Dragons of Suleria [Fantasy]

Hello!

    Today I was looking through my figures to see what I would photograph and I chose one of my fantasy figures  (Only 3, got bitten by the star wars bug again). I had been working on these guys for some time but I put them aside sometime late december to work on the wall and some other figures, this guy was my first and originally he was going to be a sort of heavy grenadier knight but I didn't like how he looked so I started to change him until I did this guy we see here, I then changed a very bad looking "Grenade launcher" I had cobbled up together for a nock gun I had bought from Cotswold YEARS ago (I don't even remember when I bought it). The nock gun is a real gun but the way it looks make it quite easy to place into a fantasy setting, of the stuff this guy is wearing I made the belt and cartridge pouch and the bag he has, the key and design on the pouch are from a small bag of 98 cent keys from Capri (local store)

Dragons of Suleria

Very cool fantasy character (with a somewhat unusual setting) and elaborate back story.

That is one wild backstory. Nice character build— oddly, many of the parts work great together, and look far more realistic than one would imagine. Nice job.

A very complex and unique backstory! I do agree that he looks somehow more 'historical' than a lot of stereotypical fantasy characters, and I rather like that you took a different approach with the style.

He looks really good, great job. One of your best customs I'd say. With the multi barrel gun he reminds me of bit of those fancy Warhammer Imperials.

I think he would look even better with a fancy feather on his hat!

Do they have early photography in your world? The photo has a Steampunk/World War I vibe.

I have a bunch of those plastic Marx armors.... whatever you did to metalize it worked!
all the pieces from different eras came together really well, the firearm and plate armor
together reminds me of WWI trench raiders, the headsculpt is a good choice too

GubernatorFan wrote:Very cool fantasy character (with a somewhat unusual setting) and elaborate back story.

Thanks Gubernator, I let my imagination roam a little.

Stryker2011 wrote:That is one wild backstory. Nice character build— oddly, many of the parts work great together, and look far more realistic than one would imagine. Nice job.

Thanks Stryker, after trying to come up with a fantasy figure for some time and struggling to make it look right I decided to make him look "accurate" originally I had dyed the pants blue and the shirt was brown but I changed it up since he looked too weird.

skywalkersaga wrote:A very complex and unique backstory! I do agree that he looks somehow more 'historical' than a lot of stereotypical fantasy characters, and I rather like that you took a different approach with the style.

Thanks Skywalker, I'm glad he's been liked, I spent some time crafting that story and putting him together. I did take some inspiration from conquistadors and also arquebusiers from history tho that came after I had gotten rid of most of the armor.

Ovy wrote:He looks really good, great job. One of your best customs I'd say. With the multi barrel gun he reminds me of bit of those fancy Warhammer Imperials.

I think he would look even better with a fancy feather on his hat!

Do they have early photography in your world? The photo has a Steampunk/World War I vibe.

Thanks Ovy, those warhammer guys are far more colorful, I would like to put one like that sometime but first I need to get my hands on some fabric. A feather would have been nice but sadly I couldn't find any locally, only neon colors and very stiff.

There is indeed very early photography in this world, its in it's infancy and most of it is concentrated in the 13th Crowns, it's a recent human invention, dwarves think it's a waste of time cause stone and metal are better, elves prefer paintings, the nortlanders don't know what photography is and the orcs are too busy preparing for war again.

GregT wrote:I have a bunch of those plastic Marx armors.... whatever you did to metalize it worked!
all the pieces from different eras came together really well, the firearm and plate armor
together reminds me of WWI trench raiders, the headsculpt is a good choice too

Thank you GregT. This is a reproduction of Marxx armor, it's made out of a very soft flexible plastic and as such spray paint wont work since it will flake off at the slightest movement. Sanding doesn't also work on it as it leaves it very streaky so in order to get paint on it I had to first clean it with some alcohol and then paint over it with about 3 to 5 coats of black acrylic paint, after that I took my paintbrush dipped it in some silver paint and brushed a bit of the excess before applying it on the armor.

Hmmm, it's a bit hard to see clearly with the lighting, It looks like your character is carrying a 7-barreled Nock Volley gun. Originally developed for the Royal Navy, popularized as Sgt. Harper's weapon in the Sharpe novels, and carried by Richard Widmark in "The Alamo."

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:Hmmm, it's a bit hard to see clearly with the lighting, It looks like your character is carrying a 7-barreled Nock Volley gun.  Originally developed for the Royal Navy, popularized as Sgt. Harper's weapon in the Sharpe novels, and carried by Richard Widmark in "The Alamo."  

That's what I used for his gun since it's not that well known and due to me going for a more "historical" look for this guy.

This is cool - I have something similar on my plans - steel Armor and powder weapons.
So it is nice to see some more inspirations from others. Very nice...

Theboo-bomb wrote:

ThePhotogsBlog wrote:Hmmm, it's a bit hard to see clearly with the lighting, It looks like your character is carrying a 7-barreled Nock Volley gun.  Originally developed for the Royal Navy, popularized as Sgt. Harper's weapon in the Sharpe novels, and carried by Richard Widmark in "The Alamo."  

That's what I used for his gun since it's not that well known and due to me going for a more "historical" look for this guy.

The Nock Volley Gun alas, was not very successful as the recoil from all seven barrels firing at once often broke the user's shoulder. This being said, it's a cool and unusual piece.