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@ Vik , thanks for reading matey , i know its rather long

Well The fluff, now has a painted model

first again^^

holy moley...or as i am not tought beginner in cockney....blimey!

saw that wolf before and i thought will this work...? read your story of win and vengance and thought will there be a matching and worthy mini?
how could i be so unfaithful...whoa, the wolf looks ace... the eyes had me the sec i layed them on this mini....the fur is really cool, thats something you should definatly expolore more here... maybe with your new shiny and upcoming secret project?

the base looks stunning and hints of the dark wood...have you ever heard of the myth of the green man? had a firiend once (was by the way a big mononoke fan too) an he wrote stories about a god that represented the ghost of nature with a green avatar...and he had followers that tended to be special...fleeing civilisation and hunting down enemies of nature and peace...your vlarick could be a good one among them... sadly all he produced is in german...

back on topic you mini is a very cool looking one...and i love the deatils like leather trousers and the pouches on the wolf.
the only bit i am a bit unsure about is : do i see purple there on that jacket of his? odd choice there but all could work in other daylight setup agian... could after all be that i misstook the color...

cheers mate consider me stunned^^

vik

@Vik Cheers again matey , I think the nice black backdrop and natural light , gave these shots some depth , my paintbrush failed to achieve, so credit to Ifalna for that tip ;-)
i tried to research some natural wolf pics for the pattern. tempted to create some more beast riders, they are fun!
The story you mentioned by your friend sounds great , very much like mononoke or valle of the wind , I have heard of the green man stories , but only receantly , a few years ago i ran an arts in the community project in our local park , collecting a load of old cobble stones that were disused, and invited familes and kids to create artwork on the stones , which were in turn hidden around the park for posterity. And some young girl painted the green man on one , she explained the myth , and since then i have noticed them everywhere! on buildings etc..
The jacket is a dark blue with red cuffs , i wanted to show that he was once a noble and had worn the bright colours of the nobility with pride. but now carrying everything he needs on his steed, but the daylight has brightened it somewhat.

Sheffield Cathedral has some Geen Man bosses in the nave vaulting. (As well as a Sheela na Gig (spelling?) )

Nice work as per Neil.

Now that is a big ol' wolf.

Nice bit of fluff again, and very nice job on the wolf.

if one is on the search for the grren man you will get very lucky in britain i huess, more so if you´re willing to search through wales scotland and ireland too...
churches and old buildings en mass...

i will try the dark background setup too, saw that recently on another thread too and i lkie that very much...

and consider me a big fan of valrick and all future comrades of his^^ until the nobles tremble in the night when they hear the howl of the wolfen riders^^


vik

I love the natural colouring of the wolf and the photographs are great quality as well. Lol now all you need is another more feral army to accompany him.

Love the fluff about your awesome tank!!!

Sorry, I still haven't found the time to read your other piece of fluff...

The tank is really dreadful, and the weathering close to perfection... A masterpiece.

Excellent work!

@Chibi , cheers matey, i didnt know what sheela na gig were until you mentioned them, did a bit of research , and turns out its mediaval porn those canny masons !

@Monkey, Yes, maybe a little too big to be honest! but looks good on the tabletop, next to the tiny perry minis. glad you liked the fluff fella, .....but wait no grammatical errors... or are you just being kind

@Vik , i see lots of gargoyles , oh wait ... thats just the mirror Valrick is humbled by your words , but assures you he wants no fame , only JUSTICE!

@Pekustin Yeah the photos do the model a great deal of justice i assure you Though i did try to get a more realistic paintjob by adding browns , as opposed to an heroic one. i think his size makes that unecessary Thanks Mate.

@Yggdrasil , Thanks for reading mate , dont worry about the other , it is pretty verbose. And what can i say , such a great compliment from a man who is fast becoming a legend for his corrupted beauty round this ere parts i bow humbley...

@Manoknok Thanks Manny

So been doing some kitbashing lately , added a cloak to the heavy stubber and Introducing Sieth the outcast Plebian Mutant , and Actaeon riding a giant land lizard , receantly augmented to "counts as sentinel" status by the AdMek

That is quite the Zoidzilla you have there! A touch i really like for some reason is the scarab footplates, a very imaginative use of bits there.

at first i loled at the giant lizard...and then i thought well some of the parts i hold most dear in our lego collection...and then i thought, for a sentinel this is quite a good idea, the use of bits like perkustin said, is very good of choice, and you even kept true to the rules as far as i am able to to understand...so this is really a good conversion of a beast^^
but i have to ask, what did you use for that leathery looking collar? thats a really good piece right there...looks a bit either from an GI Joe fig or possibly a mobile pouch...

your heavy gunner looks really good, the dynamics in the cape are really going with the wind so to speak^^... only downtime here is the fingerprints you certainly also have spotted when sculpting...as i have recently dabbed with FIMO i know fully well the horrors of unmasked hands...and i choose to do so more as gloves really suck when working with putty...but after all GS is fileable...


concerning your outcast mutant i bid my time for when we can read a bit of fluff about "it"...as i think your currently brewing something nice together for this character...

cheers as usual for this beautiful work mate^^

vik

@ Perky , Zoids , at the moment i think the scarab footplates is all that works about this creation, well , gonna have to work hard to make this one work

@ Vik , your right to lol mate , the idea behind this guy is confused and needs some focus and , gonna do some research and see what i can come up with , i just cant seem to make this work , just yet.... I was thinking of adding an obvious Ad Mek vide , lots of red cloth and purity seals and gothic 40k iconography. Or replacing the head or at least changing it to a beaked head and cutting of its tail , like a flightless bird. ...lots of ideas but nothing solid just yet.

@ all any lighting bolts of lucidity would be most welcome in shaping this into something that resembles a belieavable 40k beast.

these are what i had in mind

on the contrary... i think you truly have created a nice model here thats working...of course if the artist has a different vision then there is only one rule:

rule 1: artist is always right...
rule 2: if artist is wrong read rule 1...^^

i guess you used quite some good looking bitz here... and they all give a hell of 40k look in my opinion...the only negotiable bit i see is the backside armor...i cant picture that beast doing a retreat, so no real need there...the head armor and collar looks good to say the least...maybe you can check the need for that battery type of looking thing on its breast...the one bit benaeth the collar...
as for the head... maybe a bit of cutting here to better fit the headarmor would be good...a small lobotomy never hurt^^...*gejafgjhwbrbsdfjldl*

one thing i might ask myself when making this beast is nevertheless...can i only build one pice of this or am i able to make at least a squadworth of them? so would you be able to have enough of all bits to at least built three of them? this would look tremendously good on a table...


vik, some of my further thoughts...

Nice couple of additions there. Seith looks like he'll be a bugger to paint though if he's already stuck to the base.

I think the sentinel-beast is heading the right way, agree with Perkustin, the feet are really cool. Only real issue I see is the head armour, but as Vik says, chopping a bit, or possibly all above the jawline, should fix that, make it more of a cyber-head than bits on top of the head.

lol sounds like alice in wonderland...:"off with its head..."

but yep, cut off the upperpart of the head and put something computerlike for 40k looking inside the cap...then it would have a nice and complete look...

Well thanks for the ideas guys , your insights help me visualise a new and improved mount with a clear aesthetic, i Did what you guys reccomended and lopped off its head , it was too high , and upset the balance of the mini in my oppinion, who said dino's were in the golden ration The the Ad mek Genetor really went to town and did a great job of bio lobotomising and servo replacing many parts Even the once proud Actaeon sits motionless like a Servitor tied to his steed through will alone , the symbiotic transmutation complete. quite happy with its pose now so thanks guys , will prob do more to it , before its done though.

started Acteaon fluff , in the form of a diary , with a nod to Silver Mk2 for his inspirational work in dakka fiction
will update the diary as i update the model,



Diary Entry 9th semester 4th Cycle 28thth lunar 009M42
Captain Actaeon

By the Emperor ! Can these Vulgus do any job right? If I am to be selected for promotion to Hunt Major , I will be dammed if I shall turn up looking like a serf ! Is it too much to ask , to expect one's uniform to be cleaned to a presentable standard .I shan't be seen unkempt . We are not all content to be seen sporting ragged coveralls , or the limp robes of the scruffy Mechanicus.
If this happens again I fear I shall not be responsible for my actions!



Hospitium Data log vox castor entry personnel Audio log Date 10th semester 4th Cycle 7th lunar 009M42

[“They say I am lucky to ...cough... be alive, they say I took a beating that most men would have succumbed too,...cough..... I should be happy to have not lost both eyes..cough....I don't feel lucky. Why..cough.”. End.]




Hospitium Data log vox castor entry personnel Audio log Date 10th semester 4th Cycle 15th lunar 009M42

[ My injuries are healing better than the Medics imagined , I have an appointment with the egineseer in two days , the medics say that they don't perform biotic operations. My attacker has a name now, Valrick A newly commissioned officer of the hunt no less ..cough.. he has fled to the Vulgus quarter apparently. As soon as I am fully recuperated , I think I shall pay him a visit.] End


Diary Entry 11th semester 4th Cycle 3rd lunar 009M42
Major Actaeon

Great news, My injuries are fully healed. My new ocular appendage , is working much more efficiently than my previous eye. My greatest thanks go to the imperial Enginseer ( and to think I once looked down on the freaks in red ) And to top it off , The commissar has promoted me to Hunt Major . My first task was to create a Noble riders company dedicated to myself first and foremost. I named them Riders De la Morte for their duty will be to seek the death of my would be murderer VALRICK ! Emperor save those that try to stand in my way.

Love the second head has that accidental anthropomorphised (erm...) look you get in some car fronts (mainly newer Peugeots,renaults and citrons). If you can understand what i am struggling to explain. I would recommend trying to shape the legs of the rider to better fit the model, at the moment they are the weak link.
EDIT: has it been given Avatar style rotary wing unit thingies? If so cool idea.

hello...Actaeon ...and we did tell you, you could poke ones eye out with a valrick...but did you listen...naww...see what that gave you? nobles these days...


on a serious note, very nice fluff, love the diary style... the vox part was best, *cough* reminds me of old school star trek episodes...

this will be a very good plot, i will enjoy thsi very much... hell i do it atm already^^

concerning your steed of Actaeon ... i thought you just cut off the upper part of your steeds head... like the upperjaw with the pat of the skull needed...the rest would be then sealed with the bionics ant the shell you used at first... now i am a bit confused as what you done afterwards... as i understand your pics the head and neck is completly out of the mini...and you redid a complete headneck part, aslo the compartment for the rider is now more to the neck/head part than as before the back...well this could work. for the head by the way i prefer the secon one too, as something looks suspicious about the first new one...
but one thing i have to tell, the imediate asociation i had in my mind when seeing the new model was: duck...for some reason i saw a hightech version of a duckling...i think this mainly derives from the now a bit much thicker backside due to the bits put there...
as for perkustins thought about the legs of Actaeon ...i think whats missing here is a good looking saddle...then the whole thing of the compartment comes way better together...
will his steed be named like valricks?

oh so many questions...

cheers mate, and don´t get let me taint your inspiration...

vik

It's a bionic Gabbleduck You certainly chopped it up more than I was expecting. Good job though. Also, second pic, what are those dread-like legs from?

Groovy - I Like the fluff too

@Perkustin, Thanks perky , i get what you mean , , infact i find peugeot cars quite scary, the sports ones look reall mean , and the girly ones look like dolls....Shiver!!
Your right about the legs on this build looking too skinny, now i have a better look , it looks a bit too much like a bird, removing the armour has helped with this some-what now. the Armour does look like the up thrusters doesnt it , and thats the 3rd time someone has said Avatar an this build in a sentance ... feeling a vibe now i think they look like ladybird wings

@Vik Cough...Cough.... thanks ....cough..! Glad you like the fluff, thought i would make this a bit easier on myself and wright in the first person, i fancied a change , and want to experiment with this short story.

well as for the head , ...in for a penny in for a pound ! let it never be said i am a man of half measures besided i couldnt resist saying OFF WITH ITS HEAD! knife in hand
And yes this is the duck and cover version well i think it was a brave experiment and i will keep some elemants but the duck like wings are gone for now! its funny how you cant see something untill its pointed out. Now i see it clear as day , and they had to go , although i did move them around a bit first as to experiment. I really like the meachanical saddle , almost like a gun turret , but i think it was overshadowed here, now it looks better i think. And this steed has no Name just a serial number." I " i also like the second head , but now i have a new one one that requires your learned input matey

@Monkey Just need some Orange suace and were all set , Well , you live and learn .. and i have learned that, those fat backsides do no justice to this build , so to the scrap heap they went, Thanks for confirming , my bird like suspicions . i have opted for a more streamlined version for now , but tested out a few other options first. And i knew you would eyeball those legs Those my kitbash compatriot , are from the heroscape board game. I have no need for them Monkey , i snatched his top half for the dino! And would happily donate them to Mad doc Grimsnik or Upzags workbench..., after all Bashed's boys have to look forward to something pm me if you want em matey , i might even chuck in some spare sharks i have laying around ...

@Weety Thanks Weety

so more conversions , dont you hate the fact when kitbashing , you think everything looks right one day , come back the next and its like what happend , i thought that[i] looked good!
so first thank you all for the feedback , i dont normally feel the need to ask for help when kitbashing , but this build is just bloody hard It helps now i have a clear idea for what i want to achieve, but still .... Well i hated the duck look, and it had to go but i experimented with a new head and its okay , looks like a robot hammerhead shark imo . but i stripped back the shell to see more lizard , i will add plenty of tubes i think . just cant decide which head , i think the skinny gun head original head 2 , but he new one has some nice qualities.. So unless you guys hate the original i will probably go for that. I would still apreciate to know what you think though

this compartment you made here in this pic looks apealing to me... somehow i would rather want to see a bit of more protection for the rider...
the gear on top you formerly used for basing looks wrong in place...i wouldn´t do that...
love and totally beg you to keep that look of exposed metal spine... this is classy!

i am still a bit unsure about the head... there is little or beter non soul to it... i know your probably aim for just that...but it lacks for me a bit of this anthromorphic look as here some of the fellows have posted about car faces...for now there is no face... the hammerhead looks good but is out of scale to the rest of the body...and designwise i don´t think it is fitting for the overall look...again i am sorry for criticising you so much on your work here...i just think your onto something really cool, and your bits founds are waaaay bigger than mine^^... if by anychance you still have some spotlights of some tankssprues than i would use these for some reference of a human techinfluence... we humans like to create our stuff like god failed to do us^^...

in this pic:

do we see a CSM backpack for something like a mouth like thing at the head? this is a cool aproach, as it remind me of mandibles or something similar from spiders...

if you want to keep the hammerhead under all consequences, then i definatly recommend another pair of dinolegs as support... then also you would get much better to your original inspiration of this:




i hope i could help instead of demotivate..

vik

The final pic with a mass of 'mechadendrite' feelers would look ace. I like the shape of the new new head neck armour (with a scorpian and 3000 written on it) but i do think it would look better with some purity seals/skulls etc as at the moment it looks too high tech. As for the robo tentacles i envision them coming out of the 'shoulder' bits of the neck piece ( just below where it has the scorpian and 3000). For the organic part of the creature i would sugest a whole array stim injectors much like the arco flaggelllant model (Damien 14xx?) you link. Plus one leg should have some form of bionic caliper style arrangement.

You know what?! Here's a pic lol. Couldnt fit in the stim injectors.

now the beast has more than a serial number... DOC OCK lives^^

Wow cool input guys ,and your both absolutely right, about all you said , , thanks for the drawings perky, my comp died a few days ago and i have yet to reinstall any software , like photoshop... but now i have the dillema , .....well gonna go out for awhile and think on it...
cheers again

ouch, thats almost nowadays as if a familymember at least gets ill... i remember when i had to give my laptop once for repairs into a mech hand...got that piece of junk never back and after half a year of waiting got my money back instead to buy me a new one...well made a better deal^^ but still half a year withou...%/&(/%§&%§% argh... feel your pain...

That new head is pretty cool, and like where Perkustin takes it, but it's a bit overbearing for the body, especially if you add the 'dendrites. I think the second head fits this guy better, and you should keep the other head for a quadraped. And I actually like the look of that with the 'headpiece' on, feels a bit more ad-mech, especially with a bunch of scroll-work, seals and candles hanging off it

The candles were the most inspired addition, if neil takes nothing else from the pic it should be the candles lol. Infact next time i do an imperial army there will be alot of candles, i can just imagine a Russ with track guards and turrets generously topped with melted wax. Thats it, i am decided, a candle based imperial guard army is next on the ledger.

that reminds me of an old witchhunter theme...bell, book and candle...and a pin for pinning the truth about if the wimmen is a bloody witch...

by the way...the word candelabra in german is a swearword^^... means armleuchter and translates into english so far as gakhead...^^ (god using swaerwords is so hard here^^)

vik