CancelledApocalypse Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Running alongside my aspect wraithlord project (and tbh about a million other projects I probably don't have a hope of finishing...), I'm starting a eldar corsair army in hope and anticipation that they might get a full faction army list again one day. Here's the first completed model, a corsair prince - Oron Ebonsight, the Black Spear of Cuhlainn. The conversion is shamelessly copied and (slightly) modified from (I think) Death of a Rubricist, originally. The paint scheme is similar to the original, but modified to fit with my corsair faction, the Black Suns. The Black Suns were a straight eldar faction in the rogue trader era of Epic (1st edition of Epic Space Marine) and since lots of the other eldar factions detailed in that edition went on to become pirates in later lore, and since I really like the retro colour scheme of the Black Suns (black armour, deep red helmet, yellow knee and shoulder pads), but I haven't seen anyone else use them, I thought they'd be perfect to make into my own personal corsair faction. I have several squads of the new corsairs to paint up, some of the old forgeworld resin guardian conversion kits and a few vehicles, which I'm really looking forward to giving the Black Suns look. Let me know what you guys think! brother_b, Kallas, Xin Ceithan and 5 others 7 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Beautiful job! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/#findComment-5889281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson73 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Really nice build and painting! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/#findComment-5889282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Apologist's original conversion is one of my favorite, and you've definitely done it justice with your own version. I especially like how you've updated the badge of the Black Suns. Do you have any larger images of the model? It looks like there's a lot of fine detail work that you've done, but it's difficult to make it. I look forward to seeing this Corsairs force expanded. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/#findComment-5889289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CancelledApocalypse Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, Brother Tyler said: Apologist's original conversion is one of my favorite, and you've definitely done it justice with your own version. I especially like how you've updated the badge of the Black Suns. Do you have any larger images of the model? It looks like there's a lot of find detail work that you've done, but it's difficult to make it. I look forward to seeing this Corsairs force expanded. Ah, was it Apologist? Either way, I love the original and tried to get as close to it as possible. I do have a larger version of the image on Dakka Dakka for this month's painting competition (Snazzy). The image I uploaded here is actually a lot larger than it's come out, not sure why B+C has scaled it down. I didn't see any options for making the image size bigger... Thanks guys, appreciate the positive comments! :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/#findComment-5889292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 "Death of a Rubricist" is the name of Apologist's blog, so you weren't wrong. My guess on the image size is that it's a setting I need to look into. Actually, that's not a guess because I just confirmed it. The software settings currently shrink images down to a maximum of 1,200 pixels square, so if your original image is larger, blammo. I just changed that so that images and videos won't be resized. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/#findComment-5889297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CancelledApocalypse Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) Hmm has that worked? Edit: still seems to be small? Edited December 3, 2022 by CancelledApocalypse Kallas 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/#findComment-5889301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Did you upload a new version? Or did you just repost the image link of the original version. The way the max image size function works is that the software copies the image and then shrinks it down to the maximum allowed dimensions, discarding the original image. Since I've changed that setting so that any size image can be uploaded without shrinking, you'll have to upload the original image again. You can do this by editing the details of the original image, uploading the full size version. If that doesn't work, just upload the full size image as a new image in your album. You can then delete the first (smaller) version if you want, but you'll then have to edit the first post to find the new image link. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/#findComment-5889335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CancelledApocalypse Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) I started a new message and dragged the image file to the attachments box again. So fresh upload. Edited December 3, 2022 by CancelledApocalypse Brother Tyler 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/#findComment-5889372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apologist Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Just stumbled over this – what lovely work! It's a beautiful model, and I very much like the adaptations you've made; particularly on the banners. Great freehand. CancelledApocalypse 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/#findComment-5901544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CancelledApocalypse Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 7 hours ago, apologist said: Just stumbled over this – what lovely work! It's a beautiful model, and I very much like the adaptations you've made; particularly on the banners. Great freehand. Oh, hey! Thanks so much! I loved your original conversion, I hope I did it justice and the alterations I made weren't too egregious... Thanks for commenting, it means a lot :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/#findComment-5901737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripper.McGuirl Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Uhhhmmmm yes this rules SUPER hard. Do you have more anywhere that I can stalk? CancelledApocalypse 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/#findComment-5901924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CancelledApocalypse Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 4 hours ago, Ripper.McGuirl said: Uhhhmmmm yes this rules SUPER hard. Do you have more anywhere that I can stalk? Ah, yeah, I have the same username at DakkaDakka and I've posted most of my painting and conversion work there, usually for their monthly competition. I'm intending to post a load more here, but I haven't got round to it yet... Thanks for the compliment! :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/376750-black-suns-corsairs/#findComment-5902007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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