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too bad all my bits for gaurdsmen have been used up
bah was doing some bits hammer and i need more plasma rifles for my tau >.<

i am not fortunate i am just a horder... and for this idea i am still lacking the most vital part... the beastman stuff... that is something i need to get my hands out for^^

endtransmission wrote:Yeah. If anyone feels like donating us any catachan, ork or beastmen bits that they have laying around...

Viktor von Domm wrote:i am not fortunate i am just a horder... and for this idea i am still lacking the most vital part... the beastman stuff... that is something i need to get my hands out for^^

Well, the heads and legs (which are really the essential parts) are very much used up, but I have all the beastmen arms you guys could ever want (ok, maybe not all you could ever want). Since I'm using ork arms, the beastmen arms just stay on the sprue in the closet. If you guys are interested in those, let me know

So not much modeling to report. Instead, I've been packing up our apartment since we're moving this weekend. Here is all of my 40k stuff packed into one place (opposed to scattered about the house like normal )

Sadly it's only the heads and legs I'm after too. I donated all my beastmen arms to my Ork playing friend for conversions

endtransmission wrote:Sadly it's only the heads and legs I'm after too. I donated all my beastmen arms to my Ork playing friend for conversions

Yeah, I was pretty sure the arms wouldn't be that useful, especially if you're using the Catachan ones

moving? where to? back to the states? o where now? job related or space realted due to your family increase?^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:moving? where to? back to the states? o where now? job related or space realted due to your family increase?^^

About a kilometer It's "our current landlord is cheating us" related We actually were thinking about moving before we found out about the illegalities, so it's not the worst thing that could happen.

uffff.... i hope your housing situation currently at denmark is not too grave... if i had to move here it would probably mean to get out of my `hodd...which i don´t want to under no circumstances... we leave in a very neat surrounding and it would be a stringing wound to do so... can´t you pray for a lil lightning bolt... only joking of course...

with small kids moving is a terrible thing to do by the way...

Well, I've been working intently on the Vostroyan 104th Mechanized Division, so not much happening with the Beastmen warband. However, I just accumulated enough store credit at the FLGS to pick up some sweet resin bases from Micro Art Studio.



I'm not super impressed with the quality, but I'm more than satisfied (especially since they were almost free )

I'm sure you'll be seeing some action with these guys soon, especially since next week is a holiday week. Woo Hoo!

Thanks for looking,
Rawson

Well rawsy those are some cool bases, but I thought you wanted to have a feral look for your beastmen

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
Well rawsy those are some cool bases, but I thought you wanted to have a feral look for your beastmen

Underhive feral, not jungle feral The feral part has more to do with their demenor, anyways (being aggressive, wild and crazy), since they've got shootas and such.

Alright cool I like under hive better anyway

actually ... if you ask me of my opinion...i think they are rather busy looking bases... but who looks a gift horse in it´s mouth, eh?

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
actually ... if you ask me of my opinion...i think they are rather busy looking bases... but who looks a gift horse in it´s mouth, eh?

Actually, I agree with you, Vik. I've been trying to figure out a way to cut them down a bit, to remove a few bits and bobs to make them less busy (and, of course, make some other sweet bases!) We'll see how it goes...

a heretical thought crosses my mind... what if you cover up some of that wth sand and PVA? i know probably a sin... but it would come to the desired effect...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
a heretical thought crosses my mind... what if you cover up some of that wth sand and PVA? i know probably a sin... but it would come to the desired effect...

^this, just paint it like powdered rust if it's in the underhive? they're nice bases but I think they have just a wee bit too much detail on them which could detract from the overall aesthetic of the mini's?

Oh, and I'm not stalking you!

I think Counts-As Orks is a good way to go. I am interested to see where this project goes.

 nerdfest09 wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
a heretical thought crosses my mind... what if you cover up some of that wth sand and PVA? i know probably a sin... but it would come to the desired effect...

^this, just paint it like powdered rust if it's in the underhive? they're nice bases but I think they have just a wee bit too much detail on them which could detract from the overall aesthetic of the mini's?

Oh, and I'm not stalking you!

*looks for the fly swatter....*

and yes you are right... i today used PVA and really fine sand as a means to make some rusty areas on a terrain piece i am building...

Viktor von Domm wrote:a heretical thought crosses my mind... what if you cover up some of that wth sand and PVA? i know probably a sin... but it would come to the desired effect...

nerdfest09 wrote:
^this, just paint it like powdered rust if it's in the underhive? they're nice bases but I think they have just a wee bit too much detail on them which could detract from the overall aesthetic of the mini's?

That is a heretical thought! I think if that's the look I go for, I'll salvage the detail underneath first

nerdfest09 wrote:Oh, and I'm not stalking you!

Uh huh.

Veteran Sergeant wrote:I think Counts-As Orks is a good way to go. I am interested to see where this project goes.

Thanks, Sarge! Glad to have you!

Got some sculpting done tonight: still got some detail to do (ears, strap, faceplate), but you can see where he's going

Pretty happy with how it turned out


Nom nom nom

CC much appreciated, as always

Thanks for looking,
Rawson

looking cool so far Rawson! Do you plan on sculpting a bald neck, or adding a nice beastman furry mane! I would go for the fur

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
looking cool so far Rawson! Do you plan on sculpting a bald neck, or adding a nice beastman furry mane! I would go for the fur

That's a good question, I hadn't thought about it yet. What to do, what to do...

good sculpting... and thank the lords you didn´t sculpt a lolling toungue... i had a slight jar jar feel for a second there^^

might be due to the longer horns^^

but if you are able to sculpt a lower jaw like that... there is no stopping you it seems!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
good sculpting... and thank the lords you didn´t sculpt a lolling toungue... i had a slight jar jar feel for a second there^^

might be due to the longer horns^^

but if you are able to sculpt a lower jaw like that... there is no stopping you it seems!

Thanks, Vik! I plan on adding a tongue later, but certainly not a long, lolling one! I am pretty happy with how the jaw turned out (it really helps to do thinks in stages! More than I thought it would!) I'm still quite nervous about how to go about sculpting the entire lower half of this guy. I thought about hacking apart nob legs, but I don't think that will really work. My current plan is to use sprue with paperclip joints and GS on top. I guess it's not the sculpting that worries me, but getting the beastmen-esque leg proportions right.

hmmm... the sprue way sounds like a healthy plan... am i right in assuming you have no real ungor or other beastman at hand? these might be helpful for scale...

iirc storag has some fanatstic deeds done ot his upright orks that might be helpful too... and i cant recall where but someone here has already done some expert work on beastmen that might be of use for you...

The use of Ork torsos was a very good call. I did some similar conversions using the original beastman torsos, but the ork arms don't work as well. Yours are better I think.

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
hmmm... the sprue way sounds like a healthy plan... am i right in assuming you have no real ungor or other beastman at hand? these might be helpful for scale...

iirc storag has some fanatstic deeds done ot his upright orks that might be helpful too... and i cant recall where but someone here has already done some expert work on beastmen that might be of use for you...

I have plenty of gor legs about, but they are approx. 50% too small to use as Beastmen Nob legs. They are however helpfull for studying proportions.

I do love Storag's orks, but it's the double jointed legs that are throwing me off, so the orks don't help.
Maiajin has some great 40k beastmen, but he is running with a SW codex, so no nobs there to copy

Keep the ideas coming, my friend!


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kestral wrote:
The use of Ork torsos was a very good call. I did some similar conversions using the original beastman torsos, but the ork arms don't work as well. Yours are better I think.

Hey, thanks, Kestral! I'm glad you enjoy them!

well then of course eaby might lend a hand here for scale...OR... do you own any horses at all that you might be able to make a pressmould from? hmmm.... just had a look at my own horses... if you make pants for them anyways you would get away with this... PM me if you need a borsebody if you aint got one atm to spare... i have even white metal ones...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
do you own any horses at all that you might be able to make a pressmould from? hmmm.... just had a look at my own horses... if you make pants for them anyways you would get away with this... PM me if you need a borsebody if you aint got one atm to spare... i have even white metal ones...

Now that is an interesting idea! I had an old fantasy horse close that seemed too small, but I'll check out the Vostroyan stable and see what it looks like. Great idea!

well... if you do need some assistance i can arrange a photoshoot with the imperial stable too...

Well, that was stupid...

I was on eBay, picking up a few bits for the 104th, and I thought I'd make use of the combined shipping that so many bits dealers offer. I decided to pick up a few extra bits for a random side project that I've been kicking around. Let's just say it got a little out of control. To make matters worse, the original item I was actually needing got sniped at the last second. Long story short, I've won about $60 worth of bits, for a side project that isn't very well thought out, because I wanted to make use of the $2.99 shipping that I was going to pay on the bit that I didn't win. I guess that's what I get for staying up late...

In other words, keep an eye out for my Tertiary Diversionary Project