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ok white i am fien now with... all decisions need a reason... if the icon has to fit into the scheme, then this is a good reason^^ though i would never say "no" to a bt of weathering^^

These last guys are great. Did you manage to use my tip on the green stuff?

LilLoser

@ Vik: Yeah, I did some weathering a few minutes ago. I dirtied it up. I mixed thrakka green and devlan mud. ( a 1/3 mix) and it looks like it better fits in now.

@Lil: Thanks! But in all my anticipation I forgot to use your tip. I wanted to get done with the greenstuffing right away, and I kinda just 'jumped in'. I'll remember to use the tip next time I use GS, I promise.

Ho folks, update time!

I I finished the second Ousian, as well as his base. I'm happy with how the base turned out, it looks more 'swamp-ish'

C&C welcome.

cool mini, the base looks like he had a very strong cold^^
the weathering looks very good, i think you will make a great army this way...will you be adding some scouts made from catachans for them... they could contribute with their look quite a lot of the feeling of the swamp army...

Thanks Vik! I might just include some converted catachans, but I'm not sure of that yet. Maybe mix some cadian and catachan bits, and I could get that sweaty, tired and ragged vietnam look of the more veteran guardsmen mixed in with the newly conscripted ones with their shiny armor. But, like I said not sure of that.

sounds like a delicious plan to me... if you continue to keep that style and spent look to your army then i think the mix (no pureism for IGs anyway^^) will be great looking...

I do hope I can pull it off. I mean, making the mix of cadians and catachan parts work for me. I think it would include medium greenstuff work. Anyway, I just scavenged an unpainted sergeant, added some swamp basing and some extra equipment. I am considering adding more rural things to him, but I want to keep things simple. Less is more, like they say.

also from my time in service i can tell you that a true veteran that has seen action only relies on his gun and carries what amo he sees fit with him...if you want to make the army look as if they are in midfighting then i strongly suggest and support your idea of keeping the minis simple...i think the vietnam fighters were the unkitted soldiers one could hink of... lazy looking yet deadly and effective, and for the most part peeps that didn´t want to be there... that is somehwat already shown in your work^^

as for what to add when GS the mixed bits... torn/ragged sleeves would be my first guess...





but don´t stress yourself...let it flow^^

Keeping it simple I shall

The ragged clothing was what I was going for. Greenstuff should be easy enough to sculpt torn sleeves with. And I certainly won't stress myself. Exams are coming up, so I rather should.

lol i cross fingers for all your endeavors^^

Looks good mate, keep up the good word.

Also, I agree with you guys, have a few guys in their shiny armour, ready to battle it out in the name of the Emperor, then the rest be sick and tired of this backwater, and just wanting to leave, not giving a frak about what the uncaring Emperor thinks.

Ditto on what the others said

Have you seen these lipped bases?
http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_5&products_id=241

http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13&products_id=263

Was just wondering if a rim could be made with strips of styrene or even wire to contain the swampy stuff.

@ doop dude, well the weathered look would be more of a thing to make out veteran guardsmen from the grunts. The Ousians should be accustomed to backwater marshes/swamps, because their homeworld is one big swamp. The only thing they'll be missing are they're own swamps.

@ Chibi: Those bases do look cool. I might just have to convince my parents into letting me buy something off the internet. I'm normally not allowed to do such things. :*(
but otherwise, the rim is a rather nice idea, to rim the area in wich I need to pour PVA glue in. Thanks for giving me an awesome idea!

i have seen some guy in the net that used the nonslotta bases turned upside down to make them get filled with watereffects... maybe you could try this idea with your ousians too...to make ankledeep stuck in water/swamp Soldiers....

You can make these yourself, without convincing your parents, quite easily actually:

Take a normal base, from GW for example, slotta or not doesn't matter.
Cut out/off the top of it, so that you have a plastic ring.
Glue it onto a piece of plastic card.
Cut it out and clean all the edges.
Fill it.

The result are cheap, quick, standard size and shape bases, ready to be filled with the ooze of your choice.

Baiyuan's technique is great! It's a little fiddly, but the results are pretty good, though it may take a few layers as a lot of water effect products shrink.

Not going to post my own models in your thread, but here and here are a couple of models I did with that technique. Should work really well for what you have in mind!

I do like the look of the bases you're rocking at the moment though - very 'toxic swamp'

Sorry for the late reply guys, Life has gotten in the way. (albeit a fun way )

Thanks for sharing that with me Baiyuan, after looking at Scarper's two shown models I will have to try that out next time. The Ousian I will show in today's update will have no such thing, because I already assembled him in the way he is now.

After this update, I am focussing on a new concept for a new Necromunda gang I have in mind. No hints yet, but it will include a lot of Greenstuff and other conversions. So stay tuned.

oh yeah, before I go to the updates, I just have to tell you I just started off with my youtube channel, first time I really use my account, but here it is. Hope you enjoy the music I uploaded.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MadGraveRobber?feature=mhee

So, now on to the updates.

Hey scazza , like your fat guy model , where is he from? and those samurai sci fi guys are great looking bunch, i guess the guardsman is part of your swamp guys . The new project sounds ambitious matey , will keep an eye out for its progression . And whats this nonesense about fun without miniatures

neil101 wrote: And whats this nonesense about fun without miniatures

It involves a girlfriend.

But thanks neil! I don't know what company the fat guy is from, I found him in my bitz box. It sure is fun to have a big box full of bitz
And yes, the guard model will be part of the Ousian Riverine.
I hope to have the basic greenstuff 'chassis' done for the first model tonight.

the big guy with the bald head looks a bit like dr. evil



that samurai looks interesting...is it a hint for your new gang?

cheers mate... now with a girlfriend you will get introduced to all the troubles a single life has yet spared you ^^ enjoy and be carful where you tread, what you say and where you look^^ form now on...if you doesnßt then you will know what i´ve meant^^


oh and to the sarge you did, did you have to cut off a lot of his neck to get the head fit good on the body?

Yes, it also reminded me of Dr Evil. Now, if only I had a Mini Me

But, unfortunately, the samurai isn't a hint for a new gang. The greenstuffing is done. It's not top notch material, considering my bad Greenstuff skills.

The idea behind this model, is that it is a juve for my newest gang idea. The gang is a rabble of insane psychos living in an abandoned asylum. This is just a simple juve, but for other gangers, think Splicers from the Bioshock games. This juve wanted to look mean, and put a childish mask (read bag) over his head in an attempt to scare his enemies.

don´t get mad at me i loled as i saw your juve^^ he is a joly fella for now^^ the splicers i looked up made my skin crawl on my back^^

you said a red bag? well how about a sandy or white sheated bag with blood crusts on eyes and mouth and the rim of the bag rather than a fully red bag? this could then be the gang colors...

Yeah, that was the reaction I was going for. This juve failed horribly to impress.

But I didn't say red bag i said (read: bag)

For the gang colors I was going for an already established scheme. Like that one with the blue pants, the shotgun and the too big head, if you can remember him. The gang will be made up from insane, weird, psycho looking men.

which will perfectly fit in with all the other lunatics lastly seen here^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:which will perfectly fit in with all the other lunatics lastly seen here^^

I aim to make insanely cool miniatures....Wait, now I'm just over doing it.../Ego Boost/

*sloshes a stream of cold water*

Viktor von Domm wrote:*sloshes a stream of cold water*

I could use that. It's almost 30°C where I live.

You should try to smoothen your GS, texture isn't necessarily bad, but fingerprints are a turn off.
I'm curious for what you'll come up with for this project.

we had a steamy day too... so you could only expect lush water at best^^...