mega_marines Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 So, I promised myself I'd never make a Count-As in my Lamenters army, but I took a conversion challenge on making a Dante Count-As conversion challenge at my local Games Workshops Badab War campaign, in which you had to successfully incorporate a Loyalist Special Character Count-As into your army. Not wanting to be outdone, I had my own own take on it. Also wrote up some background to make him fit a little bit better. He still needs a bit of cleaning, sadly. Enjoy! http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k175/megamarines/IMG_0757.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k175/megamarines/IMG_0759.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k175/megamarines/IMG_0760.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k175/megamarines/IMG_0761.jpg Pieces Used: 1. Astorath The Grim body 2. Command Squad Company Champion Power Sword 3. Command Squad Company Champion Shoulder Pad 4. Tactical Squad Shoulder Pad 5. Tactical Squad MK 6 Helmet 6. Tactical Squad Upgrade Sprue Chainsword 7. Death Company Melta Pistol 8. Shrike Jump Pack (Saved and stripped in Simple Green) 9. Venerable Dreadnought Iron Halo 10. Plastic Grey Knight Terminator Tabard 11. Imperial Guard Heavy Weapon Sandbag 12. Imperial guard Tank Commander Shoulder Pad 12. Dark Angel Upgrade Heraldry Shield Also, he didn't have a bottom to his right foot, so I had to green-stuff it in. Odd to say the least. “Considered perhaps to be an anomaly among his brethren, Niris leads the 8th Company, or better said, the remnants, as of post Badab War. Upon his recruitment to the Chapter over five-hundred years ago, Niris was deemed to be a somewhat dark omen. The first aspirant to meet Niris as a youth, immediately had purple warpfire burst from his eyes, his voice amplified in an inhuman tone. He spoke the words “On the dawn of the eight leader, we will be in crisis” before he collapsed. That youth eventually became Chief Libarian Ataris, hundreds of years later. It was from that day that forth that Niris was watched in-depth as he progressed through the Chapter. Whenever possible, it was always Niris that chose to volunteer Jump Pack insertion missions or attacks, and Niris who would always be the first into the fray. He would never miss a step, never falter. The Lamenter would always find his footfalls touched as that of a angel. Upon his elevation to sergeant of an Assault Squad, Techmarine Argathio; a brother saved from death by Niris in the climax of a battle against the Eldar; built the Lamenter Sergeant a new suit of armor. One of sculpted perfection and fibre, to represent the first sight of perfection the enemy would see descending upon them on swift wings. Two hundred and twenty-five years later, now darkly famed for his growing aggression in and appreciation of the aesthetics of war, Niris and a Strike Force of thirty marines he commanded, uncovered a Lamenters frigate fused into the Space Hulk “Tide Of Malice”. After encountering and defeating wave after wave of Genestealers aboard the hulk, the Lamenters came upon the armory of the frigate. This is where Niris would discover the “Amulet Of Triasta”. A relic of the third Chapter Master of the Lamenter, who was famed for weakening a man with but a single look to his face; now was by all rites of the Chapter, belonged to Niris. It was also at this same armory that the Lamenter did acquire the sacred “Blade of Will”; pulling the blade free from a long-dead Broodlord pinned to the wall thousands of years ago. When he first held the blade in his grasp, did the fair-of-face Sergeant feel the genetic encoders of the blade activate, turning the already flickering power sword into an electrical storm of power. Perhaps out of coincidence, perhaps not, the attacking Genestealers fled the scene in that moment of activation, their set ambush interrupted and announced. None survived. With the relics and data soon secured, Niris and his heavily diminished force returned with high honors. It would be further years down the road to glory that the Sergeant’s image in the eyes of his brothers would change. Slowly turning from the charismatic aggressor and boisterous Sergeant, the blonde-haired Lamenter would be further known as one of morbid humor, his gaze one of steel, and is wrath defined as righteous. The exact same attitude of the long-deceased third Chapter Master. Though, in his eventual rise to Captaincy, it was upon his day of coronation as Captain of the 8th Company, did the Lamenters become involved in the conflict that would be known forever as; The Badab War. Niris’ survival, as well as his remaining company brothers, could be attributed to what could be called a near mastery of his ambush tactics, and near flawless jump pack descent, further made perfect by the cold calculations of the captain. Striking at the heart of the enemy whenever he could, even against the Minotaurs, Niris reaped a fearsome toll as he descended into hell. At the end of the war, the Captain could be found leading the mainstay of Jump Pack assaults, bringing his wrath to the enemy, one day at a time. Taking life, heedless to the potential cost of his own, or his warriors.“ -Matt :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiros14 Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Like it, like it a lot, can't wait to see the finished result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mega_marines Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Like it, like it a lot, can't wait to see the finished result Lol, thanks bro. He'll be done soon. He has priority over the other models needing to be done at the moment too. :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBMAKENZIE Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 he looks like he is falling over. Do you have a side shot I Might be wrong. I think he needs to be tilted upright alittle more. Or even turning them past 90 degrees so that he was flying forward. Also consider swapping teh side the shield is on. His right arm is alittle light right now. Vs. the Doubly blinged left arm shoulder pad and the longer sword that the right does not have. You've also put the helmet and the knife on the base on the same side. Of course you off set the model alittle the opposite way which helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mega_marines Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 he looks like he is falling over. Do you have a side shot I Might be wrong. I think he needs to be tilted upright alittle more. Or even turning them past 90 degrees so that he was flying forward. Also consider swapping teh side the shield is on. His right arm is alittle light right now. Vs. the Doubly blinged left arm shoulder pad and the longer sword that the right does not have. You've also put the helmet and the knife on the base on the same side. Of course you off set the model alittle the opposite way which helps. Thanks. ;) Thankfully, when set down properly, he looks as if he's descending onto the slanted sandbag. I wish I had my camera on me, but now it's at a friends house being used. Do you think perhaps adding a set of purity seals to the the blank shoulderpad would help? The finished product will have a checkered shoulder on that side, so perhaps the exra purity seals would add some "mass" to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mega_marines Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 And...COMPLETED! http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k175/megamarines/IMG_0769.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k175/megamarines/IMG_0770.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demoulius Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 i love his eyes :) he is loco! :P nice job btw :tu: yellow is a pain to paint properly :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Extremely impressive !!! :) G :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mega_marines Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 i love his eyes :( he is loco! :P nice job btw :tu: yellow is a pain to paint properly :) Hah thanks. I think I've managed to get yellow down pretty nicely too. Extremely impressive !!! :wub: G Thanks! ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBMAKENZIE Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 still not a fan of the pose but hey oh well. :P with paint on it it balances out alittle better but that might just be me being all weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mega_marines Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 still not a fan of the pose but hey oh well. :lol: with paint on it it balances out alittle better but that might just be me being all weird. Yeah, I know what you mean. I've noticed no matter how well I take the picture, he doesn't look right. But in person, he looks so natural. It's almost as if the cameras clarity distorts it. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I really like this, can't wait to see it finished. Just edited this as I just read the entry on ur character after... This dude rules!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanguinarian Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I must be honest, I didn't like the bare model, but after seeing the paintjob - I likey!!! Although the blond hair doesn't seem to mesh with the yellow armour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Drop Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Whoops, I didn't notice the pics of the model painted.. I love the paint job but I agree with guy above me, the yellow hair doesn't quite look right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mega_marines Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 Hmm, it's strange. Just as I mentioned in another thread, pictures never really seem to do a model much justice. In person it seems the hair fits a bit better, but in pics, always looks so bland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subtlebrush Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Nice incorporation of the sand bag bit. I can never seem to find a good spot for it on my bases haha Besides that he looks awesome! Mr.Malevolent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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