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Looking good bro! Hopefully by the end of the week, I'll have something good to show as well.... If anything, campaign events and rules are coming out smoothly and we should have a working(ish) campaign in a little bit.... whether or not we have the minis, well.... >.> Thanks everyone for stopping by!

liking yyour work so far! whenever i see these things i want to make my =I=Munda group

Updates, Z!!! I NEED... UPDATES!!!

Man, it's been a while since I've been back... might have to put Talia on the backburner for a little bit and get my groove on. WIP pics of 23 coming soon... like, tonight, soon.

UPDATES Z!!!

Wow... it's been WAAAAY too long since ANYONE updated... Seeing as how the other two aren't stepping up with their busy schedules and all, I took some time from my work and studies to show what I've been working on. I felt like I wasn't getting results or even inspiration to paint Talia, so I gave her a rest and decided to give Agent 23 a try. In addition, I wanted to try a new painting style, hoping to step-up my game and make something competition-worthy... I don't have any "crap" miniatures to practice on, so I'm hoping X-23 will come out well, and I'll have learned something new. Enough of that though, enjoy the pics!

The start to the process... for Agent 23 I knew she was a "pick-up" character, so I wanted her colors to be something earthy, and something a merc would put together... and match, because that's how she rolls. (oh yea, and a tribute to the original character's first costume of yellow and brown)


Results after a few more hours... I can say one thing, this painting style is not as crisp-looking as Veran's.. but that's probably because I'm not proficient at it... yet.


For her, I was thinking about what to color her skin... both the original and the clone character a caucasian skin variation, but I wanted to try something different. In the fluff, she was deep-tanned... so I figured I wanted to copy someone's skin- found a good picture of Halle Berry, and figured I wanted to try to copy her skin color, or at least get close. It definitely comes out when put next to Veran, but I did find one thing- I need supplementary paints. Lookin' at the P3 series or Vallejo... any recommendations from users of both/either kinds?


Back View-... GS-fu, painting... so many things to work on, so little time... and yes, those are handles in her hands, as the original model carried a manriki-gusari kinda weapon...


Side View- For her hair, I was thinking of going with the standard black... but then I decided to do be truthful to the fluff and try out a sun-bleached color. Didn't come out, and will probably be redone.



Well, that's it for me for now. I'm sure I'll have more work done on this lady very soon- while the practice-style is really time-consuming (I'm ashamed to say how much time has already passed working on her... and that's all I have done) If anyone has any painting tips- control, etc... I want her to look crisp, but the blending to be smooth and bright... not happening right now while it's in practice... any ideas or tips?

Thanks for tuning in, and sorry for the long absence!

Looking good. That pipe sticking way out is great... I wonder how many models you can line up along it and count as touching bases? `,;~P Seriously though, looking good, and I love your bases.

Nice model! If you! want the hair to be sunbleached, you'll need a browner basecoat instead of the yellow. And bleached bone foe the highlights, obviously.

@ Good Green- Thanks! LOL... I heard about "modelling for cover" but yea.. that pipe is going to make transport hell, and doesn't serve much except for back attacks... Not that I modelled her that way on purpose... of course.

@ C-Khaine- thanks for the tip! I'll probably give it a shot if I don't try to salvage the hair paint as it stands... yep... probably gonna give it a shot!

@Sageheart- Give it a go! You never know unless you try! These guys (sorry to say) are first for everything- cracked-out bases, extreme GS work, new painting styles... I'm probably gonna put my head through a wall after I finish for forcing myself to use them for "practice"... but meh, I regret nothing!!

And more progress for you! I would have liked to have completed more, but the next set will probably feature Talon finished- base and all. I originally painted her straps that attach to the leather armor and wrap around her arm a shade of orange-ish brown, but then I decided to try for a more unifying look. The original looked ok... this is also looking 'OK', which was not the fantastic that I wanted, but I'll settle because I'm not down to slap down any more layers of paint.

Almost finished- all she requires is the NNM (which is kicking my at the moment... anyone have a formula or something? I'm trying to copy tutorials, but I need a bit more studying... definitely not while attempting it) on her claws, as well as finishing touches on her armor such as the =I= symbols and scarf.



Semi-Side View: I like the smoothness of it (probably overdid it with the primer too), but not a big fan of the loss of crispness. Just takes more practice I guess...


Back View: Hmm... if I were to do it again, I'd definitely try to hide the carving scars when I removed her chain weapon with greenstuff... Some of it I could pull off as armor (like on her shoulder) but that thing under the scarf looks like one huge, disgusting scar... egh...


Side View: The hair is actually much more yellow-bone colored... just my set-up I guess. And if you look closely, I'm not finished with her leg- the previous orange-brown I spoke about is still there. Dammit.


And that's about it for now! As it stands, my current half-painted Nids, WHQ models for cousins and self, extra stuff, and =I= Men, currently 44 miniatures of varying sizes awaiting paintjobs... engh... Not bad, but not that good either. I'm not picking up anything until AFTER I finish, but the next =I= campaign (and because I relish the grimdark universe and making unique models w/ greenstuff) will be an anime-inspired team of Rogue Traders or Ad Mech!

Thoughts currently are Ed and Alphonse Elric of Full Metal Alchemist (as the leader and his bodyguard), with several half-daemon hunters known as Claymores (quite possibly with their "man-in-black" handler) from the series with that same name... and perhaps... PERHAPS... Cloud Strife in his Advent Children outfit... As always, thanks for stopping by and any comments and constructive critique is always welcome!!

Looking good! And don' t mind the gs work that much; since you've made the model, you'll know every little flaw. To us, it's just a cool model that's nicely converted

@ Khaine- thanks for the words of encouragement... we'll see if I can improve the level of GS-work for my future gang(s).

My final is coming up this weekend, then I'm free for the holidays and new year. I'll try to get some work done before then, as my parents' house doesn't have lights bright enough to paint with, and lugging all my gear to and fro is a real pain. I'm almost positive I can do two back to back entries of X-23 finished up and Talia... and that'll be 42 minis left before I can pick up new ones... *groan*...

Wow... broke the 8000 view mark, but only one reply? OUCH...

If you like what you see? Say so! You absolutely detest my(our) work? I'd like to know why! It helps us improve and we love to hear from ALL of you!

Thanks for stopping by!

I like how agent 23 turns out... Not really 40k in its overall appearance, but it's still WIP, so the painting & base will probably help...

Thanks Yggdrasil- I've seen some of your stuff... Sweet mother of everything holy... I'm in awe.

I agree with you- she's cool, but is missing something 40K about her.. I was thinking if I should do the same black/red/yellow to link her to the currently in-progress Talia and finished Veran, but yea, decided against that to be more in-line with the fluff. Any suggestions on how to bring her back to the fold?

Thanks for the feedback though! I appreciate it!

Izanagi, your stuff sucks! Only because it will make mine not look as good... but whatever. I've finally come to accept this... I'm finally tossing some pictures out of where I've been...

LOL.. thanks, I think...?

That team looks awesome! Hamish reminds me of Rolento from Final fight! Good lookin' man! And thanks for showin' me where you're at!

- The female's railing base looks fantastic... you're going to have to teach me how to do that when we start getting harder into the terrain~!

Hello again! These next two weeks are packed to the brim, and unfortunately, painting will probably take a backseat to most of it. Drinking and merry-making with family, getting ready for New Years Eve, and making plans to visit one of my best friends, who is back from Japan for a short while… but before I do, I’m trying to get in as much hobby as I can after work.


I took a break from X-23 and Talia (slowly working away at both of them… so the first update in 2011 may be a big one with two completed models… or possibly three) to do another miniature languishing on my bench. It was originally just meant as a piece I wanted to paint… then became a possible character in our WHQ group of anime/not-fantasy inspired team… and finally, has also found a place in our I-Munda Campaign… GW uses Lictors as the invisible stalkers… and while awesome… I prefer the armed skull-hunting Predator, myself. I know that most of them (from movies/toys/comics) go up to being almost bone-yellow in skin color. I did a similar take, but didn’t go quite as far up, starting at a lower range and ending a few shades lower. Actually, I lied. I started up at a lower range, then looked up reference pics and found they go much lighter… maybe from the offhand-colored comics I used to read in the 90s?? Ah well, I’m stickin’ with it. Without further ado, my WIP for Heresy Mini’s Hurn (AKA Predator) Warrior. **WANT SOME CANDY?**



I started off with the skin, and I knew I always wanted to try their weird scaly, speckled skin tone. I didn’t have any real technique ideas going in there, just went in with the mindset to “replicate” what I remember from the movies.While it isn’t perfect, I’m pleased with the effect on his head, and the base designs for the rest of his body. I’m going to go over it several times to provide a bit of depth to the spots. They really aren’t speckled like that… the only things “true to form” are the head crest and hands, and MAYBE legs. Their arms are supposed to be fully black with yellow sticking out at the biceps… and their chests… well, that’s covered with armor and netting, so I’m fudging that too.




My only gripe in the design is that the armor (and to a certain extent, body) is lacking in detail- the netting, or the flatness of the armor. In many instances, the Predators’ armor (while varied) is relatively smooth, and comes in a grey or brownish in color. (Darkhorse AVP, AvP by Capcom, the movies) In recent movies, they have textures such as pitting or striations like exposed muscle. I don’t intend to use pure metallic paints, nor do I think NMM would fit this one, as their armor is usually semi-matte in finish… the only thing I’ll be doing in NMM will be the claws and spear blades.




One last close-up. My idea for his armor will be to do freehand designs based on the Aliens vs. Predator movie symbols. The symbols, cool. The movies, a disappointment. There is a classic black/blue/grey/silver stylization of almost a ying-yang predator and alien, as well as one where an alien and predator’s stylized bodies make a circle (but they’re both upright). I’ll be drawing inspiration from those two sources and creating the texture on the flat surfaces using those ideas, and then furthering it by adding battle damage. (aka, on that chest plate) And sorry, that was a crap explanation. I'll just show it to you when I finish...

Also, while you can’t see it, there were some small casting mistakes such as areas not completely filled (or perhaps they’re on purpose?) but they’ve left some small “cuts” on his back and right bicep… I’ll probably be incorporating some battle damage on his skin as a battle scar, but probably won’t be putting any blood… or any of his, anyway.

Anyways, as always, thanks for stopping by. Comments and critiques are always welcome! Like that we have viewers, LOVE comments even more.

If we don’t hit the blog up again before the start of the new year, Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to all of you in the Dakka Community from Evynir , Zakkenaya123 , and myself !!

Side Note: Just turned into a Ravenor! LEVEL UP!! Whoo hoo!

Looking very good, love the mottled effect! I like the idea of the symbols, will be interesting to see how you pull them off. Have you thought of making a mask that you can slip on him? I prefer masked predators myself!

Merry Christmas an Happy New Year to you as well, keep up the awesome work, all of you!

Hey Vitruvian! Yea, I'd have to agree with you there- the masks in "most" variations are much cooler than their faces. I unfortunately didn't mould a mask for him... HOWEVER... I do have another copy of the mini (it was limited print to 1000 units) for some yet-unknown project. I could mould the mask on there with vaseline underneath, then pop it off later... hmm... I may just do that!

Thanks for stopping by, as always, and happy holidays man!

Still looking for a NMM tutorial? This is the best one I have found so far.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/291528.page

Nice work as usual!

Hey Cain! Thanks a bunch! I'll give it a shot- it makes it seem a bit less complicated.

Happy holidays!

That is Awesome !! I'm a HUGE fan of the Predator Movies/comics/novels/games/EVERYTHING. Awesome to see you using one in your warband. The model looks pretty awesome too.

Thanks BtMask! He's not in our warbands persay... more like... hunting them for a scenario... or two. But I feel you on the Preds- Arnie was awesome with his, Danny Glover was "meh", especially since that character was supposed to be Arnie's character's brother... but YES. Awesome, awesome creature. The preds themselves are fantastic in every movie , just can't say the same about the movies themselves.

Don't mean to do a shameless plug, but if they're still available, check out Heresy Minis Hurn Warrior. That's the model if you're interested in one of your own! I'm eyeing the Delaque-esque/Matrix guys for our NEXT campaign on their product line... for what role, I'm not at liberty to say, but yea.

Happy holidays to ya!

Wow, haven't been here in awhile. Talk about life coming at you fast... >.<

Don't have any Inq retinue specific updates, but I'd like to present some more of the Dramatis Personae for this campaign: I present, the local PDF forces.







Which, incidentally, are minis from an Imperial Guard Army I've been putting together (~1500 pts worth).

Expect some Eldar to show up, as well as some Kroot, Nids (courtesy of Izanagi) and of course, the insidious forces of Chaos to show up for the party eventually. Like I said in the primer, everyone wants a piece of this STC...

Thanks for viewing!

Love those old Stormtroopers...

Hey bro! Welcome back!! I hope you're feeling better... and yes, it's been one month since we updated- thanks for starting us off!

School projects and presentations are killing me, but I'm going to have an update this weekend-

Scenery - WIP pretty much done

Talia - try to slug through her and finish that cursed model

X-23 - basework and scarf painting



Btw, did you repaint your storm troopers?? They look... different.

Alright… sorry to keep you all waiting. And doubly sorry for this post not really having anything to do with I-Munda.

My MBA program in concert with work and home life is really taking a toll into my hobby time. As this week promises to have the most activity, I’m hoping I can ease back into the seat and churn out more painted figures and inch our way closer to the games.

This time, however, I want to highlight some work I’ve been doing for Smurfwedge’s Space Marine Conclave, a project that will go entirely to charity. As a painter, I don’t have much in the way to offer like Doctors/Nurses Without Borders, but I thought it was a pretty cool idea on From the Warp, several top-notch painters created a charity chapter called the Storm Wardens.

Now, I don’t consider myself to be in that same caliber, but I think it’s a pretty cool concept, seeing all of them together… aka Gitsplitta’s Inquisitorial Squad from his Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors Thread.

So I’m trying to make one that I, personally, would actually pay money for. Without further ado, my contribution: Brother Ardeth, Sons of the Scorpion Chapter.

Body WIP - After sketching out the initial guy, and finding what I had in my bitz box (played SMs... nearly a decade ago...) I used an Assault Marine body and shaved off the aquila and x-harness centerlock's face. I also chopped Jet-pack Assault marine legs and repositioned them with wire for a more static pose.




Head WIP - I decided to do something like the crests the Ultramarine veterans had, but in the scorpion theme... backbone wire inserted and shaped.



Body WIP 2 - Here's the body again with the scorpion symbol (one variant), and the wiring put into his arm and leg spaces.



Body WIP 3 - Same thing, close up of the chest symbol which still needs a bit of fine-tuning and filing.



Head WIP 2 - The scorpion tail ended up being a bit big... I'll go over it tonight to see if I can slim it down. My initial sketches weren't with me last night when I made him, but it came out fairly true-to-vision.

Full Body WIP 1 - Brother Ardeth nearing completion. For his other hand, I wanted to arm him with some sort of Power-Khopesh, but I have neither the time nor the materials to go through with that course of action. I'm actually using an oldschool powerfist that I'll be putting the scorpion symbol on for more iconography.


Full Body WIP 2 - One final shot.


Comments and critiques always welcome!

If you want to participate in the project, deadline is April 1st, April Fools' Day! The Huge Space Marine Chapter Conclave!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/333851.page

And for those of you not in the know, Gitsplitta is one of the most prolific modeller/contributors to this site- check out the Mantis Warriors risen from the dead! Absolutely fantastic modelling and dedication to a project! Rebuilding the Mantis Warriors http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/2670/289929.page

That looks awesome! I think the crest looks boss, and if 'you can pull it off a khopesh would be sweet as well!

Keep it up

Thanks! You should join us! I've seen your work, and I'm sure you'd come up with something equally, if not more impressive than this guy!

Dude, wish i could find the time! Just got so much on my plate (in and out of gaming). Its a great idea and im all for charity but not this time im afraid :(

And i doubt it, your sculpting and painting skills are impressive!

Bah! Flatterer!! When I see stuff that isn't mine that I wish WAS mine, that says something about the painter/modeller's goods.

I WISH I had your admech guys... I also WISH I had your Oroboros guys... and finally, I WISH I could have your Admech Knight when it's finished, because I have a feeling it's going to be epic. LOL. Don't knock your stuff. It's really good and keeps me on my toes!

Perhaps we can collaborate next time, as I believe this SM Charity isn't going to be a one-off project. Someone else will dust it off and continue it for sure!

Or, barring that, we can do a Marine Swap on that other thread that slips my mind at the moment...

Lol, you call me a flatterer

Do you mean the Great Marine Swap? Kind of an odd title dont you think?

Id be up for that, i want one of those scorpion badasses though!! What chapter would you like? I collect Raven Guard, Imperial fists, Dark Angels, but id be willing to paint any chapter tbh.