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i had the effect of wathcing a b/w film seeing those many unpainted models in grey lol^^
as for your modeling please show a ful cap of Antal Adalais (by the way a great name, who came up with that? sound glamour) so to get more credit of the conversionskills of your son.
as for scale issues, yep that lascan looks a bit bigger than needed.... but why not give every one a bipod and thus justifing the beefier look? alsways thought mordians or this british version of 40k zulu wars was a very good treat to paint. way out of league for my budget but they look classy, so good choice using perry min. for this project. and on the plus side (big plus there) you can built up a big force with smaller budget. do you have a paintscheme for them? to tell you the truth if i would live next door to ye i would let my get chained up to your desk and be your paintslave^^ to paint them^^
again scale wise the eldar weapons are in scale but their style would be way of. the tau are quite usable and look like the perry guns making a timejump^^. maybe do something to make them a little more IG or maybe give the scopes cause the have that sniper look upon them.
again i am astonished at what you all here on dakka can spend on minis. i hack and punch my way through ebay on a dayly basis to gather a few bits and figs here and there and you cash inn the big stash for GW and the likes with seemingly no remorse? my wife gets the hysterics whenever i speak of new models and i fear every time the postman rings to bring me more ebayed goodies...i truly envy you lot^^...
phew... shot my powder for now and will look for more from your gifted family^^ give my reagards to ye son for making a new genaration with inspiration^^,
Hey vik , thanks for the nice comments again, i can allways rely on you to make it seem worthwhile . i like black and white movies , or least if i can afford models i cant afford paint to paint them lol, although all the models you have seen so far are not mine they all belong to my children, an unexcpected bonus's of having three boys , who like minatures but cant be that bothered to paint them. thats a good 8 years worth of birthdays christmas's and pocket money * 3 , so i get to play with them as well . infact i only have the catachans , which i bought for my alien project and the scouts which i think look cool. having chucked out all my original minis and scenery in an argument with my partner 8 years ago! told you i had a quick temper although my partner did buy me a scout speeder and a gothic 40k building last month , when i was in the final stages of the inquisitower. which i havent touched yet, unlike me!! the perry minatures i figure is gonna save me a fortune, in expensive gw minis but your right about the weapons they still look a bit too big will get custom converting them smaller somehow, not that worried if they are not imperium weapons really since they are planetary deffence force, but the tiny perry muskets just did'nt cut it in 40kimo.
I am also looking forward to painting these beauties, hope i can do them justice given how small they are and given how big my hands are as for colour scheme mmm er blue and white , black with red edging, racing green , like sharps rifles, not really sure since they are based on a black and white comic?
any suggestions are welcome.
edit there IS a full cap of Antal adalais , the one leaning on his rifle oh and the name i made up from the baby names websites, it Antal means prince Adalais King
dont woorty there will be a bibliography /glossary with the comic/ Sequential Art Novella.
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i followed the dune thread for a while, then lost interest, cause it got to specialized...BUT, here i come again, cause what better thing for a apintscheme to suggest as to make Antal like Paul Atreides?
http://www.duneinfo.com/arrakis/costumes/images/paul2.jpg
the best i coud come up with in a hurry^^
got strategy to paint the models for your youngsters^^. so it seems your doing comisions^^.
well i didn´t realized up until your last post that the guy leaning on his rigle is Antal... he was the one i thought needed to get his rifle slimmed the most...i feel bad to write that since he was built by your son... could you persuade your son to dremel something off of that monster of a gun? or do the bipod upgrade i suggested...would help. but i got a nagging thought. since i done my duty serving this misbegotten goverment of mine in the army i wouldn´t rest a gun on the barrel. as dirt and whatnot might kill you when handling your weapon that way, cause you can´t rely upon it when it is needed the most. but alas it is good to see somone important not handling some fancy pancy weapon when being a celeb. makes this Antal- Persona a easy for liking^^
quick sidequestion, as you use the term partner, are you married? if not is it something that desn´t cause bother in UK? i know for years it was still a pain in the b...t here in Germany but since i became freshly married in august this year my kids are finaly all legal^^
concerning that temper happening, OUCH....OUCH...OUCH...
can understand that, i know what can lead to what, but your minis...that had to hurt where ye couln´t scratch yerself...
ok i´m hopping themes here but waht gives:
did i understand you right? did you name SHARPe, as in Richard Sharpe and the sharpshooters?
that would be so damn awsome. was one of my favorites on tv for a long time. had a short run in tv at germany long ago. he WAS THE underdog and a hero and a gentleman and a roque and a roughneck. what more can you want in a tight backage (man i sound as i´m in love...lol)
but their colors are truly cool. like napoleon wars dark angles one could say^^.
as for truly painting them....why not go the extra miles and paint them fully with washes? i´ve seen orcs and marines here on dakka done only mostly with washes and then some details. would work wonders on jackets and trousers i think....
well lost my train of thought .... agian^^ so
heres to you
lol napoleon wars dark angels such a cool idea when you say it like that, . yeah its the same sharp with actor sean bean .will probably do the main troops in green like sharpe and the officers in more bright colours to signify rank. these are really just a mock up wip so ,thank you for your input mate, the idea of making the guns with bipods is good , will make up some heavy stubber type guys like that.
you know from a distance the guns look fine , its just up close and personelle that they look HUGE! , but now i know they look big i wont be happy until they are all correct. doh!
was that ME getting too specialised in the dune thread lol i am a big fan of dune the movie, and as you can tell , Antal Adalais is already quite a bit inspired by Paul Atreidis, although i think my name is better lol thanks for the jacket link , i downloaded the movie but refused to watch it again whilst i was writing the story, because i didnt want it to overly inspire me. but the clothes and sets i do like , as you will see when i release the first chapter . i looked at tsar nicholas 2nd and king george 5th for inspiration with the noble families , and i have some wonderfull sketches of outfits for antal in the Graphic Novel. Washes for the paint scheme is a very good idea, thankyou as the are tiny! with lots of detail, and i am not a vey good painter ......yet! will test it out.
as for resting the gun on its barrel, i will pass on the advice. from an actual veteran! Dont want him blown to pieces with the first shot!
as for the minis yes it did hurt ;-( but i got over it and the children keep finding old metal minis in m delapidated shed , where i chucked them in anger before they went to the bin.
could be the reason we are not married lol we were engaged last year though , congrats on your marriage !
thanks mate, after three kids it was like: now or never^^ for us^^.
i think this would deserve a whole blog if you do them in tribute for sharpe. they are awsome. anything done in the likes of them could only come out as awsome^^.
and yeah who isn´t a fan of dune? got meself one day via ebay the collectors dvd. watched it with my wife. well she wasn´t so inrigued by the movie. i love it. the music blows my mind whenever the fremen are charging. got goosebuds when thinking about it^^.
and i absolutly have to agree with you that Antal Adalais is far better than Paul. it is a name of dozen rather where yours is original. in white white dwarf 171 the title pic was a good one concerning this merger of the napoleon style and grim dark 40k. they had lots of russian styled influences. this is something that will never get out of fashion.
so in short you say it might be worthwhile to have a kind of tresure hunt in your shed as to search for long lost items? sound like fun with a certain morbid twist^^
i will update hopefully some by now older pics of my undertakings in 40k ish work. be prepared^^ to look in my profile for new threads^^.
the prostoyan first born? i dont have this one. but i know of them also the Mordian and Pretorian , but i think this will be the first Napoleonic French English IG i have seen!
would like to convert some of these models also
yep this is the edition i was talkin about.
and again yeah i like the old pretorian figs. they look cool. they got outdated by the mordians but these aren´t a true heir for coolness like the former.
the thing your up to now has more salt in cause your doing it by your own hands.
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Hey , Yggdrasil ( isnt that the viking tree of life?), thanks for the comment mate, the lasguns thing is weird , i know , take any mini from any game ever , put a lasgun in their hands , and blammo! 40k imperial guard. just goes to show the scope of the universe gw has created. as for ghostbuster lol yeah that would be cool , warp hunting napoleonics! Unfortunately this guy isnt that cool , he is still a drummer, or rather a upadated one handed drummer , the drum is supposed to be a motivational loud speaker, playing music and inspiring words, like a giant subwoofer! thought the addition a cables etc made himk look more grimdark. i just wasnt very good at moodeling the speaker lol , tried lines first but, think i need more practice at greenstuffing!. @ Vik cheers mate , i hope i can do them justice, but i think the mordians came first and pretorians second , would like to get some custom lasguns made for these guys.
Those Perrys have done a marvellous job....so have your kids. WOW I see what you meant about the size of those lasguns. Though I think the las carbine you have on the chap below looks about the right size (for an over sized heroic weapon).
Thanks PDH , hope you had a nice weekend! yep lasguns are def too big Vanilla, will have to get cracking on them , although i think Viks idea of tau rifles converted will probably look best, created nice army list for these guys and i think long rifles , aka tau converted along with short rifles , lasguns broke down will look ok. some rough riders custom malcador tanks and heavy support mortars and missiles is what iam thinking , now just need some more money ;-) did some green stuffing on young Antal , how he appears in the Novella, not quite as arrogant then. will post in the morning.
out of boredom i started a lazy workjob on a tau i got in a random package via ebay... and i have to state that tau are absolutly tiny. their weapons are so small...havn´t had something that little before in the making...
i like the long rifle idea it would look really good if then when done you could march them soldiers up in a fronline like in the napoleonic wars and have them shoot side by side. also one suggestion: what about bayonettes? would fit the overall style of the perry miniatures and also be something not overly overdone in 40k...
an update tomorrow...cant wait^^
best of luck for your work and greetings to your family, vik
neil101 wrote:Hey , Yggdrasil ( isnt that the viking tree of life?), thanks for the comment mate, the lasguns thing is weird , i know , take any mini from any game ever , put a lasgun in their hands , and blammo! 40k imperial guard. just goes to show the scope of the universe gw has created. as for ghostbuster lol yeah that would be cool , warp hunting napoleonics! Unfortunately this guy isnt that cool , he is still a drummer, or rather a upadated one handed drummer , the drum is supposed to be a motivational loud speaker, playing music and inspiring words, like a giant subwoofer! thought the addition a cables etc made himk look more grimdark. i just wasnt very good at moodeling the speaker lol , tried lines first but, think i need more practice at greenstuffing!. @ Vik cheers mate , i hope i can do them justice, but i think the mordians came first and pretorians second , would like to get some custom lasguns made for these guys.
You could always buy a cheap pair of in-ear earphones and take them apart to get the speaker cover from them...it's the only use I can see for them to be honest, I don't know why anyone would want to listen to music using in-ear ones!
ear phones might try that , though i think they will be too big! thanks anyway .
mini update on the young Antal , in ceremonial day wear! also changed the rockit launcher from a necron arm
holy moly batman, that launcher is a heavy one... cool effects with the necron enrgy thingy there.
and well what can i say, the cloak of Antal looks gorgeous. the hint of an eaglehead beneath, thats style^^.
BUT man, now that we all took a closer look on that guy...
I SEE DEAD PEOPLE...argh argh ähm...*koff, koff* maent mold lines... i see them where they are surly not needed anymore^^
your gs skills are really cool, love the cords, they look really good.and the coat is really thin. and the tie is an absolute killer beauty. nice work there.
cheers vik , yeah need to get rid of the mold lines, still learning, thanks for the advice , hopefully will get better given time. The necron energy thing is a drinking straw!
,nice big launchers!
and there i thought straws where for sucking and now you use them for spitting^^. if you want to search for moldlines your invited to my blogs to go hunting. i hate doing that. beeing a lazy one... and drilling out barrels i also don´t like. but i manned up and from time to time i get this rage and scream at my figs and drill like hell^^.
I have not being able to work on the manufactorum receantly because of one thing, a right angled gear. i am planning on building the manufactorum from the inside out , and bacause it is going to have moving parts (specificly the cog that surrounds the skull in the ad mek logo ) i needed a right angled gear for that to work , unfortunately they are expensive about £17 for one from Maplins. http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=43541 and i didnt really want to spend that amount on two tiny cogs but not any more , i found the correct cogs in my childrens lego box( good old lego) this is not mine but mine is the same. from the starwars at te actually.
so now i can get back to work on the thing. Posted a pic and vid of the cogs at work. note in the actual manufactorum only the gear around the skull will turn . not the skull itself.
Thanks Kenshin, me too , really want to make em my own though, but their size is restricting my options, i want them to look obviously 40k, but the guns are too big. maybe helmets and wires. need to think outside the box on this one.
but then again , its environment that makes an army as much as uniform , stick em in a hover tank or smilar and there you go , not that i will though , strictly old school ww1 style tanks for these boys, might even make the Tsar tank for em ,or similar
this will certainly be a nice optical effect when the gear of the mechthingy will turn. reminds me of the first batman movie where they did something funny with the wheels so that only the whells turned and not the wheel cover^^
and i totally LOOOOVE the old female and male mark v(was it that type) tank. i just think it is the best design in tanks ewwwwa^^
but saying this never found out whats the difference of both.
always wanted to scratch built one of these. i recommend to totally go for at least zwo of these for your guarding troops^^
and waht the hell is that "bycicle tank there? that looks ridiculus, please don´t do that, would spoil your look of your efforts. i think that the enemy would rather lough it self to death than get shot at... reminds my of the sketch from monthy photons "the killing joke in WWII"
lol , er.....choke cough arrgh! " clenches hands to chest "
yeah the Tsar it's not very grimdark, is it. i researched it for a another story i am writing. called arclight. an alternate reality where there is no russian revolution. In early 20th century dying civilisation has built a steampunk tower of bable to electryfy to troposphere to enable free electrcity world wide set in mongolia 300 years after nicholai teslas technology has being utilised, and the Imperial russian aristocracy has forgooten why they are their !
yep that would work, like wiener dogs, the one frazzled likes i saw them use these things as wheelchairs... not funny cause that is a prob with those dogs they are so long their backs cant support the body for long...so they need wheelchairs sometimes...
your story sound interesting, kind of a steampunk scenario...
hmm would love to read more about it. could be easy to get into that storyline as a reader.
and for that vid i posted, it is even funnier when you know german language, cause then you now the true dumb fun in it^^
Neil your imagination and creative skills are awe inspiring, I love the way you've taken one idea - Purity Seals - and from that a wealth of ideas - A factory, background story, a comic, the defense force.
I can imagine you're the type of person who struggles to finish stuff as you've always got new ideas popping into your head that you want to try out. If that's the case, then the good old ToDo list is your friend. I really want to see what you come up with and hope to goodness it leads somewhere good for you (Awards, recognition, maybe a job).
@Viktor, you give good feedback and encouragement and that's quite a rare thing. Keep it up.
thank you guys ,made my day after stress of cheap arsed landlords, boo.
gotta go to town with family to buy shoes and pay bills.
@ hangfire yeah i am the type of person that is always having ideas , and i do need to stick to my to do lists lol edit got more time to answer this post now , just wanted to say that was a really nice comment you made there, cheers , i do stuggle with commiting myself to one project at a time like most creative people i guess, but dakka really helps with this , having a bunch of like minded peers around offering encouragement , and constructive critiscims is great, it also helps to look around and draw inspiration from other posters , a lot of which will end up in the Praxus novella ( with permissions of course.) and friendly rivalry helps motivate as much as money. well nearly. i am using this blog to try and focus my random thought procceses into one cordinated thing , 40k for the moment at least and finally finish some projects , this will in turn hopefully filter into any other personel creative things i do , outside of dakka( stories mostl )non finished yet. but finishing the inquistorial tower , was a corner turner for me. generaly i would of leave it half finished, being satisfied in the knowledge that i could complete if i wanted to, same with stories , once you have the story in your head the hard work is done, and am iam the least monatary driven person know, so without wanting to make money from any projects and no one to share them with, whats the point of finishin anything to a high degree, ? but with dakka the extreemely talented and dedicated people here made me realise i could finish projects and show them to like minded people who might just get what iam doing and why iam doing it. big up dakka and all who sail with her!
@vik talking gibberish is also nice sometimes
@ weety thank you , your minis are an inspiration to me. hope i can paint mine as good as yours.
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. infact i only have the catachans , which i bought for my alien project and the scouts which i think look cool. having chucked out all my original minis and scenery in an argument with my partner 8 years ago! 
told you i had a quick temper 
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might try that , though i think they will be too big! thanks anyway .
this is not mine but mine is the same. from the starwars at te actually.
