CSM Blog 3rd of Jan 2017 comeback

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**tipios**

Thanks guys

I think thats it now. I'll have to try get some nice photos done tomorrow, and post it up on YB blog.

**inmygravenimage**

Yup, rockin'. Great osl now too.

**Yellowbeard**

Fantastic work, tipios!

**Skalk Bloodaxe**

Wow. That's wicked. You really stepped up on your painting for sure. I just went to look at a CSM, to hold in my hand. It's easy to critique something when it is 5X or larger. In 'real scale' that amount of freehand detail is amazing. Very well done.

**tipios**

Thanks Skalk, I think I'm going to try and finish my Raptor squad

**borneo424**

All looking great, keep up the good work!!!

**tipios**

@borneo424 - thanks

I've got distracted again, this time with inquisitors:

I want to improve my GS skills, so the main thing I want to do is a cloak.

**inmygravenimage**

You're right; that, I did not expect! More!

**Matt.Kingsley**

Like Graven I aslo wasn't expecting that

**GiraffeX**

Thats heresy tipios

Nice mini though, I like the shoulder pads where were they from?

**Yellowbeard**

That guy's awesome, tipios. Nice work. Where are those shoulder pads from?

**bigfish**

a lot of epicality in this thread, subscribed (that fire hawk is awesome!)

**tipios**

inmygravenimage wrote:You're right; that, I did not expect! More!

more coming.

Matt.Kingsley wrote:

Like Graven I aslo wasn't expecting that

Apparentley it was all a lie, you would get 30 days noitice

GiraffeX wrote:Thats heresy tipios

Nice mini though, I like the shoulder pads where were they from?

Yellowbeard wrote:That guy's awesome, tipios. Nice work. Where are those shoulder pads from?

@GiraffeX and Yellowbeard, thanks guys, Pads are from Chaos Knights.

bigfish wrote:a lot of epicality in this thread, subscribed (that fire hawk is awesome!)

Thanks a lot bigfish

**inmygravenimage**

Or, as Victoria Lamb has it,

**tipios**

That is impressive

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What a perfect evening to paint a Deff Dread, so instead I stuck more bitz to the Inquisitor

I've changed the chainsword for a chaos one, so his wrists match. And he got himself some powerpack skulls, and a helpful servoskull thingy!

**tipios**

Forgot a back photo!

**tipios**

Base started!

**tipios**

Onto the cloak.

First I cut a square piece of of GS. Pinned it to one side then pulled it round to the other. Left arm helps hold it in place.

While the GS goes off I've place it over my shapers, to help it form the ripples.

As the GS cures more, I started curling it up.

It takes a lot of patience to keep moving the GS around while it hardens so it stays the way you want it.

**inmygravenimage**

That's a really interesting approach to doing fabric. Me likey!

**Yellowbeard**

Very nice work on the cloak! So, that's done with just GS? I've seen people use aluminum goil as a base for cloaks and such....

**Hyenajoe**

Well, that's impressive! I know how painful it is to sculpt a GS cloak, and you did a great job.

**tipios**

inmygravenimage wrote:That's a really interesting approach to doing fabric. Me likey!

Thanks Graven!

Yellowbeard wrote:Very nice work on the cloak! So, that's done with just GS? I've seen people use aluminum goil as a base for cloaks and such....

Thanks YB, yes it's GS and took about 2 hours I thin. Whats this Aluminum goil, have you any links? Oh wait maybe it's foil?

Hyenajoe wrote:Well, that's impressive! I know how painful it is to sculpt a GS cloak, and you did a great job.

Thanks Joe, yes paintful indeed

**RSJake**

Great job on the cloak Tipios!

I have several of those I need to get around to doing.

There are a lot of Chaos parts on that Inquisitor!

**tipios**

Thanks Jake

You have several to do, good luck with that

Ha, I could use Fluff to say he likes to wear trophies from his enemy's

**RSJake**

I guess the =][= is above the law anyway, but you'd think there would be residual taint on the items.

But using the rule of cool, you have it all the way! Looks good.

Hehehehehe..he..hehehe..he.....I said "taint".

**tipios**

I am gona take off the arrows on the weapons, and replace with ][ though

**RSJake**

Oh, well that's ok then.

**Yellowbeard**

tipios wrote:]Thanks YB, yes it's GS and took about 2 hours I thin. Whats this Aluminum goil, have you any links? Oh wait maybe it's foil?

Yes, aluminum FOIL. Stupid iPad.
Can't seem to find the example right now, but the idea is that you cut a piece of foil and then spread GS on it. The foil gives you a flexible base to hold the GS, which you can then bend and shape as you want. When the GS cures, you peel off the foil, and you have your cloak, etc.

**tipios**

Cool, I will look into that

**Skalk Bloodaxe**

I'm a bit late to jump on the "I didn't expect..." meme, but I'm still in time to laud great praise on your GS cloak! Excellent work, really like the "whoosh!" action pose. As always, great things come from the mind and hands of tipios!