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Thanks, I'm pretty jazzed about running them. I've got to get moving though because I have a game in a few weeks and I'd like to have them table-ready.

Your greenstuff and plasticard skillz are awesome, how do you go about planning a scratchbuild? You seem to get very accurate replicas of vehicles e.g. your drop pod

@John:
Most of what I build is based on plans from the internet. Most of the plans are scaled correctly, but when I free-build it's sometimes too big (my trukks for example); my Dakkajets are skinny, but roughly the same size as a GW Dakkajet. I draw some of the plans myself, but most are from papermodeling sites like (http://vk.com/album-28784290_147338158) and (http://www.papercraftsquare.com/topics/warhammer-40k-free-paper-models-collection-topic) and (http://zealot.com/threads/armormans-warhammer-40k-models-thread.170912/). The Stormwolf was a combination of a Ceatus (which I had papercraft plans for and the GW design, which I had pictures of).

I just use plasticcard instead of paper.

 mars2024 wrote:
@John:
Most of what I build is based on plans from the internet. Most of the plans are scaled correctly, but when I free-build it's sometimes too big (my trukks for example); my Dakkajets are skinny, but roughly the same size as a GW Dakkajet. I draw some of the plans myself, but most are from papermodeling sites like (http://vk.com/album-28784290_147338158) and (http://www.papercraftsquare.com/topics/warhammer-40k-free-paper-models-collection-topic) and (http://zealot.com/threads/armormans-warhammer-40k-models-thread.170912/). The Stormwolf was a combination of a Ceatus (which I had papercraft plans for and the GW design, which I had pictures of).

I just use plasticcard instead of paper.

Imagine if you could print on plasticard...

Yeah, I've tried to get the signshop that I get plastic from to throw sheets on their flatbed, but that's not free. I've also tried to get them to CNC it for me, but... that's even worse. I could print onto sticky paper, I suppose, but that's not really good either.

It works out ok, as is, I guess.

I mean, It's obviously working!

Thanks for the links Mars! I'll check them out, if I get even close to your results I'll be more than happy!

Awesome! I can't wait to see what you put together. The plans work out pretty well. The Land Raider was only a little too big and the rhino was really close. They're a good place to start anyway.


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@John: Where'd you get that wolf head helmet on your Skyclaw (with the fantastic smoke)?

I got a little more work done on the Skyrunner Farseers. I have a game this weekend so I'm trying to get them done in time for that. Don't know how far along the warlocks will be though.

RE: the game -

The Culexus assassin (in a droppod) is absolute murder on the Seer Council formation. These poor bastards died a sudden, horrible death.

So I've got to get going again (trying to have all my Space Wolf stuff done by Thanksgiving)! I've taken the last couple of weeks to play some games 40k and computer. I did some work last night and I think I'm ready to get back into it. First off, I wasn't really happy with how steampunky the Dreadnought Droppod I was working on was turning out. So I cut off all the rivets on the outside of the door and have been trying to figure out how to get them smaller. I got a 1mm punch, but that's not working (I can't get them out very easily), and then I thought I'd just cut bits of wire, but I'm not sure about that either. Then I just thought I'd drill out some divits to make room for the wire, but maybe I'll leave it as is. Anyway, here's what they look like at the moment:




So this is progress on my objective to finish the SW stuff. However, the current LoER (League of Extraordinary Riveters) contest has me looking at an idea I had a while ago. I have a couple of 12" wooden manikins. I was thinking that I could pose it, lock the pose in with some greenstuff or something, and sculpt armor out of sculpy. So here's kind of what I'm thinking for the pose and composition:



The manikin I'm using looks like this (all painted up from a stop-motion animated thing I did back in school):


Finally, I got distracted with another project I've been wanting to do (of course). This one is for X-Wing again and is a huge ship for the Scum faction (or Rebels as a Med Transport proxy). I only started it last night so I'm not too far, but I feel like I made decent progress.
Here's what I used to get started:


And here's where I am with the build:



So Progress?

Nice job on the ship's shapes (ship-shape, geddit?)

Good idea on using the wooden person-thing.

Something you could do with the rivet holes is pop a little ball of GS into the hole. Not to fill it, but to look like a recessed rivet. Could also do the same with cut-rod rivets. Say, about 50% smaller than the hole diameter.

Lots of coolness!

I tired some wire (pretty close to 1mm) to see if that would work. It's tough to get them lined up the right way, but I think they'll look ok. It's pretty tedious as well. It will make getting all the Space Wolf stuff done a little slower.

Here are some (not great) shots of the doors with the wire:

Yeah, fitting a dot in a circle can really show up if it's not central.

Difficult to tell how well you've done from those photos though.

If you are still experimenting, try having the rivet flush to the surface (so you are only left with a recessed ring), that can look nice... but doesn't help with the ease of placing them

Sorry late to the party as usual...

Not sure if its too late, but..


I did this with a Nail punch heated up and pressed into the surface and then trim off the excess with a scalpel. I have since perfected it by altering a soldering iron, making a divet in the tip, this way I can literally do hundreds of rivets in minutes.

Maybe cover your existing holes with a thin plate and put a recessed rivet in as per my method.

Or fill the holes with greenstuff and while its still "wet" press a nail punch into it, give the same effect but without the heat.

All looking amazing by the way, love it. Wolfy stuff is looking great, always had a soft spot for them, one day maybe.

Man, seeing peoples amazing scratch build projects always just blows my mind is

Great work dude. Keep it up.

EDC

I'll definitely try that Cam! I'll have to fill a few holes first though and figure out how to clear my 1mm punch - I think that one would work best.

I have another problem, however. I went to a Star Wars event at a nearby Children's Museum with my kids a few weeks ago. My oldest daughter has a decent Aayla Secura costume that a friend helped me with, and my son went as an ewok (we did a little hood to match with a bear costume we had in the basement. My middle daughter went as Leia with a store-bought costume and was a little disappointed that I hadn't helped her do a more involved costume. We talked about it and, while she's not as big of a Star Wars fan as her sister, she likes Sabine from SW Rebels. Soooo, I decided to figure out a way to get her something that we could work into a costume. I looked at Boba Fett helmets on Ebay and then I remembered all the papercraft and pepakura sites I use for 40k. After a little looking I found the patterns for Bo Katan and... well, here you go:





I got it put together last night (from printed sheet to this, mind you. I was super excited). Today, I'm going to talk with some guys I work with to see if I can hole up in a corner of their workshop and get to the resin step, hopefully tonight. I expect things to slow down with the resin and bondo, but I'm hoping to have it ready for paint in 3 weeks. This is the first time I've done anything pepakura so I really have no idea if that's reasonable or not - especially given my record of distraction. At the moment though, I feel like a person possessed. I certainly don't want to be here at work, chained to my desk.

Can you make a second please? I want!

We'll see how this one goes.

Good Call Cam! I think that's a great solution. I haven't filled and patched the Droppod yet, but I wanted to see how it looked so I did some of the Whirlwind turrets and the Stormwolf (which I had realized that I hadn't shown any progress on for a while). Very pleased.

Here's the Whirlwind. I've got a good idea (I think) to finish them off as well, but I'll need to cast bits for that. Next week.


Stormwolf


I also got fiberglass done on the helmet, but I've got to cut and trim a little. It doesn't really look much different than what I've already posted, but it's pretty hard and sturdy enough (I think). I'll maybe start bondo-ing in the morning and post pics again once that process is underway.

Wahoo!

Got the first layer of Bondo on!





More Bondo tonight (and tomorrow and probably Thursday)

I love it!

I've not been terribly productive lately, but I did get some work done on this Action V and thought I'd share. I think I'm going to start detailing it this week.

Nice work bud.

Action V is looking very nice there. Good job.

A quick update:





Now for detailing and finishing, I guess.