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tipios wrote:I like the retainer alot. Did you steal the wire from someones guitar out there

song - not clear enough to like or dislike

base - I think it would look better rounded off front and back, but if you need it square at the back, I would still round off the front.

Nope - I brought it down here, from my guitar strings bits kit lol!!!
Song - removed & replaced
Base - Yeah, I need it round at the back so that my Inquisitor has room for his feet... Thanks for the suggestion.

Mr.Malevolent wrote:Wow how have I missed this thread? Love what you've been doing Yggdrasil! You've got my head whirling about ideas on how to pose some Scouts for my KoB AND even thinking about making a random Inquisitor just for fun! I have to say, that Inquisitor is just all kinds of awesomeness. It just screams secretive agent to me. Cannot wait to see more. And stay safe!

Thanks! It happens sometimes... I usually only find new threads when they're on the front page (it already takes enough time, trying to follow all the ones I have subscribed to!), so I must be missing some gems around here too, that's for sure!! But, they... That's how it goes!

Thanks for the comments, and welcome in here!

Sageheart wrote:I love that man of arms, the face is great!

My only issue is that he looks more like an acoyle or henchman than a full blown inqiisitor. I feel like a flowing cape or some such thing would make him more regal and match the powerful look of the other inquisitor. Right now he just looks like one bada** awesome henchmen.

Make any sense?

Lol... Actually that's why I called him a Retainer ; he IS a henchman of the Inquisitor's retinue
So I guess I aimed true uh?

So yeah it made sense, in a way

I like it too. Some of the bits in terms of feel and volume don't fit so smoothly, but you can do a lot with paint to merge them and to draw the eye where appropriate. Looking forward to more!

Love the hat. (seriously)

Dig the stance on the new guy.

I think Migs latest unit demonstrates a good way to go about bases with overhangs.

migsula wrote:I like it too. Some of the bits in terms of feel and volume don't fit so smoothly, but you can do a lot with paint to merge them and to draw the eye where appropriate. Looking forward to more!

Wow, thanks for stopping by, migsula!

I guess you're talking about the Henchman. Well, the Brets definitely have a smaller scale than the 40k-typical human (how was it again? I hear 7ft over there? ), but I thought it looked too good with the Scout shotgun not to try....

As for reducing scale problems with painting, well that's... something I would've never even imagined, much less known how to achieve such a thing!

He'll be a test model for the Inquisitor paint scheme (yet to be determined, by the way)... I know I don't want to use the classical black + red + white that most Inquisition troops have, but apart from this, I still have to determine something!

He's been a bit "upgraded" since that pic : some purity seals on the shotgun, I tried to sculpt flesh around the cable which currently is his right arm to act as an augmetic arm, and a few bitz around the waist... I'm not sold on the GS, but, well... Pics maybe tomorrow!!

Gitsplitta wrote:Love the hat. (seriously)

Actually, I've been thinking about how to remove those feathers, but I also think it's what make the 40k universe so attractive : the discrepancies between high-tech parts (goggles, respirator, bionic arm) & the medieval atmosphere (feathers, wax seals & scrolls, reliquaries, etc...)!

So, I can understand that lol!

Thanks again for the support guys!

There's so much great stuff in this blog I'm not sure where to start. The mix of Fantasy and Sci-Fi is a great way to make things unique, and an idea which I will be stealing soon... But the Scout Squad looks awesome for the character you've given whats traditionally very static miniatures.

Great stuff

grey_death wrote:Dig the stance on the new guy.

I think Migs latest unit demonstrates a good way to go about bases with overhangs.

Thanks... For once, I do get the "idea" & "theory", but it doesn't help me much for this base lol... Well, I just cut the most protruding square (closest to us, between the rat tail and the tentacle), and I think that will be all. I'll ask for advice again, don't worry!
As for the retainer, I too like the pose. I think it's the fact the shotgun could be so "angled down" that made me want to do that mini! Looks much more realistic than the usual, horizontal, GW stance to me!

vent wrote:There's so much great stuff in this blog I'm not sure where to start. The mix of Fantasy and Sci-Fi is a great way to make things unique, and an idea which I will be stealing soon... But the Scout Squad looks awesome for the character you've given whats traditionally very static miniatures.

Great stuff

I probably have said this twice or more, but... that's the magic of the Land Speeder Storm sprues!!!
Thanks for the comment!

Here's today's update :

Retainer #1 ready to be glued on base (well, almost). Some pics from almost all angles, for those who want to see the "bizarre" proportions lol...






I'm still looking for something to put on that pierced, protruding thing on the backpack...


A close-up of the augmetic "arm/elbow"

And, as I was on a good streak, started another Retainer... but a Servitor, this time! Still very WIP, but the concept is here :



Ok, so... Not so cool uh? I didn't want a balanced mini, hence the nailed plate that seals where his left arm should have been, and I had thought the Ork projector would do a nice head... But it seems kinda crappy like that, don't you think?
Any idea that could make it work? Could it even work?

Good night!

Back on the good songs : Incubus - A Kiss To Send Us Off

While the spotlight easily works great for a ramshackle solutions deal like orks, it just doesn't quite click with me as a human construct. Perhaps if it was smaller and had a neck, like a dive helmet or some such, it would have greater appeal to me. Now the first retainer is still rather cool, even if he does have some wonky proportions. What even is the back pack on him from? I see an Inquisition symbol...

Kaesar II

to the inquisitor (thank you insaniak for the jawdrop image )
and for retainer 1
and to retainer 2

The servitor made me think of the lenzers from Chronicle of Riddick. Cool stuff, love it!

Okay!

Get a picture of a FACE, then apply that to the 'lens' of the head via transparent decal sheet that you print up, after painting the lens white or bright greenopr bright purple or...

The effect will be ZOMG.

Alternatively:

Hollow out the head, put a color micro led inside (blue!), a couple of leads (you can leave them exposed! SERVITOR!) to the bottom of the base and a button cell battery. Then, put a clear piece of plastic sheet to be the new 'lens', but use SUPERGLUE, so the plastic cracks and frosts.

BAM!

--Brian

Great conversions. I'm really liking the =][= and retinue so far. I think DD had it right, for the latest retainer:

Dakka_Dok wrote:

Also, for the base, I think the uneven, non-round edge is better. Maybe add some plumbing or other "underground" features under the tiles (like a rat tunneling away from the squid).

Very cool.

Edit: The scouts are awesome, too, by the way... wait a tic! Is that a grot with a flamer!?

Lord Kaesar II wrote:While the spotlight easily works great for a ramshackle solutions deal like orks, it just doesn't quite click with me as a human construct. Perhaps if it was smaller and had a neck, like a dive helmet or some such, it would have greater appeal to me. Now the first retainer is still rather cool, even if he does have some wonky proportions. What even is the back pack on him from? I see an Inquisition symbol...

Kaesar II

Hey, thanks for the feedback... I think I'll leave that idea for a bigger frame, anyway, as the pics make me realize how awful it is... Well...

For the first retainer, the upper part of the backpack is a bit from the Ork Trukk kit (but I wouldn't know which part, as I've never built a Trukk lol), and the tank is the prometheum tank from a Grey Knight Incinerator... Hence the =I= icon!!!

Matt.Kingsley wrote: to the inquisitor (thank you insaniak for the jawdrop image )
and for retainer 1
and to retainer 2

Lol... Love that jawdrop!!!
And thanks!

Dakka_Dok wrote:The servitor made me think of the lenzers from Chronicle of Riddick. Cool stuff, love it!

Well, I hadn't thought about it, but yeah, that totally matches!!! Only they are a bit more "twisted" in Chronicles of Riddick, aren't they? Would probably fit better with ghouls I think...

Briancj wrote:Okay!

Get a picture of a FACE, then apply that to the 'lens' of the head via transparent decal sheet that you print up, after painting the lens white or bright greenopr bright purple or...

The effect will be ZOMG.

Alternatively:

Hollow out the head, put a color micro led inside (blue!), a couple of leads (you can leave them exposed! SERVITOR!) to the bottom of the base and a button cell battery. Then, put a clear piece of plastic sheet to be the new 'lens', but use SUPERGLUE, so the plastic cracks and frosts.

BAM!

--Brian

2nd idea seems pretty cool, but beyond my reach for now... and I have no access to a DIY store in here lol... But that's pretty nice!!! And the trick on the superglue is something to remember, thanks!

The Good Green wrote:Great conversions. I'm really liking the =][= and retinue so far. I think DD had it right, for the latest retainer:

Dakka_Dok wrote:

Also, for the base, I think the uneven, non-round edge is better. Maybe add some plumbing or other "underground" features under the tiles (like a rat tunneling away from the squid).

Very cool.

Edit: The scouts are awesome, too, by the way... wait a tic! Is that a grot with a flamer!?

I think he was right too, lol... But in a much worse version than in the movie, sadly...
For the base, I might try to add some "plumbing" as you said, could be cool... But I'm afraid I might screw it up, so... I'll have to think and try... Oh, by the way, I managed to source a small amount of bluetack on the base, so it will be easier now to figure out what I'm doing!!!

As for the grot... yeah, he's been recruited as a "slippin' eidgent" by the scouts... And wields a flamer pistol with crosshair / counts as the expendable flamer shot from the Sergeant's combi-flamer....

Some hints of fluff a few pages back!

As for a quick update, I decided to put an antenna on the first retainer backpack, and finished the base, so here it is :





I've also tidied up my "hobby area" (yeah, that's an A3-sized area, so I cannot model AND paint, it's model OR paint, not both), as I've given up the second retainer...

Paint should be coming in the next days, but I'm still searching for a paint scheme... Any suggestion?

How about sort of mustard yellow, khaki and orange tones? All dusty and desert coloured. The mask on that guy makes me think of Sand People from Star wars.

Too bad about that servitor, I liked the concept. As for paint, maybe a lighter brown overcoat, a darker brown tunic and red on his collar thing and the hems?

Actually it was tempting to try jass' Dark Angels scheme (see here : http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/151588-Dark%20Angels%2C%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Weathered.html and here : http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/189836-Angel%2C%20Assault%2C%20Assault%20%2B%20Chaplain%2C%20Chaplain%2C%20Dark%2C%20Dark%20Angels%2C%20Space%20Marines.html) on him...

And remember, that should be close to the Inquisitor's theme!!!

I'm also thinking about using the colours of my Tzeentchian CSMs...

I like the da theme. Much as I love your Tzeentch theme, I think it needs to be distinct from that.

I agree with inmygravenimage definitely go with the DA scheme and try to keep distinct from your Tzeentch scheme.

The Inquisitor and the first Retainer are

The retainer is great and reminds me of the painting in the Dark Heresy rulebook of the Imperial Guardsman.

Peter

for some reason I didn't catch you said he would be a henchman! I feel stupid haha

I love the backpack and the goggles of the shitgun wielding henchman.
I'm not feeling the servitor's head though. Plumping would be awesome.

On terms of painting scheme I would go for the same colors as your chaos marines, but less pink, maybe a red, or a dark blue. I see these models as needing a dark look. Just me personally.

inmygravenimage wrote:I like the da theme. Much as I love your Tzeentch theme, I think it needs to be distinct from that.

Mr.Malevolent wrote:I agree with inmygravenimage definitely go with the DA scheme and try to keep distinct from your Tzeentch scheme.

Ok for distinct... I begun trying the beige & green scheme yesterday, but I think it won't be "flashy" enough for such a small piece, and will tend to be quite dull...

What if I turned to a Flesh Tearers - like one ? Robes in red, smaller fabric in black, details in flashy green? I'm almost set on that one, and will be a good test...
Of course, that means I'll have to re-do what I've done so far, but...

PDH wrote:The Inquisitor and the first Retainer are

The retainer is great and reminds me of the painting in the Dark Heresy rulebook of the Imperial Guardsman.

Peter

Yeah, somewhat!! I hadn't thought about it, but might have inspired me! That pic is, as far as I remember, the best drawing I have ever seen for a guardsman... So Epic!!

Sageheart wrote:for some reason I didn't catch you said he would be a henchman! I feel stupid haha

I love the backpack and the goggles of the shitgun wielding henchman.
I'm not feeling the servitor's head though. Plumping would be awesome.

On terms of painting scheme I would go for the same colors as your chaos marines, but less pink, maybe a red, or a dark blue. I see these models as needing a dark look. Just me personally.

Don't feel stupid, on the contrary : you were spot on!!!!
Given up the servitor (wrong proportions) and the plumbing (too complicated, no "suitable" parts in here)...

As for the paint... What do you think of the one I've just thought of? Ok, I knew I mentioned I didn't want the white / black / red, but... "only fools cannot change their mind" (that's a French expression, do you have the same?), and "there is no white in the one I'm thinking of"

Changing your mind in the U.S. = weakness or lack of moral character. Of course this does not invalidate the truth of the French saying... but myopic single-mindedness is generally considered a virtue in the 'States.

Gitsplitta wrote:Changing your mind in the U.S. = weakness or lack of moral character. If course this does not invalidate the truth of the French saying... but myopic single-mindedness is generally considered a virtue in the 'States.

Is that why you kept hammering Iraq even after you knew there were no WMDs in there? Sorry, that's just a free payback for the anti-French flak I weathered a month or so ago...

More seriously, I've tried another paint scheme on a "test model for the test model", and here they are...



Bad lighting & awful background (the sheets of my bed were hanged up to dry, sorry), but I hope you get the colours....

Yeah, it is that bad... Both of them.

So I don't know what colours to try... Or do I try my Achlysian Reavers scheme? Beige, Brown & Teal/Turquoise?

Please help!!!

Aren't those Sponge Bob Square Pants sheets?? My 7-year old has a set of those. Are those standard issue in the French military now??

*right back at 'cha!*

I like teal/turquoise... on pretty much everything. Offset it with the subtle shades on the henchmen... or go with a sea-green as the alternate color.

Gitsplitta wrote:Aren't those Sponge Bob Square Pants sheets?? My 7-year old has a set of those. Are those standard issue in the French military now??

*right back at 'cha!*

Actually, no, that's only the regular mattress, which is standard issue for BOTH the US & French armies in here

Oh, btw, as mentioned in my previous post, the "sheets where hanging up to dry", but I guess I cannot expect a backwater, grumpy Wisconsin-dweller to know how to read properly ....

Gitsplitta wrote:I like teal/turquoise... on pretty much everything. Offset it with the subtle shades on the henchmen... or go with a sea-green as the alternate color.

Green was close to that I wanted, but I'm not sure I could pull it off properly...

Maybe I'm a bit rusty after those months without painting...

Yggdrasil wrote:Actually, no, that's only the regular mattress, which is standard issue for BOTH the US & French armies in here

Oh, btw, as mentioned in my previous post, the "sheets where hanging up to dry", but I guess I cannot expect a backwater, grumpy Wisconsin-dweller to know how to read properly ....

Actually that part was an honest mistake on my part (intentional flaming aside), I thought that pattern in the back was the sheets that were hanging up to dry. Never seen a patterned mattress before.

I think you could pull off ocean greens and blues with no problems, and given your current situation... you might find it rather fulfilling.

I don't mind the guy on the right. The red robes ended up looking better than I thought they would.

ocean greens and blues, as Git says, wouldn't be a bad idea either. I am kinda interested in that red thought, I think it can look pretty good if you find out what colors to pair it up with. Maybe a gray instead of black?

Leaving aside for the moment the fact that you are far too hard on yourself, how about either a kind of prussian blue scheme, or a French WWI scheme, as many folk do dkok?
Eg:
http://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:French_soldier_early_uniform_WWI.JPG

THat's a fantastic idea to model the one-shot combi weapon! Consider it stolen... and I'm ashamed I haven't thought of it already

Great work.