Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day! I hope all you dads got to spend some quality time with your kids and maybe even some precious 'me' time to enjoy your hobbies.

As for me, I got me a couple Land Raiders as a Father's Day gift for myself :)

 I managed to pick up a Land Raider Terminus and a Land Raider Crusader/Redeemer kits at a 2 for 1 price on eBay!

I plan on building the Terminus as a regular Land raider and just using the Terminus parts as bits.

Now I finally have a use for my Exorcists chapter markings!

W.I.P. Female Marines: Size Comparison

Here's a size comparison pic of the female marines along with my so-called art-scale/true-scale marines.

Size comparison with the art-scale bodies:

These below are shown with the smaller helmets I sculpted for the female marines; which in my opinion helps with the art-scale look.

Size comparison with an AOBR terminator model.

I'm trying to keep my art-scaled models to fit on the standard bases rather than the larger termie bases. The cork base I use while sculpting has a 25mm diameter.

Exorcists Icons cast by Coyote1066

Here are pics of the Exorcists shoulder pads and icons cast in resin by Coyote1066 (a.k.a. Coyotius on Dakka Dakka and Warseer); he's casting them for me in exchange for his own personal use :)

I'm so glad he's taking care of the mold making and casting for this project. The quality of his cast is so much better than what I'm capable of.

The casts look so much better in grey than as greens.

I can't wait to get my hands on them so I can start working on my Exorcists army at last!

Thanks Coyotius!!

More adventures in Casting: Shoulder Pads

The first cast with this mold:

The bottom of the  two part mold wasn't clamped together tightly enough. This made the resin leak out the bottom and failed to cast one of the shoulder pads entirely.

Fortunately, enough of the resin got through the mold to cast 3 of the 4 shoulder pads.

There are still some holes from air bubbles but they are fine overall.

I should of injected water into the mold to see if and where it leaks. I'll be sure to test it first from here on.

Here's my second attempt:

I'm fairly pleased with the result :)

 

Needs some clean up, particularly the goofy balls in the eye sockets, but otherwise it's a clean cast with only one air bubble hole in the lot.

More Adventures in Mold Making: Shoulder Pads

Here's my attempt at casting shoulder pads.

I got careless and forgot to spray the release agent before pouring the second half of the mold. 

I had to cut it at the edges and tear it apart by hand; with any luck I should still be able to get usable casts.

Exorcists Chapter Icons

This is a joint project with Mike Youtz, a talented mold maker and resin caster; I sculpt the icons and he makes the mold and cast them for our armies.

 

Icons for Land Raiders:

 Icons for Rhinos:

 

Shoulder pads: Regular and Terminator sized:

  

Jetbike Rider for Chapterhouse

Sculpted just the rider's legs and arms to fit on the jet bike for Chapterhouse Studio.

W.I.P. Art Scale Space Marine; counts as Shrike progress update

W.I.P. Art Scale Space Marine; counts as Shrike

Began working on my counts as Shrike Space Marine sculpt for my Exorcists army:

Help me select a Space Marine Chapter

I always have a tough time deciding on a chapter to work on. I managed to narrow it down to a few that I liked but I was still left with several to choose from.

The candidates are:

• Celestial Lions - like the doomed fluff; not much of a future for them though without a miracle...

• Space Sharks - like the paint scheme and would be good for the Badab War.

• Crimson Tigers - DIY using Argent Tiger marking.

• Warrior Adepts - like the color scheme; quartered red and blue with company color shoulder pads.

• Death Knights - like the name and the knights in space concept. I've got a thing for surcoats.

• Exorcists - like the fluff and coloring. I have a thing for dark reds too.

So I figured I'd try sculpting up each of the chapter's chapter markings on the shoulder pads and select the one that looked cooler than the others. Take a look and help me choose by letting me know which one you think is the best of the lot.