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More of the Terminators…

Lamenter — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:12:24 +0000

I haven’t devoted much time to these, but I’m giving myself 2 more days to finish this squad. Here’s the progress so far, pictured with my own unfinished Bane-Raider. I think they look pretty cool. The sergeant carries a power maul (I ran out of sergeant power sword arms), though I may swap it out depending on the client’s wishes.

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I’ve been putting some time into the long awaited tutorial, which will be finished soon. A little later I’ll also be putting together a tutorial for these Terminators.

Battle Fatigued Captain Tiberius

Lamenter — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:40:47 +0000

Captain Tiberius of the Red Scorpions.

Lamenter — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:37:15 +0000

Effectively finished awaiting varnish (raining outside, so it’ll have to be tomorrow). I believe the client wants a more heavily battle damaged figure, but as I always apply battle damage last, I figured I’d show him as he is and get some feedback from the client at the same time.

Red Scorpion Captain ready for painting.

Lamenter — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:14:34 +0000

Well here he is, ready for painting. I still need to check with the client that this guy’s up to standard, but I’m pretty pleased with him. Still need to add some decoration to the base (ruins) but that’s not a big deal. I’m especially happy with how the Storm Shield turned out, makes all that filing down worthwhile.

Red Scorpion Character

Lamenter — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Hi all,

For those of you waiting for an update on the Alpha Legionnaires, it’s coming tomorrow. The whole squad should be finished by the end of the week. The biggest stumbling block has been the Mk3 torsos, but a lot of the other details are underway now.

In the meantime I have an update on another project, namely a Red Scorpions character. The client has commissioned four Red Scorpions Captains each equipped differently. This is the first, equipped with terminator armour, thunder hammer and storm shield. The pics are pretty self explanatory. The thunder hammer arm is magnetized at the shoulder joint, allowing rotation and removal for easy transporting. The shield will be a conversion of Lysander’s without the Imperial Fist iconography. The finished conversion will also be painted (hopefully by the end of the week, along with Ciaphas Cain for a separate client).

The head on this model came from the AoBR captain, a great mini I just have to keep hacking up, as is the loin cloth. The bit on the base is a dead Tyranid Ripper from the Chaplain Cassius model and the head of the thunder hammer came from an Iron Hands model. Although the hammer head is smaller than a regular plastic one, I find it looks a nicer scale and will be unique amongst other thunder hammer wielding terminators.

This model still has some details to be added, and the client has request acid splash battle damage (veteran Nid basher!), something I need to be really careful about to make sure I get it right and don’t ruin the model.