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Hello chaps & chapesses, just a quick update from me today. I got the next batch of AdMech/undead Blood Bowl minis finished up over the weekend – this time it’s the Ghouls. These were a funny one to re-imagine for 40k, and they are a bit of an oddity in the BB team to be honest (what with not being dead and whatnot). In the end I focused on two key features of BB Ghouls – their speed, and their paper thin armour. The Sicarian kit seemed the obvious choice, and here’s the result:
I’m a big fan of this kit, and have used various bits out of it a number of times, but I’ve never assembled and painted one ‘properly’ before. These guys are pretty much stock, though I did need to shorten the legs to fit the base, (easy enough to take a section out of the shin), and I had to chop some left hands to be right hands, (switched the little finger with the index finger). The backpacks got de-cluttered as well, but otherwise they are pretty standard. It’s the first time I have used the gasmask head option, and boy, are they good! I think that the inflexibility of leg poses would probably get annoying if I had to do a whole bunch of them, and the softness of the transition between armour and body suit was a bit frustrating, but overall I still think this is a brilliant kit. Painting was as per the Linemen from my last post – continued experimentation with black, that lovely orange that I’ve been enjoying so much of late, and blue for the spot colour.
In other news…
I have started putting together some bits for The Chapel project over on Heresy of us – the project is a really cool collaborative project where creativity and story-telling is king. Real life has prevented me from getting stuck in to this as much as I would like, but I’m getting my toes wet with these WIPs for my take on the Ostium Guides brief:
I imagine these guys as being grizzled woodsmen and guides, their age being a testament to their skill in surviving in and around the Albino Woods. They are members of a guild, one of many that exist in the various villages that dot the landscape. – there is strength in numbers after all, as there is always the temptation to avoid payment to a lone guide, (usually by simply murdering him or her at journeys end). Having a guild behind you is no guarantee that this will not happen of course, but it does promises retribution for such betrayals… Revenge is invariably terminal, as he pile of skulls amply demonstrate.
I’m looking forward to doing some more work on these guys. I changed my mind on the one fella’s arm so that needs sorting, and I have some sculpting and tidying up to do, but hopefully I’ll get them a bit further forward over the coming weeks. I’m aiming for a medieval/low tech woodsy feel if that makes sense?
I am really looking forward to working on my freehand with those lovely blank shields, and I am excited about doing the bases – I deliberately went for bigger bases than strictly necessary, and I intend to put a lot of effort into them as a test bed for my warband proper… Speaking of the warband, I think I have figured out what I am going to do in that regard – it’s going to be a huge departure from my usual fare, so I’m excited and nervous in equal measure… Hopefully it all comes together, and I end up with something worthy of the project! I’ll keep you posted ;-)
Nice work, those “ghouls” look great… as do the Ostium guides!
Thanks mate, glad you like ’em – I’m pretty pleased with them so far :-)
Where them werewolves at 😆
Haha – too fast for my little brain mate!
Am I the only one wanting to see this? 😉
Wulfen trauma… SF Werewolves are a minefield mate!
Why I’m even more certain it needs to be done Alex. You know it!
All round excellence man! Good choice for the BB team, they look great and fast! The Ostium guides are very cool. I like their grizzled woodsman feel. I can’t wait to see what motif/pattern you put on the shields.
Cheers IRO, I can’t wait to see what I put on those shields either… I have no clue at the moment!!
Just a thought but considering they’re kind of “woodsy” maybe a symbol for the Albino woods that surround the Chapel. Or something along those lines.
It’ll be something around the woods & trees no doubt ;-)
Looking good there mate and nice use of the skull stack ;) I’m really looking forward to seeing the Ostium Guides painted.
Thanks mate, and thanks for the stack! Seemed fitting to bring it into this project ;-)
Like ’em, very cool. I need to get cracking with my guides. Or painting the servitors. Or … anything. ;)
Thanks mate, much appreciated. Decisions decisions eh? ;-)
Hey, those are tremendously cool! I’m behind the news however regarding the Heresy of Us project, I’m following the link right now!
Thanks mate, and yeah you should – it’s a really cool thing going on over on Heresyofus!
Loving those ghouls mate! Really like how their poses can appear either like predators waiting to pounce or sportsmen springing into action depending on whether one imagines the ball in play or not. It adds a lot to the flexibility you talked about in your last post, these will look natural as Blood Bowl players, but equally they’ll fit right in to a whole range of sci-fi set-ups as well.
Nice work on the Guides too (the Guild is a sensible idea – I need to consider if it’s the kind of organisation mine would join). Really looking forward to seeing what you come up with for your main warband too, I’ve started and scrapped several ideas already but I’m getting there.
Cheers buddy, they are such a cool pose aren’t they? Can’t wait to start my warband, and looking forward to seeing what everyone else comes up with! Oh, and you can join my guide guild any time mate ;-)
Great work on the Ghoul-servitors. They’ve really come out very nicely. I’m intrigued by the Heresy of Us thing, so I might have to check it out, though I’m doubtful of having the time to think about interesting kitbashes of my own right now…
Cheers dude, I’m pretty chuffed with ’em ;-) Yeah, check it out mate – it might get your juicy creative juices flowing!
Those ghouls are the business – they’re perfect for the position. Ghouls always have been my favourite undead positional player :)
The Ostium Guides are interesting, although it’s the pile of skulls that really draws me in ;)
Thanks mate, I’m looking forward to taking to the field with ’em! Fingers crossed for the guides, and yeah, nothing says ‘don’t mess’ like a big old pile o’ skulls ;-)
I like how these guys turned out Leady. The metallics look really great!
Regarding the wide stances, IMHO GW increasingly release even more grandiose postures every year, year on year. It’s like the sculptors have run out of ideas, or are sick to death of sculpting the same pose :)
Cheers :)
Thanks matey, I’m pretty pleased with them, and yeah, godda have a massive stance in the grim dark future don’t you know? ;-)
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