boffinboots Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Hello again. Thought I'd start a thread in WIP to post my bits. Got some paints coming in the post so some of these might start to get painted soon! Dready is finished, I think. http://lh5.google.com/adamhstevens/R_oPqZBdU3I/AAAAAAAAA2Q/DLtCUr7NE70/s800/DSC00097.JPG.jpg (Minstrels are to celebrate finishing my degree project - yay) Here's my next project - an assault squad with a twist. The true 'angels of death'! http://lh5.google.com/adamhstevens/R_oPtZBdU4I/AAAAAAAAA2Y/8cXIHpnL-J4/s800/DSC00098.JPG.jpg And the chaplain who's going to lead them (didn't have enough wings for him) http://lh4.google.com/adamhstevens/R_oPwJBdU5I/AAAAAAAAA2g/mtLGP33v7E4/s800/DSC00099.JPG.jpg http://lh4.google.com/adamhstevens/R_oPzJBdU6I/AAAAAAAAA2s/5HDXBYP61ps/s800/DSC00100.JPG.jpg Now my whole force is constructed (well, there's some stuff in the post) I'm going to concentrate on bases. Experimenting with different materials etc. I think the assault squad will have to be on Termie bases otherwise they'll fall over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wokkers Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 wow. those jump packs look amazing. similarly, the dread looks amazing too. don't you just love that helmet on the chaplain. one of the best ones going around ;) look forward to seeing it painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Mordeus Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Were di u get the wings from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brother Hastatus Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Nice! I like how you've made a venerable dread style look, with the SM chest and head. It's very neatly done. The GS work is pretty nice to - the feathers on the wings look well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boffinboots Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Cheers folks. Just got back into the hobby after a ~6 year sabbatical so it's taken me a while to get back into sculpting properly. I'm pretty pleased with the dreadnought. Start off as a concept sketch and it's come out pretty much exactly how I want. Not too happy with the pose, but those Dread knees look like a bitch to re-pose so I did what I could. Here's the sketch (along with some notes of bits stolen from other BT B&Cers :)). Basically I really hate the designs of the FW and GW venerable dreads , but like the idea of the exposed helmet and I loved what Titan136 did with his dread so I thought i'd copy him and add a little of my own flavour. Also pleased that it looks just as nasty without the sword and shield as I reposed the 'fingers' so they can actually grip (read CRUSH) things :( http://lh5.google.com/adamhstevens/R7SFOxNNJgI/AAAAAAAAAk8/jYxXtygWJ8A/s800/DSCF0332.JPG.jpg I was going to use a sword and shield from some Warmachine Warjacks, but the privateer site decided not to accept my credit card so instead I thought I'd challenge myself and sculpt them. The wings were an ebay find, there's 3 different sets (1 lonesome, 2 pairs of pairs). I think they must be from some fantasy minis, but I bought them as is so I don't know, sorry. The green stuffing is half based on this wonderful B&C tutorial and half on just trying to follow the patterns on the wings themselves. It's fairly time consuming, doing a row each time on five wings. I'm wasting loads of green stuff making too large a batch ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnean Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Brother Mordeus Posted Today, 06:05 PM Were di u get the wings from? the wings are wings of the greater daemon of tzeench, i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boffinboots Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Don't think so... I can't find any models on the GW site that look like the right ones, but they remind me of some old High Elf/Wood Elf models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boffinboots Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 I've decided not to start painting until I've got all my models assembled. That could be a while, since I've got to build bases for them all as well. However, I was itching to get some paint down so I made a start on a few bases. Bought some cheap acrylics (no sense wasting primer and good paint on them!) and got to work: http://lh6.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/R_0D7d5PygI/AAAAAAAAA3U/OdZJ5OmWZ2A/s800/DSC00102.JPG Not immediately visible but I gave them a few washes of bestial brown to give a bit of a muddy effect. C&C? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boffinboots Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 Hello again folks. Been beavering away, currently on about the 5th layer of feathers on those wings. Thought i'd put a pic up to show the extent of what I have built but not painted... It's not looking good, folks http://lh6.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SATNpItZKPI/AAAAAAAAA5M/1ZmvpjnvhZ8/s800/DSCF0364.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boffinboots Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 Got a few bits to finish off my army: namely some cenobytes. I liked the guy who used Empire Warrior Priests as something a bit more religious than techy, but they didn't quite look 40k enough to me. I've been thinking about these three guys with a few conversions... http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/st...ode=99060108075 http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/st...ode=99060105222 http://uk.games-workshop.com/storefront/st...ode=99060108066 What do you reckon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLARGAG!!! Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 http://lh6.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SATNpItZKPI/AAAAAAAAA5M/1ZmvpjnvhZ8/s800/DSCF0364.JPG looking good, just one question..... what is that thing in the background? just curious BLARGAG!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boffinboots Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 looking good, just one question..... what is that thing in the background? just curious BLARGAG!!! If you mean what I think... it's my rucksack... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulse Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 If you mean what I think... it's my rucksack... Aye, its not hard to tell what it was... :down: Fine looking start to the Crusade though mate, looking forward to seeing more. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 hey man i really like your dread but the shield makes it look very awkward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boffinboots Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 I'm not sure about the sword and shield anymore either. Thankfully they're fully removable and the re-posed "claws" look pretty menacing anyway. So I can add them at a whim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boffinboots Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Argh! I started trying to pose my assault squad last night. Came across a slight problem... I think they look crap <_< The wings just don't seem to really 'work'. Pretty annoyed that I've spent so much time on them but never thought to see what they'd actually look like. Anyhow, I took a couple of photos (not easy as these guys will NOT stand up without pinning), so what do you reckon? http://lh3.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SAdduotZKQI/AAAAAAAAA5s/qEmgcqcISWw/s800/DSCF0367.JPG http://lh5.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SAddwItZKRI/AAAAAAAAA50/cVDRYHSdyvM/s800/DSCF0368.JPG http://lh5.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SAddyItZKSI/AAAAAAAAA58/N8VMx331u6k/s800/DSCF0369.JPG http://lh6.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SAdd0YtZKTI/AAAAAAAAA6E/9Tr-xgkGQfU/s800/DSCF0370.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seregon Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 How about putting the wings between the model and the jumppack then? I think that'd look a bit more "natural". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boffinboots Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Fiddling: http://lh6.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SAdtGYtZKUI/AAAAAAAAA6k/BmSEN6FN5_E/s800/DSCF0372.JPG http://lh5.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SAdtIItZKVI/AAAAAAAAA6s/rvTXgBA49B8/s800/DSCF0373.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_bunny Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 someone else's god do that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boffinboots Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 So, I've been painting. Test scheme: http://lh3.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SGI3E521Z9I/AAAAAAAAA_4/Lzm6rEyM4Dw/s400/DSCF0416.JPG And WIPs: http://lh6.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SHYOdh2ptjI/AAAAAAAABBU/I5H8vNbAKvg/s400/DSCF0435.JPG http://lh5.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SHYOd483RZI/AAAAAAAABBY/edxdaaNMNl4/s400/DSCF0436.JPG http://lh6.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SHYOeBNL6bI/AAAAAAAABBc/tpfV7xIImJE/s400/DSCF0437.JPG http://lh3.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SHYOe1oVPyI/AAAAAAAABBg/4zNyM7_LCBk/s400/DSCF0438.JPG http://lh4.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SHYOfb0AoRI/AAAAAAAABBs/Ya7nEg0uzV8/s400/DSCF0439.JPG http://lh3.ggpht.com/adamhstevens/SHYO0135qEI/AAAAAAAABBw/hBA2eLK8cjA/s400/DSCF0440.JPG Lots of stolen ideas, some of my own. Any C&C appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Knight Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 These guys look AMAZING!!!! maybe the wings should be flapping (or at different angles) instead of straight out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Toddius Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 I think your army is coming along nicely. :P One thing to consider: Since these guys are the infamous BT cc army of doom the winged assault squad is going to play havoc against itself when in base to base during hth. The wings will go way beyond thier respective bases. So my suggestion is to have them modeled at varying heights on the bases. That way you can slip them in next to each other with the wings sort of stacked at varying hieghts. This would be an interesting issue versus nids or any other army with larger wings becuase a literal entaglement rule would come into play ;) Good job and best of luck with your progress. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boffinboots Posted July 10, 2008 Author Share Posted July 10, 2008 Also not great for true LOS in 5th. Oh well :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13skullz Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 cool wings... imma get a pair or 2 OF REALLY REALLY BIG WINGS for my chapter master. unfortunate chaos mutation at birth... :( ;) :( ;) :( :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boffinboots Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Soooo, I'm currently sitting at my parent's place and have sorted through all my old templar stuff. Unfortunately it turns out I sold pretty much half my army, what a numpty! At least it gives me the chance to do it all again. But better! Mwahaha. In other news I now also have the tools I need to finish off my stormraven conversion, paints to actually paint stuff, and greenstuff so I can make progress on the next project: Sigismund! I'll post some WIP pics when I get back, but I have decided to build a bit of a centrepiece and spend a lot of time getting him right. My first attempt at true-scaling, to make him (literally) stand out a bit, and I'm going to sculpt as much of his armour as I can. Anyway, my only comment so far is that compared to the body I've bulked out, the standard marine helmet seems a little small... does anyone else get that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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