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that's a clever way to do the backpack! I say go for it, so long as the shoulderpad's got plenty of cabling and stuff to connect it to the rest of the armor.

Agree that the use of that shoulder pad is innovative.

Nice progress.

EDC

Yeah, the wonky backpack sells the idea that he's "transforming" from the inside.

Kepora wrote:that's a clever way to do the backpack! I say go for it, so long as the shoulderpad's got plenty of cabling and stuff to connect it to the rest of the armor.

Thanks Kepora - cales are the plan

evildrcheese wrote:Agree that the use of that shoulder pad is innovative.

Nice progress.

EDC

Thanks EDC!

Dr H wrote:Yeah, the wonky backpack sells the idea that he's "transforming" from the inside.

Thanks Dr H!


So a week ago I received a model in the mail that I ordered from a European based company over a year ago!

Not that it took them that long to deliver it - rather, I used my old USA address a week after moving back to Australia when I ordered the model, so it has been chasing me around the globe for a year and a day!

Not to keep you all in suspense... it is the old Confrontation Wolfen Prowler model, and has sidetracked me for a little away from Inqu][sitor...
Rest assured, I will be returning soon to the Ordo Xenos femme fatales and the Rogue Trader Captain and her crew

For the moment, you can (if you wish) watch my as-usual slow progress on the Prowler on my blog the dying ground here:

Old School

and:

Let's Build a Rifle...

Thanks all!

As usual astounding a working rifle mechanism I can't work out if you are a genius or just completely bonkers

Either way call me impressed that is truly amazing work, bolt action no wait working bolt action at this scale uncomprehendable

What ever your making is inspiring so don't worry about a loss of interest as that would be damn near impossible, I have a couple of questions concerning your latest venture if you don't mind.

1 what wood did you use for the rifle stock

2 what do use as a lathe and what tools

Sorry but always interested in people's techniques and how they produce things

Ha. OTT is all good when it comes to modelling. Always tempting to keep going with detailing.

Nice work.

Your gearpunk is exemplary! I salute you!

That is awesome news, can't wait to see what you plan to do with that!

Thank you all for looking off-site and commenting here!
No update yet as I am currently deployed, be on holidays in a week or so.

lone dirty dog wrote:As usual astounding a working rifle mechanism I can't work out if you are a genius or just completely bonkers

Either way call me impressed that is truly amazing work, bolt action no wait working bolt action at this scale uncomprehendable

What ever your making is inspiring so don't worry about a loss of interest as that would be damn near impossible, I have a couple of questions concerning your latest venture if you don't mind.

1 what wood did you use for the rifle stock

2 what do use as a lathe and what tools

Sorry but always interested in people's techniques and how they produce things

Thanks LDD!
- I never mind questions, always keen to share!
- The wood is from strip of pine .5cm x 1 cm x 1m - it is quiet soft but is tougher than balsa - to keep it from splitting I soak it in thin superglue after each sanding/drilling/carving bout - just make sure you let the superglue dry completely before sanding again
- I use my NotaDremel (can't remember the proper brand name right now) - clamp the NotaDremel to the bench, insert the tubing as if it was a drill bit, then carefully apply pressure with files - warning: this technique does destroy files pretty quickly

Dr H wrote:Ha. OTT is all good when it comes to modelling. Always tempting to keep going with detailing.

Nice work.

Thanks Dr H!

kestral wrote:Your gearpunk is exemplary! I salute you!

Thanks kestral!

inmygravenimage wrote:That is awesome news, can't wait to see what you plan to do with that!

Thanks inmygraveninage!

Back again with more work on the Prowler's sexy steampunk gun at Continuing the Rifle Build...

So here's Gutrot on the table again:


Cutting out some plates to bulk the bolter up into a weapon worthy of this Champion of Nurgle:


And in place:




And meanwhile, over on The Dying Ground:

Forwards - And Backwards...

and:

The Prowler's Rifle is Done!

Thanks for looking!

I like the plating on that bolters. Steady progress.

The bulked up bolter looks much better.

The rifle is amazing. Actually blows my mind that you made that.

EDC

The bulking of the Bolter has worked out well, was not sure how it would look but very fitting

The rifle though is splendid very creative and executed perfectly, can't wait to see that painted.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:I like the plating on that bolters. Steady progress.

Thanks Warboss!
- Slow and steady should probably be my life's story...

evildrcheese wrote:The bulked up bolter looks much better.

The rifle is amazing. Actually blows my mind that you made that.

EDC

Thanks EDC!
- I sometimes wonder why I put myself through these builds... and then they turn out looking so cool!

lone dirty dog wrote:The bulking of the Bolter has worked out well, was not sure how it would look but very fitting

The rifle though is splendid very creative and executed perfectly, can't wait to see that painted.

Thanks LDD!
- I have based and primed the Prowler today, but a few other things got me a little side-tracked...


For example - a new sword blade for the Rogue Trader Captain started life as a paper-clip and some brass tube:


Bit of work with a hammer and we have this blank:


And a lot of filing and sanding later we get this:


For those of you who have been paying attention, the intention with the Captain now is to return to the left-arm behind the back duelling pose, and to balance the model with that big feather hat and some bits and bobs on the left hip - because after making that sword how can I not show it off???

Moving on...

So when I said 'side-tracked' I meant it - I have absolutely no need to build anything new because I have so many half-finished and finished builds to work on, but when the muse strikes...

Found this old metal Vostroyan sniper lying around - did some chop chop on him (he lost his head!), added few AdMech bits to make a backpack, and then for no other reason than I wanted to see if I could make a bolt-action in 28mm scale he ended up with this mod to his gun:






And here's a scale comparison to the Prowler rifle:


And then - back to Gutrot...
Sprayed primer on those hard-to-get-to parts and what the Hell, glued him together and then went all the way and slapped the modified power-unit and cables onto him:


You get a better appreciation of the bulked out bolter now he's a whole body, not just a tentacled skeleton:


He needs a bit of green-stuff clean-up to smooth out the gaps in the skin created by my tampering with knife and file.

Holidays are great for hobby time yay!!!

Thanks for looking!

Really inspirational.

So did you just hammer one end of the paperclip to make the rectangular flat edge and then cut around the sword shape?

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Really inspirational.

So did you just hammer one end of the paperclip to make the rectangular flat edge and then cut around the sword shape?

EDC

Thanks EDC!

In this instance, because I needed more base material than a flattened paperclip can provide, the paperclip was soldered into the brass tube to form the hilt, then the brass tube got hammered flat, and then I used wire cutters to get the basic shape, and then lots of filing and swearing and ore filing to get the blade shaped.

I might get around to making a vid tutorial one day, if there was enough interest?

That sniper's gun as absofething amazing!

 LeCacty wrote:
That sniper's gun as absofething amazing!

Thanks LeCacty!

Did some minor detailing work on the crewman's bolt-action...

Brass tube marked for cutting and filing:


Filed and cut a groove to fit over the barrel assembly:


More filing, shaping, swearing and we end up with this:


Which looks like this on the weapon:


Thanks for looking!

How.

 LeCacty wrote:
How.

Patience, cutters and files, and a lot of swearing...

And blood, I presume!

 LeCacty wrote:
And blood, I presume!

Yes - and often!


After a frustrating morning trying to build a microscopic scope for the Vostroyan sniper dude, I eventually decided the gun looked better without it...
So he gained a head, and that was it for him today:


Gutrot's bolter got some hefty rivets:




And the Rogue Trader captain finally has her new blade in hand (note: the arm is yet to receive either a sleeve or armour, not sure yet...)




There were many other goings on in the man-cave today, though nothing yet worth photographing.

Thanks for looking!

Amazing metal work, and the other two keep on looking great too, thanks for sharing.

 KernelTerror wrote:
Amazing metal work, and the other two keep on looking great too, thanks for sharing.

Thanks!

Need a decent block of time to do a couple of minor but important (and therefore exacting) GS sculpting jobs on three different models - the Samurai's sleeves, the Rogue Trader Captain's sleeve, and the new crew sniper's backpack and hood. Unfortunately, I'm only getting little half hour periods here and there at the moment, so instead of finishing something... you guessed it: a new character for the femme fatales of Inquisitor Kallatar's Ordo Xenos retinue, the Assassin!

Had some Witch Elf bits just lying around...
Notice the two left legs?
The correct leg for this body is the one with the studded rim on her thigh boot, but of course I wnat the armoured knee... mainly because I don't get why you would armour one leg and not the other (let's not look to closely at this logic when applied to bare abs, armoured bras and g-strings, ok?)


But the leg with armoured knee has a different key-shape and the butt doesn't quite fit:


So I hacked off the un-armoured leg at the thigh, glued it to the body, drilled and pinned it, and then hacked the thigh off the armoured leg to get to this stage:
(Also lost the tabard too - 'No capes darling - no capes!')


Following so far?
Glued it all together to get this:



Took the standard right arm for this body (ho hum boring...):


Added an Admech Ruststalker arm and ended up with the arm on the right - and the 3 possible weapon loadouts for her:


Though after looking at all Admech weapons turning up in other people's conversions, I'm thinking she needs a custom-blade job... so next up, it'll be out with the hammer and anvil again, to make a bespoke blade for her!

Thanks for looking!

I love the small tweaks you make to give a 40k feel, like what you've done with the fantasty gun on the Rogue Trader Captain, just brilliant.

EDC

Damn that is a great combo of parts makes me want to return to my idea of making space pirates.

It all was perfectly normal them BOOM! Badass cyberpunk!
Looks like this one will be epic as always!

evildrcheese wrote:I love the small tweaks you make to give a 40k feel, like what you've done with the fantasty gun on the Rogue Trader Captain, just brilliant.
EDC

lone dirty dog wrote:Damn that is a great combo of parts makes me want to return to my idea of making space pirates.

LeCacty wrote:It all was perfectly normal them BOOM! Badass cyberpunk!
Looks like this one will be epic as always!

Thanks guys, much appreciated!


Finally found time for a long and mostly tedious sculpting session!
Still a little wet in the pics, so there's sanding and cleanup to do yet, but you'll get the idea...

Here's the gang ready for GS:


Warming up, a simple job on the crew sniper, filling in the gaps between the power-unit and his clothing:


At this point - still warming up - filled some small gaps on Ratty and the mystery metal model project, but no pics (yet...)

Next - turned Gutrot's forearm vambrace into power armour:


Onto the hard part - the third sleeve layer for the Samurai:




And then, sculpted armoured pants and bra for the Assassin - the standard body is included so you can see the changes:






Ran out of time to do the sleeve on the RT Captain and Gutrot's skin - another day then!

Thanks for looking!

The intricacies of your constructions never cease to impress!