Fimm McCool
Lord
Lush. Do you have a static grass applicator?
Brother Meredith
Lord
Very neat! What sort of trees are you intending to “plant”?
BTW is that a latrine?
BTW is that a latrine?
Eric
Administrator
Just a bodged tea strainer and a bit of pipe for the electrics job. Works okay. Every now and then I wonder about upgrading to something a little more professional looking!
These ones are more K&M trees like the others - they are actually all in now bar one board where I need to do a little more work. So nearing completion.
Yep! I was looking for bits and pieces to add a bit more interest to the woods and had that in one of my boxes of random resin, so I thought well why not, even on the battlefield you may need to go! It's that one that is waiting on trees since I need to paint the roof of the latrine. I might also add a bit more undergrowth on that one to help make it look a bit more integrated. I assumed I might use that woodland next to a cottage or something. So "detail wise" (other than the bog) on these there are a few skulls, some bone piles which I had left over from prints used on my chapel/graveyard, a few graves and a campfire.BTW is that a latrine?
Eric
Administrator
Some new ebay sacrifices to the gods of paint stripper await their fate...
Posting my other marines and seeing a few of the recent offerings here reminded me just how many of the classic marines I don't have. So I managed to pick up a few more recently on ebay. Given the basic nature of the scheme these Dark Angels are quite nice and my apologies to the original artist who painted them for their upcoming bath. A couple of these sculpts are ones I had as a youngster, but a few are "new to me", I've wanted the robe chap for years so quite pleased I got him. So they'll go from black to yellow at some point!
Also taking some inspiration from @RetroGamingKnight I've cleaned up some RTB01s I had lying around. Lucky for me the existing glue was very brittle so they actually came apart very neatly.
So at some point I'll have some fun posing these up. I was wondering if other people filled the gaps around the shoulders with green stuff these days? Likewise does anyone do any extra filling around the neck?
Posting my other marines and seeing a few of the recent offerings here reminded me just how many of the classic marines I don't have. So I managed to pick up a few more recently on ebay. Given the basic nature of the scheme these Dark Angels are quite nice and my apologies to the original artist who painted them for their upcoming bath. A couple of these sculpts are ones I had as a youngster, but a few are "new to me", I've wanted the robe chap for years so quite pleased I got him. So they'll go from black to yellow at some point!
Also taking some inspiration from @RetroGamingKnight I've cleaned up some RTB01s I had lying around. Lucky for me the existing glue was very brittle so they actually came apart very neatly.
So at some point I'll have some fun posing these up. I was wondering if other people filled the gaps around the shoulders with green stuff these days? Likewise does anyone do any extra filling around the neck?
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MichaelStockin
Lord
Oooh look at all that!!
I would be minded to keep them as they are, no filling or faffing, except maybe one to see how it goes/for giggles?
I would be minded to keep them as they are, no filling or faffing, except maybe one to see how it goes/for giggles?
Brother Meredith
Lord
Sprue glue for the gaps?
The few old RTB01s from my old collection were a little harder to pull apart, the poly cement was either bubbly, came loose but left messy plastic or was so well glued it refused to come off! Fortunately still had a small supply of spare bits that helped contribute to the Raptor conversions.
Still no Brother Meredith I see! Perhaps he is too downtrodden to be an Imperial Fist?
BTW have you see these RTB01 conversions? https://www.instagram.com/bitzboxer/p/Cdib0JPNxpt/?img_index=1 This guy is a magician with the putty!!
The few old RTB01s from my old collection were a little harder to pull apart, the poly cement was either bubbly, came loose but left messy plastic or was so well glued it refused to come off! Fortunately still had a small supply of spare bits that helped contribute to the Raptor conversions.
Still no Brother Meredith I see! Perhaps he is too downtrodden to be an Imperial Fist?
BTW have you see these RTB01 conversions? https://www.instagram.com/bitzboxer/p/Cdib0JPNxpt/?img_index=1 This guy is a magician with the putty!!
Eric
Administrator
Impressive stuff, so I don't think I'll go as far as that, but I feel like maybe tidying up the neck and shoulders is something I should tackle.
Alas no, maybe one day!
I was lucky with these - very brittle - just pulled apart. Granted when I'm done with them the next owner won't be as lucky, but hey ho. Quite pleased as it means I get to pose them all and leave my RTB01s that are on sprues on sprues for posterity for now!
Certainly think I should try one. Cleaning up a few other Mk7 marines just now has left me pondering a bit more. Of course they had separate shoulder pads so they look fine. I think I'm going to have to do one and post it and see what everyone things. If I prime one up then hopefully any green stuff won't distract. Still we'll see if anyone else has done some more modest mods than the chap on instagram that I can take inspiration from.
Slave to Darkness
Baron
You can get a better pose if you trim down the 'shoulder' points before you stick the arms on. Think I read that in the compendium/WD, the article with the dalek conversion.
Brother Meredith
Lord
Might be fun to try one day! I have done simple conversion work of more modern “first born” scale models to amend their proportions (Space Ace’s YouTube channel has some neat tutorials), but Bitzboxer’s conversions and putty work is next level stuff…
Have a backburnered project making a Brother Meredith conversion using modern kits, but need a more suitable head! Will see if can get away with sharing on here when done…
Eric
Administrator
I don't know why but I was looking at a barrow entrance I picked up from Fogou Miniatures - who I've just discovered in going to link to them here have shut up shop! - a little note on their Facebook page about it. Real shame as I had been thinking about getting some more of their shanty bits and pieces and their casting was lovely. Fortunately my willpower collapsed last year and I picked up the "scrap fortress" which I wanted since it came out. Anyhow along with that I got the barrow entrance and it's been sitting in my display cabinet awaiting its fate for some time.
Given we're awash with XPS at present for Halloween builds I grabbed a few scraps this morning and some of the various MDF "scenery bases" I have lying around with a thought that I might make some barrows. Seems like they should be nice and easy. Anything other than the jobs I should be doing...! So I duly picked up some suitable looking stones on the morning walk - I'm too lazy to sculpt stones and here are the results. so far:
Carving out the basic shapes - thought I'd go for quite defined mounds so they are nice and compact.
All three shaped now and some stones from the stone pile picked out.
Some stones glued in place.
The rear one has a little drink stirrer wooden door and the one on the right has a stone blocking the entrance - hence the hole dug into the side (which is what all that black primer is about). Those now need to dry overnight and then I'll get the Apoxie Sculpt out and add the cribbing around those stones to make them more like the Fogou one and extend the "earth" of the mounds over the stones a bit. I need to do a bit of stone sculpting on the one on the right to flesh out (rock out?) the vertical stones as they were not quite perfectly shaped for their job. I was going to add a tree to the one with the larger base, but I guess other than getting it in place that'll wait for the flocking stage. Hopefully I'll not loose momentum and will get these primed up in a few days.
Given we're awash with XPS at present for Halloween builds I grabbed a few scraps this morning and some of the various MDF "scenery bases" I have lying around with a thought that I might make some barrows. Seems like they should be nice and easy. Anything other than the jobs I should be doing...! So I duly picked up some suitable looking stones on the morning walk - I'm too lazy to sculpt stones and here are the results. so far:
Carving out the basic shapes - thought I'd go for quite defined mounds so they are nice and compact.
All three shaped now and some stones from the stone pile picked out.
Some stones glued in place.
The rear one has a little drink stirrer wooden door and the one on the right has a stone blocking the entrance - hence the hole dug into the side (which is what all that black primer is about). Those now need to dry overnight and then I'll get the Apoxie Sculpt out and add the cribbing around those stones to make them more like the Fogou one and extend the "earth" of the mounds over the stones a bit. I need to do a bit of stone sculpting on the one on the right to flesh out (rock out?) the vertical stones as they were not quite perfectly shaped for their job. I was going to add a tree to the one with the larger base, but I guess other than getting it in place that'll wait for the flocking stage. Hopefully I'll not loose momentum and will get these primed up in a few days.
Fimm McCool
Lord
Very suitable mounds. I've never seen xps that pink before.
Eric
Administrator
Crazy isn't it! Most of what I have is slightly rougher light blue stuff from ekoheat which is good enough for most terrain, the "mega pink" stuff was from a company called ThermoRise who don't seem to be trading anymore, which is a shame because the density is similar to proper old really high density blue model making XPS (not quite there, but close), which sadly I only have a small stock left of.
Fimm McCool
Lord
The end of blue styrofoam was truly a devastating blow!
Wilbur the Red
Vassal
There are more metal Nurgle Beasts on that photo that I've seen on a game table in my whole country for 30 years.Actually managed to do some painting today after what seems like ages. Granted I should probably have been thinking and preparing a WFRP adventure, but afraid I decided to relax with some painting instead, sorry. Managed to finish up a small pile:
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Small photo, since I'll do some proper photos and didn't want to spoil the proper photos!
Repaired the Eldar, roughly matching the painting style. Luckily the Guardians only have a basic paint job (good for the age Robin was when he painted them) so no real shading. The black armour looks like it might have had some silver maybe dry brushed on or something, so I've tried to get something close to that. Hopefully the varnish will help unify my efforts. Anyhow they are perfectly good to sit alongside the others now so happy to have them back to fighting fitness.
Finished up the beasts at long last, along with a Mole Mortar, escape pod and Aquaclops (Retro Raygun).
If I can finish up the NightHaunts soon then I think I might just have mostly cleared my backlog of semi-painted minis - which would be nice.
Wilbur the Red
Vassal
100? I’ve seen one at 200€.
In fact, there was a guy trying to sell resin copies from scans that got banned from the app in less than 24 hours.
Edit for clarification: I was indeed pointing out that the hubris on the guy who tried to sell something that obviously illegal was big as a Bloodthirster.
In fact, there was a guy trying to sell resin copies from scans that got banned from the app in less than 24 hours.
Edit for clarification: I was indeed pointing out that the hubris on the guy who tried to sell something that obviously illegal was big as a Bloodthirster.
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Brother Meredith
Lord
That’s just gross behaviour…
Wilbur the Red
Vassal
I basically forgot about beasts until I saw 3 or 4 in a Kim's Talisman video some months ago and thought "OMG, you still don't have those!"
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
I had some blue in the past, though I am not sure what brand that was. For years, I am using green Styrodur. Is that available in UK as well? I quite like it.
Eric
Administrator
You can get Styrodur in the UK - for instance - I've wondered before about getting some, but have yet to do so. Fenerally XPS (in reasonably high densities) isn't quite as common as foil backed PIR foam sheets in the UK, generally the higher density XPS is used for floor insulation here it seems and not generally (at least in my experience) sold in the common DIY stores.
Quick snap of some "classic" blue styrofoam (bottom) vs the stuff I currently buy as my bulk material:
The old blue styrofoam stuff was indeed lovely, I think the 4D Model Shop in London still has some stock. My understanding is the grey stuff that has replaced it is much more grainy. The current stuff is fine if you're covering it with paint and flock and whatnot, but the old stuff you could just carve into the surface so nicely to make bricks and so forth.
Quick snap of some "classic" blue styrofoam (bottom) vs the stuff I currently buy as my bulk material:
The old blue styrofoam stuff was indeed lovely, I think the 4D Model Shop in London still has some stock. My understanding is the grey stuff that has replaced it is much more grainy. The current stuff is fine if you're covering it with paint and flock and whatnot, but the old stuff you could just carve into the surface so nicely to make bricks and so forth.