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 gobert wrote:

Viterbi wrote:Great work on this latest batch and Rein & Raus are by far my favorite explorers of the game. Love them just for that mini fridge, I had such a blast painting mine last year, such nice sculpts.

I know, that fridge and sack of food are great touches Viterbi. Their rules look pretty fun so they’ll probably be in my party when I finally explore the Blackstone Fortress!

I already used them several times in Kill Team and were having a blast with them. Raus has a 6" range blast mine that can be used only once, but may kill several enemies. It's suicidal, because he has to get real close, but it can turn a game.

And elves are looking good, the big base is great!

youwashock wrote:Yeah. I lament the delay for the Zoat. Maybe one day...

Good idea using those old bases as filler.

Finger crossed that this thing is brought under control and Zoat production resumes!

amazingturtles wrote:It looks like a nice and well organized set up! You do not want to see mine.

I like those old elves, and I'm looking forward to what you do with them

Cheers turtles, I can promise that it won’t last! Elves are all done, hopefully I haven’t disappointed.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Bolt throwers! Love them. One of the most iconic Oldhammer models, I think. Happy to see it get some modern love. Clever to bulk up using many old bases - that opens up a lot of scenery potential. Perhaps some colonnaded halls of stacked slotta bases!

Thanks Don Qui Hotep, it really is a classic model, hopefully you like what I’ve done with it. I’ll have to figure out whether I’ve got enough to built anything substantial, but it certainly worked well to build a little hill

Viterbi wrote:

 gobert wrote:

Viterbi wrote:Great work on this latest batch and Rein & Raus are by far my favorite explorers of the game. Love them just for that mini fridge, I had such a blast painting mine last year, such nice sculpts.

I know, that fridge and sack of food are great touches Viterbi. Their rules look pretty fun so they’ll probably be in my party when I finally explore the Blackstone Fortress!

I already used them several times in Kill Team and were having a blast with them. Raus has a 6" range blast mine that can be used only once, but may kill several enemies. It's suicidal, because he has to get real close, but it can turn a game.

And elves are looking good, the big base is great!

Ha! I love a good zany tactic like that!

Last night I got in a groove and finished up the Elf Archers and the Bolt Thrower. Most of the work was on their bases, then touch ups of feet and robes. The bolt thrower and the trim on the bows were gold. Whilst they looked ok, they didn’t really fit in very well with the overall colour scheme, so they got the silver paint and blue wash treatment. The red on them was looking much brighter than the Spearmen I did last year, so that got a touch up and flesh/red wash to tone them down a bit. After that I called them done;








And the Archers;



And the new additions in a firing line;

Plus a bonus pic of the Army so far;

The shelf is looking nicely filled now, with decently painted cohesive units. I’ll try to spray the last 2 unprimed BSF minis soon.

Thanks for looking

That's a sweet group pic. Brings back memories.

Agreed, a really fun project. Some real nice looking elves on the shelf.

youwashock wrote:That's a sweet group pic. Brings back memories.

Gotta love a good group shot I still remember my first ever game of Warhammer on the dining room table. My mate had a unit of something like 40 goblins that ran through my stupidly sized units of 10 Spearmen! My archers did next to nothing to help either

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Agreed, a really fun project. Some real nice looking elves on the shelf.

Cheers, I hope my kids recognise the elf on a shelf’s relatives and behave all year round... unlikely!

And now for something completely different, but equally old school. After I acquired the Elf half of the 4th Edition boxset from my above mentions friend, the next minis I got were the RTB9 Terminators. These guys were originally my brothers though, I’ve no idea what happened to mine! Getting my dad to drive us to Sheffield in the rain was totally worth it . Back then we had no clue on prepping the minis, so I spent most of this evening removing mould lines and vent ports. I then got them based up on their new 40mm bases;

Surprisingly they don’t look too tiny, but then again I don’t have their modern equivalents to compare them to! They’ll be based up similar to my Orks, because who else would they fight? Sadly the Librarian is missing an arm, I doubt I’ll find it as it probably fell of 20 years ago ! Not sure what I’ll do with him, I guess their arms are quite pricey! They’ll get primed soon and be ready to join the painting queue after my Blackstone Fortress trio of explorers.

Thanks for looking

The elves look great, old school warms my heart! Can't wait to see the termies, I'm sure you'll do them justice.

Seems to be quite a bit of old school going around at the moment Better do those Terminators proud!

Those High Elves will always have a great sense of nostalgia to them for me, that High Elf vs Goblin starter box was my first ever Warhammer boxed set and Eltharion was my first ever multi piece metal model. You have nailed the classic scheme.

Looking forward to the Terminators, that RTB9 box was one hell of a set back in the day and the cover art is iconic.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Those High Elves will always have a great sense of nostalgia to them for me, that High Elf vs Goblin starter box was my first ever Warhammer boxed set and Eltharion was my first ever multi piece metal model. You have nailed the classic scheme.

Looking forward to the Terminators, that RTB9 box was one hell of a set back in the day and the cover art is iconic.

Pretty similar timelines to me. Putting Stormwing together was pretty challenging as a teenager, the time I spent trying to get the wings to stay in place . I’ve been looking on stuff of legends at the RTB9 boxes, proper nostalgia trip! Seeing them on their new bases and ready for priming has got me pretty excited!

Arakasi wrote:Seems to be quite a bit of old school going around at the moment Better do those Terminators proud!

Yep, I guess it’s hard to buy new bits, so we may as well get lots of ancient stuff painted

MegaDave wrote:The elves look great, old school warms my heart! Can't wait to see the termies, I'm sure you'll do them justice.

Cheers Dave, the whole shelf is starting to look pretty good and full!

Despite teasing all of the Oldhammer, I got started on my last 3 BSF goodies. I’ve decided as they’re all Imperials that I’d tie their colours together, so they’ll all be getting some nice red. Janus and Espern will share the same blue too.

I’m not sure how Espern will look in the red and blue as most people seem to have stuck to the purple and gold of the GW style. I’m thinking gold and silver trim for the cloak and armour.

The terminators got a bit of love, I filled a few old banner pile holes. I also tried to press mould a replacement crux for the top armour plate, sadly I ended up ruining the mould as the green stuff stuck together. I used oil, but it still stuck to the mould. Any ideas where I might’ve gone wrong, or is it a taboo subject?

Anyway, thanks for looking and stay socially distant!

Absolutely love that Terminator set. Still have my own. Can't wait to see how they turn out.

Looking forward to seeing those termite taking shape. Proper old metal termies are just gorgeous iconic miniatures.


Anyway good luck on your termies and Good work on the hard tedious cleanup already.

Got to love those termies. Most of mine are still unpainted, although I did use some arms on the original Space Hulk plastic termies.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with them.

Lookit those guys! Wotta medley of loadouts they have. I still have my old metal Chaos Terminators on their 25 mm bases. They were so imposing at the time, now they're quite tame-looking.

My limited experience of press-molding is that the oilier the mold, the easier it will be to pull them apart. When modeling small details, I have sometimes allowed the putty to cure about 75% dry and then gently pried it off with an exacto-knife/sculpting tool blade. This does make the stamp curve some, but it's fairly easy to flatten it out on a prepared surface. I'll clear up any imperfections or blemishes with my sculpting tool. I've only tried making shields for my Seraphon, so I had a bit of leeway with the scaly details. I also like to remove the flash at this stage rather than use the exacto-knife after it cured, because that way I could smooth out the hard edges without having to use a file, with which I am clumsy.

I'm doing some press moulds now using my wife's bee balm. Worked a treat for the plastic I was moulding. I'll let you know how the green stuff replicas work out (or don't) this evening...


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Bee balm worked for me. 24hr cure for press mould and icons.

gobert,

Those old metal Terminators do bring back memories. I picked up the original box and a few more when they came out to replace the original Space Hulk Terminators that were ghastly.

Cheers,

CB

youwashock wrote:Absolutely love that Terminator set. Still have my own. Can't wait to see how they turn out.

Yeah, it’s a real classic, and really inspired me to take up the hobby in the first place.

theCrowe wrote:Looking forward to seeing those termite taking shape. Proper old metal termies are just gorgeous iconic miniatures.

Spoiler:

I too have a squad languishing in the lead pile. They used to be part of my old Space Wolves army. When I converted to Raven Guard I kept them and stripped them down always intending to add them to my Ravens but heavily armoured elites are about the least fluffy thing a Raven Guard force could use. So unsurprisingly they're still sitting primed but neglected after about 7 years. If this lockdown doesn't shift me to tackle them I should maybe we'll them on to someone who'll show them the love they deserve. I'm hoping your project might throw some inspiration my way but then if I went and painted them as a different chapter... Well that'd be starting something. Dare I even consider it?!

They really are icons of Warhammer, they’re getting so much love I’m going to have to get them ready sooner than I had planned!

Spoiler:

just do it!

Anyway good luck on your termies and Good work on the hard tedious cleanup already.

monkeytroll wrote:Got to love those termies. Most of mine are still unpainted, although I did use some arms on the original Space Hulk plastic termies.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with them.

Hi monkeytroll, they really are awesome! They’re getting so much hype and I’ve not even primed them yet, so hopefully I don’t get stage fright with them

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Lookit those guys! Wotta medley of loadouts they have. I still have my old metal Chaos Terminators on their 25 mm bases. They were so imposing at the time, now they're quite tame-looking.

My limited experience of press-molding is that the oilier the mold, the easier it will be to pull them apart. When modeling small details, I have sometimes allowed the putty to cure about 75% dry and then gently pried it off with an exacto-knife/sculpting tool blade. This does make the stamp curve some, but it's fairly easy to flatten it out on a prepared surface. I'll clear up any imperfections or blemishes with my sculpting tool. I've only tried making shields for my Seraphon, so I had a bit of leeway with the scaly details. I also like to remove the flash at this stage rather than use the exacto-knife after it cured, because that way I could smooth out the hard edges without having to use a file, with which I am clumsy.

I think that’s where I may have gone wrong, not letting the GS cure for long enough. It’s like it’s pulling apart as much as it’s sticking to the mould. Will maybe have another try, this time leaving it to cure over night?

Arakasi wrote:I'm doing some press moulds now using my wife's bee balm. Worked a treat for the plastic I was moulding. I'll let you know how the green stuff replicas work out (or don't) this evening...


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Bee balm worked for me. 24hr cure for press mould and icons.

Spoiler:

They came out a treat! I’ve been making a 2 part press for a missing arm, hopefully that comes out ok. Though I’ve just seen one on eBay for £4.99, so I might snap that up if it doesn’t! More oil and more time to cure me thinks!

Captain Brown wrote:gobert,

Those old metal Terminators do bring back memories. I picked up the original box and a few more when they came out to replace the original Space Hulk Terminators that were ghastly.

Cheers,

CB

I don’t blame you for replacing those original Space Hulk terminators and RTB9 was so good, I’d have loved to pick up a couple, but my pocket money would never stretch that far! I do have a squad of 2nd Edition assault terminators with lightning claws and thunder hammers though

Will try making a press mould again tonight and see if I can do a better job this time... don’t hold your breath though!

Yeah, once the mold was fully cured I think I pressed the shields around 6 or 7 PM and let them cure overnight, then removing them early the next afternoon. I was using more yellow putty in the mix that time, and haven't figured out what the best ratio is for the amount of time you let it cure. I only have a stick and a half left and I'm not sure when I'll be able to pick up more, so I don't quite have enough to burn on experiments!

My own press molding experience is fairly limited. Tried it years ago and found it to be tedious. Last month I caved and bought an Instant Mold clone off Amazon. The boil n' mold stuff. Have only used it once, but it did a fair job. No mold release, just left it overnight and popped the part out. I have not finished/fully cleaned the parts I made, but the detail was there. They did come out with a slight curve I will need to account for if I finish that project.

What a collection of old school models!

When I first got to Warhammer Fantasy, I bought two boxes of high elves: group of spearmen and that same bolt thrower.
Ended up selling them, as a 13 year old me decided that high elves were not my thing. I should have left the painted ones for nostalgia reasons.

Anyway, looking good!

The light setup looks great, better than mine I've noticed that ideally the lamps should be mounted to the opposite side of the table from where you're sitting (as you've done). Sadly, my table is so large it doesn't really allow that, so I have them mounted very close to me, which makes the space a bit cramped. Anyway, hope the new lights make painting even more fun for you, and thanks for the shoutout!

Now, not to forget about your minis! Great work on the BSF collection, you're nearing a complete set and everything's looking good! The High-Elfs are also nice and neat, although I'd like to see a bit of weathering/dust at the bottom of their robes/boots. This would ground them to their bases a bit more.

I like the look of the old Terminators. Wasn't aware that they were made in metal as well. I have the same design but in newer plastic, which were pretty boring static monopose affairs. The metal ones seem to have at least a bit more interesting poses.

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Yeah, once the mold was fully cured I think I pressed the shields around 6 or 7 PM and let them cure overnight, then removing them early the next afternoon. I was using more yellow putty in the mix that time, and haven't figured out what the best ratio is for the amount of time you let it cure. I only have a stick and a half left and I'm not sure when I'll be able to pick up more, so I don't quite have enough to burn on experiments!

Cheers for the tips Don Qui Hotep, I put them to practice and I’m pretty happy with the replacement arm I’ve made.

youwashock wrote:My own press molding experience is fairly limited. Tried it years ago and found it to be tedious. Last month I caved and bought an Instant Mold clone off Amazon. The boil n' mold stuff. Have only used it once, but it did a fair job. No mold release, just left it overnight and popped the part out. I have not finished/fully cleaned the parts I made, but the detail was there. They did come out with a slight curve I will need to account for if I finish that project.

The instant mold sounds interesting, I might have to see about some of that. The clean up was a bit of a pain for the arm I made, but it makes the Yorkshireman in me feel better than forming out £4.99 for a real one!

Ezki wrote:What a collection of old school models!

When I first got to Warhammer Fantasy, I bought two boxes of high elves: group of spearmen and that same bolt thrower.
Ended up selling them, as a 13 year old me decided that high elves were not my thing. I should have left the painted ones for nostalgia reasons.

Anyway, looking good!

Shame you sold your elves Ezki, you’d be able to smash them out of the park now!

mcmattila wrote:The light setup looks great, better than mine I've noticed that ideally the lamps should be mounted to the opposite side of the table from where you're sitting (as you've done). Sadly, my table is so large it doesn't really allow that, so I have them mounted very close to me, which makes the space a bit cramped. Anyway, hope the new lights make painting even more fun for you, and thanks for the shoutout!

Now, not to forget about your minis! Great work on the BSF collection, you're nearing a complete set and everything's looking good! The High-Elfs are also nice and neat, although I'd like to see a bit of weathering/dust at the bottom of their robes/boots. This would ground them to their bases a bit more.

I like the look of the old Terminators. Wasn't aware that they were made in metal as well. I have the same design but in newer plastic, which were pretty boring static monopose affairs. The metal ones seem to have at least a bit more interesting poses.

I’ve actually had to move one of the lamps to the opposite side as it would barely reach far enough. I found it hard to see all of the details, now it’s a bit cramped on my left hand side, but I can see! The biggest difference is the colour of the light, makes the strain in the eyes much less.

I toyed with the idea of dirtying their boots and gowns, but figured they’re so light footed they’d rise above the dirt. I think they reused the terminator moulds for quite a few years.

No painting for this update, but a fair bit more prep on the Terminators. I followed a few tips on the press moulding and gave my replacement arm a go last night. I left it to cure a whole 24hrs and prised the moulds apart. Most of the detail came out pretty well, but I used too much GS so I didn’t get a tight seal. The shoulder pad came out ok, but the storm bolter ended up a bit fat and the inside of the arm was a bit misaligned. A can hide the arm by lowering the weapon but I decided to rebuild the barrels. They came out pretty well for a first attempt at GS sculpting. It’s fiddly as hell when all you’ve got is a knife!

Once the clean up of the arm was out of the way I got to drilling barrels, and went a bit insane... I drilled all six barrels of the Assault Cannon!

Amazingly, it came out pretty well, only the top one looks slightly off centre. I then grabbed my BSF Explorers and did their barrels, I’ll try got get the barrels painted tomorrow... it should take long . Surprisingly the storm hooters were tricky to get right as they had raised barrels. The metal being harder than plastic meant the bit was prone to slipping. I think I got most of them done reasonably well though. We’ll see when they’re painted. Here’s the gang of minis I worked on tonight;

Thanks for looking

Dude that is dedication to drill out the assault cannon barrels on a metal mini! Looks good though, I'm sure it'll be worth the effort in the end!

Always happy to see drilled barrels

Storm hooters? Not your usual Terminator loadout. Top modeling with the assault cannon.

Drilling those barrels on the assault cannon is great! For now I'm content with using a black dot for barrels, but drilled looks much nicer.

Ha, i can barely get myself to drill a single large barrel much less something like that! It looks great though, i think that the effort was worth it!

Man, I might give you a call when I need some barrels drilled. I can barely get mine on-center. XD

Looks like your mold came out great! I see the green arm in that last group shot, it looks ace. I feel like a lot of people have taken this opportunity to experiment with all sorts of different techniques, and in this case it came out swimmingly.

MegaDave wrote:Dude that is dedication to drill out the assault cannon barrels on a metal mini! Looks good though, I'm sure it'll be worth the effort in the end!

Well, I was doing the storm bolters (auto correct nearly got me again!) and though feth it, I’ll give the Assault Cannon a go. Fingers crossed I do the paint job well!

Arakasi wrote:Always happy to see drilled barrels

You can’t beat it, when I got back in to the hobby it was the first thing I wanted to try, and it’s totally worth the hassle!

youwashock wrote:Storm hooters? Not your usual Terminator loadout. Top modeling with the assault cannon.

Ha! Yeah, I saw your comment and was going to change the auto correct error, but it’s funny so I left it!

Viterbi wrote:Drilling those barrels on the assault cannon is great! For now I'm content with using a black dot for barrels, but drilled looks much nicer.

Give it a go, it’s well worth the effort. You don’t even need a pin vice, a 1mm bit works too. I’ve seen people use their knife, but it’s too scary for my liking!

amazingturtles wrote:Ha, i can barely get myself to drill a single large barrel much less something like that! It looks great though, i think that the effort was worth it!

Totally worth it! Nerve wracking on the last one at the top, which I think is slightly off centre. That’s the firing position on a minigun iirc, so we’ll call it barrel deformation on firing...

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Man, I might give you a call when I need some barrels drilled. I can barely get mine on-center. XD

Looks like your mold came out great! I see the green arm in that last group shot, it looks ace. I feel like a lot of people have taken this opportunity to experiment with all sorts of different techniques, and in this case it came out swimmingly.

Good though it is, I wouldn’t want to mess up anyone else’s minis! The arm came out well enough, I’m still not convinced I’ve got this moulding down though. We’ll see how the next bits come out

Not much terminator progress to show. I’ve set a crimson fists icon to be moulded to their shoulder pads and a terminator cross. The latter is tiny, so I expect it lol just stick to the mould. The former seems to have worked on 1 marine, we’ll see how no2 goes tomorrow.

I made decent progress on my last 3 Explorers. I’m taking my time over these 3 and so far it seems to be paying off. Continuing the theme of stealing/borrow ideas from mcmatilla I tried to follow his red robes recipe. It’s come out ok on Pious, a bit meh on Janus but I’m really liking it on Espern. I also did the blues on Janus and Espern;

I’ll probably go dark now with Pious, but go bright with Janus and Espern, mostly golds and silvers for them. Dark gun metal for Pious, but I want to spend more time on the flames. I’ll be trying to follow Darren Lathams recipe for that if I can.

Thanks for looking!

gobert,

Drilling barrels in important.

Says the man who never drilled his 300+ Lasguns.

Cheers,

CB

 Captain Brown wrote:
gobert,

Drilling barrels in important.

Says the man who never drilled his 300+ Lasguns.

Cheers,

CB

But lasguns don't have an open ended barrel, at least I always imagined they had more of a lens thing going on at the end. I never drilled a lasgun in my life either. Done a few bolters though. I'll never look at my old termie assault cannon the same again now. I'll have to drill it or I'll not be able to look that little guy in the eye.