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Great work so far. Love the proper use of cork on the skinks bases for starters - much better than some of the other attempts I have seen recently of just smacking it on and calling it rock.

The warriors look fantastic, great details. Looking forward to seeing them painted.

 

I love those Saurus, what base model(s) did you use to achieve that? Amazing work so far, can't wait to see the rest.

 

PhoenixTheCat
Well, nothing spectacular, actually - I just have enough of spare time, plus some dedication and perfectionism seriously though, I just try to do the best I can possibly achieve.

Bowser
Many thanks! I'll post another 5 in a day or two.

Ritual
Thank you thpugh painting is always taking much longer time for me...

Aphotic
The actual "basic" miniature were the Gors from the former Beastmen model range.

 

Awesome stuff! Specially love the musician with his (its?) flute and the snakes!

 

Thanks! The actual basic idea did not include snakes before I started to work on the base itself. Then I though that it would be a nice small touch, which also refers to eastern culture.

 

[QUOTE="ChiliPepa, post: 191389, member: 15703]
Aphotic
The actual "basic" miniature were the Gors from the former Beastmen model range.[/QUOTE]
It isn't a former range, you can still get them.


I don't know what went wrong. Sorry it's messed up.

 

I think you greatly underestimate your skill!

 

Your work is amazing

 

My brother has a few sets of old beastman Gors, I never would have envisioned a conversion as awesome as this!

 

PhoenixTheCat
Yeh, checked that, I ment that they were formerly known as Beastmen Gors from WHFB.

NIGHTBRINGER
I think it is better to underestimate oneself, rather than overestimate thank you for your praise!

SlanntaClause
Many thanks, trying to do my best!

Warden
I actually just needed someone a bit more "pumped" than the original saurus, and I thought that Gors were the best choice with very fine detailing and neat and similar anathomy.

Alas, here are 5 more sauri for the saurus box. I've done them a few days ago, but the preparation for the upcoming exams intervened. Anyways, here they are:



And some close-ups:




They still require some finishing touches, but all in all they can be considered as "ready to be painted".
Now I'm gonna convert 12 sauri in a row with 2 fillers for 2 models - that will bring my brick to 25 souls in the unit, which is almost enough to play a starting game of 750 points (after that I just need to convert an Old-blood).
An in the end, now this box has the starting model count of 10 and looks like this:


Cheers!

 

These are all amazing, especially the painted Skinks. I think the use of cork on the bases as well is really clever

 

This is just too awesome... need to get me some gors...
I love the guy on the fourth picture... the guy on the left... again the chilled expression of an experienced warrior. Would make a great Old blood, too.
It's amazing how much effort you put into a core/battleline United... am really looking forward to seeing what you do with lords and heroes!

 

These are some of the best conversions I hve ever seen. Incredibly cool, absolutely brilliant.

 

Equally fantastic and beautiful work.

I think I missed it but how long does it take to assemble a single one of those saurus warriors?

I can only imagine how long it would take to paint

 

ravagekitteh
More to come I actually abandoned the idea of using cork, because I felt a trey (is that what you call it - the "large base" thing for the entire unit?) with a unit on such bases would be awkward to move.

tom ndege
Well then, you should wait for my old-blood then he is as chilled as this guy you mentioned. But with much, much greater portion of bad attitude.

Bowser
Thank you! Sadly though, I have exams coming during the next two weeks, so there will be no big updates during this time period. But I'll come back with a full unit of these

Warden
Well, the very first one (which can be considered as the concept-miniature for the rest of unit), who is now the champion, took me about 5 years to complete, counting from the moment I took a modelling knife in hand and the moment the last bit of green stuff on him dried. The next 4 took about a month or two. The latest 5 - about two weeks. Roughly speaking, when I put all my lazyness aside, it is possible for me to make 5 in a row in a week.

 

Movement tray

 

That's some seriously good modelling and painting there- for some reason the style of weapons/armour makes me think of places like Cathay and Nippon from the Old World (not to mention that there was that underwater city from Lustria that was akin to Atlantis, I think it was Chupayotl? Need to check my old army books) Keep up the great work, and best of luck with exams!

 

Jorgik
Okay, many thanks

Soxii
Well, I intended my sauri to look somewhat more "universal", also leaning towards other cultures, not only mayan/aztec.
Thank you! The exams have passed and I have something to show you now (well, more of a sneak pic-type):



Hopefully I will post the entire unit of these in a few days they just require nice finishing with their detailing.

Cheers!

 

@Soxii it was Chupayotyl.

 

Wow. These look fantastic. I particularly like the skink with the pipe. He looks like a bro.