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Dude... that is a wicked INQ54 Flago model! I've got one of Inq. Covenant (converted to look like a hybrid Rufus/Reno from FFVII)... but I've never had the balls to paint him. Big minis scare me... LOL.

Anyways, looks awesome (as always)- and lol at your sig. Good stuff!

Thx Izanagi, I'm glad you like the stuff.

In other news:
BOY am I frustrated, Nanus is killing me. I'm redoing the same parts over and over and over again. Namely his stupid mask and even worse wristguard, it's so bloody annoying.
Anyway, there is only one more thing I need to do and that's adding straps to the last wristguard I sculpted and then that's it. I'm fed up with this one and I'm quite determined to do some very different project next.
So maybe I'll spend some time on that -diorama, that should take my mind of necromunda for a day or two. Or I could work on the genestealer magus I started some time ago. We'll see.

Well if we're voting I'm going with Genestealer Magus. I'd well and truly like to see your take.

BTW the biggerised Imperial First you were talking about a few pages back... Are you planning on making it like Migsula's http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/220454-.html or some other method?

Peter

Vote if you like, I might take it into consideration.

About the SM, there are many approaches to true scale I'm considering, though Migs approach was the one I considered first. So far I can say that it will propably be similar to migs'. I definitely want that extra hight from the soles and leg lengthening. In the end the approaches aren't all that different after all, my will certainly contain some spontanous tweaks, but won't be all new. So terminator legs and lots of GS.
One point that troubles me are the arms, people tend to forget biggerizing them, I will have to have a close look at those.

The frustrated artist!! i hope its comming together for you mate, i can only immagine the pressure a perfectionist like your self places on your work mate.

Would be cool to see your take on a true scale marine . has chapter house strated selling the hits the spots ones yet?
His dio is looking pretty cool , have you seen it?

but then also seeing your other ideas come to life is a tempting treat too!! i vote dio , just to be devils advocate ;-)

@Neil: Yeah, I know the ones from Hits-the-spot, but since I'll only make one or two marines, I think it's better to start from scratch. I'm looking forward to this too, but it will have to wait a bit more. I'm waiting for that special pair of legs I want to base my marine on.

After getting some most welcome distraction from Nanus I'll try to finish him today.

To achieve that distraction I did actually work on that kroot thing and not on the genestealer, but only a little. I've put together one of the two kroots using bluetac and it's quite an impressive sight already. I started this project a couple of years ago and the legs and torso had been worked on back then.
I tried his arms for the first time now and they fit perfectly with the huge crossbow he will carry.
So it will actually be just a looot of GS work from this point on. But I don't want to tell you too much yet, let's say it's going to be "big".

Another thing I did, was trying a color scheme for my innumerous tau, who have been waiting for a paintjob for years, but never got one due to a complete lack of a color scheme.
I'm still not sure, but I found a color that could work for me. After years of being unable to decide between "techy cold, grey/white + another color" and "military, functional, flat colors" for a overall look, I just fell in love with a color. It's a very bright and fruity yellowish orange. I'll post the sample warrior should he ever be finished.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Announcement: Nanus is finished and the pictures are taken. I'm editing them right now, so once I'm done and find some time to write the wall of text that will go with them, I'll post the

Until then a little appetizer, the base model. Stay tuned to see what I made of it this evening.

I really hope this doesn't get appended...

UPDATE:

The Character:
This one is the second heavy for my Delaque gang, the Serpentes Obscvri and his name is Nanus, which means "the midget".

Nanus isn't a typical Delaque and some of his brothers like to tease him, calling him a Goliath, but he wasn't looking like that to begin with.
Sure Nanus wasn't exactly predestined to be a silent scout to begin with, standing a head or two taller than the others in the hab-block, but it wasn't before being offered the place of a heavy under Princeps Lacerus' lead, that he bulked up like a goliath.
And when he accepted the prestigeous rank of a heavy in one of the most infamous newcomer gangs, he was blinded by the fame and power to come and he had no idea that he was looked at as an investment.

You do not normally take a leave from a Delaque gang. Unless you're lucky enough to be falsely considered dead at some point, any delaque gang leader will make sure, that you are truly dead before letting you wander off with information or equipment worth way more than your life, which isn't too much anyway.
So when he found out, that to become a heavy in one of the more ambitous gangs, you have to go through a hell even worse than every day life in a hive, he couldn't say "no" anymore.

Everybody looks at heavies and wonders what's wrong with them, seeing a grotesque caricature of their fellow gangers, but nobody dares asking them how they became what they are.
He was prepared for merciless workout and similar methods to suit the position, but form follows function and he certainly wasn't prepared for crude muscle implants being stacked on his bones by some underhive "doctor", who resembled a butcher much more than a healer.
And he also wasn't prepared for the agony of constant E.M.C.S.T (electric muscle contraction stimulation training [yeah that's right, and you thought it was crap, when you saw it on the shopping channel xD]).
But worst of all, being forced to take stimulants and steroids daily, helplessly standing by, while your mental ability and manhood quickly wither away, transforming your once bright mind into something with not that much more potential than a rather smart (not to say averagely dumb) Goliath.
Nanus still isn't exactly stupid, far from it, but his ways of thinking became more simple, any philosophical or political thought long forgotten and his choler rising quickly at meaningless things.

If it wasn't for the drugs, Nanus would have been the first to realize that it might have been a political move of Princeps Lacerus to make him one of his heavies, Lacerus being fully aware of what it would turn the a-little-bit-too-promising juve into, someone who will never challenge anyone for the leadership of anything.

The Conversion:
First of all: Why did the miniature need to be converted?

Firstly because I am what I am!

Secondly because there were a couple of things I didn't like about the original sculpt.

Namely:

The scale of the gatling was too realistic and not impressive enough.

His glasses also looked to mundane and civil and the whole face looked strange, like he got his face punched in or something.

The sculpt had some details that didn't say Delaque for me, for example the big studs on the wristguard, the chains on the other wrist and of course the bat-buckle of his belt.

The last thing I wasn't too fond of was the bump on the backpack, which is of course realitic, but therefore doesn't look that 40k-ish.

The process:

The first thing I did was cutting off the puny barrels of the gatling, cute little thingies. What remained of the gun was basicly just the motor parts, two tubular things.

I looked around for a new body for the gun and ended up cutting a big shoota from the lootaz' plastic-mek into pieces. I drilled open the whole barrel and then cut out the middle part.

The next step was finding barrels that were a bit bigger and I ended up using seven hexagonal 1mm polystyrene rods, which I drilled open one by one and then glued around the core rod.

After inserting it into the socket and putting on the front stabilizer started a long trial and error phase looking for a lenghty something to connect the stabilizer with the rest. I found a solution finally, but I had to rip it off a few weeks later, it wasn't right.

It took a couple more weeks to stumble across the final solution you see in the pictures, it's some part from a WW2 1:35 scale model and it felt just right.

I don't want to explain everything in detail, as you can see there are tons of tiny things that went into the conversion, but there are three more things that actually deserve to be mentioned.

The face, because I originally just planned to add proper goggles, but they turned out odd and after trying it twice, I decided that the face didn't allow the right placement, so I decided to give him a mask and sawed off his face.

I sculpted the damn thing over and over again, giving it snake fangs made from bent needle tips, then taking them off again, because it looked too much like blood pact, sculpting it more skull-like with teeth and nostrils, then taking them off because it made him look like a pig, and so on. Around ten different versions before I settled with the plainest design.

The wrist guard, because I only decided not to keep the chains, when the conversion was almost done and because it took me another week to get it right. Similar story, trial and error, many many times, boring to tell, I'm happy with the final thing, the way there was a mess.

And finally the choice and placement of his side arm, I did it way too late, when most of the model was finished and hard to handle without breaking anything. I knew he had to have a basic weapon tucked in somewhere, but it took quite a while to decide which one and where to put it.

Originally he was supposed to carry a backup lasgun, but I didn't want to tack it on somewhere, or sling it around the backpack, where he couldn't realisticly reach it.

He ended up with a shotgun, simply because it was the leanest/smallest design, that still didn't look too small for him to handle.

The placement was the hardest part, I tried a dozen positions, but they all looked unrealistic and impractical. To fit it under his coat was a tricky part, because there was no space at all. The place was very narrow and a pistol holster was already squeezed in originally, so I had to file it out and in the end I used a flat milling power tool to create some clean space. The shotgun was flattened down on the back side and only half of it was left in the end.

I'm very happy with the result, it looks very believable imo.

Soooo, a wall of text, like I promised earlier, but after reading it all, you deserve some pictures. You did read it all, didn't you? If you didn't shame on you, go back, start again and don't you dare looking at the pictures before reading aaall the way through.
Ok, enough BS, enjoy and leave a comment.
P.S. Some pics look a bit fuzzy, most are actually quite crisp, click them, they look better in the gallery.

cooooooooooooooooool! if there was anywhere someone out there to really cherish a big guy with a minigun, then this guy is just typing these words here...namely me!!!!

love the minigun, SHE looks majestic! lots of nice little detail bitz you used, the exhaust of a chainsword and so many others! the gatling was always my first love in weapon technology only the shotgun came second place... and ding, ding, ding, you inlcuded that as a sidearm^^ full epic win on the weaponfront^^...

the facemask is brutal good looking...where did you get that? there seems to be a filter in fron of it or something that you filed away... hmmm. dunno what you exactly did, but this is an evil looking piece and i like this very much!
the iron sights i like, the only thing i am a bit usure abput is the ballistic shield to the gun...

(the realism check of that big piece of metal and amo being wielded by this guy i spare us all as a cool model wouldn´t look cool if it looked realistic... so this argument is being locked in brackets for its uncoolishness^^)


i hope it wont take long for you to start giving it a well deserved lick of paint^^ real soon^^


vik cheers Baiyuan on to more great work!!!

Now that is something worthy of comment....my goodness so unlike you to convert something so meticulously!

I mean where to begin....nah kidding that big off rotary cannon just slapped me in the face. Man, that gun must have some powerful suspensors! That cannon is a thing of beauty and I really like the massively over done gun shield. I also like what you've done to back pack...6000rpm it would need that cooling fan.

The face mask makes me think Tau. I realise you sculpted the mask but what is the the actual rebreather tube from (me want)? My favourite part is the strap work at the back...could so easily have been passed over (obviously not for you though)

Talking of strap work......haha those belts are behind the cannon yet you've still sculpted it excellent.

Oh and finally the shotgun grip plasticard work....mental in a good way.

Brilliant work and as always I'm looking forward to seeing some paint one him. Thanks for joining Dakka and spoiling us with your work.

Peter

So that's what you have been up to, I like the mask, turned out pretty sweet, Yet another classic Baiyuan conversion.

Once again my mind has been boggled

Utterly badass. No further comments.

Absolutely love his mask, and the weapon as well. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, but I just don't understand how you can see things fitting together as well as you do! The wristguard looks great actually - deceptively simple in appearance, but with lots of finer details when you look closely. The 'finer details' all over the model are pretty incredible - so easy to skip over when sculpting, but such a massive payoff when you get it right. The mask is fantastic - did you take any pictures of your other WIPs? Even if they didn't fit the feel you wanted for him, I bet I could steal some inspiration from them

Also , what putty are you using? I was thinking a mix of grey stuff with more black than white, but from what I know of you it'll be something faaaar more complicated Oooh, and final Q - the siding on his ammo hopper, how what huuuh? It looks awesome!

As for the fluff - ace. Dark, sinister and no too OTT, perfect for the delaques!

Just spent ages looking for something to criticise, and I can't find it. Worth the effort you put in, no doubt.

Ditto on the mask- very Army of Two...

The redesign for the gatling is great looking, much more hefty and mean-looking. I thought the original was pretty sweet already... damn you, Michaelangelo. Damn you...

And finally, is that ballistic wristguard cut and shaped leather?? IF so, awesome.

And where'd you get the black putty? I'd ask the same if it were white mud, I simply MUST KNOW where to get some!

Questions aside, excellent work as always. Do you work commissions? You should consider it, man. Even if it's not painting, your work is definitely original for this type of steampunk/grimdark universe.

-Remi (HF Iz)

Wow, that is quite the conversion. Everything about it is very impressive. The gun 100% more grimdark than the original. The facemask w/rebreather is supercool. Did you sculpt the whole mask or use a necron heard as the base? I like the hinge on the backpack too.

and all those straps... you crazy.

FANTASTIC! You pulled off another great conversion mate, loving his army of two style bullet mask . The big gun is just sublime.

Giggidy Giggidety

Damn, that heavy is mighty cool! That model deserves a big . Heck, yoy deserve some as well. Nice job on him

Ok wow, many comments! And all of them so complimentory. Thank you ALL for the kind words.
And now for the Q&A:

The mask:

the facemask is brutal good looking...where did you get that? there seems to be a filter in fron of it or something that you filed away... hmmm.

It was sculpted, the part that looks filed is one of the spots where I covered up one of the holes I drilled into it earlier and for some reason it left a bump, which I then scraped off.

The face mask makes me think Tau. I realise you sculpted the mask but what is the the actual rebreather tube from (me want)? My favourite part is the strap work at the back...could so easily have been passed over (obviously not for you though)

It's my favorite part too, thank you. Like always, it's the details that make the whole for me and obviously for you as well.
The filter tube on the mask is sculpted. First I made a short tube with some grooves, let it cure, drilled it open, put it on a piece of wire glued into the mask and finally sculpted the end piece.

The mask is fantastic - did you take any pictures of your other WIPs? Even if they didn't fit the feel you wanted for him, I bet I could steal some inspiration from them

Nope sorry, it's all gone, but I'll make sure to put up more things for you to steal inspiration from.

The Good Green wrote: Did you sculpt the whole mask or use a necron heard as the base? I like the hinge on the backpack too. And all those straps... you crazy.

I considered using a necron head and actually tried it, after seeing a nice conversion by someon from warseer, but it was to small and didn't look right, so I had to do it myself, no base, just putty.


The gun:

PDH wrote:Man, that gun must have some powerful suspensors! That cannon is a thing of beauty and I really like the massively over done gun shield. I also like what you've done to back pack...6000rpm it would need that cooling fan.

Mate, you always recognize the small things, like the fan. Not that much of an eyecatcher, but important in the whole picture.

HF Izanagi wrote:The redesign for the gatling is great looking, much more hefty and mean-looking. I thought the original was pretty sweet already... damn you, Michaelangelo. Damn you...

That made me smile, thank you!

the iron sights i like, the only thing i am a bit unsure about is the ballistic shield to the gun...
(the realism check of that big piece of metal and amo being wielded by this guy i spare us all as a cool model wouldn´t look cool if it looked realistic... so this argument is being locked in brackets for its uncoolishness^^)

You said it, in this case the selective lack of realism is the main source of coolness, but I understand your point of course.
Then again who said it's all metal, maybe some light weight plastic, or suspension. Also did you read the part about the artificial muscles and stimulants, he can handle it.


The putty:

Also , what putty are you using? I was thinking a mix of grey stuff with more black than white, but from what I know of you it'll be something faaaar more complicated

And where'd you get the black putty? I'd ask the same if it were white mud, I simply MUST KNOW where to get some!

No magic putty, just normal stuff. I think it's galeforce 9's grey stuff, the properties are almost exactly the same as GS, so I could have done it in green as well. I do sometimes mix in a bit of (black) Fimo to make it softer, but only when I'm sculpting things with a lot of structure, like fur or a face or something. I think I didn't do that on Nanus.
On the gun I used some brown stuff of course, which is awesome, use the right putty for the job!
On the backpack I used Milliput and on the base Vallejo plastic putty.
An integral part of the sculpting are the right tools for sculpting, the putty isn't that important to me.

Other things:

the siding on his ammo hopper, how what huuuh? It looks awesome!

Scale models! No matter if it's a plane, a tank, a truck, a car LOOT IT!! In this case the dark grey plastic parts on the back pack and the gun came from a tamiya model of some german AA gun. I buy whole kits just for bitz... Sounds like a slogan...

As for the fluff - ace. Dark, sinister and no too OTT, perfect for the delaques!

YES, so somebody did care to read that little bit of fluff, I hoped for more feedback on it, so I highly appreciate that you mentioned it.

The wristguard looks great actually - deceptively simple in appearance, but with lots of finer details when you look closely. The 'finer details' all over the model are pretty incredible - so easy to skip over when sculpting, but such a massive payoff when you get it right.

Thank you, you're right of course, easy to skip but defining and you know me well enough, it's all about the details for me. The only danger is add too much detail and thus fail to create an overall harmony, it's a very close thing sometimes. (I almost tipped Cortaro over the edge of being too busy, but in the end he turned out perfect to my eyes, just the right amount of details.)

And finally, is that ballistic wristguard cut and shaped leather?? IF so, awesome.

Exotic idea mate! I love when people use unconventional materials on their miniatures, like real hair or other real materials (I draw a line at using boogers for plague marines or similar things.). Anyway, the wristguard is just putty, the texture results from the piece of plastic I used to flatten it.

Talking of strap work......haha those belts are behind the cannon yet you've still sculpted it excellent.

It's obsessive and I know it will be barely recognizable once the gun is glued to the body, but I would know there is a ugly spot behind the gun, so I couldn't leave it unattended.

Oh and finally the shotgun grip plasticard work....mental in a good way.

Thank you, it's so strange, what a simple and meaningless detail, but I myself love that small thingy too.

Scarper wrote:Absolutely love his mask, and the weapon as well. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, but I just don't understand how you can see things fitting together as well as you do!

Thank you, I said it before, and I'll say it again, it's really no big trick, just patience and being very critical with your own creation.
I just try around with any idea that comes to mind, discarding it or putting it on the list and in the end I look for a combination that goes with my vision of things. So put much thought into your project and don't be too generous with yourself and never restrain from taking any effort to improve your project. I often decide to change something in the last second, ruining parts of the model, just because I couldn't stand one stupid detail.
That's basicly what I do, it's sick at times, but no other way makes me happy.

Do you work commissions? You should consider it, man. Even if it's not painting, your work is definitely original for this type of steampunk/grimdark universe.

When I considered working in an artistic profession after finishing school I quickly decided against it, because whatever form of art I'd like to perform I'd never want to perform it on demand.
So no, I think I couldn't do commissions under most circumstances, it would be like giving away my babies, each project is a small piece of me.
I could give one to a friend who'd appreciate it, but not for mere money.
Another possible scenario would be if someone got me hooked up by an interesting project I could contribute to.

When I considered working in an artistic profession after finishing school I quickly decided against it, because whatever form of art I'd like to perform I'd never want to perform it on demand.
So no, I think I couldn't do commissions under most circumstances, it would be like giving away my babies, each project is a small piece of me.
I could give one to a friend who'd appreciate it, but not for mere money.
Another possible scenario would be if someone got me hooked up by an interesting project I could contribute to.

Dude, I'd eat a baby for that model, man... does someone owe you a crapload of money???

Jus kiddin', but my sentiments exactly. My wife (God bless her and... the opposite part for suggesting it ) wants me to start doing commision on some pieces, as friends and other hobbyists have asked for some... but... but... I CAN'T! I jus can't!!

*ahem*... it's way too early to be doing this, but totally agree and totally understandable. Excellent work as always, and I'm looking forward to the next installation.

My god, that's a chewy mini.

Who's blood did you drink to get that amazing?

S_P

HF Izanagi wrote: Dude, I'd eat a baby for that model, man... does someone owe you a crapload of money???

If I ever need any babies to be eaten I'll contact you. Maybe one day when my cabinet is full I'll sell some of my work, but that day is somewhere in the dark future.

Space_Potato wrote:Who's blood did you drink to get that amazing?

Ok, that's not funny at all! Who told you about the blood drinking? The judge said there is insufficient proof and that there would be no further prosecution. So get the hell off of me, I don't deserve the harassment, an occasional virgin or infant, no big deal really. I try to limit the blood drinking to poor artists nobody would miss, but noone can expect me to stick to that diet forever, there has to be some reward...

In other news, it's a hell of a week, so much to handle. I had a day off today, but since I had to get my dog to the veterenary and help my sister preparing her first flat, there wasn't time for much else, damn you life!
Ah well not totally true, a friend came over for two hours and we discussed the further steps for the gaming table, which we really need to push forward, it's been months since our last game of necromunda.
He also had some first hand information about the finecast miniatures, as he works part time for GW. Very intrigueing, can't wait to get my mittens on one.

Little hope for more hobby time in the next few days, I'll have to make the effort to get painting in the evening, if I'm not as wasted as today that is.

When i first saw the fine cast i thought , maybe gw are replacing metal .. they didnt look any more detailed to me than metal or the forgeworld resin.. which i think are both very finely detailed.

Ok, that's not funny at all! Who told you about the blood drinking? The judge said there is insufficient proof and that there would be no further prosecution. So get the hell off of me, I don't deserve the harassment, an occasional virgin or infant, no big deal really.

So you drink the blood of infants but DON'T consume their flesh...? What sort of heresy is this?!

When i first saw the fine cast i thought , maybe gw are replacing metal .. they didnt look any more detailed to me than metal or the forgeworld resin.. which i think are both very finely detailed.

Yes, do tell. I was thinking the exact same thing. The metals have improved over the years, the difference is difficult to tell, aside from fragility issues in some resin pieces... I also thought that was their way of officialling announcing a metal-to-resin switch.

What does your friend say about it, and are they more finely detailed than the standard metals?

-Remi (HF Iz)

You lucky so and so. I really enjoy helping people move into new flats/houses.

I'll have to make the effort to get painting in the evening

I've been meaning to do that this week too...I dragged myself to the painting table and I painted a base, a whole 25mm base, that was it. I guess it means I can start on the attached scavvy at some point.

I was rather looking forward to finecast but looking at this http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/371719.page it does not bode well and I am a little worried.

Peter

PDH wrote:You lucky so and so. I really enjoy helping people move into new flats/houses.

Then get over here and help her, but actually it was fun, plus I just had to climb down own set of stairs, since she's moving in downstairs.

I've been meaning to do that this week too...I dragged myself to the painting table and I painted a base, a whole 25mm base, that was it. I guess it means I can start on the attached scavvy at some point.

Something similar here, I actually managed to get the basic steps on that test tau done, but no more. On the other hand I rearranged my painting table, so that's an indirect success.

I was rather looking forward to finecast but looking at this http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/371719.page it does not bode well and I am a little worried.

Browsing through that thread... What he said was, that the finecasts are MUCH more detailed. Only problem he mentioned is that there are lots of air bubbles, quite bad ones. But that's GW's problem, I'll give any misscast back till I get a decent one and then enjoy the better miniature. I'm still exited about finecast, it will make some trouble, but I'm willing to have it for a better quality.

I haven't caught up with this in quite awhile. You are arguably Dakka's king of kit-bashed guns! The buzzsaw Ogryn is excellent and the Heavies are unique characterful and work! Also thanks for reminding me of the Ash Nomads I know what my next new 40k project is going to be!

Well, over the past fews months we've had a few projects that more or less were along the same line without being directly inspired by one another, like our Vostroyan inquisition forces. However, in this case, I'm going to have to loot this idea wholesale! I'm floored. I am genuinely blown away by the overall look here and the changes you've made.

I've been aware of the heresy "not delaque" range for quite awhile but didn't really see the potential in most of the models. I'm gonna have to order this one for my Delaque gang as I really don't like the GW Delaque heavy stubber. The Army of Two style mask is awesome, I might have to use something like this across my Delaque gang to give them a more sinister appearance, which I've always felt fit Delaques. We'll see what I can come up with. I've been working on my Eschers currently. Even managed to paint some stuff!

Llamahead wrote:You are arguably Dakka's king of kit-bashed guns! The buzzsaw Ogryn is excellent and the Heavies are unique characterful and work! Also thanks for reminding me of the Ash Nomads I know what my next new 40k project is going to be!

King of kit-bashed guns, I like the sound of that and I'll try to gather some more titles.
About the nomads, you're welcome, be sure to let me know when you start working on them, can't wait to see some ash waste goodness.

Cadaver wrote:Well, over the past fews months we've had a few projects that more or less were along the same line without being directly inspired by one another, like our Vostroyan inquisition forces. However, in this case, I'm going to have to loot this idea wholesale! I'm floored. I am genuinely blown away by the overall look here and the changes you've made.

Thank you, big compliment.

I've been aware of the heresy "not delaque" range for quite awhile but didn't really see the potential in most of the models. I'm gonna have to order this one for my Delaque gang as I really don't like the GW Delaque heavy stubber. The Army of Two style mask is awesome, I might have to use something like this across my Delaque gang to give them a more sinister appearance, which I've always felt fit Delaques. We'll see what I can come up with. I've been working on my Eschers currently. Even managed to paint some stuff!

Did you put up pictures of the paintjobs yet? Haven't seen them...
Can't wait for your Delaque. I wouldn't go for an all-masked look, it would look sinister sure, but I'm afraid it might look to much like a cult or renegades or something.
I'll do another masked heresy Delaque soon, it's all in my head already and this time I'll do it all differently, I wonder how you will like that one.
And the GW heavy stubber has a weird pose indeed, I almost regret using him, but as soon as I can afford an autocannon there will be a new one anyway, the conversion is already half way done.


In other news...
The week is still terrible, I'm really hoping the next one will be better. I didn't have any time or energy left for painting or converting the last few days, but I managed to continue building some scenery, pictures might come soon.
So much for now, gotta run to work.

The gun seems to be a little bit on the heavy side but looks totally awesome anyway!

Baiyuan wrote:
Did you put up pictures of the paintjobs yet? Haven't seen them...
Can't wait for your Delaque. I wouldn't go for an all-masked look, it would look sinister sure, but I'm afraid it might look to much like a cult or renegades or something.
I'll do another masked heresy Delaque soon, it's all in my head already and this time I'll do it all differently, I wonder how you will like that one.
And the GW heavy stubber has a weird pose indeed, I almost regret using him, but as soon as I can afford an autocannon there will be a new one anyway, the conversion is already half way done.

No pics of the paintjobs yet. I still need to paint the base and do a few final highlights.

That's a good point in regards to the masks. I'm thinking I might just use the cadian rebreathers, and maybe alter those a bit. Luckily, I have plenty of time to figure it out, with all the projects I've started. Just bought a Goliath gang and bits, so I think that will make necromunda project #5. I'll get it all done one of these days!