See, I knew there was a reason we keep Messor around.
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#26
Posted 07 May 2014 - 06:23 PM

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#27
Posted 07 May 2014 - 07:20 PM

See, I knew there was a reason we keep Messor around.
Was I the only one who got the memo about how purrty he is?!
I curse you - with the pain of ten thousand days in the Dark Place, with the life's blood of a mage's sacrifice, with Death's authority held in my hands.
I curse you, and I strike your name from history, stripped of arrogance and pride, empty of the self you once knew, gutted of all you are. I take your name and all you have won by the strength of your hand. I curse you for eternity, to find only darkness where once you knew your own face.
And I dub you the Ragged Man."
#28
Posted 08 May 2014 - 02:05 AM

#29
Posted 08 May 2014 - 08:15 AM

Just a quick mock up done in Paint so feel free to play with it if it doesn't suit?
Edit: Deleted from photobucket, which broke link
Edited by Strike Captain Lysimachus, 13 May 2014 - 02:54 PM.
#30
Posted 08 May 2014 - 02:09 PM

#31
Posted 08 May 2014 - 03:11 PM

Anywhoo, it's there to play with if LM wants it.
Edited by Strike Captain Lysimachus, 08 May 2014 - 03:12 PM.
#32
Posted 08 May 2014 - 03:49 PM

SCL i do appreciate the effort, but i laughed so hard when i saw it. i am sorry. it looked more like a pet than a menace. maybe something more tribal?
Edited by The Lord Marshal, 08 May 2014 - 03:49 PM.
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#33
Posted 08 May 2014 - 04:06 PM

No worries, it was about 5 mins of work (or mucking about instead of working) and I'm certainly no artist. [shrug]
That said, it does show that it is worth thinking about how you'd get a simple, identifiable and menacing outline of a Manticore though. Especially one that you can actually paint on a shoulder pad 6mm across.
#34
Posted 08 May 2014 - 06:11 PM

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#35
Posted 08 May 2014 - 06:16 PM



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#36
Posted 08 May 2014 - 06:32 PM

For a chapter called the Manticores I'd go with just the tail, or a claw like the Brazen Talons have, or maybe a mouth like the World Eaters and Flesh Eaters. Trying to get the whole Manticore in there will get busy.
#37
Posted 08 May 2014 - 07:09 PM

No worries, it was about 5 mins of work (or mucking about instead of working) and I'm certainly no artist. [shrug]
That said, it does show that it is worth thinking about how you'd get a simple, identifiable and menacing outline of a Manticore though. Especially one that you can actually paint on a shoulder pad 6mm across.
yea it dont exactly easy
What if you just went with the scorpion tail? It's simple and direct, and you don't have to bother with there being an issue with the rest of the scorpion or the non-threatening Manticore silhouette.
i like that idea
just don't have the red background unless you wish to Nod to a few inspirations
o of course
For a chapter called the Manticores I'd go with just the tail, or a claw like the Brazen Talons have, or maybe a mouth like the World Eaters and Flesh Eaters. Trying to get the whole Manticore in there will get busy.
that could work too
Edited by The Lord Marshal, 08 May 2014 - 07:10 PM.
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#38
Posted 29 May 2014 - 11:23 PM

The Manticore could make good chapter emblem, creatively you could sculpt lion heads and scorpion tails onto veterans for some great looking relic/artificer armour.
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#39
Posted 30 May 2014 - 03:10 PM

yea i figured i could use some cool bits from the Red Scorpions and such for modeling. also, who/what faction is your avatar pic of?
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#40
Posted 30 May 2014 - 11:17 PM

yea i figured i could use some cool bits from the Red Scorpions and such for modeling. also, who/what faction is your avatar pic of?
Some small commission work could be looked into, i had visions of open faced half helm in the style of a lions mane and scorpion tail mouldings on various weapons and so on.
My avatar is my Executioners veteran, Sgt Grimm.
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#41
Posted 31 May 2014 - 03:28 PM

id probs just do it myself.
o ok nice model!
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#42
Posted 23 November 2014 - 06:04 PM

i now have a direction for this. a recent idea that i realized worked better when integrated here. so the Manticores will become a tryannid fighting chapter after a battle with said xenos. and they will have a chapter barque/star fort fortress monastery.
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#43
Posted 24 November 2014 - 03:15 AM

I don't know if it's 40K's fault that the Tau didn't exist until 2001 and had to be written into the game to explain where this brand new empire came from and had never been heard of until then.Wait really? thats lame
The 40k gets stagnant right around the time the game is actually set and by stagnant I mean "standing so still statues start to look like amateurs".

That's actually kind of the exact opposite thing of stagnation. 3rd Edition made Dark Eldar and Tau appear out of thin air, heh.
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#44
Posted 09 December 2014 - 05:28 AM

apologies for the delay across the board here brothers. just have some real life things i want to focus on first
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