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I'm not too keen on espressos (if that's what you mean lol).

yep, you got it in one my friend! how can you not like espresso? " Coffee, helping you do stupid things faster" now chug some black gold and get sculpting, i want to see this guy finished!

Right, half way through my 3rd cup of coffee and I have this so far:







Just going to let the green stuff go off a bit then I'm going to poke and prod and smooth it all out at refine it a bit. Some more hair will go over the top (yeh you guessed it, I'm redoing the braids...).

Looking good, just be careful that after 3 cups of coffee you don't lose the hair texture with the fur on the pack! :-) how many braids are you attempting this time? still just 2? or are you going to add more right over the hair you've just done?

It looks really good considering its you 3rd cup of coffe! I like it with the hair going a bit wild. It fits the model better. I also am thinking here.......................... ...........................I think if you give him a beard of some kind, it wil make his face look more full. Only suggesting that for two reasons.....(1) With you skills, you should easyly be able to pull it off. (2) With all that hair and fur, it IMHO would look cooler. But hey, maby thats just me. Keep up the good work, maby I can get somthing done soon.

Lol, I don't think I'll lose the texture- I'm deliberately leaving less depth in the hair compared to the fur. Besides, he's going to be a blondie and the fur is going to be a darker brown

As for braids, I'm still going to do only 2 coming from where his side burns would be (a la 4th ed codex cover work).


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@Imperial Renegade, thanks for the input: I have been thinking about a beard, it should be manageable- I didn't want to overcrowd the face or lose the detail of the fangs but now that you suggest it I think I'll give it a go!

He looks great. I love the wolf pelt. Hair is so tricky to get right, I hope you find the right combination that looks good.

MOOOOO-HA-HA-HA-HA-STACHE!!!!





Quite pleased with the beardiness. I messed about with sticking braids in his hair like I suggested but I think it goes against the whole crazy-mane thing that I imagined him having.

It looks amazing! I really like the stache! It looks much better now IMO.

I strongly approve of the mustarche! Awesome!

I like the way your GS-hair looks. Any chance of detailed tips on getting that done?

Thank you peeps, glad you approve!

@TaWaaagh, for general tips all I can say is be patient and lubricate whatever it is you use to sculpt- in my case I basically hawk on the end of the GW sculpting tool so that the GS doesn't stick to it.

For the hair in particular I would suggest building upon a foundation to get the desired 'volume' of hair.
I then sliced into it going from the front to the back of the head, putting a sweep into it to create the illusion of movement. I started at a point below the ears and worked towards the top of the head- I didn't bother with a parting since it would be all over the place.
Hope that gives some kinda pointer?

I may add a slight widow's peak to the hair line as it looks a little rounded at the moment but I'm happy with it so far.

I think it looks decent!

Looking good dude! i'm just awake and having my first cup of 'Michael Jordan' and it's nice to see your progress, I'm not entirely sold on the facial hair (not that it's not done well!) , I think the face with the flowing hair and fangs is a strong enough focal point considering the other parts of the conversion you've done so well! but I do like the moustache part, perhaps you could leave the lower part of the beard off and give him two longer braided moustache braids? then he can still soak up fenrisian mead and a few Gweneths to suck on later! :-)

Yep that is way better just be careful that the direction which the hair and bear go are the same .
it'll be kinda Odd if the beard seems to fly to the right while the hair fly to the left

don't know if you understand what i'm trying to say, scuse me but I got to excuses for that

1)i'm tired .it's too early for me
2) I'm french

Anyway this is looking good so keep it up Dude !

@Faust, I know what you mean- the beard is going in the same direction i.e straight back via the quickest route (to either side of his face, you can't really show the beard going straight up into his eyes lol). I'll have a play about and see what's what

hey

i really like your models, the painting is really good and the greenstuffing(i don't know if that is a word) is amazing.

Elnibbus wrote:MOOOOO-HA-HA-HA-HA-STACHE!!!!

Great idea to convert Seth! Super ambitious! I think the axe turned out well, and nice use of bits for the cloak! (bloodclaw icons, right?)

A bit of CC: The GS hair/beard is getting a bit ott, imho. The hair is getting a bit lost in the pelt behind (thought that will probably not be the case once paint hits it). I think the hair would look better flowing to the side, instead of up and over. Have you tried texturing for hair instead of sculpting individual strands? That tends to work out better for me anyways.

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

Thanks for the CC Rawson. [/i]I'm actually done with sculpting now- I stopped before it got too silly. Now for some paint (which will have to wait until next week now).

^Why???

Because I'm away at a WW2 themed airsoft game all weekend (we're doing a take on the battle o[i]n the outskirts of Arnhem). I suppose I could start him tonight but I haven't thought about what I'm going to do for the base. I was thinking part of an old tiled floor with aquillas (like from a chapel) which has been demolished and left to the chilly ravages of the planet.

So tiles, dirt and snow. Maybe some grass between the tiles to show age.

Sounds good to me! I love airsoft! I think painting can get postponed for an airsoft event!

Wow really well done! Would not want to meet him down a dark alley!

Wow he looks fast!

Elnibbus wrote:Because I'm away at a WW2 themed airsoft game all weekend (we're doing a take on the battle o[i]n the outskirts of Arnhem).e.

wicked!

Well folks, I'm back after a lengthy sabbatical of no hobby at all but I started painting this afternoon and thought I'd post up something. It's the right shoulder pad from my Bran Redmaw conversion with the celtic cross icon I said I'd try. Hasn't turned out too bad so far.




Bit rough at the moment but will have some touching up done to it before the model is finished. Didn't bother doing the outer cross since, well, I couldn't be bothered!

Elnibbus wrote:It's the right shoulder pad from my Bran Redmaw conversion with the celtic cross icon I said I'd try. Hasn't turned out too bad so far.

If by "hasn't turned out too bad" you mean ing awesome, then I agree.

That pad looks epic mate. Nice job. I've got a quick question.... the lioncloths parts and parchment on the first page tank..... how did you paint it? That recipe eludes me...

That shoulder pad is pure awesomeness!
Great job mate

Shoulder pad of awesome! How long did it take you?

Thanks fellas. I will try and get some more done at some point in the near future.

@S'jet, I started with Bestial Brown and then highlighted up with Bleached Bone (I think, was quite a while ago that I did them and I only just repainted the rest of the tank in SW colours!).

@MrMerlin, erm... About a half hour? Will need to do the trim and touch up before it's worthy.