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Made in us
Infiltrating Broodlord





USA

I love you Dakka folks, you support us, we support you.

We have a number of shoulder pads and Rhino Kits coming out as well as the awaited Salamander Land Raider kit. Check them out below, I am sending them in for molding this monday, so they should be for sale in 2 weeks.

I am molding Tactical, Assault and Devestator numbered pads as well





Space Wolf Armored Rhino



New Salamander Rhino




Landraider Salamander Sneak Peak (Track Guard)


Space Wolf Storm Shield WIP



Thoughts, Critiques, Hate Mail?

Nick
www.chapterhousestudios.com

 
   
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Regular Dakkanaut




Oxford MI

Look great. Nice work.

 
   
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Stabbin' Skarboy





Jersey

I'm diggin the shield... now how can i get a few to work in an ork army... hmm...

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Krazed Killa Kan






Columbus, Oh

What makes the Space Wolf Armored Rhino panels particularly Wolfy? They look great, and I initially thought they might be your predator parts, but .. where is the fang, wolfskull etc.. that indicated Wolves in Spppaaaaaccce?

2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2.

Order of St Ursula (Sisters of Battle): W-2, L-1, T-1
Get of Freki (Space Wolves): W-3, L-1, T-1
Hive Fleet Portentosa (Nids/Stealers): W-6, L-4, T-0
Omega Marines (vanilla Space Marine): W-1, L-6, T-2
Waagh Magshak (Orks): W-4, L-0, T-1
A.V.P.D.W.: W-0, L-2, T-0

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Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Burtucky, Michigan

Im guessing they used the mini for the SW Primarch as inspiration. (what the hell was that guys name?)
Thats what I thought of as soon as I seen those. I think those would look great on any rhino personally. Nice work
   
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Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Puget sound region, WA

The "IX" looks a bit off- not centered. Might have to pinch the perspective to fit the triangle motive.

Space Wolf Shield looks too busy- too many details drags my eyes all over the place so I don't know what I'm looking at; it almost looks organic. Consider some larger flat/empty spaces as these will make your busy areas even more interesting. Some of the areas do not look tight/smooth.

The shot of the rhino front armor makes the salamander face look like it's giggling. The bar under the winds is not a consistent height- it's loses volume (shrinks) on the left side.

The land raider armor is 7 kinds of awesome.

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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker





Nashville TN

I agree with the above. The Space Wolf shield is too busy. Please keep the round viking shield concept you posted before. That is awesome. The mug standard is great just do it on the rounded shield.

When in doubt.........Duck!

Even in the far future there can still be heroes... 
   
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Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Puget sound region, WA

Lastly, the writing on the upper left part of the inside of the shield does not look like runes. There's not much payoff to have fine details on the inside of the shield since it's going to be held (mostly) close to the body.

Suggestion for the shield: Notice how a lot of the clutter in the Space Wolf figures is clustered around the center of the figure? The terminators for example- most of the new stuff goes from the top of their head, through their groin with a smattering here/there outside of it. Even with all this clutter, there are still large areas of flat empty plates on the armor. This order might be nice to carry through the shield, since the eye like following similar patterns. Clutter also works well when it's a different texture than the majority of it's surroundings, such as fur or bone next to plate.

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Made in us
Infiltrating Broodlord





USA

Wolf Shield is still a Work in Progress, we will be making a few changes.

The Wolf Rhino Armor is more a canvas to be sculpted on. I do think people may want to buy it as is, but we are going to use it to do many different rhino kits on, the current one to be done is Wolves as soon as I get this master molded.

Number pads. I tried my best, its very difficult to get the detail you want at that level. I think once its molded and painted there wont be any issues as unless you are 2 inches away the detail is great.

Here are more shots of the Salamander Land Raider








Awesome?

Nick
Chapterhousestudios.com

 
   
Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Burtucky, Michigan

How do you GS people do that? I see the picture in my head, but it looks like I used the whole can of play doh when I threw with it.
That landraider looks really cool man. Specially the crossed hammers. Nice work
   
Made in us
Infiltrating Broodlord





USA

Lots and lots of time and patience...

Im still new to the GS, I did the 2 pads, Im very new

 
   
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Fresh-Faced New User





How about a lizard Helmet? Kinda like the sponson cover, but for a marine helmet?

   
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Honored Helliarch on Hypex





Back in GA

As usual Nick it looks great.

I do what the voices in my wifes head say...
 
   
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Infiltrating Broodlord





USA

So a Dragon Helmet? That wouldnt be too hard to do, have to put it in the books.

Fishboy:

thanks

 
   
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Ultramarine Master with Gauntlets of Macragge





Boston, MA

I'm not a fan of a lot of your stuff, but the scaly Salamanders Land Raider panels look really nice.

Check out my Youtube channel!
 
   
Made in se
Longtime Dakkanaut





Gothenburg

Hi there, I´m Tom, Nick and I own Chapterhouse and I´m the sculptor.
Thought its about time I dont just sit in a basement over a piece of greenstuff but come out and say hi and answer criticism etc about the greens.

The rhino segemented armour was an idea of mine to get some form of pre heresy looking rhino conversion kit that is very generic and also to use as a template for further sculpted addons.
I´ll be remaking it not only to be as it is but also with "iron wolf" symbols added on it and dragon symbols as well. If you guys like them enough I´ll most surely remake them into even more variations.

The wolf shield I´m workign on at the moment is a bit if a "celtic" inspired piece that can and will be remade into wolf iconography as well as dragon and other kinds.
Right not I´m battling with the attempts to have it look similar all over/around and with this scale its really a question of patience and well rested eyes.

Here is a WIP, I´m trying to get it as close to the actual art it is based on as possible.


f you guys have questions, requests, praise or hate to send dont hesitate to ask Nick or myself, I´ll try to pop in here now and then and give updates if possible.

Thanks

Salamanders W-78 D-55 L-22
Pure Grey Knights W-18 D-10 L-5
Orks W-9 D-6 L-14
 
   
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Crazed Witch Elf




Albuquerque, NM

I like the way the Space Wolf stuff is coming along, especially that shield above my post. However, the Salamander stuff is very very cool. How soon do you guys plan on distributing that stuff and any idea on a price tag?

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Made in us
Infiltrating Broodlord





USA

Well you can buy them direct from www.chapterhousestudios.com.

I am trying to get a distributor, but they are a bit hard to break into. We do work with stores directly and try to offer the stores a competitive price to get them to stock.

Nick

 
   
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Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Puget sound region, WA

Alliance Games?

 
   
Made in us
Infiltrating Broodlord





USA

They pretty much shot down my email last week. I tried :(

I am working with E-Figures.com. if you guys hound the stores and distributors it couldnt hurt, lol.

 
   
Made in us
Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Puget sound region, WA

The only other one I can think of (when I was selling comics and games) was: http://www.acdd.com/ The others that I worked with were eaten by Alliance.

Other idea would be to do ebay auctions for, say, a complete set of Salamander rhino armor, or a complete set of something. Gets your name out there and will sell. Nothing like advertising that pays you back.

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Made in us
Incorporating Wet-Blending






Glendale, AZ

Tom- wrote:

The wolf shield I´m workign on at the moment is a bit if a "celtic" inspired piece that can and will be remade into wolf iconography as well as dragon and other kinds.
Right not I´m battling with the attempts to have it look similar all over/around and with this scale its really a question of patience and well rested eyes.

Here is a WIP, I´m trying to get it as close to the actual art it is based on as possible.


f you guys have questions, requests, praise or hate to send dont hesitate to ask Nick or myself, I´ll try to pop in here now and then and give updates if possible.

Thanks


A suggestion: Take the 1/4 circle of knotwork you already have and make a mold of it, with a 'shiplap' section under the boss. Then, you can just place four of them on the outer rim of the shield, and add details to the center, and then make that your master. Not sure if this is feasible, but with as good as the first quarter section looks, it's be a shame if the piece gets scrapped due to inconsistencies.

Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
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Made in se
Longtime Dakkanaut





Gothenburg

A suggestion: Take the 1/4 circle of knotwork you already have and make a mold of it, with a 'shiplap' section under the boss. Then, you can just place four of them on the outer rim of the shield, and add details to the center, and then make that your master. Not sure if this is feasible, but with as good as the first quarter section looks, it's be a shame if the piece gets scrapped due to inconsistencies.

Well I actually already did that but the rubber makes for more problems.
If you press to light there will not be enough detail transferred, if you press to hard, the greenstuff will be "smeared" and the "copy" will be significantly wider.
Plus its almost impossible to gauge the correct thickness of the copy so this is a non can do.

It´ll have to be a battle of patience and scalpel it seems

Salamanders W-78 D-55 L-22
Pure Grey Knights W-18 D-10 L-5
Orks W-9 D-6 L-14
 
   
Made in us
Incorporating Wet-Blending






Glendale, AZ

Oh well, nothing is ever easy. Silly of me to forget that. GL. I'm really gunning for you on the round shields, the concept art is one of the coolest things for 40K I've ever seen.

Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.


 
   
Made in se
Longtime Dakkanaut





Gothenburg

No problem, thanks for the tip anyway.

Phew, half the rim is done, well besides the finishing touches
Just two more corners to go...

Salamanders W-78 D-55 L-22
Pure Grey Knights W-18 D-10 L-5
Orks W-9 D-6 L-14
 
   
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Bloodthirsty Chaos Knight






Love the LR armour and the celtic theme going on. Will there be more Blood Ravens stuff produced as well as it's one of the chapters I'm thinking of getting some models together to do since the DA are unplayable now.

   
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Killer Klaivex







I heartily approve of all this, I just hope you guys continue to expand your range! It's like having a second forgeworld that listens to feedback, and doesn't cost an arm and leg!

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Made in us
Infiltrating Broodlord





USA

We try, but the tough part is getting our name out there!

I dont want to be an expensive FW wannabe if we can help it, I try to keep the prices where we can make a good profit without raping the customers. That is why I am a big fan of pewter, cheaper then resin for labor (which is a big deal, we use a USA manufacturer, not chinese).

We will be dumping alot of money this week into molds, 8 new Pewter Molds (shoulder pads, weapons and Fire Braziers, shields) and 3 new Resin Molds (Land Raider, and 2 Rhino kits).

I would love to get another sculptor on the staff to concentrate on IG. As it is I have a buddy, who is working on a new Storm Trooper model in 3D design, we will see how that turns out.

Nick

 
   
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Annoyed Blood Angel Devastator





Calgary, AB

I'm not gonna lie I love your work, just wish I played salamanders :(


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Regular Dakkanaut




UK

Your doing all this without GW's permission? Theres pages of legal stuff on the GW website saying that you can't produce modification kits for their ranges without their approval. How did you manage to get around this?

 
   
 
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