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Thank you all!

I am currently waiting for the last Eldar guardian heads to arrive. When they are in, a tuturial will be on the way!

Also the minigunner are being painted at this moment. When they're finished they will be in the next post.

Awesome keep it up =D

Absolutely fantastic...

My 2 little lads will love this, I have a feeling I'm going to be asked to make some when they see it ha...

You have some fantastic looking mini's here chap.

Now subbed so keep those updates coming.

TSD

Update Time!

Finished Minigunners:



Tried to get a energycore effect on the guns like this pistol has, only using a different colour:

Very nice, Develain! Very clean painting. I think you've captured the look of the cartoon very well.

By the way, how is the clone trooper conversion tutorial coming?

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Not really making progress on the tutorial lol.

All the clones are almost finished. But I do need a couple more helmets to make, those are the things that need most conversion work anyway.

So a helmet tut. is on the way. Sorry about the rest of the trooper. I will see what I can do for you all.

Yeah these really are wonderful.

What's next, any more vehicles/tanks on the way?

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evildrcheese wrote:
What's next, any more vehicles/tanks on the way?

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Republic gunship is next on line. I am waiting for some clear plastic to arrive so I can make the canopy I want for it.

I must say, your models capture the look and feel of the animated clones. Well done so far.
Just a few questions: 1) How did you decide upon using Grey Knights for the codex count-as? 2) What did you use for the gatling gun barrels? They look like parts from a revolver or something.

Dr. Temujin wrote:
Just a few questions: 1) How did you decide upon using Grey Knights for the codex count-as? 2) What did you use for the gatling gun barrels? They look like parts from a revolver or something.

1) Grey kinght codex has a Henchmen section. I am using Warrior acolytes (somekind of inquisitorial guardsmen)
2) Gatling guns are mostly scratchbuilt out of plasticcard/tube.

Another fantastic update... I think a tutorial is deffo needed. your painting skill is amazing. I love how you have captured the look of the CGI Clones...

Keep up the good work, This is one of the best blogs on Dakka at present...

TSD

I agree. They look fantastic.

ONG!!!! Looking really good man, keep it up!

Just found this thread!!!! :O AMAZING!!! Very very impressed, keep up the good work, looking out for this tutorial now Congrats on the work, and dont stop it

Thanks guys.

Alright tutorial time! sort of.. haha

Never done a tut. before. Unfortunately I can't do a complete trooper, simply because I don't have enough parts left!

But I am going to try and do my best anyway!

The helmet:



Made it in 8 steps:

1) I took an Eldar Guardian head, removed all the gems and other shenanigans that were on the helmet. Filed it down so it looks smooth. ( I use a very fine file, always gets a smooth surface afterwards)

2) Cut of the tip of the (cone) head with a scalpel or other sharp hobby knife.

3) File the head round, so that you get the basic helmet shape (used the same file as above)

4) I filled in the recess (face) with Revell Plasto (some sort of filler, very fine but dries in 15 mins hard) I make sure that the whole face is filled and no holes will appear when filed down.

5) Use a heavier file to remove most of the plasto once it dried out ofcourse. Afterwards use the finer file to get a smooth finish.

6) I cut 4,5 mm strips out of a 2 mm wide strip. File the end of each strip in a round shape. Add a rivet cut from a 1 mm plastic rod to the strip, add to the side of the helmet.

7) Here comes the hardest part. Putty. (For the record I don't use clay shapers or any other sculping tools, I only use my fingers and a hobby knife for the troopers.)
So just slap some milliput on there. I use my index finger with a little saliva (I know it's gross but it works the best, because it dries pretty fast and it's never too wet and messes up your sculpting) cut it in shape you want. I know this sounds pretty easy but this is something you teach yourself and practice makes perfect ofcourse. After it's dried you can file it to make up for your mistakes.

8) Do the same as above, slap putty in a sort of line as the basic shape is. Take your hobby knife and cut it into a strip. I used my fingers to make sure it is straight in the middle. Afterwards you can file ofcourse to make it look even smoother.

So thats about the Helmet.

I did find a set of unused DE warrior legs:



Going to break it down in 2 steps here:

1) Take the set of legs and remove all spiky bits with a hobby knife like I did with the helmet, and file it down.

2) The knee pads are quite simple. Little bit of putty on there and shape with fingers.

About the Arms and Torso. I don't have a single arm of torso left! So sorry about that. I could try and tell you how I did it but without pictures it's quite useless..
And now I wont get any copycats or clones! haha!

Anyway this was my first sort of Tutorial. Hope you liked it.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me anything.

Develain

Nice, Develain. Thanks!

Very interesting and informative, thanks for posting, good read. Hows that Republic Gunship coming along ....... Thanks again!

nice tutorial so far, once the chest comes in i'll make sure to try it out

Five pages of eye candy. Keep those updates rolling!

Great tutorial dude. Running low on bits though... Then check us out?

Will deffo try this out as showed my 2 children and now that they have seen it they want a gunship!! Hmmmmmm.

More work...

TSD

But.. you don't have any Dark Eldar (new OR classic) or Eldar bits listed on your site...

Nice work,

I like how everything came together. I am more early Star Wars but this Cartoon match up looks great.

Can I offer some suggestions?

You can convert IG Sentintals into Walkers, Jedis can be your Terminators (larger base means better poses and landscape).
and make special Characters count as HQ, Like Bo Bo Fet, Jaba the hut, the Neneral, or the empirer.

Thanks Guys!

I am getting the parts to make the canopy for the gunship next saturday. That means I can start finishing the gunship soon.

@ Rogue Wolf: I don't have a chast piece left.. I can try to explain how I did it.. if you want to know so bad let me know

@ Supplydrop: Thanks, but I don't require more models or parts for this army

@ Adrian: Thanks for the input. Walkers are not an option for me in this army. The army list is finished.
I already have a Jedi modeled up as my HQ (Libby).
Boba Fett is still an infant in the Clone wars, Jaba would make a good nurgle daemon, so doesn't really fit in with the theme of this army lol.
Don't know what the neneral is and the emperor(?) is the chancelor of the republic in the Clone Wars ofcourse.

Lovely work so far. The gunship is special.

I approve of this. Most excellent.


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Will you have some Commandos. They would by the stuff from star wars background have heavier armor then the normal trooper.

No Commandos. I think ARC troopers are more awesome, and are also the elite of the force.

Ovion: We are working on it, Slow process of clipping from sprue, taking photo's, uploading photo's, and listing items... We will get there... I promise!

Develain: I can't wait to see the Gunship finished and coloured in

TSD

thesupplydrop wrote:Ovion: We are working on it, Slow process of clipping from sprue, taking photo's, uploading photo's, and listing items... We will get there... I promise!

Develain: I can't wait to see the Gunship finished and coloured in

TSD

Sorry to semi-hijack this thread (kind of on topic though), but do you actually have much iin the way of Classic Dark Eldar stuff? (I'm interested in the classic models)

No sweat Ovion :p Would like to see classic DE stuff too.
If I ever make a DE force, it will include the classic warriors.

Back on the Clones. Currently waiting for putty to dry on the last couple of helmets.
After that Pics of the last 4 clones that had to be modeled, lets say in 3 hours.

Develain.


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