome weets , not often subtlety and me go together , and for giant killer snaky thing I think your right..

@Rogue , thanks mate , that sounds about right , now did I put my gorilla ..( I bet monkey nicked it )

Oh found it ...


@ Scarper , ha ha , you posted anyway , you know that means I am right , not to be childish about this though ..:-)
I think I actually put better pics up when I posted this , just forgot to link them pretty sure they are in the gallery with these " rubbish "ones

the fop punk look is what I was after , that 80;s look , like at the start of the rocky horror show, or the the most excellnt if not oldschool Derek jarman's jubilee
cheers mate.

@Ize Colt hey mate welcome to the blog two man enters one man leaves...

The white stuff is liquid nails , I use a local brand hard as nails that is cheap as chips lol love the stuff saves time and is fun if not messy to use.

@Perksutin Hey mate Thanks for the compliment , ( see Pete I can except a compliment ;-))

The blue is a bugger to paint , always got too light then too dark , in the end i just thought bugger it , and went for a nice painterly look .

picked some purity seal to protect these guys as they are going to be gamed with , but its been too hot for that thus far.


tiny update made a map with PDH of the phrellian sub where Phalanx hive and praxus is located ,


based on Mols outstanding work on the Dalthan sub


cheers folks

i bet that pot of gold is coming in handy as...er...gold^^

the map looks very cool... and shows your inbuilt sense of details... lovley lil details all over...

and the referrence to tim curry i should have got earlier by myself ... damn getting older and slower on the uptake^^

Hey folks , although I cant top PDH's amazing Inqusitrix Banadice !! Vendrakes gang is just about done , would have liked some more time to work on Vendrake , and probably will after the inquivitational is over , its tomorrow btw pretty exited over here , although I didn't get chance to learn the rules of inquisitor ( despite PDh's best efforts sorry mate ), I guess I will have to just look at the pretties then , never been to warhammer world before so I will take plenty of pics.

wow... when you shut yourself in in your mancave for painting you sure stay away for a long tie ...but when you come back you provide excellent eye candy!

dunno why... but again i have a certain feeling your minis remind me of certain popculture and Scifi characters...

the Souel...reminds me somehow on that morlock leader form one of the time machine movies... maybe due to the pale skin and the green and white combo in his cloth...

and the inq reminds me too of someone... and i am not thinking hellboy here only because of a big red fist... no someone else...


and the paintjob of socrates is very cool looking! the dirt...and then the still upper white half of the mini! top notch mate!


my only issue is with your medic... a splash of red would do him good... he looks a bit flat i think with all that green and no contrasting color...


but well this is truly a gang to be reckoned with

Matey the retinue are looking so good.

I know you're going back to them after tomorrow but for the time frame and the leaks you've done yourself proud.

So looking forward to seeing them tomorrow.

I love Vendrake so much, I so wish I'd come up with him! Great power fist too.

Socrates - The robes are so good. He looks like he has small man syndrome.

Chiron - He is such a bruiser! Man can you paint green. His stymm suit looks the business and the colours fit in nicely with the Famorian

Catch you in the morning

did you ever finish your purity seal manufacotium? I had a quick look through your gallery but I'm sneaking some time here from work and can't scan though all 1700 images

Be-yah-ewt-ifal!

(read phonetically, should sound like a pronounced beautiful.)

Gorgeous stuff. Just enthralling.

wow neil you went above and beyond on this crew, stunning work as always! and i love the serpent/servoskull guy, i can picture him crawling around somewhere in blanche's mind

Thanks guys . Cant stop long its Bailey's Birthday jsut wanted to share a pic and a few words about the inquivitational event by molotov .

Had a wonderful day so many tales to tell of the great gaming minis and folks ! more information over at the ammobunker http://s3.zetaboards.com/The_Ammobunker/topic/7575005/1/#new

and mols blog http://inq28.blogspot.co.uk/

here is a pic of The famorian failing to do any damage whatsoever to the Pdh's Crusader who just about managed to slither back up after been shot in the chest by that evil tracker mister coop! I imagined him doing sissy hand slaps on that huge shield whilst he squinted head turned into his shoulder .

They look breathtaking together Neil! I absolutely love Chiron, for some reason - I think it might be the weathered look and the 'damaged' back story Socrates came out fantastically too - I wasn't expecting the red hair, but it's a great contrast to the robes. Great job with the white! I personally think Vendrake is looking a little flat at the moment - I wouldn't usually say, as I know you were rushing to get him done in time, but I also know the amazing standard your paintjobs can reach (still blown away by that ogryn!), and I think the character and mini you've made deserve the extra mile! Great skin tone on Soeul - totally fits the astropath 'off' feel. Amazing all round, in short!

Hope the INQvitational was as incredible as you were expecting - incredibly jealous that you got to go! I'll have to check Mol's blog when I get a chance.

Any chance off that fluff for Cercropian that you were mentioning?

Say happy birthday to Bailey for me, hope he's had a great day!

well congratz ti bailey´s birthday!

hope he had a huge fun day!


and the gang had it´s first real fight ... now that is very cool indeed...!!!

hey folks just letting everyone know i have put up a blog about The inquivitational if anyone is interested .. Its over at

http://opusmaius.blogspot.co.uk/

or just click the link in my sig.. I will update with pics here when I write vendrakes story about the event.



@ Scarper Cheers mate thanks for the crits, I agree that Vnedrake is a bit flat , soon as i get chance I will try and rectify that, I like Socrates robes also , it was the first time i had highlighted white up from a darker colour , I will do that more often now .

The Inquivitational was amazing mate , so wish you could have been their , would love to see your minis off the net. still plenty of time for that to happen.

the event was cool mate , thanks !

@ VikAye vik bj is still waiting on his present , a new pc , so i get mine back ..;-)

The gaming was fun, but I was pants !! but now I don't have that as an excuse any more.

Cheers guys ..

new pc... now that is surleyx something that sets you back a good deal...ouch^^

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Love it! My favorite model is that Socrates figure- what'd you use for the base?? Guy looks fantastic! All of them are good, but that figure just catches my eye...

And LOL at the snake guy slap-punching...

-Remi

Aye up folks..

Just about to start another terrain project..

this time going for a contemporary /classic necro board. For a change this board is going to see some gaming action .. so it has to be transportable fairly easily ..picked up a few bits and ordered some more .. will updates as I progress..

will also be adding a mutie gang..

@ HF cheers matey socrates base is the ad mech techprist from forgeworld

interested in seeing what you do with those de!

WOW! Man there is almost no trace of what original minis/bitz you used!! That is a real Hollywood Model-maker's secret.."Never let the audience figure out how you did it".

You are truly a master Neil!

However...this terrain idea of yours has me riveted! (pun intended) I seem to vaguely recall building some Necromunda Terrain of my own

Please define what you mean by Contemporary vs. Classic 'Munda Terrain, spill the beans man!

Seeing those pics of you and PDH having a game makes me well jealous.

Love the fully painted gang shot. They have a good range of colour to them and are more united by painting style than simple colour imo. It's interesting you went for a more functional look to Vendrake, the olive drab (Drab as in the colour, not an insult) makes him look like a very taciturn character. Is there more background behind this?

I have been absent from the P&M scen for too long, and away from this thread for too long. Had a slightly frustrating experience with the infinity painting comp which put me off hobbying for a bit. Started a new project today, look forward to your input when i revive my blog.

EDIT. Remember those uruk hai will be pretty short, unless of course you are going for 'Small man syndrome' cyber gladiators . Which i know somehow you'd pull off!

EDIT. thanks for the mention in your blog mate! made me all misty eyed.

Hey folks , just small update .. managed to get around to listing Tor Gillead on ebay today .. not asking folks to bid or anything though.. its collection only .. too big to post easily..

put it rather cheap as I want a quick sale .. if it does not sell I will scrap it as I need the space.. recycle the plastics though..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/wargame-warhammer-fantasy-battle-40k-terrain-scenery-games-workshop-WFB-/261050900106?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item3cc7d89e8a














in other news picked up some 3mm mdf for basing the necro stuff.

@ DST Hey Dave, Your far too kind mate keep it up about the Munda stuff .. well you are the go to guy for munda , so expect me to come stealing ideas when i get into the gritty work mate..

With contemporary /classic , that's just me being pretentious again I saw a nail painting in the art gallery and thought i like that should make a game board with a similar style.. combine it with classic sci fi tropes splash a bit of blanche weirdness and bobs your uncle.. a Pandoricalle hive board .. don't want to give too much away yet as i am not sure myself the direction I am going in tbh.. but I am trying to keep contemporary and classic as the theme, maybe weird board shape . mixed with classic munda paint theme. or maybe slightly baroque .. decaying splendour .. with sump seas thrown in.. watch a few sci movies for inspiration , eden log being the most obvious.. with a healthy dose of dead space 2 for now..

@rogue.. me too mate no plan as suche no big changes though , the board will be the main focus for me the cult will be there to provide 28mm sense to things..

@Perkustin , Hey matey . your welcome about the shout out mate.. have missed most of your recent writing , just haven't had the patience I used to have with blogging and tinternet..look forward to catching up with your stuff..
the Uruk hai are smallish .. same size-ish as death korps eleysians though.. so no biggee there , but the deldar are really tall so the orcs will be juves now .. and i will probably add a few goliaths for heavies to add variation ..

Dude if youre gonna scrap it let me know and ill pay whatever it costs for the shipping!

Theres no way something that cool should get destroyed.


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I didn't realise Tor Gillead was the terrain you were eBaying?! That's a real shame, it's a great piece of scenery - I hope you get a great price for it, and it gets the use it deserves in its new home Still, more space means more space for new projects! Looking forward to your vision of the underhive.

The hell you are gonna scrap that!

@Vit ha ha ha .. do you know a man with a van ;-)

@scarpper BJ thinks I should get p&p rates and do international sales to maximise my profit margins , think I will hire him as my manager when he leaves school.

more space .. clear desk clear head .. clutter stresses me out . even though i am so very messy .



@dst I hope I don't have to , but to be honest I am not a possessions type of a guys , and miss101 hates clutter..

surprised its lasted this long to be honest.. just feel like having de clutter and making some cash towards the new project as opposed to it costing me both time and money . only to be sold off half price in a few months time when I come up with the next money burning brainwave.

Whatever..just Don't scrap it..please! I have space for it!

So do I. right now I'm resisting the pull, but I dont know If I can.......

dsteingass wrote:Whatever..just Don't scrap it..please! I have space for it!

If it comes down to you having to scrap it (for some reason i accedently read scrap as Scarp..) , being that you are you, im sure something equally if not more cool will come from it

Damn! Unfortunately even if i knew a man with a van (or could persuade a willing family member lol) leeds is too far

ouch.... well i have now you as a seller and your stuff bookmarked.... so i will be watching this stuff closley.... i hope those go well and give you plenty of new cash.... a real shame if those great models wouldn´t pay off.... not putting a too fine point on selling them at all.... heartblood comes to my mind...

Darn! It will be a real shame if you end up putting that fine piece of art in to pieces. You sure there's no hobby dungeon anywhere near you who'd be interested in buying this?

Hey folks, managed to sell the Tor .. and with the space that it left i filled with another terrain project..

you've out done yourself this time neil, this peice is incredible!

Holy sweet area terrain of the Emperor!!

That is a nice looking piece!

I assume the tin foil is going to be trimmed back and is just part of the water effect process. The one tiny photo you've teased us with looks amazing, realistic water/sludge effect it looks so swampy and full of algae.

looking forward to those close up finished piece shots.

now that is what i call a yucky lake... and no mistake... never saw such a realistic green transition...hopefully you show us more soon!!!

Really nice detailing going on there, top job!!

Moar Pics! The foil effect looks great so far!

You can't get away with one picture! Needs lots more . . . details. . . . close ups

Cheers guys .. i did intend on putting them up .. just takes forever .. posting stuff up and then writing about it.. will do an indepth walk through another time.. dakka resized my 1st pic its huge if you click it.

here are some more wip pics

Egads, man... whatta dump! I love it!!

That sump thing reminds me of the Moby Dick-type *snicker* story in Necromunda, where dudes on skiffs go hunting in the sump for gigantic spider eyes. They pry them off as gems or something... and a big white nigh-indestructible one goes and rips them all to bits...

Either way, great looking sump!

-Remi

thats soo awsome! but my favorite has got to be that last picture, how did you even make that? its amaazing!

Wow I am really sorry to see what happened to your enormous lasagne.

So this is obviously really cool, I am particularly impressed by your willingness to turn a 4ftx4ft area of your room into the world's most expensive yet disgusting looking table. I always really loved the sewer you made, will that get assimilated into this project?

It reminds me of Doctor Who, some of the names and the idea of people worshipping a tree in a spaceship that eats people. And the name has a real Lovecraftian vibe to it, as does the idea of these inbred mutants, I hope they have the Innsmouth look about them. Great stuff, two of the best possible things to draw parallels to.

A couple of technical questions if I may - how did you even make that water? Is it lots of packs of water effect all congealing in different ways? And what is the board for? I guess for Inquisitor games but is it part of some larger narrative or will it serve multiple roles or what?

Some kind of tutorial for that water would be so so welcome.

Probably THE most convincing water effects ive ever seen, anywhere. It literally looks live you've gone to some overflow of effluvia and taken a picture.

Please please please make a tut!


Youve outdone yourself neil, fantastic work.

That's an amazing effect, not only does it look yuk it also looks deep in parts. I have no idea how you did that, but it's great to know its possible . . . brilliant

First time seeing this thread, have only checked out the water effect and already subbed. Looking forward to going back through the pages. Stunning work, but you already know that since many of the people I have respect for are already offering those praises.

I'll be back for more and looking forward to anything you offer up.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:First time seeing this thread, have only checked out the water effect and already subbed. Looking forward to going back through the pages. Stunning work, but you already know that since many of the people I have respect for are already offering those praises.

I'll be back for more and looking forward to anything you offer up.

This, exactly.

Man that water is disgusting (in a good way!). I particularly like the brown bit, reminds me something I ate once! Is that FW corridors I spy, I like how you have made them part of the scenery.



Is that... A dead fly I see? (in a spoiler for immense size)

Amazing water!

QQ, what are these?

That's the Forgeworld Zone Mortalis isn't it? Neil has really pulled out all the stops here

Hey folks .. thanks for the support .. its a big project and I have a feeling there will be many lulls in the creative process. so the encouragement is greatly appreciated..

sorry for the brief answers of late .. haven't had the energy for long winded replies.. will sort that out though. and will definitely make tutorial .. If not just so i can recall the process and what not to do again..


@ HF Izanagi that story sounds great .. do you have a link ? sounds like nasusica of the valley of the wind.

@rogue hey mate . its the toilet .. ermm.. its er.. some bits stuck together the cloth is just papertowels dipped in pva . a fe bits of toys stuck together using double tread plate and a few rivets from http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/
ww2 model jerry cans and bucket , farm toy milk container and the base is from a gw tank / chimera ? not sure picked up a load of roofs cheap on ebay.

more wip pics hear












@Bruticus "Wow I am really sorry to see what happened to your enormous lasagne. " vegetarian lasagne at that

The old sewer/ water treatment works .. has gone to pastures new.. .. both projects taught me quite abit about water effects ,but i still managed not to get the effect i wanted
the innsmouth look great thanks for the heads up .. a cross betwixt orcs and deldar at the moment . but that could change now.

quetion how did you even make that water? Is it lots of packs of water effect all congealing in different ways?

pretty much .. yep . woodland scenic relaistic water over painter liqyuid nails. windosr newton inks some rust effect stuff .bits of snow effect and some oils based stuff too, clear satin varnish.. ( that is actually opaque and craked to buggery and clear gloss varnish that just wont dry plus a gloop of pva.. not what i intended but hey its colourful. will do a tutorial i a bit . but more of a happy accident experiment

what is the board for? I guess for Inquisitor games but is it part of some larger narrative or will it serve multiple roles or what?

a bi annual game of necromunda set aboard ship in the warp.. PDH is bringing his scavvies too

@ Vit Hey mate ,, i do reference effluvia ..as it comes out of my mouth quite often will post up my refence as a mood board in abit along with some kind of list of what i did exactly.. like i said earlier though this is not what i really wanted .. but kinda burnt out with the thing for the moment.

@Hey ash high praise mate .. coming from a veteran builder as yourself cheers mate

@Skalk Hey sub welcome aboard mate.. hope you enjoy the writing as much as the pretties

@whalemusic hey mate .. glad you like .

@CC , hey commander great to see you again.. and yes you get the cookie.. in fact as CC points out this is actually a giant expensive fly catcher .. .. i hate flies .. now i game game on there graves

@Dst Yep forgeworld zone mortalis.. for a change i had a few pennies spare and thought bugger it why not splash out .. its a lovely piece and i wanted it to make a space crusade board .. but then i chopped it up

@ bruticus .. i originally only wanted a small board ,, but then i read that necro is suppsoed to be playe on 4*4 size boards.. and then it started to get pricy.. its all the little bits that add up though to cover the huge playing area as you will know from your own terrain not the actual big pieces, I have found.

hey mate... for once i skip the high praise stuff... what i would like to tell you:

i would really love to see you in that creative feverish moent when you go to town on such a big and cool looking thing...(oh...praise..dang^^)... i would like to see you in that moment... i have a mental image of a weird genuis doc at work... dissecting a brain of some poor soul that got off its coffin just recently... you know that type?... i know i have rather quick flashes of that feelng from time to time... it´s like sex really... everyone wants to have the climax to be as long lasting as it can be... i would love to get my creativity phases longer ...not complaining about the other stuff tho

it was sad to see your old peice of terrain go, but im sure glad it did go because this peice is definatly the best i've seen by you, or any terrain makers here on dakka!

Hey Neil- I tried finding it posted to the net w/o download, but no such luck.

Try this place - http://www.yakromunda.com/index.php?page=library, and scroll down- Left Column, labeled 'The Great White One". This should be it.

Great, great story.

Anywho, can't wait to see more of this place- like Vit, I'm interested to know how you made that sump... it's friggin' nasty looking.

-Remi

wow its just awesome cant wait to see the full finished product.

Ok, I'm sure I read this somewhere, but I have to ask as I'm being blind lols...

But is the Yggdrasillium going to be incorporating a huge tree or not?

being blind isnt funny...

Thats looking amazing so far the water effect is stunning.

ah little orks say everything that need saying.

Roll on gaming....this time I am going to make you learn the rules

The internet man came today and fitted internet in my new place

Breath-taking terrain-building as usual!

I can only agree with what has already been said. Incredible terrain, Neil. All of those details and bits everywhere.

Wait...you chopped up the WHOLE 4x4' ZM board
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Ahh! I have those Armorcast crate piles too! I LOVE THEM! I have a TON of the old Armorcat pipe-wall sections too, I never figured out what to do with them...

Wait...you chopped up the WHOLE 4x4' ZM board
??

I am so lucky that I get to play on this

I want a bath after seeing this, it looks so dirty and grimy the little living nests are amazing you can actually believe that people are trying to survive on this board .

If you managed to create that effect by mistake, well I say feth up more often great stuff every where you look something else catches your eye, it is more a large diorama rather than a gaming board

Love the conversions as well never considered using Uruk Hai with other heads great call on that, work well as ratskins replacements.

Well, I am totally subbed, this weekend will be back reading this thread

Love the boat with oil drums that really adds to the setting.

It's a shame I didn't see this table earlier! It's probably one of the best necromunda board I've ever seen (and certainly the one I was expecting the most).

(bows) Neil, mes respect Monsieur!

Wow, you built some really cool stuff. I should check this blog more often.

Hey folks sorry for the delay between updates.. kinds got absorbed into research..


@ vIK QOUTE not complaining about the other stuff tho .. Not what i heard cheers mate .. the flash's of creativity are most often followed by bouts of depression and inactivity so it evens itself out .


@ Rogue Thanks rogue .. still appreciating the encouragement mate i do like terrain and really enjoy creating it ., i see it as telling the stories of the mini that might pass through it. i have tried to make this transportable and modular as well as being interesting to play on .. from any side .. it lacks height though for a regular necro board .. something i hope to change in the coming weeks.

@ HF many thanks for the link Izangi .. i really enjoyed reading that .. albino sump spiders here i come.

@spudkins cheers mate.. will definitely be done by the 6th of October..

@AnUnearthlyChilde No tree as yet i waiting on a product to allow me to visualise the tree as i saw it.. i have it now so the tree is next on the list. i dont think the tree will be huge though . i dont want it to dominate the board too much..

i like the idea of folks worshipping it because of what it does not because of its size.. ( leat thats what i tell myself )


@GiraffeX thanks mate .. never got round to that tutorial did i




@ Pdh Cheers Pete.. roll on october ..


@Baiyuan Hey .. Baiyuan great to see you posting again mate .. loving what you doing with your modular board mate..


@TGG Thanks man.

@ Dst qoute " Wait...you chopped up the WHOLE 4x4' ZM board " well its only 2 by 2 the mdf makes it strecth to 4by 4.

can anyone have enough crates and barrels ?

@Lone DD thanks matey .. i suppose it is a giant diorama tbh . that's how i see all terrain.. i see the design of terrain akin to video game level design . there is no reason we shouldn't have a board for every different battle.. well except time space and money

@ Hyenajoe mon amie the respect flows both ways .. many thanks.." bows even lower and removes cap "

@scarzza aye so should i cheers scrazza.


so now thats out of the way..

the sump finally dried so i cut it up and moved it off tha table .. so sick of staring at it . thought i would do the entrance next originally the pandoricalle was going to sit in front of the entrance.. now relegated to the interior ,,

forgot to mention the board is part of a water treatment works inside a huge gothic imperial ship that is now part of an even bigger conglomeration of space hulk /ark / Argo

i was inspired by this pic from one of my favourite films stalker..



and this pic from metro 2033 game



special thanks must go to the excellent Bruticus for sending me a wonderful care package of goodies to go on the board.. ( even though i failed miserably to return the offer .. coming soon mate i promise i already made use of the fantastic dozer blade and some pump station sprues..

WOW Really amazing work the rail car looks like it actually will work the detail on this is brilliant even down to the damaged floor sections, I cant believe that you even have the bolts still attached to the corners like they have been ripped out

The more I look the more I notice, I really am lost for words this is astounding, all the small details the real life approach just amazing

I have to ask 2 questions one how do you create your rust effect on that barrel and the support for the stair section second are those bolts scratch built or bought either way do tell

I have to say this has been a real pleasure to explore, if I could shrink down and enter a terrain table this would be it.

Nice board!!

Wow, this is just beyond amazing...big fan of all your work tbh...but this, wow, just wow!

I am frikkin' jealous of you guys who are going to play on this board...enjoy

Aw Neil man this board is sooooo damn good...Peter was right! Hats off! If you guys weren't so bloody far away I'd totally try and get in on this...forcibly if necessary...haha again just amazing!

R

fething sick.

Just keeps getting better and better every time you show us new shots. The attention to detail is just gob smacking.

is that railroad scratchbuilt with sprue? man... i knew they had that conical shape... but i would never have had that idea...looks totally convincing... and it takes many, many,many, many,many, many more lookings at these pics to fully grasp what cool ideas you´ve included on these new parts...

and i knew you would be someone to see the inspiration in the metro theme...

how big is this whole piece supposed to become when finished???

Big enough to fit in my car shhhh

well... i would never get it through customs...

Viktor von Domm wrote:well... i would never get it through customs...

Good I want it

but.....























you can´t have it

over to you neil