You know what ? Lately I've felt the urge to have models of Martial artists for my 40k games... Why is that ? Well that's one long and sordid story really... I'll tell more about it on the Scale Creep though as it involves some of my WIPster colleagues...
The guy in red (let's call him Jimmie for now) is heavily influenced by Jean-Claude Vandamme and I tried to use bits that fit with the least changes possible (only turned the hand on the right arm and removed the gun).
The cyber Hobo-monk teacher implies a bit more green stuffing but not much more really. Both paintjobs were super quick ones because a) I didn't have much time to spend on them (3 hours tops for the pair) and b) they're plastic models with bits that are just a pain to paint really (looking at you catachan arms). I hope you can notice I painted Jimmie's skin in a paler tone than my usual caucasian skin tone but I needed to emphasise his origins...
I've painted Jimmie's shirt with his name and dojo symbol as befits martial artists.
These 2 are meant for a greater purpose but their journey is not done yet, you'll hear about those in very little time...
I have more plastic kitbashes in the pipes but those should be of higher quality than these guys above.
More about that ... when I get painting time !!!!!!!
Love them! Clever idea, and they really look the part. Jimmy's singlet and hair are great.
ReplyDeleteCheers, I cannot wait to reveal more about those really !
DeleteI hope that Jimmy finds out what happened to his father.
ReplyDeleteThat's what usually drives a fella like that to find a Sensei in my experience.
Indeed, we're talking about fists dipped in glue and broken glass shards level of father-son issues here.
DeleteAw man, I dig Jimmy - he reminds me so much of the dick sensei of the Cobra Kai in Karate Kid! That guy was a grade 1 penis, and (rightly or wrongly) Jimmy gives me the same vibe :-) You know it's a good mini when you get an emotional response!
ReplyDeleteGood ! It's not exactly the karate kid but we're not that far really !
DeleteI like the Cyber Sensei. His special move must be some sort of wicked headbutt. :)
ReplyDeleteBionic punch to the balls followed by a head butt yeah !
DeleteLove that hobo monk.
ReplyDeleteYou amongst all should be able to fully taste the silly nature of the project these 2 are part of ! You'll learn more in due time. ;)
DeleteHaha, they certainly look nice :D
ReplyDeleteWhere's the monk's head from? I cannot source it!
The monk's head is from the datasmith (guys who comes with a apir of robots in the last admech range) with added cables in the fornt to look like a beard.
DeleteVery nice paint job. Moreover, that guy in red pants have a nice 'wing chun' style chinese martial arts pose.
ReplyDeleteCheers, this was really rushed so no big attention was paid on details really, You've taught me somethig here with that martioal art, from teh pics I've looked at it's true there's a link (totally a fluke though).
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