Thursday, July 14, 2011

Imperial fists Master Of The Forge on bike WIP

Hello once again!

Thought I would take some time off my commissions (although I'm also working on a Flesh Tearers Captain, more on that on future posts) and give my Imperial Fists army some much needed attention.

I have tried using Master Of the Forge with a Conversion Beamer riding a bike and I must say that his long range (or should I say extreme range) killing capacity is lovely! I have therefore decided to make a model to field in my games, but many problems have risen for that, mainly finding the correct weapon for the conversion.

After a quick research, I have found that the original conversion beamer during the good old Horus Heresy days looked more like a Plasma Cannon (the first gun on the picture below). Then it evolved into something really unique in shape, making it rather difficult to convert...


After quite a long research and digging in my bits box I was ... well stuck. There was no way I could just kitbash something like this without looking way too overdone and I wasn't really ready to sculpt or make something from scratch. 

But then, when I was browsing my beloved blogosphere... revelation!! 


Chapterhouse studios was a company no stranger to me, I have purchased their lovely pre heresy jump packs for a future project (keep an eye for this as well) and now this release was just perfect for what I was looking for. 

The kit arrived quite fast having in mind that we had an ocean dividing us. Lots of flash to clean and preparation work to be done but nothing a sharp knife can't handle.

I ended up doing some conversion work to the kit as well, because I would prefer the beamer mounted on the bike itself, not on the backpack. 

For the techmarine I used the old metal body from the Blood Angels command boxed set and some legs from the Dark Angels upgrade sprue. Some photo etched imperial fists symbols would give that much needed character to the model.



Finished the model with a Micro Art base. I haven't glued the gun for obvious reasons. Ready to be primed! I would really like to hear what you think on this one. Watch this space for more updates!

Last but not least, some much needed musical inspiration! 

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Flesh Tearers Terminator Librarian finished

Hello once again!


Following my previous post I have finally finished another commission piece.
The Space Hulk Librarian in Terminator armor is a wonderful model. The weird color schemes continue and this time the client wanted his Librarian to be white to differ from the other character models in his Flesh Tearers army! Apart from the un-fluffness of the scheme I think that it suits him well and overall it came out nicely!



As always I would love to hear your comments and see your votes in CoolMiniOrNot!

And of course some music to accompany the post as always!

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

wait, what?!? a white Librarian?

Yup, another commission post and another weird paint scheme as demanded from the client! This time is the Terminator Librarian from the Space Hulk board game. I must admit that it really suits him though ;)



Still got some work to do but I think that I will be able to post final pics by tomorrow so keep an eye on this space! :)

As always some music that keeps me inspired!

Warning, extreme metal tunes... not for the faint hearted! 

Monday, May 30, 2011

Sevrin Loth Chief Librarian finished!

Greetings to all!

Its nice to finally get to have the chance to spend some time for your hobbies after a large break. I have finally managed to finish this great model from Forgeworld that I had shown you some WIPs some time ago. I am quite satisfied with the result. I have to say that I'm also in love with the model. Its the single most detailed model I have ever worked with (although I am really looking forward on working with this guy as well).

Anyways, enough with the babbling, on to the pics


As always photos are not the best... I must stop painting so many red models as it is a pain to take pictures. Hopefully I will get better results with my Imperial Fists :P


As I am looking again at the model, I can't help myself making the comparison with the new GW's model range, Citadel Finecast . There is a huge gap in quality of the material, no doubt about it but do you think that GW will ever produce such detailed models now that it has the potential?

Last but not least, my music inspiration for this piece would be something different this time (I really don't know how I got inspired by this song for the particular model but inspiration comes from the weirdest places...)


I would love to hear your comments as always! 

Monday, May 16, 2011

INVULNERABLE

Hello everyone!



I have been reading the past few days a new blog that a friend of mine created called INVULNERABLE! He is a really talented Comic artist and a veteran 40K Blood Angels player. His blog covers all our local wargaming events and much more under his hilarious perspective!  I definitely suggest taking a look (especially the latest post :) )