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so it is clear we hit the sifi phase now^^ that mini is a nice hommage to early fantasy/sifi stuff in the late cantury! i really like that lovley base... this will look sooo cool when painted... also i intend to steal away your mojo as to how you will do this as i am wanting to do flames for quite some time...

hmmm as for his left hand... i think there is a hand in the WFB imperial battlemage set that creates a flame... dunno if thats a lefty...i am a bit unsure to huis right hand i have to say...looks a bit too much but it depends on how the fluff explains what he is doing/having there...

gosh so many hours to wait til next update^^ (damn i didn´t want to pressurize^^)


vik

Hey guys , got something a little different for tonights update, i took two days off the Diorama and Ulshekis retinue to create an idea i had a while back , as some of you guys know i , have been planning on creating some characters from Phallanx Hive , Baron Dysarno the Imperial commander and his retinue, the badland troubadors the Commedia del arte and the vipers brat gang , so i made a little diorama from one of these ideas

its called.....



@Jackanory , hey matey , i think your scientific scavvies big heads go lodged in my subconcious a while back , and came out as this AE bounty guy the flames were done much the same as the gauss victim ,as you will see i have a very loose some would say messy style as long as its quick and looks alright , thats where iam at

@ Pekustin He Mate got a few more in the wings yep the fluff is on a conveyor belt powered by monkey trolls grots , they just keeop churning it out and i have to buy models to go with it

Glad to hear you did some work on your "pet" , hope we see an update in your blog soon , and i am seriously having withdrawl symptoms from your fluff

@ Vik yep star trek all the way with this guy thanks for the flame hand tip i shall have a looksee , that would be cool


Initiation

God, it looks good. Great job, Neil.

That is beautiful! You can just feel the tension between the two characters!

Nicely done , nicely done indeed!

Mike

I hope they are going to do the slow, cautious walk backwards thing and bump into each at the other end!

Look stunning Neil

Nice. Keep with the down and dirty style you got going, it really suits the underhive vibe

Nice use of space with this piece.

After a while the cyber-ninja's hair started to tweak my coat-tails as it looks like she's in the middle of an action sequence, but it works, think it adds a touch of movement to the scene, so all good there

And I've been wondering where those grots got to, I've had to do my own cooking and washing.
Which, to be fair, is an improvement.

at first i saw the pink head and it reminded me of that mutie guy from total recall...only to see some pics later IT IS that mutie guy from total recall...well i guess in a few minitues he wont be him anymore...against that assasin he won´t stand a chance...

that crumbled factory set looks almost like in real life... totally bombed out, wasted beyond use, safe for one use now : the grave of one of the two...


the light setting in the last but one pic is almost like it is the sun shining through the broken roof...almost as i can see you had it taken inside your house^^
all that again in two days... don´t you need food sleep and other things in your life? whoa...seems we have to safe up for some liguide nourishment to keep you in working shape!^^

really cool stuff....

vik

Cool diorama, nice minis as well, your skill at portraying industrial filth is unparalled (meant as a compliment). Whoever is playing the ninja is about to get a stealth kill +10 points. What range is the cyber ninjette from?

EDIT: OMG it's Benny!!!!

'Where the frak are you Quaid?!?!!!'
'SCCCCRRRRREEWWWWW YOOUUUU BENNNNYYYY!!!'

So good! You got any WIP shots? Would love to see how you did the terrain...

jackanory wrote:Yessss! What the hell is that? I love it! The fire effects on the base are great (much like the flaming gauss victim).
Where on Earth did you find the model?

+1 all the way

As for your latest work: really cool idea and you pulled it off. I gotta say, Neil, your painting is improving and it's showing! Keep it up, mate!

As Tobias Funke says:

You are blowing my mind neil!

Awesome work. Mutant reminds me of the one from total recall...

And I am stealing that flaming idea. Even if I have to buy some skellies just to make a flaming skull arm!

Bah... school is killin' me, but I love what's waiting for me here after not being able to check for a while!

First off, those nasty little The Mummy-esque scarabs... blech... in a good way. The movie send shivers up my spine with those lil' buggers chittering... swarming... HULK SMASH!! Scrolling and stopping on the pictures did much the same... good stuff!


Second- love the use of the Infinity ninja in the industrial complex fight- I don't know what side they are, only that it's Infinity and a ninja. AWESOME. I like the colors- purple and black. Sweet.

Keep it up- seeing other people work while I'm forced study is what keeps me going!

-HF Iz

LMAO^^

Neil, you are the rust meister! It is incredible how you get things to look so rusty, beaten, and well weathered over. Hats off to you!

Do you do a lot of spraying on that wall per chance?

Neil that looks ace. I really love the rust effect. The two models work well together too.

Peter

Hi all , thanks for the motivational comments

so this more of an ideas update than an actual look what i have been doing update i have to keep it short though as i have to pack , going to whitby for a nice 3day caravan camping break with the family

@scrazza thanks

@Mike Thank you , i was'nt very happy with the pose so i am glad it works for you mate i kinda thought he is looking the wrong way

@Chibi yep that would be funny, cheers matey

@Monkey yes i think this suits my style , i have a few more ideas i want to do with this simple quick and dirty style too .
thanks for noticing the space thing , i thought it was a little daring tbh , but it works
and yes the hair is just not that right , but niether is the mutants pose either , my original idea was a little different and i dont think i seperated the two well enough.

@Vik total mutie munda recall, i dont normally like using the flash but it worked in that last pic , and as for not needing rest , well its been a while since i poseted so , i think i had it cheers matey

@Perkustin thanks matey , industrial waste is my new middle name cyber ninjette is from infinity like izanagi said, their models are small but nicely detailed.

@Jackanory thanks , i have some wip shots will post in a miniute matey , i just sprayed black, used a artist tube of brown acrylic , so i can be wastefull , to sponge on rust , then boltgun metal highlights , then pastels for rust . very simple and quite effective, its much the same process as the tank a few pages earlier , but withou the the salt / hairspray weathering. I also use liquid nails and plenty of it to get that sludge effect on walls and the floor , then i used some wet effect from woodland secenics for the water. though varnish does the same job.

@Moltar thanks man , i had to paint better becuase the minis are so detailed , even smaller than the perry miniatures , but i used only washes on the cyber ninjette , after seeing weety and monkeys work , and same for the muties face. gonna tone down the scale of things and work much more like this from now on.

@manoknok glad you like mate , and feel free , all ideas are fluid right..

@hfizanagi hi matey , glad the scarbs did their job . i like the thought of doing a simple animation with the scroll idea , i was going to do it with the perry horeses actually to get the immpression of movement. , keep studying mate , or you will end up like me

@mike // yo man i got 12 kids to feed ...remember the three nipples mutey

@shazo cheers shazo

@Pdh yep, and thanks .




that was a lot of nice replies now i have to work even faster before my internet dies , and i get shouted at by Amber

so just wanted to show where my heads at at the moment . no real time to explain this stuff , so feel free to interpret it how you want

confrontation necromunda wiki http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Necromunda_Confrontation i will say i think i found a tenous link with the history of brats in confrontation. with the brats bizzare comic by pat mills http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=301534 they where both out around the same time , and look like one has copied an idea from the other , not sure which way round it was though. promotional qoute "The government-backed program sends the Superkind to bring the Brats back to "the Hive" and chaos ensues!"

also found a cool blog over at the eastern fringe http://easternfringe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6166

also found this pic in kid kyotos gallery


if you have not guessed yet i am thinking about doing the viper noble brat gang i like the thought of using the anima tactics models for the noble brats as they have that spoilt rich look and nice movement in their poses unlike the old gw brats that are pretty rare and pricey, and they look good but also a bit sterile.
found another nice link with some cool looking confrontation brats
http://www.gamehobby.net/photo_gallery/photo_gallery_necromunda.html
http://www.ironhands.com/mingangs.htm


and yep a mini tallern diorama. using some infinity haqislam minis and some guild of harmony sulpts for harwood hobbies when they are available
http://www.guildofharmony.com/sculpted_minis.php
http://www.harwoodhobbies.com/userimages/procart2.htm

Judging by the last two pics, you will do something desert themed? Something inspired by bedouins perhaps?

that women is beautiful.

Nice photo montages Neil. I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of them.

on a totally unrelated sidenote...: you´re a smoker or fingerprints on the lense?^^

that is a real mind blast of new creative ideas you dished out to us^^...seems a whole range of new projects is gathering inside you and need to come out...gosh there will be so much tension to realese them when your on your trip to the seaside...
will you go with brighter colors or will there be grim dark feel all over with the brats thing?
also i am looking forward on your take to a deserty feel dio...this will be a new thing...would love to see a big tent (for lack of a better word) from your hands...


have fun while with your family and then hopp back in the saddle to show us wonders^^

vik

I have missed a lot! Its all looking great, I like it... MMMMM

Hey guys holiday was .....pants Amber and Logan both suffered from a stomach bug , Rohan threw up on the way there, the caravan was in a smelly farmers field , too far from the beach , down a really busy and dangerous clifftop road not that you would have wanted to go tho the beach in the Hail stones rain and gusting blizzards , so in between cleaning sick emptying the caravan chemical waste unit and sheltering from the wind rain and hail bored out of our skulls , i decided that camping or caravaning at the coast is not really for me , these days its taken 3 days to recover although we found some nice fosils for diorama basing

But recover i did , and i have been researching the more grimadark aspects of 40k for the upcomming Old Ulsheki mini , that i shall present in ma blog now, he has already been in the rpg blog , but i have bigger plans for him now , and have really enjoyed looking at adepts , servo skulls and the like. i have created a little diorama base as a backdrop for the photos of him and also as a base for the flying servo skull. i thought i would post up the insperational pics i have been looking at . And some useful links.


@Scrazza , yep mate something Tallern is in my head , and has been for a while not sure when it will come out though.

@Peter yes she is ! lots of ideas at the moment nothing concrete yet.

@Vik Hiy mate, lots of ideas , buts thats all they are for the moment , i am changing tack with my aproach to modeling for now , i think i should concentrate on one little thing at a time , to try and get a better qaulity ,, this is me learning patience. and its not smoke or finger prints just light matey
brats will be bright i think.

@ Weety thanks weets , i tried washing those minis after seeing you and monkeys work, very happy with the results .

links colour wheel designer http://colorschemedesigner.com/

power cable tutorials and links to pewter cables http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2011/01/modeling-power-cables.html

black scorpion minitures http://www.blackscorpionminiatures.com/index.php great pirates and Nelson!!

guild of harmony painting tutorials are really helpfull http://www.guildofharmony.com/tutorials.php

Edit link to the wiki 40k oop collectors guide http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Collectors_Guide

so i still need to make an Adept for the diorama , it will be a custom sculpt as i think it will be fun then the fun painting will begin.
cheers everyone

I very much like the Cyber cherub, it looks very sculptural. Also i like the concept of having an old and young version of the same character adds alot of presence and history to the guy.

welcome back to the fold matey, you have been missed^^

so the seaside is not so good to visit this time of the year...to tell you the truth you was pretty envious about your trip...little did i know that the feeling it seems to be pretty wasted as you told us the trip was in most parts a fiasko...i hope your family is now again feeling better...my best wishes to your loved ones...

if perkustin hadn´t pointed out that there are now young vs older versions of your RT mini i wouldn´t have thought that way... seems i can be pretty dense some days^^

the servoskull is rather disturbing...in a good sense...full of top notch GS skill i might add^^ also ulsheki is one heck of a GS beauty... the creases and folds of his clothes look superb! and i really dig the flow of his cape, very dynamic!

the adeptus minis are somehow reflecting for me the more perverse nature of 40k...personaly i wouldn´t get me anytime at all such a mini, but i can still admire these when they are done in a good fashion^^
and i like your provided links, and felt also a pang of pride to even know one of them from an advanced training session sponsored by our reemplayment department...the colorwheel link! i think this is something every painter should take a look at...most helpful!

so again: nice to have you back and hope to see more soon^^


vik

Sorry to hear the hols weren't so good, always a bummer. Ulsheki is looking very cool there, and the cherub/servo-skull looks fantastic, want to see it in colour to get a better grasp of the details

Just read your post about your hols (sorry was distracted by the pics) it's sounds like an 80's farce movie. If it were, you would be John cleese or possibly Chevy Chase depending on which side of the pond.

i think being john cleese wouldn´t be that bad... however being chevy chase that would even hurt years afterwards such holidays...

The old guy with the whip and the cherub are really great. I hope I'll achieve something similar when it comes to making my own inquisitor for my campaign. Can't wait to see him painted!

Your holiday sounds brilliant.....I look back on those types of family holidays with fond memories....or maybe rose tinted glasses .

The servo skull cherub combo is looking real good. I'm looking forward to see how you tackle the paint job.

Peter

Great stuff! Your GS skills are really coming along!