Well here we go...
This is my finished entry: Hermes in Terminator Armor - aka THE HERMINATOR
A little background:
This guy is in honor of my mother's hamster, Hermes. One of the nicknames I gave him was "The Herminator," which inspired me to make a little terminator up to remember him by when he's gone.
My mom originally bought Hermes for me, but she took care of him when I couldn't take him up to college with me one year (my roommates didn't want a pet in the apartment). By the time I came home for Christmas they were official hamster bros.
I painted him up as an Ultramarine, the most genetically pure chapter. Why?
Well, while Hermes is a seriously beautiful pet store hamster, he seems a little inbred. He got his name from his obsession with running around in circles. My mom usually takes him out of his cage and puts him on the floor, where he spends the evening running in circles in his favorite spots in the house. He's otherwise a totally healthy hamster, he's just a little... off in the head.
I sculpted the head and wings on his feet in greenstuff. The spoiler below shows the head sculpting process. (Warning: blurry pictures ahead)
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I stuck a ball of greenstuff onto piece of paper clip, let it dry, then made the basic proportions of a hamster face.
I had my significant other (who is WAY better at casting than I am) make some resin copies in case I screwed up... or wanted to make more hamster marines and have an entire hamster army.
I sculpted the hamster on one of the resin copies. This took a good week of adding a little bit of greenstuff at a time to get the head to this point. I had at least ten browser tabs with hamster pictures open at all times during that week. Best. week. evar.
I covered the entire hamster head in a thin layer of greenstuff and poked it a bunch with a homemade sculpting tool (a sewing needle in a pin vice) to get the fur texture. When it was dry I primed and painted the head still on the pin. I cut it off the paper clip and super glued it to the body was when both were done.
Januine wrote:So....nearly.......finished......Gotta got to work - Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Squad is all finished, just gotta finish basing the last guy and finish up their set piece. Damn job getting in the way of m'painting...I mena really?!!! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
I am ridiculously excited to see your finished squad. Also, I agree about work getting in the way
GrimDork wrote:
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I guess I'm kind of happy with it, kind of rushed at the end. The lack of weathering was a conscious choice in the end, likely to be reflected in the next comp's entry: Fistius Fistgar.
I really need to go back in and fix or remove the JUSTICE from his leg, and I need to revisit the eye lenses and a couple of the other little bits that should look glassy. But no time. This is good enough for table top so I can consider him done, I'm usually too shakey-handed after work to do such detail stuff and the weekend is past the limit so.. yeah, done
Come on! That's awesome, be proud of a brilliant job. You and the other guys who have painted Dreads in this competition have made me want to run out and buy one (I don't have one yet :( ).
polecat99e wrote:Well here we go...
This is my finished entry: Hermes in Terminator Armor - aka THE HERMINATOR
Sublimy brilliant.
I had my significant other (who is WAY better at casting than I am) make some resin copies in case I screwed up... or wanted to make more hamster marines and have an entire hamster army
They would be awesome
My pitiful two marines will be posted tomorrow when I've taken better photos. Finished them at 03:34 - I am gonna suffer tomorrow, but it was worth it. My marines may be basic and of a fair quality, but I'm proud of 'em - first thing I've finishhed since I returned to the hobby a month ago!
*Just one thing... some of the sniper rifles have a bit of brewers droop!
commissarbob wrote: Here is my final entry with my experiment in clear resin effects. Enjoy!
I went with a dark and grungy appearance as they are supposed to blend into the shadows among the ruins of fallen cities, the Iron Hands grinding ever forward.
My final submission below. Probably should adjust the white balance a bit more, but my camera battery died. Overall I'm happy with the result, which was inspired by LutherMax's DC.
Januine wrote:So....nearly.......finished......Gotta got to work - Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Squad is all finished, just gotta finish basing the last guy and finish up their set piece. Damn job getting in the way of m'painting...I mena really?!!! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
I am ridiculously excited to see your finished squad. Also, I agree about work getting in the way
Cheers TP. Nearly finished. Am way happy with how it's looking. There's some awesome stuff coming up. Loving those camo cloaks - great job reunion; cracking idea!
I think that's the OP up to date! Cool stuff everyone!
This ends midnight tonight, if anyone desperately needs a few more hours after that then just let me know! Like I said a page back, I won't put the voting thread up until tomorrow afternoon, so there's a bit of overlap, and I won't penalise anyone for being just a tad late!
Waheeeeyyyy - finally all done. Camera was being a bit of an arse so not sure if the shots are as sharp as they should be - aaannnnywwayy. Here were go - hope yez like 'em
Final Finished Entry Photos of Deathwing Squad Barachiel - 'The Band Of Brothers'
(oh 2(3) fluff easter eggs in there too. I call 'em 'Fluffter Eggs' )
Oh... wow! Januine, I knew you were doing DW termies, but that base/diorama came out of nowhere! It's awesome! I love the posters, and the basing scheme.
One minor gripe; the brickwork/decking on the bases doesn't line up with the terrain piece. But it's not enough to take away from the awesomeness of it!
Yeah, the barrels were drooping a lot worse than that. It was a valuable lesson as I found out that particular clear resin does not do well for thin spindly parts as it stays a little flexible. I learned a fair amount in this little experiment, so they were a success at least in that regard. I do like how the cloaks turned out, though the pictures hardly do them justice. If I had a turntable and could record a video of it moving through the various angles you could see just how neat the effect came out.
commissarbob wrote: Yeah, the barrels were drooping a lot worse than that. It was a valuable lesson as I found out that particular clear resin does not do well for thin spindly parts as it stays a little flexible. I learned a fair amount in this little experiment, so they were a success at least in that regard. I do like how the cloaks turned out, though the pictures hardly do them justice. If I had a turntable and could record a video of it moving through the various angles you could see just how neat the effect came out.
They do look cool, even in the still shots. You could always cut the cast rifles off and replace them with the original plastics. Or if making more, just cast the torsos and use the stock parts for the rest of the mini.
Okay, fine, let's drink this totally-not-warpstone-based-poison in signal of friendship between loyal servants of the dark gods and the random guys that pray to a corpse
*FINISHED ENTRY*
Hey everyone, having seen the final pieces being posted over the last few days I am feeling somewhat inadequate. I had set off to paint a dramatic Ravenwing Command Squad this month, but life got in the way. I wanted to enter for motivational reasons, which is why I converted to painting these two tactical Dark Angels marines. I needed to paint them to complete a 10 man squad, so what better choice - straightforward, achievable, necessary anyway and most importantly met the brief - Space Marine. I hope that when viewing the figures you view them not as a competition winning entry, but instead as my attempt to do the core skills well. If I can do that, I'll be happy. Now look at these brave battle brothers for no longer than is necessary and then go and view all of the other incredible entries.
Don't let the other entries get you down, join the 'we'll show em next time' club instead! (note: Tzeentch worship may or may not be mandatory. I tried reading the club rules again and the paper turned into a frog, so I'm not really sure.)
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aldo wrote: Okay, fine, let's drink this totally-not-warpstone-based-poison in signal of friendship between loyal servants of the dark gods and the random guys that pray to a corpse
'Random' is actually a pretty good description of the Loyalists, considering how many 'Unknown Founding' Chapters there are...
So who are you again?
- The Blood Ravens, sir.
I don't remember you getting founded. Are you sure you're Loyalists?
- Quite sure, sir. To be honest, I don't even know when we were founded, and I'm the Chapter Master.
Oh well. Here's a sticker of approval, have fun killing random heretics!
Paradigm wrote: I think that's the OP up to date! Cool stuff everyone!
This ends midnight tonight, if anyone desperately needs a few more hours after that then just let me know! Like I said a page back, I won't put the voting thread up until tomorrow afternoon, so there's a bit of overlap, and I won't penalise anyone for being just a tad late!
*Raises hand* I officially yield on not getting it finished, so I just need to print a few bits out to show what would have been on the base, and not use neon pieces of lego. Might over-run a little bit.
TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote: *FINISHED ENTRY*
Hey everyone, having seen the final pieces being posted over the last few days I am feeling somewhat inadequate. I had set off to paint a dramatic Ravenwing Command Squad this month, but life got in the way. I wanted to enter for motivational reasons, which is why I converted to painting these two tactical Dark Angels marines. I needed to paint them to complete a 10 man squad, so what better choice - straightforward, achievable, necessary anyway and most importantly met the brief - Space Marine. I hope that when viewing the figures you view them not as a competition winning entry, but instead as my attempt to do the core skills well. If I can do that, I'll be happy. Now look at these brave battle brothers for no longer than is necessary and then go and view all of the other incredible entries.
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I really like how dark the green came out. They are the dark angels after all! The highlighting really makes 'em pop too.
Overall there are tons of outstanding submissions. How many votes do we get?
As as I know, the Dakka Poll options only allow 1 vote or unlimited, otherwise I would certainly consider 3 or so votes per person. As it is, I guess it's just one! Be picky!
I think we have about 25 entries, I think we'll be able to fit all that in 1 poll, if not then I'll split it in half in order of entry and the top 5 from each go through.
Thanks very much folks.
@Paradigm- you're right about the Ravenwing pauldron. Hadn't thought about the 'slaughter helmet - guess that's another one! there's 1 or 2 more. one of them is more my own fluff and relates to my squad Anarkus CC squad....and the 3rd.......
@Zambro - cheers fella. Yeah the cobbles were nevr gonna match up as I decided to do the scene thing after I'd already finished and based 4 of the squad. Managed to get the rubble to line up I think but the cobbles no without them looking off in odd directions lol
@TP - thx man. Loving thoses DAs - armour is deliciously dark. Agree on the dayglo green DAs usually end up....along with the red guns they end up looking like Santa's little helpers Good job
Here are some of the "original" wave of Cadian 713th, U.S. Marines IN SPAAAACE
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I don't really expect to win many votes for best painted, but I did put a darn lot of effort into conversion work, so I hope you guys appreciate how I sanded down those helmets and such. Also, the fishing line I wanted to use as webbing painted well, but refused stubbornly to be glued, so I ended up hand-painting webbing on one helmet, to much less success than desired. Oh well.
Wow thought I wasn't going to make the deadline on this one! Had to do a quick bit of sculpting to help cover and strengthen the standards joint and after coming back from work the green stuff still wasnt hard. Thankfully it did cure in time and I finished off the weathering and took some shots.
Here is the proof pic, I've moved it into the correct folder on photobucket so last link will now be broken.
Januine wrote:Agree on the dayglo green DAs usually end up....along with the red guns they end up looking like Santa's little helpers Good job
Those red guns . . . . . . Not in my army!
KommissarKiln wrote:Here are some of the "original" wave of Cadian 713th, U.S. Marines IN SPAAAACE
I'm not sure if US Marines will ever make it to SPAAAACE, but if they do I hope they look like these guys - fabulous job. Are you going to do an entire army with those helmets? Your sanity would be tested!
Everybody's entries are looking great! Voting is going to be tough.
I yield on this one. After spending most of the month down with a nasty cold I'm not going to make the deadline. My arms are feeling kinda shaky after my workout earlier today, and I don't want to rush anyway. So my dead space marines will have to wait for paint another day. Maybe I can spin them into the next contest as veterans...hmmm
Here's how far I got, feel free to count it as a no-entry, I just wanted to explain what I was doing.
It was a strange idea that I couldn't quite pull out of my brain decisively enough to finish.
Don't know if this is late (don't know what time it is GMT), but here it is. Freehand didn't really show up very well in the pictures, but you get the idea. Enjoy!.
EDIT: Well, crap. It's late. Sorry, hope you guys enjoy it anyways. It's like 8:00 pm here.
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I never liked "day-glow green" dark angels, seemed to be a contradiction!!
Not in my army!
Your sanity would be tested!
