Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels

"From mi point of view, I see two barrels pointing at yer head."

+ The Rifleman +

Rogues Malus.

Here's the second personality for my INQ28 band of rogues, The Rifleman. His name is unknown, as is his origin. Few are his words, tone of his voice thick and dark. He is a lunatic of sort, a religious fanatic, protecting the Emperor's word on a strap with his mouth lathering.

He carries out his tasks with an uncompromising efficiency. Maybe he is an ex-militia, his procedures and habits are like those of Imperial Guard? His violent and selfish nature makes him unstable yet very functional tool in the middle of intense fight.

The Rifleman turned out pretty well, if I may say so myself... What I'm especially proud of is the strap of the gun. It was a detail that I decided to add just in the last minute. It gives another nice reference to the drawn picture.....


P.S. Sorry phiq, no scribbling on the shotty. I had to murder many of the darlings to keep things in order and this detail was one of them.

INQ28 Madness!

For a long time Kari has tried to lure me to create my own =][= warband. For some reason I have always resisted the temptation. Suddenly, when we talked over phone one day, I felt the temptation growing too big and just let go. If Kari's warband is about how the protectors of humanity are willing to face the risks of the Warp to gain powers for they struggle against the enemies of the Immortal Emperor, mine will be study of extremes.....

The theme for this study is going to be Sacrifices - How far the Imperium is ready to go, how many innocent lives it is willing to sacrifice for the sake of the others. Desperation and how it affects the tactics the Inquisitors use in combat. I'm interested in studying the brief and fading moment when the light is gone and the darkness takes place.

The first member of this warband is NICODEMVS "the blind friar". Nicodemvs became the servant of the Imperial cult of Blind Wrath before he was even born. Gene-manipulated to be perfect weapon from the birth. He is the living experimentation of the Inquisition. Born without eyes and his hands replaced by  bionic tentacles. In combat Nicodemvs assaults trough the enemy lines, hacking them into pieces, as the Frenzon injectors in his back pump the combat drugs into this death incarnate. Nicodemvs loves the eternal war!

This was just the beginning, things will get crazier...

Rifleman WIP III

Here's a quick overview of the current status of Rifleman.

Please don't mind the gap between his right hand and arm, it'll be sealed with the green stuff after I've painted the rifle. His hands will be covered in dry blood. Also, the rifle's sides will be decorated with bold Latin slogans, something that'll rhyme with death and sorrow (thanks phiq for the idea!).

Digital Visions A New Era?

Sometimes people come to the point in their lives where change in inevitable. I feel that I'm in that situation right now in my life. Maybe it's the spring doing it's tricks or maybe it's just me.

Anyway right now Im feeling big change closing me. Not sure what that change will be, maybe nothing really big won't even happen but I have many plans for the future. One of them, that I like to show you right now are my new adventures in the world of digital sculpting. New challenges and adventures wait me there and I feel very excited about it! I got myself a new MacBook and downloaded freeware program called Sculptris.

Sculptris is wonderful program from Pixologic that is similar to it's more professional big brother zBrush. Easy to use and simply a lot of fun! I would happily recommend this for anyone interested in 3d modeling.  Like you saw from my last post, I use Wacom tablet with this program and it has proven to be very intuitive and effective tool for sculpting. I have lot to learn but I already feel that this is something I like to use more in my future projects (Bile anyone?) Ok so let's see what I have created here. This is my FIRST sculpt with Sculptris, clumsy, and hasty but I just wanted to test if I could create full figure sculpt with this program. But here it is! Meet the Mutant!

Then Photoshopped version with little colour added:

Rifleman WIP II

Almost there! Still need to add some finishing touches before priming. After that, it's time for another intensive painting session...

My New Work Bench?

Rifleman WIP

Here's some work-in-progress shots from the Rifleman. I decided to realign his pose and made it look more like he'd actually be in the middle of action rather than just carrying his rifle at rest on his shoulder, as seen in the drawing...

There's still some detailing to do along with the shoes. The rifle also needs some heavy modding, maybe a Winchester style reloading mechanism and some hi-tech components for sighting. The grunt is also faithfully carrying Code of the Inquisitorial Process, part MXXVII / chapter IX, on a carrying strap next to some hand grenades and small pouches.