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Hi Gits, finally I've been able to give a quick read to your blog (a couple of weeks in reality ;D).

First thing first, before talking about miniatures, codexes, paintjob or modelling, brush vs airbrush I would like to make a little digression very important to me now a days.

I'm gonna be father for the first time very soon (I'm talking about days if not hours) and as an hobbist, a gamer and a lover of all the good old games that keep us close to people face-to-face instead of a cold computer/tv screen I adore what you're doing with your Mantis warriors and even more what you do with your sons.

It's a sort of dream of mine, if in 8 years from now I could be able to introduce my first son to this game and to these hobby passions like you are doing right know than I will be proud of me.

Returning on the blog, I like your models for a couple of reasons.
First, even if you're not one of the best painter or modeller I seen on the internet you are able to produce with an impressive costance a fantastic amount of minis stick to a background.
A sort of respect of a project from the beginning to the end that I never been able to grant in my own projects. I'm the tipical hobbist that start 18thousend things in the same time and never complete none of them.
Second, even if you're not one of the best painter or modeller you're light years better than me so I'm very happy to check daily this blog hoping in an update or 2.

In particular I'm waiting impatiently the evolution of your "modern" MW rebuilding project.

So it's time for me to give my contribute, if you'll accept it of course.

I've started a customisation of a Jump Packed HQ, originally as a count-as Shrike for my Iron Hands endless project but finally I changed to C:SM to the C:SW so..

I thought you may be interested in a customisation of this model for one of your projects, due to the characteristics of the model eventually the "modern" look of yours MW but eventually also as an HQ for your "penitent" list. As a Shrike count-as with some Terminator maybe.

Or, just because you integrated some BA element in your list, as a Mephiston. Dante or a Jump Packed Librarian. Up to you.

So, excuse me for all this bla-bla-bla and take a look at this:


Here some other pics:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/core/gallery-search.jsp?u=25069&utype=own

I would really love to participate

Toban

Happy Easter everybody.

Thank you for the kind words about this little conversion.

Gits, after your lovely reply I will definetly complete the conversion and with an easy use of magnets I will provide the mini with the following options:
- a masked-like helmet for the Dante option (I'm figuring how I may sculpt a sort of mantis face like the wolf-head of tthe SW;
- I will certainly magnetise the wrists, I aalready have in mind the necessary little fits that will allow me to prepare the axe/infernus pistol and the LC/LC/bolt pistol setup. This ways you may switch between Shrike, Dante, Astorath (when I precedently named Mephiston in fact I was meaning Astorath) or even a simple librarian if with a hooded-head. Nothing complicated in all cases.

I will happily leave you to do the installation of the Blackhand's wings, this way you'll don't have to send 4 little tiny pieces in Italy.

Later, I'll have to ask you a couple of things about the shoulder pads, how do you like them or how do you imagine them to be for a HQ model.

Last thing for now, I'm trying a couple of solution for the engine-feets. Something like MKIV and/or MKV Dreadnought's feets.

New pictures soon.

Toban

PS: still no news about the BIG project, the Lady is unbearable but it's actually understandable. Luckily I may take some quite moment looking at the MOTO GP competition.


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HAZZER wrote:I love both apocs gits! Very cool man! I like the idea of hold the vanguard off till 6th edtion.

@Toban- That is some bad ass sculpting, you are very tallented, could you be able to give me some tips, becuse I'm going to be doing some sculpting soon for younge bloods. And I'm not that good.

I HAZZER, I'm sorry I didn't replyed immediately but this has been an heavy "family day". As tomorrow will be too. U know.. Italian families are hugely demanding.

Now I really need some sleep, Lady needs assistant too, so I will be synthetic.

One the net, on this forum too, you'll find thousends of complete and useful modelling guides, for dummies and for expert levels.

One thing that I rarely see that however changed completely my sculpting experience has been the use of this kind of tools:
http://www.heresyminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=66_89&zenid=8446ece5dc5a32975a1d021c20b7285f

This kind of special rubber-brushers allowed me to get good results with some very easy touch. Especially regardind the "smoothing" part of the work.

The only other tips I may give is to find an easy but involving idea to refine your technique.
IE, as I done, the sculpting of marine shoulder pads. Sculpting again and again the same logo, even a simple one, will help you developing "the touch" and understanding one of the most important things to me, the rate between blue and yellow components (in case of GS) or grey and white (incase of grey stuff) depending the details you're looking for.

Ah, last thing. Do not pretend to make big things from the beginning. Instead of most cases in real life, hugely big (and less detailed) things aren't alwais easiers that little, accurated, applications.

To give you an example the cloack folds you see in the picture I posted a couple of posts up are maded 1, max 2, per time.
After each application I had to wait one entire night before touch again the model.

Be patient.

Little updates on the jump pack HQ Gits.
- Sculpted the MW insigna on the JP;
- started the complicated but hopefully functional magnetisation of the fore arms allowing the weapons switch.
- some little gap filling.

One or 2 pics later if the sun will help me.

Really slowly working on it but working.

The rotating/falling wouldn't be a problem.

I want to keep a little of this model secretly to make you an hopefully surprising present.

Just let me say that, in my plans, this model would really show different personalities.

Just like his future owner.