The Oppo: Bonehead's Lost, Damned and in all likelihood Disappointed

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Yeah, the painted picture does make him look more mutated - I had thought those cheek frills were sideburns not flesh.  Still think he would be a good fit for the civvies if they could be painted as hair - if not (or if you chose not to) he'll be right at home in your mutants.  That said, if he does become a mutant, I'll always have a fond spot in my heart for the housecoated rioter he could have been (even if that was only in my imagination). 

 

I do agree that the gas mask on the ratskin is a definite improvement.  I was kind of looking forward to seeing a zombie head on AK guy (to make him a brother of sorts to Shotgun Zombie) even though there is nothing wrong with the gas mask on him.

 

Those old confrontation guys are wild - they are look like generic early 90s figures with a hint of some of the 40K minis of the time... except as they predate that, they are kind of like evolutionary missing links between early generic sci fi minis and design elements that form part of 40K's distinct "look".

Edited Monday at 10:58 PM by Dr_Ruminahui

[Bonehead]

Well, ak guy did have a zombie head oringinally of course- but seeing as I cut it off, I figured I'd be best served not just putting another one back on. Largely because I thought I'd have a look and see if any more zombies were out there, now that it's been proven they can be made back into ordinary scavvy-analogues, and it seems that these two that I have are pretty well the only ones you can get. So just as well he's not got a standard head anymore, or I'd be jeopardising my 'no two models may look the same' rule.

And the confrontation lads. Yeah, wild is the word. Some of the all-time skronkiest faces, poses and detailing. Almost all of them have really jutting underbites and a real sneer on their faces. I have another one of those, bathing in meths at the moment, and he's just as weird. They look so out there, they have to fit in somewhere. 

Meanwhile, more green stuff progress:

ak guy now has a collar and the remains of his right sleeve have been more or less made right; it should hopefully look, with paint, as though the shirt's sleeve is missing and his vest (undershirt, I think?) is showing under it. Meanwhile shotgun zombie's first sleeve is on. Dude is looking increasingly like a belligerent mutant and less like a zombie with every stage. 

Rear view:

Not bad going. Shotgun zombie's shoulderpad has been preserved as a separate piece to the sleeve, which should really help tie him in with the more vanilla scavvies. Neither of these two have a large bag at the waist, which is a very scavvy visual detail, so I'll add some.

These aren't the only two. Here's two more:

Our former ratskin is now just another guy in a ragged top and trousers. Jury's still out on whether he could use a tentacle; it might get done just because it's easy, and the more the better. His fat friend and 'ole Shotgun Zombie are doing their bit to add to the obvious mutations, but I think if the nurgle crew really aren't repping it for the mutated degenerate demographic, then who will be? It won't do. Must up the mutation quotient. On which subject, an idea just popped for one of the other ratskins.

Regardless, I'm really pleased with how the hood came out. It makes him look like he's wearing a light jacket/hoodie, which is very different to the original and much more appropriate for the crew's general 'ruined civvies' look.

Fatboy Who-Was-Elf is coming along just great. Need to remember to add a little to the ponytail to make it look less obviously hacked-through, but with that and the other trouser cuff done, he'll be finished. You can at least see in the two shots above that the gasmask tube detail is nicely vanishing under his odd fur jacket.

Here's a quick bit of detail from above on the ratskin and last week's lad in a raincoat; while raincoat man has his neck sculpted in at last, running rat does not yet:

And here's a couple of different angles on the running ratman:

Just a little work on the jacket front to go.

Finally, the other former elf's minor GS work on the face and hair to disguise the elf face:

Hair brushed over ears, as it were, and the sharp cheek disguised with an odd lump, and another one on the forehead for luck. Job done, but for attaching a strap to the bag. Shouldn't take too long. I do like the bag though, it makes me think of olympic skeet shooters, with their slings full of shells.

Ta!

 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Bonehead