New look, for both the blog and the trooper!

Continuing on with my conversion project, I tried to do a little more greenstuff work. Now I know why Ron at FTW loves doing greenstuff work so much! It really is a challenge. I am definitely beginning to get more comfortable delving into sculpting simple stuff. Here is as far as I got for tonight (it being 1 in the morning): I used some guitar string as tubing for a hose leading to the back, cut the gun free and bent the arm (with a pair of pliers, thus needing to repair the arm where the teeth bit into), and laid the foundation for a backpack sculpt later on. I had fun doing this and can't wait to get some sleep so I can get back on it tomorrow!

As a side note, I hope you like the new blog layout. I needed a more relaxing theme!

Pre-IG Project continued: Storm Troopers

Well, the cat is out of the bag. Here are my latest conversion projects: A squad of anti-MEQ Storm Troopers converted from yet more Ral Partha miniatures (4 Neo-Soviet Vanguard and a Mutant Handler from the Vor line, no longer a mainstream production game). These are my first attempt at converting metal models, so we'll see how it goes. I don't have clamps, so I am trying to attach the plasmaguns to the metal models by first gluing them with plastic cement, which theoretically will make the plastic plasmagun conform better and stick a tiny bit. After it is dry, I am going to go back and superglue it on to make sure it stays put. If that doesn't work I may have to get creative, like using greenstuff or an epoxy glue.

Hopefully I will have these ready to paint by tomorrow morning. Stay tuned!

Pre-IG project: A squad of.... uh....

...Something. I only have a Cadian Battleforce coming in the mail, so I will be needing some more models to have a playable force. This here is a double-edged sword: A paint scheme test as well as a possible "counts as" for either a veteran squad or a platoon command squad. What do you think? What would you proxy this unit as? I am not planning on converting them (as they still go to another game system) so what can I use them as?

Dante finally complete!

After much labor, my Commander Dante model is complete. I don't really think I will use him anytime soon, as I have reverted back to Vanilla SM lists for the most part, but I suppose he could stand in as a force commander with a Jump Pack and combi-melta.



Oh, and Happy Independence Day, fellow Americans! Thank you to all my brothers in the service that are fighting for it right now. Stay safe, Mitch!

Back in business

Due to an unforeseen family emergency, some of you may have noticed I disappeared for a few weeks. I am now back, and jumping both-feet-first into the IG! I have sold my meager Ork army, and purchased the new IG 'dex and a Battleforce. I realize that I will not be able to field a complete, and legal, army right away, but the battleforce will give me enough to play some combat patrols at least. I dug out some old Ral Partha miniatures that I wasn't using, and stripped the paint off them to use them as testers for the scheme I had in mind. I was going for a similar look to Halo 1's UNSC Marines kit. I think I got pretty close. See for yourself at http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/246556.page

So, seeing how I cannot seem to keep real life from invading, until further notice I am going to discontinue the regular weekly updates and just update when I find time, like today. I apologize for the inconvenience.


Lastly, I will be attempting to procure some Pig Iron Productions: Kolony Militia heads for use with the cadians I have purchased, but I wanted to try my hand at green-sculpting some rebreathers on the standard cadian heads before I do. Does anybody know of any tips or tutorials they can direct me to?

Until next time,
FP135