Tuesday, July 31, 2018

...if Two of Them Are Dead (Jewel of July)

Tell me all of your childhood fears
I live on emotions
I eat your dreams
Nothing's ever what it seems



Nearly two years after I finished the modeling, I have finally finished the painting on my converted Keeper of Secrets. At least for a certain value of "finished". There's definitely touch-up and more highlighting that could be done, but as far as I'm concerned, she is complete.

You better believe me
Every word
Tell me secrets you might have heard
Ugly rumors are all we need
Tales of murder, guilt and greed

 



Bite your tongue dance and burn
Reality a world of hurt
You may say no but not to me
Silence, silence



Remember, remember this
Remember treachery sealed with a loving kiss


She's on a 150mm oval, like the plastic Bloodthirster and Lord of Change. Technically, that's not the "correct" base size for a Keeper of Secrets at this point, but it fits with most of the other Greater Daemons, and seems like a reasonable prediction for what the eventual plastic Keeper will be on.
This was the best pic I managed of the base. This is one part where I may well go back and add some more detail, but for now,  I'm happy with it.

Truth is lies 
Stand on me
Reality a fairy tale
We do not come to bend the knee


A couple of close-ups of the more detailed areas. Trimming down the Slaanesh CSM shoulder pads for the icons on her helm and breast was incredibly fiddly and time-consuming, but I think it was worth it. You can also really see in these some of the places where the Pallid Wych Flesh highlights ended up being too thick or heavy. I did some touch-up, but I can't really afford to spend more time or energy on that right now.



Finally, thanks to this little blast from the past, she is now known as Danglethrust Sinhammer! Until next time, y'all have a good one, y'hear!

Truth is all a children's game
Reality a bitter pill
We do not come to set you free
Silence, silence

13 comments:

  1. That is spectacular! Awesome work, man!

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    1. Thank you! I'm really happy that the work I've put in over several years has produced a result this good!

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  2. Agreed - that's really something special that you've created here. Very bloody cool, and I can imagine it being incredibly imposing on the table. :)

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    1. Thanks! As I said above, I'm incredibly happy that all the work I've put in came out this well.

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  3. Our Lady's gaze falls upon her and with a nod of approval and a wry smile, Slaanesh grants you her favour.....stunning work mate!

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    1. Thanks! I'm super happy with how she turned out!

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  4. The extra soul grinder arms look completely natural which is my definition of a great conversion i.e. it doesn't even look like a conversion. Great posing and sense of movement. My best result on the Daemon name generator was 'Bogspurt Bowelflush'. Not that great and you should keep your name for her (or maybe Lemmy to her friends)

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    1. Thanks! Yeah, not being obviously a conversion is pretty much the dream. One of the best compliments I ever got was someone who asked me where I got my Warpsmith from, having no idea that I'd converted it myself.

      Bogspurt Bowelflush would be perfect for a Nurgle Daemon, tho. I will admit, I generated a bunch of names, and then took the one that seemed most Slaaneshi ;)

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  5. Very cool! I don’t remember seeing this conversion when you started it, so I’m looking at it with fresh eyes. Love the sense of movement and sensuality you have achieved. Very fitting for the god she is representing

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    1. I know you did see it back then, because there's a comment from you on that post ;)

      As I said back then, coming from you, that's a hell of a compliment! Thanks again!

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    2. Haha well I couldn’t remember it when I commented 😂. Baby brain strikes again!

      No worries. Think it’s great!

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    3. Oh yeah. Gone back and revisited. Now I remember 😂

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    4. Just the other day I had an exchange with a friend about something she thought she'd told me, but I couldn't remember. But fortunately, it had been in a chat, not in person, so we were actually able to go back and check. External memory is awesome :D

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