"The only thing we have to fear: is fear itself''
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My Lords.
I write this in haste as important information has come to light regarding the operational status and security of our ongoing investigation, [Ref: Nox Astra] even now my ship has broken orbit and is heading at full burn towards the nearest jump point to effect translation to the immaterium with all possible speed.

The Gathalamor lead yielded fruit, Jospin’s information was accurate as always and lead to the capture of Primary target in the merchant district of Hive Raphallon and the extermination of three (III) Secondary targets for no cost to the kill team. Subsequent forced interrogation and psy-probing eventually revealed the location of their safe house on Gathalamor but at the cost of primary target expiring due to psy-feedback cerebral trauma. Primaris Myna will be out of commission for at least three weeks in the apothecarion from stress-induced stigmata and 2nd degree frostbite to the fingers from psy-frost accumulation during the interrogation.

Cleansing the safe house in the tertiary spine docks cost us Interrogator Pexerson, Vordan Lausa and Specialist Vorhees. Kill team Cerberus suffered 83.8% losses in the assault, Kill team Taurus 38.3%.
Those bastards had some kind of beam projector that cut the initial assault to ribbons with what looked like black las, I saw Lausa being cut in two as if by a giant las-scalpel. Went through carapace and refractor field as if they weren’t there, completely severing him below his ribcage. We would have suffered even more severe casualties if the infernal thing hadn’t overloaded, gak-thing took out a three-level high chunk out of the building corner and reduced a good number of defending targets to ash and dust. In the aftermath Magos Decima identified it as a proton thruster cannon (91.761% accuracy), a rare weapon system in the exclusive use of the Mechanicum Legio Reductor. Throne knows how they got their hands on such a thing. This may reach further than we feared.

We have reason to believe that primary agent “Auspice-1” has somehow been compromised by an unknown third party within or somehow associated with the Ordos Segmentum Solar; in one of the cogitator systems we discovered intercepted astropathic communications bearing the ident-codes and sign-markers of the holy ordos. The data was severely afflicted by data-corruption due to imperfect interception and a forced decryption process but what fragments could be salvaged shows a pict-surveilance of agent “Auspice-1” and his personal retinue on Ulani fourteen months back. Even more troubling is that from the fragmented vox-recording attached to the file an unidentified party is referring to actual identities of operatives in the retinue and at one point references target Primus [+REDACTED+].

I am taking ship to Necromunda with the original data at once, Interrogator Phalon and kill team Pegasus is remaining on-site to further investigate the situation and liaise with Inquisitor Schongard who is arriving to the scene as I break orbit. Initial review of the gathered intelligence seems to indicate a target vector rimwards towards the Paethon sector, but without the resources of our Necromundan facilities it is not possible to make a detailed enough analysis to extrapolate further.
A full report of the Gathalamor incident will be compiled and transmitted by Phalon once she and Schongard get things under wraps on the ground. I suspect this will take some time, the local Minostrum provosts have worked themselves into a small indignant frenzy and the Minostrum High Pointiff seemed to be three heartbeats away from a quite severe stroke when I left him.

My navigator cadre is estimating our arrival in 57 days sidereal.

Your loyal servant.

Simeon Micodjian, Inquisitor Ordos Necromunda, Ordo Malleus.
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Let us begin.

This is not my fault, not the slightest. I lay the blame for this at the feet of three major conspirators. It is their entire fault.

All of it.

John Blanche for your monthly miniature exhibits in white dwarf, past and present. Your works inspire the mad artisan that lives somewhere deep in my cerebral cortex and that crackle with glee at the beautiful madness of your art. You make me want to be better.

Migsula, you really had to re-launch your trilogy with The Red Storme Riseth did you? Do you realize what something like that does to a delirious artisan mind drunk and high on the sweet sweet narcotic ambrosia that is the writing of Dan Abnett?

DO YOU!!?

I am stealing parts of your format,.. You’ll just have to live with that.


Dan Abnett.

I hate and detest you for what your literary works make me do. I was not there, I had left the grimdark madness of the 41st millennium behind and dived headlong into the first fratricidal engagements on the fire blasted surface of Istvaan III and the dawning Heresy. It was the 31st millennium and everything had to go, no bets barred.

Then I bought Pariah.

I read it cover to cover and came out with a head brimming with ideas, then I read it again. This time augmented with some fine rum and a small notebook.
Yesterday I rounded up every random piece I had ever produced from random inspiration that did not belong in any of my armies and set them up on a table. Somewhere conceived and painted, fully or partially; years ago. Others where simply base coated or lacking even that; unfinished and lacking parts. I brought my notebook, sketchpad, bit box and tools. There was also weapons-grade coffee.

Things Happened.

Then more things happened…

15 Months passed.

Inspiration returned with a vengeance.


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Weapons grade coffee is the best coffee. Looking forward to seeing where you go with this.

What I really like is you've managed to make him not look like a marine. The pose is cool and he looks mysterious....what inside the hood? Looking forward to seeing more. The only thing I'm not sure about is the angle of the bolt pistol.

Moody... ....you've certainly grabbed my attention here.

That pose is fantastic, grabbed my attention. Some OSL effect would work really well if you can pull it off- I'm guessing it's a streetlight on the base

Love the story, and the hate filled love letter

The first =][= looks great, a very menacing walking pose, the pistol is at a slightly odd angle, I think it should be a bit straighter.

Look forward to seeing where the madness takes you

I like where this is going.

subbing this aleady

I'm in on the ground floor - subbed. I feel same pain from those 3 conspirators - but what sweet pain it is!

Wow. With a start like this I have to subscribe!

Great start! Subscribed!

Thanks guys! I am really happy you liked it.

Yeah, I kind of forgot about the boltpistol. It has been fixed now.

I also clobbered together a small gunslinger, he is a bit short, wich is nice. I am also making an assassin but that one's not done yet, some parts are white metal and an absolute gak to work with.. anyway..

Some pictures for you.







Ideas and CnC is highly welcome.

Love that first guy he looks very 40k but not enough to fit into a particular army which is perfect.

Will keep tabs on this

I'm definitely liking this so far.

Well, after reading that story I'm officially hooked.

The first inquisitor looks great and I love how he isn't walking through some random war-zone, just mysteriously walking through an Imperial city, the lamp-post is one beautiful touch.

Is that IG the first of his posse?

*loves the love, I am such a slut...*

Yes! I think he will be the Inquisitor's pilot, a former Marauder pilot he picked up from the Panthine XI air regiment, the campaign will be set very close to the fringe of the Sabbath worlds during the midst of the Sabbath worlds crusade so there will be interesting crossovers into the Abnett-verse.

We are going to run this thing as a campaign this spring, another guy DM's and I model and paint the warbands. It will be awsome I hope.

Colour me intrigued, and subscribed

I'm in! This is looking very cool so far. Nothing over the top- I think you've pitched the look just right for your inquisitor.

The curious modeller in must know however- which parts did you use for him? If you don't mind sharing your secrets...

How can I resist?

Of course I'm subscribed.

The Legion really is everywhere...

Nice start! I'm loving your approach to this project, narratively and aesthetically. Looking forward to following this.

Fantastic start. I can't wait to see your assassin and hearing more about the campaign.

Great start!! I'm trying very hard not to get sidetracked. My bitz box has everything assorted for the good and final part of the trilogy. And separate to that a 28mm Eisenhorn I built right after Pariah but haven't shown to anybody yet.

Really like the Inquisitor. Eager for more!!

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Work progresses and not just modelling! In a day or two we will have our first painted model to show off.

@Alpharius : Oh, you just wait.. I have a treat up my sleeve for you. (love the pic btw. )

@Reanimator : Sure, the base is the robed legs + torso and hood from the Dark Angels veterans box, the metal arm is from an inquisitor model, the throne of judgment guy, the right arm is from a chaos marauder horseman and the big shoulderpad from a chaos knight. The scabbarded sword is from the chaos warriors box and the boltpistol is from the baneblade commander kit.

So, I cannibalised an old metal figure I painted in the early 2000's for this one, he gets a nice coat of primer tomorrow. Enjoy.

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Say hello to the Magos-Explorator, it took a day and an age but now it is finally done.

Very nice Love the effect on the visor and the globes.

Just Beautiful!

I like the Vindicare, but I LOVE the Mago! The visor is neat, and I have no clue what that staff full of whirlygigs does, but I love it too.

That guy looks tight! Love the staff, works surprisingly well.

I definitely like what you've done with the basing!

Ok, I must know how you created that magos! He's beautiful!

Thanks guys, the inquisitor is soon finished too.
I try to make the bases to reflect it taking place inside an imperial city or Hive or something, evoking a mini-diorama feel to it.

@TheDraconicLord: You take the IG Engineseer and hack off it's left arm at the shoulder and the right one at the elbow.

Then you GS up the face into a visor-plate. The left arm is a bionic one from a servitor, the right forearm and stave comes from the skaven model Ikkit Claw. The stave top comes from the Empire wizards kit.

Then you cut off the light-thingy on the backpack and add a second servoarm, I used one from the SM missile launcher backpack.

Inspiring stuff. Now I want to pick up my 28mm =][= project again. Thanks a lot...

Magos-Explorator is beautifully painted.

Really looking forward to seeing so much more here.

Nice appetizer. Looking forward to what is hopefully an insane 9 or 12 course dinner

I would really like to see more WIP shots of your stuff, STC_LogisEngine. Your end products are phenomenal, I'd just also like to see how you got to your end product. The inquisitor and the gunslinger were a great start, but that Tech Magos looks like he's cobbled together from a variety of sources. More angles, more photos! Keep up the great work.

 STC_LogisEngine wrote:

Thanks guys, the inquisitor is soon finished too.
I try to make the bases to reflect it taking place inside an imperial city or Hive or something, evoking a mini-diorama feel to it.

@TheDraconicLord: You take the IG Engineseer and hack off it's left arm at the shoulder and the right one at the elbow.

Then you GS up the face into a visor-plate. The left arm is a bionic one from a servitor, the right forearm and stave comes from the skaven model Ikkit Claw. The stave top comes from the Empire wizards kit.

Then you cut off the light-thingy on the backpack and add a second servoarm, I used one from the SM missile launcher backpack.

Gods, thank you! He looks so beautiful, I loved painting the IG Engineseer but you upped that miniature to 11 with your modifications!

A lovely series of conversions - I will definitely be keeping tabs on this blog. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks guys, the comments are highly appreciated.

I will try to snap more wip and pip photos in the future.

Currently I am about 50% done with the Inquisitor in robes and at about the same amount of progress on an old daemonhunter- inquisitor that I never finished painting, but have picked up again.
The Magos was really fun to paint since the colourscales was slightly out of my wheelhouse so to speak, they came out a tad flat in the photos, not as deep and rich (especially the bronze) as they are in normal light.
I have a friend who is a professional photo-artist and illustrator, once this all is done and the accompanying terrain has been built and painted (yes, we are eyeing the new FW city and industrial tiles quite heavily) I'll have to bribe her with some beer and rum and have her snap some better pics in her studio. But it's a while until then.

And yes, Migsula & Alpharius,. there is both insanity and Legion lurking behind a corner.. You both would love to see what is hiding out on my paintingstation.

Alas, not yet. Not just yet.

Awesome stuff, as I expected. I can see this just getting better and better. Subbed.

Of course it will get better! Who do you take me for?!

Inspirational! Consider yourself subscribed!

PS: hälsningar från Göteborg ;-)

That magus is beautiful. I love the relationship between the staff and the eye-piece.

Well, it took a while but i am finally satisfied with the first Inquisitor.

I hope you like him, it's lonely being a radical and he can sure use the love.









Enjoy!

CnC is as always highly appreciated.

Nice work!! Love the base. Good color for purity seal too

Understated, atmospheric, grimdark... awesome. The basing really brings out his character, too.

Very nice mate, very very nice

My fav bit (apart from the striking limited palette) os the depth of the cowl, did you cut the face out? Or just paint it black?

Very nice indeed. The basing has some especially nice rust effects. And the subtle tones on the inquisitor himself make the whole thing very believable. Excellent work all round.

Beautiful! The saturated brown of the leather book against the neutral brown grey of the cloak is so nice.

I wish i had more time to post.

He looks brilliant. Really like the colour scheme. You have definitely hit the radical nail on the head.

Just perfekt. I like the "face". Give him a very dark and mysterious appearance. Did you just paint the face black or did you drill it out or something else?

^What Logan said! That guy looks feeeeirce man! Great stuff

Cheers guys.

Since you had multiple questions of the cowl : the face has been cut away and the cowl hollowed out a bit so that light will not strike the black inner surfaces in 'normal' circumstances and thus give the sense of depth.

I am really satisfied with using a limited palette for this guy, the magos is quite colourful and so is the puritan inquisitor I am working on atm, lots of red and gold. Nice to have something that breaks with the others and also it's fun to paint somthing in a new way, test your limits a bit and all that.

Currently I am alternating my attentions between an inquisitor, the vindicare assassin and the.. 'speshul-project' currently under the title "ze Alpharius (Mod) -shocker". The gunslinger henchman is primed and will get a lick of paint once I can decide on the palette, I am for some insane reason contemplating to give him an orange jumpsuit at the moment but we'll see.

On the modelling side we have a second magos who is soon finished and a.. *dun-dun-duuuuun!* Eversor assassin who needs a base cranked out before he meets the primer.

Stay tuned for more madness.

Brilliant! Spot on paint job for the conversion and narrative.

The empty chest is screaming for a neat freehand gothic word of choice though

True that Migs. How about ''Axios" perhaps?

Beautiful

Great palette choice, fits the model perfectly.

AX=][=OS

Looking good!

Great idea Sheep

Hehe, not the worst idea Sheep, I might take it.

I am rebuilding my dreadknight,.. for like the 5th time.. Also, scratch-building Volkite weaponry was not the best idea, standard shell-cannon would have been much easier.

Some trixing and cutting later and I think we are done, well.. we need to smack on some purityseals and other decorations but otherwise I call it a job well done.

One Volkite Blaster ready to smite foul xenos with its deathbeamy nastiness.

CnC apreciated as always.

Bit late to the party but your Inquisitor is looking really great love the colours and depth to the hood, very cool.

I love how square and mean that looks. Great arm, and I can't wait to see it all colored up. Makes me wish more folks did resin-casts of their crazy creations.

I wish I could but I have zero knowledge of the whole casting-thing.
Anyway I will use this one as a stand-in for the heavy psycannon, the Volkite runs at S7 Ap4 and while they usually have better range than 24" it trades multiple shots and possible extra hits for large blast and rending... sooo
yeah, almost the same.

That sounds apocalyptically wonderful.

Awesome gun. Nuff' said...

I don't know much, but I do know that whan FW finally releases this one, I need to buy it.

That one skull tentacle in the front is truly the happiest of skull tentacles.

That looks boss, and those mecha behind it are crazy!

Holy heck, that thing is awesome... I've got absolutely no clue what it is, but I don't think that matters. It's the coolest mass-of-skull-tentacles-on-tracks-with-a-gun-and-axe I've ever seen.

 Chemical Cutthroat wrote:
That one skull tentacle in the front is truly the happiest of skull tentacles.

That looks boss, and those mecha behind it are crazy!

That front skull is actually telling a joke in that picture.

What the heck is that thing, anyways?

I think I've heard the joke he's telling before:

There are only 10 types of servitors.

Those that know binaric cant and those that don't.

When the model is finished and on the gaming table the Volkite will have been massively worth the effort. It looks ace.

I got so distracted by the sepia pic I totally failed to scroll up to the beautiful volkite beamer. That thing's amazing!

Everything is fantastic, as is all of your stuff STC. I really like the way you've done the Inquisitor a lot. Most people who do radical Inquisitors end up making them look too over the top heretical to the point that they look more like agents of Chaos than radical Inquisitors, but you've done an excellent job balancing the ornate look of a puritan with the sinister grimness of a radical.

That Mechanicus thing is interesting. Funny I am working on a Mechanicus continent in my army and buying none of the FW stuff. So many amazing plastic kits to convert instead

Thanks guys. That sepia pic is from HH:3, it's an so-far unreleased magos from the mechanicum army list.

Anyway, I'll be on a short break from the paint over easter visiting family and stuff. I'll leave you with this teaser of what I have been working on (and he has friends too!)


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That is looking awesome. It's noticeably not a Dreadknight, but the conversion looks seamless, and the base seems like it might be interesting too.

That looks like it is going to be really good.

Easter is cancelled, get back to the paint.

Sweet work !

Ok CC, I'll paint a litte more before I call weekend and wander off into a drunken haze.

I put this thing together from some leftover house-parts and a little plasticard, primed and painted it today. Took about 3 hours, not including priming and the time it needed to set.

I'd thought I'd use it as a backdrop for photos, you guys deserve something better than just a shelf and a bit of wall don't you think?
Quite a rough paintjob but it got the work done, I'll come back to it later and touch up details, weather it a bit more with something else than just rust and see if I can get some crates and perhaps a rat or two stuck along the walls.

Posters.. it needs a few nice propaganda-leaflets and some purityseals.. as I said.. I'll get back to it later.

You could drop that model in the middle of Seasame Street and he would automatically convert the surrounding area into 'Moody and Dramatic'.

Looks good chief! Enjoy your little vacation!

The Dreadnought looks like it's shaping up to be awesome. The terrain piece is also really nice, the color palette accents the model very well. The styles and shading makes the two work seamlessly with one another.

Your INQ28 work continues to impress! Stunning work!

As for possible propaganda posters, maybe some of mine could be useful. There's more where those came from, plus additional resources are linked in the post

Love the inquisitor, but i see that it is no inquisitor, Cypher is up to one of his schemes!

I like the way the floor came out on your backdrop. I may have to "loot" the idea of a manufactured backdrop for my own mini showcasing. Nice work.

I like that backdrop, adds a great tone to the model and looks very neat/realistic.

Thanks guys, it's always good for the olde' motivation to hear that people enjoy browsing your work.

@Krautscientist: Yay! Thank you, that's a great help.

@Jehan-reznor: hah, that model acctually began life as a Cypher-conversion but then took a turn into the Inq28-swamp once I realised that I would never field a Cypher.

@Warboss_Waaazag: Loot away! But it has to be awsome, or I will be sad and send ninjas to set fire to your feet.

I really love the inquisitor and that back drop fits in perfect, brilliant colours!

As people have pointed out this is, after all, the P&M section, not showcase so I will try to supply more wip/pip- pics.

In the spirit of that, here's some pics! Shocking, I know.


The Glaive arm of mr. big-and-nasty is almost done, frequent peepers of my work will recognise the deep indigo to emerald highlights on the armourpanel. As usual it's all brushwork and while fun, making that kind of fade without an airbrush is really tricky and takes quite some time.
If you listen really closely, I am sure you will hear the delighted squeals of Alpharius (mod) eco through the interwebs.




On the assassin-front the Vindicare have a finished black paintjob and is awaiting the rest, leather, metallics etc. and is comming along quite nicely.




Realising I needed a few more mechanicum models I reworked an old conversion that wasn't working into this lill' thing. I am concidering to give him a different weapon, maybe a gravpistol, instead of the las.. we'll see.

Damn, that glaive and arm is looking nice. And familiar... They really do get everywhere.

Other stuff looks cool too.

New stuff looks great. Though somethings looks off about the Vindicare. I don't know if it's the blending of Imperial and Eldar parts that's messing with my perception of the model but he just looks strangely proportioned for some reason. I'll hold further judgement until the model's fully painted, though.

 STC_LogisEngine wrote:

As people have pointed out this is, after all, the P&M section, not showcase so I will try to supply more wip/pip- pics.

In the spirit of that, here's some pics! Shocking, I know.


The Glaive arm of mr. big-and-nasty is almost done, frequent peepers of my work will recognise the deep indigo to emerald highlights on the armourpanel. As usual it's all brushwork and while fun, making that kind of fade without an airbrush is really tricky and takes quite some time.
If you listen really closely, I am sure you will hear the delighted squeals of Alpharius (mod) eco through the interwebs.

Ha!

So, where exactly is that weapon from then?

And that is one hell of a paint job on it - wow!

Heh, it's a mashup of a wraithknight's blade, the arm-stabiliser and stuff from a dreadknight and a dreadnought legplate.

It will be attached to this one, you cant have missed him now can you?

How do you do that paintjob on the blade, STC? It's beautifully done and it doesn't look like it's airbrushed. Was it all wet blended? Any chance of a tutorial in the future?

It's layered, I never got the hang of the whole wetblending thing, to messy for my style.

It's 6 layers on a black base with a final white highlight, but sure, I'll make a tutorial the next time I paint a powersword or something akin to it.

Hmm.. I made this guardnman. Kind of a 2-hour rushjob. More of a colour-test really, what do you lot think?

I think the only thing I'm not fond of is the color choice for the visor. The very bright blue of the armor makes the light blue-green of the visor kind of blend in with the rest of the model; specifically the helmet and face mask. I think if, maybe you changed the color of the visor or darkened the face mask to a neutral color like a black or gray, it would make the visor look less washed out with the rest of the model. Also, the strap on the lasgun could use a few touch-ups; there's a few splotches of brown on it.

Regardless, he looks good. I just think a few of the color choices are a tiny bit off.

Thank you, well. the strap is not painted yet, nor is the base. it's slightly PIP.

 STC_LogisEngine wrote:

Thank you, well. the strap is not painted yet, nor is the base. it's slightly PIP.

Ah. Well. That would make sense, then.

I like the colour choice, but agree with Darth Bob, the visor currently gets lost in the helmet/facemask.

I definitely like your blue hues...

The pose is nice, and the freehand =I= looks great ! In 2 hours, that's pretty impressive...

Is that an Elysian masked head with a Cadian helmet on it? I don't think I've ever seen that head before.

As has been said, the visor need to be a different colour, red would be my recommendation, although an orange or yellow would be nice too. Just to introduce some warmth to the scheme,

Other than that stunning as always mate.

I love the color scheme. The greys and browns are great together with the turqoises. I agree that the visor does get a bit lost, but I think I like it nonetheless. It reminds me of real life visors which can be similar but not quite the same as their surrounding masks and helmets.

Thanks guys. I love some feedback on and then.
I am thinking orange might be the way to go with the visor to make it pop.

Sheep: It is, I bought a bunch of elysian respirator heads a few years back but they don't fit well with the cadian plastic. Cutting the respirator into the cadian helmet works very well but but is quite fiddly. Also, I have not either seen anyone do that yet so thus it is mine, all mine.

Picked it!

Looks great man, I'll copy that shamelessly

NoooooOOOOooooes! My nifty design! Stolen!

Steal away sheep, as long as you make something awsome with it. Or I will send ninjas...

Looks awesome! I've been a big fan of your models (mostly the Alpha Legion) for a while. Can't wait to see more.

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I think the visor looks fine, but there is a lot of 'bright' in the picture, and I think it might have washed it out a little.

Orange might be cool, or a yellow/amber sort of coloring, if you do end up adjusting it.

Been slacking a bit lately, but this is what I have been orking on lately. massively wip yet but I'd thought I toss a few photos in here and see what you guys think.
Traitor Legionaire of the XII Legion (World Eaters), "Artscale".

Very nice! Although the characteristic shape of the "bunny ears" might work better without the second chaos ornament, leading to a slightly less cluttered silhouette.

I quite like it with the standard and the bunny ears, but I would be inclined to listen to KrautScientist - the dude sure knows how to make a World Eater.

I also like the pale blue armour on your guardsman, really nice colour.

Knowing STC's level of quality, I think it'll be fine.

The trick will be color I think. Right now since it's all grey and WIP it sort of blends together.

Nice work you have here. The paintjob on the guardsman is very cool. To call it a test model... pah.

LOve the pose on that dude - so majestic! I wanna see it finished and painted bro

Thanks guys.

I'm experimenting a bit with different backpacks with different ornaments, I'll make up my mind soon. Finished the base though, I'll arrange some pics soon.

When I say that I will do something "soon", that might mean a timeframe of 5 minutes to 12 months..



Nothing to see citizen! Move along, move along, no lollygaging!


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Absolutely nothing wrong with your definition of 'soon'.....that certainly matches my dictionary

Great looking base....and it fits your work surface too

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The Unseen Observer, The Stars' Fury, The Angel of Death.

he looks awesome i would love to se our artscale process

Nice paint job!

Simply epic!

Stunning paintjob, and great work getting the terminator legs to look less like terminator legs

Thanks guys, glad you liked it.

I got another techpriest and an inquisitorial acolyte on the paintingbench right now, got to get my butt off the wagon and lay down the finishing touches on the Vindicare assassin I converted a long time ago, I mean.. it is 70% done, just needs a final hichlight of the black and the leather stuff needs doing.. 20 mins tops..

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Well, I am home nursing a nasty cold. Not much more to do than drinking hot tea and paint.


So: Inquisitorial Acolyte (interrogator) with chainsword, boltpistol, shotgun and power armor.
I thought I'd go in a different direction here, going with a deep green as the main hue, I am a bit unsure what to do with the cloth though, cream would stand out quite a lot against the green on the sleeves and loincloth but it would be very similar to the purityseals. The same with red, I think it would clash too much. The detail will be mostly picked out in gold, I was thinking a few inquisitorial rosettes and some vines with leaves as free-hand here and there, should off-set the green quite nicely. Suggestions are welcome.

Amazing blue/green there! I think a cream would work well enough, as would a deep red.

I second cream robes, they would contrast well with the armor. How does he go for scale vs a marine or a guardsmen?

Love the Unseen Observer Lovely build and a great colour scheme to complement it, plus an interesting base. Good job!

Acolyte looks good so far. I don't see cream cloth being an issue - squiggles and an extra wash or two on the purity seals should be enough to differentiate them.
For something a bit different though you could maybe try a very rich, dark purple.

Wow there's a lot more in this log then there is over on Ammobunker.

I'm a fan of what you have going on here. Your models are great, and the bases are superb.

I like the walker you have and I can't wait to see it finished.

What about a darker purple for the cloth? He is looking good so far.

Thanks guys!

@Archer: The legs and torso are from the BA Death Company kit, so he is about the size of a "regular" marine, so.. just a few mm's taller than a guardsman, using scout arms and head brings down the bulk a bit.

@Fireangel: Yeah, I'll try to keep the thread in the ammobunker more on point, the stuff here on Dakka is more of a "stream of thought"-thing, thus all the dead ends, stop-starts and remodeling.

I'll look into the purple idea. Might pan out.

Those marines are awesome! Love the colors and poses.

Such bases, anything could happen!

IT LIVES!!!!

Very intriguing, I'm excited to see what goes on them you tease.

Wow those are cool bases.

Wow, all the blogs are being resurrected. Those bases look great. Can't wait to see what comes of them.

Tease Not giving us any clues?

Brilliant stuff is he mean't to look like an Alpha Legion Initiate?

Easy makes the the sauce, no saucy spoilers... yet.

First you throw some paint (would be easier if I remembered that I was out of yellow and didn't have to improvise with ochre) on the undercarrige...




Then on the hood and plop it down. Finished! (more or less...)

Oh wow did you really just cut the base out to put that in there?

Very nice! Happy to see you're returning to this project.

Wow, great idea. That idea will be stolen.

I have to say though, your background is very distracting. I think I spent as much time looking at the images under the base then the base itself.

Looking very nice. Really great idea on those bases to be multi part. Got to obviously now match the same level as awesome on the base as the base itself is.

Hehe, well it's not that hard, just cut it up, build up some kind of floor
with styrene sheet and full the void with stuff.

As for matching a model with the base... Well, let's just say that I feel
confident that I have outdone myself and kicked things up a notch with
this project.
I have finished the large surfaces on the model in question and well..
I did have a small "wow - I really pulled it off" - moment.. I don't have those very often.