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Thanks guys!
Been a few days :(
Sorry, but work got the better part of me...

Oh well, I continued on the Manticores by sanding them down

I usually let it run across a rasp first and then across a sheet of sandpaper.

Then I worked a bit on Sir Horaces dog.

The head looks huge, but remember the rest of the body will also receive another layer of muscles and skin (I really hope it will work out).

And I worked some more on Else

She received some details and some clean up




Some of you inquired about a casted copy of the two girls.
I really like the idea, and since they are 100% sculpted it would be legal too. I will start some experiments on mold and cast for the two. I will also try to make an additional head, probably with a kind of fedora

If it's not too frustrating for me, I will try to update you on the experiments
**If you have experience in molds and casting, feel free to contact me ;-) **
Cheers

Klaus

nice little update Klaus, and welcome to your digital home away from home! and im personaly likeing the dog so far.. remings me of the bulldog from the Mantic Games dwarves!

Loving the sculpts so far!
I'm a little unsure of how I feel about the dog but I know that you have it all undercontrol and that it will most likely turn out wonderful!

Keep up the great work!
Cheers,
~Silver

"good dog" ok that was cheesy^^

wouldn´t have thought you would use a drill to sand down something... thought these days everyone uses a dremel...well except me of course

and

do my lil eyes spy a grey plastic fist on else? but seeing her get casted... yeah... that would be nice... we need more females in that game...even if we have to pour them^^

You, sir, amaze me.....

Great work as ever; ad whilst you're casting the ladies, you might think about the dog too: look at the popularity of the only extant cyber mastiff!

Klaus, your Diorama "Buying Time" made the front page!!!

Ah, that's nice.
I was just adding a page to my blog with the projects I really managed to finish:
http://fischers-design-shop.blogspot.de/p/finished-projects-cmon.html
Actually not a bad list

BTW, Wazzoo here is a nice spider, mix of crab and spider (as found in my garden)


Unfortunaltely there's not much update wise from me, especially since I had to help my dad-in-law with a new floor,


and I have to keep this little side project under cover...but you know me, I have to spill


My experiments with casting are so far not so successfull, but I don't give up...
Cheers
Klaus

oh...don´t you hate those moents when you´ve run out of paper???....

and what is it with you and saying you are not good in casting??? i still remeber fondly your work on the kinderegg walker... and the treads of your zeus... ??? casting was taken place there big time!

Klaus, I love the fact that you are looking into casting!
I just want to give some hard-earned advice: The really thin parts of the coat will not cast well. But it's an easy fix, just smooth on some more gs in those areas and it will be fine!

I really reccomend doing 2-part molds, it's more work, and it takes a bit longer, but you get a better end result over the one-part-cut-apart method.

Also, I reccomend injecting the resin into the mold with a syringe.

And using talcum powder on the mold before you pour the resin.

Any questions you might have, I'll do my best.

I'm not the best caster, but I have very recently gone thought the pains of learning, so I might have some good insight, or at least know who to ask!

Klaus that little SM vs Grot pic just made me crack up .. and that spider is very cool looking, I've never seen one that looks like that

Klaus, not Santa wrote:

Fantastic. Caught with his Grot pants down....... LOL

Hey Klaus, just checking out this thread for the first time, so much incredible work going on here! Your scratchbuild skills are nothing short of amazing (not to mention the vision to build those things to begin with).

Subbed and I'll be around a lot more often!

Thanks guys
Aaaargh!
Sooooo many ideas, so little brain (storage) capacitiy - my head is about to explode

Well, as I wrote before, the WIP forum is having another contest, this summer,
The Summer Of Heroes Contest
and I planned to participate.

For this I went to secret mode and started a diorama with the working title "Can Opener".
The build is done, and I started painting....
but now I lost a bit of momentum and I struggled for the last few days, as another diorama idea crept up and is filling my head with ideas - I couldn't sleep last night because of thinking and planning, and milling the idea around - this time involving an APC.

So, to make a long story short:
Change of plans!
(again! - I really wonder how often I wrote this sentence in the blog)

It will (hopefully) be a duell diorama depicting a heavy Ork walker (the can) and a special IG hero character (the opener) figthing each other.
As hero I'll have Captain von Schneider from the Dencarian III. schwere Jäger Abteilung (heavy Hunter Det.). These guys are specialized on hunting and destroying the heavy Ork walker of the Stachelnschweinz clan.
For this task they are equipped with experimental body armor power suits and jump packs.

The first version of the experimental power armor really sucked


So I went back to the drawing board - literally.
I decided that I would sculpt the armor with PC and then came up with this sketch of the EREBOS XMI Experimental Body Armor.
(Erebos is the Greek god of darkness and shadow)


And after a lot of sclupting (see my blog: http://fischers-design-shop.blogspot.de/2012/07/captain-von-schneider-build_27.html)
I ended up with this:





So, what do you think so far?
I'll post some images of the "Cut'n'Crush" Dread build soon
Cheers
Klaus

what i think?... please do something about the eminent danger of letting your head burst... we can´t have with that! ... too much loss on the creativity resources...!!!

as for the Kan opener... i was even sold on the first try... but the second... cool! very cool...i am very interested to see what you build for his right hand... which will be the means to open up the kan as is?...


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just had a look at your blog... so a bolter? hmmm... i thought more of a powerweapon? tho i have to say that muzzleflash you sculpted looks very cool...

long time no see Klaus! and a great update! I love this sculpt, and cant waite to see this guy painted up!

Klaus, not Santa wrote:
And after a lot of sclupting I ended up with this:


So, what do you think so far?

I was kind of confused when you posted your preview version; now it all makes sense!

Great sculpting on this guy! All of the detailing (both the little cogs, the tubes, and the decorative panels) is superb! I love the experimental suit (especially the bulky legs)! He reminds me of the bomb squad technician without the helmet. Is that the look you're going for, the cloth covered suit?

I'm not quite sold on the backpack: it's still a bit too Marine-esque for my taste.

Viktor von Domm wrote:... so a bolter? hmmm... i thought more of a powerweapon?

I also was surprised by the bolter choice. I think I would prefer to see a flamer or, better yet, one of those cool CSM plasma pistols The powerweapon choice would require him to get a bit too close, imho, though it would be pretty awesome to open up a killakan with a PF and then destroy it's occupants with a powersword!

Always love seeing your projects! Keep up the great work, Klaus!
Rawson

actually i thougfht something along this:



really ripping the very fabric of the killa kan apart...

Wow! Great work Klaus and I hope that you're able to get some rest tonight. You need it so that the insperation can flow.

Hehe
Thanks guys,

well I'm going ahead of the actual build post and show you these two, where you can see Cpt von Schneider ripping a new convertible roof into the Ork walker "Cut'n'Crush"

The actual "closed" front


and the "better view" front:

Both are in the Dakka gallery, so you can zoom them.

In regards to the weapons choice, please remember he's still an Imp, though an Elite "tank hunter" unit - they usually conduct sneak attack from top and rear and place demo charges and other nasty surprises on the Ork behemoths - of course if the chance arises, the new power fists can be used to advantage

Holy CRAP Klaus! That is just AMAZING MAN! I especially love the tank getting stepped on!

Dave! I didn't event notice that...
Gak Klaus! ....

I don't know what to say.
It unfrakingbeleaveableness is gold.

Ok, Klaus....that thing is big, armed....and you are making a great work as usual!

I can only imagine the kind modeling visions that must torment you day and night. So many ideas, so much to do... you need to win the lottery.

Amazing work. I really enjoy your projects and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do next!

Without a doubt, amazed as usual. I really like the Walker but that experimental armour is way cool. Any chance it will see the inside of a silicon mold?

Thanks guys
BTW, I really like the wounded Imp crew member hiding behind the Russ wreck
@mxwllmdr - the current Cpt von Schneider won't - but I have the idea of making maybe a half-squad (3-4 men) in the ERBEROS armor. And if I do, then there is the chance of some mold and casting

Oh, anyone have the measurements of a SM Land Raider handy?
I think it is in the range of 60 x 166 milimeters, but am not sure, and also the with is not known...
Thanks guys!

Klaus, not Santa wrote:
Oh, anyone have the measurements of a SM Land Raider handy?
I think it is in the range of 60 x 166 milimeters, but am not sure, and also the with is not known...
Thanks guys!

99mm wide x 67mm tall x 175mm long.

What kind of appearance will the LR be making?

Rawson wrote:

Klaus, not Santa wrote:
Oh, anyone have the measurements of a SM Land Raider handy?
I think it is in the range of 60 x 166 milimeters, but am not sure, and also the with is not known...
Thanks guys!

99mm wide x 67mm tall x 175mm long.

What kind of appearance will the LR be making?

Thanks
No LR at all, but as mentioned, I'm thinking of an APC diorama and Dencarians build bigger, so it must be bigger than a Chimera, but I don't want to make anything as big as the HERC or ZEUS...so I will use the LR as a size guide and see what a bulky design I can come up with.
I hope something unique, yet maybe picking up some of the existing Dencarian lines, such as the HERC.
We'll see
Thanks again

Klaus why are you so darn awsome! that ork walker is great!

Klaus, not Santa wrote:
Thanks
No LR at all, but as mentioned, I'm thinking of an APC diorama and Dencarians build bigger, so it must be bigger than a Chimera, but I don't want to make anything as big as the HERC or ZEUS...so I will use the LR as a size guide and see what a bulky design I can come up with.
I hope something unique, yet maybe picking up some of the existing Dencarian lines, such as the HERC.
We'll see
Thanks again

No problem at all!

That makes more sense, both that it isn't going in your "Can Opener" diorama and that you'd be scratchbuilding something