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Those HirstArts molds may be a bit on the expensive side, but they are excellent quality and for me they were worth every dime - or cent.
I usually use "Stevalin" as plaster - cures rock hard, is very smooth, and captures all the details of the mold.
http://www.amazon.de/Glorex-4013340084506-Stewalin-Figurengiessmasse/dp/B0007ZL49O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1344326504&sr=8-3
Used it to build the Dragon diorama castlehouse, and the SoB diorama.

Im definatly not starting to build


@klaus, thanks for the vist and what to cast my molds with, I'll definatly be looking at all these suggestions to figure out which is best for what i can get

Dental Plaster is superb, but if you want a smaller than 50lb box, you can get "Permastone" at Michael's or Hobby Lobby pretty cheap, it's the same stuff. Easier to use than resin.

I've been finding that the apes that set up and play on my table are bit too rough for hydrocal and I'm not ready to try resin. Will check into the Permastone you mentioned.

thanks klaus for the hint... and i always thought when going shopping this stuff was for grandmas... hmmm...

Well guys, I'm up in Hollywood working for my sister all this week, meaning I cant update on my terrain piece yet, although I brought some guardsmen with me and if I have time to paint them at all this week you'll see a nice little update on sunday!

reading this one monday... pure pain... all that waiting time^^

its a good thing you have dave updating hourly to offset all the pain from posters like me

hehehe^^

So the LA battle bunker is having a Golden Daemon like competition in october, I'm going to try to enter as many categories as I can but.. up untill now all I've shown you was tabletop quality, so I want to start my first showpeice quality.. after much thinking and frequent trips to PDH's great thread here on dakka I decided im going to use the typical Nurgle Lord for the basis of my conversion.. here are the final 3 designs that I have to choose from (all done in GIMP), im currently leanning twords the Genestealer Cultist but I would love your opinions!

I like all three designs tbh. The Genestealer Cult is a good idea, BUT, they generally aren't fat, something to do with genetics or some such... The chaos Cultist is a good idea also, but due to his size, maybe he'd be better off as a nurgle cultist? and the inquisitorial one is where I'd put my money, but again there is a but, I have seen this model turned into an inquisitorial henchman too much.

Personally out the three I'd most like to see the Genestealer hybrid, but if you went that route I'd suggest doing one of the following.

Make his belly look like he has a gestating stealer inside it. give it an additional arm that is nore nid-esque. I was going to suggest some hybrid alien heads, but I cannot find the damned link for the life of me... I think it was for warsmith miniatures, but their site doesnt seem to load for me :/




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it was these:

thanks for the imput childe, I think if I made him I will put the aditional arm, I think that would look cool, and hybrid heads I'll have to take a look around for good ones.. the thing about making him Nurgle is.. I dont like Nurgle.. at all, but my problem with the =][= is like you said, its been done.. I think it would be IMPOSSIBLE for me to do one that dosent look like im copying PDH, because thats what I would probibly do

Yeah thats a problem when using mini's like that nurgle lord as the basis...

have you considered looking around at other miniatures from different companies as the basis of something? Like what I did to start Severin Thoth off for my =][= retinue.

The only reason why I hadent is because its a GW painting contest and I doubt they would accept those.. but I do plan on making a hole squad of GS cultist eventualy

hmmm interesting....


ok, new suggestion... why not make a Genestealer Magus from that nurgle character? He could have a gestating Patriarch in his stomach... or, you could use the newest Chaos sorceror as a thin Genestealer Magus?

new chaos sorceror??

Also... get rid of the double handed axe.. nearly everyone who has converted that model has kept the axe... try something different like one arm holding a staff/glaive, while the other has a hand clutching its belly or something.




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This is the one i mean RW:

^ I will redraw this.. I like it (belly clinching) I'll still contemplate what to do for the other hand

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^ I will redraw this.. I like it (belly clinching) I'll still contemplate what to do for the other hand

you could always have it holding a incense burner like this one:



making him look of religious authority, like the magus is almost.

Hmmm, your getting me into the non weapon mindset.. which I think I'll go for

I think if you go with genestealer magus it HAS to be of a non weapon nature... having said that, I have seen mini's with insence burners used as weapons lols (plague censure burners from the skaven for one lols)

also, all genestealer cultists are more robed than armoured as its not something they generally think about

so what is a Magnus anyway?

basically one of the second in commands after a genestealer patriarch, he's a strong psychic presence which helps build the signal for the hive fleets to approach.

oh ok.. so staff like thing in his other hand than

usually, but tbh it can be anything, they did used to have access to a lot of officer type weapons, so if you want it as something useful look at what a Primaris Psyker has access to and you'll have the idea...

I kinda like the idea of a insence burner as a force weapon lols...




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here's some images that may help you out:



right I am now off to bed as it is 5am lols... so if you need anything just inbox me dude!!

thanks childe, I'll do some redesigning and stuff, but atm I am off to quest in the world of D&D!

Break a leg Rogue

Nice idea's Rogue love the chaos renegade idea, plus I have not seen that one done, have to agree the Inquisitor version has been done to death so I would leave that one out although I do like the design of the face mask

The Genestealer idea is a new approach and I do like it, but as UAC has mentioned they usually are thinner build, however it still looks pretty dam cool so why not build it anyway

The Chaos sorcerer idea would work well for a base model, however why not build all of them

^ I do plan on entering as many of the categories as possible... maybie do a GSCultists for a 40k squad, which means that my single mini would have to be something bigger and more amazing, thanks for the imput LDD.. and Dave, with your luck.. I survived near death and killed a dragon so thanks

Those dam dragons get every where

What are the comps you are entering then

I still would like to see that Genestealer built mind, although the weapon needs to be altered IMHO but to what I have no idea


Good luck wit them all mate