winterdyne Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 More Ultramarine goodies coming up. We'll kick off with a rhino, forgeworld doors, tamiya stowage / tarps with some old RT-era rhino boxes for nostalgia's sake. Gunner / Storm Bolter cupola is replaceable. Note, this is WIP, not varnished yet, hence the glossiness in places. I'll probably sharpen up the lettering on the side, too. http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/ultramarines1/rhino2/rhino2_wip1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraRich Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 That looks great. Its made my mind up that I need to buy the forgeworld kit for my Rhino. Whats the size of the sorage items is the tamiya stowage 1/35 kit? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted May 31, 2010 Author Share Posted May 31, 2010 Nah, they're 1/48. Bit too small, look more like small bedrolls / working canvasses rather than big tarps. 1/35 are better for jerry cans and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAR Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 Here's the magnetificated and forgeworlded predator. I'm in the process of putting together another .pdf tutorial showing how the magnetising was done, and how to handle 'When Forgeworld Parts Go Wrong '. http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/ultramarines1/predator_agrippa/destructor_wip.jpg http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/ultramarines1/predator_agrippa/annihilator_wip.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted June 11, 2010 Author Share Posted June 11, 2010 Here's an assault squad with a couple of major conversions. As I'll be doing additional work on the Landspeeder storm, I've not done a few of the conversions that were knocking around, as they'd be rather complex and involve extensive sculpting. Instead I've implemented my 3 favorite ideas and kept everything else pretty simple - just a couple of reposed hands. I'll be adding more Eldar gibs to the bases of the rest of the squad, just for fun, but nothing that'd need a lot of GS work. Note that I have yet to do greenstuff work on these, but it'll be pretty subtle, although the sergeant will get some bas-relief insignia on his pauldrons. http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/ultramarines1/asssquad1/demisquad1_wip1.jpg http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/ultramarines1/asssquad1/demisquad2_wip1.jpg http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/ultramarines1/asssquad1/sgt_wip1.jpg http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/ultramarines1/asssquad1/choppy1_wip1.jpg http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/ultramarines1/asssquad1/choppy2_wip1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorns Padawan Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 Your paint jobs are awesome!!!! Love the extra's you have added to them. Your assault sqaud looks very well posed. Am looking forward to seeing them all painted up!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz1858 Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 The marine kneeling and the last marine putting the chainsword across the Eldar face are excellent! Once these are painted they will be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Nugz Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 I love this blue... Its a deep dark shade that just puts out a lot of charcter. Actually reminds me of the Crimson Ultrawing's blue(which I love) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Fire Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 The painting is awesome! The Assault marines will look ace when painted. how did you re-position the legs to be kneeling? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz1858 Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 The painting is awesome! The Assault marines will look ace when painted. how did you re-position the legs to be kneeling? It looks to me like the Devestator legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted June 11, 2010 Author Share Posted June 11, 2010 Yep, with the little bit of rock trimmed off so the eldar legs fit under him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 Just a small update with some pics of the sergeant and flying marine post-gs. Everything's not been set up for spraying so there probably won't be any photos till the middle of next week, when things will start getting finished. http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/ultramarines1/asssquad1/sgt_wip2.jpg http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/ultramarines1/asssquad1/choppy1_wip2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sword brethren Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 some great poses, i cnat wait to see you paint these guys as well as the rhino! great work with the foot, i know its a weird complement but its looks like the original down to the micrometre! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 Thanks! :-) My skull-sculpting is still a little poor, but I'm improving slowly. Greenstuff work is still my weakest aspect though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Famous The Punch Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 I am not a great fan of putting dead guys on your bases/models/gun barrels/hive tyrant. You have to wonder how long that dead guy be there? Is it a trophy or an instant of action? Possibly Both? Other than trophies (which honestly how long would you want a stinky body on top of your armor?) it seems kind of phony to me. But that's a personal opinion. As for a aesthetic evaluation. The Kneeling one is the strongest of your "Action" poses. He's crouched next to his fallen and maimed foe, sword drawn and looking for his next kill. You're telling the viewer all he needs to know about the scene without having this marine leaping/jumping/flying/hovering/shooting/being on fire. Which is good, less is more in miniatures. I would say that more poses like this will keep things from getting chaotic and silly. good job. As for the Chainsword in the back, and the Chainsword to the face. You steered hard from making them poses utilizing "less is more" but that's a personal distinction. Let me instead suggest a few things about action oriented poses. In both poses the action displayed is confusing. Yes, you spelled it out for us blow for blow by putting that guardian on the base, but without the dead guys you have no idea that marine is fighting anything (unlike your first pose, which would still work sans corpse). To make the poses more telling, I suggest you sketch (or imagine, or actually act) out a series of 4-5 poses in the action of landing atop your foe and swinging a giant whirling blade into him. Now, although your poses would be part of this series of images, they would fall in the middle. You want to use poses which come at the very extremes of an action. Example: Throwing a grenade: you would want to use a pose either at the very apex of the wind up, throwing arm fully extending with the other arm counter-balancing the weight of the figure. Or at the time the grenade has left or is leaving the hand, weight shifted completely from one foot to another, counter-balancing arm now behind center of gravity or tucked against torso. For your sword swinger, I would suggest putting the chainsaw pointing almost to the ground, with the wrist bent. Turning his chest against this swing would look nice and his gun hand could be out behind him. Things to think about for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAR Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Stuff is looking great. I had the idea of using those legs (kneeling) on a vanguard sgt I want to do know I now it would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted June 15, 2010 Author Share Posted June 15, 2010 The use of Eldar on the base was decided pretty early on. My client's main opponent is a hardcore Eldar player, so little details such as the odd corpse or discarded weapon here and there will be a staple through everything. Less is most definitely more, and the two over-the-top conversions here are, as you guessed deliberately so. The objective for these is to depict the ASM as frenzied, ultraviolent psychopaths, rather than the typical clean posterboys. 'Strike end' poses would indeed have been better for the most part, but (both) the models still had to fit with relatively good stability onto a 25mm base, and a strike end usually has an offset centre of gravity. The resultant poses are pretty much compromises arrived at through a fair amount of fiddling about. There will be a challenge with the paintwork and water (blood) effects to get a good sense of motion, especially on the 'chainsword to the face' where the described motion is really quite a small vertical twist, rather than the exaggerated strikes that generally look better for dynamic poses. The sergeant is pretty much my favorite. I like the idea of landing in a crouch, and even without the dead Eldar the pose works and can be adapted in a number of ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrannicide Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 The Assault Squad Sergeant looks absolutely brilliant. Looking forward to seeing that Ultramarines blue splashed on these guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 awsome work dude! can we get the reciepe for that blue? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain-Skylax Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Excellant Conversions, and the paint-jobs them-selves are brilliant,keep up that damn awesome work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 Sergeant is pretty much done, the meaty bit will be wet-look gloss when it's varnished. http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/ultramarines1/asssquad1/sgt_wip3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rognvaldr Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 love that pose... stealing it! awesome paint jobs and modeling all around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasti Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 That ham-bone effect on the slain eldar is top notch! Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Fire Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Really like that pose! Assault Marines are next on my list to do so may have to get some Devastators just for that set of legs :P Can't wait to see the others finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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