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Note to self:

At some point I'm going to do do two noble house ("Each alike in Dignity") - one a more fuedal group in black and yellow (have some already) and one more Gothic (in blue?). Anyway, I must remember that Anima Tactics makes some great character figures for this kind of thing, like this guy:

Interesting model

Should he be Romeo or Mercucio, though?

Mercutio, I'd say. He looks too wise for Romeo.

 kestral wrote:

I like model that tell a story and make us want to know more. For example, how the heck does he draw that sword? Or is he like a sword caddy and the guy next to him draws it?

Oh and I think Animia Tactics is OOP.

Last time I checked you could still get Anima direct from some website or other - could be gone now though. The sword is absolutely drawn by his permanent caddy, one of generations who have served in that role. I actually checked to be sure that sword was a separate piece - it can be left off or put at a more normal angle. Apparently he only goes through doors large enough to befit his status.

While we're on the subject of Decadent Aristocracy, here is the Journey Woman of the Surrogates Guild. Many in the aristocracy don't carry their own children to term, some can't even be bothered to concieve them. The Surrogates Guild produces children of natural birth and bespoke purity. The Lion regalia shows the guild's ancient connection to the Leo Gladiators, but also their determination to protect their charges, for it houses a Conversion Field and emergency life support to protect a royal heir.

Clap, clap, clap...

Where is the model from?

Kingdom Death Naturally, with light conversion. I thought I'd see what all the hype was about, and the model fit this project.


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My Brethren did get a new Inceratorium for their Farenheit 451 duties - with the bonus that this one will hold a model. Here we see Napoleon Zaphod in peril. Will he be rescued before the brutal agents of the Imperium of Man consign him to the flames in an instant? Not if I don't ever finish my Mutant Slum project! You can't really see, but there are burned papers scattered around. Could be heretical, could just be cleaning up the ton of mostly useless parchment the city generates each day.

Lol that's a brilliant idea. Loving it

Better and better and better.

I like the Frostgrave aprentice as a mutant hunter, the habit works for the role.

Wonderful. Brilliant work, keep looking at the Frostgrave stuff, can see lots of possibilities.

The Surrogate is an excellent job, I do find a lot of that stuff disturbing, but appreciate the art and feel it is a necessary part of the genre, great conversion.

Dude with sword, although highly ridiculous, still looks cool as hell.

Good lord - how have I not seen this thread before!?

Brilliant ideas, modelling, painting and wonderful inspiration.

Thanks folks. Those two frostgrave figures are some my favorites - a good wimple goes a long way. Glad you like it Gordy - your batreps are some of my favorite content on the whole internet!

I've converted the Fire Truck - fairly lightly as it turns out, though I still need a good hood ornament and I'm going to put some polearms on a rack after I paint the back. Might also add armored windows. The scale just didn't jive well with most of the bits I was thinking of. I should probably just get a taurox to make a fire truck out of. : ) Then it would be big enough for a fire dog to ride on!

For the hood ornament maybe a torch? There's a few in the Flagellents box.

Perfect! I must have one somewhere. I don't have the flagellants, more's the pity, but I think there are some in one of my building sets.

Lookig good For hood ornaments, and eagle could also work, or if you have some old brett heads, the helmets crests may look good as well.

I used Bret Helmet crests on my Limo to my satisfaction - most are a bit large for this , but some might fit... ...hmmm.

Note to self for later:

These are very 40K:

Did a Pelegarth Gladiator with Grenade launcher...

Good job, paint work is fantastic. Sorry but got to say, for some reason she disturbs me. Not sure what it is. Could be because she looks like something from a dodgy game show, but she's got a granade launcher! Can hear Stewart Hall laughing as she blows up an inflatable clown. Wow, got to get off these meds.

I think both the Roman and Warhammer 40K Arenas could readily be described as "Dodgy Gameshows", admittedly where people get killed fairly regularly. Comic characters make total sense - it is all about amusing the mob, after all.

In the meantime: Broker and Bag Lady of Pentegrad:



And a Ganger.

Nice! Where are those last three from?

Vampire the Masquerade Nospheratu and something from the depths of Cool Mini Or Not I think. Got them in a trade, so I'm not too sure.

The lady would not look out of place in an Escher gang.

Though is looking fine as is, sure I have seen that model somewhere else. The first two are really awesome as well.

Thanks! If I ever do Escher, it surely will not look like everyone else's Escher, so the thought was certainly on my mind.

Tabletop D&D is all the rage around here, spurred on by my wife. Odd how the wheel turns...

Anyway, I used it as an excuse to get my Underground Lasers terrain painted up. RIP Underground Lasers - I always felt bad that I never really got through doing up all their stuff and posting pictures. I was shipped the fantasy dungeon set by mistake in place of the Sci Fi one I ordered. I got a sci fi set shipped out free of charge, and meant to do up the fantasy stuff and share some promo pics as a thank you, but never did.

Well, done now, mostly. I naturally couldn't resist A) adding some optional 40K elements, and B) replicating some historically topless murals from Crete. Only flaw in the original set, aside from some issues with the doors, was that the only mural included was Theseus kicking the minatour in the jimmies - over and over again. Which oddly I missed taking a picture of. Anyway, I drew similar murals and painted them on parchment paper, then glued them to the walls over the Theseus murals. I see it as maybe the ruling palace of a semi feudal world with a patron Bull themed space marine chapter.

Discovering that you could color in your MFD stuff with markers was really cool. Makes me want to work on the sci fi stuff. You can spot some maestrom's edge stuff in there too.

Also painted and restored my Heroquest terrain, or what is left of it after a misspent childhood of not caring for my now-would-be collectable crap.

Very nicely done- it'll make a terrific stronghold! You've got a good drawing hand and a lot of imagination- I'll stop by frequently to see what's new.

I love the murals and the mix of medieval and sci fi elements.

Good stuff.

PS saw these new Romeo and Juliet-themed models from Eurika and thought of you.

Very nice! Do you know which Eureka range they are from?

They showed them off on Facebook so my guess is coming soon

Cool stuff here, I haven't finished all the old posts on here yet, but just went through the most recent page. I'm enjoying the use of so many different styles and brands of minis, and the conversions. My favorite part was seeing the HeroQuest alchemy table, and hwo you added the book with the leather strap and the scroll to it. Nicely painted too.