Sokhar Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i46/adrakguildwars/mefist.jpg I love the greaves on the model, would like to know how those came about. The force sword looks really good as well. I have to say though, the face looks really rough, at least from this angle. Also, the plasma pistol is kinda bland by comparison, but that might be intentional. I am kinda curious why Mephiston is doing the Captain Morgan pose though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Fancy Pants Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 The Mephiston miniature sculpted by Jes is vastly underrated. To see people say it is 'crap' is appalling. I agree, but I also think it's a pretty dated sculpt. He, Dante, Tycho, and Corbulo are all 2nd edition figs. I'm bored with using them so converted new ones. They may be old, but they certainly aren't "crap". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnorriSnorrison Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 The Mephiston miniature sculpted by Jes is vastly underrated. To see people say it is 'crap' is appalling. I agree, but I also think it's a pretty dated sculpt. He, Dante, Tycho, and Corbulo are all 2nd edition figs. I'm bored with using them so converted new ones. They may be old, but they certainly aren't "crap". Exactly. The old Blood Angels models have their very own flavour, and they're still under the top character-sculpts of any Space Marine Chapter. However, with sculpts like Lemartes and Astorath, even Dante, Tycho and Mephiston look very outdated, especially by size comparison. Many people want variety, more details, momentum(although Dante is far from being static) and up-to-date versions of their favourite characters. Also, the new technologies used in the process of creating such models have vastly improved over the last decades, and many of us would like to have their favourite marine with new molds, or in case of DIY, new parts from plastic sprues or even self-sculpted figures. I am kinda curious why Mephiston is doing the Captain Morgan pose though. Quick, give him a barrel! :) Snorri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 The only issue with Tycho, Mephiston and Corbulo is the limitations of 3 dimensional planes for casting back in the day. Standing up right with weapons held out either side was pretty much al you got. See Njal, Ragnar and Ulrik. Sure size may be an issue, but anyone who says there is more detail on Astorath, Sanguinor and Lemartes than Meph, Tycho, Corbulo and Dante is kidding themselves. It would be nice for them to be a *bit* bigger as the current plastic marines have much stockier limbs than older metal sculpts. But that's not an issue with Meph under his robes or Dante in his sculpted plate. I have seen some awesome minis done before on this forum using green stuff moulds of Mephiston's chest plate and psychic hood as a basis to get the details accurate, then finished off with other parts. With Finecast nowadays and a dremmel tool you could very feasibly just cut Mephiston down into parts and 're-assemble' him into a more dynamic pose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHarrower Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I agree with Samagol. You can definitely make a cool Mephiston mini out of the existing sculpt. Here are a couple of my favorites: I'll post a link to mine as soon as I get a picture of it. Painting wise it isn't close to the above 2 miniatures, but I'm happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicodemus Doloroso Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Wow, what a difference just a couple arm-swaps and repositioning the head makes (along with a nice paint-job -- those are both better done than the GW 'Eavy Metal jobs). Hitherto I had no interest in including Mephiston in my collection, but now that I've seen those, I am inspired! Now that Mephiston is Finecast, such a conversion would not be too hard. I don't even want to think about what doing that with a metal version would be like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHarrower Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Here's mine. Paint job isn't done, but I got frustrated because the paint was so thick and I lost a lot of details. One of the reasons I haven't painted lately. I'm switching from Army Painter to the Vallejo Surface Primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zynk Kaladin Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I wish the Meph didn't wear a dress. His armor is awesome and all, but the dress just ruins it for me... I have a cool idea for a Mephy conversion. Hopefully I can put it into action fairly soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morticon Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I wish the Meph didn't wear a dress. His armor is awesome and all, but the dress just ruins it for me... I have a cool idea for a Mephy conversion. Hopefully I can put it into action fairly soon. ROBE!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnorriSnorrison Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I wish the Meph didn't wear a dress. His armor is awesome and all, but the dress just ruins it for me... I have a cool idea for a Mephy conversion. Hopefully I can put it into action fairly soon. We're not the traitors of the First Legion, our Chief Librarian wears a real robe! :lol: Snorri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zynk Kaladin Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Haha, well, "robes" aren't my cup of tea. :wacko: His epically awesome sword makes up for it, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Not my work, but i love what Auberon has done. http://idata.over-blog.com/1/69/06/68/Blood-Angels/SAM_9245.JPG http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...t=0&start=0 The models posted by TheHarrower are also really impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zynk Kaladin Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I almost forgot about Aubéron's librarian/"Mephiston" . I really enjoy his models and I'm proud to say I stole- err borrowed- some of his ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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