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| Mortare's 2nd Company Blood Angels; Experimenting with moulds 2/9 | |
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| Topic Started: 13 Aug 2008, 09:40 PM (16,855 Views) | |
| # Marovian | 29 Mar 2012, 07:07 PM Post #401 |
High Lord Admiral of the Imperial Fleet
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That missile pod looks painful... |
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| ☺Deserter | 31 Mar 2012, 12:20 PM Post #402 |
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I love the "March of the Ancients" 
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| Mortare | 11 Apr 2012, 01:39 PM Post #403 |
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So I have been slacking over the last couple of weeks. While I once built and undercoated my Iron Hands I wanted to crack on with painting some Flesh Tearers for practice and so that my regular opponent stops moaning that they have no shoulders, heads or backpacks! I have made very little progress on this, as every attempt that I have made to clear my desk properly has resulted in my finding some little gem or other project that has stolen the rest of that days time. Examples include my Sanguinary Host army, now including another 2 boxes for future use, the Deathstorm pod which I began cleaning up and yesterday prepping a Death Company dread and a Librarian dread for future loving, as well as finding a Land Raider to use for Seth (the last figure for the 1000pt list that I have yet to build). So here is the test figure that I have been working on:  I have learnt that I either need finer highlights, or to mix the grey a little so that it is not as harsh. Also need to decide on the light source as the highlights on the should pads are from different sources it would seem! Finally, here is what I was doing last night. It is held together by goodwill and a touch of glue, largely so that I can work out where it needs to be pinned before I finish it. It will be the ride for the Death Company dread that I mentioned above. Not the best kit FW have produced and I'm sure that if they revisited it now that there is a plastic pod out there then it could be improved, but given it's age, works well. Sizeably different from the plastic pod. 
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| # Digits | 11 Apr 2012, 01:45 PM Post #404 |
Shadowkin
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How much bigger is it then? |
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| Si_ | 11 Apr 2012, 02:02 PM Post #405 |
Warrant Officer First Class
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If I remember rightly, its about a third bigger than the normal size one. I remember the two I had were utter pigs to put together if I wanted them to open, so I made them closed up and it was still a pain. |
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| Mortare | 11 Apr 2012, 02:14 PM Post #406 |
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The only comparison I can offer at the moment is with the old FW troop pod, but as mentioned about 1/3 bigger. The original side fins were warped to buggery, as I didn't try to build it for 3 years after I bought it I was very happy when FW said they would send me new ones. They sent me the troop pod fins first, then new dread pod ones. The base isn't a great fit and there are small gaps between the doors and fins when shut |
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| Cole | 11 Apr 2012, 04:11 PM Post #407 |
Second Lieutenant
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A lovely selection of dreads you got there, feel as though you could do with a few more though Looking forward to seeing those bad boys painted. |
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| IGtR= | 17 Aug 2012, 11:48 AM Post #408 |
Corporal
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PAINT MORE SHOW MORE |
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| Mortare | 21 Aug 2012, 09:52 PM Post #409 |
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Finally took the opportunity this evening to do a little work. I haven't had the time+inclination mix recently, but an early evening nap and dog walk gave me just under an hour free this evening to sit down and work on my marines. I have decided that I don't need to build anything and that I will try and get some paint onto my Flesh Tearers before tackling my Iron Hands or Blood Angels. In 40mins I managed to black out sections on 5 marines over their red undercoat. While this might not sound like much, it is the first time I have wielded a brush in a while and by my standards that is quite a big move. I enjoyed it, listening to Know No Fear while doing it, so I hope to be able to find the time to do similar in the near future. Now to find a desk chair so I don't have to work from the floor. Almost ended in disaster when the dog came to lie next to me and just avoided putting his head on my mixing palette- white dog + chaos black anyone?! |
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| # KayvaanShrike | 21 Aug 2012, 10:01 PM Post #410 |
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Glad to hear you managed to get something done Chris, when you have been out of it for a while sometimes the best thing to do is to do something small and simple. Then you remember how much you can get in a certain amount of time and can say "ah I have 40 mins spare, I can get another 5 marines blacked out". And before you know it 5, then 10, then 15 marines will be on their way. |
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| Mortare | 21 Aug 2012, 10:07 PM Post #411 |
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Little baby steps for me, but also accepting that my work will not be perfect and that I need practice to improve. I have always shied away from painting because I didn't want to ruin models I built or converted, but I was looking at top end painted figures and thought they had to look that good. I will be satisfied if they look ok on the table, not Golden Demon standard when you look closely! |
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| # KayvaanShrike | 21 Aug 2012, 10:26 PM Post #412 |
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From what I have seen so far of your painting you have nothing to worry about. If you keep painting to that standard, as well as natural improvement you will have some great looking minis. |
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| # the_great_gonzo | 22 Aug 2012, 08:16 AM Post #413 |
Prince of Sambuca - black lightning!
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I think you are in Deans illness club. Did you get a bump on the head pal? I look forward to seeing you progress, if youre mojo fails why not have a look at something other than marines? Maybe part of the mojo issue is that power armour gets a little stale? You should definitely look at Aeronautica Imperialis, doesn't take up much room in a carry case for a fleet, it's cheap and you might find painting one of the other factions maybe spurs you on when power armour doesn't interest you. Plus it'll give us something else to play the when I get back to the UK for our rematch! |
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| Mortare | 23 Aug 2012, 10:19 AM Post #414 |
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strange that you should say that Gonzo, I saw some AI being played at a local club with Octavian Lars recently. I have a few ships somewhere in the cupboard, may dig some out at some point as they shouldn't take too much work to do. Frankly I don't have a problem with power armour and it has never been a case of it getting stale. I find that I put my modelling time fairly low down the list of prioities, with things like walking the dog at the top, followed by housework. Recently hobby has sat somewhere below sulking, monging on the sofa and day-dreaming! I am hoping that by trying little and often I will improve my overall output and fit it in with the rest of the things that I end up doing |
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| Mortare | 2 Sep 2012, 11:42 AM Post #415 |
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I have been slowly trying to rekindle my mojo, and while I am still suffering from a desire to flit between different projects, I have been able to make a little headway. After seeing work in Maelstrom's thread (excellent Corsairs to be found there) done with Instant Mold, and similar on other sites, I decided to take the plunge. Anvil industry was my next stop (purveyors of Digit's new bionics, worth a look) and a pack of instant mold sticks turned up very swiftly. 6 sticks, each the size of a pack of chewing gum, followed by a few videos online for the 'how to' and I gave it a shot. Hot water turns it to the consistency of silly putty, then add the part you want to copy. Once happy, let it cool and then add GS as required. Below are photos of the original and my GS result, plus the mould itself and the stick it comes in.    For a first attempt they look pretty good. There are a few areas for improvement, such as the bottom of the eagle piece or the base of the blood drop) so the moulds are going back into the water to be re-done (the benefit of this product, re-use as required). The aim is to have the Blood Angel icon good for use on my Land Raider Prometheus. I can't get the FW land raider doors to fit the hull as they are too small, so the icon will go on the standard plastic door. I have had the Prometheus kit for over 10 years, like the figure very much and hopeful to get it complete and into the collection. |
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| # Old Guard | 2 Sep 2012, 11:49 AM Post #416 |
Entertainment officer...Meet the gang cos the boys are here.....
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hmm. Slight loss of definition towards the bottom. yeah a recast is probably wise. Push in the original a bit harder perhaps? looks like you pushed the top more that the bottom. Certainly worth a try asn as you say since it can be reused, trial and error is no big deal. |
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| Mortare | 2 Sep 2012, 11:59 AM Post #417 |
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For the BA mould I was only after the icon rather than the lightning bolts and the skulls, so not too fussed about them. The Aquilla's loss of definition at the base was a little annoying, though I'm sure I can still find a use for it. But overall very easy to use and fairly happy with the result. I was trying to press the moulds by hand and get an equal result, I will be trying v2 on a solid base so that it is a firm base |
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| # Digits | 2 Sep 2012, 12:03 PM Post #418 |
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I think also that it's sometimes difficult to pusg gs into large flat areas without it lifting. Perhaps cover in cling film then place large heavy flat object onto the back of the gas when pressing in. An even pressure. You can see what I mean as it's evident in the eagle mold, that there is clear definition in the skull faces at the bottom. That's not the mold making the problem, but the gs pressure. |
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| Mortare | 2 Sep 2012, 12:06 PM Post #419 |
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I also need to be a bit more generous with my GS. Haven't made much use of it before, in both cases the results aren't very thick (desired) but came pretty close to not covering the whole mould (not good). Hopefully round 2 today will yield better results V2 moulds are cooling now after a delay to walk the dog, wash the car and other exciting things. Shopping while they cool and then add GS tonight, expect to see casts tomorrow. Meanwhile I may attempt some more stuff tonight once I have ebayed a pile of stuff Edited by Mortare, 2 Sep 2012, 02:58 PM.
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| ☺Maelstrom | 2 Sep 2012, 04:57 PM Post #420 |
Sek Incarnate
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Casts are looking good dude, takes a few trys to get the moulds working properly. Took me 2 o 3 attempts to get a decent mould of the FW helmet I used for example. With stuff such as the aquilla above you can soon sharpen up the edges with a craft knife. 1 thing I'm not having much luck with lately are IG heads, been trying to cast up a few cadian command squad ones to put onto the cultist models, the finer details like noses are coming out distorted constantly. might have to try remake the moulds. What other things are you going to try and cast? |
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