Why, hello there my fellow lead fiend's,
Today marks an auspicious occasion on the Papafakis calendar, for I have finally completed, after many months, a project.....bloody amazing isn't it!? From a tiny little seed inside my tiny little brain I managed to carry an idea right through the inception, design, prototyping, construction and the production phases to completion. Sound's a little bit pompous I know (like I'm in charge of running a major manufacturing department at "insert generic car company name here"), but I can't help it. I'm over the moon that I've managed to finish something. It seems like a lifetime ago that I was able to call a project
done. Oh, and I even managed to paint the damn thing too! No joke! Look, I've even got pics to prove it and all!!!
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| Like the illustration came to life or something yeah? :P |
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| I was gunna try and freehand the skull motif, but I'm super crap at that, so I cheated & used a transfer instead. |
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| "What you lookin at Willis?" |
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| Can't think of anything to say for this pic.....so I'll just type some random shite instead :P |
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| I'm still waiting on the Space Wolves chapter insignia. Then I'll wack it on his shoulder. |
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| Who's badddd? |
So, after I finished taking photo's of this dude I thought I might as well take a few shots of his companions while I was at it. Here they be:
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I finished up these four at the same time as the previous one. They'll eventually complete the squad of five
after I get around to painting up the riders. |
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| Can you dig the digital dash panel's? |
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| "Zooom, Zooom".......and other pretend motorbike/plane noises :) |
So, that's it I suppose? The only thing left is for the guys who nabbed a bike off of me for them to paint them up. I'm really excited to seeing what they do with them. Lornalims' already finished his (well in advance of the creator I might add :D) and it turned out ace! If your interested to see the great conversion work & paint job he did then head on over to the
Oldhammer forum and have a look.
Ok, I'll leave you guys alone now, bye bye :)
AWESOME.
ReplyDeleteThank-you, thank-you.....I'm here all week :)
DeleteHoly shit those are sweet!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, that bloke looks just like the pic.
I'm swimmin' in a sea of 80's reminiscin'...
Thanks Dai,
DeleteI'm happy that you think my creation has more than a passing semblance to the illustration. I love
Pete Kniftons' drawings from Rogue Trader era.
Wouldn't we all love to be back in the eighties. I reckon I'd wee my pants if I could walk into an old hobby shop with the old minis & games on the racks....good times, good times :)
It's totally awesome man. Really great stuff here !
ReplyDeleteCheers bud,
DeleteReally looking forward to seeing your take on it :)
Cheers.
I think I forgot to say "cheers" :D
DeleteThat first shot with the original picture shows just how closely you matched the look... job well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lasgun :)
DeleteIt's quite an effort to try and stay faithful to an illustration....much easier to just wing it & let your imagination run wild. But bringing an illustration to life is really an enjoyable, and none too common, experience. I may do it again?
Cheers.
Man, those are absolutely great! Cracking job you did there! Wow.
ReplyDeleteThanks Suber :)
DeleteI'm pretty happy with them too, and like I already mentioned, I'm super excited to see what the remaining four bikes turn out like. Especially given the calibre of the recipients!
Fingers? On a space marine?! Well done! I love it! And a truly great job you did with his face as well.
ReplyDeleteThe fingers were key to this guys success :)
DeleteThanks Composer, glad you like him.