tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post6610348360686154704..comments2024-03-28T05:02:45.682-07:00Comments on Between the Bolter and Me: Imperial Guard: Building an infiltration expertAdam Wierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710889303035437886noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-42783686361014735212018-08-30T13:53:30.365-07:002018-08-30T13:53:30.365-07:00I am glad you like all the straps and webbing! I l...I am glad you like all the straps and webbing! I like the sound of Metal Gear inspired ork Kommandos!<br /><br />The biggest piece of advice I can give you about sculpting the webbing is to take your time. I sculpted individual sections and waited for them to cure before adding more sections and details. This helps ensure you don't ruin any of your sculpting from an errant finger. It also gives you time to really consider your work and build off it or redo it. If you send an e-mail to the blog (address is located in the upper right corner of the website), we can send you some other WIP pictures of the sculpting process. <br /><br />Good luck sculpting!Adam Wierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710889303035437886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-26222111110532916722018-08-29T22:35:58.602-07:002018-08-29T22:35:58.602-07:00The straps, webbing, pockets came out super nice! ...The straps, webbing, pockets came out super nice! I'm currently converting up some Metal Gear inspired ork kommandos and have been trying to sculpt such straps.<br /><br />Did you take step by step pictures, do you have a guide for it? The amount of detail you got down is really fantastic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-22240057118988735672018-06-26T00:10:08.833-07:002018-06-26T00:10:08.833-07:00Years ago I painted a Vindicare assassin to look a...Years ago I painted a Vindicare assassin to look a little like Solid Snake. When this model is finished he will be much closer in form to Snake. :)Adam Wierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710889303035437886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-46695570729705200032018-06-26T00:03:32.431-07:002018-06-26T00:03:32.431-07:00I hope to have the model finished soon! It has pro...I hope to have the model finished soon! It has proven to be a tricky model to paint, but I think the model will be worth all the effort in the end!Adam Wierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710889303035437886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-48350236994488352942018-06-26T00:02:22.366-07:002018-06-26T00:02:22.366-07:00Every time I decide I want to try and do a quick a...Every time I decide I want to try and do a quick and simple conversion it seems to turn into something complex by the end. :)<br /><br />That being said, I really like trying to go the extra mile for the human models. I think it can really add a lot of character and help sell the setting. Adam Wierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710889303035437886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-2507692904798748862018-06-23T11:22:24.177-07:002018-06-23T11:22:24.177-07:00Thank you for the kind words! I used a lot of refe...Thank you for the kind words! I used a lot of references from the different Metal Gear games for ideas for the suit. The webbing was fun to sculpt and really allowed for more room to add extra gear without making the model look cluttered.<br /><br />Sometime I will have to convert a model to specifically be Snake or Big Boss. As you suggested, I wanted to create my own character with this model. As for the pistol, giving the model an HK Mark 23 SOCOM would be cool. If you remember my original Iron Sleet Invitational models, the Naval Officer was drawing a pistol that was very much inspired off of the SOCOM. :)<br /><br />Feel free to use the model as a jumping point for converting some Astartes! It is something I should consider trying too. Adam Wierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710889303035437886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-54282515932054826552018-06-22T19:40:21.048-07:002018-06-22T19:40:21.048-07:00Very nice work--a lot of hard effort has clearly p...Very nice work--a lot of hard effort has clearly paid dividends on this model. I love the Solid Snake vibe.(Kym) + Warburton + (Classic40K) https://www.blogger.com/profile/17333928965917754588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-56962290614011303332018-06-19T05:39:18.950-07:002018-06-19T05:39:18.950-07:00One of Adams best to say the least. The level of d...One of Adams best to say the least. The level of detail is over the top and the simplicity of the base only highlights this even further. I cannot wait to see this one painted, excellent excellent work!Red Wet Skeletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18315822743529781387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-47714106252374912552018-06-19T00:17:48.392-07:002018-06-19T00:17:48.392-07:00I am always largely impressed by the amount of tho...I am always largely impressed by the amount of thought and work you put into these projects even if they´re just a single guy. <br /><br />This spec-op is really stunning. Great work. Pose and overall expression is very intense. Wondeful character.<br />Paul-Friedrich von Bargenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12472873036863549194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-76832998347202139472018-06-18T08:27:22.329-07:002018-06-18T08:27:22.329-07:00"METAL GEAR?!"
...uh, sorry, force of h..."METAL GEAR?!"<br /><br />...uh, sorry, force of habit ;)<br /><br />Fantastic work on the infiltration expert! It's quite brilliant how close you have come to recreating the look of Solid Snake's suit -- that is some incredible sculpting on the combat webbing, by the way.<br /><br />Now that you have pointed out the inspiration, however, I cannot help wanting this guy to look even more like Snake or Big Boss: I think it would be cool to add a magazine to the pistol in the style of Snake's iconic SOCOM (in all fairness, while your detail work on the pistol is excellent, it maybe looks a bit too much like something classic James Bond would wield). And if only the head would look more like snake -- you were probably going for an original character, though, so feel free to ignore me ;)<br /><br />That being said, I already had a strange sense of Metal Gear nostalgia when recently working with one of the Primaris Reiver bodies, so don't be surprised if I take your model as a jumping off point for trying something similar, albeit at the Astartes scale.<br /><br />As always, keep up the amazing work! :)krautscientisthttp://www.eternalhunt.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-70348518285430152932018-06-16T23:57:22.662-07:002018-06-16T23:57:22.662-07:00I am glad you like the conversion! I really tried ...I am glad you like the conversion! I really tried to push myself with the detail work in the sculpting. :)Adam Wierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710889303035437886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901426566557963132.post-26903245972126586622018-06-16T10:40:44.676-07:002018-06-16T10:40:44.676-07:00That's really something. A very nice conversio...That's really something. A very nice conversion!CounterFetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06273543429522256725noreply@blogger.com