LupusFerreus Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Well, I finally succumbed to the :crows Lure of the undead and have taken it upon myself to get Kirai and her spirits. I blame this largely on Cheated Fates Joe and Dan from Gamers Lounge. She's a big change from my slow but sturdy Guild and I hope to get a lot of experience and take her to tournaments. I originally wanted to massively convert them but my skills are not what I'd thought so I'm taking things slowly, doing a little here and there to build my skill. In the meantime, I have built and assembled the models I got for Christmas (apparently, Santa is a Resser player). I'm quite glad at the basing I've done - making bamboo from cocktail sticks. I've also converted a Guild Hound into a Canine Remains: I call him Scruffy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeregrineFalcon Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Congratz on joining the rezzers. Kirai is so much fun! The bases look awesome, its exactly what i did and was my first attempt at making my own bases. If you scroll down to about april in my blog youll see how they turned out. I used wood stain on mine. Good luck and keep up the great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudo Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 The bamboo bases look great, I will be stealing your idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilbleachman Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Looking really great! I am actually going to pick up some Kirai crew stuff today too at my local store. I do plan to use Secret Weapon Miniature bases for them though. So how are you going to paint these guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 That's a neat little guild hound conversion there! I hope you do better with her than I do (I never draw any masks, and still can't remember all her rules after all this time...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupusFerreus Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 (edited) Looking really great! I am actually going to pick up some Kirai crew stuff today too at my local store. I do plan to use Secret Weapon Miniature bases for them though. So how are you going to paint these guys? Thanks guys! I plan to paint them like I originally wanted to convert them: http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?36999-Kirai-Jackie-Chan-quot-Queen-of-the-ShadowKhan-quot-conversions so a lot of dark colours, which I'll make ethereal and ghostly. I also plan to get Izamu and put a lightbulb inside if possible to have the glow in the artwork! --------------------------- Edit: or I was going to, until I saw Izamu's sprue. Back to the drawing board! Edited December 27, 2012 by LupusFerreus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeregrineFalcon Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Thanks guys! I plan to paint them like I originally wanted to convert them: http://www.wyrd-games.net/showthread.php?36999-Kirai-Jackie-Chan-quot-Queen-of-the-ShadowKhan-quot-conversions so a lot of dark colours, which I'll make ethereal and ghostly. I also plan to get Izamu and put a lightbulb inside if possible to have the glow in the artwork! --------------------------- Edit: or I was going to, until I saw Izamu's sprue. Back to the drawing board! Lupus, I thought about the same thing. I do think it is possible with him but would def. take some delicate work. His torso is def. solid enough, but you would need to rig up a really small LED and the power source would be difficult. Put some pin holes through his chest area and leave his face off. In the end, I'm just going for an Izamu that is glowing via some crystal blue army painter primer and some carefully placed blue washes with an attempt at a painted glow effect for his face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupusFerreus Posted January 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 So Scruffy becomes my first painted model: I'm happy with how he turned out, all I'll say is I plan to add some Tamiya Mini X-27 Clear Red 10ml Acrylic Paint to the jaw and belly for extra gore. Also Matt Varnish the blood on the base. I've also got a lot of models to paint if I want to take her to tournaments, so I'd best get on it! This would only be more daunting if I'd chosen Nicodem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilbleachman Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Stumpy looks great! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viruk Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Looks very nice! I can only suggest using P3 inks (brown and red) for gore - easy to use and they give a nice, realistic effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupusFerreus Posted January 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 Looks very nice! I can only suggest using P3 inks (brown and red) for gore - easy to use and they give a nice, realistic effect. Thanks! I'll definitely try them out. How do they differ from GW or Army Painter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupusFerreus Posted January 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 New spirits arise! Each Seishin is painted to resemble one of the Oni masks from Jackie Chan Adventures. Each Oni/mask was capable of summoning Shadowkhan. So this way my Seishin still do that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupusFerreus Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I'm finally able to add some more models: Ikiryo and Lost Love! I'm still leaving Kirai herself until I decide on a colour scheme. Ikiryo is of course painted in the style of Jade Chan going all Shadow Khan crazy. Next up will be my remaining Seishin but I'll leave posting them until I have something new... maybe the Onryo or Datsue-Ba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underdog6750 Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Nice job on ikyrio. Im regreat over looking this thread in the past. Love your theme for the crew. I kind of wish id done something along those lines for my crew. But alas i just painted them in colours i like and around traditional japanese artistry. Using white as it symbolises death and a few other subtlties. Once iget a good enough hand i want to put some free hand on the minis. But enough about my crew. Loving the theme behind your crew. And how all your seishin are differnt the bases are great but im thinking perhaps you could do with using a wood stain or ink wash to add a bit more defi ition to them. Would you consider putting small patches of static grass comming up between the bamboo it give the effect of an old building/decking? Also tamiya clear red to creat a realistic blood/gore effect is definately a worthwhile and cheap investment Just some minor suggestions to an ready great looking crew hope i may have helped in someway. Feel free to ignore everything i say though. NB sorry for going on a bit lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupusFerreus Posted March 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Kindof a new post, after leaving my blog alone for a while I've got back into the swing of things and I've updated it with new pictures! http://ancestralvengeance.blogspot.co.uk/ Featuring: Kirai, new Lost Love, Datsue-ba, Onryo, Gaki and Night Terrors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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