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Great Progress!

Thanks lads!

@ grey_death - Cheers mate and thanks for the confidence!

Some further progress for the day:





Inside of the collar has had it's first layer to smooth things out and the outside has had a lot of work done to smooth things out. I've also added a little base work for some armour detail around the torso and the circular plate upon which some cult insignia will go.

The staff top has also had the head on the mini stealer changed, it was too small for me to be able to get much detail on it sculpting it myself so I opted for a skull from a cadian helmet.

I was getting a bit bored with trying to get the collar right for a while there and was almost tempted to move onto something else to get my motivation levels back up but now I'm thankfully enjoying sculpting on him again.

Now it's time for some Kopparberg and time spent with the missus!

Cheers,

Dante

Ooooh, very nice, that hood is looking alot neater and alot smoother now, this model is turning out to be great ! Congratulations

Brilliant stuff how are you enjoying the book by the way? The sinister staff really makes this gy give me the creeps in a subtle way. Rather than the usual charging slobbering psychopath GW way.

You made me think. What would a tau-hybrid look like? Or an eldar? And this model just grows better and better, the creativity and the reinvention of the stealer cult is just stunning.

Thanks guys.

@ Wolf - Cheers mate and thanks again for the mini's!

@ Lamahead - Yeah its a really good book actually, one of the few non-Abnett GW books I've liked!

@ Mellon - Thanks, exactly what I was hoping for! I hadn't thought about how a Tau hybrid might look but I guess if you remove the nose and ears on this guy it would be pretty similar!

Quick progress shot for the night:


Started to do the shoulder section of the hood and also a little detail on the centre circle where an emblem will go. I also added a few tiny dots of GS to make the little Ying Yang ball that featured in the classic imagery.

Cheers,

Dante

Yeah this looks alot better, the shoulders really make that hood, the face, and the centre circle bit holding it all together the centre of the model

Which really compliments the model. well done

Wolf

This really is an amazing conversion/sculpt...I too was an instant fan of the genestealer cult when I first read the contents of the original Space Hulk and Deathwing expansion...The Dark Angels are still my favorite Marine army. One of my favorite paintings was the first one you posted in this Blog...I too was inspired to make a Magus based on that image...I did it over 15 years ago and never painted it...I'll post a pic when I get a working camera.

Keep up the good work, cant wait to see it finished.

The staff is starting to look great, loving the little touch of the tiny skull.

Thanks guys.

Little update:


Sculpted in the cult icon on the chest. The more observant of you might recognise it:


Cheers,

Dante

I don't think I've commented on this project of yours yet, but wow!

The hybrid is looking incredibly feral and dynamic, but the sculpting work on the Magus steps to the fore - exquisite work all-round!

Looking good mate. I think this is one of those ones that'll really come alive with the painting!

Cheers
Dave

PS. I'm probably about a month away from being ready to go with the "other project"

Great progress my man! You know where this group will have to be taken and I intend to see it live for one

I like the direction of the magos, but somehow I am even more excited to see where you go with the lunatic critter we saw first! And the combination and group dynamic will really be something. Top notch work!

Looking great now

the cult symbol is a classic, allthough, why did they have the stealer cult symbol and the thousand sons pattern the same? (T.sons have a yellow version of this)

thats allways bugged me

JD21290 wrote:Looking great now

the cult symbol is a classic, allthough, why did they have the stealer cult symbol and the thousand sons pattern the same? (T.sons have a yellow version of this)

thats allways bugged me

"bugged" was a pun, right? :-P

Actually, it is not very complicated. The agrement to standardize their forces iconography happened before the horus heresy, so it was something so simple as a joke, or if you will, an easter egg. Anyhow [CENSORED] and [CENSORED], well most of them at least, met in quiet on the eastern outskirts of the galaxy to discuss some things that were coming up. And someone cracked with the stupid joke: "Hey I know, what if we equipp your [CENSORED] with this slightly insectoid markings, and we also do it to the entirety of our vanguard army segments. That way the soilders will go all "WTF??? Who are we shooting at?". Much entertainment was to bead from that prank during the following milennia, as I'm sure you can understand.

Thanks folks, hadn't expected to see any more comments on this until I posted some more progress!

@ dave - no worries mate, I'm probably about the same. How are things coming along with the new baby?

@ Migs - Absolutely buddy, fully expect to meet up with you and the rest of the gang at GDUK.

I really need to get some more work done on the hybrid, he's sort of fallen by the wayside due to my enthusiasm with the magus.

@JD21290 - Yeah, though I think the iconography your meaning was really only ever introduced on the models and transfer sheets, can't really recall that specific stuff ever being used in the art for the cult.

@ Mellon - Ah good times! I'll never forgot when I first read how [CENSORED] told [CENSORED] that it would be a good idea to [CENSORED] with the whole of the [CENSORED] and then thats why SOB's wear armour and carry guns!

Cheers,

Dante

Awesome work!

I miss the old GS cult.

Always nice to see a fresh take on an old, but classic concept.

that pun was not intended



Dante, i know that the symbolo on the T.sons was only ever a transfer, but it does bring something kind of random to mind.
tzeentch is the master mutator and changer (and all that other crap)
in theory hybrids are mutants aswell, may be a link, or just random.

The symbol is great! I'm getting all nostalgic here, bring back memories do the days that I ran around with some WD filled with Tyranids articles for Epic (which had those symbols in it as well) at some summer camp for elementary school!

For those who might not be aware, The Genestealers Cults use to have three army options.

You had the classic Genestealer/Space Hulk Invasion Force - Heavy on Genestealers & Hybrids

The Classic Cult that we all know and love!

Then there was the Daemonic/Genestealer Army, a combination Chaos and Genestealer Cult!~

Having Chaos Iconographic would really fit in GS Cult.

A Imperial World be corrupted by a Chaos Cult who are in turn in being Converted by the genestealers has a certain symmetry.

Beamo wrote:

I miss the old GS cult.

Who doesn't

Been a while since I've updated this so its time to dredge this up from the depths!





Since the last pics clearly a fair bit has gone on. I decided to add a sash around the waist rather than the belt type thing I had planned. I was inspired by some pics of assassins creed 2 and just felt it went well with the look. I also added some rims to the shoulder guards to make them look more ornate (these still need sanded a little to neaten them up, literally just finished them). The lower part of the robes has also been pretty much completed, just a little tidy up needed and a miliput wash.

The face collar and base of the shoulder guards has received a miliput wash hence the white lines and dots etc.

The sash at the back isn't done yet which is why the area hanging down is quite short. I'm going to use some thin foil to make it flow away from the body a bit so it looks more natural, adds a little more movement and flows with the robes better.

Getting close to being ready for paint now though. Just need to finish the new staff top, tidy the hands and a general tidy up and miliput wash of the whole thing.

More soon.

Cheers,

Dante

Looking great mate! The sash is a great addition, will work nicely juxtaposed against the sharpness of the collar.

This guy has helped me work out some stuff for my runt psykers. Hopefully I can get shots of them up on Monday.

Cheers
Dave

Looking awesome. Im watching this closely and will no doubt be making use of some of your conversion ideas for my own g'stealer cult.

The symbol is that of a self-eating snake, and is originally a Tzeentch symbol. The confusion started from an old piece of artwork (before 93) where renegade (traitor) Thousand Sons were in the same picture as a genestealer magus. Genestealer magi were psychers, and could be quite powerful (up to level 4) and in the picture, the Thousand Sons were "mind slaves", under the magus' control. Also note, as the original artwork was before 2nd Edition codex chaos, the Rubic of Arhiman had not yet been written into the fluff. I will look for the artwork over the rest of the weekend for you all.

Why are you adding the millput wash? What does it do?

I thought milliput was a grey modelling media and not exactly something that could be used as a wash, so I'm quite intrigued.

Literally just some milliput superfine placed in a small pot and mixed with a little water until it is the consistency of milk. Apply to the model with a brush to fill tiny cracks, join lines (where putty meets plastic/resin/metal/other putty, and any small tool marks.

@ Perturabo - Would be interesting to see the artwork you mention. The symbol on my magus has been taken from the Tyranid symbol from 1st edition (40k not RT). While the self eating snake was indeed a TS symbol and also ended up appearing as a decal for GS cult and in GS cult art, this symbol is different and as far as I'm concerned, quite unrelated to that.

Loving you're blog,I can't wait to see more soon.

I found this on cool mini or not and thought of this blog,hope you can draw inspiration from it.



Also found him on the same site:

I'm going to invoke a "you owe me" for this, but i'm going through all my rogue trader era and 2ed edition stuff for this. I do not, however, have a 2nd edition tyranid codex and (crying) can't find my "black codex" that came with the 2nd edition box. But still, i found some great pictures. I am scanning them all now and will post them all by Wednesday.

Also, I have failed to find any instances of the self-eating snake used as a symbol to tzeentch other than the old transfer sheet and that one picture (which I still can find) leading me to reverse my original statement. I have seen the symbol on many genestealer pictures, but no other chaos ones. I therefore conclude that it was put onto the chaos transfer by mistake.

I love the old fifties pulp influences in the Magus he reminds me a lot of the aliens of this period rather than the later gribbly monsters. As we know have a special effects budget and don't have to give some guys robes and a rubber mask. Equally these bad guys are much more interesting as they relied on plot not effects budget!