The latest project in the Monstrous Makings series has begun. This is going to be the first full sculpt out of wax. I was planning on doing a Bull Taurus/Lamassu sculpt but I felt that was pushing my limits a bit too quick. I set up the armature on Saturday night and started sculpting it on Sunday, roughing up the general shape to this stage. Last night I worked on the definition in the legs and feet, not a lot of difference overall but the legs look much better.
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2 updates this time. Firstly is the Warshrine i've been working on for a while. I decided I wanted the lead eagle to be different to the from the others so I painted it as a Bald Eagle and the others a standard ones. Secondly is the Gorebeast Chariot that I created out of the remains of one of my Warshrines. The Ogre Champion of the back works out as the same strength and attacks as the 2 Chaos Warriors that normally ride it, and the Polar Bear should be a match for the usual Gorebeast Having re-vamped some of the other units in my Warriors of Chaos army I thought the Warshrine needed an update. Once GW released their model for the Warshrine my old ones looked a bit small so I decided this one needed to be bigger. Not having an appropriate platform for the shrine was the first stumbling block so I set to work texturing a piece of poly-urethane to create a wooden platform. The original plan was to have the shrine held aloft by 3 eagles but then the practicalities of that in battle necessitated a change. So I built a chassis for it and now have the eagles pulling the shrine. Here is a close-up of the details on top of the shrine. The Ogre Butcher is sacrificing a Skaven to appease the Dark Gods watched over by 2 Tzeentch statues. A few extra shots of the shrine from different angles.
During a narrative campaign that I'm part of at STAGS one of my Chaos Champions rose to Daemonhood so I thought I'd make him a new model. A friend of mine had a spare Juggernaught from his Warriors of Chaos so I thought I'd see what I could do with it. The only parts not from the Juggernaught kit are the arms/hand and weapon which came from the Ogre Kingdoms range.
Here he is painted and with a combination 40k/Fantasy base Finished painting the Daemon Prince last night, just need to base him now. I tried a new method when I painted this guy. I sprayed him white and for the most part used only Citadel Washes to shade the various parts. The metalwork got a coat of Mithril Silver before washing it with Nuln Oil or Asurman Blue while the skin and feathers just got 3 coats of Leviathan Purple. The beak and claws got a coat of Ogryn Flesh and the tree branch got some old chestnut wash. Next Project: Conversion work has already been finished on the Gorebeast Chariot (being ridden by an Ogre) and the new Warshrine was started tonight. With the new Warriors of Chaos book allowing Daemon Prince's to take Chaos Armour and the fact that my old Prince is a bit small, I thought I'd rebuild him. So I rooted through the bitz box and found an Inquisitor scale model to use for the main body and a Wood Elf Great Eagle and created this guy. The sword is a converted Eldar Avatar's sword and the armour was created using Ogre Iron Fists and greenstuff. Having said yesterday I was going to paint the resin head I thought I'd better get to it. so here it is
Having finished sculpting the head over Christmas I took it into work and our Creative Director helped my smooth out some of the rough edges before pouring a mould on it. 2 days later and I get to pour both a ceramic resin version to paint and a polyurethane version to add to the rest of the sculpt. Keep a look out for the painted head as I try out the colour scheme.
A little update on the Zoat, I completed the teeth last night and boy do i wish there was a save button when sculpting. After chatting to a few guys at work I've worked out that it will probably be better to sculpt the head of the Zoat out of wax instead of Green Stuff. This means I can spend as long as I want sculpting it and it wont cure so I can be as picky as I want. I does however mean that I need to make a mould of the sculpt before I can attach it to the model, oh well. So here are a few pics of the progress so far. Well this marks the completion of the first project from this blog. My Battle Standard Bearer has fought in his first 3 battles and had his paint job completed. He even accounted for an Empire Steam Tank in his final game. I don't think I'll be entering a competitive game without this guy any more. Well I think it's time for the piccys. I finally found a suitable mount the other day for my monstrous Battle Standard Bearer. The Schleich Wolverine is the right scale and fits with the 'comes from the north' element of the army. Add a primitive saddle and tack and here you go. Just need to prime and paint it now.
I've managed to get the second hand and fourth foot done. Both took at least 3 attempts each as I couldn't get the scale right, but finally i got them about right. I still need to fix the wrist on the right hand, it came out a bit thick when I sculpted the hand as I later worked out the base wrist was thicker on that side. I've shaved it down but not gotten around to re-sculpting it.
Next up is plucking up the courage to start the face, eeek!!!! |
ChrisI've been into wargaming since I was 8 and this is an attempt to document my hobby progress. It may well just prove my 'ooh shiny' sydrome. We'll just have to wait and see. Archives
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