Lone Wolf Duel

[MinionStudio]

Hey,
I had an idea of a duel for months now. Finally I have some time between projects to start it. As always I imagined more that I could handle as a side work - some ideas have to wait for the next project.

That picture was the inspiration. Unwrapped box of Space Wolves Terminators and some Genestealers from Space Hulk made the rest. The idea is simple. Frozen hill/rock/mountain, a deadly environment - Lone Wolf seeking for a fight. I have choosen this particular Genestealer so the duel will have double meaning. The serious one - Lone Wolf is fighting to the death, has lost his helmet, wounded opponent is approaching, in few seconds only one will survive.
The fun part is that it may look like genestealer is giving the helmet to his owner - thats why I want to make the inscription on plate for example: Is this your helmet sir? What do you think? Which aspect you found more appropriate - grim or fun one?


I went with chain fist and storm shield for the equipment - model will be playable and I really love that combination. Terminator armour and storm shield make him really unbreakable and with chain fist he can even open vehicles with AV14.

I started to work on the scenic base. I’ll show you more after the weekend. Probably

Hope you like my little idea.
Bania


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[Willdorling]

Looks like a nice little project, am interested to see this progress.

Cheers
Will

 

[Meph]

Oh, looks like a good idea and a good start. Progress wanted!

 

[MinionStudio]

It's time for a second part of the duel between Lone Wolf and Genestealer.
At the beginning – the was only chaos and disorder.

The base starts to take shape.

After few hours the base is almost finished – only the icicles aren't done yet. After finishing the whole project I will describe with details how I made each element. Do you like it so far?

Bania


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[MinionStudio]

Hey,
It was way too long but I finally finished this duel. Hope you like it Now its time for a big commission - Necron Fleet (8 Nighscythes!).

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[Rerclusiarch]

It´s not bad at all, but it lacks some serious dynamism on the scene. I mean, the pose of the wolf is very stiffy, the legs selected for it gives me the feel that he´s just walking at the enemy, not on-guard ready to evade and bash his enemies.

 

[QuietiManes]

Yeah, it does look a little static. Reposing the arms could have implied a whole lot more movement and action. For example, angling the shield out, turning the wolf slightly, so the shield is between him and the 'nid. Then moving the stealers right arm back and putting the helmet in it, as if he's running forward and throwing away the helmet.

The 'nid kind of looks like he's doing a Hamlet impression, offering with humility? I thought it was kind of funny though, which I found out was your intention after I went back and read the original post.

Anyway, the base is nice. Just curious, why the strange shape instead of a rectangle or oval? Is that something that a competition judge would like or dislike, I wonder?

 

[MinionStudio]

It was my first attempt on diorama. I'm glad you didn't hate it To be honest green stuff is my weak spot - so as your ideas are great I would definetly execute them pretty badly Even the hand switch for shield (original terminators have shield in their left hand) was a big struggle for me. I have to practise more! Thank you for tips and comments.

 

[SkelettetS]

to give some crits, to me there are at least one strong colour too much. bright blue+yellow+green+red(+orange here) in the same picture don't in 99% of all cases not look good. just removing the green slime in this had done improvement me thinks.

 

[MightyChad]

Yeah, I think the green slime hurts it. The painting looks pretty good though. Great job for a first diorama.