I procrastinate from my real work by designing retro miniatures, you can find them all here https://cults3d.com/en/users/Doctor-Spork/creations
I finally finished off printing my Land Raider Proxies
Been working away on these pair for a while. After seeing how much it was going to cost to buy an original I decided to make my own. One is inspired by the classic kit, the other by the original scratch built model from the Rogue Trader rule book. Both were printed on my Ender 3 with no supports.
They are available on my Cults3D page if anyone is interested.
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/retro-space-knight-heavy-apc
It's one of the reasons I take so ling to paint anything, there is something like six thin coats of white paint on them all.
Cheers. The Bezerkers are going to be part of an Emperors Children warband so I wanted them to have more colour than just red.
Thanks. I modelled it in blender and was trying to mash up the old epicast model and the original rhino kit
Before answering your questions I'd just like to say that you are off to a great start. The figure in the main picture has a good movement to it and feels like a natural pose.
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If you don't already keep a bits box. This should be where you keep spare parts from sprues or that you have cut off any models you have been kit bashing. I also chuck in things that might be useful that would otherwise end up in the bin, wire, mesh, tubes, scraps of plastic packaging that can be repurposed, just whatever you think might be useful.
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I use unscented Dettol. Leave plastic or metal in it overnight and use some fresh Dettol and a toothbrush to clean them up. Just be sure to put plenty of paper down underneath as the paint gunk dries and can pretty much only be cleaned up by scrubbing it with more Dettol.
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Looking at your other comments I would also recommend the Howling Griffons, but if you have a colour scheme that you think would look cool just use that and make yourself a nice successor chapter. Personally one of the things I have always enjoyed about 40k is being able to make up your own lore.
One last piece of advice if you plan to do more sculpting with putty. Try getting your hands on some greenstuff, it is my modelling putty of choice and gives the best finished product in my opinion.
Cheers, I had great fun sculpting the residents and I really enjoy adding a little extra touch to these things.
Cheers, That is definitely something on my to do list.
I like them, but I'm not too fussy about my paints. Some of the colours come out really nice an vibrant, the red and turquoise on this model are both Coat De Arms.
They are a lot like the citadel paints from the late 80s, although I'm not sure that is a good thing for most folks. Compared to modern paint they are quite thin and need at least two (often more) coast to get decent coverage.
Working on some Khorny Boys to join an Emperors Children warband
Thanks, that is really nice to hear
Cheers, here's a pic of it after paint if you are interested.
I look forward to seeing them painted up. Did everything print well?
It's a classic model that I'll probably do at some point.
😂 Interesting, how does this picture make your back feel?
There is, but they aren't very active I'm afraid. These models are available for free on thingiverse:
https://www.thingiverse.com/jazzmantis/designs.
The same person does does better quality paid designs under the name Red Nebular these days:
https://www.myminifactory.com/users/Red Nebular
If you are likely to buy a few things from them join their patreon.
And if you want something to proxy as a truck you can find a lovely retro model here:
https://cults3d.com/en/users/Doctor-Spork/3d-models
If you have any other questions let me know, I'm in the process of trying to build a retro 3D printed ork army.
A Little Spooky WIP For You, Happy Halloween
I made this fella when I go some pipe rollers from green stuff world.
Finished up my Chaos Lord
This fella was an ebay rescue that came with so much paint on it that I wasn't sure if he was actually this model. So I stripped him and did my best to give him a new lease of life as the first of my Emperors Children.
And now he is my entry for the fedipaint painting contest over on Mastodon.
Finished up my Chaos Lord
This fella was an ebay rescue that came with so much paint on it that I wasn't sure if he was actually this model. So I stripped him and did my best to give him a new lease of life as the first of my Emperors Children.
And now he is my entry for the fedipaint painting contest over on Mastodon.
My trophies have arrived!
And boy are they bigger than I expected. Thanks @[email protected], they are great but I have no idea where I will keep them.
If you need something to listen to whilst you're doing the dishes this evening
Show Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast, Ep Painting Lessons, Lego Terrain, & Scratch-Building an Ork Warboss - Sep 22, 2023
can I recommend the latest episode of The Bedroom Battlefields Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast?
Matthew was kind enough to invite me on to talk nonsense about what I like to get up to with miniatures and being a warhammer nerd on the 90's.
Just search “Tabletop Miniature Hobby Podcast” on whatever you listen to podcasts.
Der Rt. 'Orrible Kommiesaaagh Bignob Grimshag Primeork of da Orkus 'Eresy
This fella is my entry to the painting competition.
He has very much been a labour of love. A long time ago in the mists of time (2nd/3rd edition 40k) I made myself a Bloodaxe Warboss and being a teenager I gave him the most puerile name I could get away with actually using in a GW store. So after doing my research I decided on Bignob Grimshag. Bignob is obvious he is literally a big ork nob and Grimshag was found to be an ork name used in an old deck of GW's combat cards. He had a commissar's peaked cap, a huge set of epaulettes that I crudely sculpted from green stuff and a chest of medals (stolen from commissars he had krumped). Sadly, like almost all my miniatures from those days, he has been lost to the winds of time so I as I rejoined the hobby I thought it would be a good idea to resurrect him.
Being interested in 3D printing I started off by doing a 'digital conversion', taking parts from about 20 different sculpts that I found online and squishing, scaling and slicing them up to create a starting point that I then added a load of green stuff to. I even hand sculpted the epaulettes as I had on the original, although this time they aren't quite as crude.
He had been languishing for a while as I got distracted by the dozens of other hobby projects I start and put aside to move on to the next one. So when I saw the painting competition on here I decided that this would give me the motivation to finish him off.
All he needed now was a pet, so I jumped onto ebay to find him a squig. After a quick browse I found a Kev Adams sculpt from 4th ed. WHFB that used to be part of my old Orc and Goblin army and the nostalgia removed a few notes from my wallet. Meet 'Oi!'
'Oi!, GET 'IM'
I hope you like them both and good luck to everyone entering.