ShasVa Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 A month or two back I started my Alt-Verse project (an alternate telling of 40K, where the Emperor lives, Chaos is crippled, and the Nids are still a grave threat!). Here are some images of my work: The Emperor Lion El'Johnson Fulgrim Perturabo Jaghatai Khan Leman Russ Rogal Dorn Konrad Curze Sanguinius Ferrus Manus Angron Guilliman Mortarion Ahriman (in Alt-Verse, he takes over from Magnus when the latter sits on the Golden Throne to repair the Imperial Webway) Horus Lorgar (old pic, the mace head was replaced by the skull-halo of a GK Nemesis Warding Staff) Vulkan Corax Alpharius (no special base due to the legion doctrine of stealth and blending-in) Now, the enemy of virtually every race in Alt-Verse 40K...Erebus - the Daemontraitor of Mankind, and Fallen Son of Chaos. The latter name is in reference to Erebus tricking Chaos and attaining their kind of power. They fail to destroy him and so kick him out of the Warp and seal it so he cannot re-enter. One of his "life" missions is to re-enter the Warp and slay the pantheon so he can rule the Warp AND the Matterium. Lastly, a few special characters that I have also completed: Cypher Saul Tarvitz Sigismund Comments and stuff are welcome. :) I know they are great looking models, but does anyone think I should try re-doing the Primarchs? Perhaps attempt true-scale on them? Or are they good enough as is? ++EDIT++ Links have been removed due to the site the images were being hosted at contained board inappropriate material. I would highly recommend rehosting the images elsewhere on a more board sanctioned site (e.g. photobucket, B&C gallery, etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributis Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Just to point out... the website you've used to host the pictures dooooes have some NSFW advertising banners... Mods might not like that :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamrodMC Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Yeah, I was about to mention that too, Retributis... As for the minis, I think that they still need a lot of work to get past the flatness. Unless you were going for tabletop quality, in which case they're perfectly adequate. If you want them for display quality, you need washes, lots of different kinds, and you need another shade or two of flesh-coloured paints to give the face some depth. Also, highlighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathar the great Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 The alt-verse thing is interesting and I'd like to read and see more of it. I did however report your post because of your hosting site. There are enough possibilities out there that you don't need sites like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkava Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Yeah, i can't see anthing. Great site to use ....... your BandC photo album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShasVa Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 Uploadhouse = bad. Got it! I am still thinking of improving them, perhaps with use of Army Painter stuff like their Quick Shade (I won't be dipping them, but rather brushing it on). However, they aren't meant for anything display quality. Unlike models I've done in the past, I didn't want to be too fussy and pedantic with them. I was going to true-scale them, but my first attempt was quite crap (the GS was obvious even when painted). Anyways, I may redo some or all of them. Since this is my telling of 40K. :) Now for some Alt-Verse tidbits: - the Emperor is alive, duh! - no Primarchs turn to Chaos, but one still "dies". - the Void Dragon wakes up prematurely and heads off into space, taking the Labyrinth and a chunk of Mars with it, and virtually all of the now-loyal Mechanicus. - the Eye of Terror is sealed shut via a joint campaign between the Imperium and the Ulthwé Eldar Craftworld, but have been orchestrated by the Deceiver. - the Imperial Webway is completed, and the Emperor's forces use to colonize worlds and eliminate hostile forces swiftly. - the Necrons successfully revolt against the C'Tan, and actually destroy the Nightbringer, but then resume their original mission to eliminate the Old Ones and all created by them. - the Tyranids' greatest weapon is unleashed close to M41 - their version of the Emperor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codicier Lucion Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 As for the minis, I think that they still need a lot of work to get past the flatness. Unless you were going for tabletop quality, in which case they're perfectly adequate. If you want them for display quality, you need washes, lots of different kinds, and you need another shade or two of flesh-coloured paints to give the face some depth. Also, highlighting. I agree, even just using watered down chaos black to help give some depth to the armour and add detail would help immensely. You might also not want to put on the paint so thickly in the future. Though as for the models themselves, they look great and I like the whole history of the alternate universe. I'd be very interested to see how the Tyranids created their Emperor and hear what happened to some of the other races in it. It has some serious potential as a setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShasVa Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 As for the minis, I think that they still need a lot of work to get past the flatness. Unless you were going for tabletop quality, in which case they're perfectly adequate. If you want them for display quality, you need washes, lots of different kinds, and you need another shade or two of flesh-coloured paints to give the face some depth. Also, highlighting. I agree, even just using watered down chaos black to help give some depth to the armour and add detail would help immensely. You might also not want to put on the paint so thickly in the future. Though as for the models themselves, they look great and I like the whole history of the alternate universe. I'd be very interested to see how the Tyranids created their Emperor and hear what happened to some of the other races in it. It has some serious potential as a setting. Thanks Lucion. I'm still not sure if I should or want to redo them all (the Primarchs and Ahriman, not the other models), as it did take some time getting them as they are now. The Tyranids create their death-weapon in response to the advanced, technology-heavy resistance they encountered when facing the Imperium (who are now on the road back to the Golden Age and are united as a species). Much like one of the stories of how the Emperor came to be, the Hive Mind creates the pinnacle of purely-biological achievement - the ultimate body. It then creates a powerful psyche to inhabit this body, forming it from the billions upon billions of Tyranid psyches that have come before. In the instant of its birth, the psyche of the Tyrant King is so overwhelming that it causes a Warp Blackout, smothering all psychic powers galaxy-wide for a short time, and dulling those of the Emperor. If anything, the Tyrant King is the "Tyranid counterpart of the Emperor" - the physical manifestation of the Hive Mind. The Tyrant King can adapt its bio-matrix within a few seconds, and can grow its own weapons at will. It was first encountered in M41 by Dark Eldar raiding party escaping a White Scars incursion on Commoragh (it should be noted that Jaghatai Khan discovered a back-door into it). They fought back against the creature, but all their technology and virulent weapons could not stop its onslaught, as it proceeded to cut them to ribbons and turn their bodies into organic sludge. When the entire party of Dark Eldar were dead, the Tyrant King absorbed their biomass, transmitting the data and what it had learned to all Tyranid organisms for light-years around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Angelus Sanctus Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I would highly recommend to the OP to change the image hosting site of the current images (good suggestion would be to use the B&C itself as your image hosting area via your personal B&C gallery). If the links arent changed soon, because of the content on the hosting site directly, the links will be removed due to the content on the site itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 repost pics plz!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqatone Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Wouldn't it maybe be a good idea to make a sticky topic at the top explaining how to host/upload good pictures, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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