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good fluff, an assassin i thought deathcult maybe. good find with the pitslaves , looks forward to seeing cadavers version

PDH wrote:

Cadaver - I love spending time look through my bits box and other peoples for that matter. I like the idea of your pit slave, very much how I see them too. The only thing, I think you may have problems with, is that if you're using the sorceress she is so pretty! I saw some pretty cool pit slaves over on the Eastern Fringes http://easternfringe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7813" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> http://easternfringe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7813.

Peter

This one definitely won't be pretty. I think one of the things that appeals to me about the Sorceress model is that I like the challenge of taking a "pretty" model and making it something completely different. My first reaction upon seeing all the models was to gravitate towards the necromancer. But that was to easy and too comfortable for me. I'm used to making stinky, creepy models(just look at my deathguard! ) so I'm really excited to push myself out of my comfort zone on this one and really try and do something new.

Also, my new avatar might give you an idea of where I'm going with the model.

I'm really excited to see where you go with this actually, Cadaver - I've never seen a pit slave done particularly gothically, which is strange as they're probably most suited to just that!

Seeing the sprues has set me off a little - formulating plans for how it'll all come together now Roll on July!

@Baiyuan - Yes, in fact I'm working on 2 other male pitslaves along with my Goliath gang. One based off of Straken, and one from the pit slave champion model. With the female one for this contest I may end up just doing a full pit slave gang. I've got alot of projects already, so we'll see.

@Scarper - Yeah, I'm honestly surprised at the lack of pit slave models in general. Some of those in the Eastern Fringe thread are cool, but a few are too silly looking for me. I think the biggest problem I'll have is trying to keep it from looking too Dark Eldar.

Pretty? Sorry, but no matter how hard I try, the DE female-dog is not pretty! The body is nice of course, the typical "I-sculpt-for-GW-and-never-met-a-girl"-thing, but her face...YUCKY!

I'm glad I won't leave much of it showing on mine.
And that arm, don't get me started, so anorexia nervosa is a problem in dark elf societies too.

Love that chain cape, very nice...

Nice fluff too Baiyuan.

Very eager to see peoples' creations now (very premature i know! )

Baiyuan - Pretty is comparative. If all the models on that page were real and you had to chose one to err marry....I assume you would choose the Necromancer!

Neil - Thank you again for the background information you sent me, last week. I've managed to have a read through all of it now and it has given me a few more ideas for this project. (I'm being deliberately vague as to what Neil sent me).

In other news I got a message back from JRN who is

"I'M IN!"

Baiyuan please can you add him to the front page when you get a chance.

Peter

Oh sure, I totally forgot!
Welcome to the team JRN!

Now im really developing an inferiority complex...

@Vitruvian- you kidding? I'm getting excited to work with all of my favorite artists on Dakka! This will be almost as good as sitting at a round table with everyone participating, drinking whatever it is you'll have (red wine, sake, or something hard on ice for me) and talking shop- either, converting, painting technique, modelling, favorite ranges...

That would be sweet- I have so many questions to ask... have so many requests for personal demonstrations of people's techniques...

Alas, seeing everyone's works here will have to suffice!

-Remi (HF Iz)

P.S. Lol... I just saw Panic's thread too... aha ha ha hah... Congratulations, gentlemen, for inspiring an entire wing of people to play the game!

-EDIT-
Just clicked the links... why, God, WHY are the sorcerers not Finecast?? I was hoping they'd be resin... easier cutting and conversion...

Yeah, i was joking! Im just amazed how many awesome 40k celebs are in this...

That was the whole point of the challenge wasnt it? That they were all plastic and a splash release.

So wait... are they plastic...?

-EDIT- LOL... nevermind. I'm an idiot and can't read... running a mile a minute right now after 3 cups of coffee.

What's going on guys? Hyperactive boosts of excitement? Well I'm in for that.
I said it before, I'll say it again, it's gonna be a blast!
And I really don't care wether they are finecast, plastic or solid titanium, nothing is going to stop me from forming them according to my designs.


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PDH wrote:Baiyuan - Pretty is comparative. If all the models on that page were real and you had to chose one to err marry....I assume you would choose the Necromancer!

If I had to, I'd go for the tzeentch sorcerer, if I "marry" him good, who knows maybe I get a nice mutation. Yeah ok, you won, I'd rather "marry" the sorceress, even though she's what we call "Gesichtsgrätsche" in German. (Literally "face straddle(-vault)")

Baiyuan wrote:What's going on guys? Hyperactive boosts of excitement? Well I'm in for that.
I said it before, I'll say it again, it's gonna be a blast!
And I really don't care wether they are finecast, plastic or solid titanium, nothing is going to stop me from forming them according to my designs.


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PDH wrote:Baiyuan - Pretty is comparative. If all the models on that page were real and you had to chose one to err marry....I assume you would choose the Necromancer!

If I had to, I'd go for the tzeentch sorcerer, if I "marry" him good, who knows maybe I get a nice mutation. Yeah ok, you won, I'd rather "marry" the sorceress, even though she's what we call "Gesichtsgrätsche" in German. (Literally "face straddle(-vault)")

Lol... yea... this is bad though... facing caffeine burn-out, but I'm only 3 hours into work... bagh... I can dream about how I'll approach the transformation of my sorcerer while I do my reports and activity summaries... Soul crushing garbage, man, but I can't knock the buying power...

And I spit up my coffee on the "face straddlevault", aka donkey... Bwahaaha ha ha haha...

-Remi (HF Iz)

Baiyuan - Since GW changed the background and the Chaos Gods play nice these days.... marry the Tzeentch Sorcerer and get him to introduce you to some of his Slaaneshi friends.

It could be the beer talking but face straddle doesn't sound like a bad thing?

Believe me Peter, it's not a nice thing to say.

As I wrote in my blog, only progress today wasn't hobby related, yet satisfying.
Yesterday I worked on my wizard though and I'm really torn now. I have two approaches for her companion, two very different base models that is.
Let's say here companion will be canine in the widest sense. I had actually started converting it on a rather small and simple base model, it would make a normal dog-sized companion, but I can't really see it turning out the way I would imagine it. The other base model is pretty big, almost to big, about shoulder high, but it has all the looks I can base my conversion on, I can see it already. Poor me, what am I going to do?

PDH wrote:
Neil - Thank you again for the background information you sent me, last week. I've managed to have a read through all of it now and it has given me a few more ideas for this project. (I'm being deliberately vague as to what Neil sent me).

Peter

It was a pair of bunny ears and a new testemant bible

No worries mate, I didnt bother to read it either so i will be just as in the dark as everyone eles


Well I have considered all the models and read a bunch of grimdark fluff , and iam still no nearer to a decision on the mini , i can feel it my bones now , though , so it wont be long , unless thats just the Dark elf resurection spell so guys do we post the wip models and fluff in here , or in our blogs ?

neil101 wrote:

PDH wrote:
Neil - Thank you again for the background information you sent me, last week. I've managed to have a read through all of it now and it has given me a few more ideas for this project. (I'm being deliberately vague as to what Neil sent me).

Peter

It was a pair of bunny ears and a new testemant bible

No worries mate, I didnt bother to read it either so i will be just as in the dark as everyone eles


Well I have considered all the models and read a bunch of grimdark fluff , and iam still no nearer to a decision on the mini , i can feel it my bones now , though , so it wont be long , unless thats just the Dark elf resurection spell so guys do we post the wip models and fluff in here , or in our blogs ?

*looks at bunny ears on one hand and new testament in the other*

I think we should do it in both. And yes, how do you guys want to post our progress? I think the obvious choice would be here, but should we have the option of posting on our own personal blogs as well?

@Baiyuan- in my caffeine-induced rush this morning, I read a previous comment about scale- Great idea, actually, using Epic 40K tanks to portray the Assassin looking at a caravan... I was looking at a Baneblade or variation thereof... kinda big, being about 25mm in length... I'll have to see if I can get some soldiers and/or smaller vehicles cheaply. Or, if forced to put the superheavy on the same 40mm base max, that'd have to put him pretty high, a 100 to 120mm-high pedestal stemming from the base, but I don't think it'd be convincing.. I'll think on this more. The model itself will not change, but the idea presented is excellent.

-Remi (HF Iz)

Definitely all here! It's supposed to be our creative hub.
I'm already preparing my next fluff update...

As Baiyuan said, definitely in here. Whilst my Inquisitor (in my blog) is related to the Wizard I'll be converting, all Wizard related stuff will be in here. Though I will probably put the finished model in my blog after this group blog dies out.



Its big and pink and made me laugh.....not sure why though.

Neil - we made a promise never to tell anyone about the bunny ears and the bible it was a special night.....

Peter

PDH wrote:

Neil - we made a promise never to tell anyone about the bunny ears and the bible it was a special night.....

Peter

Not that special , had better , old testemant all the way from now on


so i have seen the light, finally have an idea for the mini oh yesss, its got me all excited too ,



unlike PDH did

Baiyuan wrote:Welcome to the team JRN!

Thanks for the invite.

Haven't decided on the subject or model to work on yet. But they all look very nice.
Currently I am drawn the most to the Chaos Sorcerer and the Necromancer...

Has anyone thought about mixing the various wizard parts to form their character?

JRN - Morning. Thanks for joining us.

I'm planning on buying two of the sorcerers. One for the base model and another for a certain part.

Neil - LOL - I bet you really dance like that!

Mixing two wizards sounds perfectly ok to me.

We shouldn't apply to many restricitions anyway, why would we? We don't have to worry about how comparable the outcomes of our projects will be, there will be no judging.
So have fun and don't hinder your imagination with stupid things like "oh no, my base is 1cm bigger then suggested!" or "I want to replace the chest, but it says "use the body" in the rules.

It would be nice if the finished models could somehow be related to the wizards, but before all follow your vision. I'm confident that there is noone in our contest who will come up with anything not worth drooling over, so who cares what parts are being used or how big it is.

Clicking on your link and browsing through your gallery I only realized "who you are". JRN didn't really ring a bell for me (except for your recent and glorious duchess) and I didn't know where to place the name Jakob Nielsen, but then I realized that you're responsible for some of my favorite miniatures (my alltime favorite is the "mercenary captain"). I don't like the extreme idolization of people in internet forums, but I always found your stuff very inspiring. Even though I always get your work mixed with Mike Anderson's, don't know maybe it's the colors.
Looking forward to see what you come up with... like with every other participant tbh. Little more than a week now...

Jakob Nielsen... of the horse-head robo-centaur ballerina??

If that is you, welcome aboard- this group project is getting more and more exciting by the minute! Impressive work, and that aforementioned model is just something out of this world. (in a good way, nay, in a great way)


If that doesn't happen to be you... My apologies, but welcome aboard either way. I look forward to working with you.

My Tzeench wizard turned 40k alien infiltrator is on pre-order... but cannot come soon enough...

-Remi (HF Iz)

That's him Remi, it's called "the duchess".

Hey welcome aboard JRN, i just realised that i am your only friend on on dakka I think i must have been asleep to not notice that the Blanche millar horse , was by you

When peter linked it a while back i was floored ,well blanche is my fave painter of all time . I even stole your tutu deisgn for a cape ( but messed it up becuase i didnt follow your tutorial ,

then i noticed your work on cool mini or not and again was impressed at the standard, very creative and equal amounst of skill at painting and moddeling , a rare thing indeed.

My god am i gushing ... welcome aboard fella , this competetion is such a cool way to share and learn , i am busting to see what comes out of it in september .

Congrats again to our hosts Baiyuan and Peter

How does one get invited to this?

jackanory wrote:How does one get invited to this?

The first one to actually ask, how to join. Speaks volumes of a person...

There is basicly nothing you can do now to get invited. (You must have missed the angry mobs that recently formed to tar and fether Peter and me, for not inviting all the lovely, interested people.)

The things one could have done beforehand are:
a) to create miniatures that appeal to Peter's and my sense of art/coolness
b) to be part of our little creative community, ie to be a regular on our blogs or have us as regulars in your blog (in the internet those people are then considered friends)

Both things apply to you and funnily Peter and I just simultaneously sent each other PMs, saying that we forgot you in our initial lineup and that this wouldn't have happened, if it had not been for your forced hiatus due to leaving Nippon.

We started this whole contest a bit hastily due to overexcitement and we didn't take the time to invite everybody first, which would have been the smarter move. Since there wasn't that much news from you recently, we somehow just didn't think of you in the invitation stress.

Since Peter and I, without having talked to each other, both have agreed that it's strange we didn't think of you earlier, there is no way we're not making up for that mistake.
Expect your official invitation soon.

In other news, even though the week is a bit busy, I actually had an hours time to clean up mold lines on my wizard's familiar. Plenty mold lines on it, so there also was plenty time to think about what conversions need to be done to it.
It's all still pretty vague, I'm not 100% sure about the pose yet and I really want to have the stupid wizards now, to start playing with different poses and settings.

And i thought i was those bunny ears and bibles ... pft!!