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Yeah the world is basically infinite, you definitely can make up your fluff without too much constraint. IMO it's ok to use unconverted models (John Blanche did make concept art for kharadron minis!) but it may be harder to get that darker / stranger vibe. But if you're creative with the paintjob and basing I think you can still get some of that aesthetic
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No miniatures to show right now, but that doesn't mean I'm not working on some dark aos stuff! I'm trying to get better at drawing some "realistic" and evocative fantasy stuff, as the artwork is one of the first things that drew me in when I discovered GW. These are not perfect but I want to build up to some very heavy stuff as I get better. Hope you guys like it, and I'm open to cricism if you have any
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death watch The Death Watch- Brother Radek
Moldek commented on Randolph Carter's blog entry in Tales of Azyr
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Even before the Realmgate collapsed, there was an air of defeat, an atmosphere of fear to this region. The bloody wars of yore left the valleys filled with bones and broken metal, blood washed away by the rains. Gigantic skeletons slowly turn to stone while moss and shrubs cover the ruins. Not many newcomers venture on the old road, and the sparse hamlets are half empty. There are tales of old magic of course, and creatures grim and faceless that dwell in dark places. Who knows what corrupted warlock, what ancient daemon crawled amidst cadavers after the slaughter, half mad with fright and hatred, and slithered into some cavern to bid his time? Who knows what might still be waiting, slowly spreading its malevolent will, proding for weak minds and lost souls? Anselme Gartilius, A scribe's voyage into the lost Baronies *** Well, I guess the warband is done! There are a lot of things that I'd want to do differently but given my current skill level, I feel I'd better get a few more projects under my belt rather than dragging this one out. I still have to paint the bases and I'll leave this sorry bunch be. I have a lot of ideas for this setting. The next step : I am going to get my hands on my brother's old (circa 2004) chaos warrior army, and bring it to aos. So my future includes a lot of rebasing, stripping and airbrushing. The idea is to paint all these OOP warriors as very rusty lost souls, survivors of ancient wars left wandering in this desolate mountainous region. More on that later, for the moment I'll leave you with some pictures. I tried to make some clean light box photos but I still need to progress on that front . As usual all comments are welcome!
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@Moonlightwolf Thank you! I guess the ghoul and zombie parts + the shells give them some kind of unity
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In the shadows of broken peaks, grim beings lie in wait, Carrion eaters, madmen, freaks, creeping beneath the gate - excerpt from "Songs and tales of the Mountains" by Armont de Carnesec So I've been slowly but surely working on my warband. I wanted to wait until everything was perfect but I think it's a good time to take a step back and show what I have so far, all very WIP of course. Most models are at 90%, I have some detail work to do one some of them, maybe go over the whole band to make sure they look coherent, and of course painting the bases. The Necromant I don't have a good name for this guy yet, he is the leader of my warband and a sorcerer devoted to the minor chaos god Moldek. The rest of the warband is the various followers he managed to gather around him, driven mad by his god. The Shell-daemon This guy is a demon of Moldek, hidden inside a shell, trapping anything he can inside it. I still have a bit of work on the tentacles and skin. The Deserter I just started base coating this one, he used to be a proud warrior until something on a battlefield broke him and he ran, and the parasitic influence of Moldek took hold of him as he hid deep in the forest. I am also working on some terrain, a Garden of Morr kit and some rocks. I want to have pine trees, but the bottle brush ones I bought look really cheap. I'm currently trying to cover one in flock, not sure if it's gonna work or not... Here is a shot of the full warband in its current state :
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I really love your color scheme for all of this! Do you have a table painted like that too? -
nice! you used bits from the garden of morr right? -
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WIP Deathrattle Graveyard project
Moldek commented on Brother_Captain's gallery image in Terrain and Battlefields
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@ArcheiosAggelos they look great! It's cool to see some "good guys" warbands, with that nice variety of looks and not just the same uniform / size for every model. It always seems so much easier to convert cool stuff when you make chaos models, or maybe it's just my personal taste... Can't wait to see the other models painted. It's also cool that you have a campaign with some npcs, I'd love to play games with that kind of rpg feel,that makes the setting feel much more alive. As for something I'd like to see more of, if you have some terrain I am VERY interested, as I am in the process of trying some stuff out for my first real gaming table
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Very nice! I've read your fluff and I love the idea for this guy- feels very unique and like something out of realms of chaos, characterful and with that nice bit of randomness. based on the illustration you posted that you said inspired you, I wonder if it might look cool to have a white eye shining in that empty socket - might give that crazed vibe... just my 2 cents other than that this is a seriously cool model with a great paintjob, well done. -
Bishmeister's Terrain Blog
Moldek commented on Bishmeister's blog entry in Bishmeister's Forest Moonclan Grot Army Blog
This looks really cool! I hope you're still making it The modular warmachine terrain you linked too is also really awesome, too bad it stopped being updated...- 9 comments
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Hinterlands: Skirmish Campaigns in the Mortal Realms
Moldek replied to bottle's topic in Narrative and Open Play
@bottle don't know if you're looking for this but I'd love to contribute to Hinterlands. While I don't play much at all I am an artist and I'd love to have a project that lets me do some dark fantasy illustrations. I know I'm far from the level of GW illustrators but I want to work on realistic drawings, and if I can offer some illustrations for your Hinterlands book I'd be thrilled Here are some illustrations I did during my latest Mordheim kick three years ago (holy ****** time flies) : http://pierremortel.tumblr.com/post/86904484006 I don't know if I'd be able to do big scenic drawings (though I'd love to try) but I know I can manage small decorative illustrations like there used to be in the old GW rule books. You know, a crow on a couple of skulls, a far away warrior contemplating a ruined tower, a mysterious treasure chest, that kind of stuff... I understand that style is a matter of taste so no worries if you're not interested, and additionally to anyone reading this, if you need a couple of drawings feel free to ask me and I'll try to provide! -
The Colliegate Arcane District for Rise of Empires
Moldek commented on HobbyHammer's gallery image in Terrain and Battlefields
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Here's 2 other guys that are 90% done, I'll post them up with some flavor text when they're fully finished. Can't seem to be able to format well on mobile so here they are in order : the swine thief, The inbred fear-serf ,and my most recent kit-bash, the Deserter. I know the pictures are not great but I'm open to any criticism and tips, about painting or converting
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So I've actually made some decent progress on my painting, but I still have some detail work to do. I'll get to taking a few WIP shots, but in the meanwhile here's a black and white photo of my simplest mini, just a ghoul with a zombie head and a snail on its back. I also wrote some flavor text (more on my tga blog) : As the path crossed a small clearing, Harek stopped and turned to look behind him. The forest was quiet. Just the dripping tune of a hidden creek down in the depth of the valley, and up in the peaks, the wind howling. Yet he felt watched. Maybe the darkness was getting to him. Barely any light passed through the thick canopy of the giant pines. was something moving behind that tree? Just a bark-snail leeching off a rotten stump... with slightly unsteady hands he made the sign of the traveller's blessing, as much to calm himself as to ward off any evil spirits. The village should only be a few hours away now. Soon he'd be by a hot fire with a cold ale, and forget about that bloody Pale Eyes grove. He adjusted his pack and began walking again. Silence returned in the small clearing. A form slithered from old roots, bleak limbs briefly gleaming in the weak light, and disappeared again in the shadows along the path. Pale eyes faded in the dark.
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As the path crossed a small clearing, Harek stopped and turned to look behind him. The forest was quiet. Just the dripping tune of a hidden creek down in the depth of the valley, and up in the peaks, the wind howling. Yet he felt watched. Maybe the darkness was getting to him. Barely any light passed through the thick canopy of the giant pines. was something moving behind that tree? Just a bark-snail leeching off a rotten stump... with slightly unsteady hands he made the sign of the traveller's blessing, as much to calm himself as to ward off any evil spirits. The village should only be a few hours away now. Soon he'd be by a hot fire with a cold ale, and forget about that bloody Pale Eyes grove. He adjusted his pack and began walking again. Silence returned in the small clearing. A shape slithered from old roots, bleak limbs briefly gleaming in the weak light, and disappeared again in the shadows along the path. Pale eyes faded in the dark. ***** Stalkers like this one are the half-mad slaves of Moldek, the Fear-God. A lifetime ago they caved in to absolute terror, maybe running from cruel marauders, stuck down a dark cliff with a broken leg, or simply devoured by their inner demons. Moldek called to them, led them to a hiding place, a burrow, damp and dark. He let them cower while he whispered inside their minds, his snails climbing over their huddled bodies. They haunt the darkest reaches of the forest in small packs or alone, looking for carrion or easy prey to feed off of. Sometimes they'll venture into farms or hamlets at night, to take a child or slaughter some cattle. In their dark caves, they whisper in a grotesque shadow of their former language, tormented by unseen terrors, while the leech-snails come to feed.
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as always, awesome! the head is very well done. I've been trying my hand at sculpting but I think I lack method, it's always too rough, and the details are not crisp enough.
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This is really cool. Please continue, and post pictures with the images that inspired you next to them
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@Giuseppe gdb I love this! I can Imagine this as the pet of some creepy socialite lady, with a taste for the grotesque, or maybe as part of a duo of henchmen for a mad wizard, the other one being a big ogre-like bodyguard with a small animal's head... @Moonlightwolf this is a great warband concept, I love the idea of some peasants carrying around a strangers slowly rotting corpse in a pathetic quest to pay a life debt!
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Just saw your other reply, that's a very cool breakdown! I should try to approach my minis with more of a plan in mind, even if I'm far from your level yet -
haha that's pretty cool, like a lizard reflection of skryre technology.
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love this! does he have a mechanical arm?
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Hey @Nin Win, yeah this is for a small warband following a minor deity who preys on fear! Most of the members have at least a demonic snail leeching off of them, and some are being slowly swallowed inside a bigger shell. The idea is that their god is letting them hide under his shadow but is slowly draining them of energy and sanity at the same time... so the more they are afraid, the more they let him take over, which only increases their paranoia...
