Thanks for the compliments guys!
I have pictures of the long promised Daemon Chariots. But first, some Samurai! This is a Ronin unit, and the figures are from Pendraken. I included my Samurai cavalry in some of the photos. (If you are inspired to do so, please vote for my Samurai Cavalry on the Pendraken website. I didn't win or place in any of the categories, but voting is open until March 14th for the People's Choice. Thanks!)
I think I've got the F-stop and lighting figured out. These photos are much less washed out than what I've posted previously:
I'm trying to talk my beautiful and wise wife into letting me buy a proper macro lens. But we have to put a new roof on our house, so the budget will get a lot tighter. We found out that out roof has no underlayment, which means that if water backs up on the roof at all, it will leak into the house. Which is did a lot of this winter due to all the snow that fell here in New Hampshire. Oh, and the shingles were put on incorrectly. So this make 3 things that the building inspector did not find when he inspected the house before we bought it only 3 years ago.
Azrael, you once suggested flying chariots drawn by Bhyakhees. Bear in mind that I am not quite done as you look upon these pictures.
This first group was done with the thought that flying Bhyakhees would be pulling the chariot through the air. Here they are, minus the Bhyakhees:
I figure that Cthulhu daemons would not build something as a chariot. They would just pervert some lifeform that happened to be handy. Hence the chariots are bloated fish/amphibians. I sculpted some 10mm cultists to go on the chariots. Here is the first test figure on the back of one:
The cultist didn't come out too bad or too well. I needed figures that would be more dynamic on the backs of these creatures. Here are some more Cultist Charioteers. One is wielding a long spear/pike/lance. The other chap is driving the creature. I just haven't decided if I am going to put reins in his hands, so he has no hands at the moment.
I like these follow-on sculpts much better. Here is a shot of yet another pose, in progress. The completed figure has the spear pointing up. This might be logical if he was walking on the ground. But when his victims are below him, the spear needs to point down. When finished, this second figure will have the spear pointing down, ready to kill whatever the creature misses:
For those of you that are interested: Yes, those are corks from 25 ounce bottles of Unibrouque beer. They are both from bottles of Maudite. Fitting, no?
Anyway, you can see that I created an armature for these sculpts. Very handy! Now I don't have to worry about my sculpt getting to be too tall! The armature lets me pose the figure before I start. I also found that the first layer of putty needs to be very stiff when cured, so green stuff won't do for the first layer. This is my preference only, others most likely have their own way of doing it. Anyway, I need the firmness that milliput gets me because the armature wire is very thin. Without the milliput, the figure would be bending every time I tries to add more putty.
Thanks to my brother-in-law for sending me putty for my Christmas gift!
As I was getting ready to photograph the first set of chariots, I realized that I wanted bigger creatures for the chariot. I had done some sketches months ago, trying to figure out what I was going for. Suddenly I realized what I wanted to do. These are the next set of chariots, which I like much better. Please let me know what you think. Of course, thsi second group is not finished, they are only roughed out. However, I think you can see what the differences are from the first group. I still need to add the teeth and then add details to the sides and backs. But I think these new creatures can easily have two charioteers on them, and possibly as many as three. Here they are:
And a shot with a rider:
Anyway, that's what I have for now. I have a few days before I head over to Karlsruhe Germany for Euro GT. I hope to see some of you there!
