I had a metal Cobalt-1 miniature primed up along with another batch, with no real purpose in mind. He looked like a half-Eldar rogue trader type, and as I was painting him I thought he might make a good 40K Vampire from the old Rogue Trader book. I held off finishing his clothes as the project grew in scope and I had the idea to make a pair of vampires and their natural forms.
At that point I decided to start looking for a good feral vampire for the 'bat' form, and after some research I settled on some 3d printable STLs from the Masons Miniatures "Werebats vs. Werewolves" Kickstarter. After a short wait I got my hands on those and printed a couple off. I had also decided on watching the old Buck Rogers TV show from the early 80s to do some research, since they had a Space Vampire episode. I was reminded about my early crush on Erin Gray :) I watched the entire first season, funny how things I had forgotten all about came flooding back.
It took a few weeks to get anywhere on the project, and it got a little more complicated when I got the notion to work my #servoskullsaturday project into this one. I found a vampire bat skull STL online and printed two off. I used some greenstuff and styrene to '40K' them a bit.
It was coming down to a deadline so I needed to commit to a figure for the female vampire. After printing a few contenders, I ended up using a Fenryll courtesan I had in the stash. I added a little reliquary and a skull to her.
In the end I opted to paint them with their hair color in mind, I like the contrast of the pair. The pale male reminds a bit of Lucius Malfoy from Harry Potter. Hope to have them causing some trouble on the tabletop soon!
This is a great little project they've come out really nicely, and I'm guessing they'll be really interesting in-game.
ReplyDeleteThanks, they should be fun. Need some zombies now too ;)
DeleteBrilliant idea with a fantastic execution. I love the colors on these models, the bright red with the dark blacks. The vampire forms fit so well! Great choice on the contrasting colors. Great villain's for any game!
ReplyDeleteThanks, now I need to re-learn Rogue Trader parker rules ;)
DeleteNow you've given me a serious jonesing to watch Buck Rogers. Thanks (I think).
ReplyDeleteMore importantly - wonderful paint jobs on a great project. I really love those feral vampires - you chose the minis well!
Appreciated!
DeleteBuck Rogers is dated and campy in a lot of ways, still enjoyed it though!
Wow, I'm speechless. The whole idea of arranging these is wonderful, but the way you sorted it all out is simply magnificent. Enormously charming job!
ReplyDeleteThanks Suber!
DeleteInspired idea. They look great.
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten about the Buck Rogers space vampires! Man, it's been a while :P
ReplyDeleteGreat job integrating these into your 40K figures too!