Wardiel

Well, hot damn. Seems some folks up in Mumbai have begun to bring the hobby into India after all. (As of Dec 2011 no less) It's a start, would love to see it take off while I'm still in the area.

Might not be a bad idea, though I'm not sure if any shops would be willing to take the jump without some sort of insurance the stuff would sell. Worth a thought though, might have to start polling outside my circle of friends for support. Thanks for what I choose to take as encouragement! lol

Bit of an update. I'm building up my space wolves, and the gf has started a small woodelves force she proxies into 40k. I have at least one more interested, and once I am able to bring another army or two over during December break, will likely get him hooked. There is now an emerging warhammer group in Bangalore, India. Currently only dabbling in 40k and limited in army choice, ill be more than willing to lend armies to play with once January rolls around. (I'll be bringing my deathguard, possibly necrons if they get their new dex by then. Have a small force of nids and tau as well if there's interest in them.) I doubt there will be much response to this, but it never hurts to try. Time to see if India has what it takes to be grimdark!

I did this as a conversion for my Chaos lord back in the day with an old metal GK. I felt the medieval look of the helmet worked well when there was a spike sticking out of his forehead. I just filed down all the GK iconography, gs'd over the inlaid text on the armour, cut some cracks into the armour plates and added a bit more gs to add bursting holes in him. Converted his halberd to a scythe, add a couple spikes here and there... He was my Lord for the longest time, then I converted a DP to represent him elevated to daemonhood. Unfortunately I dropped the lord shortly after and he's in pieces now, but the idea was cool while he lasted.

Loving the sculpts. I've only done a couple simple original models (for a non 40k army though) and they definitely lacked the kind of detail you have here. Especially like the rotted cracked armour on the GUO. I tip my hat to you, sir.

Some good ideas in here for sure. I tend to change the style from squad to squad, while keeping most of the highlights and details in a similar colour to maintain coherency in the army. Most of them are: Chaos Black undercoat Patched base of Goblin Green and Snakebite Leather Slightly thinned Rotting Flesh over that (thick enough for coverage, thin enough to show the base through it) Drybrush in patches of Catachan Green Dark brown wash (Devlan Mud would work, I usually just mix my own) Trim is simply Boltgun Metal with Mithril highlights, covered in the same Mud wash Details in Red Gore/Blood Red (around holes in armor, blood trails, MoN sores on shoulders, etc) and Liche Purple toned down with either a shade of brown or black for bruising). Raised parts lightly drybrushed in Rotting Flesh if the detail is too stark compared to the rest of the model. Eyes and lenses are Skull White, with a thin crescent of grey at the bottom for depth. Overall an easy way to get them tabletop ready and dirty looking. Like the look of armour that's so far gone as to be almost like rotting skin. Effect is the standard rotting flesh look, with slight variations in colour from green to brown. No pics of them around though, the army isn't currently with me :(

Thanks for the reply Hemal. While the emerging middle class, and the number of expats in Bangalore especially, might get behind a hobby to throw money at (besides new phones and video game systems), Piracy is something that would become an issue once it gained any amount of popularity. A fair point to be sure. I wonder though if the threat of losing money down the line is enough to just not enter the market at all... even a completely untapped market. For now I plan on just making do with what I have here, maybe ordering some stuff from the UK, and trying to entice some friends here into the hobby. Lots of army brats in BLR, I'm sure the strategy aspect of the game will help. Guess I just hoped there was at least some sort of following for 40k or WFB here.

Hey B&C, I used this board a ling time back, but forgot my login info so just remade. I'm a Canadian currently working in Bangalore, and while I have yet to see any shop where miniatures are carried, I'd at least like to find other 40k players in the city (or country for that matter). Anyone know of any gaming clubs or even informal meets of people interested in the hobby? Anyone in India even know of 40k? It's cheaper for me to order new stuff (minis, paints, tools, gs, etc.) from GW than to ship my existing armies from home, so they'll have to wait until I take the long trip back and bring them with me personally. I shall fill my suitcases with Plague Marines and beef gravy mix. :( Any info would be appreciated, feel free to drop a PM.