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SkelettetS

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thanks folks :)

@solun; yeah was initially wondering about the grey skin but glad you explained.... ty!

@cileo; the legs are from the rider of the chaos manticore set, and then yeah sculpted the belly.

@chad; nothing less fun than to paint a guitarr :D hard to begin Elvis before i finish the toad, as i really enjoy that mini and want it finished. boo. i suspect elvis will be painted within a week, speedpainted by my standards...

attached the rider, finally! og course there were issues. first, i had to cut the handle of the axe, as it was just in front of the blunderbuss (d'oh!!) i added after the painting had begun. had to fill pretty large gaps with gs as it didnt entierly fit, but no biggie. ive been through worse assembly post painting ;) looks wierd right now with different green on the stomach, the below part is basecoated cammo green.

pretty interesting how photobucket actually flatten the colors a lot, making it way less vibrant.
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what left:

*axe handle
*belly+guts
*severed head on the toad
*chains connecting riders hand to toad
*toads horn, fingers and fingernails
*base...
 
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me_in_japan

me_in_japan

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Just popping in to say the toad is looking great. I've been lurking on this WIP since it started, but for some reason I ain't said much. Many apologies :) keep up the good work :)
 
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SkelettetS

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thanks friends! im so glad you like him. :)

new batch of photos, not much left now, everything is in place. just need to fix the chain a bit, paint the severed head on the side and fix the toads horn & feets, but perhaps ill do feets after basing. really need to start that elvis if ill be able to finish it before xmas!

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KruleBear

KruleBear

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Love all the little details you are adding to 'da toad. However every time I look at that short handled axe, I am distracted. Could you add a longer curved handle to avoid toad interference? It just looks ofF IMHO relative to the rest of the outstanding work. (of course if this was my paint job, I would have been happy with it a long time ago:)).
 
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SkelettetS

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thanks for input krulebear :good: i cant personally say im that bothered, but at the same time im very aware of that it looked better before i had to cut it. ill look into what i can do about it to get more balance. not sure i want to completely change the handle, to much work...
 
Cyn

Cyn

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Giving it a longer, curved axe handle will give it much more balance. One hour of work more or less, c'mon :) Besides that, the custom work and paintjob are awesome as ever. That toad's eye follows me in my dreams.
 
MightyChad

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SkelettetS said:
you can relax now guys, axe handle has been taken care of! its curved and even longer than before ;) thanks friends!
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It's funny, I had assumed that it was left off for painting. Thinking it was obscuring some other details or something. Glad to hear you have taken the steps to turn it into a proper ax. Paint's looking phenomenal.
 
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ozymandias

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Enjoying this one lots. Finally got round to buying plague bearers after lurking on this thread for a while - didn't like them at all when I saw the GW photos, but I reckon they should be giving you royalties for their sales. I know its a pain, but could you not remove the hand holding the axe and change the angle at which it is held? It doesn't look like a wholly natural position at the moment IMHO.
 
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SkelettetS

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thanks chad :good:

ozy, thanks for kind words :) as said, i think the plague bearesrs is the coolest kit in a long time produced by gw, and great value of money. changing position of the hand at this point is frankly out of the question though. and personally i think the pose looks really good now when the handle is extended (really glad i was talked into that ;) )
 
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