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THAT is a lot of silicone. The molds made from foamboard and tape?

Really awesome and impressive sculpting as usual, Good luck molding them, I really hope they turnout well.

@ OneManNoodles: Thanks mate, and yes foamboard and tape, plus a small piece of MDF to base the master sculpt on.
I find foamboard works really well, It's sturdy, holds it shape and just peels of the silicone mold once your finished, then I can use it again.

A quick update: The silicone has now set, and this morning I removed all the molds from their foamboard casing.
Their now prepped and ready for the resin (when it arrives) .

Really pleased how they've all come out, especially the large tree stump.
Here's a pic of the finished one's, and the tree stump sculpt with it's mold.

I've finished casting the Resin pieces for my Wood Elves Terrain, just have a little bit bit more painting to do before their done,
which will hopefully be tomorrow.

I've also done a little more work on my 40K background Display Piece, by adding a ruined Courtyard and road. (pics below)

oh....I think there are so many uses for that large treetrunk...which looks bloody good I have to say...

Very nice HK. Liking them both.

I've finished painting both of the wood elves Terrain pieces, the large tree stump and the wood elf Guardian tree.

VERY nice indeed...... that Guardian Tree is brilliant!

Very nicely done. Looks wood-y.

Very nice, I love how its modular too .

This has come out really awesomely.

make sure to cast some extra root bowls, those on their own to sell.

Time for a new project, well newish, as this is something I've wanted to do since the latest Tyranid release.

What I'm planning to do is build my own Tyranid Haruspex (the one with the really big mouth)
using a Tyrannofex/Tervigon kit as the base, as well as some bits and pieces I salvaged from eBay, and probably large amounts of putty and green stuff.

I already have an idea in my head, but it may take me a while to work out how I'm going to use all the piece's,
which undoubtedly means lots of experimenting and dry fitting.

As soon as I have something worth showing I'll post it up here,
for now though here's what I have to work with, plus a pic of the standard Haruspex.

Looking forward to what you do, HK.

Let me know if there are any particular bits you need, got a load of bits, for these monsters.

Did this thing a while back...


Sorry for puttong my terrible rubbish here but thought it might give you an idea or two.

Nid'z now eh? Looking forward to seeing more.

@ Cam: Thank you, I might take you up on that offer at some point .
For now though I want to practice my sculpting, and build most of the Haruspex from scratch.

Haruspex Update:

So I've started working on the head first, as this will give me something to scale the rest of the body to.
I used one of the Tyrannofex/Tervigon heads to create the upper jaw, and its tail section has become the throat of the Haruspex.

Like the GW model I also want my creature to have Claws, but I want the claws to look as terrifying as the gaping maw on the Haruspex,
so apart from a few plastic pieces I'm gong to sculpt most of the claws from scratch,
the plastic card shapes you see below are the starting point.

I plan to spend the rest of the weekend working on this project,
so I'll hopefully have something more to show you soon .

That is a seriously big mouth.

Looks good.

Made a little more progress on the Haruspex this weekend, mainly just bulking out the shape of the claws,
and starting on the lower rib cage section of the torso.

As you can see from the scale pic below with the very worried looking Space Marine,
these claws are huge, and that's exactly what I wanted.
The back ground of the Haruspex details how it destroys everything in it's path, buildings, tanks, everything,
which it then crushes and consumes.

I think a creature like that needs to be a lot bigger and more imposing than the standard GW model,
hence the reason for the giant claws.

The body too will need to be scaled up, in order to give it the muscle weight and strength to move those hulking claws.
Plus it needs a stomach big enough to hold and digest all it consumes.

I've made a small start towards building the body, using the Tyrannofex/Tervigon rib sections.
I cut off the extra back detail and built a frame to widen the two half's, then built up layers of 1mm plastic card to form the base shape of the lower rib cage section,
which I'll sculpt the ribs too, this will then attach to the existing ribs and lead into the neck piece.

More coming soon

Well, that will be a mighty impressive set of claws

Now that is a set of claws for opening tanks and dreads up with.

Body widening looks good too.

Claws look awesome, looking forward to seeing more work done on that carapace.

Yes indeed. Good claws.

I can´t really comment in a helpful way as I have almost zip know how about bugs... but I will comment later on when more is seen about the general aesthetics...

Thank you everyone for the comments I appreciate it, and please keep them coming as it really does help the motivation

I've managed to get some sculpting done for the Haruspex this week, which includes the torso rib cage extension,
a bit more work on the head, and the beginnings of a lower leg section.

The rib cage sculpts not perfect I know, but for a first attempt I don't think it's too bad,
as I'm still working through different techniques at the moment, trying to find what works and what doesn't.

The head has been bulked out a little more, plus I added a few plates to the crest,
all of which is quite rough right now as nothings been sanded or polished yet.
I've also covered up the eyes, which is a design feature I want all my Nid's to have,
giving them a more animal/Insect feel, like their simply tools to be created and used by the Hive Mind,
rather than a race of individuals with their own thoughts and feelings.

Last but not least is some very early work on the leg section, which as you'll see from the comparison pic below is being scaled up
from the original Tyrannofex/Tervigon leg.
Once the sculpt is finished I'll be making a mold of it, I can then cast multiple versions and add extra detail where needed,
which should save me a lot of time.
Not sure yet If I should cast the legs in resin, or do a simple press mold using Milliput,
I think I'll have to experiment a bit, which is always fun .

If anyone has any questions, ideas or feedback please let me know,
and I'll hopefully have another update coming soon.

All looking brilliant, great sculpting skills.

Nice work, hk.

A simple shape like that leg, I'd probably go for a press mould. Unless you are planning many many copies. Or if you have some resin open that needs using.

That maw looks suitably gaping. Well done.

The jaw like that scares the stink out of me . I've been watching shows about huge snakes lately and let me tell you the idea of being swallowed whole is freightening. Great work on the claws as well.

Thanks guys .

@ Dr H: I am planning to get some more resin soon, and looking at the recent detail I've added to the leg
I think resin casting them will be the best way to replicate the detail.

@ Theophony: funny you should mention snakes, as I've been looking at lots of reference material of snakes and lizards to help get the jaw design and mouth musculature
right. So just for you, here's some of my reference pics .

Whoa, that snake maw is intense. The double rows of teeth look wicked. Great find, thanks for sharing.

And let me take this opportunity to say more generally: I freakin' love your work. Found your Dark Eldar take on the Eldar Titan in Dakka's gallery, and liked it so much I tracked you here. Can't wait to see more.

@ tinfoil: Thank you very much I appreciate that, and welcome to the madness .

No new update on the Haruspex conversion just yet, but I have been working on it and hope to have something to show you all soon.

In the meantime I thought I'd share my attempt at building two scenic bases, using some of the new shaped bricks I recently started casting.

I've made large angled, small angled and curved bricks, to go with the standard bricks I made a while back.
Check out the pic below for a little example of some of the shapes that can be made.

I haven't had a chance to build any large pieces of terrain with them yet, but I'm sure I will eventually .