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Gitsplitta wrote:Beautiful work Iffy. The black and red are so powerful together... and the head just glows like a beacon of malice.

That is probably the most eloquent and yet shortest description of him yet.

And I'm just gonna tip toe quietly around that video because that its just so...um...yeah, I got nothing.

I think (without watching it) that the video translates to "Don't disturb Ifalna until she has had her morning brew."

Of course, these things could be averted if she didn't visit the forum until after her first brewski of the day, but there you go...

Dysartes wrote:I think (without watching it) that the video translates to "Don't disturb Ifalna until she has had her morning brew."

Of course, these things could be averted if she didn't visit the forum until after her first brewski of the day, but there you go...

Well, we could discuss the fact that she hadn't had her "morning" brew before 13:13 but that will probably encourage her to sic another strange video on us.

stupid laws... Makes me want to blow something up... I'm kidding! HONEST!! It doesn't really make sense anyways as lots of explosives are solid I hear.

Gitsplitta wrote:Beautiful work Iffy. The black and red are so powerful together... and the head just glows like a beacon of malice.

Some said earlier that he looks really sithy, and I totally agree. I could sooo paint him up to look like Darth Malgus! That would be brilliant

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Wha? Who? I dont even...

JB wrote:
And I'm just gonna tip toe quietly around that video because that its just so...um...yeah, I got nothing.

Dysartes wrote:I think (without watching it) that the video translates to "Don't disturb Ifalna until she has had her morning brew.

None of you appreciate its wonder. Or maybe you don't know people who do speak like that and so don't find it as lulzy :( You are going to drive me back to Tumblr, where I am appreciated. /angst

JB wrote:
Well, we could discuss the fact that she hadn't had her "morning" brew before 13:13 but that will probably encourage her to sic another strange video on us.

Hey hey now! Some of us have crazy days starting at 11 and ending at 5 because of our partners nonsensical work hours! By some I mean me. At least it wasn't whiskey at 1pm, that.. that sometimes happens too.

weetyskemian44 wrote:stupid laws... Makes me want to blow something up... I'm kidding! HONEST!! It doesn't really make sense anyways as lots of explosives are solid I hear.

I know right? I should totally teach them a lesson by mailing them a paint pot filled with explosives. It can't NOT work!

I delayed replying because I got into a crazy painting zone and got tons more work done on this bald beaut.




On his way to final stages now, I'm picking out details mostly at this point. The eagle now looks like an eagle, bar his second head, and I don't think the hammer detracts too much focus from the face, I went very easy on the colour and kept it super minimalistic.

Darth Malice is looking wonderful there. The face is superb and a gorgeous red.

Every time I see that blu-tack I think you're working on a large rocky base



You suppin' I go rounin' roun to re ro yeah? Naaah! Wrong sup innit.

That Guy is looking superb! Understated hammer is perfect. It's menacing without overpowering the more important elements of the mini. We'll just assume that it glows more once he flicks on the "SMITE" button.

As for the video, it did make me laugh but after years of Bob Marley and Ozzy Osbourne, I'm used to not knowing what the hell people are saying. Then there are the Scots, the French, and the Swabians...

I like how you did the skin!

monkeytroll wrote:Darth Malice is looking wonderful there. The face is superb and a gorgeous red.
Every time I see that blu-tack I think you're working on a large rocky base

He really could be Malgus! Convert on a breating mask annnnd, done. You can tell I have Swtor on the brain.

"You suppin' I go rounin' roun to re ro yeah? Naaah! Wrong sup innit.

Yesssssssssss /hifive

JB wrote:
That Guy is looking superb! Understated hammer is perfect. It's menacing without overpowering the more important elements of the mini. We'll just assume that it glows more once he flicks on the "SMITE" button.
As for the video, it did make me laugh but after years of Bob Marley and Ozzy Osbourne, I'm used to not knowing what the hell people are saying. Then there are the Scots, the French, and the Swabians...

Yay! I kept the hammer as understated as I could while still having it blend all the way up to skull white, and it came out well! I'm really thrilled. The only thing abut him I don't like are his skulls, because they have absolutely no detail. None at all. They are like flat discs with 2 eyeholes. I'm trying not to emphasise them for that one reason, their actual sculpt lets the model down a little bit so I don't want the eye to be drawn to them immediately.

They aren't terrible, they just don't live up to the quality of the rest of the figure :(

In other bizarre video news, I watched The Thing 2011 the other week and tracked down a vid showing the actual animatronics and clay mannequin design. It is AMAZING. Such a shame they covered a lot of it with CGI, but I couldn't help but think what absolutely amazing Tzeentch/Slaanesh demons these could make!

There is one that is basically a woman bent backwards with a gaping maw having opened in her chest, and if that was released as a collectable figure it would be a really brilliant Keeper of Secrets :O

I guess this could be a bit nsfw as it has scary monsters, depends on where you are working, so just keep that in mind before clicky!



Going to finish That Guy Malgus now, be back in a wee bit

I like how the black has some depth and the heads on the eagle have some great detail. Awesome. I found the skulls were hard to get right too.

wow he looks fantastic.. (my new, new favorite model ive seen on this blog) i just love the imluminating blue hammer compared to his black and red wardrobe

SWTOR your playing too! Me as well, what server do you play and Republic or Empire?

Also cortez is looking Hot

Eldrad40k wrote:I like how the black has some depth and the heads on the eagle have some great detail. Awesome. I found the skulls were hard to get right too.

The skulls are a pain in the bum :( Surprised that such a lovely model had them just stuck on. They look like the sculptor forgot them and just threw them on top at the last minute.

Rogue Wolves wrote:wow he looks fantastic.. (my new, new favorite model ive seen on this blog) i just love the imluminating blue hammer compared to his black and red wardrobe

Thanks RW! The hammer in the pic I was sent to follow the scheme of was originally red, but it just melded in too much with the rest of the mini and did not look as nice. The blue is a contrasting colour but compliments the grey highlights as they are both cool, the rest of the mini is very warm, so it stands out without being too eye catching.

Cutthroatcure wrote:SWTOR your playing too! Me as well, what server do you play and Republic or Empire?
Also cortez is looking Hot

Peragus Empire, Seth'a legacy. Main is chilling out at 50 just crafting till some more casual content comes in as after 6 years hardcore raiding with WoW, I am totally burned out. Leveling up alts now and going crazy over the storylines. Can't wait for the legacy system to start pumping out fun rewards.


Coteaz is actually done now, just finishing up his base and I will post shots soon very happy with him, bar those annoying skulls.

Awesome models, and awesome video! I can't believe kids today have not seen Snatch or Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. There are lots of Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch around where I grew up and used to live, and sometimes the old guys... well taking 7 years of German in school helped a lot, let me tell you. Of course, mentioning it sounds like German doesn't help... they don't like that.

Wehrkind wrote:Awesome models, and awesome video! I can't believe kids today have not seen Snatch or Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. There are lots of Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch around where I grew up and used to live, and sometimes the old guys... well taking 7 years of German in school helped a lot, let me tell you. Of course, mentioning it sounds like German doesn't help... they don't like that.

I know all about accent overload, Dublin has the most incredible variety in accents I have ever heard considering how small it is.

The difference in the accent of two people who live only 3 miles apart can be immense. Inner city Dublin is a language all to its own, seriously. When I get very angry or drunk enough it breaks through and people have no idea what I'm saying. A while back I was at a house party and it ended up that me and my friend Kev were the only people able to hold a conversation with each other, no one else could understand either of us anymore after a few drinks. Hilarious.

Hey no one said i hadnt seen lock stock, i love that film!

The people round shropshire/north wales where i use to live all talked in high pitched squeak-vowels. A lot of arrs and ees

If you decide you want to play on a different Server once in a while hit up Corsair Empire side.

As for WoW Raiding, I did it for 6 years as well and after Cata I just was like whats the point any more, they took out basically all the tatics...

There were tactics in WoW

Sorry...as a long term Eve player I am legally required to look at WoW in the manner that Disapproving Horse looks at everything


As to Coteaz' skulls, I think of them as stylished skulls - similar to Spawn's (iirc), he's too cool to go around having the same ol' skull bling that every other bad-ass mother-fething Imperial agent wears.

Yes, monkeytroll, there were - when I first started casual raiding with Karazhan, boss fights such as Moroes, the Opera event and Prince Malchezaar took months of practise to get the tactics right before we were able to progress.

By all accounts, though, things have gotten less tactical with later releases.

Cutthroatcure wrote:If you decide you want to play on a different Server once in a while hit up Corsair Empire side.

I may well drop in and say, Ill PM you for character details if I get around to it soon

Cutthroatcure wrote:As for WoW Raiding, I did it for 6 years as well and after Cata I just was like whats the point any more, they took out basically all the tatics...

Yeeepp. Cata hit, and I realised I just didn't care anymore. WoW's still a great game, it is just not the same game I used to love. I couldn't pin point the exact moment it changed for me, it's been very gradual.

monkeytroll wrote:There were tactics in WoW
Sorry...as a long term Eve player I am legally required to look at WoW in the manner that Disapproving Horse looks at everything

Oh there were crazy tactics back in the day of 40mans with healing rotas and organising people into exact time frames to move out and drink is a circle rotation while taking on bosses that took 40 minutes, yeah. It just got easier and easier to allow more of the playerbase to see endgame content, which makes perfect sense tbh, it just made a lot of people get sick of it.

monkeytroll wrote:As to Coteaz' skulls, I think of them as stylished skulls - similar to Spawn's (iirc), he's too cool to go around having the same ol' skull bling that every other bad-ass mother-fething Imperial agent wears.

Haha yes, either that or he is exceptionally old school and everyone else copies his terribad skulls but did a better job of it. That would explain his angry face.



So he is all finished and I am super happy with him. His matte varnish is showing up very reflective in the shots for no apparant reason, I think it is the black armor perhaps? It's not remotely reflective in real life, he looks the exact same. Hmm, it's very strange honestly.

Oh well, I would rather have slightly shiny shots than lose his paint in transit! He already has very slight loss on the back of his fur which I have to touch up from before the varnish. Curse these metal mini's and their delicateness.

Just nice Iffy... just nice. Excellent work on the mutant bald eagle by-the-way. I'm sure the inquisition won't mind that one bit.

Great work again, Iffy. I must say I was crossing my fingers for a purple accessory, but I won't complain!

He's looking really nice Iffy

Wowsers, the red cloak is

And i freakin love that hammer so subtle and dangerous.

Awesome, Hope to hear from ya.

Also Cortez looks super sweet! I really like the colors!

Spectacular!! He looks great and much better than the standard Coteaz. Not to poke the 'Eavy Metal painter in the eye but I REALLY didn't like the way Coteaz was painted in the IG Codex (and on the GW web site).

For me, everything looks wonderful but my faves are his face, the cyber-eagle, and the contrast of the brilliant cloak with the dark armor.

Now you've got me thinking that I will have to find some henchmen for him. After all, someone has to tell him about his skulls and it's not going to be me.

The eagle looks so majestic.

Previous Inquisitor and Coteaz both look absolutely stunning, Iffy! Really like the way the hammer, cape and eagle came out. Great stuff!!

Gitsplitta wrote:Just nice Iffy... just nice. Excellent work on the mutant bald eagle by-the-way. I'm sure the inquisition won't mind that one bit.

I was thinking of just going for bog standard brown for him, but the white worked nice as a focal point for that arm If I was going to paint an eagle and did not have to worry about how it would fit with the rest of the mini, I would totally paint one as a harpy eagle.



Best eagle. Imagine one of those High Elf Gryphons with a Harpies markings fading into an ocelot cat. Oh my...

Lt. Coldfire wrote:Great work again, Iffy. I must say I was crossing my fingers for a purple accessory, but I won't complain!

No purple AND no turqoise? I am clearly losing my touch D:

GiraffeX wrote:He's looking really nice Iffy

Thanks dude! Bit annoyed about that really strange shine finish the camera picked up, still scratching my head about how it is not visable while holding him, but it is to the camera. I guess the only possible answer is witchcraft.

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Wowsers, the red cloak is
And i freakin love that hammer so subtle and dangerous.

The red was super fun, getting a lot of practice with cloth recently and it feels great to start seeing some improvements. I always found red SO hard to paint, I remember my first real brick wall in painting was trying to paint up a Khorne lord for my chaos army and having to get a GW staff member to tutor me on how to paint up red. I prefer how I do it now as opposed to the agonising amount of red ink I used to have to use, ouch.

JB wrote:
Spectacular!! He looks great and much better than the standard Coteaz. Not to poke the 'Eavy Metal painter in the eye but I REALLY didn't like the way Coteaz was painted in the IG Codex (and on the GW web site).
For me, everything looks wonderful but my faves are his face, the cyber-eagle, and the contrast of the brilliant cloak with the dark armor.
Now you've got me thinking that I will have to find some henchmen for him. After all, someone has to tell him about his skulls and it's not going to be me.

I think the amount of gold he was painted with was just really off putting. The only time I feel ok seeing a mini with that amount of gold is if its a Sang Guard, Lizardman, or you know, the Emperor. I think I might just find it a bit tacky from playing against dwarven armies where absolutely everything was solid lumpy gold and it enraged my delicate Chaos Undivided senses.

I think you are going to like him way more when you get to see him, my shots never really do the models justice, and likely won't untill I get a camera specifically tailored for macro shots. Which is unlikely to happen anytime soon unless I win the lottery.

The Jokaeros could totally be his henchmen, he would never be able to get angry with them even if they were making fun of his playdough skulls!

Norn King wrote:The eagle looks so majestic.

I was very tempted to paint on a patriotic tear but I managed to keep myself in check. ;D

Not sure if I will get much up for the next 3 days of my "weekend" as I try not to spend all day painting when my partner is off work, but I might get some WIP shots up of aging some marines! Time will tell

Hehe best eagle indeed Inquisitor looks really sharp, well done! The fade from white to brown feathers is nicely done. I might have gone for more of a red tailed hawk look, but they are just very common where I am from

If you are ever in SWoTR and decide to piss around on the Republic side, hit up Kriegchen or Meg on Thana Vesh. We can go get curbed stomped in PvP together or something.