Mortarion Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 It's been a while since I posted anything new here as I have been working on non-PA stuff (Yeah, it's heresy. I know...). But my local GW store held a painting contest recently and that gave me a chance to do some power armoured stuff again. This is a diorama that I had been planning to do for a long time, but never got around to actually do. The idea was to make a very dynamic piece that has the feeling of movement. It's a fight between a Space wolf and a Tzeentch sorcerer where the sorcerer used his magic to hurl the wolf through the air - and straight through a wall. I am happy with the finished result and it also won the duel category of the competition. I still need t get better at taking pictures, though. The blue is actually smoother in reality. But anyway, here are the pics: http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Bulonicus/Blood%20feud/bf01.jpg http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Bulonicus/Blood%20feud/bf02.jpg http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Bulonicus/Blood%20feud/bf03.jpg http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Bulonicus/Blood%20feud/bf04.jpg http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Bulonicus/Blood%20feud/bf05.jpg http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Bulonicus/Blood%20feud/bf06.jpg http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Bulonicus/Blood%20feud/bf07.jpg http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Bulonicus/Blood%20feud/bf09.jpg http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Bulonicus/Blood%20feud/bf10.jpg And some detail shots: http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Bulonicus/Blood%20feud/det01.jpg The sorcerer http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Bulonicus/Blood%20feud/det02.jpg The wolf http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h233/Bulonicus/Blood%20feud/det03.jpg and some stones... :) What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrible_Trygon Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Very, very nice. The movement in this piece is brilliant. You feel like this is happening right in front of you. A brave and just Thousand Son Sorcerer doing battle with the evil and corrupt Space Wolf Barbarian. A Hero pushing back a Villain with the Light of Chaos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Mel Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Very nice diorama, The movement is great! Mel OT: A brave and just Thousand Son Sorcerer doing battle with the evil and corrupt Space Wolf Barbarian. A Hero pushing back a Villain with the Light of Chaos. Your mind is a bit twisted I think :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrible_Trygon Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Nah. I am just not a victim of Imperial Propaganda. :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiplash Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 although i do not approve it is fantastically well done the "blood feud" text could be better though other than that one of the best duel conversions i have ever seen, very imaginattive too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theredcorsair Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Ignatius Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 i think the "blood feud" lettering looks great. In fact, everything about the model looks great! How long did it take and what made you want to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeller Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Very nice. :D Force push! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naysmith Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Great! Fantastically dynamic. Thank for sharing. cya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellios Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 All is dust... Also nice work :P the thousand sons are always being given the hard end of the stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vassakov Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Well, you've clearly got the winner the wrong way round... ;) Other than that, a fantastic little piece. Good paint, dynamic, not overly busy and well thought through. Of course, you have a Tzeentch Sorcerer wielding a Hellblade, but thats just the pedant in me! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortarion Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Thanks everybody! ;) How long did it take and what made you want to do it? I worked on it for two or three weeks but a lot of time were just waiting for stuff to dry. Glue stuff together, waiting for glue to dry, adding more glue, waiting for glue to dry, greenstuffing, waiting for greenstuff to dry, etc... Also, a lot of time was spent thinking about positioning and trying out the locations of each stone to get it to look right. So I really don't know how much active time I spent on it. But it definately took time. What made me do it? Well... Why I did it now is because the idea had been in my head for two or three years and I had planned to do it for several painting competitions, but ran out of time. So I decided to actually start with it in good time before the competition. But the original idea... When making other dioramas I noticed how dynamics could really make a scene come alive. So I wanted to try and take this further and do something really dynamic. And the idea of a psyker/sorcerer throwing someone through a wall popped into my head. And servants of Tzeentch seems like the archetypical sorcerers. And they hate Space wolves. Originally I intended the wall to be made of grey stone, so I was sceptical about using a Space wolf since the grey would not contrast enough from his armour. I thought a while about using a Salamander instead, and maybe even change the sorcerer into a Slaanesh one (since the Blood feud-thing would be lost anyway). But then I got the idea of a sand-coloured wall, which would contrast the wolf's armour and fit perfectly with the Thousand sons egyptian theme. Of course, you have a Tzeentch Sorcerer wielding a Hellblade, but thats just the pedant in me!Hellblade? Nooo, that is a... eum... Fellblade! Many people confuse them with Hellblades... :P It just looked so cool. And I did remove the Khorne symbols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberious Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Very nice my only crit, apart or your horrid blaspheme is I think the sorcerer is a tad to close to the wall/SWolf at the point in time where they would of been face to face if you know what I mean. Just me being picky. But that said it doent lessen the awesomeness of the scene you have set. Especialy love the brick work, it really makes it come to life. Besk of luck in the comp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamLando Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 A really nice Diorama, it deserves the first place indeed, and I'm a Swede from Gothenburg so I actually saw the competition in this category, and although it had some other strong duels this one was my favorite. Although I'd preferred if the Space Wolf would have won :P Then again, my contribution to this years Gothenburg Games Workshop Painting comp was a huge Battle Scene where 5 Space Wolves more or less slaughter 5 World Eaters... so I guess it's fair enough if a chaos marine wins this one? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mike Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Conversion 9/10 Painting 7/10 Originality 15/10 Excellent mate. You could have done this in one colour, and randomly splattered blodo everywhere. And I'd still love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Apostle Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 LUUUURVS IT! Fantastic dynamism you have in the modelling, and congratulations on the win ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battle Brother Loken Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 As a SW player i know the only reason he is going through the wall is to get into a better cover position to then charge bravely into the chaos fool. Amazing work dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ragnarok Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Excellent work1 The only exception is the inaccuracy of depicting a SW player getting such a smack down from one of Magnus' kin. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaplainmikey Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Thats one hell of a cool Diorama! Nice to see the 1K sons getting some sweet revenge on those wolves! Cheers, Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamLando Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Bah, that wolf's arm is still able to reach the flying bolter, just in time to put a bolter shell in the skull of that Thousand Son, hand-magic or not :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Dave Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Fantastic :P !!!!! :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal van Trapp Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 i love the diorama, it looks fantastic, only thing is that a bit of a psychic power still firing off the 1k son would look very nice, maybe a residual lighting bolt or something... but that would only add to the awesomeness that is this diorama. oh and @everyone: they are both in the wrong, the deceitful powers of chaos and ignorant follower of a corrupt imperium! they should both me maimed! New Imperium of Mankind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 wow :) that has got to be the most original diorama i have seen :tu: it really looks fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortarion Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Thanks again. Quite a lot of Space wolf players on this forum... :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Immortal Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 amazing! although i like to believe that just behind that sorcerer is a Wolf Guard, power sword poised to decapitate that evil one in one fell swoop. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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