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Really exciting stuff dude

Wow, exciting progress on the drop ship! Glad to see you've taken your work to the next level Go big or go home, right?

Looking really nice. A ride befitting of an inquisitor!

EDC

Dr H wrote:

 Lamby wrote:
... I can't seem to saw straight, so a lot of time is spent repairing bad cuts:..

I have the same problem. I can use all manner of rulers, measure everything as much as you like, mark it all carefully, and as soon as the saw comes out it all goes wonky.

Looks great though.

Haha - exactly - and I can't seem to drill straight holes either!

JoeRugby wrote:Really exciting stuff dude

Thanks JoeRugby

Rawson wrote:Wow, exciting progress on the drop ship! Glad to see you've taken your work to the next level Go big or go home, right?

Right! Thanks Rawson!

evildrcheese wrote:Looking really nice. A ride befitting of an inquisitor!

EDC

Thanks EDC - or a certain Rogue Trader Captain

Progress...

Used some 1/72 Cobra hull parts to straighten the lines of the curvy Hemlock, and added the inner-rotator parts (the white styrene tubing):

So now I'm trying to decide if I leave the rotators exposed as in the next two pics:



Or... Go with the aerodynamic curved piece over the rotator, as in the next two pics:



Thoughts?

Awesome start, and I'm loving watching this evolve

Do those engines actually pivot on the model? That would be sweet!

What's the belly going to look like? Room for the whole war band? I fear the jets, as cool as they are, will look underpowered with any transport capacity modeled...

Good work.
It makes sense to cover the working parts with armour, but it's a shame to hide your work.

Maybe add some vents at the rear of those armour pieces so we can see in, but don't collect bugs as it flies.

IGtR= wrote:Awesome start, and I'm loving watching this evolve

Thanks IGtR!

Rawson wrote:Do those engines actually pivot on the model? That would be sweet!

What's the belly going to look like? Room for the whole war band? I fear the jets, as cool as they are, will look underpowered with any transport capacity modeled...

Thanks Rawson!
- Do those engines pivot? of course they do (manually though, no electronics)
- The interior will have space for four seated harnesses, possibly a ramp gunner, and the pilot - the models themselves won't really fit because of bases and arms/weapons hanging out, but the intent is there
- There is a rear engine as well

Dr H wrote:Good work.
It makes sense to cover the working parts with armour, but it's a shame to hide your work.

Maybe add some vents at the rear of those armour pieces so we can see in, but don't collect bugs as it flies.

Thanks Dr H - i like the idea of the open vents.




And so, onto some micro work - which means powering on through the build of the Rogue Trader mercenary firing the converted Tau weapon I showed a few posts ago.

He is pretty rough around the edges at the moment - none of the arms are glued in, just pinned, there's a bit of GS sculpting to do on that right pants leg, and he needs the little 'character' detailing to finish him.

He's wearing a powered set of limbs to add to his combat ability, but as I was starting on the second one, I thought he might look better if the left mech-arm was damaged, as if he'd been hit - or I can build him carrying a third weapon?






Thoughts?

Transport is looking great, can't wait to see it finished.

Mercenary is looking cool, I think some cables hanging out of the damaged servo arm would really help give it that damaged and inoperable look.

EDC

Ork_Intelligence wrote:Transport is looking great, can't wait to see it finished.

evildrcheese wrote:Mercenary is looking cool, I think some cables hanging out of the damaged servo arm would really help give it that damaged and inoperable look.
EDC

Thanks guys!

So, after some really helpful comments and critiques here's two quick re-mods of the Quad-Gunner - again, nothing is glued or cleaned-up, so really he's rough.

Mod 1 - Reloading, arms down:









Or Mod 2 - Reloading, arms up:







Primary issue with Mod 2 - Arms up sort of says 'I surrender'...



Thoughts?

I'm loving the quad-arm concept! Very unique!

I vote for arms down, but with some modifications: right now they look like they're just hanging there, until closer inspection reveals the great details you've built. If nothing is glued yet, can you move them closer together so that the purpose is more clear? What if you swapped the hands to look like they face backwards (instead of the current face forwards but work behind the back). That might also help with achieving a more purposeful look.

How's the drop ship coming?

Keep up the great work!

 Rawson wrote:
I'm loving the quad-arm concept! Very unique!
I vote for arms down, but with some modifications: right now they look like they're just hanging there, until closer inspection reveals the great details you've built. If nothing is glued yet, can you move them closer together so that the purpose is more clear? What if you swapped the hands to look like they face backwards (instead of the current face forwards but work behind the back). That might also help with achieving a more purposeful look.
How's the drop ship coming?
Keep up the great work!

Thanks Rawson!
- Arms have changed drastically, final pre-paint WIP soon!
- dropship on hold - no time at the moment to devote to it




First time ever doing the ubiquitous check-pattern - with authentic battle damage!







Hopefully I'll get him based for presentation soon

Finally back at it - a little anyways.

Three bases ready:



And the gun-toting dude is down to a single multi-directional secondary gun arm:





Cheers all!

Good progress Lamby.

 Dr H wrote:
Good progress Lamby.

Thanks!


And so - the first of the Rogue Trader crew arrives - The Kroot:













Thanks for looking!

Rogue Trader crew member number two - the Gunner:












PDH once described this guy as hard as nails - exactly the look I was aiming (haha - forgive the pun!) for!

Cheers all!

He's certainly not someone you want to run into in a dark alley; those eyes.

Nice work, Lamby. They look great.

Your attention to detail is pretty amazing. Great stuff - especially 4 armed dude!

That guy is intense.

Dr H wrote:He's certainly not someone you want to run into in a dark alley; those eyes.
Nice work, Lamby. They look great.

Thanks Dr H!

kestral wrote:Your attention to detail is pretty amazing. Great stuff - especially 4 armed dude!

Thanks kestral! ... tho now, he's only a three-arm dude

youwashock wrote:That guy is intense.

Thanks youwasshock! the head is an awesome sculpt


ROGUE TRADER CREW WiPS!


Two of the crew almost at painting stage, and a new crew member is under construction.

Firstly, Ratty's robes are completed, so he's ready for paint:





The operator with his gun-arm is about 95% completed, just some minor detailing on the backpack required.

I forgot to add the gun-arm in the first pic, and then noticed the pistol is missing its barrel!






And a new hard-hitter is on the table!

Those Imperial Guard kneeling legs took a lot of sanding to shape into female booty!

Underpinned the GS around her arms and torso, 2nd layer required next to construct an 'armour-bra' that is a more armour, less bra



Currently she has a hole in the back of her head - that will be filled with radically re-sculpted hair.

Went for a P90 look on the primary weapon - the secondary pistol is over-large, but what the hell - this girl likes her guns!



Thanks for looking!

Nice! I really like the rat-like mutant dude. Must copy that if that's ok

 Lamby wrote:
Rogue Trader crew member number two - the Gunner:












PDH once described this guy as hard as nails - exactly the look I was aiming (haha - forgive the pun!) for!

Cheers all!

Wow, this is a fantastic conversion. I love the colour scheme too, that deep green with the spot colour of orange on the backpack is perfect.

Nice work. Like the pose on the new girl.

 Dr H wrote:
Nice work. Like the pose on the new girl.

Thanks Dr H!


WIP on the Hard Girl's hair - thoughts?

That hair looks great to me.

Great work! I'm a fan of the hair too

Inevitable_Faith wrote:That hair looks great to me.

Ynneadwraith wrote:Great work! I'm a fan of the hair too

Thanks guys!!!





And Rogue Trader crew member number three - the Operator:













Thanks for looking!

Great looking model and paintjob, looks nice and grimdark. That gun looks especially great to me, big, chunky and seems like it'd make nice deep thuds as it spits lead. Us it a voversion of a Tau pulse carbine and, melta-gun and... hmm not sure what the front block is, green stuff maybe? Either way its very well converted, I like it.

He looks great. Love the flamin' orange beard and brows.