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Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2012/11/08 04:33:59


Post by: Space Corsair


Hive Fleet Lazarus,

The scout arms are probably a better fit in relation to the size of the body. Not sure how well they work with the regular marine shoulder pads though.

After seeing Vrall's conversions, I'm thinking of sculpting robed/sleeved arms that match the body along with a more slender legs with surcoat. Thanks for the inspiration Vrall! You rock!

I have to finish sculpting the arms for the female infantry grunts first though. It's a bit tricky sculpting a pair of arms to hold a rifle properly with both hands since the GW rifles are over-sized

I'll see what I can do to sculpt a set of biker legs. I did a set of biker legs and arms for Chapterhouse for their Jetbike and that was pretty easy to do.

Of course that is if I can manage to find some time to sculpt. It's been really hectic at work

I've got a 3 day weekend coming up so I'm hoping to get at least some sculpting done. I'm taking Monday off in observance of Veterans Day; there's something sad about a veteran having to use his PTO to take a day off for Veterans Day





Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2012/11/23 05:22:38


Post by: Garbled


Space Corsair, your stuff is so good that it made me angry. Like others have said, I really like how your lady marines are obviously female without looking ridiculous. Normally I'm on the "But boobplates are just a bad idea" side of the debate, but 40K is so small there's not much else you can do to make it obvious. Especially since I also think taking your bulletproof helmet off during combat is an even worse idea.

I'm definitely pointing my friend in you direction when he starts his thunderwolf valkyries conversion.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2012/11/24 03:03:55


Post by: Vrall


Hey man, thanks for the mention , any chance you'd consider thinking about some female termi's? Thinking of making an ally grey knight "counts as" more elite sisters, using your female marine legs and bodies with grey knight force weapons for strike squads and was considering grabbing the tartarus pattern forge world termy bodies for the termy ladies, however if you're thinking of doing termis i might hold off with the latter .

If anyones interested heres some of my conversion pics .
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/482123.page


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2012/11/24 13:33:46


Post by: Ovion


Vrall wrote:
Hey man, thanks for the mention , any chance you'd consider thinking about some female termi's? Thinking of making an ally grey knight "counts as" more elite sisters, using your female marine legs and bodies with grey knight force weapons for strike squads and was considering grabbing the tartarus pattern forge world termy bodies for the termy ladies, however if you're thinking of doing termis i might hold off with the latter .

If anyones interested heres some of my conversion pics .
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/482123.page


Personally, I'm not sure how you'd sculpt that, being Termi Armour is so chunky anyway...


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2012/11/25 04:41:56


Post by: Vrall


You're probably right ovion, just got shown a pic of a female tartarus pattern lady and turns out it works really well


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2012/11/25 05:14:25


Post by: Decio


Whoa, the sculpting work is spectacular! I can't even sculpt a moustache or hat properly!

Subscribed!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2012/11/26 22:02:56


Post by: Space Corsair


Hey Vrall,

Like I posted earlier in reply to keyoftwilight:

"I'm not planning on doing any female terminators since I personally don't feel a need for it in my own army at that level of armor coverage.

Besides, if I do female terminator marines, someone's bound to ask for female Dread's "

As you mentioned, the Tartaros pattern termie suits works pretty well with the female heads.

miniholic has some nice pics on his PM blog here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/457645.page

I'm finally back to sculpting after a long hiatus imposed by my work schedule. I'm currently still working on getting the rust out my sculpting skills

I'll post some stuff this weekend. Cheers!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/01/07 02:48:49


Post by: anticitizen013


I know this is a bit of threadomancy, but the quality of your scuplts is fantastic and so here's a free bump.

I did actually have a question, however. I was trying my damnedest to find your manshees on the glorious interest but couldn't for the life of me remember what they were called. Eventually through the powers of deduction, I found this thread. And your blog! You mentioned that you got your models out to Chapterhouse so they could produce them... my question to you is, do you know when they will be available? They are amazing!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/01/07 21:27:27


Post by: StarHunter25


Jut read through the whole lot of this, and to repeat what everyone has said, your sculpts are fantastic. Didn't really pay attention if this was already said, but if you managed to make a sculpt for crisis suits that made them less blocky than the curernt XV-8's...well.. lets just say there are more than a few people who would be willing to purchase


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/01/11 00:13:48


Post by: Space Corsair


anticitizen013,

Thanks for your kind act of threadomancy

I have no idea what the wait is with the Howling Hounds. Last I heard, Chapterhouse was getting a set painted up for the store pics about a month ago. I hope they are going to to go into production and sales soon; I'm really looking forward to painting them myself.

StarHunter25,

Thanks for the compiments. I'm still working on the battle suit as time allows, which admitedly hasn't been much lately. But I'm hoping 2013 proves to be a good productive year for my hobbies

Currently I'm finishing off my female soldiers; I'm haivng lots of fun sculpting little hands and arms posed to hold tiny little rifles

That and a female space marine legs for riding on bikes.

Wish me luck!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 0013/04/11 01:02:48


Post by: Deunstephe


Those female Marines are awesome, but I'd really love to see more progress on your IG stuff, since fluff-wise they'll actually exist.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/01/27 02:52:13


Post by: Vrall


Hey guys, hijacking Space Corsairs thread again. I recently created my first real blog over on blogger, and am desperately in need of an audience. My blog is about my sisters of battle army that I am making using Space Corsairs fe-marine parts. Im currently in the process of bringing it up to date with my dakka dakka forum blog, but will soon add new posts about the gaming side of my force rather than just the hobby. Please check me out!
http://vrallestine.blogspot.com.au/?m=0


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/02/09 23:16:44


Post by: Lizzifer


Are the female marines still available anywhere? I'm not finding anything on the Chapterhouse site and now I'm really stuck on having these girls in my army Please tell me I can still get them!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/02/09 23:21:06


Post by: Zuul


Mew mew minis were making them, but it seems that they have closed up shop...


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/02/11 21:07:54


Post by: Space Corsair


Sorry Lizzifer,

As Zuul mentioned, Meow Meow Miniatures closed shop

I don't have any extra figure beyond what I need for my own army so I can't help you either.

Speaking of miniatures you can't get anymore, here's my female commissar cast in resin ( I just realized I haven't posted a pic of it yet). She's going to be my next painting project.

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Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/02/11 21:11:38


Post by: Space Corsair


Here's a quick progress updates on stuff I'm currently working on.

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Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/02/11 22:02:19


Post by: Deunstephe


Is that a cat, or a pony? Please be a cat, please be a cat, please be a cat... Either way it's freaking me out, but much less so if it was a cat.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/02/12 01:00:51


Post by: Hive Fleet Lazarus


glad to see those biker legs, great work yet again


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/02/12 18:33:04


Post by: Space Corsair


Deunstephe[u],

Sure it can be a cat if it makes you feel better; at least until I give her manes, flowing tail and a unicorn horn

Jacqualine's wife wanted to put together a "war-pwnies' IG army and I thought it would be a fun change of pace


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/02/12 22:35:15


Post by: Deunstephe


No, not "pwnies"! Oh well, who cares, it's still freakin' cool and way better than my skills! I don't remember if you ever mentioned this, but what tools do you use?


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/02/20 06:01:30


Post by: Space Corsair


For what it's worth, here are my main sculpting tools:

A Citadel standard metal sculpting tool, a pointy metal stick thingy, an exacto knife, a set of size 0 extra-firm clayshapers( flat chisel, angle chisel, taper point and cup chisel),
rounded ball tip stylus and my fingers.

Citadel standard sculpting tool: used for spreading green stuff onto things and general shaping. It has two ends but I've only used the one shown in the pic.

Pointy metal tool(what are these things called?): used for marking guidelines, scultping small details like faces (particularly the eyes) and creases.

Exacto knife: used a lot like the standard sculpting tool to spread green stuff over an area and to create flat areas. Also handy for cutting and trimming green stuff

Size 0 EX-Firm Clayshapers are generally used for smoothing layers of green stuff. I highly recommend picking up a set if you are going to be working a lot with green stuff

Flat chisel is used for smoothing areas,
Angle chisel is used for smoothing creases and small sharp crevices. I rarely use this tool.
Taper Point has a rounded point and used for smoothing out rounded areas.
Cup chisel is used for pressing on new layers of green stuff and spreading it out to where I want it to go like the standard metal sculpting tool. This one, along with the standard sculpting tool, is used to create the general mass and shape.

Rounded ball tip stylus is used for making rounded indentations in the sculpt like eye sockets for skulls. Not used very often but handy to have around when you need it.

Of course the most often used tool for smoothing and creating general shape is my finger tips

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Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/02/20 22:19:54


Post by: Deunstephe


Awesome, I'm gonna have to pick those up.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/03/02 21:27:24


Post by: mrsiries


Hi, great work.
Any Idea where to get your minis/ bits now that Meow Meow Miniatures is closed?


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/03/08 23:55:55


Post by: Space Corsair


Good question! No clue

Unless I can find another dedicated caster like Jacqualine who would be willing to sacrifice the time and effort to cast them for us, I'm going to have to learn how to cast them myself.

No idea how I would find the time to do that though; I hardly even have enough time to sculpt these days.





Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/03/15 02:06:23


Post by: Zuul


Here's to hoping somebody turns up to pick up that torch and carry it. I really could use more of your fine sculpts.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/03/15 02:26:45


Post by: balsak_da_mighty


Space Corsair wrote:Here's a pic of my wireframe. Behind it you can see two of my earlier sculpting work.

See if you can recognize who the characters are supposed to be



They were done using some epoxy resin that was dried harder and finer than green stuff. It was over a decade ago and I have no idea what the stuff was called anymore and haven't been able to find it since


The female in Power armor is from Bubblegum Crisis. I wanna say Priss. Have you done any of the others? If so have or will you cast them? I would love to have all 4 of them. You have some damn good skills.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/03/15 21:43:03


Post by: xXWeaponPrimeXx


I really hope you find another seller. I could really use some of your female guard figs.

And the pony. Definitely the pony.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/03/15 22:00:39


Post by: insaniak


Space Corsair wrote:
Good question! No clue

Unless I can find another dedicated caster like Jacqualine who would be willing to sacrifice the time and effort to cast them for us, I'm going to have to learn how to cast them myself.

Check out Troll Forged Minis.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/04/10 18:56:16


Post by: JB


Meow Meow MInis is open again!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/519788.page#5487805

Now you just need to finish those female Space Legions with some suitable sized arms!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/04/10 21:30:30


Post by: xXWeaponPrimeXx


 JB wrote:
Meow Meow MInis is open again!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/519788.page#5487805

Now you just need to finish those female Space Legions with some suitable sized arms!


And female guard!

Please and thank you.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/04/10 22:04:46


Post by: Deunstephe


Definitely want to see those female guard finished, I need some!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/04/11 21:03:33


Post by: Space Corsair


Yay! Jacqualine's back!

Now that I don't have to figure out how to get them cast, I'll get back to working on the female guards, female marine arms and biker legs, the female space elf heads and the pawnies







Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/04/12 14:13:43


Post by: Vrall


Glad to hear Meow Meow has reopened! I'm making an order right now .


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/09/12 05:48:07


Post by: Space Corsair


And now Meow Meow Miniatures is closed permanently

Jacqualine has been having a tough time all this year and has been struggling to find the time to get any casting done to fill the orders. I sincerely hope it all turns out well her and her family.

I want to thank Jacqualine for allowing me a chance to offer my sculpts to my fellow gamers. If it wasn't for her tremendous efforts in mold making, casting, setting up the online store, taking, filling and shipping out the orders, all on her own personal time after work, I would not have been able to share my sculpts with you all.

Thank you Jacqualine; you rock!

For me, I'm still busy working as a computer game artist and at the end of the day, I just don't have enough creative energy (or the time) to get much sculpting done. My wife and I are expecting our new baby next month, so I doubt I'll be getting much sculpting done for awhile

Though I recently acquired a Chaos Marine army on eBay, so we'll see what comes of that...


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/09/12 05:51:00


Post by: Yggdrasil


Oh, sorry to hear that... Good luck with the rest ! We'll still be here !


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/09/12 06:38:38


Post by: Space Corsair


Just noticed that the Howling hounds (a.k.a. Manshees) has finally been released over at ChapterHouse Studios:

http://chapterhousestudios.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=118&product_id=259

They are calling them 'Warp Stalkers' now though. I suppose it's understandable considering the bad rep that Howling Banshees seem to have gotten in this edition's codex.

Can't say I'm crazy about the paint job. But maybe my expectations were too high after seeing Angel Giraldez's paint job on the Female Space Elf Ninja miniature.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/09/12 10:41:53


Post by: Gitsplitta


Being a new dad will more than fill your time. All good. Congratulations!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/09/12 11:15:22


Post by: LavuranGuard


Congrats on becoming a new dad!

If you do find time to progress any of your sculpts I'd be interested in selling them via Great White Miniatures, actually I'd be interested in producing the commissar if Jacqualine no longer wants to do that?

Simon


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/11/24 08:03:01


Post by: Vrall


Congrats Space Corsair!
I'm glad a bought a whole bunch of spare parts before Meow Meow closed.
Just thought I'd let you guys know I have finally finished about 1850 points worth of Sisters using Space Corsairs Female Marine Parts. I have a gallery dedicated to them:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-60342-37735_Adepta%20Sororitas%20Scratch%20Build.html
Also if you guys don't mind, I have entered a competition on facebook to win a kickstart voucher to my next army. If you guys like what you see I would love it if you could chuck me a like on my entry. I don't think I'll win, entered too late, but its worth a try. Thanks guys.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201745184686018&set=o.226574307414773&type=1&relevant_count=1


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/11/24 17:26:11


Post by: RSJake


Congrats on the (hopefully) recently arrived little sculptor!

I have run into the same or at least similar lack of hobby time. I hope you can get back to it in a few months.

Feel lucky if you get an hour of sleep or more for the first several months.



Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/12/27 19:42:43


Post by: Space Corsair


Happy Holidays and Season's Greetings!

My baby girl is 2 month old now and doing very well. She's so cute when she looks at me and smiles that it makes up for all the hard work

She's just starting to sleep through out the night. Hopefully, another month or two and I should be able to start finding some time and energy to spare for my hobbies again; I've got that Chaos Marines army waiting to be put together

Cheers!















Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/12/27 21:12:18


Post by: Gitsplitta


Those are wonderful time SC, cherish them! Models will wait forever, your little girl wont!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/12/28 13:42:20


Post by: Yggdrasil


That's great news, SC ! Don't let the Hobby too far uh


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/12/29 05:28:21


Post by: Space Corsair


Yep, true that

They grow up so fast; my oldest daughter just drove her younger sister down to Pasadena to start college.

My oldest is already a Lead Artist at a successful iPhone game developer and my younger daughter is continuing her journey as an artist at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

I wonder if our new baby will follow the family trend and become an artist too. My wife is hoping she becomes something more respectable like a doctor or scientist though

Anyways, I like to think that now that I'm older and somewhat wiser, I can manage to balance my family, career and my hobby well enough to have time for gaming. Wish me luck; I'll probably need it



Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2013/12/29 11:56:03


Post by: Gitsplitta


Good luck!

(... and tell your wife not to fret about the scientist thing... it's not all it's cracked up to be.)


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/09/06 02:41:26


Post by: Space Corsair


Is it okay to commit threadmancy on your own P&M blog?

There's an actual update on my blog with sculpts currently in progress(gasp!):

http://battlesuits.blogspot.com/2015/09/back-to-sculpting-practicing-with-ninja.html

Cheers!



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Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/09/06 16:41:19


Post by: SilverMK2


Space Corsair wrote:
Is it okay to commit threadmancy on your own P&M blog?


Yep. Especially with ninja turtles


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/09/06 19:21:39


Post by: youwashock


Despite now having the old theme song in my head, I think I have found the most awesome thing I will see today.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/09/06 21:50:03


Post by: GiraffeX


They are looking really good so far.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/09/06 23:49:14


Post by: Yggdrasil


Impressive TMNT !!!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/09/07 01:09:09


Post by: Theophony


Turtle Power beats threadomancy everyday of the week.

I was just thinking about converting Zombicide into other genres, especially TMNT (survivors) versus the foot clan (zombies, with the main villians as abominations) .


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/09/07 22:24:31


Post by: Knightley


Threadomancy away, those sculpts are coming along very nicely!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/09/07 22:59:07


Post by: miniholic


Now that's a comeback!!

Fab sculpting and what a cool sense of movement from the original cartoon.
Not the silghtest doubt they will be tourning out great!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/09/29 05:56:09


Post by: Space Corsair


Quick update: done with the green stuff sculpt!

Now onto mold making

More pics on my blog at: http://battlesuits.blogspot.com/



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Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/09/29 07:21:22


Post by: hk1x1


That is some beautiful sculpting work , can't wait to see how the first cast's turn out.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/10/07 07:40:36


Post by: Zuul


It's great to see your work again space corsair!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/10/20 05:12:30


Post by: Space Corsair


Thanks Zuul! Nice to be back

Got the weapon arms removed and made into separate parts in preparation for making the mold. Also removed the sculpts from the cork base and is now ready to be buried halfway in clay next.

Currently working on getting my pressure pot and compressor set up while I wait for my order of the mold making and casting materials to be delivered.

More pics on my blog at: http://battlesuits.blogspot.com/



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Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/10/20 21:33:47


Post by: Space Corsair


Got the first 2 sculpts set halfway in the clay to the parting line.

My pressure pot only has a 9" diameter at the bottom, so I had to resize the Lego base to fit. I can only get 2 sculpts in per mold at that size. I need to go buy more Legos to start working on the remaining 2 sculpts.

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Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/11/04 23:01:20


Post by: Space Corsair


Finally got the mold done for two of the turtles and started practicing casting under pressure.

Still working on getting the kinks out of the process but casting resin under pressure in a pot with a compressor is definitely the way to go!

More pics and info at: http://battlesuits.blogspot.com






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Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/11/05 06:49:08


Post by: Joyboozer


Dude, those are awesome. Seriously awesome.


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/11/26 09:04:44


Post by: Space Corsair


Got the mold done for remaining two of the turtles and got them cast under pressure.

I think I'm starting to get the hang of this. At least enough to make some usable figures for myself.

I'm afraid the quality of my casts aren't good enough to sell though. But I managed to get a hold of Jacqualine so hopefully I can contract her to cast them up for me.

More pics and info at: http://battlesuits.blogspot.com


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Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/11/26 18:24:02


Post by: Gitsplitta


Wow, those turned out great!


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/12/12 20:12:02


Post by: Space Corsair


I shipped out the sculpts of the turtles last evening to a professional caster. They are now on their merry way to be cast in resin

It's going to be about 6-8 weeks before the resin casts are all done and in my hands; say end of January, beginning of February.

In the meanwhile, time for me to go back to practice my sculpting and hopefully some gaming during the Holidays (you know the original purpose for sculpting these guys in the first place, before I got sidetracked with trying to get them cast up)

Cheers!

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Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2015/12/13 10:26:41


Post by: Zuul


Very cool! So what's next?


Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2016/09/29 04:40:58


Post by: Space Corsair


What's next turned out to be real life; lots of work and family time

In the meanwhile, with the help of the friendly members of the Lead Adventure Forum (in particular Azzabat who handled all the shipping), we managed to put together a group buy for my fellow turtle fans in the UK and Europe. It was awesome being able to share my miniatures with them

You can find some pics of the turtle miniatures here, painted by flags_of_war, a fellow Lead Adventure forum member and Ninja Turtle fan:

http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=76813.msg1143286#msg1143286

I also started sculpting Warthog and the Rhino duo awhile ago, but haven't been able to find the time to finish them yet:

http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=82240.msg1062953#msg1062953

Cheers!

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Space Corsair's Green Stuff @ 2016/09/29 07:39:30


Post by: ROTTEN_FACTORY


Nice greens here . Keep going !!