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cormadepanda wrote:Its operation time. Nice reposing so far, good sword. Its interesting! keep up the lovely work dr.

Thanks Comrade. I will try.

Viktor von Domm wrote:love that leg surgery!... I will try that out eventually too!

Thanks Vik. It's not too difficult and I find it easier than rebuilding with putty.
And being all polystyrene it gives you a strong join.

And being all polystyrene it gives you a strong join

that is the selling detail

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

And being all polystyrene it gives you a strong join

that is the selling detail

Yeah. That's why I was using the small wedges before. This way is even better.

I'm just working on the knee now. The back of the thigh piece has been carved away (to allow the calf to fit) and has been glued to the lower leg.

The knee is done (pretty much).
The knee pad was glued onto the rest of the leg and the gaps were filled with mostly putty.

Next job is to sort out his buttock as I want the thigh to be roughly horizontal. You can imagine the amount of work this will take.

However, I'm off out tomorrow and will be back Saturday at some point, so this picture will have to do you until then.

I hate sorting buttockses

Love the legs, great work.

and shouldn't that be buttock-eye.

 dsteingass wrote:
I hate sorting buttockses

so you´re not a butt man then?... what a crying shame

and that leg looks very good posed.... I bet you will sort out all buttocks related issues without any probs...

I do love me a good buttocks!...... Gym pants.......mmmmmmm.......tight jeans........Mmmmmmm

and that's why I couldn't play or paint Eldar, too many opportunities to get male and female confused!

*sniggers*

dsteingass wrote:I hate sorting buttockses

I've usually got away with minimal bum work on previous models. Hopefully it's only the one cheek.

Thanks Cam.

Thanks Vik. It will get done it's just a matter of how many times I shake my fist at it during the work...

nerdfest09 wrote:I do love me a good buttocks!...... Gym pants.......mmmmmmm.......tight jeans........Mmmmmmm

I'm with you there NF.

too many opportunities to get male and female confused!

If you can't tell, then it's not a problem...

But yeah, it is a little weird when you realise that you are staring intently at a male bottom.
Luckily the torso is not attached, so I can pretend that it's a female bottom.

No progress to show yet, but I have news.
I'm going to be venturing into commission painting.
A friend has an ebay store and has been recently selling used GW models.
He asked me if I would paint up models for him, which should (hopefully) bring in more money.
It's only an informal thing really and we will see how it goes.
I will start up another blog to keep it separate from my own models here and to get feedback on my work there.
Wish me luck.

luck

but do announce the thread when it starts, eh?

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
luck

but do announce the thread when it starts, eh?

Thanks. Will do.

Good luck Dr. H, I Wil look forward to your enterprise. Then I'll be able to hob knob with other hobby royalty and say "I knew Dr. H before carving sprue into works of art was cool."

If your after nice model buttocks nerdfest, then you hour check out dream forge eisenkern troopers, especially the Ada model. Though Hans is rocking the badonkadonk as well .

Oh I like them..I just couldn't pick a favorite GL Doc!

Lovely, delicate work, H! It's great how you subtly make use of everything you have. I've just kept a tonne of sprue I would normally throw out because you've shown us what can be done when we are less wasteful. Good man! It reminds me of how I first started converting miniatures, making little alterations of the bits I had and keeping everything. Once I got on good terms with greenstuff I became immensely wasteful.

Thanks Theo. It's only painting really, there won't be much modification on those things or scratch-builds for now. But maybe one day...

Thanks Dave.

 Casey's Law wrote:
Lovely, delicate work, H! It's great how you subtly make use of everything you have. I've just kept a tonne of sprue I would normally throw out because you've shown us what can be done when we are less wasteful. Good man! It reminds me of how I first started converting miniatures, making little alterations of the bits I had and keeping everything. Once I got on good terms with greenstuff I became immensely wasteful.

Thanks Casey. It's good to know that I'm inspiring people to do more with the supplies at hand.
I also have tonnes of household recycling bits that "may be useful one day"... This really is modelling on a budget.

I have been gluing and painting the first squad for commission but they're not very exciting to look at, at the moment. But when they are, I'll fire up a blog and will share the link here.

I may do a little more on my guardian(s) later, once my back has had a rest...

I think there is a lot of discussion to be had about that, hooby on a budget and such. I have much to say about it so I'll add it to my list of things to write about in future.

I shant derail you any longer though. Looking forward to more.

 Casey's Law wrote:
I think there is a lot of discussion to be had about that, hooby on a budget and such. I have much to say about it so I'll add it to my list of things to write about in future.

I shant derail you any longer though. Looking forward to more.

After a couple of pages of Llama puns, for example, I don't think you should worry about derailing my thread.

So, I haven't finished the re-modelling of Guardian #10's backside, but I have attached all his pieces together...

I'm quite happy with the pose like this. But does anyone see any issues or anything you think should change? Does it look natural enough to you?

Haha, fair enough.

Lovely. It's a floaty, almost ethereal, pose but that's not a bad thing. It looks both natural and alien to me.

 Dr H wrote:

 Casey's Law wrote:
I think there is a lot of discussion to be had about that, hooby on a budget and such. I have much to say about it so I'll add it to my list of things to write about in future.

I shant derail you any longer though. Looking forward to more.

After a couple of pages of Llama puns, for example, I don't think you should worry about derailing my thread.

So, I haven't finished the re-modelling of Guardian #10's backside, but I have attached all his pieces together...

I'm quite happy with the pose like this. But does anyone see any issues or anything you think should change? Does it look natural enough to you?

His pose screams he just slipped on a banana peel to me. I think it is because the arms are so far out.

He looks absolutely brilliant.

Except.......LOL. Just kidding. Looking really great. I think I would have his sword maybe slightly less vertical. The position its in looks like he is about to swing, but he is shooting! Not sure. Like I say he looks brilliant. Way better than normal pose. and the legs look dynamic, and you have everything just right on the shoulders and head. It's just something with the arms. Maybe just a twist at the wrist!

I think there is something fishy about the swordwielding arm... I think you should tilt the swordhand a bit so that the tip is a bit lower and more laid back...

also... I am not sure if the buttocks would still be symmetrically like they are now? wouldn´t the one with the raised leg be looking either more bulged or ...well smaller? just a thought...

also the pose is highly dependant later on how you position the model to the base... atm I am thinking it loks as if the fella is jumping from a stone or something else...?

Lots of thoughts, thanks dudes.

Casey's Law wrote:Lovely. It's a floaty, almost ethereal, pose but that's not a bad thing. It looks both natural and alien to me.

Thanks. That all pretty much equates to an Eldar, so that's good.

cormadepanda wrote:His pose screams he just slipped on a banana peel to me. I think it is because the arms are so far out.

lol. See below.

Camkierhi wrote:He looks absolutely brilliant.

Except.......LOL. Just kidding. Looking really great. I think I would have his sword maybe slightly less vertical. The position its in looks like he is about to swing, but he is shooting! Not sure. Like I say he looks brilliant. Way better than normal pose. and the legs look dynamic, and you have everything just right on the shoulders and head. It's just something with the arms. Maybe just a twist at the wrist!

Thanks. That bit (in red) is exactly what I was going for. I wanted him to be charging into battle, shooting as he goes and ready to hit the first person who comes into range with the sword. Also see below.

Viktor von Domm wrote:I think there is something fishy about the swordwielding arm... I think you should tilt the swordhand a bit so that the tip is a bit lower and more laid back...

also... I am not sure if the buttocks would still be symmetrically like they are now? wouldn´t the one with the raised leg be looking either more bulged or ...well smaller? just a thought...

also the pose is highly dependant later on how you position the model to the base... atm I am thinking it loks as if the fella is jumping from a stone or something else...?

The buttocks can (and will) change once I've filled the gap. Good point, thanks.

So, the main issue is with the arm. I'm happy though that the legs are ok.

What I was going for, with the whole pose and that arm in particular, was a highly proficient martial artist type look. The kind of look you get in films like House of Flying Daggers or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (although I can't actually find any pictures to illustrate my point so maybe I'm imagining it).

I wanted him to look like he has perfect control of his posture and would hold the sword perfectly still even while charging over rough terrain and would then swing into battle with perfect grace when he gets there.

Does that make sense? or should I just change the arm anyway?

 Dr H wrote:
The buttocks can (and will) change once I've filled the gap.

No, no no no refrain....... refrainnnnnnnn I can't believe you wrote that and knew I read your blog!

 nerdfest09 wrote:

 Dr H wrote:
The buttocks can (and will) change once I've filled the gap.

No, no no no refrain....... refrainnnnnnnn I can't believe you wrote that and knew I read your blog!

I got this no worries.


Fill that gap smoothly Dr. He requires some repairs between the cheeks. That gap is what needs some putty in place. if you know putty between the legs.

I will see what you do to fix the pose.

Ha ha NF.

Thanks Comrade, that's probably just what NF needed...

I've done a little bit more on his bottom. The crevices have mostly been plugged and the excess carved away, just some more smoothing and shaping and I should have something to show tomorrow.

Running action poses! Dr.H is definitely getting a leg up on the competition!

Does that make sense? or should I just change the arm anyway?

perfect sense to me... while I didn't watch all these movies completely...(not my kind of movie...) I still know what you are about... and I think you are on the right track there!

in the end the paintjob will clarify everything...

Even though they are not carved entirely from sprue they are really shaping up to be awesome.

shasolenzabi wrote:Running action poses! Dr.H is definitely getting a leg up on the competition!

Thanks Shas.

Viktor von Domm wrote:

Does that make sense? or should I just change the arm anyway?

perfect sense to me... while I didn't watch all these movies completely...(not my kind of movie...) I still know what you are about... and I think you are on the right track there!

in the end the paintjob will clarify everything...

Cool.
Indeed, paint will hide any minor issues and highlight the important bits.

Galorn wrote:Even though they are not carved entirely from sprue they are really shaping up to be awesome.

Thanks Galorn. There is sprue involved though.

And on that note...
Here's Guardian #10's backside for you to goggle at.

I did carve away a little from his right cheek and tried to merge it into the thigh (as it would in that pose).
Also notice the "belt" that I had to re-sculpt above the leg.

Any small imperfections will become apparent once I come to paint him. There's probably a few more trinkets to add to him, I'll have to consult my plan. So I may move onto looking at #9 and bring him up to the same point, before painting.

Also nearing the final detailing of the first "commission" squad (just so you know that I have been busy), so there will be something to look at soon.