Ok well what started off as me having a cool idea of a new way of making a scaly for a scavvy gang is starting to turn into a full gang.
The idea behind them is that their mutations are as much caused by underhive life as they are by the experiments carried out by their leader. There are gonna be lots of grafts, sciencey looking tubes and cogwheels and stuff on these guys to represent that. I'm thinking of incorporating some sort of aberrant machine worship into their fluff too but that's undecided so far. It would work well with my devout machine-god worshiping sm chapter that I'm thinking through at the moment though (as in they'd make perfect enemies!).
All of the models are wip so please bear with me!
Ok well here's the guy that started it:

My first scaly. Guess he's a bit larger than most but I'm primarily interested in the modelling side so game rules don't bother me so much.
For fairly obvious reasons I call this next guy Inflatus. I found a bunch of infantry weapons at the flgs for only ¥200 (about £1.40 or $2.00). Unfortunately they're ww2 German but my guys aren't really Nazis so it's all good:


Very early wip with concept art of a sinister mofo I call Gonk:


Sorry he's sideways but I did all this on my iPhone so it's a little awkward!
c&c encouraged.

Looking great so far mate, could we get some more shots of the Scaly, also Inflatus looks wicked, good job !

Boring...not another creative Necro thread

Great start with the sculpts
Scalies are big aren't they? so that he's okay imho

nice to see some accompanying concept art too!
Would redraw the plasma gun as it looks hurried compared to the rest, but otherwise love it!

Cool thanks very much for the kind words! I'll get some more shots of the scaly when I get back home tonight. I just realised that the one I posted really doesn't capture the pose very well, he's a lot more dynamic in real life, looks like he's really striding. I'm working on some new concept art too so I'll get that up when it's tweaked.
Yeah the plasma gun is pretty rushed but I think he might get a Luger after all anyway, maybe some sort of rifle strapped to his back (if I find room next to the massively oversized toxic canister).
Glad you guys like it!

Thank you

I'm digging the mad vibe going on here. They are sweet. I like the wrong proportions on them , really makes them look like mutants. Please give us a close up of the gun the scaly is carrying, did you make it yourself?

How did you make the mesh on Gonk's base? (If you tell me I will probably steal it). Please don't forget to put the riveted metal plate on Gonk's belly when you sculpt him.

Cheers

Peter

Very nice, Really like the concept art too!

I can't wait to see Gonk take more form on his base. He looks like he'll be epic.

The mesh is just cut out from a fine mesh sieve that I bought in a ¥100 shop (70p or $1) the problem with it is that it is just weaved together so it comes apart quite easily. It works better in large sections and a bit of super glue helps too.
The gun is just made out of some roughly cut bits of thick plasticard with a clock part barrel. Again I raided the ¥100 shop to get a cheap clock to cannibalise. Oh and GS rivets.
Peter your scavvies were a big inspiration so I'm glad you like mine! Love that sinister vibe.
Got home late last night so didn't get a chance to take anymore photos but they should be forthcoming!
Thanks for the comments!

Ok update time. Since I took these photos I've actually added a tiny bit more to the scaly. Gap-filling on the hands, more scales on his back etc but I decided it wasn't really enough to merit me bothering to take more photos etc (I'm lazy, sorry!). Hopefully this range of photos will show the dynamism that I think I managed to capture in this guy.
Still need to add some more scales here and there, give him a proper tail (with appropriately ripped jeans) and add a pendant to what's become a necklace:






And some more concept art of a guy with bones growing where they shouldn't be (don't have a name for him yet). Do you guys have any suggestions for what I should do with the clothing on his lower half? I shoved a loincloth and some Chucks on him but I'm not so sure:

In my mind, this is exactly what the Lizard things out of Gaunts Ghosts would look like (Loxatl? Or something like that.)

Cool! I have a vague idea of what they are from various fora but I've never read any of the Warhammer literature other than what they put in the rule books and used to put in White Dwarf.
I'll take it as a compliment all the same

Very nice use of the cold one head. *tucks idea away for later*

Great stuff!
You and others are making me wish I had more time to get similar creativity going .

Keep up the good work!

Haha I don't have that much time to be honest! I was lucky enough to get an early finish at work yesterday and managed to get a lot of work done on Gonk but I generally sculpt in hour-long bursts.
Sloooow progress!
I'm glad I'm inspiring people and supplying steal-worthy ideas! (I'm just dreading the moment when you come up with the same thing 10x better).

love the art work. This will be an interesting blog.

Liking the look of these guys, can't wait to see a finished Gonk

Thank you!
Still a lot of work to do on Gonk. I supposed these are the lowest visible layers for the most part. I tend to sculpt in layers like that as I find it easier o get more defined lines between them. So I still need to give him his wife-beater (don't worry he doesn't have a wife), helmet, bandana and hands and finish his boots and then add miscellaneous other bitz. Here's where I am with him so far:

The weapons and toxic canister have just been blu-tacked into place so far.
By the way do any of you have any tips regarding his left, claw hand? I find that GS can be tricky when attempting to sculpt individual, "free" fingers that aren't braced against something like a weapon or a wall.

Looks good so far.
My GS skills are somewhat lacking, but could you make a basic armature for the hand with fine wire, or perhaps slivers of plasticard and put a layer of gs over?

jackanory wrote:

Damn, that's looking good so far. Don't forget the metal plate on his belly!

jackanory wrote:And some more concept art of a guy with bones growing where they shouldn't be (don't have a name for him yet).

For what it is worth, that looks a lot like an X-Man called Marrow. She could pull the anomalous growths out and use them as melee weapons.

There is also a real malady called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva that is essentially connective tissue turning into bone. There is a skeleton at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia of someone that had it. The growths were more 'fluid' and 'muscle-y' if that makes any sense. That might be something to think of for shapes of the growths or for a different model.

Damn I got caught out! Yeah I'm aware of Marrow actually though I wasn't thinking of her when I drew him (well probably somewhere in my subconscious). I just scribble stuff down and see what comes out. It seemed right at the time to shove spiky bits coming out of him.
I'm also aware of that illness but I think I prefer him to be spiky than bumpy. Cheers for the suggestion though!
Don't you guys worry about the metal plate! I'm looking forward to that :d

Plus fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva tends to eventually stop you from moving at all as more and more tissue ossifies. Which wouldn't be much fun for a necromunda character!

I really like your models and concepts, can't wait to watch this develop. Whereabouts are Gonk's weapons from?

Scarp

They're from a 1/35 selection of WW2 infantry weapons by Tamiya. Just found a couple of bagged sprues in the local hobby shop's junk kit box for the equivalent of £1.40:

Oh wicked updates. I missed them

Jackanory - Thanks. Glad you like mine. Mesh from a sieve, I'm going to the £ shop.

That scaly's gun is awesome, the crank is a great touch and the fact it is ramshackle adds to the mutant theme. Also the arm brace is just perfect.

Gonk is looking good. Cannot wait to see more details. As for sculpting fingers/claws I'd use thin wire. I did it once for a pointing finger and it turned out well.

I get this fantastic punky vibe from the concept sketches, so I reckon they should be wearing tight skinny jeans. Just imagine Gonk's belly hanging over them. Looking at your concept sketches the thing that really grabs me is the ridiculously thin legs. They work really well and I think you should carry it over to the models. With the Gonk sculpt his legs look normal sized. So were the legs in the sketches just for stylistic purposes rather than effect?

With the new bony guy I reckon a bone mohawk would look cool, though rather than growing bone he should be growing razor sharp metal. (it would fit with the scaly theme as he has metal engine stacks growing out of his shoulders)

I like the shotgun and Machine gun from the sprue....I hope some really hard mutants get them.

Thank you again

Peter

That's cool you think they look punk! For a while all I listened to (more or less) was hardcore punk and metalcore so I guess I had that aesthetic in mind, to an extent, when I was drawing. Might have to get out the tartan paint when I finally get to that stage but who knows when that will be?! This whole scratch sculpting thing is ridiculously time consuming.

Yeah I actually went back and redid Gonk's legs, they're a lot more like the picture now, almost down to the wire in some parts.
I also started on his claw hand and did the wire armature thing, which has really worked. I used the same wire that the mesh is made out of so was able to get some really thin fingers going on, looks kind of like some sort of amphibian hand.

I'm not actually sure of who's going to get which weapon as I'm primarily a hobbyist rather than a gamer so I don't know the rules or which weapon load outs are the best. Anyone fancy writing up a decent starting gang for me? Even though I'm not really planning on gaming with them any time soon it would be nice if I had the option in future.

He He He Tartan Paint (reminds me of my first day at a place I used to work "Ok Pete we need you to go to the workshop and ask Ernie for a long stand." Now sadly I did turn round and almost walk off before realising )

As for rules sod it rule of cool. All the weapons so far could easily fall into some of the necromunda categories. But if you are going to have some mutants then I'd suggest you have a look at the list (two heads, extra arms, eye stalks and wings are apparently the best)

Looking forward to seeing Gonk again. Keep up the excellent work.

Peter

Good find Jackanory. Tamiya is a great resource.

Those greens are wonderful! Great work so far.

This is looking awesome!

Raiding a pound shop for clock parts to salvage is a genius idea! I love that you're sticking to the punkish theme as well! Nice job!

PDH wrote:He He He Tartan Paint (reminds me of my first day at a place I used to work "Ok Pete we need you to go to the workshop and ask Ernie for a long stand." Now sadly I did turn round and almost walk off before realising )
Peter

We've all been caught out by things like that!
Gonk is coming together, only got things like straps, fine details and his right hand to go now. Sorry about the blurry photo but it was taken with my iPhone:

tubing is made of fine spring I found in the local hobby shop (place is incredible!)

Simply awesome. Keep up the good work.

LOVE this stuff.. I especially like the Sawrus. You'll find puns aplenty in all sorts of things as your Japanese knowledge expands.

There are so many neat bits and pieces in hobby stores over there. I was lucky enough to be in Shizuoka when I was there a few years back. Tamiya is based there and Bandai have a massive facility too. I think the massive 50' gundam now lives there if you're interested and not too far away.

I recommend taking what you've made and showing it to the people at your local shop.. perhaps they can introduce you to like-minded souls.

Gambatte, na!

ing awesome.

Now those legs look great, much better than previous.

Peter

がんばる！
Ok so Gonk is more or less done (sort of). Will probably add pouches and stuff and maybe some spare magazines for his shooters but yeah provisionally he's complete. Also need some tips on how to do fine strings, namely the stitches on his left arm and the laces on his boots. Have plans for future scavvies but I'm not sure whether to paint these guys now as a batch or sculpt them all at the same time and then paint them all (probably the former).
Used this genius tutorial courtesy of doubleT to make the barbed wire:


For something a little different, here are a couple of pictures of some paintings I've done, which I might try to take inspiration from:

Coral head is pretty awesome and im really liking the direction your greens are taking too.
Keep it up!

tip top Tipparrary Mary old thing!

Gonk looks pretty damn good Excellent work

Gonk is looking good. Coral head should be turned into a model armed with a shotgun!

Sculpting.... I have always had a hard time with fine detail thin bits like that (with it wanting to stick more to everywhere but the place I want it). Never tried shoe laces but I would try a small thin rectangle of green stuff where the laces will be. Let is cure for a bit then getting a wet scalpel push horizontal lines into the rectangle to make a semblance of laces. Alternatively roll out some green stuff in to a very thin tube, make it as lace thin as you can. Cut it so that it is longer than the lace would be and place it on the boot. Then press the ends down into the boot leaving the middle part lace like. (I fine grease proof paper excellent for rolling GS on).

For arm stitching... I used this technique for raised scar tissue once. Thin rectangle of green stuff, wider than the the scar. Put it in place then push the sides down onto the model leaving a raised area in the middle of the rectangle (like an inverted T). Then carefully try and blend the areas you have pushed down into the model without damaging the raised area.

Anyway buddy hope that helps. Oh and you should definitely alternate painting and sculpting. I find that if I model a whole project in one go by the time I come to painting I want to move onto something else eg my Eldar, Death Guard, World Eaters. Also from a selfish perspective I really want to see Gonk painted up .

Thanks

Peter

Gonk looks fantastic! Can't wait to see him painted. Have you got a scheme in mind? I definitely agree that sculpt / paint / sculpt / paint is the way to go - much easier to keep yourself interested! Looking forward to your next update

Love the guys - really nice work.

Cool loving the dynamic look of the Cold One head.

Thanks for all the compliments peeps!

Scarper wrote:Gonk looks fantastic! Can't wait to see him painted. Have you got a scheme in mind?

I tend to try to keep colour schemes pretty muted (browns, greys, dark, rusty metals) but I'm going to try to do a lot of OSL coming from the bright green toxic tanks as well.
Peter those sculpting tips worked a charm! As a result Gonk, Inflatus and Mr. Hitchkin (playing around with names for the scaly) are currently on the painting desk.
Epic find in the FLGS today has left Gonk wondering where the top half of his boss has gone (just popped it on a base for scale):

Bit hard to see these as I took the photos on my iPhone (my decent camera's a bit messed up at the moment).
I've finally finished painting on Gonk and Inflatus. Been really busy, which is why it's taken so long! I'm going to add spray lacquer to these so these might be the only photos of them before they get ruined!!!
Not too happy with the paintjob on Gonk but pretty please with how Inflatus came out:






Also finished painting up my DnD character, an elven cleric of Lathander (Forgotten Realms setting) called Bannon. Really pleased with how her shield came out:

Those sculpts are great. I love your style. Doesnt really look like anything out there I have seen before. Keep it up can t wait to see more.

DAMN! That's a whole hell of a lot of detail but into each of those men, bravo!

They look great. Gonk's paint job looks fine. As for Inflatus you've nailed it. The lumberjack shirt looks brilliant. He reminds me of the way John Blanche paints miniatures not necessarily the techniques but the feel. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of the gang .

The bases on the chaps look excellent too. They look realistic.

Thanks for showing us your cool stuff. I like the effect you have got on the Elf's cloak (My internet is playing up so he didn't load before I posted the above, so it was a nice surprise going back and seeing him).

Peter

wow, great work with the green stuff sculpting and great imagination on the creations

Cheers lads! Really appreciated the feedback. PDH you've got it dead on. When I paint, while I do use many of the techniques I've read about on here and other places I tend to get carried away and just do what my fingers tell me to haha!
The lacquer didn't ruin them either, which I was amazed by!
It was the Tamiya Colour flat clear stuff that I used, just a couple of light coats over them all.
They've since received static grass and dry basil to the bases. I know Necromunda's probably supposed to be devoid of plant-life but I really like the imagery associated with plant-life growing on post-apocalyptic terrain.

Finished mini's looking superb jack Excellent sculpting and painting in effect there on both models.

Phew I'm glad you understood what I meant about the "feel" of them.

As for Necromunda and it being devoid of plant life...its not true. We have rubber moss (its comedy watching gangers run and fall on it), wire weed (think living barded wire that hurts you at strength 6) and my personal favourite the brain leaf (that actually grows inside your gangers and turns them into mindless tool for it to use as protection). So while plant life not be abundant or particularly friendly on Nercomunda its definitely there.

Peter

Wow those models look really great! Where did you get that dinosaur head?

This is great work... brilliantly fresh too.

I also like your paint style.. it reminds me of john blanche. Esp on the 'wierdo' guy the blues and pinks on his head are beautiful.

Are you mostley drybrushing though? The reason i ask is you style really looks great but where it falls down is on things like shoes, gear and other such accsesory type things. I have a feeling that if you perhaps defined these things with a little more layering type highlights/shading, your minis would really pop.

Just my 2 cents worth. Keep it up as i'm really enjoying the updates.

FTL


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Aliaricthenerd wrote:Wow those models look really great! Where did you get that dinosaur head?

DE cold ones.

FTL

Cool thank you for more feedback once again!
And Peter thank you for the plant info (I'll have to get people together to actually play Necromunda some time).
ATN looks like your question's been answered, that is, indeed, a dark elf cold one head (love those models).
With regards to the techniques I use FTL I tend to use drybrushing only for the final stage when I try to muddy up things like their boots, which is maybe why they get lost a bit. I also tend to leave those sorts of things 'til last and by then I've generally lost interest and put less time into them (shameful I know).
But my general technique is to just use watered down paints and slap them down wherever I see fit. With Inflatus I started out by putting the blue on his skin down and then filled in the rest, trying to work up layers of graveyard earth and bleached bone and then threw some blood red into the mix to get the pinkish shades that you see as I wanted his skin to look almost transparent, like a foetus. I don't think I fully grasp the "layering" technique as I haven't really taken time to fully read up on it/watch videos about it. I tend to find it difficult to get up to those final highlights, which I think are what really make models "pop".
I've started painting the scaly but maybe I'll try watching a couple of vids first to see if I can take him to that next level...

Well, don't take my comments the wrong way... i think your style is brilliant.

I think the key with layered highlights is patience... drybrushing is quick.

FTL

I thought i had already posted how much i like your work , but looking through again , i see i didnt , so here goes , i really like your work, very " contemporary" and almost animated, i feel like you charceters are very well rounded in their design. i would love to see a animation , or comic about them. they dont sceam 40k , which is a good thing imo , creativity is not bound by gw alone , but it helps lol

would like to see more of you stylised minis. regards
neil101

oh and qoute"As for Necromunda and it being devoid of plant life...its not true. We have rubber moss (its comedy watching gangers run and fall on it), wire weed (think living barded wire that hurts you at strength 6) and my personal favourite the brain leaf (that actually grows inside your gangers and turns them into mindless tool for it to use as protection). So while plant life not be abundant or particularly friendly on Nercomunda its definitely there. "

sounds like you need some weedkiller. very entertaining!

fasterthanlight wrote:Well, don't take my comments the wrong way... i think your style is brilliant.

Not at all! I appreciate all feedback as it helps me become a better painter!
Neil thank you very much, I'm glad you like my style, I tend to go for quite a weird surreal vibe and while 40k's grimdark nature definitely supports that I also like to deviate and give itmy own spin. Thank you!

Unrelated. I hope you don't mind me posting my DnD stuff but there was quite a cool moment in our gaming session yesterday when I noticed that my character was face-to-face with an enemy model that was really similarly equipped. Looked like they were just about to clash.

Absolutely fantastic, ... completely original and unique. I LOVE every bit of it.

Back by popular demand! (Well one PM at least).
Update to my blog with my scaly, Mr. Fortescue:

If you've been in the P&M showcase you might recognise him from the Necro/=][=munda thread but it's best to keep him here in his home as well.

oooh. I like it. Well done. well executed.

Jack - As you know.... I really like your painting style Mr. Fortescue is just gorgeous. I like the random power plants coming out of his skin and the glow from them you've got on the cog .

The chipped metal off cut at the front of his base looks real. Have you used metallic paint or a NMM technique?

Thanks for sharing him in here too...It seemed a shame not to carry on with one of my favourite blogs.

Peter

PS if you're still coming back to England for Christmas bring a good few layers. Oh and gloves so the grots don't stick to your hands. cold.

Hmmm, more tasty treats! Mr Fortescue looks the business, caught him in the showcase, but glad to see him make an appearance in his rightful home

You have GOT to work for Wyrd Miniatures!!

yep like all has said very cool ,that mr fortiscue , isnt that from the old ps1 game btw cool game that at the time and criminally underated!

A Black Ram wrote:You have GOT to work for Wyrd Miniatures!!

Huge compliment!
Neil: I'm not sure which game you're referring to. I've just always liked the name Fortescue and wanted to give him a posh name that wouldn't suit him.

Really tasty work Jacka
Mr Fortescue is more tuff than toff.
Inspirational model.

Medievil ps1 game lead charecter was Sir Daniel Fortescue, oops showing my age

Ok well these photos have made me realise the amount of cleaning up I need to do on this guy and the amount of things I forgot to paint, which I guess is a good thing in the end!
I was originally going to call this guy Ghostface Killer, and he was going to have a really white face but then I strayed off my path (second time I've done that with a kroot model!). Maybe I'll call this one Ol' Dirty B@&$£%d instead
I guess this guy would work as a counts-as ratskin or bounty hunter or something if I ever actually game.
Always hard to see what their poses look like in real life in photos but I wanted to capture the animalistic, dexterous side of the kroot a bit more than the stock poses do:

Gave him a lekku and an extended tail:

Few things I'm really pleased with on this side of the model; lens on the rifle, blue energy glow from the rifle and ridiculously small free-hand work on the gas canister on the base:

More lovely gribbly thingies

Love the pose, with the tail and that paint job ODB has a real ampnibian vibe to him. The markings on the skin are very nice, whole guy oozing character.

Ah cool, glad you got that! I was trying to give him a semi-aquatic look. Had various types of frogs, fish and squids in my mind when I was painting him Thank you.

Very creepy and disturbing stuff. I'd shoot at any of those models on sight.

I read this from the beginning, another thread that I'm wondering how I missed until now. Your vision is bizarre (that is offered as a compliment) and your sculpting is amazing. Going to check out your gallery after I post this.

Absolutely superp Jacka
Think he is the best to date and the previous chaps are not exactly shabby

I wanted to use a orkmoticon of a jaw hitting the table...couldn't find one so this will have to do

You have perfectly recreated an amphibian skin effect on this chap. The lense is bob on too.

Like with Mr. Fortescue, and all the gang in fact, its the little details on the base I like looking for. The cannister and raised platform on this chap, the beautifully painted metal on Forty.

I relish coming into this blog in hopes of finding something new because it never disappoints.

Peter

Awsome as usual. So much imagination.

Keep it up.

FTL

I'm loving that base. Excellent free hand on that gas tank/fire extinguisher. Overall, the model is great. Wonderful pose allows you to feel the movement of this kroot as he slinks through the underhive. Really like it! Great job!

Love him, in fact I love them all, the painting adds to the effect, it just creates something much more spectacular.

The X-factor if you will.

Thanks very much folks. The compliments are really motivational! I'll Should be going back home to blighty for a couple of weeks (weather permitting).
Can't quite remember what state my modelling bits are in at home but maybe I'll be able to do some stuff in my break.
In the mean time: what is this seemingly normal, young woman doing hanging out with a bunch of scavvies?! I'll give you a clue, there's something hidden beneath that box of drill bits...

This is just a very basic concept sketch to get her pose right but hopefully the finished model will have a lot of character.

Dynamic pose on the bounty hunter, i think you captured the movement very well, and the pics is good too!

Bestial, beautiful, and incredibly painted. I absolutely love the pose!

Thank you!
Another kroot:

Ohh pretty dino

Colouring on the cold one looks very nice

wow...that is "F**k Yeah"ly well painted. Your colour pallet is just great and it looks REAL.

As for the young lady....what is behind her drill box? I want to say it, but like QI I expect a very loud buzzer to go off if I say the words mutant breasts.... gulp.

Peter

Haha yeah how many minus points do they get on QI for that? Much as I love Total Recall I'm not ready for that kind of homage just yet!

Hmmmmm I reckon I still have more points than Alan Davies but even the internet failed to tell me how the hell they work out the point system! Tell you what, you can be Steven Fry and let me know just how many minus points I deserve?

Well whatever points you lose you get back tenfold for the quite interesting models you post.

Like! They are very cute and/or scary looking

Wow I just found this P&M blog and it is really amazing! I can't wait to see how that women turns out!

the kroot is great, by far my favorite out of your models just due to the unique and dramatic pose he is in. it really has an animal quality to it, but also a grim-dark, edgy quality with the way the base is made. An animal in a ruined wasteland haha. love it!

can we have a group shot of the models so far?

I never realized just how good a tail looks on a Kroot- the head compliments it very much.

You paint realistically...

I came to the same revelation recently, makes them look pretty swanky.

Yet to get through reading this whole blog, but absolutely amazing sculpting, and I love your art style. reminds me of Jamie Hewlett (of Tank Girl and Gorillaz fame) and a very odd one-off tv show they made based on his work called Phoo Action, now a rare find online...

Keep up the awesomeness!

Heeeyyyyyyyyy! Long time no see everyone!
And I have an update. But first a bit of an update on my life (scroll down if you want!): So basically, some of you may remember that I used to have a little Japanese flag next to my name. I was, until a couple of weeks ago, living in Japan teaching English. I was living in a city just to the east of Tokyo and I was still there when the earthquake hit. It was definitely scary and I felt it very strongly but our city wasn't damaged and no-one in that area got hurt. I stayed for a couple of days enduring the aftershocks (very stressful) but then decided to leave the country first of all because the nuclear stuff started to happen, but also because I was really disappointed with the lack of information coming from head office (I was unhappy with my company anyway).
Anyway, now I'm back in England, at my parents' house trying to plan what to do next. In September I'll hopefully be going back to uni to study to become a teacher but right now I'm looking for a job, hopefully in Bristol to tide me over. One bonus of this situation is that I've a lot of free time to do things like paint models!
On to the model! I'd based up this little gretchin guy while I was still in Japan (I managed to bring my models home) and yesterday I was torn between keeping him as a grot for my rebels or converting him to join my scavvie gang. Q0rbin's gnoblar and PDH's gretchin gimp conversions convinced me to turn him into a midget scavvie. Plus my scavvie gang is seriously lacking in numbers!!!
I left a lot of my modelling supplies in Japan (I had to pack very quickly) so although I had my models I didn't have any greenstuff or glue or anything but I had plenty of paints and brushes. I had to make his bandana out of a different putty called magic sculp that isn't so easy to use on such a small scale. This guy's really tiny, not even 2cm.
Sorry that's a lot of writing! Here he is:

Any ideas for names?
My next model (once I've gotten some gs) is going to be a conversion of the games day chaos sorceror. This guy:
NOT MY PAINTING

NOT MY PAINTING
Any ideas on how to Necromunda him up? I think I'll leave him more or less how he is but I think I should add some bits of guitar string and stuff to him...

Glad to hear you're safe and well, good luck with the job hunting.

Little grotkin looks good, love the mismatched adidas Only just risen from the pit, so brain's not in gear for names yet.

Sorreor should lose the chaos symbol and probably the skull, maybe replace one of the horns with cabling, and lots of interesting junk hung off the straps. Depending on the look you're going for might want to reposition the gloved arm, the pose screams sorceror atm.

Good to see some of your stuff again.

Cheers mate! They're actually odd socks but with the stripes I can see why you'd say that
I'm not really sure what role the sorceror will fill, maybe some kind of psycher so a spell casting pose would work. Though I don't like the Alvin Stardust hand so I'll change that anyway.

Glad to hear you're ok - the whole experience, especially with the aftershocks must have been terrifying. Hopefully things'll slowly get back to normal now though.

The little guy with the socks is adorable! I think PDH already stole the best name for a tiny character (Herve!), but off the top of my head, what about something like Slinks? I feel like he should have something short and simple

Is the sorceror guy going to be a wyrd? I think ditching the emblem on his waist is probably a good plan, maybe replacing it with a belt and some equipment? I'm personally not a massive fan of the model, so I'm looking forward to seeing if you can change my mind on him

Great to see you back!


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Oooh, and here are some rules for wyrds in necromunda, just in case you don't have them

Ha ha I ask and I receive!

Nice update...the grot really reminds me of a house elf with those socks. He looks like he works for a back street dentist too. Ace.

I love that sorcerer model and I had such nice time painting it. The main thing is to remove the eye of horus. If you're going necromunda I'd give him a gun of some sort....perhaps in the reposed right arm. I rather like monkeytrolls idea of replacing one of the horns with a cable. I'd also take some ideas from Baiyuan http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/345040.page .

edit - Oh and Scarper is right.....I stole the best name for a midget. So I think you should just call him Colin!

Peter

Thanks guys! Got some work done on the sorceror/wyrd/random underhive freak/maybe gang leader? Need some feedback on him though. What do you think so far? Still have to add a shoulder slung rifle under his right arm and add some bits of wire/guitar string.
I resculpted his right arm and made a staff/weapon for him. I'll probably add some bits of ribbon/parchment coming down from the mace head.
Maybe a bit hard to tell from this picture but I took apart a broken iPod and added some microchips and things to his belly plate. Do you think it works? I also changed the skull on his chest to a random screen. I might give it an Iron Man blue glow when I paint him up!

He looks good mate, the micro chip may need some scroll work to make it work though, arm looks cool, and i reckon a forgeworld autogun arm from the chaos renagdes pack would look , cool for his left arm.

He looks much much better already! The underslung rifle sounds like it will really fit him into the world. I think the shaft of the staff itself could use a little more detailing (though I'm sure you were going to do that anyway ), but I think the changes work really well. The microchips could be great, but I'm not really sure what you're doing with them - are they going to be painted up as electronic gubbins, or some kind of tribal patterning? Awesome work

Ah yeah, just realised that the main microchip just looks like a black box on that picture but it's got a bit more detail than that. There's a recess in the middle with a smaller rectangle sat inside it so yeah I'm thinking just some random, glowy electro stuff to up the sci-fi feel of him!
For his left arm I'm just going to use the stock arm with the eye in the palm, it's one of the things that attracted me to the model
What sort of detailing were you thinking for the staff Scarper? I was actually going to leave it pretty utilitarian but if you've got cool ideas...

That's pretty darn cool, I have that model lying around as well not doing anything so I might try something similar.

I would agree with the Autogun suggestion, but that "pale man" arm is too good not to use.

Mister Feral wrote:
I would agree with the Autogun suggestion, but that "pale man" arm is too good not to use.

That movie's so good!

Put some guitar strings tubes in his horns
They would be the hornpipes of Pan

Glad to see more stuff Jackanory!! The grot looks good and I'm glad you added more than you implied to that relatively lame chaos sorceror sculpt. I never was impressed by that mini, but you've made him look much better!

Nice feet

Any clues to drop?

The scavvies may not be as dead as we thought.

It's been way too long!

And there was much rejoicing in the streets.....

Jackanory is back! and on my birthday too - I will consider it a surprise present kinda weird - I was just looking trough this thread the other day and wondering if you'd done any more since you last posted.

Can't wait to see what you're up to - hope you're doing well!

You guys! You're making me blush!
I obviously came back on your birthday deliberately...
How's everyone doing? Sorry I've been away for so long - Malifaux's really addictive!

I like your sketches and sculpts - you got style!

Looking forward to your new stuff! It's been a while, but I think we can all relate. Tempus fugit!

Minor distraction - Got some toy cars in a £1 shop and bashed them up to act as terrain. My gaming group is actually planning on playing some Necromunda in the near future so we're going to have to build up some terrain for it:

Few stacks of those and you've got a Fallout 3 board

Did you get into Uni?

Haha, I've never played it but I can imagine! I've collected a few empty cans so they might be getting the "chemical storage tank" treatment in the near future.
Unfortunately I didn't get into uni so I'm stuck working in a call centre at the moment. If you call The Times newspaper (I'm sorry! I hate Murdoch as much as you do!) subscriptions customer services department you'll be through to my department in Bristol though I do mainly admin so it's unlikely it'll be me!

Currently working on some dogs, zombies and ghouls so I can have all the options. Really don't know what I'm doing regarding choosing my gang so I'm going for weapon load-outs that I think look cool! Any scavvy players have any tips?


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Sorry, that should have been "dogs", zombies and ghouls.

Great cars! Bargain store finds like that are always brilliant, and looks like they were worth the effort. You might be interested in this technique though. Gets you results like these without having to spend much more money!


Can't wait to see what those feet turn into. In terms of the Scavvy gang, I vote model up something that you enjoy, then work out the gang list afterwards - Necromunda's hardly the most balanced game in the world, so playing it for the story seems to work a lot better! Though one bit of advice if you insist: Don't take blunderbusses. They are seriously, seriously awful

I really like that shot. Cool. Good luck getting the gang ready for gaming.

Those crinkly foil ones are great! I've been meaning to get some plaster actually...
Couple more pics after today's day off work:
No prizes for guessing that the big guy on the left is going to be scaly #2. He's going to be pretty different to Mr Fortescue, not reptilian at all:

The start of the horde element of my gang. Couple of zombies, couple of ghouls (from Mantic) and my scavvy dogs (from Hasslefree). I just love all these sculpts:

Run doggies, run!

Ooh, this should be fun.

And I like those doggies, there's certainlysome cyber-squig potential there

The second scalie looks like he is off to a huge start.

He's a big guy but his head sticks out from his torso so he won't be any taller than what you see there. Also I've lengthened his torso, which means his legs have become shorter.
I'm going to need about 10 models for a gang right? Kind of tempting to get some models that I can use without conversions/very little conversion to bulk up the numbers as scratch sculpting takes a while! Any ideas?

Kind of tempting to get some models that I can use without conversions/very little conversion to bulk up the numbers as scratch sculpting takes a while! Any ideas?

Some of the Hell Dorado miniatures are suitably freaky and might fit in with your gloriously misshapen misfits, like this dude for example. Or these things from Dark Age Games

Looking promising! Great choice for the dogs, they look suitably vicious and mutated - are you going to 40k up the zombies a little though? Maybe a pack, or a few grenades or bionics could bring them a little into the future

Wish I could suggest some minis for you - the things you've made are so unique it's tough to find something with as much character!

Bruticus wrote:

Kind of tempting to get some models that I can use without conversions/very little conversion to bulk up the numbers as scratch sculpting takes a while! Any ideas?

Some of the Hell Dorado miniatures are suitably freaky and might fit in with your gloriously misshapen misfits, like this dude for example. Or these things from Dark Age Games

Oh man, those are all pretty sinister!

Scarper - I think you're right. One of them has a pistol holster already but I might have to add a few more bits and pieces otherwise they'll stick out.

In the mean time:

"Durrrrrrrrr"

The idea is that he just looks too nice to be shot at (until he comes after your gang's leader with a spear gun).


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Scarper wrote:the things you've made are so unique it's tough to find something with as much character!

That picture made me laugh out loud, for real, and not in an internet way. Ace!

The idea is that he just looks too nice to be shot at

Haha, that's definitely using modelling to your advantage, it never occurred to me to make my miniatures cute looking.

That's a great face


I shuddered when you said 'some models that I can use without conversions'

The stuff from dark age games are very good, and properly weird.
Use them!
Converting isn't the end, just finding some minis that you like outside the normal ranges is part and parcel of doing this kind of project.

Latest conversion is going to have minimal GS work:

When is a blunderbuss too big?!
I'm going to cut a bit off at the butt end of the gun so that he's weighed down more to the barrel end and it keeps that balance the original model has. Have to give props to the guys in the Jade Vessel blog and to Q0rbin where I first saw a gnoblar body - zombie head conversion and to PDH for his goblin body - ghoul head conversions. Think this is the first time I've seen this particular gnoblar used in this way though.
Don't worry, this guy's not finished so there's still a lot of mold-line smoothing and a bit of GS work to go!

The head looks a little like blaster from mad max 3

That's one bigass plunderbuss barrel...

He's got a serious case of small-man syndrome!

and then some. The blunderbuss made me smile. Sometimes oversized weapons don't work and sometimes they are spot on. Nice head is it an Enigma Zombie head?

The head you've done is so good, like how happy he looks . By the way telling people your tactics can be dangerous.

'Call that a gun?...Now, this....'


Nice use of that gnoblar

Cool, I like the look of his head. Maybe his gun ought to have a bipod at the front, or I guess he could be carrying it in his other hand, like a sniper off to set up his camp.

This last guy is just another prove that same good ideas come to more that one mind

I've definitely looked at all your grots before as well! Damn, it must have lodged somewhere in my subconscious!
Well I hope you take my plagiarism as flattery!

In other news, people seriously need to check out the Punk Moth blog. Some seriously messed up stuff going down there and it's not getting the attention it deserves! I'm looking at PDH, Baiyuan, Scarper, etc. You guys should go and have a look at this warped guy's work!

@ jackanory
I'm flattered, be shure But I don't think that there really were much impact from my work - You're making a very unique and self sufficient designs. Completely unexpected in 40k but none the less much more in theme than the original GW's arts and that is sooo awesome!

Good stuff on that grot AND the scavvy! It's a relatively simple conversion, but very effective.

And just went over to the Punk Moth- I'm seriously impressed. Thanks for the recommendation!

-Remi

HOT DAMN! Thanks for the link...

Hahaha, he's fantastic! Great use of parts. Have to imagine he's scavenging that for one of his bigger buddies - the recoil on that thing would send him skywards! Is that a kroot rifle that donated the parts for the rifle butt? He's adorable, in a deadly way

Cheers for the link, and the namedrop - will have to check it out!

Yeah, that kroot kit is one of my favourite plastic kits. So many bits that can be used in so many instances!
Sorry PDH, Just realised that you asked where the zombie head is from. It's actually the Mantic zombie kit. Some great zombie poses you can get out of it...but only about 3 if you use it without conversion.

Peter has been refusing to use the mantic zombies for quite a while now, he prefers to wait for a new set of plastic zombies from GW (like that's going to happen any time soon), so don't tell him there is good stuff on the mantic zombies or he might die from headexplosion.

Well I was lucky enough to have a friend who was buying a box of them so I just bought a couple of sprues off him. They are pretty good though!

Thanks for the shoutout regarding my blog, jackanory, I really appreciate it.

Your Scavvies look bloody marvelous! They're full of character and have the most personilized feel on them that I've ever stumbled into. Keep up the good work, I'll definately follow your progress and try to share my thoughts as often as I can.

Ooh, only just saw that, thanks! I've got a few WIPs to share. I've just been throwing a few simple conversions together, kind of to bulk up the numbers of my gang. I'm not sure if they fit with the other members of my gang perfectly. What d'you think?
The PDH grot body conversion with an old school twist:

This was a Malifaux limited edition Easter gremlin. No sure about his gun though (bolt pistol with kroot rifle barrel):

The classic Mordheim dreg. The reason he's got the ram's horns is that I might be using him in Malifaux as a Guild Fanatic (counts as Desperate Merc for all you Mali-fans) as well as Necromunda and the symbol of The Guild (the ruling power in Malifaux) is the ram's head:

And then finally, this is the face of one of my scratch sculpts (so nearly finished now!):

Decided that a parka would make this guy fit in with the near future aesthetic a bit better. Gave him an IG backpack as well:

Aww, so cute! He's like a little mutant Eskimo, or a stunty John Prescott with a machine gun.

The gun looks a bit clunky but will probably look a lot better with the barrel drilled out.

I think the more PC term is Inuit but thanks! I know what you mean about the gun but I think I'm going to leave it as an homage to the original model. The 2nd edition boxed set of 40k was the first thing I (my poor parents) ever bought from GW

He's great! Those are ugly, ugly little models, but you've really turned him around - nice and unique. Reckon with one of your paint schemes he'll fit in fine with the rest of the gang

Big bitz drop from Bits and Kits! Took over a week from despatch but it's finally here!
Going to have a big session tonight so hopefully there'll be some new photos going up later today...


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Oh yeah, they sent me the wrong rat ogre but I got an extra pink horror thrown in by accident too so I'm not too bothered. (really wanted the one with the blade arm though!)

I've got a spare blade-arm rat ogre, I'd swap it for some bits and bobs if you're interested drop me a pm.

The Eskimo Grot looks great dude.

Bruticus wrote:I've got a spare blade-arm rat ogre, I'd swap it for some bits and bobs if you're interested drop me a pm.

Cool! PMed...

Looking forward to seeing whatever Frankenstein Monsters you put together with that little haul

Boom!

Can anyone guess where the barrel's from?

Empire knight lance? Kinda cheating if I'm right - I played with a lot of them when I was trying to make some IG rough riders

Is it going to be a blunderbuss? Looks promising! I'd be wary about all the high tech gubbinz on the lasgun though - not very scavvy Nice use of the flagellant parts!

is that epic minotaur next to him going to make the gang? That would be quite adorable.

Scarper wrote:Empire knight lance? Kinda cheating if I'm right - I played with a lot of them when I was trying to make some IG rough riders

Is it going to be a blunderbuss? Looks promising! I'd be wary about all the high tech gubbinz on the lasgun though - not very scavvy Nice use of the flagellant parts!

Close enough! It's from the dark elf cold one knights. I know what you mean about the tech. It's still WIP but I think I'll leave some of it on and paint it up as rivets and things.

Bruticus - I'm thinking of having the minotaur on someone's base as a little familiar or something. A lot of my scavvies are going to be pretty small so he'll fit in!

Love the idea of them having pets..or familiars