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Very badass!

I'm a fan of the Chainsword Onna Stick.

I'm gonna vote Naginata - the chainsword looks a little frail in comparison to the body, and the Naginata goes better with the rest of the unit (though I do love the idea of the chainsword halberd).

Chainsaw halberd. Because chainsaw.

I thought Inquisitor was 54mm models, these all look to be 28mm. Am I missing something?

ManSizedTarget wrote:I've just gone through and reread your blog, and can I just say your work is amazing!

There is something very 40k about a chain halberd, and if it was a standalone model I would go for it, but the naginata blade ties in nicely with the two other blade wielders that you have so far. For a cohesive unit I would go for the naginata, but I'm sure whichever you go for will turn out awesome!

Thanks ManSizedTarget!

aku-chan wrote:Very badass!

I'm a fan of the Chainsword Onna Stick.

Thanks aku-chan!

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:I'm gonna vote Naginata - the chainsword looks a little frail in comparison to the body, and the Naginata goes better with the rest of the unit (though I do love the idea of the chainsword halberd).

Thanks Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll!

inmygravenimage wrote:Chainsaw halberd. Because chainsaw.

Thanks inmygravenimage!

Toofast wrote:I thought Inquisitor was 54mm models, these all look to be 28mm. Am I missing something?

Toofast - this is Inquisitor @ 28mm or Inq28



Thanks all - so far the naginata is leading over the chainsword (on three different blogs combined) - might have another idea yet...

Keep at the craziness Lamby.

Cheers,

CB

Chainglaive is more grimdark, the spear attachment makes it more regal both look good

WIP of Amazon Astartes number four - the Standard Bearer. 

(She would've been number five however I've decided I don't like Sister Dread so she's waiting on the workbench for a re-build.)



This lass is built primarily from the second of the femme Sequitors; not sure which Stormcast the arms are from.

The head is an old Dark Eldar Witch one; going to use some greenstuff to detail the hair a bit.



Left shoulder pauldron is an old SM Terminator one with everything except the skull scraped and sanded off.



The small axe is from the old Chaos Marauder's kit - an absolute gem of kit for bits; though I've replaced the plastic haft with my now-standard copper tubing.



The slung weapon is an SoB bolter with foil strap; the foil has been 'painted' with milliput paste to strengthen it.



The base is a greenstuff/Apoxie sculpt 'cast' of one of the previous cork ones in an attempt to speed up the base-build process.



Tossing about the idea of slinging a curved sword on a baldric low on the left hip.



Grey Knight terminator pauldron on the left side, replaced the Stormcast lightning bolt thingy on the front of the robe with an ][.

The standard is just a copper tube with the plastic end of a Chaos marauder spear, and as yet there's nothing on top as I have to decide whether to make it a banner or something else.

Thanks for looking!

Cor. That's a bit good. Thanks for the walkthrough.

Very nice!
I think a baldric is a good idea, but leave it empty, for the axe...

Looks great!

inmygravenimage wrote:Cor. That's a bit good. Thanks for the walkthrough.

Guardling wrote:Very nice!
I think a baldric is a good idea, but leave it empty, for the axe...

aku-chan wrote:Looks great!

Thanks all!

Please enjoy this reel I made for Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CiPP51OAM5M/

Ooh nice. Following you now

W][P - Sister Luna
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W][P of Sister Luna - she's wearing Paladin-armour (similar to Sister Smash - real name pending), toting a BFG* and a hell of an attitude...
* Big Frikkin Gun



For a months I've been trying to outfit one of the Sisters with a sniper weapon but nothing seemed to work. Then I discovered the amazing work of Lunax7070 who is the undisputed modern-era king of truescale Astartes.

Sister Luna is a shameless tribute-build to Lunax7070's Astral Claw; that weapon-stance, attitude and aggression really works.



She's built mostly using Severin from the Steelheart's Champions, which I bought to use as test models while learning to use oil paints, hence the dramatic monochromatic W][P pics; in full colour she's grey and blue and green and partially painted and just a mess.



The original model lost his his legs, his head, the gigantic Final Fantasy sword and both arms, and the plumed-helmet he was holding, and transformed from a male Stormcast to an Amazon Astartes.  I replaced the lower legs with Stormcast Paladin legs, as I wanted the armour to match Sister Smash (real name pending); after cutting away the legs I had to sculpt back in the upper thighs and the two pteruges* damaged in the leg removal process.
*Pteruges: the defensive skirt of leather or multi-layered fabric (linen) strips or lappets worn dependant from the waists of Roman and Greek cuirasses of warriors and soldiers, defending the hips and thighs.



The right shoulder pauldron comes from an old Chaos Terminator, with the little triangles beloved of Chaos scraped off, and the lower trim and guard rebuilt using styrene sheet and some GS; still have to add the tiny rivets on the lower trim to match the upper. The left shoulder pauldron is - as usual - from a Grey Knight Terminator.



Her fore-arms and the basic shape of her BFG comes from a Vanguard-Raptor Longstrike crossbow; I pinned the forearms to the Stormcast torso to get the right position and then used styrene tube and Apoxie Sculpt to build the upper arms. The ridiculously long crossbow was cut down just forward of the left hand, and the spike-stock was also sliced back. I used styrene sheet and Apoxie Sculpt to build over the crossbow body, then chiselled out the chamber-well and added the cocking-lever.
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I imagine her BFG as an Imperial Guard .75 cal* sniper rifle that she liberated and sawed down to Astartes assault-weapon size; there's the beginnings of some character fluff there but I'll leave that alone for now. I'm vaguely modelling the BFG off an FN SCAR-H with the M203 attachment, though it's a bit more chunky and there's some detailing to go yet - this is a W][P after all.
* Apparently, standard bolter rounds are .75 cal Bolter Ammunition
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W][P-wise - more old-paint removal to occur on the cloak/robe, BFG detailing, rivet detailing on the right pauldron and upper torso, adding a baldric-slung curved short-sword to tie her back into the exisiting Sisters, and adding holstered bolt-pistol secondary on the right hip.
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She's definitely going to lose that itchy trigger finger.
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Thanks for looking!

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And… back: to frantically working on Scylla, a new (old) Greek mythology-inspired mini for my Inq28 Titans horde.
Why frantically? Because this month’s Grimdark Compendium challenge by @grimdarkcompendium has galvanised me to complete the build and paint (!) her - Blanchitsu / Grimdark style!
First started 3 years ago - just after smushing the pile of Melusai tails together I was deployed to Afghanistan for 7 months. When I returned home in 2021 I was then side-tracked away from the Titans into building femme Astartes.
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Back in 2020, it all started with a random pile of Melusai tails:


First basic steps of the base:


Tentacle pile taking shape on the base:


And so to 2023...
Glued yet another Melusai tail to the top of the tentacle pile, and melded the pile of tails together with GS+Apoxie Sculpt.
Then pinned and glued the upper human half on top - its a Warcry Splintered Fang Clearblood , as they’re good Hoplite conversion fodder:


I decided the GS bulking her out around the middle was too smooth and too much of it, so i removed most of it.
Back when I mashed all those Melusai tails together I was pretty care-free about it and damaged a lot of the texture, as I was originally going to cover most of the tentacles with robes, but have since changed my mind…
So for a few days I’ve been madly re-sculpting scale texture.
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Added a whole series of scales along a number of the tentacles, over three sculpting session. Also added female anatomy, which has been sculpted over to make an armoured chest-plate. And filled in the helm engraving:


Sculpted the back-plate of the armour... and a whole lot more scales:

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Still to do:
Bit more scale texture to sculpt, and refine.
Shield and trident just about completed.
Then to add some minimal skirts to hide some of the areas where the tentacle connections don’t make anatomical sense.
And some form of abdominal armour/belt to attach the robes to.
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Thanks for looking!

Awesome and unexpected conversion! Really smart use of bits, love the choice of that Warcry upper.

That's shaping up nicely! Like a Bloodwrack Medusa on steroids.

That's some snazzy converting!

Boss Salvage wrote:Awesome and unexpected conversion! Really smart use of bits, love the choice of that Warcry upper.

youwashock wrote:That's shaping up nicely! Like a Bloodwrack Medusa on steroids.

aku-chan wrote:That's some snazzy converting!

Thanks all!!!


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Lots of sculpting going into Scylla!

Back when I mashed all those Melusai tails together I was pretty care-free about it and damaged a lot of the scale texture, as I was originally going to cover most of the tentacles with robes, but have since changed my mind…

So for a few days I’ve been madly re-sculpting scale texture.

I've added whole sections of scales along a number of the tentacles, over six sculpting session.

Also notice the addition of the female anatomy, which has been sculpted over to make an armoured chest-plate.

And filled in the helm engraving.

And sculpted the beginnings of a belt and a scrap of a side-skirt.

















Probably not going to make the June 30 deadline for submission to the Grimdark Compendium challenge but it has certainly forced me to work at a faster pace!

Thanks for looking!

That's a scary big boat eating beastie.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
That's a scary big boat eating beastie.

Thanks inmygravenimage!


WIP 3 - T][tans - Scylla

So this was as close as I got to the finish line for the Grimdark Compendium June comp submission; too much sculpting to fix her up added to work getting in the way of hobby got in the way, and I would’ve had to compromise the end result by rushing the pre-paint stage of prime/sand/re-prime and she will be a better mini for that.

Her armour and belt decorative elements were sculpted in Tamiya Quick-Type over the previous layer of Greenstuff/miliput.



The blade of the spear was made by soldering thin brass rod to a piece of brass plate, then soldering that into the copper haft head, then used a file to shape the brass into the leaf-blade.



The shield was done by gluing in a plastic skull and sculpting the tentacles using Greenstuff/miliput mix.



Added the chain-thingies for some weirdness, then brushed on Stynelrez grey primer, which revealed flaws in the shield-arm join and some other areas which have to be fixed; basically sanded down, possibly some minor repair sculpting.
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Thanks for looking

That's some nice work! Love that shield!

Lets see what Lamby has been up to in my absence.

Nice adventures with oils.

Good work on the Nurgle modifications, and added tentacles.

Much cool with the inquisitor squad.

And nice work on the various Titans.

Look forward to more.

T][TANS - The Siren

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The Siren - Last of the Titans - is complete!
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WIP Imagery:

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The upper body is from the Medusa and the lower is yet another Melusai.
This will be the last time I use a Melusai tail (promise!)
At this stage I wasn't sure if she'd have weapons or maybe just talons.
Obviously she needed arms and many tiny details and she definitely needed a new head/helm.
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And - just like with Scylla - I had to re-sculpt scales on the main body section to make the illusion she’s bigger than you see.
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And I also had to sculpt scales again to redirect the tail to vanish into what will eventually (hopefully) be the murky depths of her pond.
The intention will be to fill the pond with colored resin.
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In concert with the scale sculpting there were four sculpting sessions on the belt and three on the helm to get her to this stage.
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To get that belt/armour filigree detail I used Tamiya Quick-Type mixed with about 30% Milliput, rolled extremely small and thin, manipulated with a wet brush to get the basic shape.
(If you are lacking true frustration in your life, give this a try...)
Once the first layer was dry, it was sanded and/or carved with a hobby blade to even out the thickness.
For a much more detailed tutorial on this method, do yourselves a favour and join Valbjorn's Patreon:
https://valbjornsculpts.com
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I didn’t take any pics before the sculpting of the helm.
None of the available Splintered Fang helms seem to have open mouths, so I took the back and mohawk-hair from a standard helm and glued an open mouth Witch Elf face on the front, before then sculpting the helm over it all.
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Finally used 5 minute epoxy to attach the head and some more GS/MP to smooth the neck/head transition.
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The arms were fiddly - as is usual for me it seems…
The left arm was built from two pieces, the upper arm from a Witch Elf, the lower from one of the Night Haunts.
The Right arm was made in almost the same way, except for some reason that Nighthaunt hand came without a thumb, so I had to slice a thumb from a random old hand and glue it into place, before sanding it back to get a seamless join.
Finally I added a curling bracelet on the right forearm as it looked a little thin in comparison to the left.
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I suppose I better paint them now…
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Thanks for looking!

That's very cool.

Happy to see you return to the snake lady project! Great work once again, but +1 to the paint

Ohh she looks fantastic!

Looks exquisite! Great detail, as always.

Wow, really really fun custom work!

Oh, the arm posing is just exquisite..