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Hehe, thank you very much!

So, I need a little help here..

I've modeled the new Deathwatch shoulder pad so far, however i have a little problem now.
The crossed bones under the scull won't really fit onto the =I=, at least it looks kinda silly (allready tried it)
Now the question is, do you think it can be a deathwatch shoulder pad without the crossed bones, yes or no?



Second I've drew a little concept art for my next character, a Salamanders Deathwatch member.
He will carry a wounded guardsman arround and be armed with a heavy mastercrafted flame thrower.
Other than that he should have more of a special forces feel not overly shiny and clean.
If you have any suggestions on how to make him look more cool, I want to hear them!

You talented son of a gun.

Thanks
I'm trying hard.. XD

A little update on the Salamander.
I thought he was lacking badassery, so I tried again.



Better? (notice the gurads man will still be there on the final model and the pose will change)

The first seems more like a younger member, still looking out for a fellow warrior. The second seems more hardened slayer that has been through hell and back again.

Sir, I stand in awe... This is sculpting work at it's finest, and I can't wait to see more
I actually like the first Salamander best, because he looked more balanced... The second one looks like he has had more than his share of s*** thrown his way and is kinda tired of it all...
But that's just my two cents, your work is awesome no matter what

Consider med subbed!

Hmmm, that is indeed true.
I think i will go for a mixture of both.
So, a kind of battle hardened soldier but still careing.

I'm just a bit conflicted here because salamanders are described as allmost demonic space marines, but still very humane..^^
I mean how do you picture a humane demon? XD

So, the work has started on this guy.
It's progressing slowly because I have to wait a day between every layer of Brownstuff, but still!^^

The torso is nearly done.


Legs and shoulderpad early WIP


And some other bits:

Love that chest piece. If the scales were smooth, I'd use it in my army for sure. Now build more faster like!

hehe^^
Maybe I will cast my own bits some day
But for now... *goes back to sculpting*

Oh and I've ordered an airbrush yesterday
and now I'm quite excited to use it!

I don't feel like modelling today, so I guess I use the time for another update^^

So I finally used my casting equippment.
It worked really well so far, however when I was about to cast the second half of the silcon mold
I noticed it was a very bad idea to use 1mm plastic card and clay for the box >.<
So, now I will try again with legos instead.







The salamander Legs are pretty much done (just some cleaning and sanding left)



So is the shoulderpad



and I started working on his head



Also a little experiment of modelling brownstuff on plastic wrap, and then deform it to create a cloth effect.
It worked great and I will be useing this technique to create the cape for him.



Last but not least another experiment.
I will use washers and magnets to hold the marines on the bases.
This way I don't need to pin them (at least I hope so)
and can switch them between diplay board and gaming bases as needed.




Something else:
I thought a bit about the backstory of this salamander warrior.

He was born into a Nocturn nomad family, had a hunter as father who mistreated his children,
but also tought them how to fight and survive in the wilderness, and a very devout but tender mother.

At the age of 8 he entered the astrates, was a decent smith and excellent fighter.
As a warrior he was caring for other humans, but very unpredictable and aggressive at the same time. (kind of a twisted mentality)

after 30 years of service for the Salamanders he was asked to undertake the Burning Walk, because his aggressions went out of controll.
He spent 5 years in the deserts of Nocturn.
When he finally returned his aggressions seemed to be gone, and where repaced by an introverted and passive attitute.
He talks very little and has a strong obligingly trait.
However, in rare occasions he still has aggressive outbursts, especially when he feels that helpless creature are beeing mistreated.

Since the burning walk he wears a desert robe over his powerarmor, which he patches up with salamander skin whenever it gets damaged.
He also brought back a little pet salamander, which seems to be the beeing he talks the most with nowadays.

Your sculpting skills never cease to amaze me. Would you be willing to do a tutorial on the cloth over the plastic technique? The results are really spectacular and I would appreciate any advice you could give me on sculpting cloth like that for my Dark Angels.

That seems like a big ass mold for one pad, but glad to see you molding stuff regardless.

It is indeed much to big..^^
Next ones will be much smaller.
Also I think I will try casting single piece molds and split them afterwards, this should be much easier.

@ephrael: I could make a little tutorial when modelling the cape/robe for the salamander

 IPS wrote:
It is indeed much to big..^^
Next ones will be much smaller.
Also I think I will try casting single piece molds and split them afterwards, this should be much easier.

@ephrael: I could make a little tutorial when modelling the cape/robe for the salamander

Thanks IPS I would really appreciate it. I hate the robed bodies that GW makes for the DA's and I'd love to be able to sculpt some realistic looking ones one my pre-heresey Angels.

Oooh, very nice stuff there. Also: That's one of them vacuum chamber thingies you're using there, right? Where did you get yours?

As for "stuff to pour silicone into" - plasticard sounds like a good solution. Most people I've seen online use lego but I got that put away in some attic so I usually just use a piece of thick corrugated cardboard and of course plasticine. Works pretty well.

Glad you like it

I got mine from "Carl Roth" lab supplies.
However iirc you have to be a registrated company to order their products, but have a try.

I've actually prepared a plasticcard-box for a "singe piece" mold today, will cast it tomorrow and see how it turns out.

Also I've listened to some of those podcasts, they are indeed quite relaxing and entertaining^^
I have to admit however that the British English of the Meeples and Miniatures podcast is something you have to get used to.. XD

@ephrael

I've started with the tutorial today as I modeled the first steps of the Salamander cape. (might be a while till i finish it however^^)
Make sure to post some pictures yourself when you try it out!

Update time!

Tried another cast



with platic card



which horrible failed because I wasn't quick enough with the silicon -.-




Finished the head.



Started modelling the flamethrower.



The body is allmost done.



Progress on the cape



and a little mockup with the Guardsman




ps: the tutorial for the cape is in progress

so far this salamader looks amazing, great-fantastiac pose! and love the sculpt!

Glad you like it

Worked some more on him



also posed some nids to relax from actual modelling
I shall call them George and Henry



I especially like George, I'm tempted to model him a glass of whine and a top head



some bonus picture^^



also my first sucsessfull cast of the shoulderpad



that mold finally worked, (it was the 4th try )

simply incredible, this is where I dream to be in the hobby before I die

I feel honored^^
The key for me was to get waay more patience, takeing my time really improoved things.

Soo, after all those Tau pictures, and especially the Riptide, I decided to design my own version.
I might scratch build this some day if I like the rules for this unit.

Update on "the suit"

Sweet suit, I love the vents behind the "head"

No modelling, but some more 40k related painting
It was an avatar commission from Warboss Imbad Ironskull, I decided to make a little painting out of it.. ^^




And Incase your interested in some more work of mine:
http://ingraban.deviantart.com/

 Rogue Wolves wrote:
simply incredible, this is where I dream to be in the hobby before I die

Seconded!