tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post1938205496033990014..comments2024-03-28T05:02:45.682-07:00Comments on Between the Bolter and Me: Mordheim 2019: Into the ZoneAdam Wierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710889303035437886noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-10293098261587913792018-09-30T14:31:26.969-07:002018-09-30T14:31:26.969-07:00Paul Sawyer did a possessed warband converted from...Paul Sawyer did a possessed warband converted from the original metal Cawdors back in White Dwarf at the time! A Hurculean effort! <br /><br />Great work on these spectres, Eric... looking forward to seeing where this goes.(Kym) + Warburton + (Classic40K) https://www.blogger.com/profile/17333928965917754588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-57711270202778334592018-09-27T17:14:36.694-07:002018-09-27T17:14:36.694-07:00Thanks! I am glad you like them. They have been fu...Thanks! I am glad you like them. They have been fun and quite easy to make.<br /><br />The plastic Cawdor models certainly have been a boon for creating wretched looking humans! Adam is actually using parts of that very kit to build some models himself!Eric Wierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276836738624222147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-53796394456711776262018-09-27T17:11:25.343-07:002018-09-27T17:11:25.343-07:00Thanks for constantly having something inspiring o...Thanks for constantly having something inspiring on your blog!Eric Wierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276836738624222147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-80198702687891535982018-09-27T17:10:29.371-07:002018-09-27T17:10:29.371-07:00Thanks, I am pretty excited to actually give Mordh...Thanks, I am pretty excited to actually give Mordheim a try!<br />Eric Wierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276836738624222147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-45460549791477438882018-09-27T13:14:09.349-07:002018-09-27T13:14:09.349-07:00I distinctly remember reading about proto-mordheim...I distinctly remember reading about proto-mordheim in my college apartment, and really enjoying the look of the gang converted from Cawdor figures, something that would be 100 times easier now that there is a creepy Cawdor gang in plastic! <br /><br />As for your nighthaunts, I think they look great, and the absence of weapons will make any that DO have them all the more imposing. Lasgunpackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13529298072677726064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-75263706404694284002018-09-25T13:18:38.279-07:002018-09-25T13:18:38.279-07:00Great to have you on board guys! Glad I've ins...Great to have you on board guys! Glad I've inspired in some small way. These spoopy chaps are looking ace.Tears of Envyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660895908983243432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-30748850036450810822018-09-25T12:39:41.840-07:002018-09-25T12:39:41.840-07:00Exciting news! Can’t wait to see what all you guys...Exciting news! Can’t wait to see what all you guys come up with! Mordheim is such a good setting and the nails you’ve added really fit in with the bleakness and hopelessness that justboozes from every page of the rulebook. Look forward to seeing more.Red Wet Skeletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18315822743529781387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-13456783495317389262018-09-25T06:29:11.887-07:002018-09-25T06:29:11.887-07:00I too have strong memories of pouring over White D...I too have strong memories of pouring over White Dwarf issues after Mordheim's release, getting lost in the morbid imagry and decay. It is great to go back to it all these years later! <br /><br />Yeah, the nighthaunt models are interesting. Their seemless integration of physical and incorperal elements make the painting process difficult to define. I suppose that is why they released the technical paints, but just resorting to those seems like wasting an opportunity.Eric Wierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276836738624222147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-57341853412122396372018-09-25T06:23:46.904-07:002018-09-25T06:23:46.904-07:00Thanks, I am glad you like them so far! I really a...Thanks, I am glad you like them so far! I really agree they look better without their weapons (even though their swords were nice). I think you are right about adding some stakes and nails to the models' backs; it will add some interest and help unify the design.Eric Wierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01276836738624222147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-49978829290488481642018-09-25T05:31:18.275-07:002018-09-25T05:31:18.275-07:00Those are really nice conversions. The nails add a...Those are really nice conversions. The nails add an extra air of menace, and separate them from the ghosts and reapers that appear in the Mordheim art, which always felt more like a metaphor for the death stalking the streets than true entities. <br /><br />I’m having similar trouble deciding on a scheme for Nighthaunts, in my case from the Soul Wars box, exacerbated by the interaction between the spectral bodies and apparently corporal weaponry etc (leaving aside the question of if the skulls are bone or just manifestations), which is hard to avoid without going in the direction of a mono coloured force suggesting bodies and weapons to all be ghostly, which utterly robs the models of definition at tabletop distance (as fast as an oxide wash over white promises to be).<br /><br />I can’t wait to see the places this project goes. 20 odd years ago I remember pouring over the original Mordheim articles in White Dwarf, and the few photos of the converted warbands (as GW tentatively began along the path of multipart empire soldiers and the like) that were shown alongside Tuomas Pirinen’s original rule set in all its flame bordered glory. 20 years on from that the option available and the sheer levels of art and imagination poured into the hobby by GW and the community look set to produce something incredible. Screwed Up Dicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163708983874196856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-92147087968473815552018-09-25T02:40:24.776-07:002018-09-25T02:40:24.776-07:00These look great, dude. Removing the swords makes ...These look great, dude. Removing the swords makes them more threatening, if anything. The nails thing is an aesthetic I've seen popping up more and more regularly in recent times, and it always looks great. <br /><br />Maybe you could add some nails along the spines? The arms and skulls and trailing ends of the robes have so many spiky bits and sharp edges, the hunchbacks look pretty plain and under-detailed as a result.<br /><br />Can't wait to see the progression of this project!Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920980927434979562noreply@blogger.com