Esty's Mission: Banners + 3 Objectives, and a Familiar

Esty Buckets · **Posted:** Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:48 pm

Here lie the WIP remains of one heavily decorated beaky loyalist.

This is my first try at making an objective marker... I think the base might be a little too small, but I finally found a use for all those purity seals. Here's hoping that blob of GS keeps the chaplain's book in place.

I don't know if I'll have enough time to finish & paint him, but it's a start!

C&C welcome!

PhantomNinja · **Posted:** Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:26 pm

COOL! Nice touch with the banner dead center of the beakie's torso.

Cassarus · **Posted:** Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:14 pm

Looking really good so far esty!

nurglephill · **Posted:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:54 am

oh man thats super sweet esty!

is there anything you CAN'T do? lol.

Esty Buckets · **Posted:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:40 pm

Thanks guys! I really like Phantom's Objective marker, and GW's fallen Marines.... so I kinda wanted to do something along those lines. I knew I wanted a banner-pole shoved through a SM torso, but everything else kinda came as I went. All my loyalist bodies are robed, so I had to convert a beserker body to look like DA. I don't have many bases, so I used a slotta base that I figured I could part with, this had the added effect of making the banner removable (for now). Does GS expand/ contract? If I wanted to sculpt a hole for the banner-pole to slide in & out of... will the GS shrink or anything once dried?


	nurglephill wrote: oh man thats super sweet esty! is there anything you CAN'T do? lol.

Thanks, phil! The one thing I can't do with this guy right now is decide how to paint him. I wanted it to look like he had been cleaved in half (by a big daemon scythe) & a banner shoved into the middle (to mark where the book fell)... but I can't decide if I want him to look super rusty or like a fresh kill. I'm leaning towards rusty right now (it's a LORDS OF DECAY objective after all).

I'm also considering getting a larger base and gluing this guy on top.

Any thoughts? Criticisms?

nurglephill · **Posted:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:26 pm

hmmm. well, i don't think GS expands or contracts as its drying, but i have never put it to the test

. i dont think it would matter too much if you made the hole a fraction too big for the banner, it will still hold it upright.

as for the painted look...if you go for a fresh kill you can use the Clear red paint we all use to make realistic blood and gore, its SOOOOOOOOO easy and so effective its almost worthy of banning. its like cheating.

. but it really is up to your personal taste

as for base size, again its up to you, i like the over hanging look you have now, but being practical it will be easier to damage during transport etc than if you had it on a bigger base..

top job so far

PhantomNinja · **Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:58 am

Awww thanks for noticing my Obj Marker. I think you should make this dead beakie rusted and crusted with blood.

Esty Buckets · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:09 am

I had an idea for my second objective marker, I'm calling it: "Gun Coffin". It is essentially just a bunch of guns stored in an open grave.
Here's how I did it:

first I cut a coffin-shaped hole in the 40mm base, then I glued together this little coffin from pieces of the "for sale" sign

after that, I cut off two of those rings from the bottom of the base, glued one underneath & one above, drilled a hole to connect them and voila a slot for a banner-pole

next I chopped-up some toothpicks & started gluing them onto the outside of the coffin

I'm still not 100% sure if I'm going to throw dirt in the coffin around the skeleton, or do some kinda muddy water-fx

I added a little piece of a 25mm base for a little step on one side

and over here on the other side, eventually there will be a pile (separately painted) weapons

...and the answer to the question in my last post "will GS alone be enough to hold that metal book in that marine's plastic hand?"; NO.

So, I'll have to go back & pin the book in-place & re-sculpt the book spine. I did glue it onto a larger base which does make it look a bit nicer, I think (even though there's still a little bit of over-hang). One step forward, two steps back.

minamoto · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:19 am

The Gun Coffin is genius mate! I really can imagine it's outcome

Sorry to hear about your failure with the first maker, but the good thing is you can learn from your mistakes

PhantomNinja · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:26 am

That is a totally insane idea! Its so morbidly cool..REP for you because who does not love coffins!!

nurglephill · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:12 pm

Esty i love that coffin so much i gave you the full 7 rep points. genious and really creative!

as for inside the coffin, i would say a mixture of dirt AND sludge would be the best way to go. maybe even rice maggots?

either way Esty. a.w.e.s.o.m.e.

Esty Buckets · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:52 pm

Thanks you guys! I really appreciate the encouragement (especially considering there aren't even any guns in the Gun Coffin yet!), I have some more stuff to do to these 2 objectives, but I'm still stumped on what to do for a 3rd.

nurglephill · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:25 pm

hmmmm. well you have skeletons as your theme...

1) skull and cross bone... = "X marks the spot" *simple but effective, just an "X" shape of bones on the floor...maybe with a sign that reads "here be treasure" or something*
2) skeletons pulling themselves out of the ground...
3) a secret entrance to an underground catacomb
4) the skeleton head of a necromancer, with his fabled and POWERFUL helmet on...
5) and for the odd ball option, a bottle of vitamin C tablets

Esty Buckets · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:14 am

Well, I've come up with something for my third mission objective:

I call it "The Ghoulie Hatch". I'm not sure if I'm going to use the lid or not yet.

Inspiration came from this:

Pake · **Posted:** Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:51 am

Love the Ghoulie!

As for the coffin, you should paint the 'mantix logo on it

Curse of the Coffin!

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