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It always amuses me how much you beat yourself up over stuff Remi, the scenery looks great! Nice and grimy

Love Lucan's red bodyglove too, very sexy.

 Vitruvian XVII wrote:
It always amuses me how much you beat yourself up over stuff Remi, the scenery looks great! Nice and grimy

Love Lucan's red bodyglove too, very sexy.

I can't help myself... The damn thing makes me cringe every time I look at it, "as is". But put some figures on top of it, and it's freakin' sweet!

And for Lucan- thanks! I did say he's much farther on, and like our original convo, I said I was going for more of a brown, ranger-look to him. And I'm following through with that. That reddish brown was the base coat with the first layer of shadow going in. His final will be a lighter, orange-tan-brown color. He's looking pretty damn good, and I'm aiming for at least one figure per week when I'm not focusing on terrain.

I'll try to get some updates on Lucan's current look up this weekend!

-Remi

Good morning, Dakka!

As promised, updates of Lucan much farther along… finished, in fact!

Overall, I’m pretty pleased with his scheme and paint job, seeing as how I paint about twice a year… a horrible, horrible habit, and with my finishing my grad degree last year, and the new year, I’m shooting for at least 1 mini a week. Enough of my posturing, enjoy Lucan’s final pics-

From the side – I wanted to go for some kinda cowboy look, and my initial thoughts were Doc Holliday from the old Tombstone movie (“I’ll be ya huckleberry” ) But I didn’t want to do a full grey suit, otherwise my entire team is going to be true Inquisitor colors… not a bad thing… but they’re rag-tag, nothing dispels that better than matching uniforms… the end result was Doc’s grey coat, mixed with a bit of Confederate stripes, and that brown body-glove suit that I had wanted for him while doing his conversion work.



From the front – Did a bit of OSL… something… on his goggles. I think they turned out ok. I thought of just making green glass, but it wouldn’t show up at all or be noticeable under the brim of his hat. Hence, crap… OSL… something.



From the other side/back – used a bit of ground up pastel chalk on his cloak to give it weathered look. They’re fun to use, but I’m going to work on layering a bit more orange into the bottom, possibly tan, just to give the weather a bit more flavor. I like the dusty look... very cowboy!



Time to figure who to do tonight – continue with ‘Major Kusanagi’? Or maybe start on her blade-wielding sister? Or continue on Estav? Montreaux will be a while longer – I took off the copper whip and decided to buy from Zinge industries, on Vit’s recommendation. Otherwise, he’d be my clear choice for the next model.

Thanks for stopping by- comments and critiques are always welcome!

-Remi

Looks very very cool indeed! Totally did not expect that colour for the bodyglove but it works wonderfully well. The OSL seems to have worked okay, a good try but definitely keep doing more The weathering looks good too, nice and dusty, much better than if it was simply a plain cloak.

On my side of things, went into my old room and found this under the bed, score!

LOL… thanks Vit. Will be practicing some form of OSL on most of these figures, and may have to PM you on how to do “power blades” (like your Admech guy’s wicked axeblade) a bit later. I didn’t think the scheme was going to work out, but yea, it seems to have fit into place.

… come to think of it, there was something I was going to ask your help on… but for the life of me, I can’t seem to recall it at the moment… Andraste’s flaming arsecheeks! I grow old, and my mind grows feeble… when/if I remember it, I’ll be sure to mention it.

And here’s the next figure- decided to go with Agent Libra’s swordwielding twin- Virgo. It was more of a color-test of sorts, but one I was very pleased with, in terms of the color choices and overall composition/coordination.









The only part I've really started is the shading down and a bit of the shading up on the leggings. I'm hoping that I can finish the armor bits tonight, so I can focus on the skin and hair of the model before working on the base. Possibly put a bit of weathering chalk around her boots/base...

Questions

1) Not sure what to do with the belt in front yet. I’m thinking black, and the center circular part an anchor color – green, perhaps?

2) I’m looking at that expressionless moon-face, and the more I do, the more I’m considering making it some sort of “(Wo)Man in the Iron Mask” type deal… or perhaps porcelain, like a Japanese Noh mask…

3) Original skin idea was going to be a SoB Fleur tattoo, probably front/hip area, or buttock... but with that Iron Mask/Noh idea, I'm starting to think a LOT of knife-fighting scars... totally mar her "beauty" and go a bit... darker.


That’s it for now. I’ll be back at my painting desk this evening again, so I should be much further along on this model when we update sometime tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by!

-Remi

Good morning yet again, Dakka!

In keeping with (one of) my New Years Resolutions, I’ve got progress on Agent Virgo, aka “The Head Huntress”.

Despite my questions and possibilities I left for myself in the last post, I decided to try the 100% skin version first. Much better than her sister’s attempt, that’s for sure!



For her black armor pieces, I’m still meandering between using greys and blues to highlight them and possibly put battle damage, or just go straight grey and boltgun metal like it’s kinda going towards… or some mixture in between. I hate painting black…





The swords are still raw, as is the skull tied to her belt. The swords, I’m going to attempt to do the powersword effect you see on the current gen Grey Knights… but inactive and giving off no OSL light, like the GW 'Eavy Metal ones. The skull isn’t going to share her hair-color at all… probably some grayish/pale green palette of rot and similarly grayish hair... don't know why I did that, honestly.

Finally, I’m considering some form of OSL off the lantern hanging off behind her. I’ve never attempted anything like that before, so any hints or tips as to where the light should fall, how intense… what tools to use (airbrush? Regular brush only?)… it would be much appreciated.

Thanks for stopping by! At least 200 views, and not a single comment? LOL… is it that bad? Comments and critiques are always welcome!

-Remi

Damn that looks awesome! You really nailed the skin this time for sure, the hair stands out as particularly sweet too.

Powersword effect should look boss, especially because she has two blades

As for the OSL, its far easier to airbrush it for sure, there are some good tutorials here on dakka in the tuts section, MajorTom's one is always a good start. I find subtlety to be the best approach with osl. After all, you can always add paint, but it's a lot harder to take it away! With a small lantern like that i'd expect it to very dimly graze her back with the light. The light shouldn't reach the ground imo.

 Vitruvian XVII wrote:
Damn that looks awesome! You really nailed the skin this time for sure, the hair stands out as particularly sweet too.

Powersword effect should look boss, especially because she has two blades

As for the OSL, its far easier to airbrush it for sure, there are some good tutorials here on dakka in the tuts section, MajorTom's one is always a good start. I find subtlety to be the best approach with osl. After all, you can always add paint, but it's a lot harder to take it away! With a small lantern like that i'd expect it to very dimly graze her back with the light. The light shouldn't reach the ground imo.

Thanks man!

And yes, key word should look boss if I can pull it off. Also do not know how to do it, so I'm going to research powerswords and roll it around in my head if I should use blue-tac and masking tape + airbrush, or just have a go at wet blending + regular brush...


Thanks for the tips- and yes, I've checked MajorTom's stuff. Very good article that also has info on airbrushing power blades as well. I've kinda been thinking that I might do a bit of "flare" on the rims, but the lantern has two open sides- none of which face the model directly. I thought it was a 360-degree glass body with metal top/bottom for some reason... Turns out only two side windows. From that angle and distance, plus what I imagine is a weak light source, I'm reconsidering the whole thing- I don't think it'd even touch her back at all... otherwise it'd end up looking like super-faint, barely noticable yellow highlights...

Anywho, she's almost done. Next post will be her finished pics. Just the skull, blades, and lantern light left to do!

-Remi

Good good, Im busy revising for the next exam now :/ Might be able to do some stuff, not sure.

Looking forward to seeing more progress!

 Vitruvian XVII wrote:
Good good, Im busy revising for the next exam now :/ Might be able to do some stuff, not sure.

Looking forward to seeing more progress!

It's all good, Vit. I've got plenty more to work on and post- unfortunately, there was absolutely NO work done over the weekend... Trying to burn through Darksiders II...

Anywho, I'll get down to it tonight. I might try the blades on Virgo, or I'll go back to Libra, seeing as how I've gotten some practice in on 2 models already.

-Remi

P.S. - You asked how our campaigns will affect one another to make it truly global... I think I've got a couple of ways. I'll send you the draft stuff sometime early this week.

Good morning yet again, Dakka!

Did a bit of work on… quite a few things, though I only managed to get pictures of the figures this time around. (also did some scenery painting and we know how that turned out last time… *shudder*)

Agent Virgo

Virgo is very near done. I’ve got a bit of OSL work to do on the lantern behind her, but I don’t think it’ll be touching the figurine at all due to the placement distance and weird “side” windows. Just the sword, skull, and lantern windows… I settled on a mixture of metals, blues and greys for battle damage and highlights on the black armor… still not quite satisfied with it, but I’m sure it’ll work itself out in the end. I also decided to put some weathering powder (pastel chalk mixtures) on the legs and bases of all figures. This gang is meant to be my gang… aka an NPC/GM warband. I wanted to give them an image like they didn’t just step off their super sanitary gun cutter, but have been wading through the dusty streets and dirt in search of the enemy for some time. Onward to the pictures!











Agent Lucan Pydren

Lucan hasn’t changed that much. I had already given him some weathering powder on his coat, and figured that coat would be swishing around his leggings. SO, I added powder to his leggings and base.




Adept Edward Aelric

I ask forgiveness in advance- the pictures do not do the deep red justice (first pics taken with a digital camcorder and this round taken by my new camera). But I think out of all the figures, I’m most satisfied with Ed’s weathering around his boots and bottom of his Alchemis… er, Adeptus robes the most.







Like I said, scenery was started yesterday night as well, just didn’t get any pictures. Perhaps tonight? Thanks for stopping by. Comments and critiques are always welcome!

-Remi

Just a short update for today. I received my order of flexible 1mm cable/wire and resin grates from Zinge Industries yesterday, suggestion courtesy of Vit (page 1). Effin’ sweet! I used some of the cable to replace the copper wire stand-in for Montreaux’s whip. Damn thing looks lovely!! Thanks for the advice!!

Zinge Industries, folks- I’m officially a fan. http://zinge.co.uk/

And here’s Montreaux with his brand-spankin’ new toy: Also added a new, barbed head instead of the standard diamond-point spear head I had on previously.






And finally, started on the Chem Plant that I finished making/primering a few weeks back during Christmas. Normally, I’d have more done if I had access to my airbrush, but yesterday and the night before, my wife and I were dogsitting a friend’s rescue dog. Cute little guy, but for some reason the dog totally flipped at the sound of my mini-compressor … SO… had to do this all by hand , and find out that the CD spools weren’t taking to the paint very well … but, it got done eventually . It’s just the basecoat for now, but I’ll be adding the dings, rust, grime, soot stains, etc. a bit later, plus some industrial-number decaled/painted on there.



Might have to break down tonight and primer Montreaux- I've been dying to paint him...

-Remi

Awesome update guys, really enjoying this blog...

And, hello cheeky...

 HF Izanagi wrote:
Agent Virgo

Sorry, couldn't resist...

That Zinge cable seems to have done a fantastic job! He really does come up with some fantastic ideas Love the fact that you're muddying everything up too, my kind of painting!

I'll the agree that you especially nailed the mud on Ed, looks very realistic. Virgo looks sweet! Seriously nice colour scheme, everything gels very well, that armour is cool.

 Ruglud wrote:
Awesome update guys, really enjoying this blog...

And, hello cheeky...

 HF Izanagi wrote:
Agent Virgo

Sorry, couldn't resist...

@ Ruglud -

Vitruvian XVII wrote:That Zinge cable seems to have done a fantastic job! He really does come up with some fantastic ideas Love the fact that you're muddying everything up too, my kind of painting!

I'll the agree that you especially nailed the mud on Ed, looks very realistic. Virgo looks sweet! Seriously nice colour scheme, everything gels very well, that armour is cool.

Definitely- thanks for the suggestion. I should have done it earlier! The weathering... yea, just got into the feeling after putting some dust on Virgo. Looked at the other two and felt like they need to be similar if they've been tromping around together for X amount of time against the enemy.

And in regards to Ed, I think it's the textures and damage on the metal plates on his feet... adds another dimension or some such? Hell, I dunno, but yes, out of all of them, I feel like I got him right. (most of all)

Primered Montreaux yesterday, and that went perfectly despite it being freezing temps here in the city. I'll get to painting him tonight with PIPs tomorrow morning! Thanks for stopping by!

-Remi

Good morning yet again, Dakka! Sorry for the long absence! I recently ran out of a few key paints doing scenery and other non-Vanaheim related art... and just got in the new Citadel paint set, courtesy of the missus!



Hmm... Technicals? Drys? Guess I'll be devoting this Sunday to learning how to use the new set...

I did make a bit of progress on the most recent Chem Plant, burning out whatever was left of my Boltgun Metal pot to finish ABing the main structure. I'll be going in with a brush later to get the hard-to-reach areas (undersides, nooks/crannies).. Also gotta figure out how to do the "rust" and crap look to it. Anyone have a step-by-step they're willing to share on how to weather/paint a structure to make it look run down as all hell?




And one final note, the supply drop is not quite finished yet... waiting for one more thing... actually, the concepting and ideas floating around with this guy has probably been the thing that's stopped me the most from getting to my paint desk.

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Some of you may be wondering (or maybe I'm just talking to myself? ) "Why are you making so many Inquisitor bands?"

Simple Answer: Some are NPCS...
Long Answer: This will not be the last campaign you'll see them in... thinking of delving into the 54mm Inquisitor rules for a deeper campaign experience focused on the human aspect rather than tactical. And while some may be the main stage actors on Vanaheim, they may not be for the following Campaign.

Enjoy, comments, critiques, and a step-by-step on how to make busted up buildings are always appreciated!

-Remi

Good morning Dakka!

I got the rest of my supply drop on Sat night from my cousin, who provided me the new Chaos Lord for WHFB. I saw that model and thought, “Damn… I could make him into Batman… Gotham City’s original Inquisitor!” Anywho, enough of that, here’s where I’m at working on the “Black Knight”:

I first chopped off his horns and sanded off the nubs – no Hellboy action here.



Here’s where it got funky- I didn’t exactly think my execution through. I used Tyranid claw fingers to make his pointy ears instead of GS/wire. However, I didn’t solidify the method to get them there. I should have made L cuts into the head and squared out the bases of the claws to have a perfect fit. Didn’t do that, and it worked… kinda. Almost gave up at this point… but pushed onward.



I… AM… BATMAN!! Er.. BLACK KNIGHT!!




Some work on the body. I’m not gluing it together until all sanding and most of the GS (if it’s separate) is finished.


Work on the other half of the body. One pad is going to be more Space Marine-esque with heavy embellishment, while the other (the "ram/demon head" is going to be made into a stylized "Bat". And of course, the symbol on his chest, probably strapped across with grenades and extras.



Some armament ideas



How could the Black Knight ever go without his Bat-Servitor, A1-Fr3D? Made from an IG servitor and WHFB Necromancer's neck cowl accessory.



I’m on a roll for this guy, so I’ll continue work tonight. I’ve put a mini-stormbolter courtesy of my Contemptor Dread, and I’m also thinking…

Should I put on his armguard blades(3 blades per arm)? Or, I was thinking of putting reverse-chain bayonets to push him a bit farther into the grimdark universe…

Anywho, I’ve got fluff for this guy already set- I’ll put that up as soon as I’m further along with the model! Thanks for stopping by! Comments and critiques are always welcome!

-Remi

You're making Inquisitor Bands because it is F'ING FUN!

That cowl sculpt is brilliant!...

 Briancj wrote:
You're making Inquisitor Bands because it is F'ING FUN!

Damn straight, it is. I've already got ideas for the rest of the "family" too...

Drazuul wrote:That cowl sculpt is brilliant!...

Thank you for the kind words, Drazuul! It was looking really, really bad in the second pic, especially with the sunken cheeks and the backside head bumps from the added horns. Reminded me a bit of the middle guy here in this pic, actually...



Glad that the "Black Knight" WIPs made an impression on you all. Tonight will probably be more sanding on the body components, plus start GS work on his wrist-mount Stormbolter and the Bat symbol on his chest. I'll be waiting for Kit, the Zinge Industries guy get back from the Hammerhead show so we can talk about me ordering some wire and other components in bulk for Inquisitor Kain's suit. Stay tuned!

-Remi

You're making a Space Batman Inquisitor? That's amazing. I have been tempted to convert one of these Chaos Lords myself but I don't think I can do anything as cool as Space Batman. I'm a huge Batman fan. I'm interested to see how it goes, smoothing the chaos symbols off the armour looks like hard work.

I have to admit I am not a fan of the base models you have used on a few of your other conversions, not because they are bad models but just because they are a touch too anime for my tastes. But your painting has been first rate and I can't fault the work you have done, really nice job.

I'll definitely be following more closely now Batman is involved though. I think you are onto a winner by taking GW base models and applying your own asthetic onto them (comic book or anime, whatever), rather than grimdarking up some anime-looking models.

PS - to Vit, how is Inquisitor Ignatius Camille coming along? Was looking great last time we saw him.

 Bruticus wrote:
You're making a Space Batman Inquisitor? That's amazing. I have been tempted to convert one of these Chaos Lords myself but I don't think I can do anything as cool as Space Batman. I'm a huge Batman fan. I'm interested to see how it goes, smoothing the chaos symbols off the armour looks like hard work.

Thank you - and as another huge Batman fan, I totally agree. Any hint on what you wanna do with your Chaos Lord? And yes, the knee spike w/ eight stars... effin' garbage, man. I'm still trying to figure out how to salvage it after I cut it to pieces. Probably rebuild the plate rim, then add some sort of bat symbol, or a simple matching leg-spike like his other leg-pad.

I have to admit I am not a fan of the base models you have used on a few of your other conversions, not because they are bad models but just because they are a touch too anime for my tastes. But your painting has been first rate and I can't fault the work you have done, really nice job.

Fair enough. Stay tuned for the rest of the Bat-family inquisitor team... they'll be using 100% GW parts too, probably courtesy of the Warstore or something.

And can I get your opinion, then? What about for his armguards? Batman has the 3 blades (that shoot out later in the newest movies) on each arm, thinking instead for Inquisitor Kain, use the chain bayonets facing backward like elbow blades... yay or nay? I'm thinking that the 2 or 3 traditional blades like the movies will still make him look too much knight/fantasy... but chainsaw elbow blades plus cabling... always a win.

I'll definitely be following more closely now Batman is involved though. I think you are onto a winner by taking GW base models and applying your own asthetic onto them (comic book or anime, whatever), rather than grimdarking up some anime-looking models.

Thanks, and much appreciated - I've been doing a lot of review on the other =I= guys on and off of Dakka for inspiration. Can't quite get away from my comic art roots, but I'm trying to do it up more Blanche-art/40K style. (though, my stuff will definitely NOT be making it in GW to avoid copyright issues) I wasn't a fan at a younger age, but more I look at his stuff... the more it reminds me of the Bequin trilogy looking-glass. Effin' crazy as all hell.

Thanks again, Bruticus, and hope to see you back again soon!

-Remi

Haha Remi you crazy bugger! That's awesome! Looking like a really solid start, love that mask, great job. Id be tempted to go for the chainblades, adds a nice grimdarkness to batman.

@Bruticus: Sorry ive had some serious gak going on irl lately, all happened just as i was free from exams too :/ I will endeavour to get back in the groove asap, ive been on a scenery drive the past couple of days, so i should have something to show soon

That batman is gonna be sick,i'm so inspired.

 Vitruvian XVII wrote:
Haha Remi you crazy bugger! That's awesome! Looking like a really solid start, love that mask, great job. Id be tempted to go for the chainblades, adds a nice grimdarkness to batman.

@Bruticus: Sorry ive had some serious gak going on irl lately, all happened just as i was free from exams too :/ I will endeavour to get back in the groove asap, ive been on a scenery drive the past couple of days, so i should have something to show soon

Thanks, Vit! I appreciate it... and yea, I'm only making this model once... so might as well go all-out on it. Chainblades it is. (or, chain-bayonets from FW, that is) The end result will be something that "resembles" Batman... but not to a T.

Hope everything is good on your side- and looking forward to when you can get back in the game. No rush here, bro.

shingouki wrote:That batman is gonna be sick,i'm so inspired.

Thanks, I appreciate it! Stay tuned for more!

-Remi

And can I get your opinion, then? What about for his armguards? Batman has the 3 blades (that shoot out later in the newest movies) on each arm, thinking instead for Inquisitor Kain, use the chain bayonets facing backward like elbow blades... yay or nay? I'm thinking that the 2 or 3 traditional blades like the movies will still make him look too much knight/fantasy... but chainsaw elbow blades plus cabling... always a win.

I'm a fan of chainsaw attachments frankly. By the way it could be cool if this guy doesn't use a gun: 'Guns are the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it. Our weapons are quiet -- precise' *revs chainsaw arm guards*.

I think there is a fine line between being 'inspired by' and 'making a 40k version of'. I would say it's definitely better to be inspired by, have some elements of the Batman costume/background but don't make a 40k Batman suit. I made a bunch of guys inspired by Spartacus (although it was quite tongue in cheek). I think it worked out quite well and they still fit happily in my games without seeming like a joke. A friend of mine built a gang of Mortal Kombat characters, but they are literally in the exact costumes and using the exact gear and it just seems a bit daft.

I wonder if there are any design elements you could lift from the various batman robot suits over the years? Like Azrael's shuriken launcher fists for a stormbolter, the armoured suit from the (awesome) Dark Knight Returns film, etc.

By the way, talking of inspired by, and anime - did you see the Kingdom Death Gatsu/Messenger of Humanity? I have been itching to make a model inspired by Berserk. Gats is up there with Bats in my estimations. Shame the KD one will be way out, scale wise, plus it doesn't look quite right.

 Bruticus wrote:

And can I get your opinion, then? What about for his armguards? Batman has the 3 blades (that shoot out later in the newest movies) on each arm, thinking instead for Inquisitor Kain, use the chain bayonets facing backward like elbow blades... yay or nay? I'm thinking that the 2 or 3 traditional blades like the movies will still make him look too much knight/fantasy... but chainsaw elbow blades plus cabling... always a win.

I'm a fan of chainsaw attachments frankly. By the way it could be cool if this guy doesn't use a gun: 'Guns are the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it. Our weapons are quiet -- precise' *revs chainsaw arm guards*.

I think there is a fine line between being 'inspired by' and 'making a 40k version of'. I would say it's definitely better to be inspired by, have some elements of the Batman costume/background but don't make a 40k Batman suit. I made a bunch of guys inspired by Spartacus (although it was quite tongue in cheek). I think it worked out quite well and they still fit happily in my games without seeming like a joke. A friend of mine built a gang of Mortal Kombat characters, but they are literally in the exact costumes and using the exact gear and it just seems a bit daft.

LOL... sick. And yes, big fan of chainblades as well. That's two, and frankly, I think I'm settled. Just wanted to make sure the inner voices were making sense with a step back. Hmm... I'm pretty set on his pose, arm extended using a wrist mounted weapon of some sort... although... lol... I could make them harpoon guns... aka grapnels... aka grappling hooks. I've got plenty of 'nid bioweapons and spears to do the job too... dammit. I must meditate on this... seriously.

I wonder if there are any design elements you could lift from the various batman robot suits over the years? Like Azrael's shuriken launcher fists for a stormbolter, the armoured suit from the (awesome) Dark Knight Returns film, etc.

For this, Batman is definitely the inspiration, but there's no way in hell I can make him WH40K batman - not by a longshot. If I did consider that route, I'd most likely have started with a space marine figurine, as they're nice and neat. When you said "couldn't do Batman in grimdark", I was gonna bring up the fact you brought one of my favorite TV series perfectly as pitslaves for Inq/Necro. In terms of design elements, I'm looking into multiple sources- the suits/gloves he used to fight Superman were part of the reason I chose this particular model (and JP Valley Batman/Azrael's mega gauntlets of death), and I think he comes out of retirement in that big ol' omnibus graphic novel too...? I've also looked at a few pics, google 'Batman as a medieval knight'... a few deviantart looks reminiscent of DE, a guy with a cosplay black knight costume should come up... yea, looking at lots, but too much to list here. Have any in mind?

By the way, talking of inspired by, and anime - did you see the Kingdom Death Gatsu/Messenger of Humanity? I have been itching to make a model inspired by Berserk. Gats is up there with Bats in my estimations. Shame the KD one will be way out, scale wise, plus it doesn't look quite right.

Just googled "messenger of humanity/kingdom death"... holy crap. You've picked a good starter model, but a new head/haircut, less upper body clothing, armored arm... Scale-wise, Guts is a TALL guy, and it *could* work. Talk about out-of-scale, I just saw that particular model as Cloud from FFVII... the scale would make him super-tall, but again, same problems as Guts- Lots of modding.

-Remi

Just googled "messenger of humanity/kingdom death"... holy crap. You've picked a good starter model, but a new head/haircut, less upper body clothing, armored arm... Scale-wise, Guts is a TALL guy, and it *could* work. Talk about out-of-scale, I just saw that particular model as Cloud from FFVII... the scale would make him super-tall, but again, same problems as Guts- Lots of modding

I've not really followed the KD threads but my understanding is that this model is deliberately inspired by Guts. If I was going to do a version I would definitely not use this as a base as about the only part I like is the sword, but I just thought it was interesting and a good example of an 'inspired by' model. Another good example is this: http://codfishparings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/darker-side.html - a nice version of Pyramid Head without literally just being Pyramid Head. I am a bit torn with my Spartacus-a-likes because on some of them I think I got a good balance, like Mecha-Gannicus who even has the typical Gannicus pose. But on others I think I missed a few good opportunities to reference the characters. It's tricky. Good luck with Inquisitor Batman.

 Bruticus wrote:

I've not really followed the KD threads but my understanding is that this model is deliberately inspired by Guts. If I was going to do a version I would definitely not use this as a base as about the only part I like is the sword, but I just thought it was interesting and a good example of an 'inspired by' model. Another good example is this: http://codfishparings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/darker-side.html - a nice version of Pyramid Head without literally just being Pyramid Head. I am a bit torn with my Spartacus-a-likes because on some of them I think I got a good balance, like Mecha-Gannicus who even has the typical Gannicus pose. But on others I think I missed a few good opportunities to reference the characters. It's tricky. Good luck with Inquisitor Batman.

Neither have I- but I can definitely see it in the sword. (and agreed- only part I really like about the model) And I spit my coffee at the Pyramid Head - holy crap that SOB gave me nightmares for a week playing that game during Uni with my bro and his flatmates!

I agree - it is really tricky to reference the characters, especially if the "pose" and dynamic of the model isn't in it. Inq/Necro is cool in that you can make individualized pieces and they are your own guys... just look at the plethora of guys the Dakka =I=/Necro team has made already. All you need is a pose and a suitable starting model. However, when you reference a figure, it's much harder to pull off if the "vibe" of the figure (and dynamic) doesn't exactly fit what the public knows about that particular persona.

As I'm finding out right now... to my chagrin. Update time!
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I've done a bit more work on him - I don't think I work slowly, but this was a bit disappointing to see how far I'd gotten in my modelling frenzy yesterday night - no smoke breaks, washroom breaks, or dinner either...

As promised - a look at his gauntlets. I decided to push the WH40K-ness of the guy, rather than the Batman aspect. Hell, he's already got the cowl, so I needed him to look like he fits in with the rest of the world. The "butt" of the guns is extremely WIP - still needs sanding and GS work, plus fine GS brackets on the sides of the weapon to make it actually look "mounted" rather than "glued on".



A start to the chest symbol. I'll be repairing the GS tonight, and most likely strapping something across it.



And a test fit.



Remember what I said about the pose and feel? It's very rough at the moment, and the head isn't sitting right.But he's got more "Iron Man" going than Batman. During the night, I thought about sawing the body in half to crouch it more forward, head forward, and arms curled in a menacing Wolverine/Batman pose. However, that'd be the cape, the body... might be more work than I'm willing to put into this model. Alternately, I can pose him like he's about to use his grappel gun like in the animated series', shoot it off then go swinging off into the night...

Anywho, that's it for now. I'll be working a bit more on him tonight, tip his head in, probably sand the "locking nub" so I have more flexibility in his head-pose. Oh... and his shoulder pads/wrist launcher. Comments and critiques are always welcome!

-Remi

Man i absolutely love those gauntlets. Sure theyre not that reminiscent of batman, but jesus h christ, theyre badass epitomes of 40k

Im not too sure about the pose tbh. It looks pretty static, and the way the head and right arm line up looks a bit off, sort of unatural. What about having him crouching on something, with the cape as it is, but droppping off the ledge? Like if he was crouching on a little stone plinth or something. The iconic batman crouching with cape pose ala: