Deep Space Mercenaries...

My recently completed deep space mercenary Commander from Heroes for Wargames and of course the Rogue Trader Rulebook.

More Vikings...

More Gripping Beast Saga Vikings joining the warband. The warlord was a lot of fun with a raised base and terrain with a scratchbuilt arrow and axe along with a section of ruin. As most of the weapon hands are just sleaved sections I have been resculpting thumbs to hold the spears and axes in place. Also a sculpted grip for the shield- a minor detail but I think it is essential for the warlord. Nine down, around eleven to go.

Updates...

More Guardsmen finished and a slight update to the dragon's teeth tank traps- broken rebar. I am pretty happy with this piece and was thinking of re-sculpting the aquilas for a more generic/non GW look.
The old metal Cadian was great to paint- nice solid details and great gesture. More to come...

Updates...

More Vikings for the SAGA warband and sculpting updates from the bench...
I love these Gripping beast pieces but the detailing is quite soft and the poses very simple- I'm keen to sculpt some more detailed vikings with a view to cast in white metal or resin.

28mm sculpting...

My first foray into sculpting at this scale...
Initially I started with videos and web sites then found the great tutorials by Miniature Mentor- for someone new to this scale and techniques I can't recommend them enough.

Next was to trial all the material options. First up was green stuff/Kneadatite. I hated it, nothing like Sculpey and nothing like Apoxie Sculpt which I liked to use with kits. I couldn't understand how to detail with the tackiness and the short setting times. Next was Procreate- I had read great things about it and I do like it much better than Green stuff for its workability. Then after purchasing a couple of the tutorials featuring the Rackham artists I tried Fimo. I had recently purchased some Rackham pieces on Ebay and was blown away by their sculpts and gesture- a shame they are no longer around.
Fimo is brilliant- its cheap, holds the detail, can be smoothed with solvent and is just much much easier to work with than the putties. I am yet to bake a piece but so far- so good.

I’m learning a lot...

Dragon's Teeth...

The first pull from the Pinkysil mould painted up with a Space Wolf for scale reference...

Updates on the tank Traps...

Happy new year!

A quick fine primer avoiding the dragon's teeth so as not to hide any detail and a few thin coats of watered PVA to deal with any small holes and undercuts in the rubble. I think it's ready to mold and pull a few casts for my Kriegs.

Coming to the party late, I have found that most of the best Forgeworld resin pieces are no longer available. After a couple of Ebay purchases and some left over parts I've started to put together a tank turret emplacement.

And what's a tank battle without tank traps/dragons teeth. It looks like the new Stronghold Assault covers rules for these. Here is my work in progress with scratch built dragons teeth conveniently measuring 6 inches across...