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Just a blister I thought it was a clear resin, the paint really achieved the texture of ice nicely it has that almost cloudy look to it
Liking the new band and the bit of fluff, don't you just love self proclaimed leaders there arrogance is only out done by there ignorance

Any chance of a breakdown of Canus parts also the really ugly cherub where is the head from please

Hmm, you seem to be my only consistent commenter on the whole of dakka LDD.

The icy look just happened when I flicked watered down white paint at the transparent plastic(but dont tell anyone that, the simplicity of my technique would ruin my mystique )

Oh yes, I think there is certainly plenty of that where the Pontifex came from, although he is better in a fight than most Self Proclaimed leaders. I figure the rest of the imperium doesnt much care what one ruler does with a planet as long as those tithes keep coming in. He's made up of Finecast wrack legs, a empire knightly orders torso, one arm from the Phoenix guard from blood island(i really dont know where i got that bit cause i never bought the rest of the kit ) The heads from the empire archers, with a green stuffed forehead and the Cherubs head, is, if my memory serves me correctly, a shrunkern one from the pole arm of a lizardman Templeguard kit (you can see the back of one in the picure on GW). That little shrunkern head is possibly one of my favourites, its so creepy but cool

I don't no if that's disappointment or a compliment that I am your only regular subscriber

Either way I always enjoy your updates especially when you combined that lot and pull it off thanks for breaking it down for me I would never have got it all

P.s. I would say your secret it safe with me but you kind of screwed that one mate

This thread is now almost permanently open in a tab on my browser, probably half the hits are from me crashing and restarting all the time lol.

Love to see some more of the thunder warrior, looks bang on, to the artwork, carved from a terminator correct?

Also where is the Culexus head from?

There are similar heads to the cherub's in the nurgle plague bearers kit.

Awesome stuff, can't wait to see some paint on these chaps!

How on earth did I miss this blog? Wonderful ideas, sculpting and painting all around!

Just read your complete blog. This is awesome! Love the paintjobs and your creativity! This blog is a great source for inspiration, i espacially like the mortheim stuff. The night watch looks perfect! Never played mortheim before, but this inspires me, to create an own little warband. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work!

Brilliant stuff that Thunder Warrior really works. I'd like to see more Wars of Unification stories about. The Last Church is brilliant.

 OneManNoodles wrote:
This thread is now almost permanently open in a tab on my browser, probably half the hits are from me crashing and restarting all the time lol.

Love to see some more of the thunder warrior, looks bang on, to the artwork, carved from a terminator correct?

Also where is the Culexus head from?

There are similar heads to the cherub's in the nurgle plague bearers kit.

Awesome stuff, can't wait to see some paint on these chaps!

I new I had seen something similar elsewhere thanks noodle that was driving me nuts

This thread is soaked in awesome sauce. Subscribed, can't wait to see more.

I can attest that you have at least one lurker, grag.

That's me.

I'm here. Always lurking....... always in the shadows.....




But everything looks too good for me to comment. Wish I had your talent, and supply of bitz to do the things you do.

I've enjoyed reading the thread and viewing your work. Consider me part of the unofficial official lurker squad! That assassin is quite excellent by the way, much more appealing than the GW model. Excited to see how it turns out.

Holy sh*t it would seem I have an infestation of lurkers someone get me my flamer.

LDD: Its certainly a disappointment

Bobafett: Mordhiems a great game, I would certainly recommend it. I will(hopefully) have some more terrain up for it soon.

OneMannoodles:Ah so thats what it is
The thunder warrior is indeed carved from a terminator, although I plan to build up his legs with plasticard later. The Culexus head is from a SM chaplains I hacked up in the folly of my youth.

Stc_LogisEngine: Thanks for the kind words, I saw you work for the first time the other day over on the ammobunker, and Ive got to say, its amazing. The only reason i didnt leave a comment there was a lack of time.

Lamahead: Totally agree with you there, I really enjoyed the Last Church. Although I kind of like the lack of stories about the unification wars, it adds to the sense of a half known age, before the 41st millenium, filled with warriors and long lost heros.

and thank you Deadmeat85, xeno99, moonpie and combat engineer for your comments which are (always)really appreciated.

And now, for your delight and entertainment, I present, the Pontifical guard, hot off the press. I decided to work with more tan colours with these lads, as well as darker skin than I would usually attempt. I'll post the reasons for this with the Pontifex himself.

That's...that's just mindblowing!

Really love the combination of bits and the dark look you've given these guys, the darker skin colour is a really nice touch!

The Black and white pics make them look like the old 1930 horror genre.

Ok time to leave a comment.....

I love your work, hits the grim dark aspect spot on. But, on you Guard I feel the segmented armor of the DE legs takes away from the overall feel of the model. The legs still scream Dark Eldar to me. Maybe its just me, IDK? It's probably just me.... but looks good.

They look great! Very good paintjob on the guys. What techinique do you use? Layers of washes? They just look perfect! I'm not able to get this grimdark and "blanche" look....
Love your style and your conversions, keep up that great work

But two little thongs: you forgot the mold line between the studs and can show us some wips?

Those Pontifical guard are phenomenal. Such a fantastic use of bits that you wouldn't think would work but you've blended them perfectly.

Malika2: Thanks alot, the lack of differing skintones in my models is something thats bothered me for a while, so I thought I'd give it a go.

Shasolenzabi:Is my converting really that horrific...

Deadmeat85: Hmmm, I do see what you mean. The main thing would be that rather than being standard I.G types these are the personal bodyguards of a planetary Governor, recruited from the brutal peoples of the ash wastes. I wanted them to look less like standard Guardsmen and more unique. In that way, I guess its alright if they look a bit Xenos like, as their culture would be totally different from Imperial norms.

Boba Fett: Its a mixture of standard washing, highlighting and drybrushing. It's more important to use the right colours than techniques, more muted tones, focusing one reds and yellows, earthy colours. After all there are lots of different Blanche like painters out there, from Jeff Vader, PDH, to Neil 101 and many more, but for each, the thing which makes them unique is just that- unique. Looking at your models, youv'e definitely got the talent(I love your DKoK Ogryn) maybe you should try being more messy in places. I tend to let clothing be a simple paint job, lots of drybrushing and washing, and faces as detailed as possible.. I hope that helps a bit.

About my two little thongs I did see the mold line between the studs, but only after I had finished painting it, and I really cant bring myself to scrap of the paint, as I hate to rework 'finished' models. There are a few wips earlier in the thread, is there any particular elements you want to see?

Medium of Death: Cheers

Anyone interested in his background, Iv'e updated the dramatis personae section on my blog:Here

An interesting photo I took of his reflection in a mirror









An illustration I did of the Pontifex before I started building him.(more contrasting than the one I showed before



And a mutie, who was one of my first models for Inquisimunda/necromunda, although Iv'e only just got around to basing him.

Oh, my Lurkers where oh where are you.

Now then, what better way to update than with a picture that is very dear to my heart. When I bought the Sigvald model little did I Understand the Horror which I had let myself in for. He appears to be wearing chain mail underpants.(can you possibly comprehend how cold those would be in the morning.) Now that is true dedication to Slaanesh, I mean how could any amount of divine ecstasy(the feeling, not the drug) ever make up for that .



But any way.
Firstly, I bought some Hobbit goblins, after seeing some fantastic conversions around the net (mainly Neil 101's, Nordic's and Anna Polanscak on her Blog Gardens of Hecate



These are 'the children', and will undergo something of a transformation once I buy a scalpel.

Secondly, Iv'e been doing a bit of sculpting, and plan to do rather more in future(my first target being some wacky Empire villagers)
but in the mean time, a totem, to which I still want to attache an extra arm holding a candle.




And lastly, more terrain which is growing, fungus like across my desk. Once finished I plan to spray them white and give have some fun going all textural and ghostly on 'em. Although their fairly fragile, they'll be staying in place on a game board so it shouldn't matter too much. What I really wanted to see in these trees was something similar to Alan Lee's work as he's one of my favourite illustrators:







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My box of goodies(roots, moss and other nubbins




some shrubs and flowers








Some more refined trees to add interest to the city terrain




And the very beginnings of my skeletal knights, fighting in the catacombs for the Throne of Bones I've found I just cant build them without cutting them up, so I'm pretty much doubling my work load here.

As always the horror and dark grittiness of life you reflect so pleasantly no some interesting updates indeed the new skin tone brings a new element to your scheme and seems to make the armour look brighter from normal.

Love the mutie his face screams 3rd generation inbreed

The artwork is fantastic in its own right you really do have a talent there sir

Seen a few goblin conversions of late be intrigued to see your take on this.

Now the scenery I like where this going are they roots and if so what kind (if you know of course ) like the city based tree that is a great idea.

All round Impressed

Those trees are a perfect match to the look and feel of your characters, dark and grimly awesome.

The one in the planter just steals the show.

Keep it flowing!

Stealing your idea for the tree in the planter.

Are you going to have issues with these things rotting or whatever? Do you have to dry them out or did you do any treatment at all to them?

Cheers LDD, I'm not sure how much I'll be converting the goblins, I love the sculpts and I want to use them as a horde of monochromatic freaks bursting from the forest in my mordhiem campaign. The trees are indeed made from roots(although one of them is made from masking tape, wire and flour+water), mainly just random ones I dug up. Small saplings are best. I think I remember a tutorial where I got the idea from somewhere so I'll go looking for that when I get a chance.

Littletower: Thanks, they've just got their white undercoats on, hopefully I can get some painted pictures up soon.

moonpie: Go ahead, I plan to build a couple more as well soon. I did dry them out in the sun for a while, and coat them in pva, because they are fairly fragile.

 Grag wrote:
Cheers LDD, I'm not sure how much I'll be converting the goblins, I love the sculpts and I want to use them as a horde of monochromatic freaks bursting from the forest in my mordhiem campaign. The trees are indeed made from roots(although one of them is made from masking tape, wire and flour+water), mainly just random ones I dug up. Small saplings are best. I think I remember a tutorial where I got the idea from somewhere so I'll go looking for that when I get a chance.

Littletower: Thanks, they've just got their white undercoats on, hopefully I can get some painted pictures up soon.

moonpie: Go ahead, I plan to build a couple more as well soon. I did dry them out in the sun for a while, and coat them in pva, because they are fairly fragile.

Cheers that could be handy for future projects, flour and water on masking tape thats a new one to me drying in the sun that could be difficult I live in the UK

could you do a little tutorial on the flour and water technique it sounds interesting

Beautiful work, man, just beautiful! I couldn't possibly pick any one thing out as my favourite, all stunningly Blanchesque. Grim, dark, Gothic and horror in all the right spots. I'll be sticking around that's for sure.

What do use to make all that rubble and debris? Oh and the Mordheim buildings, what are they made from? Particularly the planks.

I'm looking forward to seeing those Skeletal Knights realised.

LDD: Iv'e managed to dig up those tutorials, from the Hirst arts website:

Trees

some generally interesting tutorials

And another one, which I found useful, from an insanely talented Scenery maker:
Here

Ah well, no sun for you, whereas down here in middle earth we have sun all year round

Kencotter: I'll see what I can cook up, It isn't really a technique iv'e repeated, as pulling root out of the ground is so much easier, and looks more realistic.

Casey's law: Good to have you here, I'll see if i can keep the supply of Grim and dark up(we've got plenty in stock )

Medium.o.d: Yep they should be good fun, plenty of rags and slime...

I finished painting one goblin, just for fun, and took some pictures. I swear the dakka gallery removes some of the information, because they look a lot lower quality here than they did before i loaded them up.


There's a higher definition image on my blog here: http://theunderhivea.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/the-forest-of-nachwuchs.html

Those trees look perfect, just what I need for my next project,
and a lot quicker than sculpting them from scratch.