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Post by jpwyrm on Sept 27, 2008 9:12:27 GMT -5
Well, here are the first pics installment for my IG project. As a quick reminder, this is going to be a small, elite force (think SAS, Ranger/Deltas and the likes), primary made of infantry and some light vehicle support. The official army list isn't finished yet, so some of the squads might change (from Veteran to Stormtroopers, and so on). But that's for later, for now, lets have some pictures    Some infiltrator with special light-weight carapace armor  Several Stortroopers/Grenadier conversion  And a paint test - should probably add some higlights and shade to the clothes and smooth the other highlights, but that's the basic scheme. Enjoy ;D |
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Post by The Refined Gentleman (M.I.A) on Sept 27, 2008 9:31:37 GMT -5
Holly dammit batman! We have an army!!!
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Post by 3ff3ct on Sept 27, 2008 10:53:47 GMT -5
Love the conversion work, should be really interesting |
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Post by cobaltsentinel on Sept 27, 2008 18:48:45 GMT -5
Stellar work here! What's the stormtrooper sgt. made from? His pistol looks awesome!
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Post by Commissar on Sept 28, 2008 2:12:41 GMT -5
Pretty snazzy stuff, Im liking it so far. |
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Post by jpwyrm on Sept 28, 2008 8:18:51 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply guys! cobaltsentinel: Funny, your the second to ask about this dude. I'm not yet sure if he's gonna be a sergeant (maybe second in command of some squad). He's actualy firing his modified hellgun one-handed while drawing his combat knife. The model used is one of the old metal Space Marine Scout. I just cut the weapons and file some details then add greenstuff for the armour and glue some new weapons. The hellgun is a modified plastic SM scout sniper rifle - I'm planning on using these modified Hellguns here and there in the army. I have more veterans/custom stormtroopers yet to be finished, I'll post pictures of them when they'll be ready (University is slowing me down  ) JP |
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Post by cobaltsentinel on Sept 28, 2008 13:09:49 GMT -5
I have more veterans/custom stormtroopers yet to be finished, I'll post pictures of them when they'll be ready (University is slowing me down ) JP Yeah, I hear that. College has slowed my army work to a grinding halt. I always thought that SM scout snipers would make great stormtrooper stand-ins, with how their rifles resembled hellguns. Keep up the good work; I look forward to seeing more! |
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Post by jpwyrm on Sept 30, 2008 20:30:12 GMT -5
All right, I have some more pictures (old ones, but new here...oh well) Here's a couple more Grenadiers and some PIP pictures of the first Grenadiers    I think I've been lazy on the clothes' shading ad highlight. What do you guys think? Next time should be more pics of the vets and special weapon guys. Cheers! ;D |
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Post by psycho on Oct 1, 2008 11:30:56 GMT -5
holy guakamoly! they look good man, may i ask how u manage to do googles and carapace as im trying and trying and i suck!
cheers
kerby
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Post by Ymmot (M.I.A) on Oct 1, 2008 11:33:40 GMT -5
looks like some spacemarines scout bits mixed in there, may want to give that a try Psycho.
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Post by The Refined Gentleman (M.I.A) on Oct 1, 2008 12:40:24 GMT -5
I love the sgt! Very dramatic pose!
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Post by jpwyrm on Oct 1, 2008 13:33:20 GMT -5
Thanks guys, I'll try to finish some new stuff and post it ASAP. Psycho: Well, if you're talking about the protective goggles, the trick (well my trick anyway, there's probably a better way to do it) is to shape the GS in the shape you want and then make a fine crease (hope its the correct term, I speak French most of the time... but I have other qualities  ) with a modelling knife. Most important and hard thing to do is keep the line constant over all the goggles. As for armor, it depends on what shape your are looking. Basicly, you can just flatened a piece of GS on the mini than you push on the sides of the GS "slate" to give it the desired shape. I think the easiest part are the kneepads: you just need to make a pyramid shape on the knee and pull and push the GS until you're happy with it. Hope that helps, if not tell me and I'll figure a way to explain it better. |
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Post by 3ff3ct on Oct 2, 2008 6:43:50 GMT -5
Love the camo cloths ;D
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Post by psycho on Oct 2, 2008 14:44:21 GMT -5
cheers my man, well the armour makes sense but the goggles dont quite make much sense to me. maybe i'm thick but i just don't get it.
and seeing as french is your number one language your doing a bloody good job of using englsh.
cheers
kerby
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Post by jpwyrm on Oct 5, 2008 15:24:54 GMT -5
Give me a "U"! Give me a "P"! Give me a "date"! Give me an "UPDATE"!!!!  At last, I was able to finish some of the conversion I've been working on for a while. And, I also managed to get my hands on a camera to take piccies  So here we go:   First members of Special Weapon Squad (might swap one of those for a Demo-charge though)   Some troopers, designation as yet unknown    A sergeant and comm-officer. The sergeant is one of my favorite conversion And finally, a little try at custom-made Grenade-launcher as I think the standard one are a little too big:  The GS work is a bit rough and I still need to find how I will model the grenade clip, but you get the idea. C&C are welcome! |
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Post by cobaltsentinel on Oct 6, 2008 21:52:45 GMT -5
That lasgun-to-bolter conversion is AWESOME! Reminds me of a UMP!
You don't mind if I copy it?
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Post by SirAndrewD on Oct 6, 2008 22:11:31 GMT -5
Extremely awesome. Your green work and conversion skills are light years ahead of my own.
Only suggestion I could find is to maybe try blending a bit on your highlights. They look a bit harsh with the scheme you have. Beyond that, top top notch.
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Post by jpwyrm on Oct 7, 2008 6:44:58 GMT -5
Cobaltsentinel: Thanks! Please go ahead, it's not as if I haven't copied some of this stuff from other people, so.
Sirandrewd: I agree, higlights are a little too harsh, mainly on the black parts, I'll rework that soon. I was painting a batch of 12 Grenadiers at the same time but seeing that I would be cutting on cleanliness too much, I think I'll go back to my 3 by 3 habit. So next time should be three grenadiers all painted with mini-problems solved ;D
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Post by SirAndrewD on Oct 7, 2008 10:35:54 GMT -5
Cobaltsentinel: Thanks! Please go ahead, it's not as if I haven't copied some of this stuff from other people, so. Sirandrewd: I agree, higlights are a little too harsh, mainly on the black parts, I'll rework that soon. I was painting a batch of 12 Grenadiers at the same time but seeing that I would be cutting on cleanliness too much, I think I'll go back to my 3 by 3 habit. So next time should be three grenadiers all painted with mini-problems solved ;D I did the same thing. My rank and file troops were painted 10x and they ended up also having quick, harsh highlighting. I spent a lot more time on my Veterans and am doing them 2 at a time and they look a lot better. |
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Post by jpwyrm on Oct 10, 2008 12:29:55 GMT -5
Well, Ive been quite lazy of late. It's exam time right now, so when I'm done filling my head with stupid math theorems, I don't feel like tackling my paints and mini.
Still thinking about the army list and fluff though. If you have suggestion, feel free to help.
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