justjohn's Customizations: Armored/Repainted Nilfheim. 05/14

[justjohn]

Armored Nilfheim (special thanks to King's Knight for the nail idea!)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/16/96831545yg3.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/915/23682446vz1.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4263/42783711gt6.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/922/80028949xk7.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5870/29821697wd9.jpg

I've been wanting to put armor on this guy for a while, and then I saw King's Kight's rhino, and the press on nail armor, and bam, it hit me.

Armor is made of various sized disposable nails, rivets and tethers in putty(wish those had came out a little cleaner). And a nice red-red skin, dingy yellow underbelly, silver armor, gold rivets, brown tethers, bone claws, green eyes, and a wash.

I had planned on taking progress pictures of this guy, but I kind of sped through him once it started coming together.

Dumatef Guards and Viper repaint/reshape for DFW prize table:
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3063/picture009ju4.jpg
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1179/picture002zb1.jpg

Dumatefs: Reshaped them, arms moved around and 2 of them twisted at the torso. Dark gray/green paint base. Brown beards, bone colored teeth and claws. Black wash. Dry brushed the skins with light green. The one of the far left was wet from reboiling when the picture was taken, that's why he's so glossy.

Viper: Twisted him a bit, and bent his arms down and behind him for a more menacing look. Red body, blue eyes, dingy yellow underbelly. Black wash.

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4039/picture013fd9.jpg

Several different angles. I need to touch up the face with some highlights, though. Pretty happy with it overall.

Carr's body. Gun from another car to replace the sword. Parmenio's head (been wanting to use it for a while since the Achilles custom). Cut off the ponytail and puttied the remains. Blue jeans, white shirt, leather duster, boots, and tan skin. Topped it all off with a (too heavy) black wash.

This is a new Jandar Kyrie I made:
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8936/picture019ql1.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5489/picture015bs7.jpg

Before Painting:
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6439/picture001mr2.jpg

Wings came from Saylind, body from Spartacus, head and arms from this guy:
http://www.wizkidsgames.com/images/figures/Rotating/MKSO/MKSO_043.jpg

Had to cut Spartacus' head off at the chin, and carved a neck out of his chin. The new arms almost fit perfectly into the holes left after taking off Spart's arms.

Added wings onto the helm from Thorgrim.

Painted Jandar colors, painted wings white and gave them a gray wash, black wash everywhere else, and there you have it.

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I really wanted to make Raelin look more at home with the new Samurai, so I modded a Tagawa Raelin.

Here are some pictures:
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/561/1side1nn4.jpghttp://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3712/1frontft9.jpghttp://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7810/1side2cf6.jpg

Here she is, looking right at home with the samurai:
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/836/1homezn1.jpg

She was actually pretty easy to do. I cut off the wings on her helmet, and cut the little raised portion off of the front. I cut the end off of her spear, and replaced it with Sgt. Drake's katana, making her spear into a nifty little naginata. The crescent on her helm was made out of pieces of a plastic drinking straw that I layered and glued together. I had this idea after messing around trying to make one out of putty, and I couldn't get it right. Paint job's pretty easy. Tan/orangish armor, purple leggings, neck and arm cloth. Black gaunts, shoulder armor, and helmet, all with black or gold accents. Light tan skin. Dark brown and silver on the naginata. Gold wings with black accents. Went over the whole thing with a light black wash.


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Ok, so here are some pictures of the repaints/mods I did as gifts for people at DFW gamesday, as well as the cards’ backside image, which was too wide. 2 of the repaints were previous repaints that I had done that I touched up. I’ll get the cards up in my custom card thread sometime tomorrow.

Agent Dyer, Man of God (RevDyer) and Draku Mathu (InfinityMax)
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/9195/1pa8.jpg http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4562/7zv2.jpg

Chief Noobi Lull (LilNewbie) and Ri-Chi-Na (Rychean)
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1160/6tq5.jpg http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1949/8qs6.jpg

Lord Cory IX (Ninthdoc) and Lobo del Toro (Annerios)
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/3468/3mf3.jpg http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5239/4mf5.jpg

Ustess Pimless, Cartographer (UPC) and Sir Hawthorne (Grungebob)
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3274/5ry6.jpg http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8574/2km2.jpg


Phyrlan:
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/733/picture003ex1.jpghttp://img465.imageshack.us/img465/2505/picture005uk8.jpg
http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/2955/picture006ee0.jpghttp://img450.imageshack.us/img450/8867/picture007ok8.jpg

Marobus:
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1691/picture002iv4.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9465/picture007zz2.jpg

Bae Pi
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1121/picture011jp6.jpg
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/7047/picture012sl2.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9822/picture013la7.jpg

Sacred Granite Guards:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5553/stoneswk6.jpg

Achilles
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8684/achillespaintedfronteb7.jpghttp://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9407/achillespaintedside1ia9.jpghttp://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8760/achillespaintedside2by6.jpg

I had planned on making my own custom card for this, but Karkadin has already made a pretty good Achilles card, and I'm sure he wouldn't mind you making one of these to use with his card. Who knows if I'll actually finish the card or not. I just really wanted to make an Achilles figure.

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All of these have cards coming very, very soon in my custom card thread.

So here are my versions of the Dreadguls (Tarn repaints, and 1 with wings removed):
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/5937/picdread1uq1.jpg
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/6296/picdread2ku1.jpg

Here are 2 Syv repaints to be used in a blood archers custom, which use Netherspirit's blood magic special ability, and match the MK paint schemes fairly well:
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/5528/picdark2dz3.jpg

A wolf repaint:
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/1825/picwolffronthr9.jpg

Mage Knight repaint for my Royal Guard custom:
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/9917/picnewmummiesul4.jpg

Here's what the figures originally looked like: http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/5462/2h/gamingetc.safeshopper.com/images/bm0odegb.gif
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So here are some pictures of based D&D figures, to show size and basing methods, for some customs that can be found in my custom thread.

Here is detail of how I based the Huge Purple Worms for my Cephalapox custom:

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9369/cephoh7.jpg

Basically 4 glyphs, glued together, with Malechi's custom base image glued on, sides painted heroscape base brown, and a coat of sealant.

And here is Cephalapox facing off against some orcs:

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/706/cephshowdownxx0.jpg

And finally, here is Rajakarn, The Furnace and his Kilnlings. The Kilnlings are much smaller than I though they would be:

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7803/rajacr7.jpg

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http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2118/samurai3oa.jpg

Master Set Izumi Samurai repaints. They are going to be used in a Veteran Samurai common squad that I am working on.


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an old Mimring repaint/repose:
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9729/picture0199bi0ig.jpg

an "evil" Raelin mod:
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/6152/dark8uv.jpg

Blasticons, from earlier this year, using snipers. I wish I hadn't used gold:
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/9827/blasticons4no4af.jpg

A marro hero a top a Yu-Gi-Oh mammoth skeleton, repainted the both and added some back detail:
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/7663/picture0046gh12vi.jpg

A cyborg:
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/1483/cyborg6ch.jpg

Ki-Mo-Shi mod for CA's contest:
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/9510/ki5ev.jpg

My version of the beast riding marro from HS Journal:
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4717/uk4vk.jpg

Finally got round to painting an Agent Bale:
http://img281.imageshack.us/img281/5324/bale7wj.jpg

[Rhydderch]

Nice customs JJ! I especially like the Marro on the Mammoth. I may have to keep an eye out for the elephant. How much was it?

[Widigo]

Those look nice. I like the Mim repaint, the relin is a little off, I like the idea but the horns ae oversized, IMO. The cyborg is awesome, I may have to buy a set of Zettian just to make him. How did you make the Marro spider?

[justjohn]

The marro spider:

1 Ne-Gok-Sa. I cut of the legs at the pelvis, cut off the arms beneath the shoulder pads.

The arms came off of a MageKnight zomie, cut them off, filed them, and glued them onto NGS' torso.

Then I made the chest plate out of green stuff, let it cure a little bit, then formed it around the chest.

The place where all the legs meet is a lump of putty that i smoothed out to meet with the torso. The legs are arms and legs off of a few MageKnight skeletons, cut them off at the hip and chest, but kept the shoulder/hip bubs attached because they made good joints for the legs to meet the putty hub on the body. The pointed claws are the tips of toothpicks that I cut and filed to fit on the ends of the legs.

The hair is strings of putty put onand smashed down. I dropped this figure when the putty wasn't all of the way dried, and it sort of smashed down one side of her hair, but I didn't feel like fooling with that task again, so I just left it be.

Mixed white and tan and a touch of yellow to make a dingy bone color, and painted all of the flesh/bone that color. Touched all the metal parts with a gold color, and the hair with a light grey. Went over the armor and hair with a black wash, and went over the flesh/bone with a red-brown wash.

[Widigo]

Way to much work, would go into trying to find the figs for me to duplicate. Nice job though. How much putty comes in one batch. What does one batch cost. A batch would be one pack.

[justjohn]

I'm not sure on the ounces, but it comes with a good bit, and depending on brand, between 3-7 bucks a pack.

Oh, and ry, that mammoth was a dollar on the clearance isle at Wal-mart couple of months ago. Not sure on the exact name of it (I don't play/follow ygo, sorry I can't be more help.)

On the raelin, I wanted the horns to be that big, along the lines of the bad guy from Legend.

[Widigo]

I think it is a Graveyard Mammoth, but my cards are still in Alabama so im not sure. 3 $ is not bad. As far as ounces could you do 10 customs with it that each requiared a low amount of it. Also how fast does it dry, i would not want to be carving something and have it dry before i finish.

[Widigo]

Wouldn’t a veteran squad be unique? O well it’s your custom :) . They look nice, any painting techniques for the layman painter?

[justjohn]

Added a few pictures of figures used in my custom cards, herobased and ready for action.

[Widigo]

Awesome, I like them there wigiler things.

[skyknight]

Very nice Justjohn, I have been building regular size bases, I have not tried that glyph idea yet. Daddy like :P

[reapersaurus]

Would the Purple Worm fit on a 2-space base?
Maybe bleed over a tiny bit, but would it be playable?
Because how does a 4-hex figure move? Have you discussed this BIG effect on that neat custom?

I want it to be playable in case I get 2 of those neat figs.

[LilNewbie]

Love the 4-hex bases, JJ and the Purple Worms look great on them. Heck, all your figures look great! Those Purple Worm figures are begging for a Dune custom. :D

Newb.

[justjohn]

Thanks guys.

Reaper, they bleed over way to bad. To compensate for the 4 hex, which would move just as any other 2 base figure would, counting movment from one space of the base, start to finish, I touched up burrow, and also added to their movement.

[justjohn]

All of these have cards coming very, very soon in my custom card thread.

So here are my versions of the Dreadguls (Tarn repaints, and 1 with wings removed):
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/5937/picdread1uq1.jpg
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/6296/picdread2ku1.jpg

Here are 2 Syv repaints to be used in a blood archers custom, which use Netherspirit's blood magic special ability, and match the MK paint schemes fairly well:
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/5528/picdark2dz3.jpg

A wolf repaint:
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/1825/picwolffronthr9.jpg

Mage Knight repaint for my Royal Guard custom:
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/9917/picnewmummiesul4.jpg

Here's what the figures originally looked like: http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/5462/2h/gamingetc.safeshopper.com/images/bm0odegb.gif

[skyknight]

awesome John, I love to see these, great vikings BTW. Sometimes I think people just do not like repaints but I love em. I like them because I know what they were before and I love the changes made to them. again great job :lol:

[justjohn]

Achilles:
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8684/achillespaintedfronteb7.jpghttp://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9407/achillespaintedside1ia9.jpghttp://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8760/achillespaintedside2by6.jpg

More in depth information about how I made him is at the top of the first page.

[justjohn]

Sacred Granite Guards
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5553/stoneswk6.jpg

Really simple repaint. Hit the entire body with a grey mix (almost dead on with the color of stone hexes). Touched the old flames with green, to make them look like grass. A wash of black and brown, with a touch of jetdry (this really did make a difference with the wash). Finally hit them with a light coat of matte finish to give them that HS figure light sheen. They aren't connected to those bases yet, btw. I just had them stuck onto them while I applied the washes/coats, hence the 2 with peg-feet.

Painted one of my Glaciers to match them, and a custom was born. you can see it in my custom cards thread.

I have several other mods/repaints coming as I whip up stuff for the DFW prize table.

[Jandars_Hope]

Wow those customs are fantastic!
I love the Achilles figure, the Sacred Granite Guards, The marro on the Skeleton-mammoth and the Royal guard! *i thought i wouldn't remember them all then*
I hope hasbro release a figure similar to the Marro on the skeleton-mammoth that looks the best!

[justjohn]

Hey, thanks man. I appreciate it.

The Mammoth Skele is a cheap 1 dollar Yu-Gi-Oh figure. Dunno how easy they are to find nowadays, though.

[johnny139]

I knew that Yu-Gi-Oh figures could be used!

Now to make that giant Summoned Skull custom...

[Jandars_Hope]

Hey, thanks man. I appreciate it.

The Mammoth Skele is a cheap 1 dollar Yu-Gi-Oh figure. Dunno how easy they are to find nowadays, though.

No sweat dude! I like it when i see a custom that i would actually use if i had it!

[justjohn]

Marobus:
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1691/picture002iv4.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9465/picture007zz2.jpg

Bae Pi
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1121/picture011jp6.jpg
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/7047/picture012sl2.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9822/picture013la7.jpg

Marobus is basically 3 marden heads attached to one marden body. Filled the gaps with putty. Painted it all a dark cream base, then hit it with a black.slightly red wash. Matte finish.

Bae Pi is the samurai with the topknot (which was cut off and and the head was lightly sanded). Cut the sword that was held close to his body off, along with the hand, and cut off both arms at the shoulders. Repositioned the arms. Cut of Drake's hand and Katana off and attached them to the samurai. Cut off sword scabards from the back, and used putty to resculpt the back of the sash, as well as the folds in the front of the robe, where the sword had been. Dark and light green clothing. Flesh color. Silver on the swords. Black wash (which came out a lot more prominent in the face than the pictures show). Matte finish.

[toddrew]

Really like the marobus figure! I'll check your thread, but do you have a card for him yet? I'm envisioning a hero that bonds and/or interplays well with the hounds...

[LilNewbie]

JJ,

Do you have a close up of the painted Glacier? I've got a TT slated for just that and want to see how you did it.

BTW, the three head marro dog and the converted Samurai look great!

Thanks,
Newb.

[justjohn]

Thanks, guys.

Cards are up now in my card thread.

That picture that is here is the most upclose I have. I may have the BIG picture still on my camera, I'll check in a few.

[skyknight]

Really nice John and by the way, I cannot look at your avatar without cracking up each time I see it :smile:

[justjohn]

Ha. Thanks and Thanks.

[Jandars_Hope]

Wow marobus is great!

[justjohn]

http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/733/picture003ex1.jpghttp://img465.imageshack.us/img465/2505/picture005uk8.jpg
http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/2955/picture006ee0.jpghttp://img450.imageshack.us/img450/8867/picture007ok8.jpg

Basically, just cut off Kelda's hands and replaced them with KM chick's hands. Tan colored skin, dark brown hair. Grey armor with silver accents. Black wash and matte finish coat. Enjoy!

[netherspirit]

Holy frack man, when I looked at the card, I didn't even realize that that was Kelda. That is awesome!

[LilNewbie]

Whoa!! Gun-wielding babe with wings! Very cool. Nice job.

Newb.

[D-Dyzzle]

sweet kelda remake. got a card for her?

[justjohn]

Yeah, it's in my custom card thread.

She is also going to be a prize at DFW Gameday Oct 21st.

Thanks for the kind words guys.

[Jandars_Hope]

Whoa!! Gun-wielding babe with wings! Very cool. Nice job.

Newb.
Exactly the same thing i was going to say!
I haven't checked out the custom card thread-have you put the kelda repaint under Vydar's leadership!

[Rhydderch]

Hey... just wondering if you were going to post any other pictures of the Dzu-Teh you repainted as a Gorilla. Its the one Lil has in his sig.

[LilNewbie]

Here are some of the pics of the card and figure. It's Chief Noobi Lull that JJ gave me at the DFW Tourney:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c110/LilNewbie/Unit%20Figs/100_2629.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c110/LilNewbie/Unit%20Figs/100_2633.jpg

I also posted it in the tourney recaps. Thanks again, JJ!

Newb.

[netherspirit]

Any chance we will get to see all the other customs you gave away at the DFW tourney?

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Woah.
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/1691/picture002iv4.jpg

That's just wicked evil. Great imagination!

Any chance we will get to see all the other customs you gave away at the DFW tourney?
I have the images but they're not final versions. Care to share, JJ?

[justjohn]

Ok, so here are some pictures of the repaints/mods I did as gifts for people at DFW gamesday, as well as the cards’ backside image, which was too wide. 2 of the repaints were previous repaints that I had done that I touched up. I’ll get the cards up in my custom card thread sometime tomorrow.

Agent Dyer, Man of God (RevDyer) and Draku Mathu (InfinityMax)
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/9195/1pa8.jpg http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4562/7zv2.jpg

Chief Noobi Lull (LilNewbie) and Ri-Chi-Na (Rychean)
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1160/6tq5.jpg http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1949/8qs6.jpg

Lord Cory IX (Ninthdoc) and Lobo del Toro (Annerios)
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/3468/3mf3.jpg http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5239/4mf5.jpg

Ustess Pimless, Cartographer (UPC) and Sir Hawthorne (Grungebob)
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3274/5ry6.jpg http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8574/2km2.jpg

Card Back:
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8884/back333cb4.jpg

[Rhydderch]

Nice! Thanks for the pics JJ! Did all of those figures come with a card? You should start a Playable People on This Page thread :P

I actually thought about doing that but realized I do not know too many people very well here :P

[justjohn]

Yeah, everyone got cards, too. I'll post them sometime really soon.

[Grungebob]

Nice! Thanks for the pics JJ! Did all of those figures come with a card? You should start a Playable People on This Page thread :P

I actually thought about doing that but realized I do not know too many people very well here :PThese are not just your run of the mill novelty here. These are some damned fine customs measured by any standards. Draku Mathu is one of my favorite custom cards and repaints. He has a drag2 ability that is similar to carry. He also has a smash together ability that lets him slam two figures that he has previously dragged together and it is just a thematic special. The Marberus figure was exquisite and I hate myself for not doing better in the tournament as I would have loved owning that one.

[Rhydderch]

Nice! Thanks for the pics JJ! Did all of those figures come with a card? You should start a Playable People on This Page thread :P

I actually thought about doing that but realized I do not know too many people very well here :PThese are not just your run of the mill novelty here. These are some darned fine customs measured by any standards. Draku Mathu is one of my favorite custom cards and repaints. He has a drag2 ability that is similar to carry. He also has a smash together ability that lets him slam two figures that he has previously dragged together and it is just a thematic special. The Marberus figure was exquisite and I hate myself for not doing better in the tournament as I would have loved owning that one.

Heh. I know that GB: its why I said "Playable" up front. The cards I had in mind were meant to be balanced and quality additions to the customs list rather than simple run of the mill just-for-fun cards. It just meant they would have had fun references and inside jokes on them which JJ did include on several of those great DFW cards.

For example my idea for a JJ card included a name of John J Cloud or possibly McCloud. John should get the reference in the last name though I'm not sure others would. I did not have all the abilities thought up for him yet but I felt a variation of the Survivor ability Annerios came up with back in the day would fit well for an ability called Just John which would boost the stats on the card if John was the last figure in your army. Obviously not yet as nice as the cards JJ made for the DFW but hopefully you'll get the gist of what I meant anyway :)

[skyknight]

I have to say Marobus is one of the coolest figs ever. I also am a huge fan of your Achilles. I know I keep saying great job John over and over but each time I come here I am always amazed.

[Revdyer]

I really appreciated the added hair, jj! <grin>

[justjohn]

I really wanted to make Raelin look more at home with the new Samurai, so I modded a Tagawa Raelin.

Here are some pictures:
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/561/1side1nn4.jpghttp://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3712/1frontft9.jpghttp://img401.imageshack.us/img401/7810/1side2cf6.jpg

Here she is, looking right at home with the samurai:
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/836/1homezn1.jpg

She was actually pretty easy to do. I cut off the wings on her helmet, and cut the little raised portion off of the front. I cut the end off of her spear, and replaced it with Sgt. Drake's katana, making her spear into a nifty little naginata. The crescent on her helm was made out of pieces of a plastic drinking straw that I layered and glued together. I had this idea after messing around trying to make one out of putty, and I couldn't get it right. Paint job's pretty easy. Tan/orangish armor, purple leggings, neck and arm cloth. Black gaunts, shoulder armor, and helmet, all with black or gold accents. Light tan skin. Dark brown and silver on the naginata. Gold wings with black accents. Went over the whole thing with a light black wash.

[netherspirit]

:jawdrop:

[LilNewbie]

Awesome job, JJ! Tagawa Raelin...I like it.

Newb.

[justjohn]

Thanks for the compliments, guys!

[Revdyer]

That is really, really impressive, jj. Thanks for showing us the photos.

[Hahma]

I really love the Tagawa Raelin JJ. Great job, I especially like the coloring, quite impressive.

[deadeyedan42]

:wtf: wow.................



seriosly.................

[ZBeeblebrox]

:shock:

Amazing as usual JJ, you continue to impress over and over again :!:

[Cavalier]

let me add another :shock: and a :thumbsup:

Awesome as always, JJ!

[justjohn]

:shock:

Amazing as usual JJ, you continue to impress over and over again :!:

let me add another :shocked: and a :thumbs up:

Awesome as always, JJ!

Thanks, guys.

[ikkyu142]

thanks jj. I am in the middle of making a phyrlan, and you've got to come out with this beauty. very impressive.

[justjohn]

Cool, ikkyu! I'd love to see some pictures when you're finished.

[markwars]

Sacred Granite Guards
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5553/stoneswk6.jpg

Really simple repaint. Hit the entire body with a grey mix (almost dead on with the color of stone hexes). Touched the old flames with green, to make them look like grass. A wash of black and brown, with a touch of jetdry (this really did make a difference with the wash). Finally hit them with a light coat of matte finish to give them that HS figure light sheen. They aren't connected to those bases yet, btw. I just had them stuck onto them while I applied the washes/coats, hence the 2 with peg-feet.

Painted one of my Glaciers to match them, and a custom was born. you can see it in my custom cards thread.

I have several other mods/repaints coming as I whip up stuff for the DFW prize table.

justjohn this is long overdue, but I just wanted to thank you again for these guys. I was so happy that I finished in 2nd place at the October Tourney because I was able to snag them off of the prize table. My son and I both love them and play with them regularly. :)

BTW, I got my container from wisinger that I left at the facility and it had another smaller container in it. wisinger said that it was yours. If you'll PM me your address I'd be happy to send it to you. ;)

[justjohn]

This is a new Jandar Kyrie I made:
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8936/picture019ql1.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5489/picture015bs7.jpg

Before painting and moving the wings farther up his back so they sat correctly:
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6439/picture001mr2.jpg

Wings came from Saylind, body from Spartacus, head and arms from this guy:
http://www.wizkidsgames.com/images/figures/Rotating/MKSO/MKSO_043.jpg

Had to cut Spartacus' head off at the chin, and carved a neck out of his chin. The new arms almost fit perfectly into the holes left after taking off Spart's arms.

Added wings onto the helm from Thorgrim.

Painted Jandar colors, painted wings white and gave them a gray wash, black wash everywhere else, and there you have it.

[netherspirit]

Your modded figures never cease to amaze me. Got a card for this guy yet?

[justjohn]

Hey, thanks man.

No card yet.

Here's the fig again so people don't have to backtrack a page to see it:


This is a new Jandar Kyrie I made:
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8936/picture019ql1.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5489/picture015bs7.jpg

Before painting and moving the wings farther up his back so they sat correctly:
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6439/picture001mr2.jpg

Wings came from Saylind, body from Spartacus, head and arms from this guy:
http://www.wizkidsgames.com/images/figures/Rotating/MKSO/MKSO_043.jpg

Had to cut Spartacus' head off at the chin, and carved a neck out of his chin. The new arms almost fit perfectly into the holes left after taking off Spart's arms.

Added wings onto the helm from Thorgrim.

Painted Jandar colors, painted wings white and gave them a gray wash, black wash everywhere else, and there you have it.

[Revdyer]

That is a very nice and intimidating Kyrie, jj.

[markwars]

Awesome stuff. And thanks again. ;)

Please read my last post on Page 4 so that I can know where to ship that box.

[justjohn]

Thanks, markwars. I'm glad you and your son enjoy playing with those guys, they're one of my favorite creations. Do you know if Wisinger and Lilwis every got around to playing with their prize?

As far as the container, are you talking about the little containers the good rev brought for everyone? I brought one home with me, but if it's something else, let me know.

I'll be at the get together in March with a new batch of prize customs :smile:

[LilNewbie]

Awesome job, JJ!

Newb.

[Annerios]

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8936/picture019ql1.jpg


:thumbsup:
You did a fantastic job on this guy. A tough looking good guy.

I did not read the part about how you made him at first, so I could try to guess where all the parts came from. :lol:

[monkeyfish]

Some of your best work yet. And a good use of Spartacus.

[LilNewbie]

JJ,

Some ideas for his abilities:

Stealth Flying or Flying

Hammer of Jandar
Before moving, choose one of the abilities for the Hammer of Jandar which will remain in effect for the rest of the turn:
1. Justice. Special Attack. Attack 4. Range 1.
2. Retribution. Special Attack. Attack 6. Range 1. Retribution can only affect figures that follow Utgar.
3. Vengeance. Special Attack. Attack 3. Range 5.

Sovereign Armor
When defending against a non-adjacent attack, you may roll Jandar Valkyrie Dice. Each Jandar symbol rolled counts as an additional shield.

Very cool fig!!

Newb.

[netherspirit]

I thought Roth, an anagram of Thor, would have been a great name.

[markwars]

Thanks, markwars. I'm glad you and your son enjoy playing with those guys, they're one of my favorite creations. Do you know if Wisinger and Lilwis every got around to playing with their prize?

As far as the container, are you talking about the little containers the good rev brought for everyone? I brought one home with me, but if it's something else, let me know.

I'll be at the get together in March with a new batch of prize customs :smile:

1. Yes we do enjoy them very very much! :D My son keeps asking me why I don't make different ones out of our Obsidians. :P

2. I have no idea what Wisinger and Lilwis's prize was. I try not to ask them what they do away from game day. There's too many quarters usually involved.

3. The container I'm talking about is much bigger than the one Rev gave out. It's more of a school box sized container. I thought Wisinger told me it was yours. Maybe I was wrong. It came packed with paper towels as if someone had packed custom painted units in it though. Maybe he just assumed it was yours?

4. If I don't win one of your prizes I may just have to jack someone with a sock full of pennies. 8)

[justjohn]

OH! It was the container I brought the prizes in. Yeah, that's mine. But you can keep it if you want it, or just bring it on march 10. You don't have to waste the postage on a 50 cent pencil box. Thanks for being considerate enough to try and get it back to me though!

[markwars]

Well I see you on March 10th with the box in hand. Don't act alarmed if you see a sock full of pennies though. ;)

[Revdyer]

I'll act alarmed if the sock full of pennies in on your foot!

[InfinityMax]

JJ, that's amazing. Really great stuff. I am seriously impressed.

[Uprising]

That guy is just full of all sorts of awesome sauce JJ. Really sweet conversion.

[Jonathan]

That Jandar Kyrie almost brought me to tears - fantastic job. The worms are too cool to even talk about.

[truth]

Wowzer!!!! O.O

[Doc_Savage]

That Jandar Kyrie looks like the real thing. That is an awesome conversion...

[justjohn]

Hey, thanks a lot, guys.

[QBakies]

There's no doubt that you are MASTER custom creator. Very, very nice.

[Onacara]

Do you have a card for this one?

http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/7663/picture0046gh12vi.jpg

I have the same YuGiOh piece and want to make my own....and that was even before i saw yours...now I REALLY need to make mine

YOU ROCK!!!

[justjohn]

I did, I don't anymore, lost it in a comp crash. Someone may have the card around, it's an older custom. It was 140 points or so, had a trample attack, could make an additional weak ranged attack, and if any marro were destroyed, you could place any order markers on the destroyed marro's card onto this guy's card.

[NecroBlade]

God I wish I could make customs...these are great, keep 'em coming!

[Lex]

Do you have any card scans for these guys?

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9369/cephoh7.jpg

I might buy some of these if I ever obtain any money and would like to see the card please. :D

[justjohn]

Yep. Click the link in my sig. It's one of the first customs under "Customs using Dungeons and Dragons Figures." There are actually cards for all of these guys here, aside from Achilles and the Jandar Kyrie.

[ZBeeblebrox]

JJ did you make a card for the Samurai Raelin?

I customized a Raelin figure, to look like your Samurai...but I want her to be a different figure, sometimes. Did you have any ideas?

[justjohn]

I sure don't. I just wanted a repaint of raelin who looked more samurai-ish.

Maybe a more potent version of Hamamoto?

[Lex]

Dude the Cephlapox are awsome how long did it take you to make those and how do they move are they allowed to movefrom either of their 4 hexes like the 2 hex figures.

[ZBeeblebrox]

I sure don't. I just wanted a repaint of raelin who looked more samurai-ish.

Maybe a more potent version of Hamamoto?

I'll think of something...then I'll post what I come up with. As soon as I get a camara I'll post a picture as well :)

[justjohn]

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4039/picture013fd9.jpg

Several different angles. I need to touch up the face with some highlights, though. Pretty happy with it overall.

Carr's body. Gun from another car to replace the sword. Parmenio's head (been wanting to use it for a while since the Achilles custom). Cut off the ponytail and puttied the remains. Blue jeans, white shirt, leather duster, boots, and tan skin. Topped it all off with a (too heavy) black wash.

Custom coming soon for Quickdraw Johnston. Plucked from death and given a pair of futuristic heavy irons, in return for service to Vydar.

[LilNewbie]

Nice job, JJ! You should name him Felix...ever read John Steakley's book Vampyre$? :D

Newb.

[deadeyedan42]

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4039/picture013fd9.jpg

Several different angles. I need to touch up the face with some highlights, though. Pretty happy with it overall.

Carr's body. Gun from another car to replace the sword. Parmenio's head (been wanting to use it for a while since the Achilles custom). Cut off the ponytail and puttied the remains. Blue jeans, white shirt, leather duster, boots, and tan skin. Topped it all off with a (too heavy) black wash.

Custom coming soon for Quickdraw Johnston. Plucked from death and given a pair of futuristic heavy irons, in return for service to Vydar.

:shock: looks like a guy straight out of leathal weapon 2! awsome job once again JJ!

[Revdyer]

Another "EXCELLENT," jj.

[rehlers]

I love the cowboys and this one looks very mean, well done!

[justjohn]

Thanks for all the nods, guys.

[justjohn]

Dumatef Guards and Viper repaint/reshape for DFW prize table:
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3063/picture009ju4.jpg
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1179/picture002zb1.jpg

Dumatefs: Reshaped them, arms moved around and 2 of them twisted at the torso. Dark gray/green paint base. Brown beards, bone colored teeth and claws. Black wash. Dry brushed the skins with light green. The one of the far left was wet from reboiling when the picture was taken, that's why he's so glossy.

Viper: Twisted him a bit, and bent his arms down and behind him for a more menacing look. Red body, blue eyes, dingy yellow underbelly. Black wash.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Red vipers are a nice color!
The color scheme reminds me of the little Red Racer snakes I'd catch as a kid! 8)
I may have to paint up a set and make my own Red Racer Vipers!
Do you have stats?
Btw, Is there no end to the amount of creativity you produce?!? :shock:

[insomnimaniac]

JustJohn,
I really like the Achilles, but I tried to find out how you made them and I didn't see anything about them. It could have been right under my nose and didn't notice it. Could you please help me out on that?

Thanks

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

This guy's awesome too.
Nice work.
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8936/picture019ql1.jpg

[justjohn]

JustJohn,
I really like the Achilles, but I tried to find out how you made them and I didn't see anything about them. It could have been right under my nose and didn't notice it. Could you please help me out on that?

Thanks

Achilles is Parmenio's body and Saylind's head. Shield is 2 of the round shielded MS viking hero's shield, cut into little more than halves, scoop cut, and glued together. Spear is a toothpick with a spear head bit from, I think, a MK figure of some sorts.

[Rhydderch]

Cool we got a green Dumutef and a nice red viper. One looks toxic green to me while the other looks like it might be sporting warning colors because of its poisonous bite! :) You might even borrow a little from Dragonslayer's MOAM if he does not mind. I'll bet quite a few people would like to see a custom based on his Elite Rubin Viper on the prize table:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c9/Dragonslayer_1966/scapetalk_three.jpg

By the way how hot do you need to get the figures in order for them to keep their new shape when you twist or otherwise reposition them? I'm always afraid I'll melt my figures into a fine soup in the hot water! Or did you use the heat technique at all? I cannot tell if there are any cut marks on those figures.

[insomnimaniac]

JustJohn,
I really like the Achilles, but I tried to find out how you made them and I didn't see anything about them. It could have been right under my nose and didn't notice it. Could you please help me out on that?

Thanks

Achilles is Parmenio's body and Saylind's head. Shield is 2 of the round shielded MS viking hero's shield, cut into little more than halves, scoop cut, and glued together. Spear is a toothpick with a spear head bit from, I think, a MK figure of some sorts.

Thank you for the help Justjohn! I really do appreciate it.

[justjohn]

Armored Nilfheim (special thanks to King's Knight for the nail idea!)

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/16/96831545yg3.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/915/23682446vz1.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4263/42783711gt6.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/922/80028949xk7.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5870/29821697wd9.jpg

I've been wanting to put armor on this guy for a while, and then I saw King's Kight's rhino, and the press on nail armor, and bam, it hit me.

Armor is made of various sized disposable nails, rivets and tethers in putty(wish those had came out a little cleaner). And a nice red-red skin, dingy yellow underbelly, silver armor, gold rivets, brown tethers, bone claws, green eyes, and a wash.

I had planned on taking progress pictures of this guy, but I kind of sped through him once it started coming together.

[LilNewbie]

:jawdrop:


Simply awesome, JJ!!

Newb.

[Grungebob]

W....WW......W......W.......WOW!!.....

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

That's spectacular work, JJ!

[ninthdoc]

HOLY CRAP!

[NecroBlade]

Where do I get one of those?!?! :jawdrop: :bowdown:

[skyknight]

Thats way to cool JJ...I cannot wait to see this guy up close and personal. Great stuff again man :wink:

[justjohn]

Hey, thanks. It's probably my favorite figure that I've done.

And here are the pictures again so people don't have to backtrack a page:

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/16/96831545yg3.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/915/23682446vz1.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4263/42783711gt6.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/922/80028949xk7.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5870/29821697wd9.jpg

[deadeyedan42]

*starts choking on sucker*

[King's Knight]

Now I see... that's ridiculously awesome! Is he a demon? A dragon? Or both? And will he bite someone's finger off if they draft him?

[markwars]

:drool:

justjohn you are truly the master.

[netherspirit]

:up: :up:

[InfinityMax]

Holy crap! JJ, that's amazing! I mean, holy crap!

No reason you couldn't use that in a tourney, either. You haven't changed the profile, except to add to it.

[Jandars_Hope]

I dub thee 'Sir Nilfheim the Dragon Knight'
Great job.

[Turtleboy]

JJ, .... Damn man, awsome job!!

[ChaosChild]

Shiny!

[johnny139]

That's... amazing. I remember when I bought this game I wished they would release a Mimring with armor, 'cause dragons with armor are cool.

My dreams have come true, only with more pwnage.

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

SWEEEEEEEET! He reminds me or Thorn from Eldest.

[Fallen Templar]

Dragon in his Monkey Suit :up: :up:

[deadeyedan42]

SWEEEEEEEET! He reminds me or Thorn from Eldest.

*coughts out Sucker*

My thoughts exactly! :D

[ZBeeblebrox]

Hey, thanks. It's probably my favorite figure that I've done.

And here are the pictures again so people don't have to backtrack a page:

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/16/96831545yg3.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/915/23682446vz1.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4263/42783711gt6.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/922/80028949xk7.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5870/29821697wd9.jpg

:jawdrop: :jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdro p::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawd rop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::ja wdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop:: jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop ::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdr op::jawdrop:


How in the HE{doulble hockey sticks} did I mis this! Wow JJ, you have just toped yourself again.

Absolutely Fan-Fraking-Tastic!

[whitestuff]

How in the HE{doulble hockey sticks} did I mis this! Wow JJ, you have just toped yourself again.

Absolutely Fan-Fraking-Tastic!

It will never cease to amuse me that Americans think that hell is a swear word. :excited: :?

[TOG]

justjohn,
Have you made a card for the Obsidian repaints?

I'm thinking about repainting one of my sets....

[justjohn]

Yeah. It's near the bottom of my first post on the first page of my custom thread. Just click the link in my sig.

[Jonathan]

Love the final version of Nilf, JJ - more more "traditional" looking in terms of color scheme, which is a nice touch, but the armor just makes him scream awesomeness. Great job on the rivets and arm bands - probably my favorite touch.

[SmokeScreen]

*Claps hands* and sweetness was his NAME-O! Me likey, did you have your wife buy the nails for you? I wouldn't know what ones to pick out. (even though they come in a set)

[Sapper]

That Nilfheim repaint/mod is great! I mean it is really awesome. I would love to make one of those but I really don't want to buy another large hero pack just to get another Nilf.

Any plans on a card?

[Taelord]

Nilfeim is amazing. I have to make him. I will try and most likely fail miserably. He looks like he's for Ugar. Is he? He fits perfectly.

[Ted]

Just saw this one today and the Dragon mod and the kyrie are FANTASTIC. I wish I had your skills.

[Ugly-Caco]

Wowly crap! That armored Nilfhiem is a badass! Great paint job and great design. :thumbsup:

[thezandcshow]

A marro hero a top a Yu-Gi-Oh mammoth skeleton, repainted the both and added some back detail:
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/7663/picture0046gh12vi.jpg

Nice! Even though some people say Yu-Gi-Oh heroscape wouldn't work, it sort of could... :stir:
Just use more figures like that! It would be kinda cool. I used to play Yu-Gi-Oh and now I think some monsters would look cool there.

[Bloody the Marro Stinger]

That Armored Nilfheim is awesome, decked out in awesome sauce and then given the awesome color scheme, followed by awesome armor... Seriously, that Nilfheim is so good... :drool:

[Rocktroll]

Awesome work man


For Nilf what did you use to make the armor? I would love to attempt to make some armor like that.

You have inspired me to go pull out my old box of warhammer stuff and see what I can make up :)

[SonlenTheBeast]

nice work

would love to see a card for the worms :D

[justjohn]

Glad you guys like it.

The armor is fake press-on accrylic nails. I got the idea for the nail armor from... god I can't remember who, it's been so long. But he had a badass armored rhino that he used the nails on, so all the props go to him for the innovative idea.

As far as a card for the worms, there is one. If you click the link in my sig for my customs, it under the heading for customs using D&D minis.

[Rocktroll]

you have got to be kidding? hehe press on nails?


Im going to have to relook at your dragon alot closer this time. You had mentioned Kings Knight rhino, will have to look at his too.

I can just imagine telling my wife...


Hoooneeeey! Ima gunna run down to tha store... an get me sum perty press on nails for a ...... lil project okaaaay?

[justjohn]

Yeah, my wife thought it was a stupid idea, until she saw it finished.

[ares834]

That dragon is awsome. And if you ever make an Achilles card he should have range. I mean look at that spear.

[Fallen Templar]

Glad you guys like it.

The armor is fake press-on accrylic nails. I got the idea for the nail armor from... god I can't remember who, it's been so long. But he had a badass armored rhino that he used the nails on, so all the props go to him for the innovative idea.

As far as a card for the worms, there is one. If you click the link in my sig for my customs, it under the heading for customs using D&D minis. Insomnimaniac used fake nails on a rhino custom

[Rocktroll]

damn after seeing Justjohns dragon and , and king's rhino I had to run over to toys R us to see if I could find any of these animals, ( elephant, rhino or nilf expansion) Sadly all they had where cows.


I was tempted... but some how I just couldn't see how I would armor plate the udders

gunna go see if can find Insomnimaniac's rhino

[justjohn]

...Sadly all they had where cows.


I was tempted... but some how I just couldn't see how I would armor plate the udders...


Never heard of Battle Cattle? (http://wingnutgames.com/bcattle3.htm)

:lol:

[MagJam]

Never heard of Battle Cattle? (http://wingnutgames.com/bcattle3.htm)

Yes, they are actually called Hell Bovine and roam a small farmstead under the rule of the Cow King. Steal a boy's wooden leg, put in a magic box with a Book of Town Portal and you can go there and see them.

JustJohn these customs are awesome. My favorite customs are the modded pieces, not just transplated figures from other games. Your Achilles and your Jandar Kryie were my favorites.