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Happy Monday folks, I’ve had a really poor week hobby-wise, with hardly any time for painting at all! But… I did manage to finish this guy, and I am rather pleased with the result:
He’s based on the old Titan Princeps Seniores, (thank you Ross!), tricked out with Skiitari/Sicarian arms and appendages. I intended for him to form part of the growing ‘Agentia Scrutator’ salvage team on my work bench, but I also wanted him to stand out a bit, either as a character or even as a lone agent. I just reversed the colour scheme to achieve this – a simple trick that seems to have worked. Here he is with the other tech ganger for comparison, (a good excuse for a slightly better photo of the first guy):
I also got slightly side tracked with the freebee AoS mini that came on the cover of last week’s White Dwarf… I got a bit obsessed with stuffing the body cavity with rods and cogs, but after a lot of huffing and puffing I ended up with this – the Tick-Tock man:
I have some ideas for this dude – I imagine that he is a creepy automaton that dwells deep in the sumps, some technological relic of a past age. Rarely seen by anyone who lives to tell the tale, he has become a mythical bogyman used to frighten children… but, (of course), the tales are true and the Tick-tock man is real, toiling away in the depths – but to what end?
“Run, run, as fast as you can,
Don’t get caught by the Tick-Tock man…”
(Sump nursery rhyme)
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Nice work! Liking the Tick-Tock Man too ;)
You are really giving those vintage models a new lease of life! The AdMech parts on the Princeps are working beautifully, and the paintjob is excellent (especially the face)! Tick Tock Man is also very promising — although maybe you should consider changing something about the shoulder pads, as they seem very iconic and could do with some alterations.
Anyway, excellent work all around! :)
Thanks guys, I’m really enjoying mixing the old with the new – it feels slightly subversive and I’m glad you’re enjoying the results ;-)
KS, I know what you mean, but I kind of want to keep the iconic look, and then play with that idea a bit – I might beat up the shoulder pads a little more but I’m going to keep them recognisable… who’s to say that Tick-Tock wasn’t once a Liberator anyway? :-D
The princeps is great. I hadn’t thought of using Skitarii arms for that model, but it makes lots of sense.
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Oh, one more thing: I hope you won’t mind your Tick-Tock Man being featured over on my blog as one of my favourite Liberator kitbashes so far? Here’s a link:
https://eternalhunt.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/age-of-sigmar-fun-with-freebies/
No problem dude & thanks for the mention – I’m a shameless tart like that :-)
See that thing on the floor there? That’s my jaw! The Tick-tock man is amazing and has me thinking about the Stormcast Eternals in a totally different (excited and creative) light. Good work!
Liking the princeps as well, although the gun looks a little bit big to my eye (although he has a metal arm so in principle he shouldn’t actually have any issue lugging it around).
Thanks dude, I’m hoping to get some paint on tick-tock soon – been too busy with terrain this week! Know what you mean about the gun & wish I had gone with something smaller, but I’m calling him done and trusting his bionics to compensate 😉
I love what you’ve done with the SigMarine. I missed the WD, but have an AOS box coming. I’m so, so tempted to convert a few of them into other various cool things now…
Oh my, the tick-tock man is amazing. I think I’m going to pick up some sigmarites and do something in line of your work. I think you could do some cool Mutilators based off a Sigmarite.
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