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Yggdrasil wrote:

Hyenajoe wrote:A song of the day perhaps?

Haven't had the chance for listening to it (low connection), what is it ?

Your connection isn't responsible...the link didn't work...

It was this:



Hope you'll like it!

HF Izanagi wrote:That Plague Marine is looking great, Yggs! I like the turqoise and bone/cream color on him... How'd you do the bone-look on his armor? I'm really digging the texture on it...

-Remi

Thanks !
It was actually some "simple" feathering, with bone-like colours...

Base is Dheneb Stone, edge-highlighted with Bleached Bone, then washed with Gryphonne Sepia.

Once dry, crude feathering with Dheneb Stone, then half Dheneb / half Bleached Bone, then Bleached Bone, each layer being thinner and thinner...

And voilà !

Matt.Kingsley wrote:I really like it, Yggs (in case I haven't already said it)

I'm not sure either, but it's always nice to know it lol !
Thanks

Hyenajoe wrote:

Yggdrasil wrote:

Hyenajoe wrote:A song of the day perhaps?

Haven't had the chance for listening to it (low connection), what is it ?

Your connection isn't responsible...the link didn't work...

Hope you'll like it!

Hey, sure I like it ! It brings fond memories back !

No pic update, as I've been through Hyenajoe & Moltar's advice of darkening the sand a bit more, and making the rocks stand out some more : it does look better, so thanks !

I've also begun assembly work on a Tzeentch Havoc, while The Fifth Element was playing, and I'm not that happy with the result so far... I don't know what's wrong, I thought I had a good concept, but it just seems off... As I won't know how to put it with words, I might try and upload the pic before scratching it !

In the mean time (well, "those past two weeks" would be more accurate), I wrote the beginning of a story about the Tranch world, in the Calixis system (Dark Heresy RPG setting).

It's not related to my Traitor Guard at all, which I'll probably move from Tranch anyway, as now the fluff for that war-torn planet is too developed to fit my needs.

But as it has a link with Tranch, I posted it in my Renegade IG Plog anyway. I am conscious the story might not be that exciting, but I see it as a kind of English practice for me, and I can tell it's pretty hard to write in another language !

Direct link to the story.

It the first of a three part story. If those of you, who have 5 min to lose, can read it and tell me what they think, I'd be grateful !

(Maybe I should consider posting the whole story as an article, once it's finished ?)

The blue is a really nice contrasting colour and unusual too. Really like the finished model looks good.

So when will your Inquisitor be finished?

Peter

PDH wrote:The blue is a really nice contrasting colour and unusual too. Really like the finished model looks good.

So when will your Inquisitor be finished?

Peter

Thanks Peter, I agree it is most... unusual lol ! But ain't it what Chaos is about ?

Nothing much to add, except two pics of the Tzeentch Marine I've assembled yesterday... I feel like somethng is wrong, but I couldn't tell what... Any idea ?

Bigger hat maybe? I think it's actually just that it looks a bit odd without shoulder pads, that's all.

No actual Tzeentch symbology on the miniature?

Tac the pads on him and then see what you think.

loyalist body? it does clash with the other obviously chaos-y parts

Yea... was gonna say the standard SM torso with the Chaos parts... other than that, the head? I like it! (Where is it from, by the way?) But it doesn't say "Tzeentch" to me. (Unless you want to go with the "Cubes of Tzeentch" ever-changing, no-form argument)...

-Remi

I don't likey the head:(

inmygravenimage wrote:Bigger hat maybe? I think it's actually just that it looks a bit odd without shoulder pads, that's all.

Gitsplitta wrote:Tac the pads on him and then see what you think.

Ok, I've tried with shoulder pads - forgot to take pics, sadly - and it looks better, but it still felt wrong...

Briancj wrote:No actual Tzeentch symbology on the miniature?

Lol, the shoulder pad was supposed to get rid of that, and doesn't the mutated / changing armour give a feel of Tzeentch?

Asylum_Inmate wrote:loyalist body? it does clash with the other obviously chaos-y parts

HF Izanagi wrote:Yea... was gonna say the standard SM torso with the Chaos parts... other than that, the head? I like it! (Where is it from, by the way?) But it doesn't say "Tzeentch" to me. (Unless you want to go with the "Cubes of Tzeentch" ever-changing, no-form argument)...

Agreed about the Mk8 chestplate, but I needed that part to conceal the fact that the head has no lower jaw. It's a cut-in-half Horror head, btw... Which I hoped would give away a bit of Tzeentch feeling too...
Taking your advice into account, I decided to have a go at sculpting a few fleshy parts on the abdomen of the chestplate, and maybe, if I manage to do it, a few flames on the high collar. The aquila could represent Tzeentch's love of feathers, and I would need to sculpt something instead of the central grille... I'm thinking of an lidless eye, maybe ?

tipios wrote:I don't likey the head:(

I also have to admit it looks less spectacular than when I had imagined it... I think the fact that I kept one fang "out" of the collar gives it more of a silly aspect than a menacing one... So I switched it back, and now everything is within the armour. It does look more threatening like that, I think.

Thanks for the suggestions guys ! I've also cut both arms, and have replaced them : the right one is now a Pink Horror one, and the left one will be the one wielding the meltagun !

No pic yet, I'll try and go for that tomorrow !

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On a side note, I'd like to introduce the concept of the mob Endtransmission and I should be leading for the Waaaagh Dakka. (I say should, because since the rules disallow us to "call dibs" on a mob, bad things can still happen !)

If you don't have any idea about , then have a look at those articles and threads :

The News & Rumours Thread

Waaaagh Dakka Article

Article Discussion about the mobs

As for our mob, here it is : Da Redd Skurpionz !

Endtransmission shall start it soon, and I'll join him as soon as I get home - it should be in a month or so.

So Da Redd Skurpionz should soon be recruiting, as a Cybork Kommando mob (if all goes well) ! ! ! We'll be on the lookout for Painboyz wannabes, painted in the colours of the Red Scorpions schemes. We'll be chemical warfare specialists (gasmasks IZ mandatory), and fight with toxic weapons, syringes, buzzsaws... All the things you'd see in a Painboy's Aid Steshun!

Keep an eye out,

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WAAAAAAAAGH DAKKA DISCLAIMER ! ! !

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Hey... It seems Waaagh Dakka doesn't raise a lot of enthusiasm... I think some people a taking it the wrong way.

I see it as a great opportunity to model & paint something else, while being able to take part in a large community project.

The point of this thread is to represent the awesomeness of this site, by building an Ork army where every Dakkaite (or Dakkanaut) has the chance to contribute a model to the army.

The admin & mods team did set up some restrictions, indeed. But we have to think the other way around : if there was no restriction, most people would model a Warboss, a special character, a Mek, or a Nob. Great, but it wouldn't give the feeling of a regular Waaaagh!, as there would be more leaders than troopers !

I was at first startled that I couldn't be a Mek or a Painboy. But again, it's another opportunity to think out of the box, and not get stuck in the same old mental schemes!

In addition, being far from any proper civilization, I knew I couldn't call "dibs" on any mob first-hand. So after the initial dust settled, I looked for an open slot, and got away with it!

I have no experience with Orks (nor Orcs, for that matter), but I think I'm going to enjoy building a wannabe Painboy, leading a squad of like-minded Kommandos into chemical wastes...

If any of you want to join in, then feel free to do so ! At worst, you'll have had a good moment trying to model something unusual, in a different paint scheme !





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Da Redd Skurpionz iz recruitin' now

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Wot ya need ta join Da Redd Skurpionz, "Da Painkillaz" Skwad, Cybork Kommandos :
- a Gasmask, fer we iz bashing 'umies in toxik wastes, with toxik dakka !
- a toxik shoota / slugga - 'ollow ammo wiv kemical liquid, needle-slugga, syrinj-chukka, Grey Knightz Rad-grenadez launcherz, be kreativ !
- sum' Painboy gubbinz - toolz, sawz, cablez, medik kitz.
- bioniks & cables, as we'v all been kustomized by Da Big Mekboy !
- Redd Skurpionz 'umies colourz : grey body armour, yellow trims, a red Skurpion insigna on a white shoulder, white gasmask (as per Red Scorpions apothecaries / sergeants)

Wot da iz mob lookin' fer :
- a burna specialist - can be a kemical thrower instead, for kleansin' da 'umie bunkerz
- a Big Shoota specialist - so dat we kan pin da umies down, and get klose to hack & smash dem
- a Kommo specialist - so dat wez can kall D'ambulanz or Da Fighta-Bommaz
- a Spotta specialist - so dat we kan dezignate targitz to da Boomgunz
- a Demolishun specialist - so dat we kan open da 'umie bunkerz & metal bawksez
- any other specialists - feel free to kome wiv' unusual skillz !
- a wannabe mekboy woz building a Looted Red Scorpionz Rhino az a Looted Wagon, kalled "Da'mbulanz" !

Da Redd Skurpionz fer now :
- Yggdrasil, Nob Kommando
- endtransmission, Kommando
- Howard A Treesong, Kommando

Wot ya need to do :
- PM endtransmission or myself, and we'll sort sumthin' out ! ! !


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Back to the Tzeentch Marines, here are the pics for the latest two :


Has been slightly modified - arms & head - Does it look better now ?


2nd Melta havoc


2nd Melta havoc - front view

I've taken into account the comments about the first one. Head is now all within the collar, some more Tzeentch iconography & reference (Horror arm). He'll get a left Tzeentch shoulder pad, and I still have to tzeentchify (yes, that verb does exist ) the chest plate...

Any other suggestion / comments before I start greenstuffing things ?
I plan to :
- add some mutated / fleshy parts in the lower abdomen, as in the possessed leg junctions between armour (hopefully it won't look too nurgley) ;
- sculpt an eye or jewel in the center of the Aquila
- maybe, add flames around the collar.

Thanks !

Cool chaos marines Yggs... excellent progress.

Good luck on your mob. Ours in coming along pretty darn well though I'm not sure we'll ever get enough grots to "field" all 3 runt herders. Sounds like you've got a good start going!

1st marine: definitely looks better. I would gs fangs on to the collar skull and turn the front boss into an eye, I think.
Melta havoc: love him. Great, great execution.

Good look with Da Redd Scorpiunz. Pm me of you want a termie apothecary arm for him.

Yes, Yggs the first marine head looks 100% better in that position

Second marine is very cool!!

Gitsplitta wrote:Cool chaos marines Yggs... excellent progress.

Good luck on your mob. Ours in coming along pretty darn well though I'm not sure we'll ever get enough grots to "field" all 3 runt herders. Sounds like you've got a good start going!

Thanks Gits...

As for the mobs, I understand Kommandos are a "legal" unit once they've reached 5 Kommandos, so that should do it... Obviously, Da Redd Skurpionz go by 15, coz da 'umies 'av 10-umiez skwads but dey alweiz git krumped so fast ! So itz sez we shood be moar dan 10 !

inmygravenimage wrote:1st marine: definitely looks better. I would gs fangs on to the collar skull and turn the front boss into an eye, I think.
Melta havoc: love him. Great, great execution.

Good look with Da Redd Scorpiunz. Pm me of you want a termie apothecary arm for him.

How about the fangs, upside or downside ? Thanks still..

As for the bitz, that's really nice of you, but I'm afraid I'm already way back in trades with you, I wouldn't want to get indebted even more

tipios wrote:Yes, Yggs the first marine head looks 100% better in that position

Second marine is very cool!!

Thanks tipios !

Don't make me come over there and hurt you, mr. Pm me your address la-bas and it'll be off into the air.

Also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6KXgjLqSTg&feature=youtube_gdata_player


As I've not contributed yet!

Lol... Thanks for the song, I've only known Disturbed (or was it Dysturbed) for a few months, but I really like what they're doing - from the few songs I've heard...

Also, work will not start on my Nob until I get home, which is about 1 month now... So spare you some efforts : by the time the letter gets in there, I'll already be back home lol !

Yggdrasil wrote:
Back to the Tzeentch Marines, here are the pics for the latest two :


Has been slightly modified - arms & head - Does it look better now ?


2nd Melta havoc


2nd Melta havoc - front view

Holy hell these are ridiculously awesome! Love the crazy eyes on the first one, and that sorcerer head looks wicked.
Concerning your earlier Plague Marine, pure win! I love those Blood Angels chalice bitz.
Cannot wait to see what you brainstorm next my friend.

I agree the new version of the Tzeentch marin looks better this way. As for the GSing you have in mind: GO FOR IT! I think it's relly going to link him to your other tzeentchian marines.

The Melta havoc is fething good too, the dynamic effect and the expression on the sorcerer's face are really fitting IMO.

Mr.Malevolent wrote:Holy hell these are ridiculously awesome! Love the crazy eyes on the first one, and that sorcerer head looks wicked.
Concerning your earlier Plague Marine, pure win! I love those Blood Angels chalice bitz.
Cannot wait to see what you brainstorm next my friend.

Hey, thank you... The BA bitz are inspiring indeed, I love them... Though trying to strap them on a Plague Marine was quite of a gamble, TBH

As for what's next, I need some help for the brainstorming (well, in French, brainstorming requires two or more people actually lol)!

See rest of post below

Hyenajoe wrote:I agree the new version of the Tzeentch marine looks better this way. As for the GSing you have in mind: GO FOR IT! I think it's relly going to link him to your other tzeentchian marines.

The Melta havoc is fething good too, the dynamic effect and the expression on the sorcerer's face are really fitting IMO.

Thanks mate ! I'm glad I managed to get it better... I'm quite awed at the thought of having to GS a lot of details though...

As for the sorcerer head, I knew when I dismissed it for the Pimp My Wizard contest that I would HAVE to use it on my CSMs... Though it might fit better on a Slaanesh Marine...


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UPDATE !

Worked on another of my Havocs, this one has the torso already built, he's supposed to be in the process of reloading his bolter... Only thing is, I don't know which pair of legs would suit him best !

Version 1 (Running) :






Version 2 (Kneeling) :





Either way, I'll have to add some GS details to make him more Tzeentch-like.... Phewwww... Couldn't it be simple, for a change ?

So... Version 1 (Running) or Version 2 (Kneeling)?

I like him running more. I think it keeps the torso pose more dynamic. Although, if he is running in the end, you might want to turn the top knot... but, then again, maybe the winds of change are just that strong.

Running for sure, but second the top-knot direction change.. Love that feathery hand too... as for the other head, I never would have realized it was a horror cut up at all!

And awesome use of the Tzeench sorcerer head for the Melta guy. Probably my favorite bit in that single frame... only to lose it somewhere under my painting desk.

-Remi

Figure looks odd to me... Can't put my finger on it though...

Man I love how these Tzeentch marines are coming along. Mixing with the Horrors bitz works really well. For your newest guy I'd say I like the kneeling pose, looks like hes just slapped a fresh mag into the boltgun. Edit: As I see that was your intention I will say it looks more like he IS relaoding and keeping low out of fire.
Now I'm going to have to go out and buy some Possessed Marines and a Horror set. I still want to do a Tzeentch warband thanks to you
Also on the BA chalice pad/chalice symbols, couldnt you GS some maggots crawling out of it? I think that would be the shiznit!

I guess (now that I look at it) it's the running position that bothers me the most... there's wind action going in too many different directions, just doesn't seem right to me. The feathers on the arm seem out-of-place but then it is Tzeentch... I'm just not used to looking at feathers on a marine.



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Perhaps you should name him "Brother Prisciilla".

I agree with gits; he also seems to be toppling slightly. I would go with kneeling.

inmygravenimage wrote:I agree with gits; he also seems to be toppling slightly. I would go with kneeling.

I fully agree there!

Before I read the description, I thought he looks like he is reloading!!! so thats cool. I like the idea of the running while reloading, maybe a repostion of him so he dosn't look like he's toppling, and it would be easy to change the tassels on his head so everything is moving in the same direction! The kneeling position is great, no ajustments needed to make that one

Can I go with a standing pose? lol

I think the running adds much needed movement to the model, but does make him look like he is toppling, and the wind does throw his stuff in many different directions as gitz stated.

The kneeling looks too static for me though, and that arm is way too big, in some of the shots it can look a bit overbearing, though I love the way you got the arms to make him look like he's reloading. And who said mutations have to be a certain size!