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Thanks everyone for your responses! It's very motivating =)

DijnsK wrote:do you sculpt the blood raven emblem every time of do you use a mold for that?

I've sculpted those, but i want make some sort of a pattern for molding.

Campbell1004 wrote:Want more please... mouth is watering.

FOR MINIS

Your wish is my desire

Here we go:




Here's the ammunition belt pre-assembled. As a goodfella RSJake suggested, i used a Zip Tie and it worked quite well, i guess.
Ofcourse, there's much work to be done yet.

wow!

ishkatar wrote:

Yay! I'm glad it worked! It looks good! I haven't actually tried this yet, I just thought it would be a great idea after finding one in my tool box and thinking "Hey...this could work for an ammo belt!" I'll definately try it now!

Did you have to heat it up at all to stay in that shape?

Wow that zip tie really does look good! Impressive

OK must remember to jot down the zip tie for ammo belt idea! Lovely work your doing here. Always had a soft spot for the Blood Ravens...

Two zip ties glued together then greenstuffed the sides?

Glad it worked out.

Thanks everyone for your comments. I appreciate it.

RSJake wrote:Did you have to heat it up at all to stay in that shape?

Yes. I've tried to soften it by the boiling water first. Than tried to hold it under the lamp... But surprisingly such a heat wasn't enough, so i had to "melt" it on the gas burner and that's why the belt have charred edges. It was kinda tricky to give it a propper shape =)

1-i wrote:Two zip ties glued together then greenstuffed the sides?

Exactly.
I had only one-sided zip tie in my "junk pile" and was too lazy to visit the store, but I want to try an industrial tie aswell as some other options... A quest for perfection isn't that easy, is it? =)

Insane work! Loving the marine with the fething assault cannon (reminds me of TF2 Heavy)! Keep this coming!

That is a great job on the ammo belt. Cool Idea RSjake the details on the asault cannon is awesome too!!!

At last, a bit of news, but not about the mini itself this time, but rather about a base for one.
It's known, that the basing is very important for overall impression and this one going to be my first experience of something more serious, than gluing a pinch of sand and few stones on the plastic base, so i want to hear your opinions and advices on this subject, my fellow Dakkers.

It's supposed to be two broken concrete slabs, covered with grit:


PS:
And yes, from some point of view, it is a pinch of sand and few stones glued on a plastic base

Good luck with this! Looks really cool!

Good news, everyone! =)

Excuse me my long absence, fellow Dakkers - I was away from the workbench for quite a while, but now I'm back on a track, filled with enthusiasm to finish what should be finished and start a lot of new projects I bare in my mind. But off with the boring mumbling, there's some pics for you to show:




Not an impressive update, I understand, but at least something to stay in touch =)
Some details were added here and there, but backpack is far from completion yet. I'll throw more rivets and some decoration on this ammo pack.
Also, I wasn't satisfied with the ammunition belt, so I desided to remake it completely. Thanks to my good friend Storag who brought me this pressed end of a tooth paste plastic tube, wich I'm going to use as a fundation.
Here's the base idea for the belt:




Also, my hands were itchy for some painting, so here's another victim of my brush:


Torturing is in process

Well, that's all for now. I hope i'll post more updates soon.

What I'm thinking about is how the ammo tape from this picture you posted will look when transferred to this scale and on this particular mini...
I think that the segments will either be to big and clumsy or to small just like the original relief of that plastic base... I do have a load of orc shoota bullets you might want to glue to the deepenings on front side of the tape. I think they will fit perfectly and it will look like a real ammo belt instead of some abstract geometrical blocks.

The guy with the PF looks like he's performing some Street Fighter move The stripes are too wide for my taste.

that looks really cool!

Oh my...

I typically will skim read and quickly look at pictures due to limited time... however your assault cannon toting marine made me stop not once, not twice, but three times. I then sat and look at the whole thing in depth for about 3 minutes.

It's an extremely awesome model.

Wow.

Capitansolstice wrote:that looks really cool!

Knightley wrote:Oh my...

I typically will skim read and quickly look at pictures due to limited time... however your assault cannon toting marine made me stop not once, not twice, but three times. I then sat and look at the whole thing in depth for about 3 minutes.

It's an extremely awesome model.

Wow.

Thank you, i'm really flattered.

@storag
Well, I'm going to try some other options on that ammunition belt, until I'll be fully satisfied with the results... All in all, I've got all the time in the world


Anyway, as promised, here's some pics of other ongoing projects:



A long forgotten standard bearer and the concept of his plinth.



And a veteran with concept of unique and "better-than-avarage" plasma gun. I'm going to remove this lanter between his legs and upgrade the plasma and backpack with more details, like additional exhaust system, since the backpack represents some kind of a cooler for the gun


As always, C&C are highly welcomed.

Crap! I've missed a bunch of stuff on here!

LOVE the assault cannon guy! I really like how the Mk III armor looks. The base is great! Very gritty feeling to it, and well executed!

The standard bearer is coming along nicely.

And the plasma gunner is great! The backpack is a neat concept, and you should put some sort of fan or vent on it!

I feel I have run out of words to describe your stuff! I will sound like a broken record soon!

Keep it up! Everything is great!

RSJake wrote:Crap! I've missed a bunch of stuff on here!

LOVE the assault cannon guy! I really like how the Mk III armor looks. The base is great! Very gritty feeling to it, and well executed!

The standard bearer is coming along nicely.

And the plasma gunner is great! The backpack is a neat concept, and you should put some sort of fan or vent on it!

I feel I have run out of words to describe your stuff! I will sound like a broken record soon!

Keep it up! Everything is great!

I feel the same way

Nice to hear this, guys. Thank you!

RSJake wrote:And the plasma gunner is great! The backpack is a neat concept, and you should put some sort of fan or vent on it!

That's exactly what I want to do. Just cut a two nice vents from some oldschool SM backpack. I will post the pics a bit later though.

RSJake wrote:I feel I have run out of words to describe your stuff! I will sound like a broken record soon!

Call me a compliment whore, but i can listen to this record all day long
Well, who doesn't anyway...

And of course here comes a little update!

A just finished this Veteran at last and i hope i didn't miss anything:



Also, I made some details for the Assault cannon and added a nameplate to the base for the Heavy guy, as for any unique character in my Army. Added a closeup on the Raven shoulderpad aswell:



I appreciate any C&C.

Vet looks great! I wish my stuff looked as nice. But then I would actually have to spend more time painting and less time converting, and then I would be sad.

Auto cannon guy looks amazing! You are really getting good at the shoulder pad symbol! And the base name plate is a great idea! Consider that stolen!

The Vet looks pretty good!

If you are open to idea's:

I found that the Crux on his right shoulder gets lost in the white, You would almost have more luck going quite dark on the outer rim and then having the light gold in the centre, just to give some definition and distinction.

RSJake wrote:Vet looks great! I wish my stuff looked as nice. But then I would actually have to spend more time painting and less time converting, and then I would be sad.

Well, I'm trying to do my best with every and each miniature I put my brush on, but yes, everyone have it's own way in modeling hobby, e.g. my friend Storag being a great modeller dislikes painting heavily

RSJake wrote:Auto cannon guy looks amazing! You are really getting good at the shoulder pad symbol!

Thank you. I should finish this loooong-running project at last...

RSJake wrote:And the base name plate is a great idea! Consider that stolen!

Steal it away freely. I'm happy you like this idea
I sculpt name plates for every character I deem worthy of unique representation. Some of those you can see in my gallery

Knightley wrote:The Vet looks pretty good!

If you are open to idea's:

I found that the Crux on his right shoulder gets lost in the white, You would almost have more luck going quite dark on the outer rim and then having the light gold in the centre, just to give some definition and distinction.

Thanks. I always appreciate any critiques.
And yes, I really was a bit lazy with this crux and forgot to wash the outer rim and highlight the inner area of the cross. The miniature is covered with the matt varnish now, but i guess it's okey to paint over it?
I'm thinking about repainting the ribs of the crux with Boltgun metal, wash it with Badab Black and highlight with Silver, while leaving the rim and the scull shining gold.

ishkatar wrote:e.g. my friend Storag being a great modeller dislikes painting heavily

I bare no dislike for painting, I just don't find it fascinating enough to spend my time on it =/

storag wrote:I bare no dislike for painting, I just don't find it fascinating enough to spend my time on it =/

Isn't it some kind of disliking?

ishkatar wrote:

storag wrote:I bare no dislike for painting, I just don't find it fascinating enough to spend my time on it =/

Isn't is some kind of disliking?

No. It's called time-management.

Your models are absolutely amazing, I really love the mini gun. I know I am a bit late to the party, but have you considered looking at Zinge Industries, they do flexible ammo belts which would have saved you melting stuff.

That guy with the fist is definitely performing a shoryuken Ryu would approve

Love the fact you've taken BT's and made them into ravens, they are fantastic models

Mind if I borrow the concept?

storag wrote:No. It's called time-management.

Oh, really?

dantay_xv wrote:Your models are absolutely amazing, I really love the mini gun. I know I am a bit late to the party, but have you considered looking at Zinge Industries, they do flexible ammo belts which would have saved you melting stuff.

Thank you. I just ordered the belts from Zinge, but according to fact I live in Russia the shipment can never reach my destination
I'm pretty sure I can do such belts by myself as soon as I refresh my plasticard stock, but I hope the Zinge product will save my time.

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:That guy with the fist is definitely performing a shoryuken Ryu would approve

Love the fact you've taken BT's and made them into ravens, they are fantastic models

Mind if I borrow the concept?

I definitely should make a nameplate for him with the name Ryu on it
And thanks for comments. Sure, I don't mind.

Hello everyone and today I want to share something new with you

An idea I came up with about a month ago - quite a trivial one, probably, but I like it anyway and decided to start another project, based on this concept: a heavy Stormtroopers, fairly mobile, armoured and bearing a powerfull anti-personnel weapons. Some kind of a cheap replacement for Terminators
So, meet the Shock Squad:




A very early WIP... Yes, I'm doing things slooooow
Here's short version of fluff behind this guys: Shock squad are the main assault force, designed to supress the enemy with intensive storm of fire, mostly in a close quarters, like cities, catacombs or space hulks, thus they are armed with Heavy Bolters of a special pattern, utilizing the suspender-like mechanism wich allows bearers to advance slowly even while shooting their monstrous weapons. Something like activatable Slow and Purposeful special rule with 24" fire range, I guess.

That heavy gunner is just AMAZING.