++ AUGUSTUS b'RAASS ++ pre-heresy BRASS SCORPION p.247

[DuskRaider]

That Blight-Hauler is top notch, Auggy! I love the exposed flesh / brain is so cool and the tubes are awesome.

[Augustus b'Raass]

Cheers, guys! Here's the second one and third guys!

 

I changed the vison slit or this one, as well as cutting off the smoke stacks and replacing them with horns made from sprue!

 

 

The third on features some more tentacles and a Death Guard symbol. Love this guy!

 

 

And of course a squad Pic:

 

I hope you like!

 

Now I'm off to London, to be a +1 for the boyfriend of my GF's BFF and see the prepremière for Cast&Crew of SOLO (he's a visual effects manager for Disney).

 

WOOOOOO

 

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@ Greenz: Haha no problem, buddy!

 

@ KrautScientist: It's hard not to laugh. I'll do some red on his face when I get back.

 

@ DuskRaider: I know right? Those tentacle rollers are the business!

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[hushrong]

You knocked those together quick and knocked them out of the park!

 

Have fun on trip and at the premiere!

[KrautScientist]

Ohh, that sounds like an excellent trip -- have fun! Also, if the film happens to suck, please let me know, as I am planning to go see it next Friday ;)

[Maarten]

@ Maarten:  A rematch against your weird Dark Mechanicum/Eldar hybrids? Yes please! And thanks for the vote of support for my point of view on the DOI matter.

Hmmmmm I had started a new army for 8th ed but I'll happily indulge you, I love my weirdoes, time to figure out the new codex. And you're welcome.

[Eldrick Shadowblade]

I must have misread your post originally. If some is straight up copying you and trying to make a buck, that is BS. I always try to acknowledge my hobby influences here: Thamier, Augustus, Kraut, (amongst many others) were all big motivators after a 10 year hiatus in grad school. I appreciate your dedication (and productivity!). That being said.. I really like the small changes to the blight haulers. I'm jealous though... they've been out of stock in North America since they launched!!!!

[DuskRaider]

And I'm sure by tomorrow all 3 will be fully painted.

[Krakendoomcool]

Look forward to seeing the finished painted ones in 2 hours.

 

Whoever said these were 'easy to build' obviously hasn't seen these bad boys.

 

You dedication to making them all different is impressive, especially repairing all the pock marks so that not one piece of damage is repeated.

 

The new tentacle maker is working out great. Great designs replacing the Nurgle symbol, the brains are an amazing idea and that box of skulls is proving very versatile.

 

The visor is a great detail. Nailed it. I'd been looking at the old artwork for the orignal blight drone (and prototype sketches). Kept thinking about the one with three eye lenses. Looking at the model close up like this though there is a lot of detail around those lenses so maybe it's a bit too ambitious.

 

P.s. re copycat. Your in the right and did the right thing. Well done.

[The Traitor]

Your Death Guard is looking quite good, and the work you´ve done on the drones to make each of them unique is amazing, but what has really taken my breath is seeing your nurgle daemon prince finished, what a beast! The "wrecking ball" was a really inspired idea, and the final result has been spectacular, can´t wait to see this army put together!

[rednekkboss]

NICE!!  I've got one of those to get done.  ;)

[Subtle Discord]

Stop making me want to procrastinate! Inspiring work.

[Vairocanum]

Oh wow that daemon prince looks stunning, was cool before but the paint job brought it to a whole new level! Those blight haulers look so cool as well, love how customized you've gotten them to look. The first one with the the bursting effect is definitely my favorite! Did you heat up the plastic to bend it outwards or is it just bent really carefully without heat? Looking forward to seeing more!

[Razblood]

YOU DISGUST ME!!!!!

 

These death guard are too damn good!!!

 

Almost made me back out of the etl in shame.....

 

 

...ah well at least I get to look at your stuff and drool a bit when my own is frustrating me :lol:

[Soulhunter1995]

Well I haven`t had chance these past few weeks to keep up-to-date on your thread Auggie but holy moly, I have missed some awesome stuff  although I echo Razblood in his comment of almost backing out of the ETL  Keep up the good work good sir

[Hydra Dominatus]

Man those are some epic blight haulers and it's cool how you manage to make even the most monopose model look unique. Btw your first claw still looks better.

[malcharion]

Great work on this nurgle little boxes !

I like the idea of using the same conversion from the drones, look like one of them will sudenly evolve disgustingly grow some wings and start to fly ! ^^ awesome man

 

Malchy

[Augustus b'Raass]

Hi guys! I came back from my trip to London on Tuesday, but only found time to paint on Fridaymorning - so I've only finished one of the Myphitic Blight Haulers. Still, the trip was totally worth it - and seeing the prepremiére with cast and crew of Star Wars: SOLO was fricking epic. I won't spoiler it in any way, but GO SEE IT! I promise you it's worth your while. 

 

Anyway, here's pictures of the first of the trilobe:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And that's it! I hope you like it! He was fun to paint. Funnily enough, it was hard to glue it together after paint - because of the build, there's a lot of strain on the frontal canopy to go forward, so I had a lot of trouble gluing this thing together after painting. I'll need to use a lot more rubber elastic bands for the other two, as those are even more converted than this rather original guy - who has almost no structural changes.

 

Cheers!

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@ hushrong: Thanks! And I have!

 

@ KrautScientist: It doesn't suck - at all! I hope you had fun with it!

 

@ Maarten: YES! Let's make it so!

 

@ Eldrick Shdowblade: Turs out, he just paitned it - it was his client who didn't divulge the source.

 

@ DuskRaider: Nah, I have too little time to paint these days. Two years ago, sure. But with this job and a relationship, no way!

 

@ Krakendoomcool: Yeah, unfortunately I could have done a better job on the hiding of the pock marks. You'l see what I mean when I finish painting the other two. Three lenses is also a rather nice idea. I am toying with the idea of making another DP with three small heads, each with one eye...

 

@ The Traitor: hotdamn. You're totally on point with that reference! I editted the post accordingly with this:

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@ rednekkboss: One? You need three. THREE!

 

@ Subtle Discord: STOP PROCRASTINATING AND MAKE US WONDERFUL THINGS TO THROW MONEY AT, YOU MAD GENIUS YOU! (did that help?)

 

@ Vairocanum: Thank you! I used a circle saw dremel tool to make the cuts, then used a cigarette lighter to heat up the plastic, and then a pair of pliers to bend them to my will.

 

@ Razblood: Well if you quit the ETL, YOU WILL DISGUST ME!

 

@ Soulhunter1995: Don't quit, I wll hold it against you

 

@ Hydra Dominatus: Thanks!

 

@ malcharion: Cheers, buddy! BTW you seriously need to do something about your avatar....

 

RE: the whole First Claw copycat thang: They PM'd me and promised to change the post, and to delete their video's. Here's their reply: 

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Alright, it's getting near the end of Tuesday! I'm both excited and anxious to hear from you...

  TUES 21:23

 

Sir, we understand that this is a personal matter for you and your anxious . We do not fully agree with your claims as any IP wasn't breached as we are not producting miniatures in many copies but work on commissioned based orders. However after further checking we in fact have based our work mostly on photos of your project not knowing about it. To explain in better there was also artwork involved which is a close representation of how you envisioned your miniatures. First Claw sadly doesn't have a lot of good artwork. We will state that fact on all our forum posts and delete any other social media publications. We think it's fair as in your opinion we have a lot to gain by it. Kind regards, Michal Ruminski DOI Founder

Michiel

Hi! Thanks for getting back to me on this issue.

To be clear: I don't think this is an issue of Intellectual Property. I think it is one of civility between hobbyists in a community. This is not about my losing money or anything. In fact, I'm honoured that someone found my interpretation of First Claw so cool that they decided to copy it almost exactly.

So please uderstand that I do believe you when you say that the miniatures were given to you as a commission, and I accept that you didn't know about my creation. Our community is relatively small, the Night Lords community a subset of those, and my work is only really well-known within the circles of the Bolter&Chainsword forum. That being said, I do think your client should have told you about their work being based on mine. As I said: we should all give credit where credit is due. I'm glad you agree with me on this!

If I understand it correctly, you will state on the forum and any other publications that the work is based on my creation. Is that correct?

Thank you and have a great day,

Michiel

  WED 10:22

 

Hello, we do agree that your conversions are really great. We did erase some of the publications and on the rest we did wrote info on what we based the models on. Wish you all the best! Tom

 

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So I'm happy! 

[KrautScientist]

Well, that sounds like a great solution to the whole First Claw affair -- to be honest, though, any other reaction would have looked like them shooting themselves in the foot, wouldn't it? ;)

 

The Blighthauler is looking fantastic -- the inflamed flesh is truly something to behold! I hate to be that guy, buddy, but a closer look at the melta barrels makes it look as though both halves might be ever so slightly misaligned -- probably something to watch out for while completing the next two models. And is that one of Peer's hairs on the spiked halo above the melta? ;)

 

Couldn't agree more about Solo -- what fun that was! Even though I didn't watch it in London, just in my own neck of the woods ;)

[Augustus b'Raass]

I hate my cat. As soon as I drop a part, it's covered in shed winter coat. I see what you mean about the multimelta - unfortunately I can't change anything about it anymore... :( 

Glad you liked SW:Solo!

[hushrong]

Glad you made it back and the trip was great!

 

The hauler also looks great! I love that big red icon right on the front plate.

[KrautScientist]

I see what you mean about the multimelta - unfortunately I can't change anything about it anymore...

 

In all fairness, it's probably only noticeable on pictures that blow up the model's size by about 300%, so you should be fine ;) Still, it miht be something to keep an eye on while painting the other two.

[malcharion]

@ malcharion: Cheers, buddy! BTW you seriously need to do something about your avatar....

 

Done   

 

Also glade you get to resolve this copy issue with DOI and that you get credit for your work. I've been there myself sometime and It's alway unpleasant to see your work elsewhere without the due credit even if it is somehow flattering.

 

As always cool paintjob on this first big bug ;)

 

Malchy

[Augustus b'Raass]

On a roll now. Here's the second Blight Hauler:
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No cat hairs this time! ;)

 

I'll try and finish the last one tomorrow morning!

Cheers!

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@ hushrong: Haha that big red icon is standard issue on the kit! lol

 

@ KrautScientist: I just checked and they're all slightly out of line - but it's by such a tiny amount, it's actually barely noticable on the miniatures. The pictures are 4x bigger than RL. :tu:

 

@ malcharion: HURRAY! Malchy has an avatar! Look at you all fancy! And yes, I'm glad it worked out too :)

 

 

[hushrong]

Yeah, but it looks great in red! :D I’ve been liking your use of red with the Death Guard! New brain buggy is also looking sharp!

[Panzer]

Anyway, here's pictures of the first of the trilobe:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alright I just have to say it. I immediately thought "Robocop" there. :D

(Probably because I'm currently on a Shadowrun trip again and read some Robocop comics to satisfy my Cyberpunk cravings :P )

Edited May 26, 2018 by sfPanzer