Salamanders Sergeant Telion Conversion

[Garden Ninja]

I recently converted and painted up this mini as a Salamanders version of Sergeant Telion (good ol' "counts as").

 

For further rantings on the conversion, you can visit my blog.

 

http://mediawonder.com/gallery/albums/userpics/salamandersniper.jpg

 

http://mediawonder.com/gallery/albums/userpics/salamandersniper2.jpg

[m14xx1]

I like this alot.

[WAR]

That is a pretty sweet telion

[lord gunthar]

That is really good OSL that you have done there, that ghillie suit is cool, only thing I dont like is that you should have used some burnt grass on the base.

 

Also it made it better that its in salamander colours.

[MattCrawford]

Excellent conversion and top notch painting. I especially like the lava lighting B)

[Dangerousdan73]

awesome painting and great work on the cloak brilliant work mate

[angel of justice]

The cloak's ash effect is pure distilled awesome, the sculpting of the cod peace is unfortunate though because it gives the impression that his warming his junk using lava which quite frankly on second round of thinking is both manly and awesome great work.

[Shadow Nugz]

Beautiful painting and converting you have done there! My only qualm is that the random tree growing out of the rock (I know it is possible) looks lonely. Maybe some burnt/ dead grass around his feet to add a bit more variation to the scene?

[Garden Ninja]

Hm... maybe it doesn't show in the pic very well, but there are patches of burnt grass on the ground. I didn't make simple dead grass, because I think that proximity to the lava would probably singe it all.

 

Of course, that proximity to the lava would probably kill a person too, but Telion is badass that way.

[Liquid_awesomes]

Its a briliant conversion, but the rim on the base looks a little messy.

[Shadow Nugz]

Ok now I look closer I can see it. Very nice ;)

[Garden Ninja]

Its a briliant conversion, but the rim on the base looks a little messy.

 

 

I think you're right. Drat, I didn't catch that before.

[Stu Phoenix]

While you've done an excellent paintjob and conversion I can't help but wonder "why would a scout/sniper guy a veteran no less who's gone to the effort of wearing a ghillie suit, crouch next to an extremely bright light source?" Sorry bud but I think that base would have been better suited to an HQ unit like Vulkan Hestan.

[Garden Ninja]

You know, you are right. However, it follows the kind of thinking that you get from all camouflaged mini: real camo just looks bad on the tabletop.

 

I mean, think about it. If actual soldiers in a warzone "popped" they'd all be killed. Camouflage is designed to break up your outline and keep you from being standing out.

 

If you don't do something very wrong with the minis, they tend to just look bland and aweful. So it is the same idea with the lava pit. It makes him pop on the tabletop- which he needs because from the back he looks like a large flocked base.

[Epic Thoughts]

Terrific job! If I didn't know he had a ghillie on, I would have thought the back shot was a rock!

[Brother Rathul]

Not to burst your bubble, but ghille suits encompass the whole body, not jst the back, it looks more like a cape.

Awesome job on the model though.

[Stu Phoenix]

Not to burst your bubble, but ghille suits encompass the whole body, not jst the back, it looks more like a cape.

Awesome job on the model though.

http://strider2kilo.com/img/photos/ghillie_2-lg.jpg

[Rosco151]

Awesome, excellent lighting effect, and I really like the cloak.