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love your medic! your blog is seriously making me reconsider my ig choice , i love the amount of options with these guys!

Thanks, Neil and Rose! Bit more progress on the new guy (working name: Farrell), and a question for you:


So new things are the finished collar, a little gap filling, and some work on integrating the two halves of the gun. Hopefully an improvement! The question I has was about the base, however.

At the moment, I'm hoping to have him on top of a building, calling down to someone below. I think I can make the actual building part work - some scattered papers and supplies on top, a few rungs of a ladder on the side and some weathering. But the bit I'm stumped on is the 'empty space' on the base - the bit that's currently black. I thought of clear plasticard to replace that bit of the base, but does anyone have any ideas how I could give the illusion of air or height? I don't think I've seen it done, and looking at it now, I'm worried it might be impossible. I'd love any ideas, however far fetched!

Thats tricky. You could attempt some freaky perspective optical illusion like this


I don't envy you the task though. Might not work on such a small area and would only really look ok from one angle if you can pull it off ..

Thanks for the reply, BigBadWolf! That's a nice idea, but a little outside my painting skill at the mo

Here's Twitch, my first juve, painted up. The pictures kill pretty much all the detail though, and I'm too exhausted after work to take any more. I'll get some decent ones up once he's based!




I'd love any opinions on him, and any more ideas for my problem above. Fluff update to come!

Nice plog, some really cool models in here. I'm liking your new guy farell and the 40k hoody is a cool paintjob aswell maybe you could put some fire out the bottle like he is chucking a molatov?

Anarchy! loving it

oooo I like the juve.

I also like the Plasma gunner....though a little more filling near the trigger may be needed (or is it a shadow?). Also if possible extend the carry handle on top of the gun down towards the stock as it would integrate the separate halves.

As for the base problem.... I say just cut off the offending area (as long as the model can stand up with out it) and extend the building he is standing on right down to table level. The effect may look like the building is plunging downwards out of sight. Have some drain pipes etc going all the way down too.

Peter

On the Plasma gunner, you could use a square base and make it look like he is looking in a skylight. The area inside the skylight can be painted black and would give it depths. you might fine a skylight at some place that sells model railroad stuff. I like the new guy to! but I would put his pistol on his belt or on a piece of wall and have a torch in his pistol hand. A little fire on the bottle and a torch would really shout molatov. I really like the fact you can only see his eyes! great job!!

Tricky one with Farrell's base. I'd bring the edge of the building to the edge of the base, so the front is flat, have the rest following the curve of the base. But you know, if you want to try painting in some false perspective stuff, that'd be pretty cool

great minis , both look top notch , and the colour scheme for the civ juve works well! why not just cut off the front of the base and be done with it!

Well friiiig. I was planning on some priming / painting and actually having something to show you today , but here's the view from my window:

Still, snowball fights are pretty awesome, so it should still be a pretty awesome day

Thanks for all the basing tips - I've actually chopped the front bit off and extended the building down now, and I think it'll look pretty good. I really like all the perspective ideas, but it's a little outside my skill set (i.e. not actually that great at painting ). I'll be sure to get some pics up once he's painted up.

@Calibanite Lion - Thanks for the compliments! The fire is a nice idea, I was considering it, but honestly couldn't really be arsed at the time. I will get it done before the gang's finished though!

@Rose_Mountainz - Thanks! And I finished him on the same day as the student 'protests' (read: riots) over tuition fees back home in London: a little bit of moral support even if I couldn't be there in person

@PDH - Thanks for the comment! The dark patch on the gun is actually shadow I filled it already! Good thought on extending the handle - I'm always a little cautious working with resin, but I'll give it a go. And I'm deffo using the drainpipe idea too, so thanks for all the input!

@Talons58 - Thanks for the suggestions, and thanks for the compliments too! I'll be sure to look out for skylighty type stuff next time I'm down at the FLGS.

@Monkeytroll - thanks for the suggestion, that's what I'll be trying now. Really wish I could do the false perspective stuff, but I'm probs better off leaving that to RAFF or HTS or someone

@neil101 - Thanks a lot, that's really kind of you!

The model below I'm not particularly proud of. She was originally going to end up as a model for my gf to paint (and with a pretty different aesthetic to my lads!). but this was my first attempt at doing a large body part completely from scratch, and I'm just not happy at all. I think the proportions are off, and I'm not really happy with her coat. It just looks wrong somehow and I'm considering scrapping her and trying again. Still, thought I'd show you lot before I consign her to the bits box, since you've all be amazingly helpful with this sort of stuff in the past!

(obviously, she's not finished, so some of the GS still looks a little rough! /excuses)




After that mammoth post, I'm still working on GS for another female juve with a civilian style look. Will show you the results soon!

You DO realize that Ridgeway is the name of the Green River Killer Right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway

Never heard of him. American serial killers aren't as famous as you think outside of America...

I actually named him after this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ridgeway
It's an ancient road my dad did a charity hike on a few years back and I liked the name.

Thanks for the heads up, anyway.


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Edited that a couple of times: I was a little bit terse in my initial response, but your wording pretty sarcastic, and I'm lacking sleep after a night shift. Sorry if you read it!

I live on the ridgeway!

Hot damn!


I actually think the girl gangers proportions seem ok, but what I think throws it off is the arms. One of them is an elysian limb, which is think and suits the female build, but the other is a cadians and is scarily chunky, making the mini seem totally unbalanced. I think if she had another elysian arm ti would balance out the miniature, and the torso wouldn't look so weedy.

I hope that helps in any way.

hahaha, wow. I was staring at this model for aaages and couldn't see a specific problem, but now you've pointed it out it seems glaringly obvious. Thanks so much, Ghosty!

I wish I could use another elysian arm, but I don't have any - the one she's got was part of a trade :-/ Hopefully this is an improvement though - what do you reckon?

(the ripped sleeve looks less horrendous when it's not in super close up )

It is almost there. You just need to fix the man shoulder on the sword arm.

Other then that, I like this model. It is pretty cool looking, and has tempted me into getting some of those heads for my Zealots to go with the Hasslefree ones. The hair really suits the pose.

looking really good... the new arm did a great job...
as trygon said... the shoulder needs some fixing... I would also recomend sanding the muscles a little bit so the arm looks more like a sleeve...

she's a great model, hope you can paint her soon

Very nice work here! Definitely be following this from now on. The new arm on the new girl looks better, certainly, but as said could still use a bit of fixing itself. It's still a fairly bulky, muscly arm. The shoulder's definitely a problem, but I think the muscle definition itself is a problem too.
In the first picture from your last post, there's a near vertical line from the shoulder down the arm where the muscles bulge out. I'd suggest filing down to almost there in order to get a more feminine, proportional arm. Of course, if you do end up following konf's suggestion and turning it into another sleeved arm, that'd go right out the window. In any case, not trying to be super critical, just trying to be helpful in fixing the one part that seems off on an otherwise fantastic looking mini.

Sorry if it's been brought up before, but I couldn't find it in the last couple pages. Where are you getting your heads from? I'm especially interested in the new girl and Crow.

BUT GUYZ... Chicks with meaty arms are supar sexeh



So hawt...11111


Though, seriously speaking it would be a little too muscular in comparison to the other arm. I think blending it into another sleeve would be the easier route. And you'd wreak a lot of the muscle work when you sort out the shoulder anyways.

You should just undercoat them in your kitchen!

While I agree the original arm is a little on the manly side I dig the pose with the combat shotgun. The arm with shotgun would look fine if you filed it down in all directions.

As for the new arm try filing the shoulder down. A bit like this....



Relatively near where I live in Lancashire there are a couple of pubs called The Ridgeway Arms and The Ridgeway Arms Inn.

Peter

Perfect ! PDH that looks just right. Good stuff scarper, you work quick ! take PDH's advice and she will be the pick of the ball!


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snow! yay

Like the pose on this one Scarper, just need to sort that shoulder out and she'll be a winner

I really like her pose too! I agree her shoulder needs a little fix. Im not sure but it seams like the collar on the left side as you look at her face on is wide and making it look funny. I really like her with the sword and the knife!! Just super!

Yeah the new arm is certainly an improvement, but as previously stated it is a bit butch. I'm sure you'll get the hang of it though!

Right, thanks so much for all the comments, compliments, and especially for all the suggestions. (Especially for the little diagram, PDH - really helpful, thanks![sub]and sorry again about the kitchen thing[/sub] ) I've reworked her arm a little more, and I went with the sleeve idea. I've still got to sort out the connection between the sleeve and the rest of her coat (which probs isn't going to be ripped anymore), and my GS is curing at the mo. I'm totally listening though, and I promise I'll get some updated pics up soon.

@Zefig - Not at all, I really appreciate constructive criticism! The head on the latest girl (and some other ones I've used) is from microart studios, who are amazing and really good value. Crow's head you might have a bit more trouble with - the whole model is a rare female tanith GW made a few years back, but it's OOP now :( She turns up on ebay occasionally, where I picked up crow for about £8, so you might get lucky! Oooh, and the gas mask, pistol holster and a few changes on the gun are my sculpting, so she won't be exactly the same. Great mini though!

Today's model I am a little proud of, though obvs she's still not finished. This is RiffRaff, the gang's techie and currently a juve.



I've been planning ahead though, and when (if: serious injuries - please not a one, please not a one, please not a one...) she hits that ever-so-important 21exp, she'll look like this:


Cunning, right?

The only thing I'm not sure on at the mo is whether to have any hair coming out the back of her hat or not. In my original sketches she had a short style anyway, so I'm not too bothered, but what do you reckon? Oh, and when she's based up, she'll be ankle deep in sewer water, along with Coop, the other juve I havent made yet. Newbies always get the best assignments!

As always, I'd love to hear what you think, and thanks again for all your input so far!

Scarp

Now that is a cool miniature. And good idea with the planning ahead. Sods law of course will mean she's gonna lose her arm, but it's the thought that counts

Thanks ghosty! And necromunda dice rolls are evil. I can totally see that happening!

Here's an angle I forgot to include:

wow she looks really good scarper. i love the variation you achieve with your models, and i like all the heads you have accuired, great stuff mate , shotgun looks bang on !

Great job, Scarper. Where is her torso from? I thank you the need to include some women in my human force. I don't know if it would have been such an imperative if not for your (and a few others) great examples. Thanks and keep up the good work!

RiffRaff looks cool, excellent work on the hat and goggles there. I'd say keep the hair under the hat, maybe a few loose strands escaping, but I can see her rocking a crew cut under that cap.

And that planning ahead - nice idea but think that might have been tempting fate, ghosty called it there


*Edited for spelling