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It looks awesome!

best P&M blog i have seen for a while

cant wait to see more

(and i could update you with 'british slang' if you want )

Boy, this does look pretty impressive. I always give up with things like that at the stage where I try to draw a sketch on a piece of paper, yours however will look awesome.

The marines are cool, too, btw.

That actually looks pretty good. Nice job.

Thank you Matrim. I think that I currently get by on my slang at the mo.
Skylifter: Me too... I always draw stuff and never follow through... Thank you very much
Imperial Monkey. Thanks a lot.

I did this coat on the same night as my last update. But I didn't work myself up to post it on here again.


Also, for my Band of Brothers competition thing. I've been working on my servitors for the month. I like the way that they've been done. I've actually put a lot more time in them than probably...my Chapter Master even. I'll be using plasticard for the servo arms, and I'll be trying to locate some bead to use as arm socket pieces. I'm using Catachan bitz (Super lucky I had those) and probably a lot of greenstuff and some plasticard. If you're wondering what the little round things are, I think they're plug in ports for the Techmarines. I am quite proud of these models...even though there isn't much done on them.





I'm also on the hunt for 2 female faces, that fit well with 40k. Preferably with a mono-tone, dumb-like look.

I'm on the hunt for some guitar wire...I might run down to the music shop tomorrow after lunch or something...

I acquired some guitar hero ($8 worth) and an array of plasticard 'microstrips' ($12 worth.)



And I got to work. I like what I've done so far, but its still not enough.

good start on the servitors

Thanks Wolfshadow.

I've done virtually nothing these past five days. I did just close the eBay case though. So it looks like $130 coming my way, for something I didn't have to ship? I think? I'm not sure of how that works, we'll see...

Just to show that I'm not completely brain dead, from Minecraft and staying up until 5 daily...
I worked on the Trogdread today. Took a LOT of work...much cutting/filing involved with the damn solid metal core of a body I chose.

I still require shoulder joints, shinguards, and some stuff to cover up gaps and stuff.


And a size comparison. The green pad and the camera battery are for base height.


Let me know what you think of what I've done to Marshmallow Dread.

Ugh, can't see the pics... will have to wait untill I get home.

LOL @ minecraft. We have a ton of people in my gaming clan that play. Not something that I've gotten into myself.

You playing the beta or the paid version?

Both the beta and the paid version? Haha.
I paid for it in Alpha, and so it cost me a quarter the price

“What was your first thought as you first laid eyes on The Glory?”

“My first thought? Hmm… Well I had seen my fair share of battleships, Emperors, Retributions, and one or two Apocalypses. I had been told that The Glory was a top of the line, unique, and massive new battleship. So when I saw the prow of The Glory, I wasn’t impressed. As my shuttle rounded the moon towards the shipyard, I first saw the massive ventral cannon, and torpedo tubes dotting the armored nose of the ship. I instantly knew that I was looking at a Retribution. I wasn’t overly impressed… As more of the ship came into view, I noticed major changes in the hull design… and the bristling weapons, the large rear hull. It was a massive work of art. I was awe inspired by the sheer mass of the ship that was larger than any mad made object I had ever seen. Even some of the hive cities I’ve laid eyes on had nothing on this colossus. I was baffled to say the least.”

“Mhmm, colossus…baffled… Alright, and how did you feel taking the role of captain of this ‘colossus’?”

“Well, I’d been captain of a small frigate and a cruiser previously, never anything over three kilometers long. Now all of a sudden I had been promoted to captain a ship that would take me hours to walk down the length of it. I was nervous, and unsure of how to handle the goliath. I was uncertain of why the admirals had chosen me to lead this castle into the void, but I wasn’t going to object. I was told that I would be responsible for nearly 10 million crew members, and even Solar Admiral Pike as well. Yeah, I was nervous. I would have been happy to take role of first officer.”

“Hmm…alright…and last one…what did you think of the firepower of The Glory?”

“The ability to not have to close in range with the enemy is the main key of The Glory. I can sit back and hit the enemy hard, and then disgorge nearly 200 attack craft at once, which is enough to wipe out nearly anything. The several lance cannons on my ship are great for long range, far enough where if the enemy comes close to hit me, they’ll already be severely crippled. Torpedos are expensive pieces of weaponry, I tend to use my energy weapons when I have the chance, and hardly ever use torpedoes, though they do make fantastic fireworks.”

“Okay, thank you for your time Captain Andrew McManus, your interview will surely be seen on every hive world in the Imperium. You are doing a fine job as captain, keeping Terra well protected."

Unpainted view of the finished Glory


The other day, my dad had told me "I borrowed some of your black Krylon spray." I didn't mind. Until today, I found out that by 'borrowing' he meant he used all of it. I was kinda sad. Hahaha. So I used the gray Krylon that I had bought for the underside of my Thunderbolts (which one sold this morning for $145 )

And I hand primed black. Never again will I have to do that...that was so horrible..


And the blued finish project. I purposely added a last layer of skull white with a hint of ice blue in it to make my ship slightly lighter than all the others. Its noticeable, but it doesn't ruin the painting.


And with the left over paint, I repainted all the other ships in the fleet. So now we're all up to date.


And my family has been working on making our own beer the past week. And today we bottled it, to let ferment/gain carbonation for another 7 days.


2.5 gallons worth of a honey wheat hefenweizen. I'm still underaged here in America, so I'm technically not allowed to drink

Those ships look so good. I love the color.

Oh Christ I miss the days me and my old man used to make our own beers, the smells and the flavours of the whole process are just so good, and the first tasting, oh, you're a lucky man.

On a painting note Glory is fething amazing, I've never that model before so I take it that its a scratch build.

Thank you BunnyGurl.

LEnnysmash: It is great, it should be nice and fizzy by tomorrow, so we'll probably drink it tomorrow night or Sunday, whenever we get the chance.
The BFG ship is a kit bash of a Battleship Retribution, Battlebarge, and two Space Marine Cruisers. And hull bitz of an Emperor Battleship too I guess. Thanks for the praise. Almost done!

So I've painted a handful of details on the Glory.


I have basecoated the prow of the ship with Dheneb Stone and some Bleach Bone-mix thing from my Deathwing. That'll get the proper highlights once I finish the gold.


And this is the engine bank. I'll attempt to do the glowy blue that is commonly seen on BFG ships. We'll see how it turns out...


Something I've come to realize...is that the spot where I hold the model while I paint, is starting to chip...which is leaving me with terrible silver spots... And also some of the tips on the hangars are too...So I glued the ship to the base....which I figured I'd paint before I glued the ship on. And after I glued...I remembered...Oh well.

I've got my arse into gear, and started working on the servitors. I just need to maybe add a couple more wires, and the eye lenses. They're pretty janky all together, but I think they'll do fine with the rest of my army!

Thats going to look very good.

Love that Battleship. Great work. I always love to see creative BFG stuff.

I managed to sell my Masterclass book to my LGS. But...the cheapo only gave me $25 store credit, so I decided to the hell with it, and bought a Venerable Dread and 12 more 30mm bases.

And... Tyrus arrived.
So I think the Trogdread actually looks like something now.

Hopefully I can get some painting done in a week... Hopefully the final 'progressful' stint will be soon.

And TerminatorinHell from the B&C said that I should repose him to look like hes stomping on something. I argued that I couldn't get a stomping pose out of him, with his chest like so. So I met him in the middle. I added a bit of detail, and glued him together. I just need a couple rivets and cabling and I think I can call him done.


And the servitors are done too I think. I can't stand guitar cable, so I won't be adding more of that, and I'll think about adding some rivets...maybe.


Now to paint... I have 7 days...which I also have an essay and two exams in...this may be close.

Looking good. Great idea for servitors.

brilliant work, but please post rules for your super raider

Thanks Manoknok
Tyrael, I've assembled mock rules for my Super Raider, and got a lot of heat for it. Here they are, but they haven't been edited in a few months.
http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.php?showtopic=162249&hl=exterminus

I've started painting for the B.O.B, and I at the slow rate I'm going....I'm going to be squeezing it for the 28th... The servitors are halfway done. The skin is supposed to look like it does, since they are half living mechanical beings. We'll see what kind of update I'll have tomorrow night.

I think a grey paint wash might benefit the servitor's skin just to pick out a few of the lines. I do like the tone you're going for though. The Servitors have always reminded me of the Borg tbh and I think the idea of pale dead flesh suits them much better than the traditional skin tones that I see most people painting them.

Loving the project blog, everything looks really nice. keep up the good work.

Thanks Lennysmash. I had actually used a blue wash before laying on another layer of dheneb stone. After a lot of input for the skin, I just mixed dheneb stone with some brown ink that I had. It made a nice rich skin tone that I put on the outer most areas of the skin. I didn't have any skin paints, so I had to improvise. Servitors remind me of the borg as well, or something along those lines, and I wanted to make them look as half dead as I could.
By the way, our beer turned out kind of bitter, we'll have better luck next time

Ravenwing, thanks ;D

Alright, so I had to rush these guys since I wanted to get finished with them so I could play with my new toys.


Heres the Dreadnought, yet to be named.




And the servitors. I added some brown around where the metal bits met the flesh, as I figure the flesh would be a bit worn.

shortsonfire79 wrote:By the way, our beer turned out kind of bitter, we'll have better luck next time

It happens but that's all part of the fun. We used to keep a beer log. I know it sounds a bit nerdy but it really helps 1) to spot any mistakes that may have happened and 2) if you do play around with your mixes it allows you to keep an exact record of how you made it so you can replicate it again and again if you like the results.

Back on models - great stuff as always, not entirely convinced the dread is in the right position though it may of course be the angle. He just seems a little too twisted at the waist. Naming wise what kind of sound are you going for Roman, Greek, Medieval Knight?

Thanks for that tip Lenny, I'll tell my family tomorrow and we'll see if we can remember what we did
Models: I'll try and get you another picture, hes supposed to look like hes striding forwards, with his flamer pointing front, and his drill arm going back, like a normal person. My chapter is a successor to the Imperial Fists, so I'm thinking something along the lines of a Medieval Knight?
So showing up on the last day of the BoB, my new toys have been really useful these past few hours. With the late arrival of my mail (4pm...) I was thrilled to find a box from Blick Studios!
In said box?

#2 extra firm Royal Sovereign Ltd UK Clay Shapers. (yeah, I don't know what half of that means) They're the smallest you can get, I believe, and made of firm rubber. When I ordered them, they were just listed at #2 Clay Shapers. So I got the ones I was hoping to get.
Only thing is...is that I think they may have been used. The flat chisel has some weird scored lines on it, on both sides, in a mirrored effect.

I'm almost certain that they're supposed to be smooth. So after playing with the shapers for a good hour or so, I gave customer service a call. The robotic lady said that they'll ship me a whole new set, free of charge!
So that made me pretty happy.
After using them for a bit, I think that they're quite nice, and very useful. Though I don't see them doing anything that I haven't done before with a regular clay tool..except that its all much more simple.
So I tested them out by looking at examples from Lamenter and his Master of the Forge website. And Doghouse. Both have great techniques, and I'm attempting to mix the two.
Starting small with some heads. I used Lamenter's MKV tutorial for these. And the two knight looking ones, I used Forgeworld's Librarian Loth's command squad as an example. This picture was taken while the Greenstuff was still soft.

I took the first marine that I had done, and started adding rivets, from a Brita water filter. But I screwed it up when I was drilling and tore up a bit of the greenstuff, AND made one of them in the wrong spot...

I plan on buying a couple hundred rivets from Grandt, a model railroading company, with advice from Lamenter. These seem much easier to use, as I don't need to drill a hole first in order to get them to actually look rivet-ish.


Thats all I'm sharing for now, as I have a couple other projects that I've started. I don't want to throw all my precious material at you!
Let me know what you think I'm pretty new to this sculpting thing, and if you have any tips and pointers, I'd be happy to hear them

Snap I picked up a pack of colour shapers on monday. Sorry to say though that #2 isn't the smallest you can get, they actually go down to size 0. But to honest with what i've seen of your skills that shouldn't be a problem.

As to sculpting youtube has some fantastic series on sculpting, in the end you best bet is just to pick up some armature wire and go crazy. Build and play is the only way to learn. If you can pick up a few sculpting mediums too. So you got your GS but pick up some other modelling clays too.

Haha, funny coincidence Lenny! How small are 0s in relation to...I dunno..a ruler I guess?
I've watched a handful of youtube vids, and I'll be going to go look for more shortly. I'll look into investing in some Super Sculpy, though I'm leaning more towards adding on to minis,rather than create my own. I'm not skilled enough for that .

Heres my latest project, also following Lamenter's techniques/tutorials. I'm really just playing around with some looks, and working on getting the feel of the tools, and how they work. Using Lamenter's pictures, I know what the model is actually supposed to look like.
This is an extended and bulked up chainsword arm. I cut the forearm in half, and added a 1mm piece of plasticard, and then greenstuffed the armor plate around it. After that dried, I added the wrist cuff. And then today, the elbow pad.

I like the way it looks, though it doesn't look all that much bigger. When I put it on my original True Scale man, the arm was quite stumpy...and when I put it on a normal man, it looked fat.


You sharp eyed hawks may notice that there is a lump in the forearm. I assume that thats A: Where I made the cut (which I'm sure it is) or B: an air bubble in my greenstuff, which has happened to me before. Several attempts at smoothing it at the beginning, 2 hours later, and 5 hours later didn't help at all. I attempted to sand it before adding the elbowpad, but it didn't help. It'll be fixed on the next arm

Some of you may remember my first couple attempts at sculpting tiny details for my Space Marine chapter...Funny right?


Well, now that I know how to use my tools properly, I've given it a second go. I think the outcome is MUCH nicer, though it still needs a lot of stuff to be cleaned up, notably the fingers. I am still quite pleased with myself.

Well, I was holding this back for a day or so, as hes not quite finished. But I'm eager to get some feedback on him. His arms and backpack are blue-tacked on, but the torso and legs are attached. I need to add some major details like tubes for his stomach and panel lines and such. I'm still using these few models for tests with my clay shapers, so I can get used to them and such. You'll notice some blemishes on the putty, and probably more than a few lumps here and there as well.
I'm looking into some brown stuff, as I could possibly get harder angles with it, though I'll have to do more experimenting with green stuff before I spend even more money.
After looking at a normal marine, I realize that his torso is MUCH too skinny around the waist, something that I'll have to look into in the second model. We'll see what you guys think and what I should be changing on him.



A picture with a normal marine. You can see that hes not actually that much bigger than him height-wise, but he is bulkier looking (considering the normal man doesn't have any arms)


And a picture with my first true scaled Marneus Calgar. You can see hes considerably smaller, but is much more well done. I'm sure I'll eventually get the hang of it.


After looking around some other true scales from times of old, I've noticed that things like panel lines and the like should be modeled with a wet knife while the putty is still soft, so unfortunately, I missed that with this guy. Next one though.
I'm also researching/testing some ways to make true scales without using terminator legs..because these things are damn expensive! If you have any ideas, please give me a shout out.


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Well, I was holding this back for a day or so, as hes not quite finished. But I'm eager to get some feedback on him. His arms and backpack are blue-tacked on, but the torso and legs are attached. I need to add some major details like tubes for his stomach and panel lines and such. I'm still using these few models for tests with my clay shapers, so I can get used to them and such. You'll notice some blemishes on the putty, and probably more than a few lumps here and there as well.
I'm looking into some brown stuff, as I could possibly get harder angles with it, though I'll have to do more experimenting with green stuff before I spend even more money.
After looking at a normal marine, I realize that his torso is MUCH too skinny around the waist, something that I'll have to look into in the second model. We'll see what you guys think and what I should be changing on him.



A picture with a normal marine. You can see that hes not actually that much bigger than him height-wise, but he is bulkier looking (considering the normal man doesn't have any arms)


And a picture with my first true scaled Marneus Calgar. You can see hes considerably smaller, but is much more well done. I'm sure I'll eventually get the hang of it.


After looking around some other true scales from times of old, I've noticed that things like panel lines and the like should be modeled with a wet knife while the putty is still soft, so unfortunately, I missed that with this guy. Next one though.
I'm also researching/testing some ways to make true scales without using terminator legs..because these things are damn expensive! If you have any ideas, please give me a shout out.

Can you say double post?

They look great. I actually think the slimmer waist looks good too, it adds to the illusion of height. I'd say get a smaller base though, you should pick up some 30mm ones I think they'd do the job nicely.

The only way of doing TS marines without Terminator legs is actually cutting through the shins and thighs and lengthening the legs that way. Also adding in the 'washer' around the waist and blending that into the torso.