My Painting Blog... Ostermark-ish! (BSB on demigryph WIP, Feb 29, 2024)

[Weedeeo]

Great work with the lions!
The black basecoat kinda gives the swordmen a dark look, have you considered using white primer? I'm more into brightly colored Empire armies, as they look more glorious. Darker colors fit the theme you described in the starting post though.

[anvalous]

Latest and greatest?

[Sandor]

Just WOW  :Ohmy: great model as always :eusa_clap:

[Obi]

Nice use of the griffon set!

:eusa_clap:

[Kirgan]

You should make hair part completly in hair not in two parts  :mrgreen:

[Auberoun]

I saw that.  Great paint job, but the monkey face still looks bad to me.  I think he needs a mustache or something...

[anvalous]

Empire General, Templar Grand Master... whatever.  Comments and criticism most welcome.  I still need to think out the cloak (really basic right now) and am going to give my eyes a rest before touch ups.

[Albrecht Hexenjaeger]

Great work! Excellent conversions!  :::cheers:::

[red bull]

More, can you do an actual monkey holding a standard.

[Zak]

 :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:

[red bull]

Love the General. Where is he from?

[Auberoun]

Looks like an Archaon conversion... great job with it btw  :biggriin:

[anvalous]

Thanks much!  The general is indeed an Archaon conversion.  I've had a LOT of practice turning wholesome things towards chaos (my ultimate achievement being a Valten conversion to a Chaos Lord), but this is one of my first 'de-chaos-ifying' activities.  Gets tiresome filing down all of those spikes...

I'm going to try and finish painting him in about two weeks.  Gotta love traveling for business... keeps me away from wife, home, and hobby... ugh.

[Auberoun]

Thanks much!  The general is indeed an Archaon conversion.  I've had a LOT of practice turning wholesome things towards chaos (my ultimate achievement being a Valten conversion to a Chaos Lord), but this is one of my first 'de-chaos-ifying' activities.  Gets tiresome filing down all of those spikes...

I'm going to try and finish painting him in about two weeks.  Gotta love traveling for business... keeps me away from wife, home, and hobby... ugh.

I wouldn't mind being away from my wife, so I could actually get some hobbying done for a change instead of the to do list.  Now being away from my son on the other hand is a different story...

[anvalous]

The Lumber Tank!









This is my lumber-jack steam tank.  Every Hochlander needs one...  how else would we clear space for the marvels of agriculture?

[Le Pistolet]

I think the concept is really cool, and surprisingly it even kinda fits the Warhammer atmosphere.

The only think that bothers me though are the arms, they are a bit too techy for Fantasy, but I'm sure they could be made to look more steam powered some way...

Also, I think the crewman/engineer needs a head that says more 'mad professor', as someone like that would be the only person to road test this bad ass Mother Hubbard.  :happy:

[anvalous]

Great feedback.  I've been wondering about the arms myself.  Trying to figure out if some more archaic piping/gears would work better - and to cut out some of the existing cabling.  We'll see.

As for the engineer, I have one of the old metal ones hanging around that looks all good and crazy.  Only problem is that he's missing his arms (can't find 'em) and his right shoulder is positioned in an awkward way.  I might try to green stuff it towards normal.  Important point is that the engineer is not connected at the moment, so a swap would be easy.

I've also heard that it is still too orcish.  We'll see what I can do about that in the future.  For now, though, I might set him aside until I get a few parts in.

[Geekmeister]

Just painting some of the rods on the arms as wood would make it look less techy. also, cogs are a great way of making something look more like it's designed by empire engineers.

[anvalous]

Upgraded... err... or de-mechanized?

[Silver Wolf]

Much, much better ... Although I personally like the old driver... He was make the whole figure a bit more dynamic ...

And a small suggestion : put a chimney on his back ... Just above one of the barrels...

[Le Pistolet]

Love it!  :::cheers:::

Exhaust/chimney would be great additions, but I think it looks fantastic.  :eusa_clap:

[Sandor]

really good model concept  :eusa_clap:

[Geekmeister]

That'll look great when it's painted.

[Michael W]

Awesome...can't wait to see it painted.

I agree with Silver Wolf, though, the original driver was better...maybe a different head, but he really helped with the perception of motion.

[GamesPoet]

That Empire general further back is outstanding! :icon_biggrin: :icon_cool: :eusa_clap: :::cheers:::

I'm with the folks regarding the original driver of the steam tank looking better than the second one.