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Hey Cadaver - I can't wait either and the best thing is he is released on the end date of pimp my wizard. Talking of pimp my wizard how is your pit slave lady coming along?

Honestly, its been stagnant for awhile. I drew a complete blank on how to build the left arm, and haven't had a strike of inspiration. The biggest challenge of that model is how incredibly thin the limbs are, and nothing that I thought could work really does, because the scale just doesn't look right. That said, I have every intention of completing the model by the end date - it just may not be to the level I initially set out wanting to create.

If that ork is a rush job...i wish i could rush like that! looks AWESOME!!! Skin tone looks brilliant!

briurso - lol. Yeah rush job I've had on the go since 2009 and he still isn't finished. Though I think I've now base coated everything at least.

You've actually given me a boost to get him finished. I might do a little bit on him later today.

Anyway I'm off Lancaster for a day trip with Abigail.

Peter

I find I'm strangely attracted to that Nurgle model... that guy would make a great Executioner/Brute for a warband... Looking forward to what you can do with him! I see equal parts Inq and horror movie in him, so I imagine him with some sort of wakked out giant chainsaw... or a heavy solid slug-throwing weapon.

-Remi

HF - Attracted to him is definitely the wrong phrase ....but who am I to talk I want a rear shot. He will be getting a chain axe and a pacifier helm....well I hope the witch hunter warband I do will be all hammer horror.

Last night I did a little modelling (I was waiting for a wash to dry on the Navigator). I started building a Crusader out the Chaos Sorcerers legs (a good friend gave me another plastic chaos sorcerer model, thanks Martin), the below torso, scout arms, hector rex's storm sheild and a daemon pike (think spear), it is only tacked together at the moment.



Originally I wanted to make a female crusader.... Now would it be wrong to use a marine torso and a female head?

Actually the fluff prevents females from being Space Marines, not from wearing power armour... So that would be fine with me!

PDH wrote:HF - Attracted to him is definitely the wrong phrase ....but who am I to talk I want a rear shot. He will be getting a chain axe and a pacifier helm....well I hope the witch hunter warband I do will be all hammer horror.

Last night I did a little modelling (I was waiting for a wash to dry on the Navigator). I started building a Crusader out the Chaos Sorcerers legs (a good friend gave me another plastic chaos sorcerer model, thanks Martin), the below torso, scout arms, hector rex's storm sheild and a daemon pike (think spear), it is only tacked together at the moment.

Spoiler:

Originally I wanted to make a female crusader.... Now would it be wrong to use a marine torso and a female head?

Yea... just re-read that model. I like my men big, deathly sick, and stinky... *ahem* Aside from that, I'm looking forward to the conversion and paintjob you provide for this figure- the sculpt is pretty damn sweet, I have to say.

As to your female crusader... are you going to mod the armor? The thickness of it will not be a problem, as it's friggin' battle armor and supposed to be bulky. However, will it be a suit that she put on, but not hers? (as the one there has a definite masculine look to it, a standard SM torso might serve better?) I say do it- if I was a woman in the grimdarkery of the far-flung future, I'd wear the most protective gear I could afford and carry the biggest gun my servo-assisted arms could carry.... jus' sayin'.

-Remi

Yggdrasil - Cheers, the crusader is most definitely not a space marine. I've never understood people making female marines. The crusader is just wearing a heavily armoured chest piece. If I had been more clear I would have stated would it look to much like a marine with a female head. I'll post some pics of the headless model sometime soon and see what people think then.

HF said... I like my men big, deathly sick, and stinky

....you lucky sod, you should be able to pull in just about any GW.

The crusader's armour will be her own...I'll be removing the four pack...possible turning it into a lady abdomen/navel (some curves where the four pack is). If I was in the 41st Millennia I think I'd be hiding behind the person with the biggest gun and thickest armour.

PDH wrote: If I was in the 41st Millennia I think I'd be hiding behind the person with the biggest gun and thickest armour.

...And I'd still want a big friggin' gun and the thickest armor

The problem with a female crusader (I think) is that the sorcerer's legs are huge, and SM torsos are bulky, too. It would seem to me that the proportions would not look feminine enough to suit a female character without extensive conversion. Regardless, I love the idea, and I have faith in you pulling it off.

PDH wrote:

HF said... I like my men big, deathly sick, and stinky

....you lucky sod, you should be able to pull in just about any GW.

The crusader's armour will be her own...I'll be removing the four pack...possible turning it into a lady abdomen/navel (some curves where the four pack is). If I was in the 41st Millennia I think I'd be hiding behind the person with the biggest gun and thickest armour.

LOL... you sick... sick man...

This I gotta see. I'm thinking of adding some female marines for my 1K sons (and possibly daughters), without the breastification or armored bikini look... but I'm hoping to find that you've got a solid method that works.

And... you might wanna be kinda far from the guy with the biggest gun and thickest armor... they tend to attract a lot of gunfire... and explosives.

-Remi

<insert Warner Bros montage of Peter hiding behind various armoured up behemoths and still suffering. Explosions fan up through their legs and fry him, they duck and he gets shot, displacement grenades thow them into space, bolts ricochet off armour and bulkheads to get him in the a$$ etc.etc.>

Hmmmm I think I should rephrase that statement:

I want to be kneeing on a big golden throne scrubbing the steps with a bionic toothbrush. Behind the custodes with the biggest guns and armour, inside the throne room of the palace itself, at the centre of the most heavily defended system in the galaxy. Ok I think I'm safe unless I accidentally trip over the thrones power cord.

Monkeytroll - I want to make an ordo xenos radical inquisitor with displacement grenades now

HF Izanagi - Dude female marines are wrong. Every time someone makes a female marine the god emperor of mankind kills a kitten! The crusader is only wearing heavy armour and is in no way shape or form a marine....because she is a stinky girl.

prime12357 - You have just put into words my concerns over having her female. I get a feeling she will be having a sex change....but when everything is together I'll still try the female head. Cheers

Thank you GW for the rear shot.....no butt crack makes me a happy man.

PDH wrote:

Thank you GW for the rear shot.....no butt crack makes me a happy man.

I think it makes all of us happy guys to be quite honest

Probably what the sculptor was thinking as well... "There is no way in hell I'm gonna model saggy, sore-ridden arsecheeks!" ... and I just got a horrible image of cottage cheese held up by a thong... ugh... I think I just threw up in my mouth...


All that aside, I like the look of him... the open wound on his gut spilling out crap held up by the haft of his axe. Very cool model. Any reason why you're including the lizardman?

-Remi

Krellnus - you sir are a very wise man.

HF Izanagi - Thank you for that image.

As for the Lizardman....I just stole that whole image of the GW site. I'm not a massive fan of Lizardmen but about 18 months ago I painted Chakax, The Eternity Warden for a local painting competition. The previous winner got to choose the model everyone taking part would paint. I quite enjoyed painting something I wouldn't normally do.



Peter

Thats a lovely model and a top paint job Peter.

Cheers Neil.

PDH wrote:

Thank you GW for the rear shot.....no butt crack makes me a happy man.

Haha say no to crack!

Q0rbin - Ha ha ha. Very good point.

I was looking for an anti drug advert but this is much more amusing wtf?:




Anyway I've been busy the last few days so not had much time for modelling or dakka. But I have managed to spend about an hour in surgery with the nurgle lord.



He is huge...I've put the Chaos sorcerer next to him to show you how big. In my head I had originally planned on giving him a berserker chain axe but it was too puny. So Ork nob sprue it had to be. Anyway it is all a long way off from being finished.

As for the crusader....it is going to be male. Now I just need to find the right head.

I'm also going to work on a third henchman to represent a cultist using this model as a base

(...just as soon as bits and kits have another in stock) and the head from this peasant

I love that converted chaos nurgle warrior there

Cheers Sageheart. I'm hoping that by Monday he will actually look halfway there. What I need to do if fill the armour plate corrosion, more work on his skin, put the arms and axe haft in place, pacifier helm, build a backpack/power pack, random wires and 40k stuff puncturing his skin and purity seals.

Nice start on the Nurgle Lord / Mutant henchman...

Brets make for nice henchmen too, as I have learned (thanks to Jin's bag of bits!)...

Just one thing I hate about your post is the mention of "bitz&kits" : I've had a very bad experience with him, and I will never ever order from them again.

Where would we be without the ubiquitous henchman ...?
Its good to see the chaos sorcerer finally getting an airing alongside the Nurgle lord. Who inccidently looks like he will be a lot of fun to paint , as does the sorceror. Look forward to seeing how you 40k the peasant/man at arms henchman.

Blooming heck that guy is huge!

Nice start on it.

Yggdrasil - Cheers. When will your inquisitor be finished? As for bits and kits I would recommend them as I've never had any problems with them and I think I placed my first order in 2008/9ish. But it is like anything if you have a bad experience it can put you off. I wouldn't order from Arcane Miniatures ever again because they were dreadful.

neil101 - No where I would think. I'm hoping to get some paint down on these guys relatively soon. I'm really looking forward to making the man at arms cultist. I think it should be fun...i love the face and hair on the peasant head.

Vitruvian XVII - Massive absolutely massive!

PDH, the nurgle guy is looking great, I had a similar idea, but I was going to arm him with a whip and use him as a beast tamer for my Ordo Xenos. Also I love your navigator!

LOL... damn straight that guy is huge. I'm actually liking the look of him without the helmet, but with that tiny numb and hole for a head... for some odd reason. I can't wait to see the finished model and paintjob.

-Remi

Looking good dude :-) Can't wait to see the pair of them finished. Ben says hi