Yeah, I know, Shadespire is so last year, now it's all Nightvault. Who cares. I don't think I'll be changing the label now. This blog is oldschool and I'll take the consequences. Shadespire it is.
Right. You may remember I used a WH40K Grey Knights halberd
for my own band. The idea got stuck in my mind, and I thought that a band with halberds/spears would look nice. Come on, the pose of the first guy is asking for it!
Bases were an issue. I didn't want them to look exactly like the statues, to avoid confusion. They needed to be chromatically different, even if they were (necessarily) similar.
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| I made them slightly lighter and with some more colours embedded |
The final steps involved some ivy. Not only it reenforced the old statue idea, but it also fit into the own bases theme. Autumn, decay, life struggling over death, among these strange rocks.
That idea is reflected in the colours. The stone itself, the leafs. I tried to show quietness and ease, but some strenght and menace at the same time.
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| I think we haven't been introduced yet |
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| Are our houses made of flesh then? Hmm, that's quite a debate |
You may have noticed the back banner on the boss belongs to another set of Sigmarites. That's because I'm also converting other kits in the same fashion for the same purpose, so I'm sharing all their bits at the same time! You can expect more statues coming soon!
These look great! Brightshield is my favourite - she really looks like she means business with that halberd. Nice work on the bases too!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I wasn't sure if I could make that particular conversion work; I think it was the most difficult to get, but when I finally saw that pose I thought 'yup, this is the way'. It was fun, there are a number of possibilities and different combinations for these minis. However, I'm not sure if I could ever do a fourth iteration of these!
DeleteWoooooW! One of the best Sigmarites I ever seen! Great work!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'll be doing the other bands along the next days, stay tuned!
DeleteVery nice work, mate :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! Glad you like them; it's a different concept than the usual stuff, so I was taking some risks here. There are still options to explore!
DeleteWow, those conversions really are clever and work wonders man !
ReplyDeleteThank you! I've only used Grey Knights halberds and Sigmarite bits, they are quite more versatile that I expected. It's fun how they combine together :)
DeleteThose are awesome, and i'd totally steal the idea if I hadn't started painting my completely verdigris storm cast 😂
ReplyDeleteHaha, thank you! Looking forward to seeing your take on these!
DeleteGreat conversions man
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm impressed by how many different combinations you can make with these mere monopose minis!
DeleteThe Ivy makes them that much more believable. I like the theme you used for these and the conversions are excellent too of course.
ReplyDeleteThank you! The ivy was part of the concept since the beginning. I didn't want to overdo it; I always could add more, but taking a piece apart could ruin the paintjob. I'll see what else can be done with the next batch...
DeleteReally smart idea to build moving statues and they've worked out really well!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you! I wish the idea was mine, I think it's a totally different approach and it works surprisingly good!
DeleteWhat a unique idea. I really like how you took the customer's concept and executed it. Very cool
ReplyDeleteThanks! We have made several projects together, so it usually doesn't take much to catch the concept; he tends to allow a lot of freedom for me to take my own path and interpretation on each model, and it makes it all pretty easy :)
DeleteTe han quedado muy bien, lástima que los mÃos los transformé para el caos.... y eso que siguen sin ser pintados metidos en una caja :O
ReplyDelete¡Gracias! ¿Del Caos? Uh, eso todavÃa no lo he hecho, pÃntalos, hombre, ¡me encantarÃa verlos!
Deleteestán en una caja de la vergüenza, y vergüenza es que me he comprado proxys para necromunda y se han colado en la fila XD
Delete¡Jaja, eso a mà me pasa mucho! :D
DeleteYou did good work on the minis themselves and that goes without saying. What I do want to point out is that I loved your work on the bases too. Your choice of being chromatically different is the correct one and they look good. Nice work Suber!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm happy with how did they turn out in the end, I think I have to explore that technique and improve it. I'm far from your work, of course, but I like what I learned here.
DeleteYou are too kind Suber. I sometimes feel far from your work too so the respect is very much mutual :)
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