Scarper's Necro gangs: pimp my wizard 12/9

[Lord Solar Macharius]

he's a boss. ;D

seriously, nice work overall, i think i like farnham and the beastman the best.

[ElegaicRequiem]

Very fancy cape. I like it.

I believe that once a poll's there, it's there for good.

[Scarper]

Thanks LSM! Good to see you back around!

And cheers too ER, though that's pretty annoying about the poll - I was hoping someone would be able to wield some modly magic or something and make it go away The cloak was pretty easy to do, and really fun too! I just used a toothbrush to flick paint on in various colours - I think i'll be using it for all my camo cloaks ;D

Thanks for the feedback, and I'd love any constructive criticism anyone might have...

[ElegaicRequiem]

Toothbrush! Let's see your teeth now. It's a good idea, though.

This would have been another instant reply, but my browser froze.

[Lord Solar Macharius]

Feb 26, 2010 9:38:32 GMT -5 Scarper said:

Thanks LSM! Good to see you back around!

Good to be back.

More pics plz, i like the style of these conversion a lot, keep it up.

[ReWolf]

Feb 25, 2010 21:28:48 GMT -5 Scarper said:

The hell. That's awesome.

[Colonel-Commissar, (M.I.A)]

I approve of this vet.

And his cig in perticular.

[Scarper]

@er - Hahahaha, thankyou! I'm starting to think I should consider calling the emergency services if you haven't replied within a minute or two of my posts - something terrible must have happened!

@lsm, ReWolf And CC - Thanks so much guys, really appreciate the comments! ;D

Continuing my model + fluff thing I'm trying to do, here's a short thing featuring Farnham on my world of Caitiff

" Farnham smiled. Flannigan’s boys could hold their own on the open field, but they really ought to leave ambushes to the experts. A lone waster stood in the centre of the ruins of the general store, stock still. There were no weapons on his person, not even a blade or a pipe, and every few seconds he would glance nervously side to side, presumably looking to his captors. No one on the planet would leave their shelters unarmed of their own volition, and no one who’d survived this long would be stupid enough to stand in the open in the middle of Pinewood. Poor bastard had probably been caught scavenging for food.

Flannigan must have caught wind of the new recruits Ridgeway had taken in last week - a younger lad and his mother who had been caught trying to break into the armoury back in Old Oswick. They were willing and capable, and both would be wielding a rifle with a few weeks of care, training and half decent nutrition. Didn’t mean he was stupid enough to fall for a stammering vox call offering six months of supplies for shelter. Wanted to meet them alone. In an unsheltered building in the middle of the city. Even if it had been real he‘d have been killed for his gear long before they got there.

Farnham and Jeep had come in from the South, looping well around the building and approaching from behind. Their cameleoline shimmered through browns and greys, rippling gently in the dustwind, and concealing them nicely in the office ruins a block down from the store. Farnham clicked his comm bead twice, whispered to Jeep.

“Just like you said, mate. Scope ‘em out.” He looked again through his binos, scanning the buildings around the grocer. A flash of light caught his eye, and he zoomed in on a collapsed wall just off the road. Two kids crouched behind the rubble, some kind of launcher tube on the ground between them. Their stolen PDF armour was crudely daubed with a blue cross front and back - Flannigan’s men. One of them was smoking, still thinking himself concealed. Clearly not the best recruits. A voice in his ear whispered.

“Three hostiles at the windows, building east of the road, might be more inside. You got anything?”
“Launcher team. South West, by the entrance.” Movement caught his eye. “Two more of them, look like autoguns, in the store itself.” He considered. “Too many for us. Shall we call it?”
“Yeah,” Jeep replied. “Let Stoat bring his lot, come in from the South. They can breach, take ‘em all down before they even realise how stupid they’ve been.”

Farnham chuckled. “Alright, sounds good. Let’s move.” He crawled away from the floor edge, hefting the pack he‘d collected as he went. A bedroll and a couple of tins of peaches - hopefully swollen little enough to be botulism-free. Nothing to be sniffed at, anyway. Walking towards Jeep, he thought again of the scavver in the shop - no way the guy would survive the operation, however it went. It scared him how little effect the senselessness of such deaths had on him anymore. Moving at a crouch, he joined Jeep in the dusk light outside."

It could use some work, but it's 2am, so meh. Let me know what you think please guys!

[Scarper]

Hey again everyone!

Ridgeway has had a bit of a fairy power spray bath, and I decided to redo him - hope you guys reckon this is an improvement! I've been working loads on armour weathering - does it show?






Like I mentioned the first time I post him, i was going for more of a 'sit back and plan' style of command than the seemingly more popular 'run screaming at the enemy with a big glowy sword' technique. Hope that comes across!

Would love any criticism you might have - I'm really trying to improve my painting

p.s. Ignore the book! It's something my gran sent me and thought I would appreciate - God knows why It was the first flat surface I found and I didn't notice what it was!

[Ymmot (M.I.A)]

When I saw that last picture...

just for a moment I thought he really was sitting on a handbag with a stethoscope.


Um...nice painting by he way!

The armor does look a bit weathered, and I'm sure it looks even better in person.(Cameras are so cruel...)

[Hetfiltrator]

*Claps* Impressive job. My one complaint is that form the 1st pic one of the shoulder pads looks unpainted.

[Scarper]

Thanks Ymmot! I've been trying out stippling brown over boltgun metal which has been drybrushed over black - I'm going for a blotchy, old paint look. And it really does look better IRL!

And cheers to you too Hetlan! Which shoulderpad do you mean, by the way? The one on his right has a flaky bleached bone design on that - I think that might be what you mean You can see it clearer in the 3rd pic, though I guess they're really not the best

What do you guys think of the basing? I was going to have all my command squad's bases line up to make a mini diorama type deal - they're in a wrecked house!

[Hetfiltrator]

Yeah. I was actually commenting on the lighting. But no problem. I didn't actually notice but Bravo! it's very nice.

[dwi]

Hey there! If you wanna do good rust use a 50/50 (or was it 40/60?) mix of BBrass and BOrange. Try to make sure that the BOrange is visible and dry brush it. It may take a few trys to get it to work (I got in one shot however) If you don't like the 50/50 mix, mess with it a bit til you like it. Oh and how did you do the smoke in Farnham's hand?

[Scarper]

Thanks DD! And welcome to the board, dwi! I'll be sure to give your rust mix a try ;D The smoke is just a sliver of plasticard cylinder - the narrowest diameter I could find - with a catachan 'lasgun holding' left hand glued onto a cadian arm. It's really easy to do!

This next guy is actually an older HW trooper I had to ditch after I removed them from my list. I've modified him and then touched up the paint on a bit after my friend introduced me to gears of war, but the painting is still a bit bodged





Makes me wish sergeants could still have lasguns...

Would love to know what you think!

p.s. (don't worry, Westrider, I'll make you another one at some point!)

[Hetfiltrator]

The painting is pretty good. I wasn't aware that the remnants employed anime characters. Wait no..That's a bandanna isn't it? I should probably erase that top part so I don't look like an idiot. Oh well too lazy.

[ElegaicRequiem]

Feb 28, 2010 20:56:04 GMT -5 Scarper said:

@er - Hahahaha, thankyou! I'm starting to think I should consider calling the emergency services if you haven't replied within a minute or two of my posts - something terrible must have happened!

Eventually, I'll comment on an update before you make it - referencing details I wouldn't know until after seeing the picture... There's never been a ninja quite like me.

[Colonel-Commissar, (M.I.A)]

Again, approved

[Scarper]

Thanks again for all the comments, folks, you're way too kind to me!

I've painted up a lieutenant now (he's on the far right of the picture), which completes my company command squad for 500pt games (though I've still got a dog to paint up and tag on!). The pics aren't the best, but it's dark and I'm lazy, so no retakes! The pics look small on the IGMB, but if you click them and follow the link you can zoom in (and rate them too!)

I've ordered them in the order I painted them - Harkness was the 5th model I ever painted, just over a year ago now. Hopefully you can see an improvement!

EDIT: Ugh, can't get the images to work, sorry! Still, you can find them here, here, here, and here.
Would love any more of your wonderful feedback

[ReWolf]

Looking Nice

If you want, I can go through each pic and point out some niggles? Although a lot of it might just be the lighting - try and take them outside into the sunlight and snap a pic or two, then we can see representative pics of them

[Scarper]

That'd be awesome, thanks! Your other critiques helped me out loads, so I'll always welcome that

Not that I'm making excuses (I totally am), but some of the models are from ages ago, so have pretty terrible schemes

[ElegaicRequiem]

We're not good enough for you? You only post them directly onto some other site? I see how it is.

[Hetfiltrator]

This proves I am way too impatient. I got sooo excited when I saw platoon command. Teehee.

[Scarper]

Mar 8, 2010 11:38:31 GMT -5 ElegaicRequiem said:

We're not good enough for you? You only post them directly onto some other site? I see how it is.

It's not like that! They have an auto-colour correct feature! I'm rubbish at photos

Hetlan - right, you're next now, I promise. It has been an AGE, so it's about friggin time I made your damn model. I can't 100% guarantee that you'll be a sergeant, but I'll make him now, and you'll get what you asked for I realise it's been a while!

Apologies for the model delay - just finished another set of exams (if you like exams, study medicine - seriously!), so going's been a little slow. Almost didn't post this next guy, as he was more greenstuff practice than a show model. Still, hope you like

I was thinking 'civilian soldier' when I made him - a survivor who was never part of the PDF, handed a gun when he fell in with the Remnants and told to scavenge whatever else he can. The GS work is pretty clumsy, but I'm working at it!





Anyone got any tips on how I could make my GSing smoother? I can never get it flush with the model... Ooh, and I have some fluff in mind for Donovan! You might see it in a day or so And as always, I'd love your comments (way more than the ones from those philistines on DakkaDakka!)

[ElegaicRequiem]

And here, you can get instant replies from me!

I like him, the shirt is good, and the painting is still improving. There's a moldline on the gun, though..