Never run away...

Another Vestal from the Dark Eldar Army.

I also had a bit of fun with the base, playing around with color as much as anything else.

Since there were so many warm reddish colors on the figure itself, I experimented with lots of subdued greens on the metal surface of the upright ruined base structure.

The lab remains open

Despite all the mayhem of the last several weeks, experimentation must continue!

I wanted to try a combination of a few Secret Weapon products.  First, we see the very nice resin plinth from Secret Weapon.

I wasn't exactly sure on what I wanted to use, so I had a collection of items on the table, including some sculpey that was pressed into those Happy Seppuku moulds.

I decided to put some sculpey bricks on the base, as well as a power generator sort of thing, which will provide a possible light source on the figure.  This way I could light it from below, and that would be very fun!

More bricks are put down.  Each time, I take the pristine sculpey bricks and break off the corners.

The original thoughts for the base kept changing, as I started to focus more on testing out a new combination of materials.

The sculpey pieces are mostly in place... I wanted the broken pieces to tie into the statue head, which was yet another change.

And here we go!  Some brass etched pieces from Secret Weapon miniatures that are normally used on the turrets of tanks, etc.

I thought they might be interesting as high detail elements on sci-fi style bases, offering more tiny details than I could create with my polystyrene rods.

I even placed one bit on a broken piece.

Again, I will emphasize the experimental nature of this base.  The point is to push current methods a little further, and give new stuff a try.

Even if this experiment fails, as some have, it's a win either way, since I will have learned a lot.

I have created entire tables of terrain and done scratch sculpted miniatures which would never have been possible if I had not continued to try new things and push boundaries. 

Yes, you will have to get out of that comfort zone, which can sometimes be scary, but you might find some small technique that can become much bigger later on!!

Invested in Vestals

Here's the first of the Sci-fi Blood Vestals from Raging Heroes.

I made a few squads of these for my Dark Eldar army.

I had a few squads of five that rode in Venoms... they actually managed to hunt down some vehicles that way!

And with some characters...

Altar and priest

Finally time for the side by side and complete images!

Getting everything in the correct place on this was very difficult, and of course the instructions are minimal or non-existent. :-)

That leaves a series of best guesses... but at least he fits in there!

I have some powders that I will be putting in a few areas as accents.

Those will be in a few isolated areas... not really for weathering, but enhancing shadow areas.

I want to infuse a few complimentary colors in those darker sections.

The powders can also get into some deep crevices that brushes just can't reach.

Then a final spray and complete!!!

The trophy wife

The trophy collection grows, one severed head at a time!

This is another Blood Vestal from my Dark Eldar army.  Obviously, they make some very fun Wyches!

You can see even from these images that the scale fits in very well with any existing figures from the other line.

And she looks great next to the other characters!  Also, she is part of the resin sets which come in a box of five miniatures.

Floating on the wind

No self respecting 30k hero can do without an altar, particularly one that floats!

This is the altar for Archmagos Draykavac.

Yes, it was a very complicated piece to get through, especially with the floating skull things.  It required some particularly close work with the heat gun!

You can also see that multiple weapon options were magnetized.  Shots of everything together tomorrow!

Asharah Raging

Once again, another Raging Heroes figure from my Dark Eldar army.

In fact, I used this figure as my Archon.  There were a number of outstanding bits left over, which I was able to use on several of my Incubi conversions!

Also, many of the Raging Heroes character kits are designed to function in either a Fantasy or Sci fi environment, depending on which bits you choose.

I had to use the fan option on the figure to the right...

Much more to come... including pictures of my Blood Vestal squad!