hermanista Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Correct, have a cookie. That body has been demoted down to the rank of Devastator Sergeant, and someone else is currently under the saw to replace him.... This Guy http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/Corpsetaker2.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/Corpsetaker3.jpg Which I think looks a lot meaner to go with the idea behind the Corpse Takers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 That model has character already and he's not finished yet! Good to see the lad accurately looking down the sights of his bolter. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanista Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 @Olisredan - Aye, hopefully looking the right way will help when he gets on the battlefield. (And I'm terrible for superstitions in game, they're rocket launchers, not MISSile launchers, you have to do the 'dakka dakka dakka' when rapid firing twenty bolter shots and have to do the explosion noise when you fire vindicators, lol) As an extra, the log made it to page 2, that's always a good sign when that happens I reckon. Anyway, found the left arm that I think suits the Corpse Taker, now whilst it doesn't include a nathecarium, I'll do the servitors less combat-like and more suiting to the role the model performs on the battlefield. http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/Corpsetaker4.jpg Quite happy with that as it fits my vision of a monstrous archivist recording the samples of stolen geneseed, whilst his minions flutter around him bottling and storing the stolen glands. I've not given him a power weapon although the servo-arm on the backpack could count if needed, since the army is going to be a shooting based one, so he'll likely be sat joined to a unit of 20 marines or something else suitable to receive his feel no pain rule. Look okay to people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex567 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Hey, Alex here, Lookin good my friend! He has that whole, "look at me Ima baddass" look going for him, so with the bolter what bits did you use to make the arm? is it the sergeant arm repositioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanista Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Aye, Its simply the arm cut from the finecast sternguard sergeant, cut to fit the shoulder, glued on and your done. Nothing more complex than that really. just ordered a load of resin bases, so should be here in a couple of days to go with the shoulder pads that should turn up tomorrow with luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex567 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Hey, Alex here, just took another look at that chappy and the camera angle in the last pic makes the bolter look BIG as, the whole impression of "IMA BADDASS" looks ten times more awsome after notising that. What kinda bases you getting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanista Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Went with http://www.modeldisplayproducts.co.uk/image/cache/data/MDP/Gaming%20Bases/Round%20Bases/25mm/MDP-Sci-fi-GB01-500x500.jpg In the end, super cheap for starters, and I can then go with the time of year and possibly add snow to go with the cold theme since its now hit winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanista Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Couple of hours of painting and the Corpse Taker is plodding along pretty happily, http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/IMAG0540.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/IMAG0535.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/IMAG0537.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/IMAG0539.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/IMAG0538.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex567 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/IMAG0540.jpg Hey, Alex here, Now thats an Astral Claw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Only a couple of hours? Bravo. :D Are you going to have something suitably medical in that book? (Da Vinci man, maybe?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanista Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 @Alex - Cheers, it's getting there ;) @Olisredan - Aye, less that two hours to that point, but I was bouncing between bits whilst doing it really. they're not the most intensive paint schemes I've ever done. All So my birthday presents *from myself* turned up a day early http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/bases.jpg Nom nom, so having just cleaned up and sprayed 35 bases black, I just need to wash the extremely greasy shoulder pads and I can get on with painting them. Do need to pick a base colour though, so far mates have suggested Red Plannet, Urban and Desert, but I'm not sure what would look coolest, so, I'll throw that out to you folks? Any ideas? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex567 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Hey, Alex here, ive always seen badab as a very industrial urban city, so mabe you could have aq rubly rocky urban grey style base colour scheme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbabyjesus Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I think with silver as your main colour for the models they might get a bit lost in grey bases, red planet sounds like a good contrast, though you'll have to keep the red pretty subdued to avoid it overpowering the model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyner Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Very nice Astral Claws, where did you get the resin bases from? When I get cash I'll pick some up since I'm terrible at making my own bases look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Another vote for subdued red. There were probably rust wastes on Badab and the red would make a nice contrast, perhaps with some yellow flock or whatever would pass for a tuft of dried vegetation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermanista Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 How do all @Reyner - the link to the bases is cunningly on the photo above Others - I did a bit of a play around, and although they started a reddish colour, the rotting flesh/devlan mud as kinda obliterated it and they have become slightly more 'mundane' and normal looking bases, but in this 'poor' light I think it looks alright really. Not quite finished, but my eyes are hurting so a bit of a break whilst I find something else to do. http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/AC20.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/AC21.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/AC22.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/AC23.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/AC24.jpg http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Hermanesq/Astral%20Claws/AC25.jpg Normal disclaimers apply, its late, the light isn't great, so I'll get some better pics tomorrow hopefully. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex567 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Hey, Alex here, I know it's a bit late but I saw this nice basing tutorial, where you glue sand paper on top of the models base, drybrush it codex grey+black, then codex grey again, then you paint a white stripe down the middle, it works realy well as a road, and the white makes the base stand out alot, I'm thinking of doing it for my special characters. just thought i'd let you know! The bases look great by the way. If you want red then mabe paint a dusty red trim on the rim of the base to make it stand out better. My two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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