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[lamby]

  On 12/16/2017 at 1:42 PM, Bjorn Firewalker said:

Impressive. Is "Ratty the twist" a kitbashed Skaven, from the Fantasy line?

Thanks Bjorn!

- Yes, Ratty is a converted Skaven Engineer from the Spires of Dawn set

 

  On 12/16/2017 at 5:15 PM, LordVelype said:

Nice crewmen! The Kroot has a bit too bright green for me (too orkish for me personally)  but still very good!

Thanks LordVelype!

- I used yellow oils over the initial green and it went a lot darker and more orkish than my previous Kroot... but he does blend in with the crew he runs with :)

 

  On 12/17/2017 at 8:05 PM, sockwithaticket said:

Love the crew! So much creativity in this thread.

Thanks sockwithaticket!

 

 

 

So here's the attempt at the gas mask - not sure yet if it's going to work, needs some more detailing in the middle I think... thoughts?

 

And some final detailing on the pistol:

 

 

Pistol in hand - a better view of the upper arm cuff - and also added a new neck part, as the previous one was a) too small, and b) wouldn't stay glued in:

 

Thanks for looking!

[Markus_]

This thread is just nuts! Fantastic conversion work, very true to the spirit of 40k. I especially liked the crazy bulk of the Wild Child model. Keep it up. :)

[Bjorn Firewalker]

The female Inquisitor looks promising. As for detailing the mask, the most obvious answer is to carve a nasal cavity and teeth to form a skull mask. If you think that's too cliché, how about luscious lips and a Roman nose to unnerve her opponents with an Stepford smile?

[Heru]

The problem I think with the mask is that it is too flat and too thin on her face. Only way to wear a mask that flat is if you removed your nose and remodelled your mouth and chin. If you bulk it out forwards it would look more practical.

[DaBoiKyknos]

  On 12/18/2017 at 5:53 AM, lamby said:

So here's the attempt at the gas mask - not sure yet if it's going to work, needs some more detailing in the middle I think... thoughts?

 

I think you are right, looks good so far, but not yet perfect. Some little holes maybe in it to make certain it´s a gas mask.

Edited December 18, 2017 by LordVelype

[DaBoiKyknos]

  On 12/18/2017 at 9:09 AM, Heru said:

The problem I think with the mask is that it is too flat and too thin on her face. Only way to wear a mask that flat is if you removed your nose and remodelled your mouth and chin. If you bulk it out forwards it would look more practical.

 

It could be a newer model. Inquisitors would have access to the best tech after all.

Edited January 12, 2018 by LordVelype

[lamby]

  On 12/18/2017 at 6:54 AM, Markus_ said:

This thread is just nuts! Fantastic conversion work, very true to the spirit of 40k. I especially liked the crazy bulk of the Wild Child model. Keep it up.

Thanks Markus!

  On 12/18/2017 at 7:09 AM, Bjorn Firewalker said:

The female Inquisitor looks promising. As for detailing the mask, the most obvious answer is to carve a nasal cavity and teeth to form a skull mask. If you think that's too cliché, how about luscious lips and a Roman nose to unnerve her opponents with an Stepford smile?

Thanks Bjorn!

  On 12/18/2017 at 9:09 AM, Heru said:

The problem I think with the mask is that it is too flat and too thin on her face. Only way to wear a mask that flat is if you removed your nose and remodelled your mouth and chin. If you bulk it out forwards it would look more practical.

Thanks Heru - see below, I took your advice about the 'thinness'

  On 12/18/2017 at 12:30 PM, LordVelype said:

 

  On 12/18/2017 at 5:53 AM, lamby said:

So here's the attempt at the gas mask - not sure yet if it's going to work, needs some more detailing in the middle I think... thoughts?

 

I think you are right, looks good so far, but not yet perfect. Some little holes maybe in it to make certain it´s a gas mask.

 

 

  On 12/19/2017 at 5:31 PM, LordVelype said:

 

  On 12/18/2017 at 9:09 AM, Heru said:

The problem I think with the mask is that it is too flat and too thin on her face. Only way to wear a mask that flat is if you removed your nose and remodelled your mouth and chin. If you bulk it out forwards it would look more practical.

 

It could be a newer model. Inquisitors would have access to the best tech after all.

 

Thanks Lord Velype!

 

WIP work on a new character, the Scout - kind of threw her together over the last few days and didn't take a lot of pics, so these are basically end-of-construction pics, with only green-stuff patch-up work to go.

 

Took a rifle/arm from a Necromunda sprue (similar to this one):

 

And an Admech rifle (again, similar to this one):

 

And the boring Necromunda rifle becomes a much cooler Scout rifle:

 

Torso is from an old Dark Elf Cold One Knights, left arm is the now-staple Admech 'bionic' to attach to the left hand on the rifle:

 

Made the kneeling legs from a Tau Fire Warrior and some Dark Eldar legs various, with a bit of choppy-chop on the back foot to get it into position:

 

And yes - that is a Witch Elf screaming face as a (hopefully) cool shoulder pauldron - belt from the Necromunda sprue:

 

And with rifle in position:

 

 

 

Still hunting around for a decent head for the Scout - we'll get back to that later...

 

Speaking of heads - the on-going saga of the Witch Finder's gas-mask continues:

 

Pretty sure I'm done with the mask - now just to green-stuff that last hair strand:

 

Thanks for looking!

[Ahistorian]

Amazing work, very inspirational!

[DaBoiKyknos]

New gas-mask looks promising! 

[hushrong]

That scout and the witch finder. I just had to sit back away from the computer and calm my heart.

 

oh man.

 

These are excellent!

[lamby]

  On 1/12/2018 at 7:29 AM, Ahistorian said:

Amazing work, very inspirational!

Thanks Ahistorian!

  On 1/12/2018 at 7:54 AM, LordVelype said:

New gas-mask looks promising! 

Thanks LordVelype!

  On 1/12/2018 at 1:32 PM, hushrong said:

That scout and the witch finder. I just had to sit back away from the computer and calm my heart.

 

oh man.

 

These are excellent!

Thanks hushrong!

 

Challenged by some Dakka users to add detail and make a change to the strap on the Scout's rifle, here's the (admittedly better looking) result (although it looks like I'll need to sand the new strap bit down a little thinner):

 

Meanwhile; took a Sisters of Silence body, added the bare back of a Daemonette, and did some cut-n-sand sculpting to give her a proper butt to get this:

 

 

The head is a Daemonette head with the weird hair cut off and the skull sanded bald, and an Eldar Wyches hair part added:

 

 

As usual, it's about this point in construction where I start to wonder what load-out she's going to get...

 

Thanks for looking!

[Ahistorian]

The Pirate Queen on my ][nq28 thread shows how well Escher arms can look on a Sister

[lamby]

  On 1/27/2018 at 7:35 AM, Ahistorian said:

The Pirate Queen on my ][nq28 thread shows how well Escher arms can look on a Sister

Thanks Ahistorian - timely advice, as I just used an Escher arm on the Scout, and see below...

 

 

 

And so: thanks to Lysimachus, the new Witchfinder retinue member has found her calling - as a Gladiatrix!

 

And with that - and the new GW Custodes release - came the idea for her weapon: the Gun-Spear!

 

Started with the coolest gun ever designed by GW:

 

Some careful knife work (to retain that wonderful detailing) and some re-gluing brings us to this:

 

Added a Sisters of Silence right forearm to the right upper arm and drilled through the fist to insert the brass rod for the basic 'spear' haft:

 

Drilled through the magazine-well and power-thingy to position the gun then trimmed and oh-so-very-carefully drilled into that Sister's blade to get the basic concept sorted for the Gun-Spear:

 

And an Escher arm combined with the Sister's open hand gives us the left arm:

 

Next up - a firing mechanism for the Gun on the Spear haft,  some sort of power-source, maybe some cabling, and clean up the gun-to-blade transition.

 

Still working up the nerve to resculpt the Daemonette forehead and nose...

 

Thanks for looking!

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Good job on the gunblade.

[hushrong]

Still looking awesome! I have to say you've got a great vision for conversions and the skills to make it happen. Everything you've made is fantastic and your lastest samplings are still making my jaw drop.

[Shovellovin]

Just wanted to drop a line letting you know that your conversions are very well done. I spent the last couple of days going through this entire thread. Plenty of inspiration to be found here. Thank you for sharing your work.

[DaBoiKyknos]

Sorry, I didn´t read all you wrote, but... This woman with the big sword/gun weapon (and the demonette head) looks pretty badass! 

[lamby]

  On 1/30/2018 at 10:52 PM, Bjorn Firewalker said:

Good job on the gunblade.

Thanks Bjorn!

 

  On 1/31/2018 at 3:41 PM, hushrong said:

Still looking awesome! I have to say you've got a great vision for conversions and the skills to make it happen. Everything you've made is fantastic and your lastest samplings are still making my jaw drop.

Thanks hushrong!

 

  On 1/31/2018 at 4:42 PM, Shovellovin said:

Just wanted to drop a line letting you know that your conversions are very well done. I spent the last couple of days going through this entire thread. Plenty of inspiration to be found here. Thank you for sharing your work.

Thanks Shovellovin!

 

  On 2/1/2018 at 4:57 PM, Kyknos of Athena said:

Sorry, I didn´t read all you wrote, but... This woman with the big sword/gun weapon (and the demonette head) looks pretty badass! 

Thanks Kyknos!

 

 

 

 

 

Detailing ideas for the Gun Spear - might add a skull above the firing handle...

 

And I take it back - the little detail on the Scout's gun is not the smallest thing I've ever sculpted - this new nose for the Gladiatrix is!

 

 

 

Needs a bit more careful sanding with some super-fine paper - it wasn't until I took these pics I noticed it's a bit crooked at the bottom but I think I'll leave it like that cos it looks like it's been broken - and she's a Gladiatrix after all!

 

Thanks for looking!

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Working on a Guardian Spear? Or is that term reserved for the Custodes' power spears with integral boltguns?

[hushrong]

Looking very nice!

[DaBoiKyknos]

Cool face! Are you aware, that every update from you is like a new episode of a good TV-show to me? Like Breaking Bad- good... 

Edited February 5, 2018 by Kyknos of Athena

[lamby]

  On 2/5/2018 at 8:18 AM, Bjorn Firewalker said:

Working on a Guardian Spear? Or is that term reserved for the Custodes' power spears with integral boltguns?

Hi Bjorn - I think I'll leave that term alone, and just call it a Gun Spear  - though it is obviously heavily influenced by the Custodes' weaponry

 

  On 2/5/2018 at 3:26 PM, hushrong said:

Looking very nice!

Thanks hushrong!

 

  On 2/5/2018 at 6:54 PM, Kyknos of Athena said:

Cool face! Are you aware, that every update from you is like a new episode of a good TV-show to me? Like Breaking Bad- good... 

Hahaha thanks Kyknos!!!

 

For those who wanted to know - concerning the scultping of noses:

- Version 1 - drilled through her weird septum and sculpted over the pre-existing end of her nose

- Version 2 - ended up cutting away her original nose entirely and sculpted in the new nose as one piece - which was then scraped down even smaller with a blade

- And: I won't be doing that ever again ;)

 

 

 

 

The Witch Hunter and the Gladiatrix are done (only some minor clean up required before spraying.)

 

Here's the Witch Hunter with hair and coat-tails complete:

 

 

Ah crap - just noticed the hole in her left shin :) whoops!

 

And the Gladiatrix, nose surgery and Gun Spear complete, left arm and belt kit added:

 

 

 

 

 

One retinue member to go - I wonder who/what she will be...

 

Thanks for looking!

[DaBoiKyknos]

Nice! 

What exactly is the "gun" part on her weapon meant to be, actually? 

Flechette blaster? 

[lamby]

  On 2/11/2018 at 10:28 AM, Kyknos of Athena said:

Nice! 

What exactly is the "gun" part on her weapon meant to be, actually? 

Flechette blaster? 

 

Thanks Kyknos!

- it's an Admech flechette blaster so I guess so... I went for cool rather than rules 

 

 

Yes, yet again, a return... and of course, rather than finishing anything -  returning with a new character!

 

A quick explanation in  my defence: since my last post the Witch Hunter suffered a calamitous casualty at the teeth of Chaos - otherwise known as my cat :( - the only portions that survived were the arms and the head, as they were detached at the time of the creature's assault

 

I started rebuilding her - hopefully even better than before - but the motivation soured a little, so to breathe life back into my mojo, I've started on another character - though I'm not quite sure where she fits in the cantos of either the Rogue Traders, Kallatar's retinue, or the Witch Hunters... or possibly even something new.

 

Anyways - since I have quite a few of these old Daemonette bodies lying around, I started with one them:

 

And with the long skirts of Neferata from the Mortachs of Nagash:

 

Off with her legs!

 

Working on getting rid of the hanging jewel-things - sometimes over-exuberant knife work means greenstuff/milliput repairs:

 

And here's the body and the skirt together - took a bit of knife-work to get the torso to sit facing forward rather than sideways like Neferata's torso sits:

 

And here's the components of the left arm and sword - I set the Dremel up as a lathe to turn the greenstuff/milliput hilt:

 

And all attached:

 

Hopefully there'll be much more to come in a better timeframe than previously!

 

And as always - thanks for looking!

[hushrong]

Oh no! Not the witch hunter! Damn you chaos spawn!! *shake your fist at your cat.

 

Well, the new character looks off to a sweet start!