The Warforge Miniature Modelling and Conversion

Bosspole and backpack

So I've recently had the chance to come back to this mini, and I wanted to finish him off and get to painting. I scratched my head for a little while as to what to do with his backpack before I decided it needed to look more complicated, so I grabbed a pair of three-coil bits off a warmachines mini and slapped them on there to help bulk it out a little bit. I've also been working on getting him a nice base to pose on - it's got a gear and a cable sticking out a bit, which I think is plenty. I'm keeping him on a 25mm base so that I can eventually make a SAG on a separate 60mm one and have him mountable onto it.

 

There's a bit of a gap in the area between the top of the shoulders and the backpack, and I've been thinking about what to do with that area. Since I normally stick Booma in with a pile of lootas, who have terrible leadership, a bosspole would be an appropriate upgrade to help keep them from scattering off the field. A character like Booma needs a nicer bosspole than the stock one the Big Meks come with, so I spent a bit of time doodling out various glyph ideas.

I liked the one in the bottom right the most, so I went ahead and tried making it. It turned out a bit big, but I suppose that's okay.

 

After visualizing the bosspole on Booma, however, I wasn't too keen on it. A number of folks I showed it to suggested I use an ancillary model to represent the bosspole instead. Since I like Booma's overall silhouette too much to go ruining it with a banner sticking out of 'em, I quicly banged together a grot helper who has been mildly cyborked to carry it. I'm going to go ahead and sculpt a bionic eye on him later - that, or goggles.

 

At this point it's just a matter of finishing touches on Booma and getting the grot done. Booma's backpack needs a couple more worky bits like dials and gauges, and the grot needs to be properly based. I will unfortunately have to get to finishing him in a few days' time, as I am going abroad for the next five. I'm looking forward to getting back and painting them both up, which is entirely uncharacteristic of me, but I suppose I should take advantage while it lasts.