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@LDD -good idea man

@Theophony, thanks for dropping by dude, pleasure to hear from you as always

Have been playing around with the Las Cannon heavy for my Van Saar for a few days now. The torso is naturally really hunched so I have perched him on some rubble to try and counteract this, the head may stay but essentially is just helping me have a good understanding of the pose as I build him ATM





Tony started the gaming group we play at and his most famous ganger is Hatchet Arry the leader of his Orlocks. He asked me if I wanted to have a go at kitbashing a new mini for him. This is where I have got to





He is nearcompletion. I have to sort out his belt area all the way round and do something with the base of his neck, but 90% complete. I have to say I'm really pleased with him and would be tempted to make an Orlock gang now because he has worked so well.

Hope you like.

Nathanie1 out

The first guy is making excellent use of tactical rocks, I see love the pose on the second guy, that's got a dynamism and movement to it that makes me think fantasy berserker. Cracking.

Cheers mate, yes the second guy has come together well considering he is made out of scraps.

I have decided a sitting heavy does not cut the mustard so I have cut his legs off and I am working on making him stand

Started something new for Mordheim, there is a serious lack of 28 mm knights on foot out there.....

Very characterful looks like a questing knight ragged and torn but still defiant.

The only thing I can pick any kind of fault with and it ain't really a fault is his sword hand, in my mind seems a little small which to me reduces his grandness and stature.

Maybe a little armour detail around the wrist with some GS or one of those little GK shields maybe ? Just a thought mind but over all looks great mate.

Beautiful model! Shifting the gaze has really changed the whole feel of the pose.

@LDD - hey man, in the pic the hand does look small but in real life it matches the other gripping the shield and it is from the empire demigryph kit so is fairly chunky. I think the size of the helmet is maybe throwing the scale off in the photo.

@Scarper - hello again my friend. Thank you, I initially planned to pose the head similarly to the whight, I can across the alternative almost by accident. I'm glad your own thread is back up and running, looking forward to more of your work.

I still need to add some more favours and some GS chainmail. Will hopefully have some updated shots tomorrow and if I have time I will post the finished Van Saar as well.

nathanie1 out

Awesome use of the GSC kits, really love the lascannon dude.

EDC

Cheers DrCheese I will try and get pictures of the whole gang up today

I managed to start work on the henchmen, I'm still trying to work out a good crest for the helm of the knight but nothing is really working yet. I wanted maybe a sparrow or small bird but can't get it to work.

Henchmen are looking nice though. The kits from MOM are so cool and a lot of fun to use.







Finally, my brother has been staying for the week and while I was pissing around with my knights he was sticking together this monstrosity!

apologies for the short period of silence.

Our gaming group has expanded from specialist/ skirmish games and a few of us have been exploring Warhammer Fantasy (8th edition)

I have always loved the undead range ever since I got bought the old beige plastic skeleton hordes kit back in 1990 and have had various parts of VC/ undead armies throughout my life that never quite saw completion, so its time to give it another go. I have assembled most of the army to a standard build with little to no kit bashing but now that I am getting to the characters it seemed time to have a bit of a play and a departure from the standard options.

I actually started wanting to run a no vampire build with just necromancers and Wight Kings but I have found it frustrating and i have yet to find a necromancer base model that I can really attack so in the mean time I have started playing with a couple of vampire options.

First a Stigoi Ghoul King WIP







Then a Lahmian for a more standard Vamp character option again WIP



Very much early days at the moment so nothing set in stone for either model. Would love any pointers or constructive crit from you guys as I feel I have stared at them for too long and am losing the ability to see the wood for the trees.

nathanie1 out


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* just to add, I will be changing her feet, they are too big at present

Ghoul King is shaping up nicely. Reminds me of the bad guy in Underworld Evolution.

Really want to see some more shots of the Lahmian.

Cool stuff! I like the freaky monster your brother made too .

@whalemusic360 new shots coming soon

@angelofvengence cheers man

If you like gribbly blanch style Warhammer he has just started a thread actually

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/713442.page#9122820

Enjoy

Yeah, good start on the king. Liking that look.

It looks like I am in to all things undead ATM and decided to start building a TK force along side my VC.

It appears I am a little late to the party now though and the kits are going for astronomical prices on eBay.

These guys for instance are £45 for a box of ten.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KlXkUTkiwMM/UEgkUFg2e-I/AAAAAAAACP0/483HhpJrkbc/s1600/Tomb+Kings+Tomb+Guard.jpg

So that really only leaves the option of building some myself. I also wanted to have a bit of movement in the model. I was really inspired by this bit of art from the book and wanted to try to get a bit of that aesthetic in.

http://hl.udogs.net/files/Uploads/%20User%20Uploads/Tomb%20Kings%20Uploads/conscept%20art/sorry%20wrong%20tomb.jpg

I ended up working on this fella for the afternoon taking pics as I went so it would be clear how he was built up.















It was a fun process, I don't know if I can do it another 29 times, but we will see what happens. It was my first time working with 0.25 mm plasticard, using it to detail on top of 1mm. I learnt a lot and am excited to explore it further.

Damn fine concept and execution. I would say do it - but then, I'm turning all my Joker clowns into mimes

Liking that. Nice job.

@Graven - cheers man. It's not the work that worries me, it's the possibility that i will get distracted/ tempted by another project and they will then remain forever half done.

@Dr H - cheer man appreciated as always.

I got a second guy done today, as I expected he took less time as I was not having to work it out as I went along and I got to learn from some of my missteps yesterday so some of the detailing is a little neater.









I wish I knew how to make the photo uploads crisper, they are really focussed on my phone and laptop but I can't convert them to have the same res.

Photo crispness is a known bug lego (the sire admin) has on his list to fix, see here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/634838.page

A good test is to click on the image and go to the gallery page, where you can zoom in. It should look clearer there.

I get around this by resizing the images in MS Paint and saving as a .png. It makes a large file, but that's fine! If you want to decrease file size you can use http://www.pixlr.com

But I think for just resizing MS Paint works great!

I like a width between 750 and 1000 pixels. If you make it this size, when you post your pics from the Dakka gallery just select full size instead of medium from the "share this image" dropdown (right under the image) and them copy the code from the Forums field right below that. Give it a try and let me know if it works for you - it's worth it for clearer pics, imo!

FYI if anyone is interested, my brother, who basically taught me everything I know regarding model making is getting back in to the hobby!

He just made this badboy which isn't bad after 5 years of doing nothing!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/714717.page

Check out his threads if you like gribble scary grim-darkness.

Love the Strigoi kitbash what are the base components?

@Ynneadwraith he is made out of the GW Strigoi model just heavily reposed and pinned.

Thanks dude I was hoping it wasn't the guy on top of the big undead dragon thingy as that'd get very expensive for just one little guy!

Plus, I don't quite have your skills with remodelling/reposing...

@ynneadwraith you should be able to pick him up as a separate item on eBay fairly easily chief. The best thing to do is not be scared about cutting up the plastic and go for it, only way to get better is to have a punt and I'm no expert, so many things I can't do that I would love to be able to.

Ah yes it's a double-kit isn't it? Hopefully the non-Strigoi chap is the more competitive option so there would be loads of the unwanted Strigoi loitering around...

No fear of chopping up the plastic but my GS skills are non-existent...

I suppose you've got to learn at some point!

just get yourself some basic sculpting tools and play, they are very cheap and what i have done on him is simply fill gaps which is a case of plug the hole then smooth it over. If you want advice there are many videos and stuff but also just PM me or many other folk on here. Whenever I have sent a question to another dakkanaut they have been incredibly helpful and friendly

First mess around session on CAD complete. The etch can go as thin as 0.1mm so plenty of room for play to explore real detail.

These are just the basic shapes though and working around the measurements we know we need to include from the etchers.

Going to have a bigger explore today.




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Starting to break in to the more detailed work now, it's surprisingly fascinating just watching the building process

I began work on my Collosus today. Due to the lack of conversion materials and sparse supply of the original range I am finding myself having to widen my search for parts to areas I would not normally explore. Generally speaking I don't rate using action figures for the hobby but the McFarlane range for Walking Dead are pretty decent quality when it comes to detail and this chap had a look I knew I could build on. Very VERY early stages but I have managed to settle him into a pose I am happy with for the moment and have a applied a base layer of bandage to sit under everything else.







Still to go will be to add a front to the collar that runs down the torso, armouring his forearms and shins, some kind of loin cloth and a scratch built great weapon. I still haven't decided whether to keep his head or replace it with a death mask or an eagle headdress. Plenty to be getting on with then.....

I'm really excited to see where that will go - I agree with you, action figures in the hobby tend to look like dressed up toys, but this one has a lot of potential! I think a headdress would tie in with the theme, death mask seems a shame when the face is so detailed.