tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84943077032848593082024-03-13T19:05:36.078-07:00cult of the four armed emperorjust a mild case of lead poisoningArchaeopteryxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334941745308292048noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494307703284859308.post-42325112101356874852015-12-28T21:49:00.001-08:002015-12-28T21:51:24.097-08:00Hybrids and Terminators<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1zNG63rf9LQ" width="420"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fellow antipodean oldhammerer Captain Crooks (check out his sweet
blog with some hilarious battle reports among lots of other cool stuff <a href="http://funkywenisrodeo.blogspot.com.au/">here)</a>
recently got back from a far off distant land, I had assumed him lost
at sea, but to my surprise he had somehow returned from his perilous journey.
Pressing a mysterious cardboard box into my hands he gasped madly "take
this, it is now yours, I can no longer endure its burden" and ran off
cackling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The box hummed with an unholy energy. It called to me to open it. I was helpless to resist the urge of the other-worldly force."Lead! Glorious lead!" I exclaimed as I tore open the box and succumbed to insanity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That is the last thing I remember until just moments ago, when I regained consciousness, covered in paint and with these newly painted figures on my desk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That explains why I haven't posted in a while.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not the most pc figures of course, nevertheless a must have unit for the 'stealer cult. Adoration of chaos worshipping aliens isn't all fun and games kids. One minute you're normal joe toiling away at the robot factory, the next you're a twisted mutant letting a Magus strap an explosive harness to you and promising you spiritual cleansing in return for your sacrifice to the cult.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I recently ordered some parts from Victoria Miniatures as I have all but run out of the original plastic Imperial Guard arms. There is much variety available and they seem to fit the old armless IG and such quite well, a good option for those in a similar situation. The head is also from the same company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The first batch of a crew of space pirates with a dozen or so still to come, along with a couple juvenile 'stealer whelps. As criminals and outcasts, bands of space pirates are easily swayed into the service of the Cult of the Four Armed Emperor. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Their violent, immoral lifestyle and nefarious space-faring activities make them convenient allies for the Genestealers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I don't like painting bases very much, I've never found a technique I was happy with. For a long time I have just been giving all my miniatures a very minimal painted sand/grit base with the intention of eventually adding detail at a later date (yeah right!). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While the Bob Naismith sculpts perhaps seem a bit rough or hastily
sculpted, this only adds to their charm in my opinion. And they
perfectly portray the kind of scum and villainy you'd expect to find on
Logan's World, Mos Eisley Cantina, Mega City One or the cover of an 80s sci-fi
paperback or VHS tape. They have an eclectic array of weaponry, costume,
facial characteristics, and body types that are far removed from the
homogenous, "Grim Dark" 40k universe of today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My painting inspiration for these comes from
the concept art by Chris Foss and Moebius for Alexander Jodorowsky's
aborted Dune film, and also the Aeon Flux cartoon. My Space Pirates have adopted the symbol of Moebius'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The clashing, oversaturated colours and patterns really evoke for me the idea of futuristic, flamboyant, scoundrels and rebels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Genestealer neonates (familiars) are fun and really quick to paint.</span>Archaeopteryxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334941745308292048noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494307703284859308.post-68410737430904426052015-02-26T21:16:00.003-08:002015-02-26T21:20:24.843-08:00Children of Chaos<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ly38lbAvaZ4" width="420"></iframe>
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Been working on a lot of stuff simultaneously (a great method of wasting time faffing about and getting little accomplished!), however I did recently complete the finishing touches on these 10 beastmen. <br />
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Through dark rituals and psychic signals I hoped to draw them from the wilderness to serve my Genestealer Cult as expendable troops. Of course being children of chaos, they may very well find themselves distracted by the enticement of slaughter, glory, and tasty manflesh offered by a Realm of Chaos Warband, or getting in the way of adventurers and their loot in dungeons under the old world.<br />
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This is one of Chaz Elliott's infamous Snakemen. I was trying to paint it's scales in a pattern similar to an Australian Death Adder snake. Don't think it ended up resembling the real deal much but its acceptable enough to me as evil-fantasy-serpent-man scales. This is the only Snakeman I own, but I can see why they are sought after by collectors. Softly sculpted and somewhat impressionistic, similar to the style of Nick Lund, but packed with lots of cool details. I like how they are dressed in furs to insulate their cold blood!<br />
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Bob Olley Beastman. As usual, a weird sculpt that left me a bit uncertain what to do with it. Nevertheless I found the goat-like features, outrageous head-dress, and overall outlandishness appealing.<br />
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The fur of this beastman was inspired by a picture of some kind of primate I saw once, I think it was a Golden Lion Tamarin.<br />
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And the fur pattern of this bloke was inspired by an african antelope.<br />
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<br />Archaeopteryxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334941745308292048noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494307703284859308.post-91091849361732995472015-01-25T02:22:00.001-08:002015-01-25T02:23:52.195-08:00A Couple of Monstrous Dungeon Dwellers<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This weekend I searched the stacks of uncompleted projects on my work bench for something interesting yet easy to knock out quickly. A Citadel AD&D Umber Hulk and Troll called out to me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One project I am working on is painting up some iconic monster manual wackiness to use in old school style dungeon crawls. I plan to have a bestiary of beholders, flail snails, rust monsters, displacer beasts, hook horrors, and owl bears to fill this subterranean ecological niche.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This guy was obviously sculpted using the original monster manual illustration as a reference. I always imagined Umber Hulks as giant beetle-like burrowers. Though the detail of this model is quite soft, I tried to emphasize this by painting areas like an iridescent beetle carapace. This fellow might double up as a species of Ambull for 40k games too!</span><br />
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<br />Archaeopteryxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334941745308292048noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494307703284859308.post-65588246077199630282015-01-03T06:43:00.003-08:002015-01-04T01:13:44.784-08:00CRUSH ELVISH IMPERIALISM!<br />
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I've been on a bit of a fantasy kick lately, and I have had piles of orcs prepped and ready for painting on my bench for months. With the holidays I finally found the opportunity to knock some of them over.<br />
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Slowly but surely, and clandestinely under the noses of those pesky
lawful-gooders (like any mad, corrupt, power hungry sorceror) I have
been mustering an army of black clad vicious hunchbacks with bad teeth- no not teenage metal heads!<br />
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While this lot has hardly made a dent in the pile, at least I'm getting somewhere.<br />
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Not just any old orc will do for this army. I have been carefully selecting the models from ranges that exude the desired ambience. <br />
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The command group is from the Citadel Regiment of Renown- Throgg's Despoiling Hobgoblins of the Dark Lands. This is how orcs oughtta be- brutal, savage, and mean. These guys clearly mean business, while they seem to be wearing furs and equipped with a variety of scavenged armour and weapons, they exude an air of militarism.<br />
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Citadel ME44 Uruk Hai from the Lord of the Rings range.<br />
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Another superb range that fit my vision is Aly Morrison's C36 Hobgoblins. </div>
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I live in Australia alongside all kinds of fascinating animals as I'm sure you are aware. I have found the exotic fur of many of these creatures to be quite inspirational. I attempted to paint this fur cloak like the hide of a Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, a remarkable carnivorous marsupial which was tragically hunted to extinction within living memory (though some believe otherwise!).<br />
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The guy on the left has a Numbat fur hat, though unfortunately the picture isn't the best to show it off. The guy on the right is one of my favourite orc (or hobgoblin) figures, the arms and armour of the figures in this range combine a wide range of different "oriental" influences imparting a great "lost civilisation" feel.<br />
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These final two are from the Monster Starter Set- the Manic Hobgoblin Hero, and Vile Goblin. I think these are also sculpted by Aly Morrison.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As with many who paint this ugly brute I took inspiration from the cover of the 1st edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, as he does bare a striking resemblance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I based him in a neutral way which will allow him to be appropriate in a variety of settings, from the astro-granite of the Blood Bowl pitch, to dank mossy stone dungeons, or chaos wastes. Another A+ Jes Goodwin sculpt, I'm looking forward to painting more of this range.</span>Archaeopteryxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334941745308292048noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494307703284859308.post-76337244299797244832014-09-21T05:00:00.000-07:002014-09-21T05:00:05.939-07:00Icon Bearer and More Hybrids<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well after quite some consideration I finished this Icon Bearer. I really wanted this guy to be cool, and it took me some time and a couple aborted attempts until I settled on some imagery and a paint job I was happy with. It seemed almost sacrilegious to snip off this fellow's weapon in order to convert it to a banner pole, being one of the classic Jes Goodwin Realm of Chaos Champions but in the end I think it was worth it. I suffer from great pangs of guilt cutting up old models. These days I don't generally do much converting (although I have massacred my fair share of precious figures that would be worth a mint on ebay these days), apart from the value and rarity of certain models, I have come to see them as small works of art and I enjoy letting the sculptor's vision speak for itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wasn't sure at first if this guy was going to represent a mutant or a Genestealer Hybrid, and I suppose it doesn't really matter he could be either, but I think he fits in well with the hybrids with his bulbous, ugly, hairless head, hunched over posture, and clawed toes poking out from beneath his robes. Though four legs is an unusual mutation for a hybrid. I only realised when painting him that after removing his halberd I had left him with only a sex-toy in his left hand for defence! All the chaos champions from this release are very deserving of their well loved status, and this Slaanesh Champion is no exception, practically painting itself and amusingly covered in bizarre, surreal details such as the ornate armour, S&M accessories, mutations, and little bell on his halberd. I reckon he'd also make a suitable standard bearer for a Warhammer Fantasy chaos warband, and may use him as such.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The image from the banner (with a few embellishments) came from this picture by French comic-book artist Phillipe Druillet:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are unfamiliar with Druillet and are an "Oldhammer" fan you owe it to yourself to check out some of his art. It really is astounding and obviously (as well as the other Heavy Metal artists of the 1970s) a significant influence on the design aesthetic of Rogue Trader and Warhammer. Below are a couple other images that didn't quite make the cut for the icon, but are very evocative of a rogue trader-alien-genestealer-chaos cult vibe, and I will try to use them on something else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I also painted up a few more hybrids since my last post. The ribbed Hybrid armour is the element that really makes these figures for me, reminding me of the Harkonnen costumes from David Lynch's Dune. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These guys are a lot chunkier than the metal hybrids making them good 'heavies', so this lot are equipped with a conversion beamer, missile launcher, and autocannon. While the plastic hybrids from the Space Hulk Genestealer expansion are crude and get a bit of flack, I quite like them and they are fun to paint. Amusingly they really look like 28mm models of cheesy 'men in suit' movie monster costumes. However the plastic weapons they came with are fantastic! Some of my favourite weapon designs. Known as the 'Chaos Weapons Sprue', these creatively styled heavy weapons are covered in gothic details. The few I have I jealously horde.</span><br />
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<br />Archaeopteryxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334941745308292048noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494307703284859308.post-59988001119060206102014-09-09T03:36:00.001-07:002014-09-09T03:38:25.360-07:00Scavvy Crusties<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scavvies: Degenerate, underprivileged mutants who deserve our help to
rehabilitate into Imperial society? Or antisocial, voluntary homeless
who choose to adopt chaos worship as a lifestyle and have to be purged?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a little taste of the Orc army I've been putting together for some time now. I've been drawn to work on them a bit more again I think due to the arrival of a package of Crooked Claw goblin wolf-riders (which are fantastic by the way). It's made up for the most part of Citadel Hobgoblins, Urak Hai, and hordes of Asgard goblins. Lots more Orcs to come, as well as hopefully some photography quality improvements.</span><br />
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The Cult of the Four-Armed Emperor's venerable Patriarch sure is one ugly bastard, grown corpulent and warty from its many years of over-indulgence and privilege. It spends most of its time lounging on it's opulent silk lined throne, its every need attended to by doting Brood Brother servants who tenderly massage its calloused hide and feed it Ambull caviar while the upper echelon of the Cult plot their coming insurrection and the downfall of Imperial rule.<br />
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Human cultists have diverse motives to affiliate with the cult. They range from the vulnerable and emotionally unstable, to those with political motives, and violent criminals. A ripe recruiting ground that the coven exploits. Many initiates believe the cult to be a benevolent religious organisation or fraternity. Only the most trustworthy are indoctrinated into its true nature. After proving their loyalty the most fanatical members of the cult undergo a grotesque ritual- the "Kiss of the Patriarch". This involves shaving their body hair in reverence to their Genestealer masters, tattooing their foreheads, and finally submitting to the Patriarch who clutches their head in it's claws and implants a genestealer egg with it's ovipositor. The tattoos and three scars on either side of the head are a mark of pride and honour.<br />
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For the Cult's second limo I wanted something a bit different to the other armoured hover limousine. This started out as a cheap and crappy 1:43 1955 Crown Vic toy (as suggested in the Warhammer 40, 000 Compendium), and as with the other one I just kept adding stuff until it looked right. Inspired by the header image on this blog I went for a more 50s hot rod/ Mad Max/ bio-mechanical theme. I imagine the Patriarch and Magus's ride to be the more classy armoured hover limousine, while this road-wheeler is the Hybrid's vehicle to hoon around in.Archaeopteryxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334941745308292048noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494307703284859308.post-65013370402491432142014-08-21T20:44:00.002-07:002014-08-21T20:44:56.840-07:00Genestealer Cult Pt. 1<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Soundtrack for this post:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Been quite busy lately and haven't had the opportunity to post, but hopefully I will have a bit more time from now. So for this post I thought I'd show off some of my Genestealer Cult.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Genestealer Cult is one of the most interesting armies for 40k, it's so gonzo and bizarre it is hard not find it compelling. I love Space Hulk, it is a masterpiece of game design, and the introduction of the cult rules for Rogue Trader in White Dwarf allowed a better look into the background of the Genestealers, hybrids, and the mutants, brood brothers, and assorted freak show who love them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There were essentially three army lists, each with a slightly different character- the Invasion Force, the Cult, and the Tyranid Army (while technically not a Genestealer Cult, it was similar and had access to Chaos Marine Mind Slaves, Zoats, Squigs, as well as Tyranids, Termagants, and Carnifex). The way I envision my cult is as an amalgam of all three lists.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The concept of the Genestealer biology, life cycle, and the over all appearance of the hybrids really reminds me of the kind of villains you would see in Dr. Who. I can really picture Tom Baker encountering them. Cheesy and comical, while at the same time creepy enough to make your skin crawl. I have a few more not pictured here to paint up, and I think I might convert one of these into an Icon Bearer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The limo is such an iconic GC item, mine was converted from a Minairons Hispano Suiza MC-36. The art deco styling, ribbed, hunched appearance, and origin as a vehicle used in the Spanish Revolution seemed like an appropriate limo base. I still need to make a couple more, I have my eyes constantly peeled for good cars to start from, they are harder to find than you'd think. If any one has some Marx Cars of the Future they'd be willing to part with, please get in touch!<b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have a lot of these from Space Hulk, this is just a handful. <b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An assortment of brood brothers that I've put together so far. This lot are mostly made up of Imperial Guard deserters and dissidents who make easy targets for the Cult to influence. <b><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A devoted mother of a four-armed abomination. The idea of the adoring parents lovingly caring for their alien spawn is delightfully creepy.</span><br />
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Archaeopteryxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334941745308292048noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8494307703284859308.post-39410674208868197502014-07-29T05:37:00.001-07:002014-08-21T21:38:05.905-07:00Top Ten MIniatures of All Time<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_PMrQpu_ZBI/U9cvVOcWeMI/AAAAAAAAABg/LG1IrFAZ_S8/s1600/Silhoutette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_PMrQpu_ZBI/U9cvVOcWeMI/AAAAAAAAABg/LG1IrFAZ_S8/s1600/Silhoutette.jpg" height="320" width="306" /></a><b> </b><br />
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Well I've been thinking about starting a hobby blog for a while now. My gaming interests are firmly rooted in the old school- Golden Age GW/Citadel, some historical wargaming, as well as D&D OSR kind of stuff. Even though my interest has risen and abated in waves over the years, it has certainly been a constant in my life. It may sound strange but for the most part my pursuit of this hobby has
been a closely guarded secret, I haven't a clue what my friends
would think if they knew of my obsession with little lead men. So I'd like to use this blog to record what I'm working on, and maybe even to use this as a
basis to make contact and start to discuss with others who share an appreciation for
lumps of lead and antiquated RPGs.<br />
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Reading the recent post on Realm of Chaos inviting others to discuss their top ten miniatures, it seemed like an opportune time to finally begin this blog. So in no particular order...<br />
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<b>Eldar Farseer</b><br />
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When the Craftworld Eldar appeared towards the end of 1st edition 40k it must have blown peoples minds. They possessed a design ambition and clean quality of form unlike anything that proceeded them. The fantasy miniatures equivalent of Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus revolution. I knew I had to include something from that era in this list but it was a struggle to choose one model, the Swooping Hawks, the Dire Avenger Exarch, Great Harlequin, Warlocks etc are each iconic in their own right and they all radiate "cool". In the end I went with the Farseer. Love the little details on this guy- his bizarre insect like helmet, alien armour, dangling bracelets, rune clutched in his hand, ceremonial power sword strapped to his back and classic pointing commander pose. Much prefer my models with an "at ease" pose like this, never much been into the over the top action balanced on one foot with arms clutching ridiculous weaponry flailing wildly. Will get him painted soon along with a bunch of other old eldar.<br />
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<b>Genestealer</b><b> from Space Hulk </b><br />
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The humble plastic Genestealer. I'm sure everybody probably have dozens of these laying about, yes I've lost my mind. I think this is a remarkably designed model. Space Hulk is a superbly tightly designed game, much more board-game like than the rest of GW's main games which often have a roleplaying element. This design aesthetic is carried across to the miniatures that it was boxed with. The plastic Terminators are often decried as horrid but to me they have a certain charm, they are great playing pieces- minimalist, lacking extraneous details, they do a really good job of representing what the character symbolises in game terms- a marine, so heavily armoured that his large and encumbered mass fills the narrow corridors of the Genestealer infested spaceship that he is obligated to awkwardly waddle through single file.<br />
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The Genestealers too successfully fulfill their role as playing pieces, they are fast, deadly, and mean. A hoard of them looks really effective on the table, despite being monopose plastics they look like a chaotic swarm of rending claws, chitinous armour, and glistening worm-like flesh, and express a lot of movement. They make for great generic skulking aliens. They are much more highly detailed than the other Citadel plastics of the era, and something about the design says Jes Goodwin to me, it would be interesting to know if that was the case. I find these guys are tough to paint, partly because you need alot of them, partly because of the detail. The painted miniature is from my collection.<br />
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<b>Genestealer Hybrid with Autogun</b><br />
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The Genestealers are an obvious homage to Alien, but GW developed this concept into a disturbingly unique idea, this along with the style of the bald headed, asymetric hybrids with their ribbed armour have always appealed to me, and this fellow with his hunched, menacing stance is the best of the lot, perhaps being a single piece model helps to make this a more successful design. I've always thought the metal bodies/plastic arms figures of the early 90s (such as Imperial Guard, Orcs, Guardians, Hybrids, etc) tend to look a bit daft, the single piece alternatives are always preferable. The trade off of poseability vs character is not worth it in my opinion. The painted miniature is from my collection.<br />
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<b>Pek-Gregri</b><br />
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The old C18 series zombies are my favourite zombie sculpts. Each one is so unique and imbued with character. They bear a great likeness to the zombies of Return of the Living Dead, Iron Maiden's Eddy, and Army of Darkness. Archetypal 80s undead. Some viciously and purposefully wield scythes with exposed skulls grinning, while others merely shuffle along dressed in rags, rotten flesh sloughing from their bones. The crow perched on the shoulder of Pek-Gregri pecking at his brains is fantastic. Unfortunately I don't have this one, but I'm always on the lookout for C18 zombies, you can never have enough zombies. <a href="http://eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=9248">Eureka Miniatures</a> "Generic Zombies" are the only ones I've found that have a similar feel. <b><br /></b><br />
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This pack of Orcs from the Lord of the Rings line defines how I see Orcs. Monstrous and savage, but completely unlike the unappealing muscle bound apes that seem to be the norm these days. A dark ages aesthetic, like a 3 dimensional Angus McBride painting. The painted miniature is from my collection.<br />
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<b>RTB01 Marine</b><br />
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In my mind Space Marines will forever be linked to these models. Perfect as figurehead for the tongue in cheek, ultraviolent, 2000AD-esque universe of early Warhammer 40k. Frequently depicted in artwork dying horribly, and policing anti-empire graffiti.<b> </b><br />
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<b>Bugman's Dwarf Ranger</b><br />
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The archetypal dwarf. Love the faces on this era of dwarf, their exaggerated proportions and variety of different sculpts are very amusing. This fellow is well-equipped for any circumstance, he wears a coat of mail, a helmet, and carries a shield, hand axe, crossbow, and double handed axe strapped to his back! This model is from my collection.<br />
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<b>Skaven Poison Wind Globadier</b><br />
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I read somewhere that Jes Goodwin's Skaven got him the job with Citadel. It's no wonder, they are extraordinary miniatures, and share the characteristic strong, iconic design he seemed to bring to everything he worked on. The progression from his earlier sculpts such as his Orcs at Asgard is evident- shabby, ragged, mangy, and flea-bitten, with cobbled together, scavenged, rusted equipment, yet meticulously, carefully, and cleanly detailed. The Poison Wind Globadier stands out to me as a model that sums up everything I like about the Skaven. This one is from my collection, I have many more I plan to show here sometime in the future.<br />
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<b>Mengil Manhide's Champion</b><br />
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What can I say I'm a sucker for minis with birds perched on them. I have always admired the somewhat expressionistic style of sculpting on these Dark Elves.<br />
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<b>Goblobber</b><br />
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Is it cheating to include a set like this? Each component and crew member deserves a place on this list. And check out that advert! You've got to love this era of Citadel Miniaures graphic design. Will get mine painted up one day.<br />
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In the future I plan to show off my Skaven army, orcs, dungeon crawl miniatures, Genestealer Cult, Rogue Trader stuff, random musings, and who knows what else.<br />
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