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Sersi wrote:4. Sanding off the eyes on the accessory breasts and replacing them with actual nipples. I get the joke but the concept is just silly. These may or may not be pierced.

YES! This alone is an excellent move, though the de-spiking is a nice move and the pierced tongue seems just plain called for

Great armor sketches too, though I suppose the first one seems the most "3+ save" of them all. Nice arm / leg armor on #2 too.

Gluttons are quite cool! Pity about 40k anal basing in 5th edition, though I have to agree that a unit that is deepstriking all the time does depend a bit on the base size than others ... Still cool!

- Salvage

What fantastic work! I love the gluttons, they might possibly be the best slaanesh concept I've seen.

I love what you're doing with the others though, I think so many people miss the point of slaanesh which is a shame. It should be sexy but perverted, just like the excerpt in one of the HH books where half the crowd are trying to screw each other, the other half are slaughtering them.

Watching with great interest.

I hate you, nah not really these models are fantastic! Thought the ogre look to big for plague bearers more beast of nurgle or with some added armour Bloodcrushers

But it's you army.

I love the wings. Beautiful. A tutorial would be appreciated.

Armor sketches are all great. Do them all? Otherwise Im voting for the first.

That image you're basing your second keeper on is brilliant. Where is it from? Im completely convinced youll pull it off. So far the legs look fine Cant wait to see more!

And I must also chime in on the clever counts as plaguebearers. Very clever!

I really dig the first set of armor too, though all those sketches are worth saving (when I am not on my work pc...)

Excellent work so far! Man, this really makes me want to make a daemon army!

Okay, I've been making steady progress with the Damon Princess, the body, wings and alternate arms are all done. I'm still working on the head designs but have roughed out the basic head. I'll be casting it and moding the heads, hopefully I'll get the design sketches posted up tonight. I've also made progress on the FW Keeper conversion the leggings are done as are the new breasts and weapons. I'm still working on the new left hand and whip. Still progress has been made.

Boss_Salvage: I will be posting updated armor designs tonight. I like #1 to much not to use it. So I just need to decide on the other two girls. Updated pic on the FW Keeper tonight as well.

_Si_: Thanks the Glutton name and concept is mine but the Idea of Slaaneshi Ogre conversion has been done before. I just have taken the idea a bit further.

Proiteus: Yeah, they are big but if you look at the Plaguebearers artwork in the codex on p.15, they're huge! Easily 2-3 heads taller than a Guardsmen. Which if you think about is they should be marine sized at least, big slow and lumbering, thery're not zombies afterall.

Xedric: The tutorial will be coming soon, I've set up a blog to where I'll post that and some detailed casting tutorials as well.


Anyway will be posting updated tonight...

Okay, I have a Mod question, is discussion of casting allowed on the forum? I'd like to show the casting of my custom sculpted model, but I don't want to break any rules. If not I'll just link to my new blog. Thanks!

Excellent work! I'l be following this with interest.

As for discussions on casting. It has been done before on dakka, and mods have okeyed the posting of casting tutorials. Casting is legal, copyright infringement is not, but since you undoubtedly add "considerale artistic input" to whatever you cast you should be fine. (your local laws might vary a bit...) So yes, I'm looking forward a lot to your tutorials, both on casting and on wingcrafting.

Alright updates...at last...

Okay, here's a turn-a-round of the near final conversion on my FW Keeper of Secrets. And here's a couple of close ups. The eyes on the extra breasts were sanded off and they been resculpted in Aves Fixit, and topped off with Green stuff nipples. The nipples and studs were basically stamped out small blobs of GS putty using these.



What are they you ask, well they're "blunt tipped injection needles". You can used these for all kinds of detailing on minatures, rivets, eyes, embossed designs etc. I got this excellent tip from: http://jamesvanschaik.blogspot.com/search?q=rivets. It is a great site with lots of tutorials and videos! Also here a super cheap online site where you can buy similar blunt tipped needles http://www.zeph.com/applicator_tips.htm for about $0.50 each. Do what I did get the variety pack, you get two of each of the 15 different gauge sizes, for $19.95!


Comments and critques are welcome as always. Up next the final clean up and casting of the Daemon Princess...

I just love the sculpting - can't wait to see the next update!

Daemon Princess Casting Walktrough:

I've gotten the Daemon Princess done up to the point of casting. So, I'm going to put up a walk through of the final stages ; and then I'll circle back to some sculpting tutorials and tips.


Here I'm doing some final cleanup on the model using some 3M fine sanding pads. This mini was sculpted Aves Sculpt and Procreate putty, both of which take sanding very well. Also the final polishing of the surface done with Acetone and a medium hard toothbrush, this gives an almost glassy smooth surface.

All this time consuming sanding is necessary because silicon casting rubber picks up everything: fingerprints, stray hairs, nicks, scratches.... Well you get the picture.

And here she is all smooth as silk...er...anyway. I have the model under a lamp to bake solid the Aves I used to fill in the holes that I used to pin the arms and wings to it. If silicon was to fill those deep holes the model would be locked into the mold. Seriously, having done the above before fill in any holes or voids, prior to molding.





Next up: Making Mold Sprues!

Okay, sprues...

If you’re going to cast you have to provide proper ventilation. When you pour resin into your mold the air inside is forced out; well most of it. Usually, air that gets trapped inside the mold where it can cause voids and miss-cast parts. So, we have to add vents to the model. These can either be setup before the rubber is poured or cut in afterward. I usually cut vent holes in afterward (a tutorial for another time). For this model I'm pre-planning the sprues using styrene rods brass rods, styrene sheet, and a hot glue-gun.

A couple of quick points, the white tab at the bottom in two pieces of 2.0 mm styrene sheet glued together. It’s important because it serves as both a large fill hole and vent. It along with the brass rods create a void space for any trapped air bubbles to go. I use styrene rod of various diameters, to create vents. Simply cut them to size, and use a light to heat them so you can bend to make complex shapes. You can use aluminum wire but honestly, styrene is both cheaper and easier to handle especially at this size. You can also use hardened hot glue to create connecting vents between smaller parts. I'll use hot glue when we get to the setting up the sprues for the wings; where there are lots of places to trap air particularly in the longer feathers.


Next up: Mold Boxes

Seekers:

We'll get to mold box, but first I want to post the final sculpt for my Seeker mounts. This is as far as I itend to take it before I cast it.
I'll then detail the casts and reposition them into alternate poses.


Comments and critiques are appreciated.

I gotta say this is just awesome to watch. fantastic work.

BTW, about how much pro-create comes in one of those packages? I can't find a place where they give me an easy to understand amount, and wondered how long the bars are and how big around?

great work there love the conversion on the FW KOS looks fantastic

i think this is a amazing conversion

Oh no, the pictures are broken (damn photobucket). Try uploading them to the dakka gallery.

(edit: Splel cehck)

Building the Mold Boxes:

Okay basic casting Equipment:

Pouring the rubber:

Here's the test model for my Furies. Yeah they suck, but they fit with the theme. I'll probably just use them in higher point games or in Apocalypse. I freely admit that I stole the idea of using hero-clix Hawkman wings from a member of the very board! But then art is 99% "borrowing" other peoples good ideas... Not to worry though I have three different wing variants and will repose all 12 models.


Here's also a shot of some daemonettes, all 80 will recieves some kind of conversion....madness I know.

I was flipping through my WHF Role-playing game books today and saw this. I'm thinking Slaaneshi Soulgrinder?


What say you all?


I also need some color scheme ideas. All I've got so far are I want the Gluttons to be pastel blue, like the Genie from Aladdin. Covered in splatted blood ofcourse. So, hit me up with your idea, all thoughts are welcome.

absolutely beautiful. I only wish my slaanesh army could be this alluring. ^^

Basing:

At the moment I have several conflicting ideas:

Seven Deadly Sins:

one is themed bases representing the 7 rings of Slaanesh realm that represent the Seven Deadly sins. The army already represents the this in its units: ie. Gluttons for Gluttony, Slayers for Anger, Daemonettes for Lust, the Keeper for Pride, etc. Greed could be represented by a blinged up Soul grinder and the other two should be to hard to get in there either.

Fall of the Eldar:

The other idea was to use Eldar ruins or the Webway to theme the bases. This one appeals to me because honestly their just isn't enough Eldar representation in my area, and I just love the background. I wouldn't have dead Eldar strewn everywhere though as I think having dead units on bases is tacky.

Warpgate:

This is based on a statue sculpted by Frederick Hart call "EX-Nilo" (From Nothing). The base would be swirling gates with writhing daemonic body and part rising up from the base. The Keeper might have an arched portal behind that its stepping through.

Imperial Cathedral:

Basically, the bases would represent a daemonic incursion of a Ministronium Basilica. I could use chopped bits of the Basilica model.



I my head they all look great, so I'm asking for opinions.

* Here's a pic of Ex-Nilo for reference.

if you are going to choose the fall of the eldar you should make their gems look like they where cracked open i thought the chaos lord did that in the dark crusade campaign to gain slaneesh favor or something
(sorry for my bad english)

I'll vote against the Imperial Cathedral, mostly because it seems the least imaginative of the alternatives. I think the Eldar ruins could be stunningly beautiful and complement the models.

The seven sins could be very colourful and leave a lot of room for extravagant creativity, but with a risk of loosing the unified look of an army. Balancing those two is of course a challenge worthy of your skills.

There is seriously too much talent on display with this post casting miniatures is definitely something I want to do
and this inspires me even more so

I second Mellon, the Imperial cathedral ruins would be too easy for your talent! Plus its such a generic theme, these models deserve something a little more unique.

I'm split between the Fallen Eldar and Seven Deadly Sins themes, you could combine them as I assume that the nature of the Eldars fall did mimic the seven sins. I really admire the Eldar theme due to the basis in the background, and that this is the first I've seen of it being put into use in a modeling sense.

I really like your work, the FW KOS conversion is very nice as are the others. My only foible is with the size of the breasts, a little too big IMO, but its purely personal taste!

I can't wait to see these models painted, Keep up the inspiring work!

This thread is awesome. Great work so far man. Keep it up.

Wow! I would love to play against this army!...well okay, I'd be as terrified as my troops!

Thanks for putting all of the step-by-step material in about modeling these miniatures, I'm not sure I can use it myself but it certainly is interesting to see how you do it. The models look great. I like how you're going for that twisted-but-intriguing look that I feel best represents Slaanesh demons. I'm really looking forward to this whole forces being built.