I had these rumbling around my workbench for a long time! About time!
These minis are the last part of what I purchased to Akula (remember? The not-Dune guy, among several other things) alongside the Psychneuein and the Astral Hounds. Once again, go visit his blog and purchase some minis!
I was looking for some sci-fi civilians; not that there is much variety (though I'm seeing new interesting goodies these days), but when I saw Akula's, I immediately knew I could use them.
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| The original models |
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| The pics are not mine. That's why they are not blurry |
I got a couple of each model, and then I used some green stuff to make them slightly different (you will see, in most of the cases that simply implies some hair on a bald head, hehe). I'll show you them by groups, the untouched and the modified versions:
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| That should look like a three-cornered hat from XVIII Century |
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| Just sideburns, hair and moustache |
These attires may look strange, but for my purposes (which will most likely be Rogue Trader games) these guys can be representatives of the Guilds in the underhive/shanty town/industrial neighbourhood/whatever. The colours identify the Guild to which each of one is original from.
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| Not Bene Gesserit. Not at all |
Of course, where I say masters of the Guild I can say any kind of
Burgomaster Deputy Authority or local nobility. Almost anything suits
them.
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| These two look almost medieval |
I should have tried some makeup with the ladies, I'm realizing right
now. Maybe even some ritual tatoos could fit in well in these models.
Hmm...
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| There is some brocade in all the ladies stoles. Shame on my pics again |
My long term idea is having a fistful of nobles (or VIPs, whatever) and a
little crowd of regular people, which can act as rioters in a number of
scenarios involving Adeptus Arbites, for example. So the VIPs can
either lead the mob in an anti-imperial revolt... or can be in need of
police protection from the bloodthirsty horde willing to hang them!
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| Sci-fi weirdos |
But again, that will be a battle for another day. Today I'm OK with these. Now to move on more things!
Those are fantastic, you did a great job with them!
ReplyDeleteI tried to get them from AKULA recently, but the range has been bought by someone else, so I will have to wait a while.
CP Models just picked up a range of modern rioters sculpted by WhiffWhaff IIRC that look like they will fit into RT games without looking peculiar. I suggest that you send Mark at CP an email :) CP prices are usually very reasonable.
I believe know which ones are you talking about, I'm having a close eye on those. I got some crazy ideas for scenarios involving big crowds of civilians, so those may be handy. Thank you!
DeleteGreat look and paint !
ReplyDeleteUn saludo .
Thank you, my friend! Much appreciated :)
DeleteThey do look like generic sci-fi civilians like those you would see in the movies. In fact, they remind me of the politicians/civilians in The Matrix movie, I think it was the last one. ^_^
ReplyDeleteThat's the good part of RT, anything fits in with no issues :P
DeleteI may however try some conversions in future minis, to aim for some John Blanche spirit. Hmm... I'll think a little more about it...