the window bay has had some plasticard put over the windows, there will be detail there and I should be able to work more easily on the plasticard (hopefully), I'm also thinking of giving that area a ceiling for some atmosphere and just to reinforce the structure as a whole... the other walls should be book cases... I've had to change my original plan a little bit, which had book cases within the room as well as around the walls, but the sheer scale of building those as well is a bit daunting... it may yet happen, we will see... there will be at least one massive table covered in books though (think end of the Hammer Dracula)...
Sunday, 30 January 2011
the library at Cthluedo Mansion part 2
the basic shell is up and running... there were a few teething problems with the prototype walls (as the room kits are planned to be available for sale at some point I believe) which I had to tweak with foampvc the same thickness of the plywood... but even that was nothing too big...
the window bay has had some plasticard put over the windows, there will be detail there and I should be able to work more easily on the plasticard (hopefully), I'm also thinking of giving that area a ceiling for some atmosphere and just to reinforce the structure as a whole... the other walls should be book cases... I've had to change my original plan a little bit, which had book cases within the room as well as around the walls, but the sheer scale of building those as well is a bit daunting... it may yet happen, we will see... there will be at least one massive table covered in books though (think end of the Hammer Dracula)...
the window bay has had some plasticard put over the windows, there will be detail there and I should be able to work more easily on the plasticard (hopefully), I'm also thinking of giving that area a ceiling for some atmosphere and just to reinforce the structure as a whole... the other walls should be book cases... I've had to change my original plan a little bit, which had book cases within the room as well as around the walls, but the sheer scale of building those as well is a bit daunting... it may yet happen, we will see... there will be at least one massive table covered in books though (think end of the Hammer Dracula)...
Monday, 10 January 2011
Witch Hunter WIP
whatever anyone else says, I really enjoyed Solomon Kane, especially the battle at the start, where it was lose one weapon, draw another and keep moving... a 17th century terminator... and when I saw the Warlord ECW command sprue going cheap on eBay, I figured I'd have a punt...
the drummer/standard bearer body had a nice forward motion, but as he was of a lower standing presumably, had stockings and shoes, so off came the boots from one of the commanders - I've made the turned tops of the boots smaller, they just looked weird even though it was the fashion, but now the troos look a bit too baggy, so may bulk the boots out again... using the command arms gave him the right tools for the job and a better quality jerkin, but his face was a bit too chubby and homely, so the head had to go and was replaced with a Hasslefree head... haven't decided on hair yet - kind of liking the bald look, maybe shaved, a late Renaissance Bruce Willis... the g/s may not be brilliant I'll admit, but paint should hide a multitude of sins... EDIT: I've my eyes on some ECW era yokels and civilians from Warlord Games (and maybe Foundry if I feel flush) and some Mantic Undead to join him - luckily, it shouldn't require any new scenery as it will all fit in with my never moving English countryside for Doctor Who... and the ruined tower can get a showing with them as well... huzzar!
Chieftain tank WIP
finally moving on the diecast Corgi 1/50 Chieftain tank... glossy bits are wear the paint was chipping far to easily while I was still working on other bits of it, so nice and varnish in spots for now...
the toy originally fired missiles which I didn't have anyway when I got it off eBay... the raised turret hatch doubled as the firing button and sections of the upper turret had the handy slogan PRESS TO FIRE... the barrel also had a huge raised section that appeared to be just somewhere for a secure bolt to go - presumably those missiles really shifted... either way, out came the Dremel and out flew some scalding hot flakes of metal at speed... much sanding and g/s'ing later and it looks good I reckon.... and differences regarding the turret and anything else can be put down to UNIT modifications to the armour... so there...
the black bits on the barrel were originally plastic and had apparently at sometime been attacked by a small mammal judging by the teeth marks... these came off as the plastic was too soft to sand and repair and were replaced with plastic tube and g/s... need to paint these and finish the lower hull which has only just been attached (hence the silver screw head which can't be hidden), then touch up the lights and gloss varnish for decalling... toying with a brown over the tracks and dry/wet brushing black over them... need something...
the toy originally fired missiles which I didn't have anyway when I got it off eBay... the raised turret hatch doubled as the firing button and sections of the upper turret had the handy slogan PRESS TO FIRE... the barrel also had a huge raised section that appeared to be just somewhere for a secure bolt to go - presumably those missiles really shifted... either way, out came the Dremel and out flew some scalding hot flakes of metal at speed... much sanding and g/s'ing later and it looks good I reckon.... and differences regarding the turret and anything else can be put down to UNIT modifications to the armour... so there...
the black bits on the barrel were originally plastic and had apparently at sometime been attacked by a small mammal judging by the teeth marks... these came off as the plastic was too soft to sand and repair and were replaced with plastic tube and g/s... need to paint these and finish the lower hull which has only just been attached (hence the silver screw head which can't be hidden), then touch up the lights and gloss varnish for decalling... toying with a brown over the tracks and dry/wet brushing black over them... need something...
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
fun with Siligum
ok, not a great picture, but here you go...
some Timelord wall decoration courtesy of Siligum - a fun instant molding stuff recommended to me by Germy over on Frothers... very useful stuff, even if these tests haven't been 100% successful - the face on the right on isn't well defined and the the tween collar bits on the left one aren't level even though the face is spot on, but this could be down to using g/s for the pressmold... come the new year I'll try with some other stuff to see what's what, but it could ultimately be the depth of the mold that's causing the problem which is fine... I bought this stuff to do the books for the shelves of the library, this was just a bit of fun and I can redesign it easily enough... probably will now I've had a play... was an interesting learning curve...
partly why I've gone for a Tomb of Rassilon effect is this diorama I stumbled on while looking for reference pics a while ago... I think his quoted scales are a bit out (20mm and 1/50 doesn't sound right) and any statue to Omega wouldn't show him in his antimatter universe armour, but I do like it...
some Timelord wall decoration courtesy of Siligum - a fun instant molding stuff recommended to me by Germy over on Frothers... very useful stuff, even if these tests haven't been 100% successful - the face on the right on isn't well defined and the the tween collar bits on the left one aren't level even though the face is spot on, but this could be down to using g/s for the pressmold... come the new year I'll try with some other stuff to see what's what, but it could ultimately be the depth of the mold that's causing the problem which is fine... I bought this stuff to do the books for the shelves of the library, this was just a bit of fun and I can redesign it easily enough... probably will now I've had a play... was an interesting learning curve...partly why I've gone for a Tomb of Rassilon effect is this diorama I stumbled on while looking for reference pics a while ago... I think his quoted scales are a bit out (20mm and 1/50 doesn't sound right) and any statue to Omega wouldn't show him in his antimatter universe armour, but I do like it...
Sunday, 19 December 2010
the library at Cthluedo Mansion part 1
December has been mostly tiling the floor for my part of the Salute 2011 game, the library...
Not very exciting to look at I admit, but quite time consuming... also experiment with some small scale pressmolding, the results of which I will hopefully manage to show before Christmas... the main need for that is also the library (42 units of 3-4 shelves equals a fecking lot of books), however my experiments are with something very very Who-ish which should also prove useful in time...
Not very exciting to look at I admit, but quite time consuming... also experiment with some small scale pressmolding, the results of which I will hopefully manage to show before Christmas... the main need for that is also the library (42 units of 3-4 shelves equals a fecking lot of books), however my experiments are with something very very Who-ish which should also prove useful in time...
Monday, 29 November 2010
The Giant Robot!
well... not that giant really... big bugger, but some of the BTD Invasion Cybermen are the same height... barely a head taller than a normal 28mm figure... anyhoo, Professor Kettlewell's K-1 robot:
bit of a bugger to paint for a quickie really... the living metal (and that's as far as the writers got to naming it) it was made from was nice and silvery and shiney... which is a bugger to shade and still be nice and shiney and there are a lot of nubbins and bits that give shading... I quite like the darker finish mind...
essentially a quick pj (red stripes were a git) to get a November post, still plodding with several half arsed projects, still payday tomorrow so will get the fresh g/s I need... of course that won't change much as the Salute build has started so I really need to start knuckling down and actually doing stuff...
bit of a bugger to paint for a quickie really... the living metal (and that's as far as the writers got to naming it) it was made from was nice and silvery and shiney... which is a bugger to shade and still be nice and shiney and there are a lot of nubbins and bits that give shading... I quite like the darker finish mind... essentially a quick pj (red stripes were a git) to get a November post, still plodding with several half arsed projects, still payday tomorrow so will get the fresh g/s I need... of course that won't change much as the Salute build has started so I really need to start knuckling down and actually doing stuff...no one hold your breath...
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