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 Viktor von Domm wrote:
Oh gawd... you must love moldcleaning...

It's a love-hate relationship

I've made some progress on three of the leaders for the "make my own Leviathan box set"

Terminator captain


Terminator librarian


Knife guy


Here's the official minis and art from the Warhammer website for these three

mind telling what material you used for the casting? looks rather crisp!

also...knife guy is wearing a power armor...? looks like you want to use a meatshield body...?

Good point, thanks Vik, I was focusing too much on knife guy being in lighter armor than all the others. I've sliced him and am switching him to space marine legs. Also I'm using "Alumilite Amazing mold putty" for the molds, and casting using "Aves Apoxie Sculpt" epoxy putty.

Here's the progress on the three space marine characters for my homemade Leviathan box set.

looking forward how paint will turn them out!!!

Thanks Vik, me too

Here's today's progress on them

Cheaphammer FTW! I remember building WHFB armies using Prince August molds we ordered from an ad in Dragon magazine. The lack of variety was easily compensated for by the cost.

shoulder armor is spot on of knife guy!

@JoshInJapan: wow, Ordering molds from Dragon magazine to grow your army sounds amazing. I would totally have done that
@Viktor von Domm: Thanks Vik I'm happy how it turned out too.

I've been working on accessories for our heroes. There's lots of fiddly bit to sculpt on to them.


I also made the mold for making my termagants for Leviathan. I think the mold will be cured enough to start mass producing tomorrow.

personally I always like hormagants better than termagants...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
personally I always like hormagants better than termagants...

I do too, I'm glad to hear someone else thinks so too. For endless waves of hungry space aliens, charging forward with sharp claws seems better to me.

I have started painting the terminator captain, I'm nearly done adding all the little fancy bits to him as well.


Except for adding to his base, knife guy is done now.



I have also started on the apothecary (sadly the molds are curing very slowly, so nothing on the tyranids worth showing yet.

For endless waves of hungry space aliens, charging forward with sharp claws seems better to me.

exactly!!!


btw... the blue looks a bit streaky, why?

Thanks for catching that Vik. I think a small part of it was just the lighting catching some of the edges of less than completely smooth conversion work. I may have diluted the paint too much when transferring it to a dropper bottle, but the main reason for streakiness is probably just that I didn't paint it that well in places. I've touched up the blue now as I worked on him.


The librarian is close to done now too, just need to add the finished helmet, the storm bolter, and some purity seals.


I forgot that I hadn't added the combi-weapon on knife guy, but now i think he is really done. I also normally don't do scenic or diorama bases because I think it's weird that a figure is bringing that dead body, chunk of building, lamp post, etc around the battlefield with them. Knife guy seems like he should have a scenic base, and had a dead gaunt with a knife sticking out of it.

way better blue now, I hope I wasn´t too harsh on you, my main reason for asking was the blue pot i saw in the background... citadel base color... and I was suspecting that this might be the cause for the paint behavior...

you´ve now created ol knife guy as a true heavy hitter!!!

by the way, the blue termy reminds me of a superhero... the lock on his forehead says supes but the blonde says cap...

It didn't seem harsh at all to me Vik, I really appreciate all the feed back. And you're right, that citadel base color in the background was what I used. Until getting more work done on the termie captain, knife guy had become my favorite. Now the terminator is again. That's funny about super hero, I'm leaning more towards cap

The terminator captain is almost completely done, all that's left is the cape (I'm not going to attempt the iron halo like decoration). This guy is so fragile now that it kind of scares me.


I'm also getting ready to work on some tyranids as I slowly cast the marines I need. The molds for the termagant finished curing enough to use, so I made one to test how it looks with paint.


I also cast hot glue ripper swarms


I'm trying to convert a monster with a gun growing out of it's back (Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster) into a barbgaunt: a tyranid with a gun growing out of it's back.

the termagant cast looks awesome... you´ve probably seen the tau conversions done with stealth suits from clear resin only have painted? with your method you could be doing something similar with nids...

also now that we´ve settled with cap... he has a strong resemblance of the rob liefeld cap version...

and the backgun dude is kind of a scout version of pyrovores ... (dunno if that´s the right name...)

You have perfect timing with talking about stealth suits, Vik. Look what I just got for a combination of Father's day and using my end of the year gift cards


I have also finished casting more than enough space marine bodies for the Leviathan forces. I was a little slow, but just made a mold for space marine heads. Still need backpacks.

my personal favorite backpack is that of the khorne berserker, it looks so rustic, old fashioned... imo way better than the std of the loyal marines...

tau is always a cool choice, I have a ton of them, pathfinders and regular firewarriors... and their look is something I want to work with soonish too^^

The Khorne backpack with the little fans and the long arms to the side? I like their look.

I made the backpack mold, and worked more on the neurogaunt and the barbguant. Here's a picture of the barbgaunt sculpt

The Khorne backpack with the little fans and the long arms to the side? I like their look.

exactly!

do I see pants still on the model? otherwise cool development!

heh heh, yep I haven't removed the pants yet.

The terminator captain is finally done, with his cape now added (he barely looks different). The main work has been working on sculpting the master to mold a mold of neurogaunts.


I'm working on other things too, in this chaotic scene

man... you´re so productive... I need to get there too again...

Wow - you MADE them?!?!? That is some next level prowess right there

@Viktor_von_Domm: Thanks Vik, I started this project right at the beginning of a vacation and I'm excited about it. So I'm really pushing myself. Every spare moment I work on them, so that a few hours each day.

@Skinflint Games: Thanks! But maybe next level cheapness If I got a part time job for as much time as I'm putting into this, it would probably be simpler to buy Leviathan. But there's something really satisfying to me about making molds, casting copies, and then kit bashing and sculpting additions to make them the way I want.

I worked some more on the apothecary. I'm nearly done. I just need to bulk out the one leg a bit more and make the robot arm tools coming off his back.


I have also finished cleaning all the mold lines and building the terminators.

your productivity sure needs quite the discipline... probably the very thing I´m lacking currently...

what´s the apothecary carrying in is left hand?

That Terminator squad is some impressive DIY hobbying. Loving the glue rippers, too.

@Viktor_von_Domm: The honestly, I'm not entirely sure what the apothecary is carrying. I think it's some kind of container to put a specimen. I'm just basing it off of the official mini. In the last pick of mine, I realize it looks more like an old fashioned honey pot than a high-tech container. I've worked more on it today.

@youwashock: Thank you The terminators just need paint now, though I am tempted to go back and shorten the sword and arm of the leader.

I've finished sculpting the mold-master of the neurogaunt, now I just have to make a mold of it.


Worked on the apothecary's item as well

Ah I see... the honeypot gave me a good chuckle

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
your productivity sure needs quite the discipline... probably the very thing I´m lacking currently..

I've never known you to lack discipline on a project. Also, I don't know if that's really needed for something we are doing for fun. If the accomplishment at the end is the most fulfilling part, then yes. There might not be anything exciting you enough right now to create the way you used to?

You´re partly right...tho I am currently in a depressive episode... no joke here.

there are plenty of cool things to do... the backlog of cool miniatures is probably in the millions...(felt...)

current project is getting a whole bunch of dungeons and lasers stretch goal minis build and painted... alone the preparation of their bases took ages...


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If you ever get a hold on some of these... worthwhile is the least I can say...!!!

I'm sorry to hear that Vik, and thanks for the heads-up about Dungeons and Lasers.

I slept poorly, and was very busy with my baby today, so basically no hobby time. I have finished casting enough heads for the flame thrower marines (still need 9 more backpacks). And worked a bit of the toold coming out of the apothecary's backpack.