The golden fever #2

Second article on my new project, and, some plans about it.

I) Why will I use Stormcast Eternals to kitbash my custodes ?

 The first reason is, well, the price . I have a complete Age of Sigmar starter set undone, waiting for some intention. 

Secondly : the size and the similarities between both.

Pics from Games Workshop's website

Third, it's better to get an army with some differnces on the armours, like differents generations of warriors.

Fourth, you know me, I love kitbashing !

That said, I'm going back with my blades and glue... See you next time !

Back on brushes...

Just a single pic of one of the things to come soon.... stay tuned

A green horror...

Havin' some fun today with greenstuff....

First, the inspiration....

Then, the application

New warband on the bench

Vostroyan Vet

Swordsman

Cultist / Assassin / Pitt fighter

Inquisitor

There will be blood

More work on the GGS contest mini....

New contest, new project

I'm invited on the french site "Gangeek style" zombie challenge....

The rules in french can be found here : Ggs painting

So my first entry goes on some kind of ÜberZombie.... Just call this "End level boss", and here I am with him for now...

Stay tuned for more !

Plasma's death incarnation

She's coming ,

 the ex battle sister who, because of overheating its equipment, had her face completely burned . Made mad by grief , she is now just a killing machine , throwing himself on his enemies without fear nor any mercy .

A xenos is on the bench

And it's done...

I've done some more work today...

The Clockwork Puppet

And a group shot

Two more for the retinue....

Clockwork Puppet and a Priest

On a weird way

Today, we have an other special guest... 

Hi Weirdingway and welcome to Legatho's warehouse!

Could you introduce yourself

My name is Weirdingway and I’m a graphic designer in Chicago, Il. I’m 35 and was first introduced to Games Workshop models and games by my older brother when I was about 9 years old. I was too young to paint or play but read all of his Rogue Trader books and White Dwarfs and really fell in love. We grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, and we’d hang out after school at a wonderful shop called Hawaii Collector’s Gallery where I started to buy and paint a random assortment of models.

But when the first 40k boxed set came out I was completely hooked. I didn’t play many games, but was really into converting models and making up my own rules and army concepts, and became very active in the early days of 40k on the internet, particularly on the 40k mailing list (which Jervis Johnson and Andy Chambers would sometimes pop up on!), but I also had my own 40k and Necromunda website.*

Then I went to art school and had so much fun that I set aside the hobby for quite some time. Every once in a while I’d check out what I had missed (the introduction of Tau, Necron, and Dark Eldar for starters!), and eventually I discovered the new world of 40k blogs and forums, and all the amazing new plastic kits.
After reading the forums for years I eventually took the plunge and bought a few plastic kits and have been kitbashing like crazy for the past 3 years. It’s so fun!
                       

* Building that website is actually one of the things that got me into graphic design so that’s one of the many ways I can thank the hobby for my career; graphic
design is really just kitbashing but the bits are typefaces and images and the background fluff is the content.

Could you tell us your vision of Warhammer 40k/ Inq28?

40k has changed greatly over the years, but at its core it has always been a wonderful postmodern blender that can absorb and remake almost any historical or fictional inspiration or archetype. That anachronistic mix of the past and the future is what really hooked me.

I personally gravitate to elements from every period of 40k; I love the free-wheeling weirdness and openness of the original Rogue Trader universe, 2nd edition’s more internally consistent and developed background, great and diverse art from every period (although Lost and the Damned may have been the greatest single
collection of illustrations) and the amazing models of the present era (sorry oldhammerers; while the old models were very characterful they can be so blobby and poorly proportioned!). Throughout it all runs a wonderful mix of John Blanche and Jes Goodwin, who have such different yet complementary styles that I feel like the aesthetic soul of 40k hovers perfectly suspended between their opposing magnetic forces, if that makes sense.

What are your main sources of inspiration?

Obviously Blanche, Goodwin, and all the 40k artists, but also the universe itself, built at the beginning by Rick Priestley and likes of Andy Chambers and Jervis Johnson and countless others.

Then there’s the explosion of amazing modeling online. I think it was really Migsula’s old Dakkadakka blogs (Crescent Guard!) that really blew me away and made me realize I had to try my hand at converting with both the new plastic kits and with my improved set of craft skills — I was an enthusiastic but very sloppy painter and converter as a teenager, and 4 years of art school and 13 years of working as a designer have made a big difference in my ability to realize my ideas!

And finally I am largely influenced by non-gaming sources. Some of this is the same sort of thing that no doubt also inspired 40k’s creators; sci-fi movies of the 80s, particularly Star Wars and David Lynch’s Dune, Terry Gilliam (Baron Munchuasen, Brazil, and Time Bandits), Mad Max, but also late medieval art, etc. Of
particular note is the amazing collection of concept art that went into Jodorowsky’s unfilmed Dune (Moebius, Dan O’Bannon, Chriss Foss, Ron Cobb, H.R. Giger!). I first saw these n http://www.duneinfo.com/unseen but the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune is a must-see as well. My current project is inspired by all of that
stuff, but also brings in some of my other loves like the experimental architecture of Lebbeus Woods and the Japanese mecha and mechanical designs from the Anime I grew up with (Robotech/Macross, Akira, Apple-seed, etc). And I’ve always loved art and history and particularly the way they interact, and 40k is a great
medium to explore that sort of thing.

How do you choose your paint schemes? Do you stay on a coherency or did the mini told you how it want to be painted?

I started my current “army” project thinking about the palette used in some of the film influences listed above (rusty orange contrasted with cool greens), but have also tried to bring in some of the more varied palettes of the medieval painter Giotto and his contemporaries, as well as a bit of the colorful excess of Moebius and Chris Foss. Basically I think after not painting models for so many years I went a little crazy and didn’t limit my palette as much as I probably should have! But enough grime and ink washes seems to tie things together so far.

On a model-by-model basis I don’t normally have a good plan when starting out, which leads to a lot of repainting over colors and many layers of glazes and washes as I push colors one way or another. I also keep trying new techniques and approaches on each set of models. Figuring it out as I go along may not make
for the best or cleanest results but its what I find the most fun and rewarding.

What are your favorites bitz?

There are so many great ones these days. The flagellant kit is amazing and a big source of bits for my project, but I’ve gotten a lot of mileage from the humble Jump Pack! In my case the ornamented ones from the Death Company kit, but I’ve sliced them into many separate chunks and used them to build shoulder-pads and backpacks for henchmen as well as the bodies and legs of my Navigator Ex-Suits. I love to chop bits/moels into tiny little pieces that can then be reconfigured in unexpected ways.

Do you have any project on your workbench?

I’m trying to finish a playable 40k army version of my Navigator Household in time for Adepticon here in Chicago. All the infantry are done (more or less, barring final paint touchups if I have time) and I’ve just finished scratch-building a large robot and a hover-craft, and am now trying to finish a drop-ship. So lately I’ve been basically just adding rivets and details which is extremely slow but fun and relaxing, and so rewarding. Scratchbuilt models really come alive when you add those final details. I don’t have an aibrush (or time to get one and learn how to use it) so it’s going to be a rush to get these big things painted!
 
 Last step, choose one of your minis (your favorite one) and tell us why. I'll do the same with what you made I prefer.

That would have to be my house’s Novator, the “head” navigator. It was a pretty crazy idea that I wasn’t sure would work out, and I’m really glad I went for it and tried anyway. I have the most fun modeling when I don’t know what the result will be; if it’s all worked out in advance then I tend to lose interest. The weirdest ideas can be the most exciting and I think the end result is both quintesentially 40k and still an original addition. And it was a huge challenge sculpting the head. It came out better than I expected so I hope to do some more soft-edge sculpting like that in the future (not sure if I’ll ever be able to sculpt a 28mm face but it would be fun to try one day).

Well, It's the same for me.... What an impressive mini ! Both the idea, the kitbash and the painted are ACE.
Thank you for your answer mate !

Thank you for reading

I'm on fire !

Just received... still kitbashed

Done some work with a witch body Jeff sends me today. I think it will be a demon host

And as it was advisable... some work on the Dark mechanicus thing's gun

Let me know...

Creating an horror

So I'm doing more work on my Dark Mechanicus project...

And it's inspired from a lot of things....

First the work Of H.R GIGER (RIP) for all his art...

Second, an awful movie "Virus" but the idea of an electromagnetic virus is awesome!

And third, an Hellsing antagonist: Incognito

So now the horror it self :

I have a bit of work to do with the GS... but well... I'm happy with the result !

Let me know !

Thank you for reading

Half way done to the Invitational...

So Iron Sleet post a pinch of WIPS pictures yesterday.

The building time is gone.... Long live to the painting time ! But for mr it's the hardest part.... All the posted entries can be seen here .

There are some really good things to see, and some big suprises too...

My work is base on that concept. It's about a type of sales by auction.... The guy on the mechanic chair is the auctioneer Léon Stravos, the mule with the cherub on the top shows the differents articles and the chrono-gladiator is just here to discourage the thieves.... Léon Stravos is monitored by the inquisition because he's selling a lot of stuff recovered from cadavers... imperial equipement, power armour pieces and sometimes chaotic relics....

Thank you for reading

A big step towards madness

Got some bitz on the mail today... like a kid.... can't wait

Here are the today's kitbashes... a lot of things are missing.... but the major idea is here. Some kind of dark mechanicus(?) or simply chaotic(?)

Discusting...Disturbing... here are the first two of the "things" 

(thanks to John Carpenter for all his work)

Let me know what you think.

Thank you for reading