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I don't really understand the scheme of the freighter, but I gotta say it look perfectly at home in the star wars universe. Very good work mate

Nice freighters.... looks real good.

Thanks, I'm back to 40k now and will try to have something to show soon.

@Vik:
That's a good point. I sort of had a scheme, but not really a rationale as far as what would be blue and what would be white (the orange panels would be "replacements and repairs"). Now that you mention it, it does seem like other paint schemes are more about racing stripes and other decoration. Mine really isn't, I guess. Hmmm.

don´t you worry tho... it does looks very good... I just wanted to hear about your motifs...


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some of the artworks on x wings or the republican gunships ive seen looked like war paint too... that is my strongest association...

Yeah, I've seen some of those and I actually wanted to stay away from that idea of chevrons and pinstripes. I don't know why, but I wanted a more lived in/working look. I probably should have just done the whole thing blue rather than a vague portion of the pie (if you imagine the disk part of the yt-1300 as a sliced pie). Don't get me wrong, I'm still in love with it and will treasure it as a successful (completed) project, but maybe I should have put the color design through more rigorous paces.

nawww.... when push comes to shove you could still call it a mandalorian freighter

My next one will be even better.

Oh, and here's the Deathstar Map I worked out from stuff available at http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/938057/collection-of-user-created-material-for-x-wing-min



Now it's back to 40k, though. Lots of projects and the show's going on hiatus so I won't have any excuses (other than home renovation and actually spending time with my family for a change).

Nice work! Looking forward to seeing more from you!

NOOOOooooooooooooo!

We appear to have lost him to the dark side!

but they have cookies...so pain and gain


that link needs to digested in due time... seems there is lots of useful stuff there...

Sorry everyone, work finished up for me last week and now I'll be spending my copious freetime...

Remodeling my Bathroom! Yeah!

Also, getting reaquainted with my kids and wife - I've been away for a while so family life is a bit of a readjustment. I'm going to try to get some building done, but it will most likely be along the lines of the LR - stuff for friend's armies. Maybe some terrain here and there, but mostly vehicles.

family is always first...at least in my opinion...

I just had a great game this past weekend. 2000 pts vs. SM.

It went great! I won 15 to 2 and only lost a unit of Warp Spiders and a Wave Serpent. By the end of turn 5 he had 3 models left. As a bonus. my Crimson Hunter didn't die!

I'm almost done with my summer hiatus from work , but that also means I'll be back to building stuff again . My list hasn't gotten any shorter and now that the Ork book is imminent, I'm sure I'll be busy.

Hope you're all having a good summer and I'll post more when I have something to show.

Welcome back mars, did you realize that the leagues comp is on again? Could be right up your alley with this one...

Hey Vik, I did see that, but I really have so many projects to do that, unless it fits with one of those, I don't see myself making time for it.

On that note, I've got a couple of projects in the cooker - I'll try to post pics tonight or tomorrow, depending on how much I get done tonight.

1st) I'm re-imagining my swooping hawks, similar to my warp spiders. I found a tutorial on recreating FW Corsair wings and am giving that a try to make my SH wings a little more dynamic. I'm also going to try to do a little better with the ribbons.

2nd) I looked over a tutorial on banners and so I'm redoing the banner for the SW Land Raider. My first attempt was with miliput, but I let it cure too long and it came apart when I tried to bend it. I'll try it again tonight, otherwise, I'll go back to GS and try it that way.

3rd) I'll be joining a Makerspace in town and 3D printing some things in the future. I won't have anything to show for that this week, but maybe next week.

4th) and lastly, I'll be working out an Imperial Customs Corvette for X-Wing.

Obviously, I won't get all this done tonight, but I'm hoping to get a ways down the road on all of these this week. We'll see how I do.

Look forward to seeing something.

Yeah, milliput is not great for things that you need to bend or stretch. I have done a cloak with milliput though, I used a card scaffold and then sculpted the milliput on to that to create the folds (I also made the hood with tissue and PVA and puttied over that).

Try mixing them. I have mixed GS and milliput together with much success. You mix them individually then combine them. Keep going until uniform colour, then sculpt away.

I'll have to try that.

Thanks again, Cam! This is the Miliput you sent that I'm finally trying out.

So mixing miliput and GS worked out pretty well! I'm a little concerned that it might be a bit brittle like the miliput only cast, but I got it out of the mold and it was really flexible. I'm really happy with the result:





I also got a couple of wing sets done last night too for my new Swooping Hawks. I like the ones I did way back when, but I feel these are a good upgrade. I know a bit more about the game, and about basing so I think these will be better. Anyway here's the new concept:




And the ones I have:



The Imperial Corvette didn't work out so well. I was basing my design on a schematic from the old west end games smugglers supplement, scaled up to fit in with the CR-90. When I laid out the pieces, however, it was all wrong. I went online and found some other scratchbuilds, but they're much bigger than I think I want to go.




I'll be doing more research today, but I think I'm going to shift focus from that back to Orks for a while. I want to get my Blitza-Bommers and MANZ done and move onto the Battlewagon again after so long. I've got this long list and even a little calendar of what I'd like to have finished and by when - all in the hopes of staying motivated and on task. We'll see how long it lasts.

Thanks again for taking the time to check in. Your thoughts are always welcome.

banner looks amazing... as do the wings....wow....!!!

how did you manage the both sided look so well???

Good job on the flag and wings. Both look like they came out well.

@Vik: Basically, they're both this tutorial, but with a double sided original and a 2 part mold.

http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2012/02/making-greenstuff-banners-with-surface.html

Catching it before it's too rigid is the trick with the banner. I mixed 50/50 GS and Miliput and waited about 35-45 min before breaking the mold. Then I fiddled with it for another 10-15 min before I let it rest and harden. I'm nervous that it will break (I'm used to the flexibility of cured GS) but I think it will be ok.

My experience so far with mixing these things, it gives you that flex, but eventually it sets solid, very hard. I have also mixed the metal putty stuff with GS and also Milliput, worth experimenting, just be quick with the metal one.

Your results so far look brilliant, seriously impressive.

Yeah, I'm afraid to try that metal putty stuff in my instamolds. I've been meaning to ask you if you've used it like that. I'm going to cast some more wings tonight and then ~maybe~ do a real injection mold for the first time. I'm super nervous.

Good luck.

I have personally had no issues so far with the metal putty, on silicon moulds or on instamould stuff, but I would certainly not say I have covered all the bases, so please do be careful. Also Please wear gloves. The one thing with the metal is, is does get very hot, for a short period of time, the good news is 15 minutes and it is solid and you have your bits.

But for now, good luck, injection moulding.

No mold making last night.

I did get some more wings cast and I finished my Singing Spear conversion (DA Exarch spear arm and the sword from a High Elf model - he's in the same pose as Caradryan, but with a sword instead of an axe). I like it a lot, but I feel like it should be the "Spear of Teuthlas" and find another blade for a regular Singing Spear. Anyone know of a model with a cool looking blade that's a little less grand - maybe the one on Alith Anar?

My friend also got the GW terrain set so now I'm thinking a bit on my terrain. I've got a pretty good variety, but my ruins are a little lacking in finish - they're basically just ripped apart boxes with windows cut out and upper floors glued on. I have been looking at a few 3D models that I might spruce up and print. If I join the Makerspace I'll need things to print to make it worthwhile so this might be a good compromise.

And in keeping with the "something completely different" theme:

So in preparation of joining the maker-space I've been doing a bit of modeling in Sketchup. I'll probably get the 15-day demo for Modo in the next few weeks and get cracking on that. So far I've got a couple of vehicle add-ons modeled, but I've been working on this ruin for the past couple of days. The idea is to print it in sections that can either fit together as a whole building facade (like in the image) or as several buildings. I could also break it up more for rubble.



I've got a lot of work to do, of course, but it's shaping up pretty well. The devil will be in the details, without making the model too unwieldy to actually print.

Alright, another game, another pivot:

I have a game coming up this weekend - my Eldar and my friend's SWs vs. Tau and AM. So the Craftworld goes back to outfitting our Space Wolves allies. With the Land Raider Redeemer nearly completed we move on to a Stormwolf.

This is one night's work so it's not too far along.






Unfortunately, looking at reference photos again this morning, I realized that there's a chamfer along the bottom edges. I'll have to fix that tonight and move on, but I'm pretty happy with it so far.

The 3D printed terrain is also nearing a point where I can start printing it as well, but it will have to wait until next month. All in all, you guys have been posting a bit more of your work and so it's prodded me to get on with mine a bit more too. I'm still way behind with the schedule I set for myself, but I'm working on stuff. Two steps forward and all that.

Stormwolf, day 2

I got the chamfer fixed and a little more structure done. I forgot to do the venting in the back before I glued it all together (I got caught up in "making progress" that I now have to figure out a solution where I don't have to tear it all apart again). So that and the engines are on the block for tonight. I'm also thinking of trying the wing from the Ceastus as I wanted to give it a little more wing than the actual Stormwolf, but it ends up possibly looking more "dog-like" - if I want.

Anyway, here is the current state of the ship.

Barring the fact that it does not look like built by an Ork Scratchbuilder (Which I guess is actually good!), it's coming along great