Yeah, ok enough of that, so Anyone that follows vaguely regularly knows I'm playing around with a Baron/Duke army at the moment.
I got bored tonight could not force myself to paint or write another article (yes, again , apologies)
So I picked up some bits and went to work , this model is just a fill in for now so I have a suitable model to rep the duke pending some green stuff, including possibly a little more hair (can't decide)
Its pretty obviously a kit mash of D'elf Corsairs and D'Eldar warriors.
I think the serpent banner is kinda a giveaway and looks the part. I have tried to give him a more foppish/piratical feel with the long gloves, dueling style Blast pistol and a nice baroque basket hilted sword/dagger and the 'snakeskin' cloak. I also chose the Corsair swords as I wanted to show they were not power weapons, as I do not intend to use another in the army It should look/be totally unique.
I have also given him the Darklance backpack, for two reasons really, I thought the cloak did not look 40k enough and I figured it made quite a suitable drug and poison injector/dispenser for the old boy.
I have some plans for the paint Scheme to reinforce his character yet further.
Is it ok ? I went for the prettiest male DE face , still not sure about the head but it was the best of a bad bunch (for the character) I would of liked one with an evil grin, I'm going to try and paint it to give him a smug/self satisfied look.
Check out the colour/pattern on that snake, decent palette ?
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first off, I didn't see a snake in that picture.
ReplyDeletesecond, I really like the conversion. Well played. the addition of the backpack over the cape really helps it not look like a wfb mini.
snake... snake? Oh, yeah - snake! SNAKE!!
ReplyDeleteNice figure. I do so like the Corsair guys.
How about an Albino Python colour scheme - white and orange/yellow markings.
I like the way the cloak folds back around the back pack at the sides.
I can't work out if the skull's angle of dangle needs tweeking. In picture one it looks a bit odd, but in picture three it reinforces the line of motion through his body.
Anyhow, once again, good stuff.
Very nice mate, like that a lot.
ReplyDeleteExcellent use of parts.
Very cool work, Sorrowshard, that's a mean looking Eldar with a definite pirate feeling to him. Great stuff!
ReplyDeleteGood use of the cloak and lookin badass
ReplyDeleteThankee gents , seems this one is more popular than the Baron I did last week , I prefer the baron myself ;o)
ReplyDeleteDethtron - no snake ? are you blind ! its riiiiight ....... there , or it was :oP
Not a bad idea Euan but The skin is super pale on mine and I do not want to loose the face, I want to do him differet but tied into the army , like I said ,haz ideaz ?
Hmm, his "angle of dangle is a little out" , I'll tweak it when I do the GS'ing.
thanks for all the positive feedback, I was not sold, but feel happier about it now :o)
Ah. I found your Baron post by accident, and thought mine looked similar, and now this :) I thought I was original... Bleh. Guess most people making Duke and Baron conversions have the same ideas :-/
ReplyDeleteAnyway, good job! Very agressive pose, makes him stand out. I'm jealous :-) I just finished taking pictures of mine:
http://yetanotherdarkeldar.blogspot.com/2011/02/duke-sliscus-conversion.html
I think it looks great, but would benefit significantly from the inclusion of a projectile weapon that fires 'Vulkan of the Salamanders' instead of splinter shards, dark matter, or whatever 'un-salamander' like nonsense they engage in.
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