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Hello,

straight into the deep end.. i want to have at least 2k of Greenwing, Deathwing and Ravenwing armies. I also want to put my stamp on this army, hopefully through conversions and - if i can pull it off - painting style.

so where to start? well i want to start with the Ravenwing first. But, i saw the finecast company master whilst buying some black knights the other day and i thought ' god, i really love that 90's style of painting and the look of the models' so i thought i'd try mix the old with the new.

to mix this
http://www.pi.com.sg/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Warhammer-40k-Company-Master-Balthasar.jpg

with this
http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1240859_99060101327_DACompanyMastermain_445x319.jpg

pics to come when i figure out how to upload them!!








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so here goes

the bits



sawn off and needing some hot water lovin



bored out helm



had to modify the original balthasar body to accommodate the new front half of the torso and shoulderpad for arm positioning





new front half of the captain torso, has that old 90's era gem in it, so i had to do it lol (also modified)





the two poses i'm thinking about;

1st is the solemn commander, overseeing the battle at hand. Hand has to be modified to hold the gun, might model a watcher in the dark to hold his helmet, but i don't want him looking too much like azrael.



and the 2nd is the company master looking for somewhere to hang his stuff

'got anywhere i can chuck this lot chief?'





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just tried another pose, whaddya think?



maybe he could be looking the other way or towards his enemy?

any input? :(

I like your last pose. I'm building some DA myself if you want to have a look.

I'm loving the first pose. Very DA.

Pose 2! The first one also looks great, but it looks a bit much like sicarius. Also, with the tilted banner, the second pose looks better

I also vote for the 2nd pose. And jesus that is some bent finecast lol.

I don't think you should use the helmet version at the end. You cut up a guy in a very similar pose to make a new mini. Last thing you want to do is just recreate him!

I think the 1st pose is quite cool. The helmet could be held by one of them hooded midgets (I apologize, I don't know their name) and whilst it might look like the special character, I think his initial pose is much stronger than the others. Resting his hand on the bolter is very cool!

firstly thanks for the input

TaWaaagh wrote:I like your last pose. I'm building some DA myself if you want to have a look.

i'll definatley have a gander after work

progreen10 wrote:Pose 2! The first one also looks great, but it looks a bit much like sicarius. Also, with the tilted banner, the second pose looks better

Samurai_Eduh wrote:I also vote for the 2nd pose. And jesus that is some bent finecast lol.

haha yeah it is very bent, the banner actually isn't that bad, just some bad blu tacking on my part!

ghosty wrote:I don't think you should use the helmet version at the end. You cut up a guy in a very similar pose to make a new mini. Last thing you want to do is just recreate him!

I think the 1st pose is quite cool. The helmet could be held by one of them hooded midgets (I apologize, I don't know their name) and whilst it might look like the special character, I think his initial pose is much stronger than the others. Resting his hand on the bolter is very cool!

i yeah i do like the un-helmeted poses the best, might try making some new poses but with a different head.. if i can find one!. might have to start a poll lol cos i can't decide