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Thanks mate, here is a small update on Ivan.

Crazy Ivan. Bombslinger and part of the hullbreaching team of my Void Pirates.

Just wonderful Manus!

Nice. His collection of bombs turned out quite lovely.

Thanks guys. Was a little worried that all those boms, would make him too uniform and monochrome - but it worked out all right.

The new guy is great .

I can't believe I didn't find your blog earlier, Manus.
Your work is very inspirational, and shows the true grim side of 40k, exactly how I have always imagined it
Awesome work, excellent imagination and execution.
Well done, and thanks for sharing !

CHeers guys.And you are most welcome godardc, if you want to have more regular updates I'd suggest taking on my blogspot or FB page - links are in my signature.

Though Crazy Ivan came relatively easy to me, I have had somewhat of a struggle actually picturing those void pirates - or perhaps not the picturing, but how to actually turn that into miniatures. Not that easy to make the minis flashy and flamboyant and at the same time time keep them gritty and darkcore - which is still the way I want to go. But having thought it over during the weekend, I have come to the conclusion that they don't all have to be flashy - captain will of cause, but for the rest I'll try to focus on that they are actually pirates. A ramshackle horde of misfits, hardcore (though extremely romanticised) criminals - feared for their ferocity and their failing respect for human/xenos life. Thus the minis will reflect this side of things, hopefully showing some badass characters you'd make sure to hide from and you shouldn't be in doubt why they ended up pirates. I focus less on making them look like Caribbean pirates but still try to incorporate little reference bits and pieces - and hopefully draw them all to gether with the paintjob.


Next up is this bloke - not named yet - I wanted something brutal with a big gun for my hullbreaching team.

I think you're doing an admirable job of making flashy/grity void pirates, personally. This new brute looks great.

Cheers.
After quite a hiatus I think I'm back!

Tzaangors - love that kit so overly detailed and twisted. Pretty sure they will be be put to use loads in the future.
First use for me will be this - which I'm pretty sure will end up being an eldar pirate.

Great start!

Thanks a lot - in the end I actually really like how he (or she - who can really tell when it's eldar?) turned out.
I have been really impressed with the Tzaangors - very sinister and very terrible in just the right way.

That turned into an excellent build. Nicely done Manus. Beastman is looking quite menacing.

Thanks a lot.
Having a bit of a slump atm, so updates or visits here doesn't come that often.

Finished the next pirat, Gronk the beastman! Quite like how he enden up.

That Beastman is looking really ready for modern fighting!

Beastman looks great. Your ideas for conversions are awesome

Cheers guys. Has it been a long time? NO not at all....
I was finally able to finish a model again, so without further ado here is Hook - a big, brutal - but very kind - Void pirate.

Gorgeous, perfect flesh tones, both on the body and on the tentacle.

Fantastic work here - both on the builds and the paintwork following.