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Sweet! I like the veritable cannon of a machine gun he's wielding

Lovely job, Lamby. Looks great.

Inevitable_Faith wrote: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.

Thanks Inevitable_Faith!
- the front block was U-shaped styrene bar, drilled through carefully!!!

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

Thanks youwasshock!

Ynneadwraith wrote:Sweet! I like the veritable cannon of a machine gun he's wielding

Thanks Ynneadwraith!

Dr H wrote:Lovely job, Lamby. Looks great.

Thanks Dr H!

More Inq soon - meanwhile go check out my Wretched Sons blog (link in sig)

Rogue Trader crew number four - Ratty the twist!













Thanks for looking!

Ooo! Nice hrud!

Those puff n' slash sleeves are too good. All around great model.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Ooo! Nice hrud!

youwashock wrote:Those puff n' slash sleeves are too good. All around great model.

Thanks guys!!!

Captain Illyria Winter makes another appearance, with added skulls on the knees of her boots and new hair.
She's ready for paint now too, I think...
I'm just still not entirely sold on her blade, I may rebuild it:








And another member of Illyria Winter's crew makes her first WIP appearance.

She's simple and complex in equal measure
An unconverted Dark Elf Witch body with added Sister's of Silence arms and blade.
I had to slice off the left arm at the wrist to get it to fit - o the swearing :( it took to get that arm in place!



The head is the lower jaw from a Dark Elf Witch and the upper from the Admech Skitarii Rangers, with the pipes and breather cut away.
After working on the Hard Girl I was sick of cutting up Dark Elf Witch hair (pics of her coming soon) so the skull-cap thing was the best way around it without using a bald Sister's head.



The Sister's sword is pinned so I can remove it for painting.
She just needs some micro-sculpting on her belt and armour-bra to 40k them a bit.

In other Rogue Trader news, the Hard Girl is finally ready for paint, though because I primed her black a while back she doesn't photograph well.
After I re-prime her with zenithal black and white I'll see if a final before-painting pic is forthcoming.

That's it for now - thanks for looking!!!

Good job on Illyria. Like the new hair.
I like the sword. See how it is once primed, maybe.

Nice new addition too.

 Dr H wrote:
Good job on Illyria. Like the new hair.
I like the sword. See how it is once primed, maybe.

Nice new addition too.

Thanks Dr H!

The Sword Sister (shown WIP in the last post) didn't seem to fit with the rest of the Rogue Trader crew, so I was thinking she needed a new group around her when I found a Daemonette body lying randomly in a bitz tub...

... And so the idea for new femme fatale - the Witch Hunter Tessene - and her Ordo Hereticus retinue strode onto the stage, to stand (and fight) alongside Kallatar's Ordo Xenos retinue and Illyria Winter's Rogue Trader crew.

Took the Daemonette body, sliced off the top of the torso and jammed half a Sisters of Silence torso in there - you can also see where I started to cut away the claw feet with the intention of sculpting boots:


Some butt repair required after removing the tail a little too exuberantly:


There's a possibility I'm guilty of over-using Witch Elf heads...

So, decided to use a bald Sisters head - well, half of it anyway; here she is with her skull opened up and prepped to receive a half-section of Witch Elf hair - that distinctive Sisters of Silence grill-mask will be modified into a gas-mask:


Boot toes sculpted - they require some more sanding to slim them down a little - a GS strip glued along the join of the Daemonette and Sister's torso, and the first round of sculpting hair (again with the hair sculpting! will I never learn?) to fix the flat inner half of the Witch Elf hair:



She certainly has a Witch Hunter's attitude in that stride!



Thanks for looking!

Sassy! Love the wips, highly informative

Absolutely love the new girls.

I'm first time here, and i must say: great conversions with the big focus on details!

Nice work again, Lamby.

Yeah, the problem with converting and scratch-building models is it leads to many branching projects. More the merrier.

inmygravenimage wrote:Sassy! Love the wips, highly informative

youwashock wrote:Absolutely love the new girls.

ROTTEN_FACTORY wrote:I'm first time here, and i must say: great conversions with the big focus on details!

Dr H wrote:Nice work again, Lamby.

Yeah, the problem with converting and scratch-building models is it leads to many branching projects. More the merrier.

Thanks guys!!!


Finally back to painting.

PIP of the Hard Girl...
It's possible I could've made a harder mini on which to paint the skin, but I doubt it!
Note the new head scarf - I didn't manage to get a decent pic of it prior to priming.
Anyway:

She has a real Twi'Lek vibe to her. I can see her running some kind of rebel insurgency

 inmygravenimage wrote:
She has a real Twi'Lek vibe to her. I can see her running some kind of rebel insurgency

Haha thanks, I guess she does look like Twi'Lek - but I'm telling you right now, there's no way I'm painting her green after doing that skin!!!

She looks ace, and the skin tone has come out beautifully

PossumCraft wrote:
She looks ace, and the skin tone has come out beautifully

Thanks! ... maybe soon I'll get back to painting her...


Finally back - and back to the Witch Hunter:

More hair added with GS, and settled on the big sword from the Sisters for the right arm - the sword will be getting some detailing (next post):



And a Witch Elf left arm - the weird size discrepancies will get sorted (translation: hidden) with an upper arm cuff to match the left leg - there's a modified pistol to fit to the left hand.



You might also note I cut the mask down and stripped the boots back - not sure what to do with the mask, while the legs will probably get armour greaves on her shins, and skull knee-caps for the win!

Short post, just good to be back at the desk!

Thanks for looking!

Ratty is a fabulous figure! Great conversions all around.

Nice to see you working again!

kestral wrote:Ratty is a fabulous figure! Great conversions all around.

Thanks kestral!

youwashock wrote:Nice to see you working again!

Thanks youwasshock!

WIP 3 on the W][tch Hunter:

Didn't like the hilt on the Witch Hunter's sword so of course I messed with it:


Filled in the lightning bolt and added a bauble for interest:


Fitted the pistol to her left hand - made from a Witch Elf knife hand and lower part of the hilt, and an Admech Sicarian autopistol minus the magazine and barrel extension:


Then I glued in the left arm, added the cuff to hide the crappy join, and also added some of those baubles to the corset (kinda hard to see in this pic):


Next, some sanding and clean up work, GS the hair, GS the right arm where it joins the shoulder, add an armour collar and then figure how what I'm going to do with her mask - either turn it into a gasmask, or hide it with a highwayman's scarf, or go drastic and transplant a new face onto the head.

Thanks for looking!

Looking quite nice.

Maybe a veil for the face?

Welcome back around these parts, Lamby.

Good work. Like the gun.

Sorry been a while since I checked in but glad I did, well you have been busy and nice to see some of the models I last saw in partial build complete.

Firstly congrats on creating a muted pallet with just a splash of colour, I really envy people who can create this look successfully.

Well there has been so much progress that it would take way too much time to run through so I will pick out a few, gunslinger captures some wild western vibe and epic pose, wild child so much creativity in that beast that just amazes me every time I see it, inquisitor Kallatar pose and pallet superb love those heels as well , assassins, love the creepiness and the mechanical aspects of the design, seems to make them less human and more fitted for their purpose, as for the samurai, now this was never up there as one of my favourites but since you painted it wow, the dark clothing in contrast to the face paint just makes it so much more menacing, great choice and works so effectively. Now the Captains sword is a master piece I want one of these splendid work once again, your craftsmanship with metal is top notch and just continues to impress and stun me. Now Hard Girl the skin colour looks fantastic, I know you say you couldn’t have chosen a harder model for it but it’s stunning and reminds me so much of those cyber punk artworks I used to drool over, the head band really pulls the head together as well and blends it seamlessly.

Which brings me to my one complaint the RT Mercenery / operator why did you remove the bionic arms ? I loved the whole aspect of that it was like a modern gunslinger and looked awesome, why o why did you remove them So there we are if I missed anything I apologise as everything is awesome from design, creation and paint top job keep it coming

youwashock wrote:Looking quite nice.
Maybe a veil for the face?

Thanks youwashock - I'm attempting the gas mask first, because if I stuff it up I can cover the mess with a scarf/veil thingy.

Dr H wrote:Welcome back around these parts, Lamby.
Good work. Like the gun.

Thanks Dr H!

lone dirty dog wrote:Sorry been a while since I checked in but glad I did, well you have been busy and nice to see some of the models I last saw in partial build complete.

Firstly congrats on creating a muted pallet with just a splash of colour, I really envy people who can create this look successfully.

Well there has been so much progress that it would take way too much time to run through so I will pick out a few, gunslinger captures some wild western vibe and epic pose, wild child so much creativity in that beast that just amazes me every time I see it, inquisitor Kallatar pose and pallet superb love those heels as well , assassins, love the creepiness and the mechanical aspects of the design, seems to make them less human and more fitted for their purpose, as for the samurai, now this was never up there as one of my favourites but since you painted it wow, the dark clothing in contrast to the face paint just makes it so much more menacing, great choice and works so effectively. Now the Captains sword is a master piece I want one of these splendid work once again, your craftsmanship with metal is top notch and just continues to impress and stun me. Now Hard Girl the skin colour looks fantastic, I know you say you couldn’t have chosen a harder model for it but it’s stunning and reminds me so much of those cyber punk artworks I used to drool over, the head band really pulls the head together as well and blends it seamlessly.

Which brings me to my one complaint the RT Mercenery / operator why did you remove the bionic arms ? I loved the whole aspect of that it was like a modern gunslinger and looked awesome, why o why did you remove them So there we are if I missed anything I apologise as everything is awesome from design, creation and paint top job keep it coming

haha LDD - great commentary, thanks!
- I'm glad the Samurai came thru with the paint job - she was a lot of work!!!
- I aim to finish painting the Hard Girl after Xmas and hopefully produce results!
- with the Operator, I just couldn't get him to work from all angles, mostly I think because he was so dynamic in the first instance - I do plan to take the quad-arm aspects of him and make a more static member for the new Ordo Heriticus team!

Phew! - Thanks again guys!


So here's the attempt at the gas mask - not sure yet if it's going to work, needs some more detailing in the middle I think... thoughts?


And some final detailing on the pistol:



 
Pistol in hand - a better view of the upper arm cuff - and also added a new neck part, as the previous one was a) too small, and b) wouldn't stay glued in:


Thanks for looking!

Great looking pistol! Nice work!

First bloody terrible picture can’t see bugger all ha ha ha, ok looking past the light bouncing of the metal (filter cartridges) and the shadow across the front of the face mask I get what you are asking about.

I would say build out the face mask section to represent the nose covering as it looks a little flat, also some kind of section around the mouth area to represent a voicing mechanism.

Pics to give you an idea but more sci fi

The Machine pistol is coming together nicely, the ornate design down the side really adds character to the model, maybe some kind of sight on the top that reflects design down the side would be cool ?

EmberlordofFire8 wrote:Great looking pistol! Nice work!

Thanks EmberlordofFire8!

lone dirty dog wrote:First bloody terrible picture can’t see bugger all ha ha ha, ok looking past the light bouncing of the metal (filter cartridges) and the shadow across the front of the face mask I get what you are asking about.
I would say build out the face mask section to represent the nose covering as it looks a little flat, also some kind of section around the mouth area to represent a voicing mechanism.
Pics to give you an idea but more sci fi
The Machine pistol is coming together nicely, the ornate design down the side really adds character to the model, maybe some kind of sight on the top that reflects design down the side would be cool ?

Yes LDD, bad pic - I'll have to undercoat the metal pin heads before the next pic!
- my intention is to glue a tiny piece of styrene sheet to the inner section of the mask to bulk it back out a little, because (as pointed out on another forum) its too flat atm, looks like she has no nose of mouth and probably drill small holes in the part so it looks more like a grill
Thanks for the imagery

Sounds like a plan mate and look forward to seeing the alteration, no worries hope the pics help

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Sounds like a plan mate and look forward to seeing the alteration, no worries hope the pics help

Yep they did - see below - Thanks LDD!


WIP work on a new character, the Scout - kind of threw her together over the last few days and didn't take a lot of pics, so these are basically end-of-construction pics, with only green-stuff patch-up work to go.

Took a rifle/arm from a Necromunda sprue (similar to this one):


And an Admech rifle (again, similar to this one):


And the boring Necromunda rifle becomes a much cooler Scout rifle:


Torso is from an old Dark Elf Cold One Knights, left arm is the now-staple Admech 'bionic' to attach to the left hand on the rifle:


Made the kneeling legs from a Tau Fire Warrior and some Dark Eldar legs various, with a bit of choppy-chop on the back foot to get it into position:


And yes - that is a Witch Elf screaming face as a (hopefully) cool shoulder pauldron - belt from the Necromunda sprue:


And with rifle in position:






Still hunting around for a decent head for the Scout - we'll get back to that later...

Speaking of heads - the on-going saga of the Witch Finder's gas-mask continues:


Pretty sure I'm done with the mask - now just to green-stuff that last hair strand:


Thanks for looking!