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Hello,

I'm new to this forum, although I have been into 40k and sculpting for some time. In this thread I will be posting pictures of my true scale sculpts as I finish them. I started this after some conversions I did a few years ago.
I'm happy to answer questions and would like to hear your thought's as well as ideas.

This is an Emperor's Champion I did for my Ultramarine army, and one of the first times I tried true scale after seeing it on a website 'Master of the Forge'.


Then I did a couple more to create a command squad (that I still haven't finished!).


Next came a Terminator Captain.


After this I decided I'd like a stand in for Calgar, this time it seemed more appropriate to make the figure from scratch.


Doing this figure on and off, it took me almost a year before I finished it. A few of my friends liked it, so I had it cast and they each have one. I have started painting it, although, I have no idea when I'll get around to finishing it...
After concentrating on Ultramarine's, I decided to do some similar figures based on Norse mythology. The first was Odin.


Odin took around 3 months for me to finish, again, doing a bit now and then. I used some parts from the first figure I had cast.

Next I made a few different pairs of legs, bodies, shoulders and other parts to make creating new figures quicker, here are some pictures of a couple of the pieces.


Once these had been cast I made a figure based on Thor.


Due to having done the parts, I managed to get Thor finished inside of a month, much quicker than before. Here is a picture of one of the Thor casts. The second picture show the size difference to 2 guard models


Loki was the next character I wanted to do, with a kind of rune priest feel. Again, using parts I had already made I was able to finish him in 2 weeks. The fourth and fifth picture show the cast.


After doing my calgar stand in, a few people asked me if I could make him more 'heresy era-esque', like Guilliman. So, I took a cast and added the tabard, hip plates, made a new head and a new left arm. The last picture shows the head I sculpted, just before it was finished. I find the resin difficult to photograph at times.


Most recently I finished a fourth Norseman, this time based on the the god, Tyr. I thought it would be a good excuse to include a standard bearer into my growing nordic command squad.


I plan to do one more norseman for now to finish a 5 man command, before I move onto some other ideas I have, although I'm sure I will come back to them to do some more some time.

Let me know what you think. I'll keep adding pictures as I get more done. I have some unrelated projects to do over the next few weeks before I can return to these, so it will be a short while to my next update. If there are any questions though, I'll do my best to answer them.

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It is neat to see that as you create common/modular elements it is just a matter of mix and match then some surface sculpting.
It must be more satisfying piecing together and adding, rather than building from a large lump.
Very well done.

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Can I please buy Odin and Thor from you? Those are awesome.
   
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You are one hell of a sculptor! These guys look great, and the detail is stunning. I don't know if it's the photo or the figure, but Thor looks a little chubby, but I think that's going to be hard to avoid with big bulky power armor regardless. I'm a huge fan of the Heresy-esque Terminator Captain.

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 Unit1126PLL wrote:
 Scott-S6 wrote:
And yet another thread is hijacked for Unit to ask for the same advice, receive the same answers and make the same excuses.

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Goodness, I know he isn't here to sell those but, if he does they'd be perfect for my Scandinavian themed marines.

Ahem. I love it when this happens, someone has two post and they're just oozing with quality. Moar!

Great sculpting skill. I'm envious.

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 whalemusic360 wrote:
Alph, I expect like 90 sets of orange/blue from you.
 
   
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Incredible work. Very impressive

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these are brilliant, top work mate, would love to paint 1 of them

   
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Hey, it was cool that you PM'd me! I was about to drop by and ask for a scale shot but, I see now with the guard that you already have one.

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My mostly terrain and Sons of Orar blog:
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 whalemusic360 wrote:
Alph, I expect like 90 sets of orange/blue from you.
 
   
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Phanobi






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Oh my you can certainly sculpt! If you ever have the time, a step-by-step tutorial on how you build those guys would be awesome, the best I can achieve with green stuff so far is a small, lumpy scarab symbol for my marines...

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Adding my Wow to everyone else's - some awesome sculpting skills, those Norse-based Wolves are just perfect.

Two questions then:
- Are you casting yourself, and if so, what product are you using?
- Is the grey sculpting material procreate or something similar?

Looking forward to more!

   
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Some of these are so well done it's disgusting, lol.

I'll go back to my amateur fumblings now.

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Wow, seriously impressive and that Standard Bearer... that is one seriously badass sculpt. Faces are all very characterful and well sculpted too. Kudos.

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Thank you for the comments, they are greatly appreciated.

 Lamby wrote:
Adding my Wow to everyone else's - some awesome sculpting skills, those Norse-based Wolves are just perfect.

Two questions then:
- Are you casting yourself, and if so, what product are you using?
- Is the grey sculpting material procreate or something similar?

Looking forward to more!


I don't know the first thing about casting, so I pay someone to do it for me. I'm afraid I have no idea what they use.
It is indeed pro-create, it's great stuff, I don't use anything else anymore.

   
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Pure brilliance! You sir have skills.
   
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Whenever I restart my truescale project, I do an image search to see what folks have come up with in the meantime and I've seen your work there. Welcome to dakka and very nice work!

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seriously awesome.
   
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You sir have my sub and my admiration! your sculpting is superb!

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That is very impressive indeed! Do you do this for a living?
   
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Glorious. Wery clean and technical.

Second picture was questionable with this wide hips but then I was all O__O.

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Simply amazing!! That's all I can say



 
   
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Thanks again, I'm glad people like my work.

 MadSoul wrote:
That is very impressive indeed! Do you do this for a living?


I used to sculpt some historical stuff full time until I joined the armed forces, which left no time to sculpt at all. Over the last couple years I have picked up sculpting again, and am pretty much full time again between these and a few commissions. Although I don't generally do commission work anymore, in the past I found it ruined my passion for sculpting completely.

   
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Man, these are stellar. Some of the best sculpting I've seen bar none. The Ultramarine Terminator in particular blew me away.
   
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Holy Wow! These sculpts are amazing! Keep them coming! Simply stunning!

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Wowah!

As much as I don't rate the whole general principal of true-scale marines (all their Vehicles are already too small as it is, so theyd need to be bigger too) These sculpts are absolutely amazing..

I don't know how people manage to do it so well, I am such a derp when it comes to working with putty/green stuff!

Top Work!

   
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Thankyou for the feedback, it's really appreciated.
Small update, I've finished my fifth and final (for now) Norse figure, it's with the caster. I'll have the casts in a week or two, and will get some pics up.
I've made a start on my next figure, no beards or fur on this one making a nice change for me. Here's some wip pics of the head for now, sorry the last one is a bit blurry.

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Would you mind shooting some photos of some techniques you use when you're sculpting? I'm astonished by your fine motor control abilities. Is it just a lot of dedication and patience, or is there somewhere to start on the right path?

 
   
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 youidiotkid wrote:
Would you mind shooting some photos of some techniques you use when you're sculpting? I'm astonished by your fine motor control abilities. Is it just a lot of dedication and patience, or is there somewhere to start on the right path?


Thank you. To be honest I don't think I have any specific technique, I just keep pushing the putty around until it looks ok. I've not had a teacher or know anyone who sculpts, I find sculpting a lot easier than drawing. I use a size 0 firm (black) clay shaper and an old one that I have cut in half, sometimes I use a scalpel for lines or a needle, but not that often.
When I do faces I always start with the eyes, as they're the deepest part and need to be symmetrical and inline, this will make the nose start to stick out. I usually leave the jaw off and add it after the rest has dried, which is what I did on this head, you can see where I need to smooth the join out. Sorry I can't be more help.

   
 
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