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im loving what you did with those warrior preists, and the fat nurgle guy made me laugh just because of how big his gut is nice painting on him though

Yep, I will be making a thread sometime soon. There's not much to show at the moment though.

The priests are looking good. Were they for a warband or just because you fancied painting them?

Love em both! really rich colours on the robes, beautiful stuff. I do love the priest models, and you've done them great justice - ace work with the bionic on the drill abbot!

I've always wondered why he has a duck skull though - some kind of trophy kill? Must have been a vicious duck to warrant that...

I've been having an eye on the base model since their release, they seem to be one of the most logical and natural choices for henchmen and I still want to give them a go at some point.
Your two are fine examples of how good they can look!
I agree that the first is better than the other in regards of both choice of colors and pose. It's sometimes funny how a more static pose can give a much better impression of "life" to a miniature, than a more dynamic pose can. For me that's the case here, which is obviously not your fault, but the base models. Also the second model is still sweet it just pales in comparison to the first.
Cheers B.

Planetary Governor Daven Kel-Rosber (Deposed)




(The Wax Seals - Really don't look like that in real life. Now I understand Mig's problem with Inquisitor Silas)



I'm massively happy with the finished product he is just how I imagined him: Dark, brooding and massive dangerous with a techno medieval feel. For the first member of my Witch Hunter warband he epitomises the over all feel I want. Now a few of things I'm really that work for me: Back Banner and Shoulder Parchment (spelling inspired by JB artwork buy The Emperor's Will great book). Gun holster strap (Cheers Rabies). Fire Dragon Crimson robes (Thanks JRN). Unusually Abi also helped out....she reckoned the fatty needed some stretch marks on his belly...you can just about make them out near his belly button.

A few omissions I should mention...

No belly tattoo - never in my original plan and after painting the tat on his arm I realised I don't have the skills, to get away with a large belly tat.

No Flames on the Axe - I was looking at the model and realised that they were not necessary and might brighten him up too much.

So


I'm itching to get started on the cultist, who will now be a curate. Flamer, shotgun and a mad look in his eye Oh and the crusader...but I'm stuck for a helmet now.

Rogue Wolves - Thanks

Rabies - They were painted with Inq28 in mind buy mainly they were just models I fancied painting. In fact I think all my models fall into that category.

Scarper - Cheers

Baiyuan - Dude long time. Hope the business ventures are paying off and you get some free time. Cheers. I really wanted to do all the three but didn't get much inspiration from the third one...I think its the shield. Hmmm I might have another look.

Disclaimer - If anything I've written doesn't make sense I blame the clocks going back.

Dood! That is just absolutely fantastic! You have such a great eye for composition, everything works so well together!

he looks amazing man, you really changed him from nurgle to imperium very well, great execution on this one

Schweet. I was hoping to see some awesome conversions of that nurgle champ. You've nailed it dead-on.

Great stuff. i might have to loot some ideas for my own nurgle host.

That is one marvelous Brute! Amazingly well done!
Your conversion inspires me to get my own Nurgle Chaos Lord for my Inquisitor's retinue.

Amazing work Peter ! Loads of great details really set the bar high for any models that follow him.

The bruising on his skin is very realistic , and i have never seen that done before , and another first with the belly stretch marks , so much attention to the humanity in the brute. Has he being flagellating himself as penitence , or is this the signs of a brutal beating for unknown adversary. The colour of the tattoo is also very realistic , and its obvious you did your research into this , as much as you did the bruises.

the penitent writing looks great , and i take back what i said , monkey was right ;-) I could also see the Blanche in the writing too, or maybe that's just Apophenia ;-)

i have always liked the way your old concrete basing looks against the corroded metal ,in your scavvies , and its nice to see it again in this guy. It goes without saying that the writing on the seals is exceptional , "Apostate" .. how did you write that small ..?

The purple is a unusual choice for his raggedy robes , but it works very well and adds a sense of the ecclesiastical to him. It looks like you have toned down his metallic sheen on his bracelet, to tie in the with the rest of the model ?
And finally its a shame that you didn't think that you had the confidence for a big belly tat, because i really think you could have pulled it off .. with panache ...But having said that i doubt this model needs it , Never before have i seen so much life given to the skin of 28mm miniature , congrats Peter its a brilliant achievement ..

oh and the two sigmarite priest are also great , where do keep hiding these beauties.
Kudos to Abi on the details.

Delicious! Although a little of the paleness has gone from the skin it's been replaced by subtle hues of very realistic colour and I love the bruising especially around the arm pipes. I second Neils kudos, the stretch marks are something you barely notice but are one of those small details that just completes everything.

Great decision for the wording, there's often differences in spelling between towns let alone planets and star systems.

The only part I'm not 100% sold on is the flat black of the weapon but that's most likely because I'm used to seeing everything weathered up to the eyeballs these days. It's in no way a critisism though. Actually this inquisitorial team probably have servitors dedicated to servicing their weapons and cleaning off the gore, he's no petty thug. So scratch this whole bit, I've just talked myself into loving it.

Lastly I just wanted to say (and I never thought I'd see myself typing this) I really like his nipples!

Never thought I'd be such a fan of stretch marks. Inspiring stuff!

inmygravenimage wrote:Never thought I'd be such a fan of stretch marks. Inspiring stuff!

HAHAHA

He looks amazing. I think you made all the right choices. The skin in particular is very impressive. The liver (?) spots and stretchmarks look good... hm, not quit the right word. The spelling and the fit on the sign looks great. on a last note, the purple rags are a great color accent.

Stunning. The perfect 40k figure. I love how corpulent he looks as well. Perfect for a planetary governor deposed or not...

dsteingass - Cheers Dooder

Rogue Wolves - Thanks. After seeing the Nurgle Lord I immediately thought of Victoria Lamb's Witch Hunter Warband and had to imperialise him.



http://www.victorialamb.com/wugs/hereticus%20gallery/index.htm

Cave_Dweller - Thank you...I'm pretty sure there will be loads of other awesome conversion of him..two I can think of

Migs -

John Blanche -

sennacherib - Cheers

ishkatar - Cool - I'm looking forward to seeing you take on it....if it is as nice as your inquisitor and ganger

neil101 Hi mate. Thanks man. The bruising is realistic because Abigail can be very hitty after a little too much teasing . On a serious note I actually used my sister as a model for the bruising - after she went paint balling lol... the colours were purple and yellow. CM Dante gave me a great link for the tats http://www.bushido-thegame.com/content/ ... lder-story. Painting tiny letters is not so hard as long as you start in the middle of the word and work outwards. Oh and having a tiny paint brush is kinda important too.

The purple is a colour I love, Fire Dragon Crimson was a paint GW did in the early 90's and I love it. Jakob gave me a recipe that replicates it. So rich and opulent. I've not touched the bracelet, the metal sections change colour depending on the light...the black was achieved using Ink. I want to stress that, on the insistence of Miss Abigail, that she doesn't have any stretch marks!

Rabies - Cheers...not quite the term I would use to decribe him....but I bet you'd get some good crackling off him I agree the weapon should have some more chips but I also like it looking reasonably fresh. I might go back and do some more on it. You like his nipples....lmao

inmygravenimage - What dsteingass said. I just google searched sexy stretchmarks and didn't find anything I like

The Good Green - Thanks man. More love for stretchmarks Dakka is full of freaks!

Imperial Monkey - Cheers. I think he looks like a corrupt planetary governor too!

On a totally different subject I accidentally found this amazing blog http://footoftape.blogspot.com/2010/04/burn-witchand-such.html and it is amazing!

Very nicely painting, an epic model with a spice of awesomeness.

Q0rbin - The spice of awesomeness...I'l take that with a smile

There have been quite a number of people working on Nurgle Lord conversions, but I must say: I truely like Kel-Rosber the best! Excellent work!

Rawson - A few people have said that but being British I find it very difficult to take a compliment. But in this instance I shall take it gracefully so thank you.

Hey Pete , couldn't help noticing the similarity of Kel - Rosber
The deposed and the Max Robespierre a deposee, is that on purpose

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

PDH wrote:Rawson - A few people have said that but being British I find it very difficult to take a compliment. But in this instance I shall take it gracefully so thank you.

Take your complments, you have earned them! Don't use your nationality to cop out!

Neil - I wish I could say that I purposefully named him after Robespierre....perhaps subconsciously becuase it does have that ring to it. That would have been great...damn I should have lied. I'm working on his background but since the pimp my wizard I've not written anything.

dsteingass - Ok...I'm trying

Are they stretch marks at the bottom of his gut? If so

Attaboy!
Isn't the "British Way" supposed to be "Carry On"?

Tech Guard - They are indeed....so please

dsteingass - I think you are correct....but I can never decide on which one....



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That is very creative, I would not have thought of that in a million years.

Tech Guard - I wish I could claim credit for thinking it up. My girlfriend was looking at it and said that there was something missing...."he needs stretch marks if he is that fat"

A quick google search for inspiration...jobs a good un.

you had to look at stretch marks while you painted! that should have been a fun time