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Here's a quick visual update of my casting progress so far,
I have more cast up, just haven't taken any pics yet, but when I do I'll post them here.

 hk1x1 wrote:
Its probably a good think that Skalk limited the base size, other wise I'd have built an entire scrap yard

That seems to be a recurring comment from many of the big terrain builders. It's interesting to watch someone that builds model terrain with an average base of 6"x12" suddenly try to fit the same amount of material onto a 2"x2" base.

Your bitz bin is the stuff of legend. You have some AWESOME stuff in there! I really like both of your builds, too. Maybe it's just the mood I am in today, but when I saw your Mech the first thing I thought of is how you should get a toilet from Dr H for it.

@ Skalk Bloodaxe: Thanks mate, as for the toilet idea . I'm sure Dr H will be adding plenty of them to his entry .

You may all be surprised at the materials I've chosen to make my junk out of...

Nice looking casts, HK. Out of interest, what resin are you using?

@ Dr H: The resin is called SG2000 by Polycraft, Its an equal two part mix polyurethane resin.
It's the only one I've tried, but its worked well so far.

Painting has started on my junk pile entry's, it's still very much a work in progress, but it's a start.
Still can't decide which one one I'm going to enter, but here's where I am so far.

that robot looks as if it is doing calenetics...

It was actually in the middle of a world record sit up attempt, it got to 499,999, when it's battery's ran out .

poor fella... he should have better used one of these then...:

Thanks Vik, now I have an uncontrollable urge to watch The Matrix (again)

Awesome work on those blade holding skela-angels!

@ jeeb_sound: Thank you very much, I call them winged statues with swords,
but "Blade holding Skela-Angels" sounds so much better .

While having a break from sculpting last night, I randomly started building this, a ruin tower terrain piece,
using the cast bricks I produce.
It's not finished yet but here's some WIP pics anyway.

I love the rusty robot, not actually trying for a championship it just had a default in its circuit board that missed the number 10. when it's master told it to do ten reps it went all energizer bunny and kept going. even when it's oil reserves were dry it kept going. Unfortunately its master had a heart attack shortly after giving it the command for ten reps. He always meant to get that glitch in it's system fixed, but what harm could it do as e had an accounting robot, and this one was just a workout buddy. As he slipped into eternal darkness he cursed himself for not doing the sit ups himself, and for neglecting the basic maintenance on his robots. Moral of the story......there is none, I just made you read all that drivel

I really do like the robot, but that arm thing is also cool.

@ Theophony Thanks for that, It may of been drivel but it did make me laugh .

Over the last week or so I've been building and painting various new bits of Terrain,
most of which are show pieces, to demonstrate what can be built using the cast bricks I produce.

I plan on taking some of these idea's to the extreme in the new year, when I build a Warhammer scale Castle,
which will take anywhere from three to five thousand bricks to complete, along with cast resin detail pieces.
Once I've got the designs planned out, I'll be making them into kits, allowing people to build their own giant castle Terrain.

There's still a lot of planning to do yet, so in the meantime here are the smaller terrain pieces I've recently finished.

All looking great. Very nice stone colours you have there.

Dude you are the stone master! Weathering, fit, scenery (like the grassy moss), just so much awesome happening here.

Thank guys, although I am going to change my color palate a bit, as I always seem to paint the same shade of grey .

I have a similar problem, though mine is dirt and rust.

Your stone work and sculpting is as always, awesome, the castle will be a wonder to behold.

You entered 'Sad Robot' right - I love him

@ Ruglud, Thanks mate, and why didn't I think of that title " the sad robot" it suits it perfectly .

And on that subject, here's a quick shout out to everyone to pay a vist to Skalk's junk pile terrain competition.
which is now in the judgeing stage, so head over and cast your vote for your favorite piece of junk .

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/270/563097.page#6361620

Well, not sure how you slipped off my radar hk, I certainly remember seeing stuff from earlier in the thread, and recall your statue work. Oh well, found you again, thanks to Skalk

Even more impressed with sad robot now I've checked out the build, very impressive use of bits there to make a seamless whole. That junked crane though, that is a thing of beauty, masterful work there

This will probably be my last post until the new year, so Merry Christmas everyone.

I Leave you with proof, that I can paint stone work in a color that is not Dark Grey,
I even surprised myself with this one .

Doesn't fool us...we know you just used the sepia tone setting on your camera when taking pics of grey stonework

Looks good, very natural, does make a nice change from the grey.

Merry Christmas!

Nice, hk.
Good sandstone-like colour.

Have a good Christmas.

I was planning on taking a break from the hobby until the new year, but I got bored,
so I've started work on my new Castle Terrain.

Its just a WIP at the moment, some basic foamboard shapes,
but once I have enough bricks cast up (4000 of them) I can start turning it into a castle.

One other thing I thought I'd share is the Dark Heresy book I got for Christmas, The Lathe Worlds.
Its all about the Adeptus Mechanicus, and contains loads of background and inspiration,
which I plan to use to build my own Mechanicus Army (at some point when I stop being really busy).

Once again, rather than finish off the dozen or so projects I've already started,
I've instead decided to start a new army, and like many at the moment I too will be building Tyranids.

My first models will be two Tyrannofex/Tervigon's, which I plan to convert into my own versions of the Hive Crone,
and the Haruspex (pics below)

Although my versions will have the same aesthetic, they will be very different once finished (I hope) .

Good to hear. Because the originals are ugly (and not in a good way).
Well maybe ugly is the wrong word... "silly" is probably a better word. Especially around the mouth/tongue region for both of them.

You're absolutely right they do look silly, they look more like cartoon characters rather than the nightmarish creatures they should be.
The mouth on the Haruspex is it's main feature, and unfortunately it looks a mess,
so on my version I'll be doing a lot of detail work on the mouth, to make it the focal point of the model.

Sounds like a dead interesting project mate! I wouldnt have a clue how to begin modeling something so "biological" and alien...... straight edges and armour plates for me please!! so i will be keeping an eye on this one!

Also really like your ruinded tower..... really atmospheric..... really fancy giving something like this a go....