Civilians for RT settings (et al)

[Suber]

Thank you!

An awning... Hmmm... Interesting.
I had the idea of making some local market stalls with awnings (still not decided how), but adding that to the wagon would for sure be sweet...
Thanks for the idea, let me see if I am able to do that!

 

[daddyorchips]

i love the caravan btw.

 

[Suber]

After looong time, back to the civilians!

I found a 17th Century soldier in my bits box, from an ooold project. Needed to do something about that! Afer some extensive surgery I came with the character of Armengol Perelmut, bounty hunter:

The following ones are from Hasslefree. This not-Starbuck looked gorgeous. Finally, a modern non-combatant mini bearing no oversized weapons! Vickee Sachaff, pilot for hire:

For the next one I replaced the gun with a chainsword. As it looked too massive, I thought of adding some kind of exoskeleton (it's just a piece of staple an some greenstuff...)

Finally, JB put me on the lead to the following character, the kind of people you may find in a port area, where sailors arrive after long time with no land at sight... (Medieval girl with some additions to make her sci-fi... ahem)

You can find it all on the blog:

http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.de/20 ... lians.html

I'm still in need of more civilians, so I'm on it. More coming soon...

 

[Suber]

And the children? Won't somebody please think of the children?

It looked logical to me to see some children on my district; no matter if you are recreating port slums, little villages or mine workers tech-habs, for sure you will find some kids in the area. Hasslefree offered me the chance to do this:

I was looking for plain kids, nothing too bizarre. These have slight conversions on the clothes (and wires!), but I didn't want malformations or that stuff. That doesn't mean they are going to be just happy little house on the prairie

The only concession to weapons I tolerated were these two, as the sculpts already included them (just swapped them with sci-fi guns)

I may add more children in the future (and I may try a more Blanchesque approach), but for the moment these are enough for my purposes.

http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... n.html?m=0

Another chapter closed, no to the new one

 

[Suber]

A new batch of civilians, this time from Ramshackle. I guess Curtis needs no introduction here

This is going to be an Imperial Tax Collector (or another kind of Administratum Clerk, you know)

I was in need of mutants. I already have some xenos and beasts, but no muties, and I think they are quite a cornerstone in urban Warhammer.

A Servitor for dock working purposes:

A wannabe Batman grouppie (with an Aquila instead of a bat )

Evil monkeys! Because they look so cool (minor conversions on the weaponry so there aren't two identical ones)

Besides, Curtis was so kind to include two copies of this one:

I was going to do two siamese sisters, but I discarded de idea in favour of another approach. I cut the mini in two (torso/legs). I remembered I had the legs from a Zombicide mini (which I had turned into a crawling zombie torso); I also kept an Escher leg (have no idea of what happened to the rest of the mini ). Sooo, when you mix it all...

What could I do with the remaining legs part? Well, I also found an Eldar female torso and a Cultist head from the Dark Vengeance box. So, you know...

So this is it! More dwellers for the Besenval project...

http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... t.html?m=0

 

[Suber]

An experiment for today: I found two WHFB Chaos Warriors in my bits box (no idea how they got in there!). No clue of what could I do with such minis, so I had to improvise a little...

What if they were some kind of merchants, or maybe pilgrims...?

I finally opted for the pilgrims (I wasn't ready to build their stands if they were going to be merchants!). Once you have a clear idea of what you want, everything comes easier to mind, so I finally got this:

I went through an orange palette; it's a colour I don't use that often, so I thought it could be nice.

Here you have them too:

http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... lgrim.html

Now for more stuff!

 

[Fimm McCool]

Just keeps getting better! The sculpting on those last two is fantastic. My favourite has to be the school ma'am instructing her pupils on the correct procedure in the event of a gas attack! Perfect.

 

[Suber]

I've finished my Colony 87 pack. Woderful minis indeed, both in design and quality. I've seen some of you have already done some really nice paintjobs, I'm bringing my particular view on these .

First of all, Lord Manduc Greiss. To make it different from other paintjobs I've already seen, I've tried the lobster approach:

Lady Greiss was quite a challenge. At first I thought of purple and black, something in the look of Snow White's stepmother . But when I started painting her, somehow her bodysuit suggested me light colours. I diverted this way and I was getting... an Adepta Sororita

Sooo, back to Plan A again. Dark and ominous:

Now she looks more in the proper mood

Next one was wandering Alexei, space pilgrim (though I believe you could make a Tech Adept out of him with little effort):

The emmissary of the Amphirans, his froggyness Barcoon Kobosh:

As I already got a couple of Pisceans (and more incoming thanks to Diego's kickstarter I believe it may be the beginning of a nice warband

Kay Dee, the porter. A really inspired choice, I'd never thought of a porter, and I love the concept!

He is the porter to Pash Grolin, the most Blanchesque design of all the bunch. I begun to paint the vest blue and then, after the first brush stroke I realized, 'what am I doing? It's so Blanche I cannot use blue!' . So I tried a proper red:

Here they are, all together:

Absolutely delightful minis to paint, cannot but recommend them. Whenever Axiom manages to release a second wave, I'm totally in!

You can find my ramblings on these over here:

http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... 7.html?m=0

 

[Mason]

Gorgeous brushwork on some lovely minis.


I wish that I had got in on these now....the more I see, the more I want them.



The other earlier stuff that I missed is great too.
The chaos warrior conversions are excellent and inspired use of the HF kids.

 

[Suber]

New stuff torn into Oldschool. As a part of the Relic Knights stuff, I ended having this tiny robo-tank:

It's cool, but I was a little fed up of that starter pack (no need to ellaborate right now, but enough to say I was somehow disappointed with the stuff I got), so a(nother) silly idea just came up. I could use it as a carrier robot for my port or for a merchant. The turret would be the body and I would just need to glue random pieces for the rest :

Not a great pic, I guess it will look better with some paint on it:

Here you can see the size, it's quite a bulky monster!

I'm planning to build a little market with stalls and stuff, so I believe this one will fit in well there...

Here you can find the blog post:
http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... e.html?m=0

 

[Suber]

Back to the brushes after an hiatus . I have a new denizen for my lowlife district, this time a mini generusly donated by a pal from a Spanish forum (if you get to read this over here, thanks, mate!).

It's one of the early RT releases, later on re-released as a 'space mercenary'. I tried flashy colours and a minor OSL effect from a helmet's inner light.

So welcome Rickard Ehan, muscle for hire, wandering from here to there with rogue traders or whoever is ready to offer him the best chance of a fair fight (or any other kind of fight, you know, not too picky about that...)

Some other minis for scale:

You have it all on the blog:

http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... enary.html

 

[riot]

These are all brilliant!!

I need a bigger bits box. . . A much, much bigger bits box!

 

[symphonicpoet]

Those are some absolutely brilliant conversions, Suber. I love the way you've sci-fied so many great miniatures. The Total Recall reference is great. The bartender is fantastic. The carrier robot is splendid. Riot needs a bigger bits box. I need more adjectives. Absolutely superlative stuff.

 

[Suber]

Then I have a new addition! Not a warrior nor a merc.. Just plain people, the kind of stuff I'm missing on my board.

I placed an order to Otherworld. They have some pretty lovely stuff. Among all I got, I received this lady:

With a staple, a couple of bits and some greenstuff I managed to turn her into this:

Clara O'Connor was just a humble waitress back in her homeworld, nothing unusual in her life. But one day she met a crazy guy called Kilo Ris who talked a lot of rubbish about her becoming the hope for future generations, some gibberish about her unborn son and stuff like that. Unfortunately, a few days later a Necron invasion took over the planet. Sarah managed to shoot the crazy stalker guy and run away while Necrons killed and slaved the planet.
Some time later she became a plain waitress again at the Sparklin' Pulsar:

Maybe one day she may be haunted again by her past, but for the moment she manages to pay the bills, enough for her.

Ahem, after this sillyness, I can only leave you with the blog post:

http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... s.html?m=0

I got some more minis from Otherworld, so you can expect some more similar stuff...

 

[symphonicpoet]

Very nice! And good backstory to boot. I expect she'll be great help at the Pulsar for many years to come, assuming she doesn't go tearing off on an adventure.

 

[Suber]

I may have lost it with this one
Once again original coming from Otherworld:

I saw this one and thought I could do another man of letters slightly based on a real character (a la RT ):

Soooo...

Mike Zerbantz is a freelance scribe, hired workforce for the local Administratum or whoever can afford him. After being declared a fugitive on his homeworld (apparently he severely injured someone relevant in a duel), he enlisted so he could flee from home. Being part of a Navy landing party on board of the Frigate Iron Marchioness, during the battle of LePanth he got badly injured on his left arm, which had to be replaced with augmetics.
After the victorious campaign, when the fleet was going back to their docks, Zerbantz's convoy was attacked by Eldar pirates and he was taken prisoner. His life in captivity was pretty unbearable. For five endless years he was tortured an tried to escape, until he was finally rescued by the Ultramarines Chapter on a memorable raid.
Since then, back on Imperial soli, he scrapes out a living while he devotes himself to his real passion, novels. He has recently been seen researching for his latest story, something about a guy who goes nuts, believes himself to be a Space Marine or something like that and begins his own crusade through the stars. Quite a draft, but he's developing the plot...

Here you can see a close up of the arm (my classic staple & greenstuff )

You can find him at the blog:

http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... cribe.html

 

[symphonicpoet]

Love Servo Mike. He looks absolutely great, even if I did mistake him for some other collar wearing fellow of approximately similar vintage. Something of a language bias, most likely. *grumble, ahem* Very nicely done.

 

[Suber]

New stuff today. But first things first, I have to thank Cheetor, who so generously gave me these minis away. Man, you rock, thank you!

I'm talking about these beauties:

I went classic for the Administratum guy:

Just b/w, the addings beong the checkers, the two stripes on the chest (maybe some rank insignia) and the Administratum sigil on the robes with the tiny "a" inside.

I made the rest the local bailiffs for my particular setting, so I made up the colour scheme and stuff, in order to make them look clearly different from the Arbites guys:

Here you have them all:

And of course, here you have the blog post:

http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... light.html

 

[Suber]

Ouch. Forgot to update this thread

Let me solve that, as I've not been idle. First thing: A friend gave me away these Eldar:

Oh, my. What was I going to do? (Apart from starting an Eldar army, which for the moment was not an option ;D). A little kitbashing offered this aspect:

Then I saw their purpose (which I hadn't thought of until then!). Underhive pest control. For sure those lionrats and teracockroaches in the sewers need some tough guys to be in charge of the situation .

Here you have them too:
http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... ntrol.html

But that's not all! My original plan just involved a fistful of civilians, I was just planning a RT scenario in which a fugitive escapes from the arbitrators on the chase while dodging people on the crowded streets and jumping from here to there. At some point it all escaped from my hands, but whatever.
I was in dire need for cheap civilian minis to populate my streets. So I got these WotC Star Wars minis, less tan 1€ each:

So it all was a matter of RT-ing them. I mostly used GW bits and some others. Let me show the after/before.

First of all, a merchantman:

A more extensive conversion, involving WHFB bits:

A simple one, with the keyring of his ship ;D:

A guy with nothing in his hands (you never find those on the mini ranges!)

A protester, clearly!

Time for a lady:

This one was different. I got two minis out of him, by adding Skitarii bits:

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A simple one, with a head from Maxmini:

Another protester:

A... Clerk from the Administratum?

The last one. I had these arms from the WHFB Empire cannon. What could I do out of them? A watermelon vendor!

So this is it for the moment. No idea when I'll get to paint them, but I'll try to put my hands on them soon!

You can find them here too:
http://oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com.e ... dozen.html

Well, I hope they add some flavour to the board!

EDIT: Pics always look huge on my screen; I've been looking for a way to shrink them, but I've been unsuccessful so far. Is there any way to make them look smaller, please?

 

[Cassarus]

So much lovely stuff in here, this thread always brings a smile to my face!