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Hi folks!

My first post here, after the warm fuzzy glow of Kingdom Death's Poots mentioned this was a nice place to pop along to! How nice I guess I'll find out soon :p

Anyhoo, as a shameless self-promoter (because no-one else is gonna do it), I thought I'd try to get feedback for the little figures I've been busy producing under my company name of JoeK Minis (http://www.joekminis.com)

The web-site kind of explains it all, but basically I just wanted to make up figures that I'd personally like to paint up (one day...), and if anyone else cared to join in, they were more than welcome. All the figures are based around the 32mm size (so, I guess that means 28mm in GW scale :p ), are made out of high quality (and fairly pricey!) resin.

The latest figure is called Servant Prime and is actually a character originally created by a chap called Ricardo Delgado. Folks who like their comic books might know the name from his 'Age of Reptiles' books (which are being made up by Walt Disney as we speak!), but it was his 4 issue mini-series called 'Hieroglyph' from 1999 that I adored at the time, and have been wanting to create figures from the world ever since. After an awful lot of research, where I'm fairly sure he thought I was an utter moron, he finally decided that I was actually serious and gave me his blessing . I was doubly blessed to get Allan Carrasco to sculpt him for me! And here he is:



Currently, there's one other figure for sale on the site at the moment (the first figure is currently unavailable, and alas will probably not be coming back anytime soon :( ), and they're all there just waiting for folks to pick up and paint.

Hopefully...

Anyhoo, I'm always keen for feedback, crits and suggestions for future figures. I'm also very keen to have emails from new and upcoming sculptors. I love to see folks' work at the best of times, and if I like it, I'll be more than happy to pay for it and see it produced!

Thanks all

Joe

Well, even though I have no idea what he's from, I like the model.

Now how can I use it in 40k? Looks like he has only 4 fingers, so perhaps Ethereal?

Fiend wrote:Well, even though I have no idea what he's from, I like the model.

Now how can I use it in 40k? Looks like he has only 4 fingers, so perhaps Ethereal?

A number of folk have said as much, although I've thought he could make some sort of Nurgle Herald-type character too.

The elf-lord on the website (which looks like it won't be available again?) has some great style and the barbarian, too. Nice minis!!

Cant say I know the comic, but the sculpt is pretty, especially the robes which look fun to paint.
Is Servant Prime especially powerfull in the comic, or just an interesting character?

Really like this model. Would make an excellent Tzeentch Chaos Sorcerer.

Darth Bob wrote:Really like this model. Would make an excellent Tzeentch Chaos Sorcerer.

That's a great idea. It fits the Tzeentch idea well and gets away from the railroaded (and boring imo) current Tzeentch aesthetic.

Also, I like JoeK's story. That's a dude who really wanted to paint what he wanted.

Trilobite wrote:Cant say I know the comic, but the sculpt is pretty, especially the robes which look fun to paint.
Is Servant Prime especially powerfull in the comic, or just an interesting character?

He's (it? I dunno...) the main villain of the piece really, although it's all a bit of a mystery the basic tale involves an earthman landing on the planet to survey the world. Whatever scanners he uses from the ship doesn't show any life at all, but it's clear when he lands that the place is teeming with the stuff, and that there are ruins and civilisation of ages past showing different ages and creatures having exsisted. Basically, the issue is a simple one - religious war. The Hieroglyph of the title is some sort of magical amulet which can cause a whole lot of trouble for whichever side has it - the Servant Prime character is determined to use it to cause genocide in the world for the benefit of the gods he believes in.

Unlike here, it would appear that the gods of this planet actually exist! Which is probably a bit of a bugger for the poor earthman.

Anyhoo, this is all mostly extrapolation - the 4 issues of the comic only hinted at what had been happening, and left far too much mystery for me! Probably why I loved it so much. There are some snaps of the comic on my site, but alas the story never got made into a graphic novel, so chances are fairly slim that you'll be able to find it :(

Currently, I'm bugging Ricardo to do a deal with me that if out of my figure he gets more folk interested in it, he'll have to do more stories! Heh, fat chance I guess.

Now, if I can get the huge dinosaur creature with a rider made up that would be something special. Think the size of the LOTR Mumakil figure, and double it! Might cost a bit though :p

Some pretty excellent minis. I look forward to seeing what you do in the future

*subscribes to your mailing list*

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Darth Bob wrote:Really like this model. Would make an excellent Tzeentch Chaos Sorcerer.

Really like this model. Would make an excellent Tau Water Caste Emissionary

That'd be one creepy tau!!! I dunno, but it would be cool to see a "darker" theme tau... what they're really willing to do for the Greater Good, etc. This would be a nice leader for that

Not so far away from standard water caste pics (and it has 4 fingers!):


( http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/205738.page )

Hi folks. Just thought I'd bung up my painted version of Servant Prime, but also show you the latest figure. She's been available for a couple of weeks now, but I'm nothing if not a lazy bugger for promoting my wares!

So, painted Servant:



And Cirae:



Crits, comments, gushing praises all welcome :p

Sucha a big sword for such a pretty little lady.

The positioning of her feet bother me. Too straight forward. Especially her left foot.
The quality of the actual sculpt, though, looks nice.

Eric

RiTides wrote:That'd be one creepy tau!!! I dunno, but it would be cool to see a "darker" theme tau... what they're really willing to do for the Greater Good, etc. This would be a nice leader for that

That's exactly why I bought mine! Got a nice low number too!

It's a very nice figure in the "flesh". Just have to get around to painting the thing!

Valete,

JohnS

The prices on your site show P&P included...since the prices are in pounds in guessing thats P&P in the UK...how much to the USA?

Mad4Minis wrote:The prices on your site show P&P included...since the prices are in pounds in guessing thats P&P in the UK...how much to the USA?

Nothing extra to pay, no matter where you live mate! Now you have no excuse :p

JoeK wrote:

Mad4Minis wrote:The prices on your site show P&P included...since the prices are in pounds in guessing thats P&P in the UK...how much to the USA?

Nothing extra to pay, no matter where you live mate! Now you have no excuse :p

Cool. Might have to pick some up...both of those shown above look pretty sweet.

GIrlie has some breedin hips on her. Not a criticisim of skill at all, just an observation. I DO believe her left foot is SLIGHTLY pronated, MM; but could be wrong.

That Servant model is a tad creepy; I was thinking more of Inquisitorial retinue really. Calculus logi perhaps? But yeah, it would look good in any of the mentioned roles, esp. the Tau.

Some very nice sculpts you have there. I'll have to keep an eye on this.

Hi folks

Just received a test cast of the next figure in the range: Papa Demon.

Needless to say, it's rather different from the other ones, and it's been great fun to watch him being made! It's come out nicely - I was a little worried after the last conversation I had with the casters - thought it might have been damaged in transit - but it's all nice

Here you go:



With a bit of luck, stock in next week.

Ahh is he protecting the kid.. or holding it hostage?

Personally I would rotate the head a little more to make it look like he's actually looking at what he's shooting. Also the pants and boots... kinda make him look like he went to a gay pride parade in San Francisco... sorry to say.

Empchild wrote:Personally I would rotate the head a little more to make it look like he's actually looking at what he's shooting. Also the pants and boots... kinda make him look like he went to a gay pride parade in San Francisco... sorry to say.

I believe they're supposed to be y-front briefs, not pants or shorts...

Valete,

JohnS

Yup. And tennis shoes and socks. You have to see the original art.

JoeK wrote:A number of folk have said as much, although I've thought he could make some sort of Nurgle Herald-type character too.

I saw this mini a while back (thanks to TTGN.com) and my first thought was "Cult Leader!" for Dark Heresy.

It's a nice piece.

Yay! I pushed the button this morning, and - lo! - Papa Demon is on the site and available to buy . Designed by Pontus Bjorlin, and sculpted by the honourable Rich Sweet, he's looking rather fun!

Well, he's looking fun to me :p



I've also fiddled around with the Special offers on the site, so those of you who have been holding off from buying my figures (you know who you are...) can do so and save a bit of money

Coo! Five figures down, one to go for the year. I'm mildly impressed with myself

Thanks folks!

Kind of ironic that theleft leg on that kid/dol looks a tad phallic. Yeah, ol Papa Demon is a bit disturbing alright. For some reason I have images of him drawing down on that tit monster some other caster put up on dakka not long ago.

Hellboy?