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Posted by: joe12south Oct 28 2009, 09:10 PM

http://www.josephmoore.name/art/ColtKellan_WIP.jpg

Don't know if there are any fans of Stephen Kenson's SR novels, but I thought I'd share a work in progress inspired by two of his characters.

I used to play SR back in the day (late 80's) and am contemplating submitting work to the new rights holder.

Posted by: pbangarth Oct 28 2009, 09:15 PM

I love the fire extinguisher. Nice touch.

Posted by: Paul Oct 28 2009, 10:05 PM

Excellent work.

Posted by: Bull Oct 28 2009, 11:01 PM

Awesome! Nice to see the Duels characters getting some love

Posted by: joe12south Oct 28 2009, 11:10 PM

Didn't realize there was a connection to Duels, just read the novels. Well, yeah, I guess I had a vague recollection that they were commissioned alongside a new card game.

I'll be sure to post again when this is finished. If anyone is interested, I have a few more pieces I can post.

Posted by: Bull Oct 29 2009, 12:36 AM

"Action Figure" game, actually.

http://pl.shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/Cyberzombie_%28Duels%29

You can see pics of most of the figures on that page. They were cool, but at a 1:12 scale (About 6" for the human male figures), they were just too damn big to realistically be used as Miniatures game, plus the rules were a bit wonky. They'd have been a great Action Figure toyline if they'd have been a bit more poseable, but sadly the articulation was a bit... schizophrenic from figure to figure. Still better than most of McFarlene's toys, but... Eh.

Bull

Posted by: exSaint Oct 29 2009, 06:09 PM

Very nice.

Posted by: Kagetenshi Oct 29 2009, 06:30 PM

Wonky indeed, especially as relates to board size. On the recommended 4'x4' board with default equipment the Ork bouncer and his cattle prod ruled the day, while on an unlimited board the Elf Mage or the riflewoman tore up the place with their insane range and mobility. I never tried to make a truly broken character by trading gear, though…

~J

Posted by: flowswithdrek Oct 29 2009, 07:08 PM

Nice, i like it.

Posted by: BookWyrm Oct 29 2009, 07:12 PM

It's too bad the 3rd series of the figures never were produced. The Decker one looks great.

Posted by: Malachi Oct 29 2009, 07:13 PM

Actually, I think the Lothan character was based on an existing illo: the troll mage from the SR3 GM Screen. The description of the staff that he carries is spot on.

Posted by: Lok1 :) Oct 29 2009, 07:56 PM

Cool action figures, not how I imagined the characters at all. Especialy Street Decon, I imagined Lothan being older looking but the artworks good.
PS: Wheres Kellan's necklase? I don't see it in the picture.

Posted by: Bull Oct 29 2009, 09:01 PM

Yeah. But that's true in any mini's game, to an extent. I know I always favored smaller boards, or boards with a ton of terrain on them whenever I played my Khorne Chaos armies in Warhammer Fantasy or 40K (Especially 40K), same with my Growler army in Vor. On a large, open field, melee based troops tend to get shot to pieces. But if they have lots of cover and can close quickly..



Yup, he was. I was just pointing out that most of the characters from the Wizkids books were from the novel line.



http://pl.shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/Kellan_Colt

You can see it in her accessories pile. That was one of the interesting things they did with the Duels line was the accessories the figures came with. Neat concept, though some didn't stay on well, or broke easy. :/

And I fudged my link up above a bit. Here's the main Duels page on taht site: http://pl.shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/Shadowrun_Duels

Series 3, down at the bottom, was never released, though I'd LOVE to get my hands on some of those figures. A couple of the later Wizkids novels featrued some of them (The Scottish Elf and the Decker are Bannickburn and his decker GF from Jason Hardy's novel, Drops of Corruption, for example).

Bull

Posted by: Sticks Oct 30 2009, 02:29 AM

Cool pic, just finished reading Born To Run, as i fill the gaps in the novel collection, and yeah loved the extinguisher

Posted by: joe12south Oct 30 2009, 10:10 PM

I'll have to include the necklace. Been a few years since I read the books, so I'm fuzzy on a lot of the details. For some reason I always heard Kellsey Grammer's voice for Lothan, so I tried to give some of that attitude to my rendition.

Posted by: joe12south Oct 30 2009, 10:31 PM

http://www.josephmoore.name/art/scavenger.jpg

Here's another SR work in progress. Not inspired by any particular published character.

Posted by: Bull Oct 30 2009, 10:32 PM

Wow, fantastic stuff!

Posted by: CynthiaCM Oct 31 2009, 09:04 AM

Great stuff.

I, too, am a fan of Kenson's novels. For some reason, the first one in particular is my favorite SR novel. I own a bunch of the figs as well.

Posted by: Backgammon Oct 31 2009, 09:37 PM

I've never seen art with the angle like that on the floor come out looking so amazing. Very nice.