Hellboy 20 years

This might be rather unrelated to wargaming, but my favorite comic book "Hellboy" (and, incidentally, the favorite of just about every other illustrator I know...) celebrates it's 20th anniversery this year. 

This is a big thing for me. Few things, except perhaps 40k, Star Wars and Bruce Timm's Animated Batman, has influenced me as much as an illustrator like Mike Mignola. Therefore I naturally wanted to celebrate this bidecennial in some way. So, without further ado - here's my homage to Mike's greatest creation:

Happy birthday Red!

Grey Knights for sale!!

As might have been mentioned I'm moving out and as usual in such circumstances one often takes the oppurtunity to get rid of some unecessary baggage.

One of the things I'd like to get rid of are my Grey Knight strike force. The main reason being that the truescale bug has got a complete hold over me - I'd like to start over using only biggerised marines and contemptor dreads with a new paint scheme similar to the questing knight. 

So, who wants to buy these guys (or know someone who might want to)? 

Strike Force Grieg

5 man Grey Knight strike squad Ravel

 5 man Grey Knight strike squad Holst

6 Grey Knight Terminator squad Grieg

Venerable Dreadnought Brother Dvorak

I have no idea what to charge as I've never sold painted minis before - if anyone's interested just give me an offer and we'll figure something out. The cost of the actual kits is roughly 1200 SEK / 130 € / 110 £. It's up to the potential buyer to judge what the paintjobs and conversions might be worth...

Drop me a line if interested!

van Kushings retuine

Took some group shots of Ordo Xenos Inquisitor van Kushing and his merry band of men. 

I stress men as I strongly feel this retuine needs a feminine touch. Not sure what to add though - perhaps the sister repentia I made a while ago, perhaps an eldar advisor or a female mystic of some sorts - I'm open to suggestions!

From left to right: Executioner Maunsell, Private Lister, Ordo Xenos Inquisitor van Kushing, Battle-brother Sirius and Operative XIII.

Who watches the deathwatch?

The urge to paint something suddenly struck! I looked around on my desk and my eyes fell on the truescale deathwatch marine I converted a while ago and has been standing there since then, undercoated and unloved.

Say hello to Brother Sirius of the Deatchwatch. He supposedly belongs to a secretive dark angel successor chapter with stronger than usual ties to the Ordo Xenos.

The greenstuff work on his legs is admittedly complete crap - sculpting flat armour surfaces are just not my thing - but I tried to cover that up (he might receive a cosmetic purity seal or two as well...)

Not dead - only resting

I've had a hectic start of the year. Selling and buying apartments in Stockholm is a nervewrecking affair and the sums involved are astronomical...

That's probably the main reason things have been a tad quiet around here lately - I simply havent had peace of mind to sit down and focus on modelling. Other reasons are work and, admittedly, a slight fatigue after last years rather frantic pace of miniature production...

However - there is some progress. Here's a new gun servitor at the assembly stage. Nowhere near done, but I like him so far...

Happy birthday!

Today, the 28th of february, Officio Convertorum celebrates it's first anniversary.

And 186 posts, 168 followers and 130.000 pageviews later I can safely conclude that it's been one hell of a year. 

Huzza!

I'm going to clown-school and you can't stop me!

While whistling Fucik's Entry of the Gladiators, last night I finished up the Ringmaster (better name than "The Host"). 

Sorry for the cruddy iPhone pics folks - I wish I had the skill and patience to take proper photos like those Spiky Rats...

Slightly different view:

Why so serious?

Here's a little sneak peek of the Host in the make up salon: 

Botched the spraypaint again. Not as bad as on the chem-dog as most of the textured surface ended up on the back of his head, but I still need to rethink how I prep my minis. 

That or simply buy a new can of bone spray.  

The Host with the most

I gave our decomposing ringmaster a fools cap which works better than the weedy unihorn he had before. Also changed his ceremonial staff into something a little more elaborate. 

Carnivale

I've felt like doing something weird for a while. When Ana over at Gardens Of Hecate posted a brilliant tutorial on how to sculpt ruffs things started to fall into place - my nurgly band needed some of that "carnival of Nurgle" razzle-dazzle...

I call him "The Host". 

Further experiments in truescaling

Here's my new take on a truescaled marine. 

And, yes, I know the best way is using tartaros terminator bodies but I haven't managed to lay my grubby mitts on a full kit yet. That said I have some tartaros arms and these I combined with a deathwing legs and a grey knight torso.

There's even some grey stuff work on this one - primarily trying to bulk out the upper legs. Still learning about sculpting though - I find it terribly frustrating (well, lets be honest - it's a royal pain in the ass). Getting those smooth surfaces - just don't get how they do it...

Oh well... 

Kryten

Kryten done. Due to the somewhat unpredictable results of my three spray undercoat method, this model recieved a wierd velvety surface. It's hard to paint on and some details were also obscured so I went for a very quick and dirty style on this one. Grim dark galore...

Hotshot

Bringing up the rear in van Kushings retuine is Kryten the chemdog veteran and his trusty hotshot lasgun. 

First time in quite a while I've made a character holding a rifle ( I've got a thing for open poses...)