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Well, they look good. Plus, Siggy does excellent work. I'm certain they'll shine in the end.

Re: Advantage vs. disadvantage

Using larger bases can affect a few things on the board. One of these is deployment. If your guys are in a vehicle, then disembark, they all have to deploy within 2" of the exit point (not "fully" within - just part of the base). So, if you're on a larger base than you should be, your guys will be that much closer to their objective than they'd have been, otherwise.

You'd be surprised how many times a charge or something is *just* missed by less than the 5mm difference in the base sizes.

So, that's the reason I asked.
Sorry for the OT.


Eric

Ah ok I see, thanks for the answer. Sorry about the OT too Sigur!

Sure it will be right back on the models when they pop up!


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Btw, had a look through your facebook page, there were a few pieces I hadn't seen, the Bloodbowl stuff is epic!

Also, those discworld pieces are probably my favorites though, so much character, and amazing metals and detailing.

Love your stuff - the impact of the Chimera is amazing though. You are drawn into the lion face!

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@MajorTom11: Thanks. Yeah, the discworld minis are amazing. You can see that the sculptors really tried to get the characters right and that they understood that if they mess up they'll summon the wrath of thousands. Instead, they did perfect figurines. I really enjoyed painting them.

@tallmantim: Thanks muchly. The Chimera model itself is a beauty.



So, the 4th generation (sans "Fatty" on whom I'm redoing the skin from scratch to make him look right) is finished:










Hope you like them. Next up: 3rd generation Hybrids, where things get a little more alien.

wow beautiful colour scheme on those guys , the purple and blue look fantastic , and harp back to the old genstealer , colour scheme . fond memories.

Looks amazing! What are your plans for the palletes on the 3rd gens? I'm thinking a bit more white on them what do you think?

I cannot wait to see what you do with the skin and claws on them. These are favorites of mine

P.s, noticed the little touches like the Chevrons on the ground etc - great! I will have to get your color recipes from you!

@neil101: To me, there's no other possible colour scheme for those. Thanks.

@MajorTom11: Thank you. I thought of going for a similar scheme as on the Magus except for the Meltagun guy who gets white armour and different colours on shirt and trousers to make him look more along the lines of the other guys in white armour. Sure, you'll get the recipe on the bases. Apart from all of that, I noticed that I still hadn't painted the Tyranid helperling's claws black - that's fixed now.

@MajorTom11: Thanks for you e-mail. Fixed the belt buckle on that one guy you mentioned. it's brassy now. Props from all over the interwebz for your conversion skills.


The weekend has been rather eventful (friday and saturday at least. Sunday I wasn't able to do anything) so the first WIPs of the 3rd generation Hybrids are a little late:





Not all that much to say about these. I hope to finish them tonight. C&C welcome!

You are really doing MajorTom's fantastic miniatures justice! Great (paint)job!

Looking good!

These are some of my favorites 

I am interested to see how you treat the super pale carapace and nails on the 3rd arms too! Out of curiosity though, I would be interested in seeing the skin tones side by side with the 4ths? It is hard to tell how different it is atm just for lack of comparison. Only other comment is that the stealer carapace shoulder guards were intended to look like a piece of purestrain armor, but I should have mentioned that!

Will you be hitting up the main 3rd gen and the 2 metal hybrid 3rd gens next? I think the other custom Melta 3rd gen will look amazing in white with the gray cloths and a blue scarf… He was one of the conversions that took me longest, so I have a bit of love for him!

Very exciting seeing them all come together!

@Baiyuan: Besten Dank!

@MajorTom11: Ah, alright. What do you think of that: I'll change the shoulder armour on the guy with the metal armour but will keep the shoulderpad the way it is on the guy with the white armour, okay? I just found the fourth 3rd generationer just an hour ago or so; guess he got left out because I had to prime his friends and he came primed already so I guess that's why I had forgotten about him. At the moment I read your reply, I actually had the guy and the 2nd generation hybrids in the work already because I had gotten bored with the 3rd genners. :p You can see that you've put much work into that second melta guy; he looks seriously badass with that pose, the tilted head and the combination of arc-y thing over the back of his head and the respirator piece.

Here's some quick pictures for skin comparison:


...and a first WIP of the second Meltaguy:



It's still a bit hard to spot the difference between the skintones in the picture; it comes out much clearer in real life how the 4th genners' skin looks much more human while the 3rd genners clearly have a more purple-ish tint. Hope you like them!

Sigur beautiful and amazing as usual. Those genestealer hybrids bring back some memories . Keep the great work.

Dang Sigur, when did you get so good? It was around 2 years ago when you first posted on Warseer, and you where pretty OK back then (I was one of the first to comment on your stuff, my username was Bravey), but now you are amazing. Those Empire troops are especially good!

_Tim?

Awesome, can't wait to see the progression from generation to generation! I am particularly curious to see how the fade from stealer blue to bone'ish blue carapace is going to look, I have a feeling this may be one of the biggest successes, as previously we have only seen a pretty sharp shift from stealer to human hues, the gradual fade should definitely be something to see!

As always, very excited to see more

@GreyDeathOne: Thanks.

@Some_Call_Me_Tim?: Hey there, thanks for the comment and for remembering me. In fact, I started posting pictures on Warseer basically the day it reopened after The Fall, and I'm very sure that I posted pictures of my minis on Portent as well. I must have started posting pictures on there just shortly before The Fall though which makes that probably about 7 years ago I suppose. Many thanks for the compliments though.

@MajorTom11: Cheers. I have to admit that I missed the gradual change and that you want the carapace on later generations to be very pale in colour compared to the earlier ones just until two posts back or so, so I'll have to redo the third arms on the 3rd genners a bit I guess. The flesh should be okay as it's pretty pale and close to the rest of their skin but the carapace came out pretty dark-purplish-blue already. But it's nice that you wrapped that up in "I have a feeling this may be the one of the greatest successes".

Here's probably the last update for tonight:



The second Meltagun dude in the far left is a very cool conversion. That thing arching over the back of his head almost makes him look like he's got a topknot which makes for insta-coolness.

I like to think of him as the lead 3rd gen dude

Looks AWESOME!

Get some well deserved rest my friend, I will oogle these in more detail tonight!

I cannot believe how wickedly awesome these have come out. From what I did, to your additions Tom, and finally this amazing painting. Definately a project I am proud to have worked on.

I think a set of hybrids is due for my own space hulk set, somewhere down the line.

Yup certainly a group effort! Seeing all these together with the purestrains and remaining hybrids is gonna be a heck of a group shot, especially when I add that new IG Crassus troop carrier as the cult 'limo'

Going to have to get my hands on one of those throned patriarchs too eventually...

Maybe put the throne in the Crassus front 'cockpit'!?

Thanks everybody!


Okay, here's a little update. The 3rd Generation finally is as good as finished now:



...and the 2nd generation is WIP:



Hrm. Not much to say. I picked up my Marienburger Landship up from the GW store but I'm afraid I won't get to work on it any time soon, otherwise some people will get real angry at me unless I finish some commission jobs quickly. :p

I don't have much to say either, except #$#@$@#$@# awesome.



Hope the amount of guys isn't wearing you down! It's hard to imagine belting out this many minis in one week!

Cheers, glad you like them. It's not really the amount of minis on this project that's wearing me down; it's the rough estimation of minis I have yet to paint that's kinda straining.

beautiful models!

Hey there, I did a little more work on the 2nd genners:

Lovely work on the Hybrids and throughout the thread :}

Expect it's creating a bit of envy amongst SpaceHulk fans!

Looking good!

Out of curiosity, you never use an airbrush right? One reason I like your work so much, particularly on minis as individual as the hybrids is the fact you use pure brushwork mind you, but on things like daemons and space marines it sure comes in handy!

I just started my first airbrushed mini this week, a grey knight as a test/practice before getting going in earnest on painting the StormRaven and then my other BA stuff, and wow... it really sped things up and if you take the time to do proper brushwork after, the result is extremely pleasing I must say.

For the 2nd genners, everything is looking hot, the only things I see at the moment is to make sure the nails are a medium grey/bone like in the chart, and also the guy on the right's feet should be bare skin. It looks like you are powering through, and I can't wait to see what you do with the 1st gens!

@Baron Phlegm: Many thanks, but that won't be enough. I want everybody to envy me! Everyone shall hate me, MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

@MajorTom11: I do use my trusty airbrush but only really on things where I see it fit and where it won't cause me more work than going without it. On more or less monochrome stuffs like certain Space Marines chapters or tanks, naturalistic looking things like the chimera or horses I use it but things like these hybrids which have a pretty diverse look colourwise I won't use it. Also as long as I'm painting less than a squad at once (like when I paint one character model), I wouldn't use it either because the preparation and cleaning up afterwards isn't worth it really.

Here's the finished 2nd generationers. The guy in the middle isn't wearing pink slippers. I thought he was wearing some kind of modified boots that were made to look like claws but then I notice that I had to change that to being his regular feet so that's just the basecoat of the skin I have to redo.






Hope you like them. I'll go redo the feet now.

Awesome, I really love the thin Chevrons you put on! There is one missing second genner though, the guy with the remote and bionic eye?

Man you have such a good work-ethic, seriously, a lot of people would get bitchy or frustrate when the customer keeps pointing out little things like the feet of the shoulder armor etc, but you just come right back with a beautifully correct product! I can't believe how easy you have made this process so far, I would hire you in a second for just about anything!

Cheers. I just put the customer's vision into practice. You obviously have a very clear vision of what you want your minis to look like so I roll with that. Doesn't happen often that someone knows so specifically about what he wants but clearly this warband of Hybrids is a precious project to you so I gladly help to make that happen. And as long as it's just some feet on one guy I wasn't too sure about to begin with it's not that bad. Speaking of which, the new feet are in the attachment.

As for the fourth 2nd genner - I found him right after I had posted the update and put the metal hybrids on the "finished stuff" shelf. Quite a "hey, who are yo- oh NO"-moment there.

LOL, sneaky little bastard eh?

I know I am a picky dude, so I figured it was incumbent on me to prep the design notes doc for you, If I put myself in your shoes and a client had that only in his head and expected you to just 'figure it out' i'd tell him to... do something not nice to himself...

I get it in my line of work, not fun! I am still being a bit of a pain though but you are a total pro