Greetings!

I finally decided to pop my head out of the rabbit hole and share my thoughts with the venerable Dakka community. Some of you might already know me and be familiar with Spiky Rat Pack, the blog where me and my good friend okkiW regularly post scribblings regarding arts, craftmanship, miniature hobby and scene around it. But those of you who don't know us (which I'm sure are plenty), here's a short introduction...

We, Spiky Rat Pack, are two enthustiastic hobbyist who like to share their creative sides with the rest of the scene. We love to shape the grim universe the way we see it - sketching, mooding, writing, painting, sculpting... whatever style we find to be suitable way to bring form for our visions. In the past we've done couple of joint-projects, okkiW sculpting and me painting. Our first project done together was Rogan Rygaard, Chaos Dwarf of Tzeentch, which basically was the start of the Spiky Rat Pack. From the perspective of our hobby, I might say that we've grown up a lot during these couple of years, looking for new ways to improve our skills and widen our creative horizons...

But enough of the jargon! Our current project, operation Punk Moth, is about creating a perfect experience of INQ28 game. The project is divided in to four stages: creating playable, personally designed INQ28 gangs (the egg), building perfect gaming board (the caterpillar), making interesting and detailed scenario (the pupation) and finally, having a great time playing a game of INQ28 (the moth).

My part of the project started about six months ago when returning from my trip to UK Gamesday 2011. My mind full of inspiration like cup filled to the brim, I started forming up the gang of rogues by sketching and painting them on pieces of paper. My plan was then to create miniature version from each one of them and finally paint all of them in blend of unique and coherent style.

Here's the first two members of the retinue, Mutie Kul (with his cyber-mastiff Skullhopperre wriggling next to him) and The Rifleman...




Mutie Kul


The Rifleman

If you're interested in knowing more about these fellows, please pay a visit in our blog Spiky Rat Pack. I'm currently working on the third member, Job a.k.a Old Man, whose steps I'll be sharing with you in the near future, just need to get couple of pieces together before moving to the next phase of modding and sculpting.

In the meanwhile, please feel free to give feedback from my process and share your thoughts.

- Kari

Seriously amazing work!

Cheers jackanary! Glad to hear you like 'em.

I hope I'll get some bitz today so that I can continue to work on Old Man. My hands are itching from creative inactivity...

Great models.
Great painting.
Great artwork.

Great stuff

Great to see you on here guys, your talent is just not fair.
The Riflemen is one of my favourite minis of all time.

Was stalking Jackanory's blog, and he made a mention of this one. I'm going to enjoy watching this one grow into fruition- your art is very blanche-esque. The starting models are VERY promising and very well done.

Subscribed!

-Remi

These are cool. Scary, but cool!

Found my way here thanks to Jackanory. And well, I'm speechless, luckily I only have to type... You're obviously a gifted painter, the conversion-work is good too, but that's not what makes this stand out so much. It's the perfect harmony between inventive concept, frugal conversion and flawless color palette, that makes this simply sublime!
I like to think I'm badass (and I am ), but this is a book of seven seals to me. The unique style you achieve with seeming simplicity is just beyond my grasp. Reminds me of John Blanche, Jakob Rune Nielsen and other idols.

Wow!

Great looking stuff, very reminiscent of the "Old Days" of 40K (RT and 2nd) - and that is something I really, really like!

Looking forward to lots more, I hope!

Thank you very much for your kind words, Roy Langa, Neil101, HF Izanagi, Cave_Dweller, Baiyuan and Alpharius!

neil101 wrote:Great to see you on here guys, your talent is just not fair. 
The Riflemen is one of my favourite minis of all time.

Neil, your amazing and crazy detailed studies at Opus Maius have had great deal to do with the Punk Moth operation. I basically got an idea for module based gaming board from your Tor Gilead construction. What's up with that project, by the way?

Baiyuan wrote:I like to think I'm badass (and I am   ), but this is a book of seven seals to me. The unique style you achieve with seeming simplicity is just beyond my grasp. Reminds me of John Blanche, Jakob Rune Nielsen and other idols.

I met Mr. Blanche on my visit to Nottingham last summer. I had a priviledge to sit down with John and exchange some thoughts with him while studying some of his latest miniatures at close range. Needless to say, that moment changed the way of my creative thinking forever...

JRN's work has always fascinated me. The way he masters the hobby is simply spectacular, very inspirational. I'm a keen fan of him and would really want to meet him in live and exchange some visions with him.

Your art reminds me of John Blanch =) And this is a good thing.

Wow, these are amazing, very gritty and unique!

The Chaos dwarf you linked to is amazing too, I'll definately been looking through your blog.

Lovely stuff, the aesthetic is spot on to my mind, grim and dark, rather than grimdark, if you take my meaning.

Any chance of a walkthrough of your painting techniques for us mere mortals? :p

Incredible stuff! Your models are amazing - the paint scheme is understated yet technically brilliant, and the modelling is beautiful, especially the rifleman. It's been said before, but your art-work in particular has serious overtones of Blanche, with it's own uniqueness as well.

I'm really excited about this project - can't wait to see where you go next! Thanks a lot to Jackanory for the link - you should look at his blog if you have a chance, lots of inspiring stuff there too!

Judging from your Spiky Rat Pack blog this thread is going to be more than interesting. Will your partner also join you here at Dakka?
As people said, the execution is flawless but I somehow like the proportions of concepts more than of the resulting minis.
Great work anyway! And welcome!

Storag.

@ I am just wondering how many times I will have to say , holy feth , OMG and before I need to find more fitting eloquent words of appraisal when you show your stuff.

Tor Gillead is still sitting on my table .. finished now next to my cornflakes and toast wondering what to do with it tbh , Thanks for the compliment guys.. I am sure you will in turn inspire many more of my models and artistic ventures.. was just saying to PDH yesterday , I really need to do some painting like you and JRN .. always sketches ..never any colour with me


look forward to seeing the (the caterpillar) phase very much and also a little scared

Jubear, smiler, Yodhrin, Scarper and storag, big thanks for your attention and comments!

Yodhrin wrote:Any chance of a walkthrough of your painting techniques for us mere mortals? :p

I used lots of different techniques while painting these two fellas; acrylics, inks, washes, varnishes etc. My primary aim was to restrict the palette and stick on warm tones... I used gray primer. Skin was painted with pale Elf Flesh + acrylic white and washed with brownish wash. I then sharpend some details with white and brown ink.

Faces always get an extra attention in my projects. Wrinkles, moles, impurities of skin and reflections in eyes are the factors that have great deal to do with the personality of my creation.

Reds are first painted in dirty orangish red, washed with brown inks and washes and finally given some highlighting by adding bone white to the main colour. The same technique was pretty much used in all places and I just fine tuned the amount of washes and inks to give varying effect to the end result.

Scarper wrote:Thanks a lot to Jackanory for the link - you should look at his blog if you have a chance, lots of inspiring stuff there too!

Already sent my thanks to jackanory for noting my humble blogging in his topic. He is indeed doing something very different and unique in his blog. I'll keep following his progress with great interest...

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The postman didn't bring me any bits on Friday for the Old Man so he remains on his current (early) stage. To be frank, I couldn't have spared any time for the hobby this weekend even if I had wanted to.

This mysterious Old Man that I've been referring to is Inquisitor Cassar's witty minded counselor. His knowledge of the old technology has prooved him invaluable aid in many of Cassar's inglorious missions...


Job a.k.a the Old Man

Job hoovers on an anti-gravity chasis that has replaced his whole lower crippled body. The anti-grav chasis makes dim humming sound with casual crackling arcs down to ground. It lets Job to ignore harsh ruined terrain but restricts his rate of speed to fast walking.

So inspiring, the Rifleman is my absolute favourite !!!

Cool stuff, I've admired that Chaos Dwarf before and I particularly like Skullhopperre who is quite cute. Your illustrations remind me of Mervyn Peake, I could easily picture the Old Man in a decrepit, creaky, 40k castle full of bizarre gothic individuals.

Nice to see you on dakka

Punk Moth is going to be an interesting topic......will be very interesting to see you guys on terrain.

While I'm sure the old man is going to be great....it is your inquisitor that is going to make me turn greener than ever.

Hey izeColt!

Welcome to the party! Great to have you joining in on the fun here on Dakka!

Those pieces are just as spectacular now as they were when you posted them on your blog. Subscribed!

Great stuff. I dig your unique miniatures and outstanding painting, though I like your concepts most of all - so Blanche-esque, characterful and stylish!
Keep it up!

PS:
Captain Gaga and servomonkey Alejandro are hilarious!

Beautiful work man, the skin tones are subdued nicely, and the fact you're building them around John Blanche's art...brilliant! I'll be keeping an eye out over here!

Granesh

Nice work so far, great ideas. Consider me subscribed.

Cheers Armorum Ferrum, Bruticus, PDH, KrautScientist, Ishkatar, Granesh and Scrazza!

Bruticus wrote:Your illustrations remind me of Mervyn Peake, I could easily picture the Old Man in a decrepit, creaky, 40k castle full of bizarre gothic individuals.

To be honest, I had never heard of Mervyn Peake before I Googled him today Maybe I've heard of him but didn't know to put face for a name... His art actually does have some similarities to mine, grotesque faces etc. Thanks for the hint

PDH wrote:will be very interesting to see you guys on terrain.

It'll be very interesting for us to try our best on terrain building too We've already planned to make the terrain very low in hue, giving very tepid background for our characters.

ishkatar wrote:PS:
Captain Gaga and servomonkey Alejandro are hilarious!

Aren't they! I'm eager to wait and see what Mikko will do with Alejandro if he'll ever be doing it... (hopefully at least in 28mm scale!).

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Weehaa! Got miself some bits today for Old Man, Cairn Wraith to be exact. I couldn't wait but tear the blister open and start to model the man with some bits and blue tack. Here's a raw "3D sketch" so far...



If you compare Job to his drawn version, you can obviously see some differences right away; Skull is kept in his left hand instead of right, his back is much more bent etc. But you can still feel his cruel smile while he is admiring his latest finding, wondering what would be the perfect price for such a beauty...

The thing is, I try to find perfect balance between the miniature and the drawing, giving space for creativity while modelling and painting. If I'd try to make an exact model from the drawing I'd loose my mind!

Any ideas for the anti-gravity chasis, how to mod it even more wicked?

Nice work, now onto the legs or isn't he supposed to have legs?

EDIT: Ah I see. I just read he doesn't have any legs. Hmm, I'm curious about how you're going to manage this.

His art actually does have some similarities to mine, grotesque faces etc

I was really thinking of his writing, Gormenghast (one of my favourite books) is full of oddball characters: the grotesque, the gothic, the bizarre and the macabre.

Job is looking good so far, I really, really like the hair and nose. Something about the hair on your figures moves the models from being standard Warhammer figures to being something else entirely.

Yeah I second the hair comment, Your tiny greenstuff skills change the whole model. No-one has a crooked nose and smile as delvish as old man.

Fantastic work, keep us updated =)

Jeezus!

You Scandinavians are crazy! Pure essence of 40k in all its glory.

Bruticus wrote:

His art actually does have some similarities to mine, grotesque faces etc

I was really thinking of his writing, Gormenghast (one of my favourite books) is full of oddball characters: the grotesque, the gothic, the bizarre and the macabre.

Job is looking good so far, I really, really like the hair and nose. Something about the hair on your figures moves the models from being standard Warhammer figures to being something else entirely.

Cheers for the Gormenghast shoutout! That book is so awesome!

Bruticus is right, though: izeColt, you should really take a look at Gormenghast if you haven't already. Chances are you'll love it to bits, considering your art and fluff! There's a pretty good film adaptation as well.

Thanks fellas.

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Jeezus!

You Scandinavians are crazy! Pure essence of 40k in all its glory.

Haha Aren't we all?

KrautScientist wrote:

Bruticus wrote:

His art actually does have some similarities to mine, grotesque faces etc

I was really thinking of his writing, Gormenghast (one of my favourite books) is full of oddball characters: the grotesque, the gothic, the bizarre and the macabre.

Job is looking good so far, I really, really like the hair and nose. Something about the hair on your figures moves the models from being standard Warhammer figures to being something else entirely.

Cheers for the Gormenghast shoutout! That book is so awesome!

Bruticus is right, though: izeColt, you should really take a look at Gormenghast if you haven't already. Chances are you'll love it to bits, considering your art and fluff! There's a pretty good film adaptation as well.

So it looks like that the next book I'll be looking for in the library is Gormenghast then. Thanks for the hint guys.

I'll upload some WIP shots of Job tomorrow. Made some greenstuffing this evening and am pretty close to start painting...

wow you are really good at translating this art work into minis! im subbed

Finally some WIP shots!







The progress of Old Man is looking good so far. I've already started painting him. The painting is running pretty well so far, almost finished with the model to be honest! I've used some neat techniques to bring his cape to life (cheers to JRN for his helpful tips!) and his face looks meaner than I thought it was possible for me to paint... Stay tuned

It's a cool model overall but the head in particular is just awesome. His imperfections and odd features make it look so different from a usual GW sculpt.

Damn another person using the cairn wraith. By the time I get round to mine I'll have no option but to copy..shudder.

Very nice old man Izecolt. I like the way he is almost stroking the servo skull.

That face is rediculously good.

PDH wrote:Damn another person using the cairn wraith. By the time I get round to mine I'll have no option but to copy..shudder.

Very nice old man Izecolt. I like the way he is almost stroking the servo skull.

Haha! I believe there's still plenty of room for another Cairn Wraith conversion and I'm sure yours will stand proud next to others.

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Hooyah! Got a nice painting spree and finished Old Man in record time. Here's some shots of him...



Some more angles and background jabadaba can be found at Spiky Rat Pack, if you happen to be interested...

For Old Man's cape I used sponge techinque JRN told about in his blog Miniatextures. This technique is also famous for those who like to make weathering effects for armours and other metals. Sponge's randomness makes it perfect tool to make imperfect texture for different surfaces. In this case I was looking for certain effect for the cloth, something that would look like maggot and moth eaten sack with oil stains and dirt. Hope I made it there.

Best one so far in my opinion. Did you start with zenithal highlights from an airbrush like JRN? Your style looks like it uses more washes - I love the naturalistic, grimy look, I hope to be able to replicate that style one day.

Your style is so individual. I love it!

Cheers fellas!

Here's a group shot of the inglorious Rogues Malus, Inquisitor Cassar's retinue of expendable bastards. I'll just leave this here for now...


Rogues Malus

They are fantastic, izeColt, plain and simple. Right up there with the best of them!

Can't wait to see your Inquisitor! If he's anywhere near the coolness of your illustration for him, we are truly in for a treat!

Thank you KrautScientist. Inquisitor Cassar sure will be my most ambitious project so far. Have to gather some energy before starting to chew that tough bite...

If you happen to wonder how Old Man manages to move/levitate around, here's a peek under his ragged sack.

Oh my, izeColt, this is as fantastic as it is disgusting Quite a thread you've got going here! You're really hitting it out of the park, mate!

You're a maniac! I love it!

Absolutely lovely ! I always did love Johns work and it's nice to see someone making miniatures . They are beautiful !!!!

Wow...just...wow... I come to check out this thread every day just to get inspired again! I need to do some serious 40k writing again!

Incredible! Mind-boggling the amount of thought and background that goes into each of these characters. The Old Man looks fantastic - so impressed with the detail you managed to get into his facial expression.

Blown away!

Thank you for your support KrautScientist, jackanory, AlfonsoTheTraitor, Malika2 and Scarper!

Bruticus wrote:Did you start with zenithal highlights from an airbrush like JRN? Your style looks like it uses more washes - I love the naturalistic, grimy look, I hope to be able to replicate that style one day.

Sorry Bruticus, (almost) missed your question there! I don't have an airbrush, so zenithal highlighting/shading is out of question in my case. Yes, I do use lots of washes and inks to make glazes. If you're interested in learning more about grimy and naturalistic (=ugly) technique, may I recommend you to check out Steve Buddle's blog Spyglass Asylum. His blog is updated very seldom these days after he went to work for GW, but you can still browse to his ponderings regarding Dirty Painting and several washing techniques, which you might find both inspiring and insteresting to learn more about...

So you guys play INQ28 campaigns together? What rules are you using? Besides...what warbands are there in your group?

Hi Malika2! We're currently planning our first game of INQ28 to be played this Fall, at the earliest. Punk Moth is pretty long term project due the fact that we'll be doing all the stuff - minis, terrain, scenario etc. - from the scratch.

The game will be played using Inquisitor rules which are adapted to work in 28mm scale, hence the abbreviation INQ28(mm). We both will be having teams that include four key members + extras (Cyber Mastifs, Servo Skulls etc.). It will be very narrative game for us, being more like roleplaying each character than aiming to win the game. We will be creating a story that is lead forward mainly by character chemistry rather than tactics and random factors.

Wonderful group shot Ize, so very full of menace and the macabre.. I agree that you should check out Ghormenghast , I think remember reading in ratspike years ago that Ian Miller had also been inspired by Mr Peake could be wrong though ..

I found an artist who;s work reminds me of Ian millers the other day and thought you would like his work also

Albin Brunovsky , Put a collection of his work in my inspiration gimme bar on opus

https://gimmebar.com/view/4fbbac9aaac422c853000002/big

great to see beneath the old mans dirty cloak , ... that just sounds wrong ;-)

Cheers Neil! Ghormenghast has been added to my "must read" list, with very high priority (there's plenty of books in that list, slow reader you see). Thank you for another recommendation.

That Albin Brunovsky's stuff is mad! Nice find indeed. For some reason I got vibes not only from Ian Miller's work, but also from Roger Dean's. Don't know where that came from since Dean's style is very, very different from Brunovsky's, but I feel that there is some deeper connection between them... Loneliness? Anguish? Reaching the extreme limits for something beyond..?

Thank god Old Man's lower part is only a floating anti-gravity chasis ;D

Man that is so cool. I love the colours on the old man cloak. He really looks so so good . And the beneath the robes drawing is just wrong but very cool.

I may have missed it if you've mentioned it but what are your plans for the gaming board. Industrial, city, shanty etc?

Really looking forward to seeing the whole process from start to gaming. Oh and seeing your detailed battle reports

The group shot is getting me going for your Inquisitor.

Wow those are just beyond words. Fantastic awesome incredible!
Old man is awesome addition. =)

Cheers PDH and Two Spartan!

PDH wrote:I may have missed it if you've mentioned it but what are your plans for the gaming board. Industrial, city, shanty etc?

We're aiming to build our gaming board to resemble Imperial gothic industrial district that has seen some serious fighting at some point. There will be ruins and pits everywhere, deep behind frontlines. Everything will be covered by dust and sand, rust and corrosion has eaten most of the metals.

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Operation Punk Moth keeps thickening. Mikko just finished skulpting yet another masterpiece for his retinue, the Twinz. I, in the other hand, haven't finished anything really new lately, though I made a drawing about Skullhopperre...


Inquisitorial Archives: Study of Skullhopperre II


+ Skullhopperre +

Those of you who are wondering what the hell is this, please let me introduce to you, Skullhopperre (Bragenpanne Den Ongewinne) - or graedig basterd like Mutie Kul would call it. Skullhopperre is Mutie Kul's Cybermastif, pet, blood hound, which Kul uses for tracking enemies and draw their fire at.

Skullhopperre was born in the middle of kitbashing frenziness, on the spur of the moment. I didn't plan to do it, it just came to life. I had some Tyranid bits lying around and thought "I really need to either use these for something or else throw them away". So I took a knife, cut this little critter's 'ead off and put a human skull in its place - vóila!

Once again, a fantastic piece. You might want to consider building a time machine and heading back to the time when GW was established. They'd probably hire you on the spot.

Come to think about it, they might even hire you now...

Anyway, very full of character and very creepy! Still looking forward to your Inquisitor. Like, A LOT

Thank you for your encouragement, KrautScientist. Inquisitor is waiting for some bits to arrive from England. After that it is time for some serious bashing.

I'm still not sure what head I will start to work with in Cassar's case, bought like a dozen different face that I will need to choose from. I guess I'll have to work it out somehow...

What comes to his body, well, there's couple of options. I'll post more about this in my next update...

I can hardly wait, izeColt! If I could name three things that you absolutely need to bring over from the drawing, it would be these:

- the hair
- the collar
- the slender silhouette. I love how thin he is in the drawing - almost freakishly so. But he looks lean and dangerous, like a wasp

Oh, and one last thing: It'll probably nearly impossible to pull that off, but try to capture that look in his eyes in the model! He really looks like someone who has seen too much and gone too far...

Phew, I guess you can tell i'm really looking forward to this one, huh?

Right, I got my bits for the Inquisitor Cassar from the UK last week, just in time before weekend. I managed to start building Cassar's body with pretty nice pace, here's the result so far...


Inquisitor Marius Cassar





I'm not sure if I'll arm his left hand with a sword or a gun. What do you think?

KrautScientist wrote:If I could name three things that you absolutely need to bring over from the drawing, it would be these:

- the hair
- the collar
- the slender silhouette. I love how thin he is in the drawing - almost freakishly so. But he looks lean and dangerous, like a wasp

Oh, and one last thing: It'll probably nearly impossible to pull that off, but try to capture that look in his eyes in the model! He really looks like someone who has seen too much and gone too far...

Two out of three ain't bad, don't you think? I decided to give Cassar a chest plate so he'd be more protected when on the field. That's one the reasons I had to abandon his slender silhouette along with the fact that his leather coat became a bit thicker than I thought it'd be. Also, his shoulder mounted bolt pistol has quite a mechanic build on his back so he had to be a bit more fit to be able to carry the thing around. These kind of things just pop out when you start to kit-bashing, you know...

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And here's a sneak peak from another side project that will be done for our Punk Moth project... NPC grunts!

Where do you get all the awesome artwork from?? Im guessing theyre blanche sketches?

Loving the hair on that guy, amazing.

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Where do you get all the awesome artwork from?? Im guessing theyre blanche sketches?

Loving the hair on that guy, amazing.

Cheers Vitruvian XVII! It's not Blanche's, but mine Though they're very much influenced by J.B.'s art.

Holy crap.

Youve just gone from absolutely fething awesome, to a God.

Seriously i dont think ive ever seen models with such a grip on the 40k aesthetic and background, and then you go and make art on a level with John Blanche!

Im astounded, massive admiration here.

I love this blog, these pictures are great!


S.

The chainsword looks good but is a bit bulky, I really like his rapier one in the drawing. The laspistol doesn't do it for me, it seems a bit unbalanced with two large pistols on one side of the figure. Maybe a smaller pistol would work.

He looks really cool, the head makes it again - are the hair and ruffle sculpted by hand?

Awesome looking stuff!

Thank you Sharazad, Bruticus and ghostmaker!

@Bruticus: If it'll be the sword, I'll make it a slim chainsaw rapier, like in the drawing. Or maybe it is going to be a power rapier, who knows

If you go slim sword or rapier, then use the sword.

The double pistol doesnt really flow imo.

Thanks Vitruvian XVII for your opinion and your praising words. To be frank, J.B. is really on a level of his own, unreachable. We mere mortals can only pitfully imitate what he's doing. But it warms my heart to hear that someone actually thinks that my style is very similar to his, so thank you, yet again...

It looks like I'll be putting a sword in Cassar's left hand. Power rapier it is, as chainsaw version looks a bit too crude in this case. He'll be handling a laspistol in his right hand.

So there we go. I'll post some more WIPs when I've done with the hands...

Whoa, IzeColt: Inquisitor Cassar stole Inquisitor Antrecht's face! Give it back!

Seriously though, fantastic work so far! I really love that face, and the hair looks ace!

I agree with Bruticus concerning the sword. A Rapier of some kind would be fantastic. You know, maybe even a Rapier with some kind of Pistol integrated into its hilt? He seems like the kind of guy who wouldn't be above pulling of a dirty trick like that

Anyway, great job! I can hardly wait to see him finished!

Haha Sorry KrautScientist, I couldn't resist but to use that head! It was actually the ONLY face that I could approve for Cassar. it was the only one that was enough mean, lurky and dismissive.

I promise you won't recognize it after the paintjob There will be mad gloss in his eyes too...

those grunts look very interesting! i like them, and also for you =][= (which looks so cool) i think that if you could use some nice fancy laspistol in his left hand, and with Kal Jerico's saber on his belt

Wow. Pretty much all that can be said here

Absolutely magical characters! They are the perfect blend of fantasy and sci-fi (Blanche-ness?). But there's enough personal touch in the models (especially the Old Man) to make them incredibly unique. I cannot wait to see your next updates.

The face on your Inquisitor looks good. You're off to a fantastic start.

The sword is too chunky....perhaps a Striking Scorpion chainsword? Or Rogue Trader era eldar chainsword if my memory serves me correctly...was on a plastic sprue me thinks.

Another option could be the rapier from the baneblade commander.

Not a fan of the pommel on the pistol.

So if you can get the pistol in the same pose as the drawing I would try that. But If you cannot find a thinner chainsword then I suggest keeping the sword in his hand.

I also think that the shoulder pistol could do with lowering slightly.

Really exciting to see how he comes along.

That sword PDH posted would be a very nice fit in my opinion!

I just remembered three different options:

1.) The Grey Knights in power armour come with lots of Falchion-type swords. They look rather nice when used on an Inquisitor model (I used on on my Assassin conversion).

2.) The Cadian Command Squad has a nice and thin power sword that comes attached to a bionic arm. Ditch the arm, and you have a very nice sword (you can see the bit on my Magos Explorator).

3.) The WFB Empire Knights have a sword arm for their champion. The arm is heavily armoured, but the sword is pretty nice.




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Here's a picture of the swords, btw:



The one on the left is the Empire Knights sword, the one on the right is a GK falchion (they are available for left and right hands, although you would probably have to ditch the hand).

The one in the middle is yet another option: A sword from the plastic WFB Wight King

Cheers fellas for your comments!

@PDH and KrautScientist: Thank you for recommending options for the sword guys. That Baneblade commander's sword is pretty much the kind I've been thinking of using. I'm pretty sure there's something similar in Cadian Command Group sprues...

If Cassar had carried a daemonic weapon, it'd definately be the Wight King's sword!

Oh yeah, I also ripped off the shoulder pistol, made the stem a bit shorter and re-glued it. Looks much, much better now. Thanks PDH for the hint! Sometimes you just become a bit blind for flaws like these when you refine your model too intensively. Good to have a community like this to point out your mistakes

Here's the one that comes with the Cadian Command squad, in any case:



It's on the guy with the standard. That's the only sword in the kit.

Should you need any of the three swords in the picture I posted, let me know. I'd be glad to help you out.

Just thought i'd pop my head in and say im loving this thread at the moment, wicked cool minis and concept. Keep up the superb work good sir.

Ize - It's a pleasure to point out your mistakes! I wouldn't say mistakes - just things I know I'd kick myself over ,were it mine, after it had been finished.

I'd never tell you where you went wrong after it was undercoated though

Yes, one of the old Eldar chainswords would really fit, I think, be it an old Striking Scorpion one, or one from a weapon sprue. I actually think a chainsword fits the image better than a rapier, but perhaps that's because the original artwork has that splattered blood feel to it.

Another thing I just realised when looking at the modelling putty on his wrists: He definitely needs some lace cuffs

I realise this will be a bitch to do in GS. But who can do it, if not you, IzeColt?

^ this definatly would be perfect!

So the challenge has been thrown

I agree with PDH about the eldar chainsword, I was checking my bits for suitable swords:



From left to right: Kalamandras' sword, old chaos chainsword (if you filed the back straight), old metal space marine chainsword, Eldar chainsword and the basic Guard chainsword. Unfortunately I used my favourites on this guy - two Ragnar Blackmane chainswords. Karandras' is cool but probably too huge. I think the standard eldar one would look pretty cool though, it was the first one I thought of when I saw the illustration. You can have mine if that helps.

the first two i think could look really cool!

Hi folks!

Just managed to apply the last pieces of greenstuff to Cassar this evening and thought to upload some shots before the sunrise - and believe me or not, it rises around 3 a.m. at this time of year in Finland



I'm pretty pleased by how I've been improving my greentuffin' skills lately. I was able to work out some very fine details this time, thanks to some of my new sculpting tools. The pin came in hand when I was doing the lace cuffs that KrautScientist lured me to do. They don't look like much at this stage, but after they get some paint and freehanding, I guess they'll look much more like lace cuffs...

Tomorrow it's time for some priming!

Thats rediculously awesome.

Dat wig...

Can't wait for more!

wow, impressive, the sleaves look flowing, the hair looks great, and the neck thing looks realistic!

Begel Dverl wrote:Dat wig...

Best comment ever! Hahahaha true story though!


S.

...and you even added the lace cuffs

Absolutely stunning, IzeColt! He's a true individual! Can't wait to see him painted

He looks great , his face is so full of character.. like a judge with his powdered wig.. The baneblade rapier sword does look like a good match ...

Cheers! I've already started painting him. Done with the face and the wig, pretty nice pace in my case

Painting WIPs to follow soon'ish...

Probably the best model representation of concept art I've seen. Brilliant stuff with a amazing 40k vibe that is often missing in the official models, funny enough.

Thanks Hindenburg!

Ok, I have to admit, I'm on a spree here. As promised, here's couple of WIP shot from Cassar's current status. You can find couple of more angles on Spiky Rat Pack blog, if you're interested....

Is that a little beauty spot there on his lip, IzeColt? He is shaping up to be everything I expected, mate. Brilliant!

KrautScientist wrote:Is that a little beauty spot there on his lip, IzeColt?

Yeah KrautScientist, that is! This Cassar person is a pretty pervert little bastard, isn't him?

You know, the really great thing about the character concept is how it manages to combine a rather foppish look with this element of subtle danger. He has this slightly unhinged look about him that tells you that this guy is indeed quite dangerous. I love it

Haha! Great description! That sounds Cassar is like a vampire or something I'll try to add some more edge to him with couple of tricks...

The conversions and the painting are great....I think you've really captured the "essence" of the art work, and that's very hard to do in my opinion. Great job! Very gritty, very surreal

Oh man... Cassar makes foppish look bad-ass. Seriously great, envy-inducing GS work. That hair and neck frill are absolutely fantastic, izeColt! And the paint job is equally good- so different!

-Remi

that face is painted really well!

He's really coming along! Love the cuffs, and the nonchalant pose - looks like the type to take anything in his stride. His face scares me - a heady mix of contempt and anger

Cheers Crimthaan, HF Izanagi, Rogue Wolves and Scarper!

Finally, here he is, the head of my INQ28 gang, Inquisitor Marius Cassar...




Inquisitor Marius Cassar and the inglorious Rogues Malus.

For more images, check out our blog Spiky Rat Pack! Hope you like the outcome

And now it's time to move on to the next phase of the Punk Moth project, the caterpillar....

That is one fine miniature there, the hair is Fantastic and the paint pallet is muted but works perfectly

He is simply spectacular, IzeColt! As expected I am sooo jealous right now

The whole retinue together also looks fantastic. I guess it's okki's move now to try and outdo that, huh?

these models are amazing! it really provides the gothic style of 40k

Simply stunning Ize.. you surpassed the rifle man in my affections .. the colours are so warm and rich ..just sublime mate..

KrautScientist wrote:The whole retinue together also looks fantastic. I guess it's okki's move now to try and outdo that, huh?

Can I? Can anyone?? =)
izeColt has done some incredible work here, I am a huge fan of his work.

Subscribed!!!! your work inspires me to get of dakka and finish my IG army.

-Ironhandstraken

okkiW wrote:

KrautScientist wrote:The whole retinue together also looks fantastic. I guess it's okki's move now to try and outdo that, huh?

Can I? Can anyone?? =)
izeColt has done some incredible work here, I am a huge fan of his work.

Well, your siamese twins are no slouch either. I have high hopes for them, mate

That said, you are quite right that IzeColt's work is simply stunning, especially the uncanny transition from artwork to model.

Wow... just simply... wow.

Were any parts non-GW in the making of these toys? If not (or even if so!), this deserves to be on the GW website with an accompanying article- your models and the original sketches. It's Blanche, it's grimdark to a T, it's masterfully done, it's izeColt.

-Remi

Superb work! Both your modeling and painting are ridiculously well done. I will be watching with great interest!

Holy cow they turned brilliant!

Thank you all or your kind words! It is wonderful to hear that so many of you have been following the progress of this small group.

KrautScientist wrote:

okkiW wrote:

KrautScientist wrote:The whole retinue together also looks fantastic. I guess it's okki's move now to try and outdo that, huh?

Can I? Can anyone?? =)
izeColt has done some incredible work here, I am a huge fan of his work.

Well, your siamese twins are no slouch either. I have high hopes for them, mate

That said, you are quite right that IzeColt's work is simply stunning, especially the uncanny transition from artwork to model.

I can't stress this enough, KrautScientist, but your work has also had a major impact on my side of the Punk Moth project. It's pure magic what you've done with your Inquisitor posse, not to mention the amazing fluff! Consider me a fan

What comes to Mikko's work, I can barely wait to see his Twinz ready. That is one bad-ass mini on the way! To be frank, I'm quite scared to even think of what his Inquisitor will be like. I've heard couple of pretty interesting stories so far, but I'm sure Mikko has couple of tricks in his sleeves that he'll use to blow up the pot. Seriously, I can't wait to see his stage one to be ready.

Mikko's vigor enthusiasm has given a lot of strenght for me to carry on abd finish what I've started doing. It hasn't been an exception in this case either...

HF Izanagi wrote:Wow... just simply... wow.

Were any parts non-GW in the making of these toys? If not (or even if so!), this deserves to be on the GW website with an accompanying article- your models and the original sketches. It's Blanche, it's grimdark to a T, it's masterfully done, it's izeColt.

-Remi

All the bits used in these models are from the range of Games Workshop. It is my admiration to Blanche's art that has worked as a basis for my creativity. I won't hide the fact that I, for sure, try to imitate Blanche's work... in a way. That might be one of the reasons why my stuff is what it is...

Just to repeat myself...

Ize he looks superb. The colour of the sword is brilliant. The shoulder mounted weapon looks ace.

The group shot....what a money shot. Brilliant sums it up. I think you could probably quite happily give him a couple more retinue members.....perhaps an interrogator.

Looking forward to Okki's group and the scenery next. Great project and cool symbol for it...nice and rusty.

Cheers PDH!

We seriously thought about making cloth badges from the new Punk Moth logo, along with bigger Spiky Rat Pack back badge that we would then stitch to old rag-tagged denim vests bought from the flee market

Wow its amazing what is in fashion around the world!

izeColt wrote:I can't stress this enough, KrautScientist, but your work has also had a major impact on my side of the Punk Moth project. It's pure magic what you've done with your Inquisitor posse, not to mention the amazing fluff! Consider me a fan

Consider me humbled then, that I have managed to inspire someone who is much more of an artist than me

I am also really looking forward to the "Twinz". And you are right: If that's one of the henchmen, what on earth will the Inquisitor look like?

Oh, and I totally second PDH's suggestion to add more retinue members, if only to see more conversion goodness from you You seem to have quite a lot of archetypes covered, but what about a Mechanicus Priest? Or an arco-flagellant? Some kind of heavy Crusader-type would also be interesting (and a great pretext for adding yet more gothic madness).

Just been on your blog. Stunning work I must say! Nice to see truly original sculpts, and well painted. More please!

Hi folks!

Long time no type. Punk Moth project is still alive and kicking, trust me! There's been some setbacks on the way, but other than that, almost everything else has been going like planned. Almost.

I thought that I finished my mob when I had Inquisitor Cassar painted. Well, it looks like I was wrong. Some time ago I found myself sifting through the last month's White Dwarf and paused for a good moment when John Blanche's always wonderful Blanchitsu popped in to my sight. In his article John introduced some of the finest conversion made out of Games Workshop's infamous chubby Nurgle Chaos Champion.

You know what? I simply couldn't resist the temptation of making one of my own to fill the ranks of Inquisitor Cassar's entourage. So I took my pencils and started sketching the next character for the Punk Moth scenario...


Hagard & The Færwyrd

Hagard is yet another henchman for Inquisitor Cassar's retinue. Hagard fought his brutal wars on the same savage planet that Mutie Kul did his biddings. Hagard's grotesque and cruel heavy machinegun Færwyrd (inspired by MG-42) sows terror amongst his foes, ripping them to pieces with high caliber rounds and fast fire rate. Hagard wields the gun with an agile, lightly moving pneumatic arm that is much longer and stronger than a normal limb. The arm is integrated to the gun's barrel and it is like the gun and the arm are one piece.

This side quest disturbed my Caterpillar plans a bit. If you remember, the Caterpillar was the phase where we are supposed to be doing terrain for the Spiky Rat Pack's first INQ28 game. The terrain is well on its way, but there still hell-of-a-lot to do before we can even dream of playing a game on that board!

For the closure, here's a peek to my plans for the board so far...



Thanks for reading!

- Kari

Welcome back!

The sketch looks fantastic (as always... ) - I can see the Nurgle Lord, but I love the disparate proportions on his body. I'm excited to see how you craft it - every single one of the models you've made has been a great transition from artwork to actual model.

Also looking forward to the terrain. Are you going to have any Necro-inspired multi-tier buildings? I suppose it depends on your scenarios, but I'm liking the preview so far.

-Remi

dang. that is talent.

Ok. You have a ridiculous amount of talent there

That retinue is just sublime - the modelling, the palette, the whole style.

Just gorgeous

Very interested to see where you take the terrain.

very nice design, looking foward to seeing this guy in the flesh!

Cheers guys!

Remi, the terrain will be more like playable diorama with an interesting layout and a natural feel rather than "mindless" labyrinth of miscellaneus walls and objects. It has prooved to be quite challenging to make the terrain manouverable when approaching the design process this way though. I decided to split the board in half so that I could design the interior of the Basilica to represent more like real building. This way we'll be able to do photoshooting of the game from closer range and lower angle if/when the characters are moving inside the building's ruins.

Long story short(er), Necro-style multilevel terrain will be presented in very limited way, some catwalks and ruined roof-tops hear and there...

stunning work .. so excited to see both terrain and mini completed..

……….


Please sell me your talent PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Love the art! I think it's great to see the transition from 2d illustration to a real 3d model. great work.

This is my new #1 favourite blog! Your work is fething INCREDIBLE!
The artwork looks like something you might expect to see in a codex, and your models are extremely atmospherical and well painted. Kudos all around!

Subbed and exalted!

Holy gak..
This is amazing, I cant put in to words how much I like this, but you have talent, great talent, selling-your-soul-to-the-devil talent.

Love it

Thank you Neil, lone dirty dog, mayajid, MrMerlin and Tobber1202 for your kind words.

lone dirty dog wrote: ……….

Please sell me your talent PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Sorry mate, made a pact with the devil not to re-sell it. The contract didn't say anything about selling stuff I've made though

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Back to business... I started modelling Hagard. Here's the outcome so far...





I still need to add bits here and there, and when I'm done with that, it's time for some greenstuffin'. Hagard will get hair on his head (but he'll be bald like in the drawing) and his shoulder guard will get more detailed and less like "out of the box" feel for it. I'm thinking of adding more layers and edge to it.

And then there's the pneumatic arm. It still needs some heavy modding before I'm satisfied by the looks of it. At the moment it stands out like a straight junk with pipes and cables, so I need to add some functional looking bits to it so that it would look more like it could actually be a working piece. Also, the connection between the arm and the gun is still pretty nonexistent and needs to be stressed.

Love your work, izeColt. I think it's more impressive to see your concept art before, and then the execution of the model.

What will you do with all the chaosy bits? I see the hanging guts are gone (good choice), but he still has a gaping belly, hooved feet, mark of nurgle, and such.

Looking forward to see the progression!
Rawson

He's coming along nicely, great headchoice btw

Threads like this always inspire in me a mixture of stunned awe, rampant jealousy, and the vague sense that my own work is like a child scribbling with crayons by comparison. Still, seeing your process and its results are worth any discomfort or feelings of inadequacy.

Do you mind if I save your artworks into my "Inspiration: Pillage for ideas at first opportunity" folder?

ize very nice dude. I was wondering how you would manage to get this together. I really like the slenderness of the weapon compaired to the bulk. Bionic arm doesn't look too bad at all from the angles here. Looking forward to the gs stage.

OK I have to ask do you design your artwork around what is readily available pleas say yes, as I really will start to believe that the devil owns your sole

wow...
looking forward to the board and see how that pans out.

Can't say anything that has not been said before.

just wow...

Thanks a bunch for your comments Rawson, Rogue Wolves, Yodhrin, Peter, lone dirty dog and alabamaheretic. I really appreciate every word.

Rawson wrote:What will you do with all the chaosy bits? I see the hanging guts are gone (good choice), but he still has a gaping belly, hooved feet, mark of nurgle, and such.

Belly will be hidden and smoothed with gs, hoofed feet will stay to give some edge to the legs and mark of Nurgle might be covered by a loin clothe as seen in the drawing. I've just cut some mass out of the chubby's body so far, so much more modding will still be done.

Yodhrin wrote:Do you mind if I save your artworks into my "Inspiration: Pillage for ideas at first opportunity" folder?

Please Yodhrin, do so! It's an honour to share inspiration and give that small boost to the fellow hobbyists to do their best. I don't know how'd I manage to do what I do if I hadn't leeched inspiration from the works of others...

lone dirty dog wrote:OK I have to ask do you design your artwork around what is readily available pleas say yes, as I really will start to believe that the devil owns your sole

In Hagard's case it was the first time I had a certain part in my mind that I wanted to use in my project; Nurgle Chaos Lord's body. In most cases I just draw and paint what comes in to my mind and when I'm done with it, I start to figure out what bits would work in which part. Of course I've done compromises here and there and the main focus has been in trying to keep the spirit of the miniature as close to the sketch as possible.

That makes sense however it still seems perfectly on track for the original design, watching your work evolve is really quite inspiring to say the least.

You mentioned you can not sell your talent but maybe your minis I have to ask any chance of selling me the way you did the judge wig haircut for Inquisitor Cassar

I would like a few of my characters with this hair style, so if you could give me a run through I would be very grateful, I also gather the collar was done in a similar way

 lone dirty dog wrote:
You mentioned you can not sell your talent but maybe your minis I have to ask any chance of selling me the way you did the judge wig haircut for Inquisitor Cassar

I would like a few of my characters with this hair style, so if you could give me a run through I would be very grateful, I also gather the collar was done in a similar way

Sure thing. Just roll a piece of greenstuff to thin bar and let it harden. When it is hard, cut it to small barrels and glue them on the head in set of three to four. Finally make the top of the hair from gs and done. Small ponytail on the back will top off the wig effect.

When doing the collar, I followed the instructions found from Jakob Rune Nielsen's Duchess Death documentation...


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If you haven't already noticed, the other half of the Rat Pack and my good friend okkiW has also started P&M blog here in Dakkadakka. Mikko's cut to the Punk Moth project can be found in here. Please check it out!

Dam that easy thanks for the link that makes sense, nice to see others starting from scratch as well when it does not work out first time

Will check out the other Dakka threads then thanks again for the tips and link

wonderful stuff Ize.. i did wonder if you could pull of that small head look .. well i wonder no more.. keep it up guys.

I never knew blanche had 2 sons, and I wouldnt have known they would call themselves a rat pack

 neil101 wrote:
wonderful stuff Ize.. i did wonder if you could pull of that small head look .. well i wonder no more.. keep it up guys.

The head did give something to ponder, but I guess that the Chaos Marauder Horseman's head does the trick. I did cut some of his cheeks away to give a bit more slender look to it...

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On with the work in process...

The fat bloke is well on his way to the painting stage. I'm almost done with the greenstuffing and just making some finishing touches before basing and priming...





There are couple of more shots from different angles in our blog Spiky Rat Pack, if you happen to be interested...

As you can see, I decided to add more layers to the shoulder guard to make it resemble a bit more like one shown in the drawing. Also, Hagard got some hair on the back of his head, which I tried to align so that it would look like the wind is moving it a bit...

A couple of purity seals on the shoulder guard give a feel of movement on the otherwise pretty stiff looking model.

Great stuff as usual. Can't wait to see him painted up!

Great job the hair was a nice touch added a little more which was needed, although I have to say the rifle end looks a little wonky

Very nice, as LDD said the hair is great, and I really like his little right arm, what model is that from?

Thanks Baiyan, lone dirty dog and Rogue Wolves.

LDD, yeah, the end of the rifle is a bit wonky, but I think I can live with it Maybe if I added a small shoulder trim to kill the recoil it would look a bit more manly, don't you think?

Rogue Wolves, the arm is from Crypt Ghoul kit.

Yes, I think looking back to your art work it needs a little beefing up the barrel section looks a little puny to me, just seems a shame not to give it a little tweak after all with your talent (I hate you in a good way ) would not take much for you to achieve.

Thanks for that Ize, thanks so much, now because of that lovely work I caved in and ordered one of the Nurgle Lord minis(special AdMech arco-flaggellant here we come ), which was a really bad idea after I just spent eighty quid at FW - nevermind beans on toast, next week I'll just be eating toast

EDIT: Oh aye, I meant to thank you guys (sincerely this time )for your "Ambient Imperium" blogpost, really intriguing, Uncanny Records is a goldmine. The Adeptus Mechanicus is proving difficult to source solid tracks for though, nothing seems to have the right mixture of sounds to my ear.

So Hagard and the Færwyrd are now finished and ready to rumble. Withaout any longer speechess, here they are....


+ Hagard & The Færwyrd +



Some more shots and a short story can be found from our blog Spiky Rat Pack...

The result is very much ispired by the conversions made by John Blanche, PDH, JRN and Migsula. I believe I would have never started working on this thing if it had not been the awesome work these guys have done with their Chaos Nurgle Lords.

As usual, I chose to paint the skin very pale (or Nordic if I may say so). I used a lot of time to paint the skin as I wanted it to have the same kind of graphical effect that John Blanche has in his minis... Metals were paint to look like really worn and rusty. Rust then works pretty well with the reds of Hagard's pants and purity seals. Hagards eyes are pale white with a hint of red in them too, indicating that the guy might not have the best eye-sight for the job - but his soul is full of hatred and that is just enough for him to wield the infamous Færwyrd.

This time I also put some more effort for the actual photoshooting. The idea for the black reflecting surface came from Tammy of Tear's of Envy (cheers!). The black shiny surface gives a touch of class for the work. I also decided to add some flavour to the background by dropping a small dark box on the back. It brings a nice element of scale and also works as a mood bringer.

Looks great. Lovely skin tone and rusted metal shoulder pad. I also particularly like the corroded paint on the gun.

Cheers Bruticus!

You just keep producing some of the most flavourful models I currently know of and I can't get enough. Love your rather unique style of painting!

WOW.

I just found this thread and now I love you.

amazing work, he looks fantastic!

Thank you Baiyuan, Moltar and Rogue Wolves for your kind words!

Brilliant stuff , you really did your artwork justice.

Magnificent! I especially like the face and the skin tone.
May I ask, paints of which manufacturer do you use?

Cheers Neil and ishkatar.

 ishkatar wrote:
Magnificent! I especially like the face and the skin tone.
May I ask, paints of which manufacturer do you use?

I use mainly Citadel paints and washes, but also have some of the acrylics in tubes (just add water, so to speak). I also use Winsor & Newton inks to boost the colours.

Another 28mm piece of art! All the rust looks fantastic =)

izeColt wrote:
I also use Winsor & Newton inks to boost the colours.

I've recently bought some Liquitex acrylic inks, which I intend to experiment with for filters/blendings.
Now you got me curious, what exactly do you mean with "boost the colours"?
Could you explain that and maybe give an example?

Genius. I don't say that often. This is brilliant. It's John Blanche in 3D. These are so creepy and disgusting that they evoke a truly visceral reaction. I actually feel nausea looking at them.

Amazing. Disturbing.

Thanks Two Spartan, Baiyuan and Xenocidal Maniac.

Baiyuan, W&N inks have rich tone in then, which makes them very vibrant.

Here's the radio silence killer....


+ Sergi the Slasher +



Sergi is a cunning personality, whose two-faced nature makes him a very untrusty henchman. But stealthy throatcutter as Sergi is, Inquisitor Cassar has seen much potential in this murderous character, keeping him in a leash of dept.

Read the full story in here...

Wow another fantastic addition, i love the way you have kept cohesion within the group with the paint. and style. superb as usual.

Thanks Neil! I've started to limit the colours that use in my projects to help find my style, so maybe that's one of the reasons why they are starting to look so cohesive. That and my lack of imagination in colours

Imo the limited palette is the most prominent appeal of your works. I haven't had the balls to go that reduced yet, but I absolutely adore it when others do it.

Fantastic. The head is especially characterful. It's so well painted it is hard to even recognise it as the standard flagellant head, it looks like some new, HD version. And the grimy armour looks great too. I think the big hand needs a story behind it though.

Amazing. Truly.

What an incredible blog. The transition from art (which is FANTASTIC) to model (also FANTASTIC) is a great sight to behold. You're an incredible talent.

Do you do commissions?

The model is art, you really create a new depth to models that I could only dream off.

It amazes me the amount of character you squeeze into your miniatures, it really is astounding .

Just wonderful, that torso armour is simply gorgeous.



Ps. As im assuming that people who frequent this like =][=Munda, Migsula has a new dakka log http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/488545.page#5004379

Wow that's amazing, really like this one

Thank you very much for your kind words, everybody!

Bruticus wrote:I think the big hand needs a story behind it though.

Maybe it is the malicious presence of Cassar that starts to affect to the people around him, who knows

Darth Bob wrote:Do you do commissions?

Well, you can always tell me what you've in your mind and we'll see

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Ps. As im assuming that people who frequent this like =][=Munda, Migsula has a new dakka log http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/488545.page#5004379

Thanks for the hint!

Howdy!

The Punk Moth project is still alive! The Caterpillar phase (building terrain for our scenario) has been laying on my workbench for a bit too long, gathering dust. I decided get this ball rolling again so I started building ruins, bunkers and garbage like a rabid squirrel, getting this project back on track.

While building the scenery I got some neat ideas how to spice up the terrain with little details, giving it some more depth to the surrounding that where Cassar and Pherion will have their confrontation. Here's the primed sector at the moment...











More insights to follow!

Oh thank the Maker!! I'm glad to see you're back in action!

The new building looks great - I love the cans and tires, even moreso than the Hydra flak cannon emplacement.

Question - in your first picture, you have that dirt-creep going up the crevice of the buttresses (next to the door) - what did you use for that? It looks really good.

Looking forward to more!

-Remi

izeColt wrote:
So Hagard and the Færwyrd are now finished and ready to rumble. Withaout any longer speechess, here they are....


+ Hagard & The Færwyrd +



Some more shots and a short story can be found from our blog Spiky Rat Pack...

The result is very much ispired by the conversions made by John Blanche, PDH, JRN and Migsula. I believe I would have never started working on this thing if it had not been the awesome work these guys have done with their Chaos Nurgle Lords.

As usual, I chose to paint the skin very pale (or Nordic if I may say so). I used a lot of time to paint the skin as I wanted it to have the same kind of graphical effect that John Blanche has in his minis... Metals were paint to look like really worn and rusty. Rust then works pretty well with the reds of Hagard's pants and purity seals. Hagards eyes are pale white with a hint of red in them too, indicating that the guy might not have the best eye-sight for the job - but his soul is full of hatred and that is just enough for him to wield the infamous Færwyrd.

This time I also put some more effort for the actual photoshooting. The idea for the black reflecting surface came from Tammy of Tear's of Envy (cheers!). The black shiny surface gives a touch of class for the work. I also decided to add some flavour to the background by dropping a small dark box on the back. It brings a nice element of scale and also works as a mood bringer.

Wow this is one of the coolest Inq28 models I've ever seen, truly amazing.

Thanks Karokk and HF Izanagi!

 HF Izanagi wrote:

Question - in your first picture, you have that dirt-creep going up the crevice of the buttresses (next to the door) - what did you use for that? It looks really good.

I used Liquid Nails to make some rough shapes to the ground and walls - like wind blown dunes etc. Neil101, the master of terrain builiding, gave me the hint for this. Liquid Nails is easy to use and when it dries, it becoms hard and just a little bit flexible. When the stuff had dried, I added some PVA glue + 3 different kind of sand.

Awesome minis! Fantastic conversions and paintjobs all round

I love John Blanche's stuff and I can really see his influence in your work, the only thing I don't like about Blanche's miniatures is his paintwork, it's a little too 'inks & watercolours' for me, which I guess is because that appears to be his preferred 'canvas' medium, which I guess bleeds over to his mins. On the other hand, your minis have lovely crisp paintwork while still retaining that grittyness!

Thank you, Leigen_Zero! John Blanche's work has had a major influence on my style. That shines through without shame.


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I guess I never posted this compeleted group shot of Inquisitor Marius Cassar and the upgraded Rogues Malus. Well, here it is, exclusively to you, dear Dakkadakka readers...


+ Inquisitor Marius Cassar and the inglorious Rogues Malus +

Amazing converting and greenstuff skills. THe paintjob is also really well done, and so real!

I cant wait to see more of your work man, keep it up!

Rather nice group shot Mr Izecolt.

Cheers Charky and PDH! I was hoping to save the group shot for the terrain photoshooting session, but couldn't resist it anymore.

Incredible stuff...you know ever what I think about your minis but i didn't see your complete blog about them, impossible for me to don't tell a word here lol

Many thanks, Fufu!

The Caterpillar phase of the Punk Moth scenario is rolling on again. All the buildings are now primed and waiting for the painting phase. There's a lot of surface to cover so I need to plan the whole painting process with care...



Before assailing any of my undercoated structures with paint I decided to make a test piece with the colour scheme that I had thought to use in the Punk Moth scenario. My plan is to paint most of the surfaces with dirty and worn white and coat the trims of the walls with beutifully patinated copper. The ground will have the similar tone with the bases of our gangs.

I picked up one of the extra walls and had the test piece undercoated with a nice layer of dark brown paint that I had mixed with various paints. Anxious as I was, I had to speed up the drying process with a hair drier. My wife looked at me with a hint of an amusement in her eye...

When the undercoat was dry, I applied some water here and there with a paintbrush and sprinkled table salt over the wetted areas. When the water had dried off and there was only salt left, I went outside and gave the test piece a nice layer of white paint with an airbrush. Actually my white paint was so low-quality that I had to give it not just one but three thin layers before all the areas were white. This had a dramatic impact on the salt which decided to stick on the surface even though I soaked the testpiece under warm water for over a minute. I had to help it with the paintbrush and finally got the salt off.

Now the wall had a nice weathered surface that needed to be shaded. I gave the surface a thick layer of brown wash.



After the wash had dried, finished the effect with some minor details. Finally I painted the trim with bronze metallics and added some turquoise to make it look like patinated copper.

here's the finished test piece...

Damn buddy that looks bloody good. The yellowy white is very nice background, a bit different.

How are you going to soak the larger sections to get the salt off?

Cheers Peter! For removing the salt off from the bigger pieces I'll be using a sink shower attachment. After doing the test piece I figured that I needed to invest in better white paint, so I went and bought one. I tried it out and looks like I only need to make one thick layer to cover the brown paint and therefor the salt will get of much easier. The sink shower does ripp off some of the white paint but that's more than fine with me as it gives even more realistic weathered effect to the walls.

Very cool test piece and i especially apretiate the painting explanation ( the more you do that the better! ) I think ill try this out myself!

Your gang if gorgeous, and that wall section looks o real. Keep up the great work. Also another thanks for the explaination .

Thank you Rogue Wolves and Theophony!

The first one of the Punk Moth ruins is now almost finished. I still need to add some minor details here and there, but other than that, I'm pretty much finished with it. Here's a gloomy teaser...

That is some glorious salt weathering. Did you wash it with quickshade?

That gothic pic is perfection. Really gives the feel of the deep dark underhive.

Great work as always

Thanks chaps!

Sorry for the lack of Dakka-attention. I have finally finished the Caterpillar phase of the Punk Moth project. Here follows a fist full of photos from the Punk Moth campaign scenery, in all its glory...


+ The Monastery +

Ever since I finished the scenery, I've been arranging all the pieces together on the gaming board with excitement, staging the set like a young lad building his first Lego city, looking for best balance in both gameplay-wise and appearance. The possibilities are endless...

This is a mock-up layout for a possible Punk Moth scenario, The Monastery. I'm pretty pleased how the set looks as a whole. There are some hue differences in the greys of the ground and the decayed walls, but I think that just gives them more lively look.

Here's some close-ups of the terrain...


The end of the Caterpillar phase means that we are free to continue to the next phase of our project - the Pupation. In this phase we will plan, organise and enrich our first game of INQ28 (which, by the way, has been under preparations for almost two years by now). This game will work as a stage for our two rival Inquisitors, Inquisitor Marius Cassar and Inquisitor Pherion of Mars. The hunt is about to begin...

- Kari

Glorius!

Hail to the mighty Ratters who can give us some battle reports to feast upon!

It looks lovely. Out of interest are those dead leaves glued down or just scattered around?

Thanks Peter and Bruticus!

When I washed the boards with the turpentine based varnish, I sprinkled the birch seed all over the place to make the ground look more lively. You'd have to be a mad man to glue them separately

I could feel the INQ28 mood just watching the pics

I think I never seen anything like that yet and I'm looking forward to see some great minis on this board

 izeColt wrote:
Thanks Peter and Bruticus!

When I washed the boards with the turpentine based varnish, I sprinkled the birch seed all over the place to make the ground look more lively. You'd have to be a mad man to glue them separately

Hang on have you not looked at your creations "You'd have to be a mad man to glue them separately " we have already established you are mad its just to what extent

You convert and construct great looking miniatures, you have an artistic flair when it comes to painting and now as a final blow to us mere mortals you produce stunning scenery, I hate you so much