Psychopomps (photos before farewell!)

[Panzer]

Make sure to link it here so I don't miss it! :P

[Slave to Darkness]

Done those pictures yet?? C'mon its been over half an hour now. I aint getting any younger. 

[Kierdale]

There are 150 laaaaarge images.

This is going to take time...

[Kierdale]

Claws to the groin!

The third of the new Raptors. Where in the last squad one raptor was fly-by cleaving a Dire Avenger in half with his chainsword (from the groin up), this one came down, kicked his foe in the nuts...

And is about to finish the job with a bolt to the face.

Now a question of sword-arm pose:

A. As above, sword up.

B. Diagonal.

C. Horizontal.

Taking into account the movement, his landing, which position do you think looks best?

[Slave to Darkness]

Really cant decide, they both look good.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Can you blue tac on his jump pack?  That would help in deciding.

[Greenz]

Kierdale, I’ve been following your thread for a long time now, no clue why I haven’t commented up until now. Your work is amazing. Beautiful. Disturbing. Beautifully disturbing haha. I’ve just recently come around to Slaanesh, and your thread has definitely been one of the motivating factors in that change/ revelation. It’s been a huge inspiration for a lot of the posing and converting I’ve done in my loyalist army, I can only image what you’ll inspire for my EC army

 

As for your latest raptor, I definitely think the last pic. The arm out gives a sense of him getting his balance as he’s landing. You don’t really need the arm raised, as the pistol to the face will do the job. Unless you want the excessive killing ;)

[hushrong]

A or B for me! Each finishes the landing pose well.

[Slave to Darkness]

Arm down looks like he is taking a swipe at another Eldar as he is going to execute his mate. I say down.

[Carrack]

Horizontal for my vote. It looks like the victim leaned back away from a missed slash, but got caught off balance and kicked in the waystones.

[Pearson73]

Nice posing brother!

 

My vote goes for A or C.

[Panzer]

I think all the poses are fine. They all display the same action just different stages of its execution. None look wrong, all look awesome. :D

[ChazSexington]

A, followed by C. Looks amazing!

[WarriorFish]

Nice, the only good xeno is a (soon to be) dead xeno! I think A or B is best, but any works :tu:

[Kierdale]

That’s 4 votes for A, 2 for B and 4 for C so far.

I’ll Blu-Tac a jump pack on him ASAP and post an image of that to see if that swings votes one way or the other.

 

One thought: from a storage point of view A is easier, being slightly more two-dimensional than C is with the sword out to the side.

[Panzer]

Well if it's between A and C....my vote goes to C. :P

[Kierdale]

Okay. With jump pack.

A.

B.

C.

Close up of the Plokoone Excess pad.

Rooster with his plasma

And some teasers of the smaller elements of my WIP Giant Spawn...

The one that doesn’t have fingers coming out of his mouth will have a chain coming out of it, running to a pin hammered into the stump of the other’s severed arm.

...and the main mass will be provided by likely both of the big troll monster thingies that would carry a WHFB Chaos Warshrine... combined into one(ish) body.

[Panzer]

Still like C best.

I think I now know why as well. It kinda looks weird that he has his victim at gunpoint but still attempts to slash it while pose C looks like he just landed on the victim putting the gun to its head but still prepared to keep fighting with his chainsword.

Eg A looks like the model is trying to do too much at once imo

[Greenz]

Still like C best.

I think I now know why as well. It kinda looks weird that he has his victim at gunpoint but still attempts to slash it while pose C looks like he just landed on the victim putting the gun to its head but still prepared to keep fighting with his chainsword.

 

Eg A looks like the model is trying to do too much at once imo

Totally agree, C looks most natural to me

 

That Giant Spawn is looking freakishly awesome already.

[MyD4rkPassenger]

The spawn elements remind me of Carpenter's The Thing, and I love it.  I can't wait to see more.  I'll also echo the above and say pose C

[Pearson73]

Looking forward to the Giant Spawn, the 'regular' ones you've made previously have been brilliantly disturbing and this one is shaping up to be no less twisted.

[MaliGn]

Is it me or does that spawn have such a "human caterpillar" vibe already?

[Teetengee]

More spawn yay!!!


I know the bolt pistol hasn't been in question, but is there any chance of adjusting for A but having him holding the eldar by the headdress, prepping for a decapitation?

[Kierdale]

More spawn yay!!!

 

 

I know the bolt pistol hasn't been in question, but is there any chance of adjusting for A but having him holding the eldar by the headdress, prepping for a decapitation?

Ah, it's a bit late for that...but I do have:

one spare Avenger head

one more pistol/chainsword raptor

and finally, until your post, no idea how I was going to pose that final raptor.

 

Now I do. Holding up his trophy by the comb of his helmet.

Thanks, Teetengee.

[Teetengee]

I can offer some advice on how to sculpt some gore, if you want, but generally it seems you've got that well in hand. ;)