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These are awesome! Those tubes are so well done! Cant wait to see more.

Have you seen the new skitarii walker? Might be a good place to start...

The crossbow/bolster conversion is great, I think I'm going to have a go at making that, it has rules in the codex as well if I remember correctly?

Thanks guys
@Rawson - yes I have seen that. I thought about it but I don't really want to spend the money just to cover it all up with greenstuff!

I've started on something new, hooray for holidays!
I was inspired by this picture by Bloommer on deviantart



It is a very rough mock up of "The Sherpa", because some one needs to carry all the stuff!
It's also the first time I've used milliput, I mixed it with a little greenstuff but I can't say I am initially overly enamoured...



~M

I have done some more work on this creature. After fixing the legs to the torso, the model looked weird, the limbs looked gangly, the stomach long and the bottom flat! In the inspiration picture the buttocks are quite high up and this was not the case with my initial mock up. The only way I felt I could rectify this was by re-sculpting the thighs. This was the first work properly sculpting limbs. It really helped having the plastic underneath. The muscles won't be anatomically correct because I just made it up, I figured it could all be synthetic muscle stitched into place to help him lift the great thing on his back!



~M

Slow progress on this one
I've decided I'm going to sculpt a lot of it and unfortunately that means a lot of drying time. I can't work on the arms until I've done the legs and I don't really want to work on the top until the arms and head are done...
But thankfully the legs are pretty much done!

I'm waiting on some bits, I've ordered from france before and even they have arrived sooner! But the plan is to have piping from the white tube on his right hand side up to a gas mask on one of the ghoul heads. I'm also going to add further detail to the loin cloth at the top.




~M

Looking good so far but looking at your blog one cant expect anything else but great things.
You said you ordered from France, could you recommend some bits sellers from Europe-landmass because shipping from all those great UK or USA bits sellers is killing any idea of ordering them.

http://www.bitzstore.com/en/
Not an extensive selection, but very reasonably priced IMO. I can't recommend them more!

I've finished the legs now, unfortunately the left leg broke at the ankle to I had to pin it back. Once I'm back at uni where most of my supplies are I think I'll add a strip of plasticard to the front to hopefully provide a bit more support.
I've added the arms and started to sculpt them, although at the moment they look like arm bands!
I've added some detail to the loin cloth and also started word on the head and back




I think I might take a little break from this guy and work on something else for a while because although I do enjoy sculpting little bits. I'm finding it a bit taxing sculpting so much. I'm going to go back to kit bashing for a while!
~M

I've done a bit more. Not much but i think I've decided on a head.



I've started a couple of other conversions but my phone died before I could take photos of them

Dayum!!!
Cool creativity my friend.

That is a really creepy looking model - I get a bit of a psycho mantis vibe from him!
I don't know why, but I think he'd make a really good culexus assassin - something about the hunch, I think.

Seriously cool sculpt

@Dark Apostle 666 - yeah I think its the gas mask and skin combo
Thank you guys

Rogue Trader - Inspired by some of Blanche's work. He's going to hold a cane in his right hand.


Advisor - head is blue tacked will be trimmed so the model is not so tall. Thinking of using a different head.


Crusader - a simple idea for a crusader. Waiting for the ad mech troops kit to arrive and I am planning to use the helmet from there. The body is a cast converted imperial guard torso.


~M

 MHVB wrote:



Advisor - head is blue tacked will be trimmed so the model is not so tall. Thinking of using a different head.




~M

What head is that? I love it

@Weaponprime - I think its from the admech kit

I've repositioned it and theres another photo with the hair removed. Can't decide which i prefer



I've started some arcoflagellants, inspired by the arcoflagellants of others. Very WIP but would really appreciate input on the poses of these models.

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Thanks guys

The first dude's topknot makes his silhouette more interesting, but I don't think that it suits the head very well, with its short, neatly-trimmed beard. You might have to choose one over the other, but I personally prefer the head. You could give him a hat of some kind to build up some more visual interest or just keep it as is.
The arcoflagellants are very dynamically posed. Just make sure that their heads follow the flow of the miniature too. Is that a ghoul torso/arm + DE leg combo? I might just have to 'borrow' that idea.

I really like the head a top knot together. I would paint in a 5 o'clock shadow and buzzed head to make them look a little more cohesive.

So much goodness here.

Thanks guys. It's such a pain the top know changes the look of the model so much! He's either sleek and sophisticated or rough and aged. It actually came with the head! Yes DE legs with ghoul feet and ghoul bodies

I've started on an interrogator, it's an evolution of the Leeloo conversion I failed to make.





I was thinking of having her lean over, as if she was turning whilst running.

~M

'Multipass?' The interrogator looks pretty cool so far, although I'm not sure if an inquisitor would be too pleased about the fact that she's wielding a xeno firearm. Maybe a bolt pistol would be more appropriate?

@youidiotkid - Thanks for the feedback. yes I agree I didn't plan on leaving it that way

I've drawn some concept art for the arcoflagellants:



~M

Im BACK!
I've started work on an acolyte/priest for the ordo hereticus warband. Simple conversion so far.

"Blind Faith"


~M

Awesome priest! Where are the legs from?

D

Thank you
The legs and torso are from one of the chaos cultists

"Chains"

He is going to be the tortured soul of a very radical twisted inquisitor. I like the idea that while the inquisitor takes great pleasure experimenting upon it, is terrified of what it will do if it breaks free.



~M

Very menacing. I think the bludgeon hands are a great addition, makes a gaunt, frail looking creature look quite threatening.

EDC

Cool stuff. Excellent conversions.

BACK FROM THE DEAD!

Hi guys, sorry for not posting for so long, but I haven't had the time unfortunately. I have had plenty of ideas though...

First is a squad of servitors. But I'm waiting on an FW order for hostile environment packs, because I think they will look better than the current cadian bodies.



The second is a pair of "flight computers" to assist the navigator in steering the ship through the void. The first is almost done, the second is still WIP.







And finally the flight crew for said ship. But they're still very much a WIP so I won't post photos.

~M

Man, I love this warband! Great green stuff work, great posing and bit-sourcing... you've got a really cool vision for choosing just the right bit or making it from scratch. It's a good John Blanche homage, though I see hints of others (Geiger? Mignola?) as well. Can't wait to see some paint!

Very cool. I really like that Servitor.

EDC