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Right now my only criticism is that you are letting an Ireland fan into your house, brother or not... :lol:

 

Nah in all seriousness, that is a really cool custom librarian. I may be inclined to give the chest eagle a wash to help define it a bit, and go over the red of the chapter symbol and tear drop once more, as the black of the checkerboard is showing through slightly. Aside from that, cool conversion and I really like how the rest of the mini looks!

Cheers, ID

Right now my only criticism is that you are letting an Ireland fan into your house, brother or not... :lol:

 

Nah in all seriousness, that is a really cool custom librarian. I may be inclined to give the chest eagle a wash to help define it a bit, and go over the red of the chapter symbol and tear drop once more, as the black of the checkerboard is showing through slightly. Aside from that, cool conversion and I really like how the rest of the mini looks!

Cheers, ID

 

 

I know, but his girlfriends even worse - she's a Wales supporter! :wub:

 

The Chapter Symbol and blood drop are on my to do list. My freehands not great so I'm trying to work on that. Not going to try it tonight after a couple of drinks though :wub:

See what you mean about the chest eagle - might try adding some purple into the red wash just to darken up the recesses a bit.

I like it! You're missing his librarian's hood though ;). Besides that nitpicking, it's pretty good. Nice and solid conversion as well as paintjob.

 

Thanks for the compliments.

 

For all those that have missed the fluff I have included in this thread, there are one or two reasons that I have not sculpted a physical psychic hood.

1) Fluff-wise, the hood is incorporated into the helmet - that is why there are various wires sticking out. The "hood" doesn't actually need to be a hood at all. Check Mephiston for example, or even Ezekiel (though his is a cloth hood rather than a standard Marine psychic hood)

2) The last time I attempted to sculpt my own hood out of a spare shoulder pad, I ended up with severe lacerations in the tips of my thumbs. Not a good look.

I like it! You're missing his librarian's hood though :lol:. Besides that nitpicking, it's pretty good. Nice and solid conversion as well as paintjob.

 

Thanks for the compliments.

 

For all those that have missed the fluff I have included in this thread, there are one or two reasons that I have not sculpted a physical psychic hood.

1) Fluff-wise, the hood is incorporated into the helmet - that is why there are various wires sticking out. The "hood" doesn't actually need to be a hood at all. Check Mephiston for example, or even Ezekiel (though his is a cloth hood rather than a standard Marine psychic hood)

2) The last time I attempted to sculpt my own hood out of a spare shoulder pad, I ended up with severe lacerations in the tips of my thumbs. Not a good look.

 

Ah that clears things out! Sorry about that: I think that's the only post I missed; my fault for not reading more slowly :rolleyes:. I'm just used to staring at the ones GW makes. In that case, your librarian is really unique! It's rare to see one without a psychic hood, and looking so much more like a warrior/champion then a librarian. I really like his left arm.

I like it! You're missing his librarian's hood though <_<. Besides that nitpicking, it's pretty good. Nice and solid conversion as well as paintjob.

 

Thanks for the compliments.

 

For all those that have missed the fluff I have included in this thread, there are one or two reasons that I have not sculpted a physical psychic hood.

1) Fluff-wise, the hood is incorporated into the helmet - that is why there are various wires sticking out. The "hood" doesn't actually need to be a hood at all. Check Mephiston for example, or even Ezekiel (though his is a cloth hood rather than a standard Marine psychic hood)

2) The last time I attempted to sculpt my own hood out of a spare shoulder pad, I ended up with severe lacerations in the tips of my thumbs. Not a good look.

 

Ah that clears things out! Sorry about that: I think that's the only post I missed; my fault for not reading more slowly <_<. I'm just used to staring at the ones GW makes. In that case, your librarian is really unique! It's rare to see one without a psychic hood, and looking so much more like a warrior/champion then a librarian. I really like his left arm.

 

No problem - I miss stuff all the time! The left arm was easier to do then it looks.

I plan in the future to buy a mail glove - like the ones butchers use - to help prevent lacerations.

Hi folks,

just to keep you updated, I have been working on my Chaplain on and off over this weekend (in between watching the Rugby - what a score for England!)

Anyway, hope to have some WIP shots up soon in the next day or two.

 

I'll keep you posted

 

Lestat

Its good so far, the one quirk I have with it is that the colors of the fire should be the other way around, going: (from the skull up) yellow/light (hottest) to red/dark (coolest). Example: http://www.laflame.com/images/LF_Logset.jpg

 

Other than that though, keep it going!

 

-Nikolakhs-

Its good so far, the one quirk I have with it is that the colors of the fire should be the other way around, going: (from the skull up) yellow/light (hottest) to red/dark (coolest). Example: http://www.laflame.com/images/LF_Logset.jpg

 

Other than that though, keep it going!

 

-Nikolakhs-

 

Nikolakhs - Thanks for the compliments.

 

Just to point out my reasons for painting fire the way I do, heres a brief explanation.

I'm using my college science as reference for the flames. On a Bunsen Burner - or even a lighter - the hottest part of the flame was always the tip of the inner cone (i.e. the blue bit - or, in the case of my Librarian, the darker red bit)

Besides, it's "magical" fire. As it's an extension of the Librarians psychic will, it could feasably be any colour he wishes ;) But I decided to go with the colours that best complement the armour.

 

I've also used reference materials - examples of which I have linked too below. The first pic clearly shows that the lighter colour is at the tips of the flames, but the darker colour is the centre.

http://scavenging.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/fire.jpg

http://www.gamerzneeds.net/forums/signatur...gpic15887_7.gif

http://www.jonesactmaritimelawblog.com/upl...TugboatFire.jpg

 

Hope that explains why I have painted the colours the way I have.

Now, I know that there will probably be a whole host of people saying that I have got it wrong, but it's down to personal preference at the end of the day.

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