Sunday 2 November 2014

Mutant rescue

After enjoying one of those week ends where some shitbags decide to break into your house to rob you of all your technological possessions with the photos of the kids and music they contain I somehow felt like changing my mind with something relaxing. I have a squat warband on the line but felt like taking a break. 
Good thing is humanity is not entirely made of human waste. There are actually some people who just give you stuff instead of robbing it...

A while back, my pal Colin Murray of the Leadpile had a mutie feeling lonely... He took the decision of letting it go to clearer shores so that he might gain some attention.


Well, while I have tons of unattended models myself, I just couldn't resist the look of that one. He's definitely the kind of kitbashes I'm not able to come up with and he would make a perfect mutant for my Rogue trader Setting.

For some reason, some postman (we will never know on wich side of the channel) decided to use the package to play rugby or something but not only did the model take a month to make its way from UK to France, it arrived in the state you're seeing below...


Nothing like the view of a defenseless model smashed to bit by some indelicate post officer to help you gain back your faith in humanity.

Well, good thing is, seeing a gift in this state left me little choice but to fix the mess because it just didn't feel right. So a couple (or two) of hours of modelling and painting after that, here's what the mutie looked like :


The mutant you see is called "Big tooth Ed", he is natural mutant born in the underhive, he's a nice guy with a bad temper but yuo have to know he's been mocked by everyone because of his rather particular physique. His left lower canin is indeed far bigger than it should and this gives him a peculiar face. The cruelty of men knows no limit and time earned him his nickname "big tooth"...



I hope you will excuse the rather poor quality of the photos but I had nothing left but my wife's phone to take pictures right now...

Couldn't help but put red and checkers on that one, damn you John Blanche !

Well, now I've completed this one, I'd really like this idea to evolve a bit. I mean we ALL have unfinished models, part done conversions or models we converted but which never saw any paint... I think it could be really cool to exchange those with people enthusiast enough to finish the job. What better way to share the mojo around ? Anyone who has those kind of unloved models lying around, take a pic and ask to the community ! I'll be looking for some to share and look forward to painting some done by others !

If you're looking for a place to exchange thjose unloved models, here's the place, the Oldhammer Salvation Army  has its arms wide open !


18 comments:

  1. JB! He looks brilliant! Your miniature accident and emergency ward must work miracles. I'm so glad you managed to rescue him. You've done a grand job and the little touches just set him off to a T. Cracking job!

    So sorry to hear about the break in. I hope they get caught.

    Great idea for the conversion swapsies I've got a couple that could be ideal. Are you going to start a thread on the forum?

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    1. Thanks Colin, Yeah a thread on the forum might be the way to do this, I'll have a page on the blog left open for anyone to grab some of those unloved ;)

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  2. Unloved model swap - great idea! Great team effort on this one chaps - excellent conversion and lovely restrained paint job (enlivened by the little addition of checks)

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    1. Thanks Jon, it would have felt a little sad without some checks right? There's actually a freehand tattoo in his back but it's not very good... so I left it unposted...

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  3. Sorry to hear about your break-in :(

    Good job on the repairing of the model. Great painting, I like the nice detailing by adding the checks. The model has that old school Tzeentch feel to him, similar to the old Tzeentch Renegades.

    Coincedently today I was thinking of looking again at my old Catachan army which has lain unloved and in bits. I am wonder what project to embark on next, so maybe I might choose this (although it will proabably be Slann next).

    Great work, keep up the painting, and I hope all goes well in the future. :)

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    1. Thanks Lee !

      It does have that old school feeling indeed, sort of a Pete Taylor kind of look but in e 2014 version. Now give some unloved catachans some attention now ;)

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  4. Salut Asslessman ^^

    En espérant que tout rentre dans l'ordre au plan perso, ta conversion de mutant est absolument énorme et... dérangeante XD

    Serviteur,

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    1. Merci mon cher, la conversion n'est pas de moi; je ne suis qu' interpète ce qui ne change au final pas de quand je peint une fig non convertie, je me suis contenté de la réparer au plus proche de l'original et de la peindre.
      Les kamis souhaitent me tester, j'imagine que c’est le moment de montrer de quel bois (ou plomb) je suis fait...

      Merci à toi

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  5. Hi mate, sorry to hear about the break-in that's horrible news.

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    1. Cheers Paul, just need to get over it, always look on the bright side of life and all you kow ;)

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  6. Sorry to hear about ya break in, I got broken into last year (And they tried setting the place on fire) so I know how much of a shitter it is. Keep on grinding mate.

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    1. Well, you know that sensation of being deeply ass fuck then..
      Thanks for the support man.

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  7. Outraged to hear you were robbed, I hope the perps are caught and or your stuff gets recovered.

    Love the Mutie, even if his head is a bit small :)

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    1. I do hope they get caught just so noone experiences that again...

      Only good thing about it is that it has given me the will to paint just to think about something else, a lot of old lead friends will get some love thanks to that...

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    2. Well I hope that removes some of the what must surely be a sour taste.
      It's always disappointing to hear that bad things happen to good people, doubly so when you're the recipient of the bad things!!!

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    3. You know I'm a natural born Paladin, I breathe for justice and the greater good !

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  8. OK, no point on sweetening the situation. It sucks. But on the bright side, you are finding the will to paint an do some lovely works like this one!

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    1. I agree, no amount of lubricant can change the fact I've been fucked deep and hard.
      Good thing is my obsession with this hobby was somehow not altered much.

      thanks

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