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EDIT: For those of you who don't want to browse through several pages to see completed miniatures I will have the fully painted miniatures under spoiler tags in this post:

The finished project:

Mutants:


Meatgrinder

Bartholomew the foul

Subject A7

Wolverine

Timmy the burnt



Inquisitors:


Inquisitor Helheim

Chief Enforcer Konrad

Crusader Wolfram

Ex-marine, "Tychus the crazed"

Servitor, "Sigurd the pale"

Wraith, "Aeturnus"



Original first post below:

So I recently did a Nurgle warband and realised how much I like converting and painting individual models, I also found out I like making scenery for the characters. Now, inspired by alot of the "blanchitsu" stuff going around I decided to make an inquisitor warband and a warband made of mutans and renegades. I'm thinking each warband will be about 10 characters that all will be individual.

So I placed quite a large order and will build this from chaos renegades from FW, gw zombies, flagellants, cadians, ork nobz, nurgle lord, cairn wraith and more Here is my first work:

WIP Mutant leader:

A conversion based of the nurgle lord. The head is ahlf zombie and half plaguebearer. The saw is from the nobs set and the gun is an ork gun. Obviously I got alot of work left to do, some GS work, tubings etc, what do you think of his weapons and pose? Both weapons will be abit "bionic" so he will have no hands etc.

WIP Inquisitor wraith:

Quite an easy conversion, replacing the head with a servo skull, added a parchment from the marine sets(will make it longer with green stuff) which he holds in his hand and then added some tubing.

As these are preliminary poses, conversions etc, let me now what you think!

Done some more work today! Here is the mutant leader with some green stuff and tubing, he's almost done!


This is a miniature I started today, the legs are made of plasticard tubing etc. I was thinking of adding arms but it didnt look that good. Think I will keep it as this and just add more details. What do you think? arms or no arms? Any suggestion for arms that would go well with it as arms are alot harder to do than legs.

So here's an update that I mainly did last night. I added a flamer to the "walker" and some other details. Quite happy with the results. I also finished the "wraith" conversion. Next up is a floating cyborg inquisitor warrior

 OneManNoodles wrote:
hey, that walker looks great, the servitor manning it looks like he's having a tough day lol

your mutant leader reminds me of Homer Simpson but in a good way , keep up the good work.

Doh! What has been seen cannot be unseen! Haha.

Thanks for the kind comments!

Here is another update for today, I've finished the following model, he got lots of purity seals which are pulled back by the wind since he's going quite fast with his flying disc!



Tomorrow I'm making an executioner style ex-marine. For this miniature I need to look at some body-builders for reference materials, stay tuned!

 PDH wrote:
Some very cool stuff.

Really rather like the walker and the wraith.

Floaty Cyborg blokes looks good...but please get rid of the mould lines down chain swords.

Looking forward to seeing some paint on these guys.

Peter

The mold lines are gone!

It's quite an honor that you responded to my thread as your inquisitor warband was a major inspiration for the stuff I've done!

Todays update!


The first model is an ex-space marine who now works for the inquisition, I got inspiration from the starcraft 2 character Tychus Findlay. I'm still going to add som inquisitor details like purity seals etc, also need to glue and sculpt on the axe to his hands.


The second model is a very early WIP. I basically think of him as an Intelligence officer for the inquisition, he got a cyborg crow who does reconnaissance for him. Basically I detest the scale of IG models so I elongated his legs, waist and arms slightly. He's about the size of a space marine but anyway I think the scale looks good.

At the moment I'm thinking of how I should paint the miniatures. I kinda want to go for very dark subtle colors. and I think I know how to achieve that. However, I'm not sure how to paint the skin. I want to go for the look below, anyone know how to achieve this "pinkish" very pale skin?


Also does anyone know how to paint a kinda dark worn brass color?

And another thing, should I go for a slightly more "true scale" look for all my humans that are based of IG etc?

 Bruticus wrote:
I definitely am in favour of correcting the anatomy of Cadians. I guess the solution is to embiggen your Space Marine or use him as a power armoured human. It's a really great model and doesn't look particularly space marine-y apart from the legs - it could maybe be a crusader or something instead?

I think a strong height difference looks best and makes Marines look special, like how Migsula has ensured his marines tower over his humans by making sure there are no medium sized models.

Love the robo-crow too.

Yeah I guess I will elongate the legs of the ex-marine slightly, maybe 2 mm or something. He's slightly taller than the "cadian" atm. One issue is that some of my future "priest" chracters will look quite small in comparision sincer I cant enlongate some of them (resin and metal models). But I guess the "priests" could be slightly smaller and frail humans.

 Bruticus wrote:
He is already a great model so good luck, always never wracking to tamper with a successful conversion!

Haha, been there done that! I find one of the hardest part of doing conversions is to know when you're "done". It's so easy getting carried away and just make a model completely over the top. Sometimes I just need to tell myself, "put the miniature down and go do somethign else before you ruin it".

Desubot wrote:Where is that crow model from?

The crow model is from Reaper miniatures
http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/familiar/latest/02969.

shingouki wrote:The ex space marine is awesome(as is the rest).

Thanks!


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PDH wrote:I like the marine...but I reckon you keep him as a large human. Does he really need a backpack since he is not wearing any torso armour/anything for it to attach to.

Hmm I'm thinking he got some sort of "cyborg connections" that his backpack is attached to. The "rings" on the front is supposed to be holes that his power armour used to be plugged in to and Im thinking the backpack is attached in a similiar fashion. But yeah I could consider removing it.

Have been quite busy this week and haven't been able to do any modelling til today.


So here's an update for my Intelligence Officer and his crow. Is he enough "inquisitorial" for the rest of my warband?


A converted empire warrior priest. He is the same heights as the rest of the humans, "true scale". He will soon be getting a power hammer.

 Scrazza wrote:
Wow, nice work. IMO the intelligence officer looks fitting. The only thing I'm bothered with is the use of a Guard sergeant head for him. I don't really like using them for characters, unless I have no other suiting head. But hey, just my opinion

Thaniks I didn't really find a better head, I've cut some scars to the head which I think will fit well.

Anyway, here's todays update:



This is the leader for my inquisitor warband. He is slightly taller than the rest of the warband. The "skirt" was quite hard to sculpt so have covered it up in parchments etc. Have ordered some additional bits including a head for him.

Here is the first painted model for the warband. The paintjob took about 3 hours from start to finish. I know I could have done it better but I don't like spending too much time on a single miniature as I easily feel burnt out then. Anyway really happy with the result. Also posted in showcase since I think it's so cool.

Malika2 wrote:Scary.... Very awesome!

xeno99 wrote:Awesome yet disturbing- definitely perfect for Inquisitor! Well done.

Thanks for the feedback! Yes he looks quite disturbing, indeed. I first painted his eyes like "normal" but then the black eyes just made him look like a complete sociopath.

Anyway, here is todays update. I painted the "wraith" while I'm still waiting for some parts to arrive. Not 100% happy with the paintjob but he looks very good together with the "servitor". Im going for a dark red theme on all of my warband and I also try to keep the painting quite minimalistic and gritty. So trying to avoid super clean and vibrant "line" highlighting.

 Taarnak wrote:

Karokk wrote:
So here's an update for my Intelligence Officer and his crow. Is he enough "inquisitorial" for the rest of my warband?

I like the build on this guy. Even the Cadian head works for me since he is an Intel Officer (presumably) recruited from one of the Imperial armed forces.

The GS looks a bit rough, like it wasn't fully mixed. Are you using the strip type GS? If so, and you don't already do so, remember to take out the center 1mm or so where the two halves meet.

~Eric

Thanks for the feedback! Yeah the green stuff on him got quite messy, there were "lumps" of yellow clumps all over it. It's fixed now though

 Bruticus wrote:
I agree with Tarnaak, the head works well on the intel officer. It's evidence that the cadians are really out of proportion because that head looks too large usually. With the fixed height it looks correctly scaled.

I get quite good results by sanding my GS work, and for a smooth finish you can then use liquid gs over it and then sand it again. There are lots of other methods though but this works OK for me.

For the walker - I think he looks cool, especially the skin tone and his face. I think you could use some soot residue or heat discolouration on the smokestacks as they look a bit clean at the moment. And maybe a few splashes of sepia/brown ink on the parchment for some tonal variation there. Then again I am just a big fan of heavily weathered/aged looking things.

Thanks for the tips! What do you use for sanding and how do you sand smaller stuff?

Here's a little update for today. I've made a second character for the mutant gang. I really like using orc parts for them and the nob weapons l think look very suitable. Now I didn't just want to put a zombie head on an orc nob. I added some tubing and a "gas mask" from a cut up renegade. I also changed the static pose in to something more dynamic.

 OneManNoodles wrote:
whats wrong with using a file to "sand" down with apart from them being a pain to clean?

I like how that walker has come out, out of interest where did you get the shoulder pads on the warrior priest?

The shoulders are from anvil industry, I also ordered the cloaked head from there.

http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/

 Iron-Encore wrote:
Loving the models especially the servitor walker. those eyes O.O those eyes have seen some creepy things. loving this thread keep it up!

Yeah very happy with the eyes

Anyway, here is a small update for today. I'm still waiting for my tubing-tool and some parts for the inquisitors so decided to do another mutant. I tried using a comb for the tubing and it turned out ok but still want the tubing-tool for tube's with smaller "gaps".

Still waiting for some bits and the tubing tool. Was down to my local GW shop and bought some plastic kits the other day, the plastic necromancer and the plastic empire wizard. Planning on converting a "priest" type character for my mutants and a sinister medic for my inquisitors. Also bought the John Blanche artwork book for inspiration

Posting a little painting update. This is by far the most hated model I ever painted and it isnt even the models fault. First when I washed the armour with agrax earthshade I got grey residue in the deep parts. So basically had to redo the armour. Last night the miniature was almost finished so planned on finishing it today. I had some final highlights on the flesh and some minor details left to fix, 30 minutes work at the worst. However, I totally messed up the skin by chosing a too light color for the highlight and it looked terrible and I couldnt paint it over with something darker. After this I had to redo the skin and fix details, took me 3 hours since it was so messy. So basically I hate this model and can barely look at it right now. I realise however that every mdoel can't be your best one. Anyway here are the photos!

 xeno99 wrote:
Liking the flamer, has a very mutie feel going on. The second dude looks alright to me, although I will say that the facial expression made me think of Forever Alone Guy's Laugh. You're right about not every mini being able to be your absolute best work ever, but overall I think you did a good job on him so try not to let it get to you I guess. Look forward to seeing what comes of the recent plastic kits purchase.

Edit: Almost forgot. I'm trying to get behind the guy with the Ork bits, but I have to say I feel like he's still a bit too Orky. I think it's the lower body that's making him seem less 'mutie' more 'xenos'. Have you considered perhaps mixing proportions on him so that the upper half is a bit more over sized and out of proportion in contrast to his less mutated legs? Just a thought that occurred to me when scrolling through the thread.

Hehe thanks for the feedback I agree that my mutant leaders facial expression looks quite odd but on the other hand he is a mutant and can't be held accountable for his poor face. On the orky guy I actually tried with some other legs but it just didn't work with the big power claws. I'll try to make him not looks as orky by painting him differently instead.

 Squidbot wrote:
You may hate that model, but I love it. He turned out really well.

Thanks

Here's an update for today. Finished painting "Subject A7" today. He got a barcode tattoo on his left arm and on his right arm it says A7. He is a member of the mutant gang.




Here's the next Inquisitor I'm working on he is some kind of medic type of guy. He got syringes on his fingers and various robotic arms.

 xeno99 wrote:
Nice work on painting up A7- the barcode in particular is really good. I think you managed to set him apart from his orkish base quite nicely indeed post-paint.

Medic guy seems interesting. What head are you using for him, if I may ask? It reminds me somewhat of Gollum, but I wasn't certain.

I found the head in my "bits-box". I think it's from the zombie set but not 100% sure.


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 Bruticus wrote:
very nice painting, I really like the rich brown you have going on there.

The cool part is that the brown is super easy to make. Base with mournfang brown. Drybrush with jokaero orange. 1-2 layers of agrax earthshade depending on how dark you want it, the first mutant I painted got 2 layers and this one 1 layer.

 lasgunpacker wrote:
That medic is great, and looking forward to seeing it finished. How did you do the left hand? I have a figure I have been working on with a very inferior version of the same concept, and would love to copy yours...

I used a zombie hand and glued sharpened plasticard rods to the finger tips. Then I added thin wires that went from the fingers to the back of the hand. I think I will redo it however as it isn't as good as I'd like it to

 PDH wrote:
Nicely done.

Really like the armour on the nurgle lord.

The other muties bionic eye makes me laugh in an uncomfortable way. The blades on his claws are very nice.

The JB artbook is jam packed with wonderful drawings and a host of ideas.

Yes the artbook is amazing for inspiration. I like to look at the small details and they instantly gives me ideas for whole new characters.

Anyway, todays update. Finally got some bits today including the head for my inquisitor leader! The shield will get a better fit after I've painted it, now it just stuck there with blue-tac. How do you think I should paint him? I'm thinking dark red robes(matching the rest of my warband) and black armour.


Also, I wasn't 100% happy with the warrior priest I posted earlier in this thread and I thought that I would just regret it if I painted it knowing I wasn't 100% happy with the conversion so I cut it up and remade it completely. Here's the end result:

ghosty wrote:Much bigger fan of your warrior priest now! He really reminds me of a Savlar Chem Dog, or a Drookian Fen Guard now, some kind of veteran in tartan at any rate! I'm fairly excited to see some work on your ex-marine, with his muscley bare torso and gigantic axe. I've been meaning to make myself a marine for a while now, if only just to explore the possibilities of renegade marines.

The shield on your Inquisitor seems a little short. I'll reserve my opinion however, until it's completely finished!

Your paintjobs are class, I really like your flesh tones.

I will probably have updates of the ex-marine this weekend. I ordered a new axe for him(The orc nob one was too big imo, don't like oversized weapons for my miniatures) and actually tried on some terminator legs. However the terminator legs were to bulky and I instead enlongated the marine legs slightly. Got some sanding and gs work on him before he is finished!

xeno99 wrote:

Karokk wrote: How do you think I should paint him? I'm thinking dark red robes(matching the rest of my warband) and black armour.

Pretty classic look for Inquisitors IMO, so I'd say go for it. That particular mini might look interesting with a Grey Knight 'esque theme as well, but then he wouldn't fit as well I guess. Agree with Ghosty that the shield is a tad short.

I like aspects of both warrior priests, but I think you're onto something with that second one. What type of gun is that by the way? I was thinking archaic pistol but wasn't certain.

The gun is from the Empire Pistoliers.

 PDH wrote:
[img.]http://i47.tinypic.com/2hmire1.jpg[/img]

Brilliant! Damn wish I had thought of this! This model screams Inquisitor at me. I think that some more purity seals and reliquary type eclectic boxes and bits round his waste would help blend in the scroll hanging at the front. It looks a little tacked on at the moment. Brilliant use of the priest totally transformed the model into something else.

Oh and a tiny bit more filing above his right foot - I can still make out a Sigmarite comet. Is there a mold line running along the rebreather pipe?

Oh any chance of a rear shot?

Thanks for the feedback! I've already actually made some changes to him which I will hopefully post tomorrow if I've managed to get a new lamp I'm sculpting a sash on him where he will have his finest purity seals on it. Also removed the text scroll on the waist and made one of greenstuff that fits much better.


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Finished painting my inquisitor Leader today! Went for a really dark and matt theme. Basically I think he looks like the Grey Knights should have looked, also I'm very pleased with his face.



Here's an update on the ex-marine. Just some filing left and he's almost done.

 xeno99 wrote:
Loving the paint on the Inquisitor's armor. Very nice job!

Any chance you'll be writing up some background fluff for the ex-marine (as well as the rest of the warband) at some point? I always enjoy reading the histories for the characters we see on here

I would actually really like to come up with some background stuff but I think I lack enough background information about the 40k universe to make it good, but we'll see

 PDH wrote:
Karokk - Just read Eisenhorn, Ravenor, Pariah, Scourge The Heretic and Purge the Unclean. That should cover you for all the Inquisitorial goodness you can imagine,

So many things to do so little time

Here's an update for today. I have now painted my ex-marine, partially inspired by Tychus Findlay from the starcraft series.


Here's a group shoot of the inquisitors so far so you get a feel for the overall theme.


Here's an update on the "warrior-priest" conversion. I've added a sash which I've stuck purity seals and medals on. And as requested a backshot of him.