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02Laney wrote:As always - feedback much appreciated.

@Baiyuan: Thanks - the prisoner was an attempt to paint a model that stretched my ability (It's now on it way to the Netherlands as a gift for a fellow gamer) and praetorian guardsman was painted for a competition, but all my painting seems to be going right at the minute (if I can stay patient!). It means a lot to have one the people who regularly inspires me to come and post - Cheers

Laney

Later on I hope to post a WIP sniper (quite pleased about him) and a couple of fairly run of the mill death cult assassin conversions (I realise that doesn't sound very inspiring, but they are straightforward dark eldar wytch conversions).

You're welcome. Always happy when somebody finds my work inspiring. I'll be a regular on your blog, now that I've discovered it. Of course you're always welcome to drop a line in my blog too.
The prisoner was a real highlight, while the conversion is simple and I personally would never have used such a "tank" for powering a plasma gun (or is it a cooling system? that would make more sense and even be quite inventive), the scene, pose and paintjob make it an absolutely lovely piece with lots of atmosphere.

Just had a look through this entire thread mate. Fantastic painting and modelling, your terrain pieces are awesome as well.

Ta Biohazard - I've have a couple of terrain bits planned - not sure when though (too many projects, too little time).

The servitor as a spacesuit (which is what I was going for with the prisoner) thing, was stolen from a cool blog I came across - but it works well. Weirdly, in the skirmish game I play (in my sig), I intended this guy to have the 'coolant king' skill (reduces gets hot rolls) and for this to be a form of pre-heresy/dark age plasma cutter (it also needed to work as a plasma gun) - so the coolant tank idea works well.

The Caretakers rough history:
Originally a dark age of technology servitor, created from a criminal type. While passing through the warp the ships Geller field was disrupted for a second, allowing a daemonic incursion, which killed the crew, but left the servitors (in stasis) unharmed. After thousands of years floating in the warp the ship merged with the Space Hulk 'Hand of Sorrow'. A mercenary salvage team M32 activated the servitors, but due to various reasons left the Caretaker onboard ship (this story might get rather long). He finally, returned to true sentience following an encounter with xenos (nano type) technology on Deck 4537 of the Hand of Sorrow. To be continued....

I hope that actually made sense!

Cheers Laney

I like the fluff quite a bit. It suits the model well. Can't wait for more

Thanks Prime - call it a very rough draft. I need to write up the full story for my Prisoner. If it wins then he'll be enshrined in the rules (of the Deathsquads Skirmish game) as a special character.

Here are the other models I mentioned a couple of posts ago... Painting may need to wait till next week though!

Deathcult Assassins...



Three more recruits... (The bush hat is going - it looks silly!)



Laney

Cool stuff - that nurgle door is just putrid. I see you are a fan of rust. I like things a little rusty.

that sniper is bad ass

Definitely a rust fan!

Snipers are pretty much always my favourite models (Vindicare are always first on my list - even if they aren't the best tactical choice).

I've been very busy this week, but found a bit of time to play around with an Eversor Assassin conversion (I've wanted to try one of these for ages). He still needs lots of GS work, but I'm pretty pleased with his overall look...

Parts: Skull head (no idea where this is from - it was in my bits box), Torso - maxmini combat armour torso, heavily trimmed (skull taken off a SM backpack and 'controls' from a cadian command squad respirator - I used 2 of these) , Arms - Catachan command squad box, Pistol (SM Bolt pistol, BFG antenna, Scout bolt pistol scope (don't know why I didn't just use a scout pistol!) and the tank off an Infernus pistol, Neuro gauntlet (ghoul hand), Legs (chaos marauder legs - trimmed with GK backpack (teleporter) gubbins added), Backpack - tau fire warrior (with more BFG antennae, catachan sword, GK grenade). Note: I didn't buy any of this stuff to build this - I just found it in my box (hence the random mix of stuff).






Cheers Laney

watch out for the death grip!! this guy is really cool, i like the mixture of bits and that torso suits it really well

Now with added greenstuff and plasticard!








Cheers Laney

he's going to look so cool when he's painted!

Not too fond of the leg armor, but the rest is cool.

@Baiyuan: I know what you mean, it looks 'off'. I think only more GS practice will cure that.

I'm overall pleased with the look (though muscular legs without armour may improve the model) and even happier that this was a bits box creation.

On to Inquisitor Valeria (Her range of kit presents lots of conversion opportunities). She seems quite a bargain for the points (or am I missing something?)... The cube is her Hyperstone maze and the graviton beamer is the huge weapon (pistol!) on her back - other stuff is represented by the various gubbins she is carrying. I'd love to see a GW version of this character.









As always CandC welcome...

Cheers Laney

thats cool, i like how the cloaks turned out and the details on the hood is great

Cool, good sculpting on the lettering. Still looks a little bit to dark eldar like, mainly the gun, the rest is ok.
Is the cloak stiff enough to paint it? Looks delicate, would be a pity if it broke off at the first chance.

I thought with Valeria's fluff that she should be pretty much entirely xeno kitted out (with a few I symbols). I originally wanted a shoulder mounted gun for the gravitron beamer (but I didn't have the parts I needed). If I go for a light colour (bone perhaps) it may make the model more Inquisitorial and less Dark Eldar.

Once the cloak is fully cured I'll rub off the really thin bits, prior to painting. In terms of transport - special/delicate models tend to get their own box (rather than queezing in with the rest of the army). If I'm really paranoid about breakages I will blue tack it to the inside of a plastic jar lid and then screw the model inside the jar - that way the model is safe from the outside and isn't being squashed by packing material.

Laney

Ok, all of that made sense.

Quick update on the armsmen. I've started on the camo pattern (I decided to go with a green camo, rather than the blue I had planned)...





Also some pics of the assassin WIP...



Cheers Laney

ok.. how did you do that camo? your camo scemes always turn out so amazing!

Rogue Wolves wrote:your camo scemes always turn out so amazing!

I agree, very sharp! My only CC would be to get the spot color a little less pinky and a little more red.

Keep up the great work!

Hi Guys,

I love doing camo patterns. Here's the recipe for this camo (some old, some new GW paints used - sorry I don't know the equivalents yet)...

Base Coat: (New) Deathworld Forest (really smooth coat - in one)
Wash: (New) Athonian Camoshade (great tone, but a touch too shiny - I like matt models)
Camo Splodge 1: Catachan Green
Camo Splodge 2: (New) Ogryn Camo (similar to rotting flesh I think)
Camo 'Slashes': Goblin Green
Wash: Thinned Devlan Mud
Highlight (Not Done Yet): Deathworld Forest again (after two washes this works well as a camo highlight)

@Rawson: Thanks for the feedback on the spot colour, I've given the berets a wash of carroburg crimson to try to de-pinkify, not sure it worked fully, but I'm happy enough with the end colour, it marks them out from my other IG squads.

Here are a couple more WIP shots...



Cheers Laney

Minor update: A Dornian Heresy Raven Guard marine (counts as twin lightning claws)...





Starting the paintjob tonight (purple-black, with glowing purple)

Cheers Laney

That dornian Raven Guard there, awesome.

Thanks megabambam...

Painting started... I've also, after too long, started painting the terminator librarian from the Space Hulk set (I considered converting him - but I just couldn't do it!).

Dornian Raven Guard...



Space Hulk Libby...



Cheers Laney

Here's the finished Raven Guard. The fluff for these guys is amazing - I'm surprised I can't find more stuff on them (models etc)...

C and C Welcome...







Cheers Laney

Here's a few more to start to fill out a squad of these guys...







And a duel between the two marines I've done for the great marine swap thread


CandC most welcome (there's always something that can be better!)

Cheers Laney

Ok, more in the Dornian Heresy line...

First attempt at Mk16 style armour (more of a test model - I need to re-stock on greenstuff to do a real version, either based on GW bits or perhaps have another go at sculpting from scratch). This was done purely by carving plastic and liquid GS...





and the inspiration image...


CandC welcome (I need to fix the shoulder pads, abdomen armour and gorget for next time, plus I might modify the backpack slightly)

A Khorne worshipping Space Wolf Champion


Another Plague Angel...


Cheers Laney

MOAR FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MOAR!

I've always wanted someone with skill to do some Dornian Heresy, this is a dream coming true!

I'm with megabambam, those conversions are quite nice! The Dornian Ultramarine is particularly well done! Can you take a picture of the back of the mini so we can see how you made the backpack look like?

Awesome work, your camo on the IG is really nice =)