Alys Dwr Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Hi, your projects are all looking realy good so far. If the chest eagle is sticking out too far there is another way you could make it appear thinner. Shave down the chest GS a bit, add the eagle and then build up around it again using GS back the original chest size. This is quite a drastic method but it should look spot on with a little bit of effort. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Andrecus Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I'm not using one of my Diamond tipped, because they're not wide enough. I have two that are really different. One's really thin, about a quarter inch wide on each of its four sides, and the other is flat, and about 3/5 of an inch wide and tapers at the tip. But truth be told, Alys Dwyr's method is probably the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 Hi, your projects are all looking realy good so far. If the chest eagle is sticking out too far there is another way you could make it appear thinner. Shave down the chest GS a bit, add the eagle and then build up around it again using GS back the original chest size. This is quite a drastic method but it should look spot on with a little bit of effort. Al I'm not comfortable shaving down the GS, because I really, don't want to mess up, as it'll take me ages to smooth it out again. It might be the only way, and I'll screw it up. I'm not using one of my Diamond tipped, because they're not wide enough. I have two that are really different. One's really thin, about a quarter inch wide on each of its four sides, and the other is flat, and about 3/5 of an inch wide and tapers at the tip. But truth be told, Alys Dwyr's method is probably the best. The set of 12 files that I have are 2mm in Dia (round ones) and the others are 3mm (square). The GW one I have is about 5mm, perfect size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Andrecus Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I see. Those are really small, lol. Anyhow, you could try putting one of your chapter symbols on the chest. That would work, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 I was going to, but my chapter symbol is more vertical than horizontal, so I'm putting 2 on the greaves of the legs, and an eagle on the chest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Andrecus Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Ok... That would work. But what are you planning for the chest eagle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 ITTT LLIIIVEESSSSS (Mushu) Here is my Dark Angels Sergeant Chronus. I'm kinda bummed about the fact that he only gets a servo arm and a bolt pistol..it would have been so much more fun to customize him. I pinned the entire backpack...servo arm, banner, and top banner thingie.. What a pain. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_0198.jpg I would love to share all my other things I've started. Like a Killa-Kan out of bottlecaps..and some others..but you know the drill =-P And my Volcano Cannon.. =-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 I took my SAT today. It went by really quickly, and the vocabulary killed me. =-P I must say..I haven't made too much modeling headway...at all. The Fex head, which I've dubbed "UberVirtuosticCarnifexium" has received tusks, and one of them has been slightly greenstuffed on. The side two have not yet. }{}{}{}{See more, like pictures, here at my blog}{}{}{}{}{ I watched Terminator 2 the other day, after a few hours of downloading it...it was a spectacular movie. =-D My Governator used a lot of heavy weapons. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/M79Blast.jpg http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/M79.jpg So I made a Terminator Marine. Sorta. The M-79 didn't turn out as well as I wanted it too, but it still looks like a pretty heavy...stick. =-D I'll try to add the minigun on his left arm, using Terminator Assault Cannons as a base. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1295.jpg http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1296.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikunosuke Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 You've got a good start on the grenade launcher. Where's the bandolier bit from? So your Governator-mini's a Republican too eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mega_marines Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 You've got a good start on the grenade launcher. Where's the bandolier bit from? So your Governator-mini's a Republican too eh? Woah, lets not have political comments around here. :rolleyes: Anyways, I was originally going to post to say that the bandolier is from the Kroot Carnivore sprue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fausto2071 Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 this is gonna come out so cool are you gonna GS Arnie's hair? (and that fex head is ridiculous!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 Wow! Replies! I love replies! You've got a good start on the grenade launcher. Where's the bandolier bit from? Anyways, I was originally going to post to say that the bandolier is from the Kroot Carnivore sprue. I'll assume a bandolier is the thing of ammo across his chest? yeah, thats 2 Kroot Carnivore thingies. Looks large enough to be grenades right? =-D this is gonna come out so cool are you gonna GS Arnie's hair? (and that fex head is ridiculous!) Ooh..I should! =-D Thanks! Thanks for the fex head...I'm going for all of the options, in one. >=-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulson games Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 He looks good, as does the carni head, man I'd hate to see that thing coming at me. The cadian grenade launchers look pretty good I know it's not the single shot one arnold uses but IMO it looks bigger and meaner with the ammo drum underneath. Good job on handcrafting the single shot version it's looking tight so far. Now what you need to do is magnetize him so you can also give him a gatling gun ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted May 3, 2009 Author Share Posted May 3, 2009 He looks good, as does the carni head, man I'd hate to see that thing coming at me. The cadian grenade launchers look pretty good I know it's not the single shot one arnold uses but IMO it looks bigger and meaner with the ammo drum underneath. Good job on handcrafting the single shot version it's looking tight so far. Now what you need to do is magnetize him so you can also give him a gatling gun ;) Thanks =-D I would shoot myself on the spot. I was going to, but the barrel is too wide, and too short, it just look out of place. Magnetize, or just have him wield the minigun in his left arm =-D Hes a beast. =-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikunosuke Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Wow! Replies! I love replies! You've got a good start on the grenade launcher. Where's the bandolier bit from? Anyways, I was originally going to post to say that the bandolier is from the Kroot Carnivore sprue. I'll assume a bandolier is the thing of ammo across his chest? yeah, thats 2 Kroot Carnivore thingies. Looks large enough to be grenades right? =-D Thanks for the tip-off mega_marines. @Shorts: It's not too large; it's not too small; it's juuuuust right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 Good, thats exactly what I was feelin too. Oh right, I forgot to tell you guys. I finished a Land Raider at first. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1304.jpg I'll be doing a tutorial on True Scaling later on. Using these http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1288.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share Posted May 23, 2009 So my problem is, I like playing with new toys =-D So I'm working on assembly for my DA Dreadnought. I plan on gluing it all together after I paint the whole thing, but I'm working on a layout/plan so that I know what I'm doing when that time comes. I'm working on the base, and several of the stances I've chosen are quite awkward looking, like hes either running, or falling forwards. The piece of CoD flooring is already glued, so that won't be moving. BEFORE I POST THE REST!!! I realized that after writing half this post, if I bring the feet closer together, its not as fally-forwardish. So I'll be doing that using the walking over the tile pose. Heres my favorite, walking over the tile, he fell down before I had the chance to take a side pic, but it looks like he's falling down anyways. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1446.jpg Heres the second, where hes walking off the tile.. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1447.jpg http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1448.jpg And standing on the tile, my least favorite, but since his feet were close together, it looked the most natural. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1449.jpg http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1450.jpg I'm also in the process of looking for "exotic" arms for him off of Forgeworld as well. I was thinking either the Inferno Cannon and Assault Drill Arm, or two Close Combat Arms. I was thinking of buying both sets, but that'll set me back another $40ish... Choices choices... Sadly, I won't be able to incorporate the Dark Angel Land Raider doors on the LRE (the BIG Land Raider, check out older posts for pictures of it) because they're already glued...but I'll save them for my next (4th) Land Raider >=-D Some Real Life news....I took the SAT back in March, and I got my scores today...and sadly, I must say that I got less that 2000 (out of 2400)....way less...so I'm taking the subject tests in June, then retaking the SAT, and probably will retake it again...shucks. Horatio K Decameron: After reading your post, I really wanted to replace the handle with a rod, but I realized that I had already pinned it..so I checked it out..and it fell apart =-( So I'll be doing exactly so. I'll still give it a long handle, as its still a two handed weapon, but hes just using it with one hand at the moment. See: http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1451.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 I'd like to thank all of you who comment (not on this site, on Rogue-Market and my blog), because it makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. Especially to Horatio (my blog (check my sig)), who I don't know, but yet he still manages to comment regularly. Some real life news: I talked to my sister today, and the score I got on my SAT was only a little bit lower than her highest...which she got after three tries, so I guess thats a bit better feeling =-D We also went to a National Cemetery today, to honor those who have fallen while in service for America. I thought I'd share a couple of pictures with you. Just so you can get a taste of the sheer awe that there is. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1538.jpghttp://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1545.jpg This is us in uniform. I'm standing second from the right, with the white sash. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1527.jpg And we had to have one screw around picture... http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1520.jpg And 5 Star Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. His wife Cathrine Nimitz was to the left of him, and to the left of her, 4 Star Admiral Raymond Spruance. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1532.jpg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 40k Life. We got home around 2:00PMish (After waking up at 5AM earlier today), so I crashed until about 6, and then loafed around and sort of did some modeling. I washed my dreadnought, and since the consensus is to have him walking down the base, so be it. Looks good either way, now that I brought the feet closer together. I glued on the engine, and thats it. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1551.jpghttp://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1552.jpg I started the pole for the buzz-saw thing for the Ork Nob. I originally planned on doing one solid pin down the shaft, but decided to do 2 pins. Realizing that that would mean double drilling, and double straightening, I just went all the way through. Just a bit of greenstuff and we can call it ace =-D http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1554.jpg I also started on my True Scaling tutorial. It won't be a vid-tut, because that would take AGES, and this is going to be a longer project anywhoo. It'll be compiled into one large tutorial when I'm done constructing it. Heres a taste, sorta taste..its not too impressive... (If you haven't seen my first True Scale, check it out in some of the older posts) http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1553.jpg I also found that for my Deathwing, if I water down the paint more, the texture goes away, and it goes on quite smooth. So I bulk watered down my entire mix, and I'm quite happy with the opaqueness of the paint still. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1555.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 3 good posts with nothing? Lame. And I have another Dark Angels Dreadnought coming my way, thanks to Ion Raptor from Rogue-Market and Bolter&Chainsword. I don't have it yet, these are a couple of the pictures he sent me earlier today. I'll take some when I get it....and that marine in the background isn't mine.. =-*( or the other dread. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_0951.jpg http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_0946.jpg My paint stripping wasn't half as successful as the last time... http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1558.jpg I've also done more work on the buzzthing. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/IMG_1561.jpg C&C PLEASE! ON ALL OF IT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted April 3, 2010 Author Share Posted April 3, 2010 Its not much, but I've nearly finished the DH Battleship. I'm not sure I'm real happy with the quality, and if I want to continue making these. They're a huge use of resources, and the pain I've already gone through to begin making them... Here it is so far. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/myphoto.jpg http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/myphoto2.jpg http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/myphoto3.jpg http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/myphoto6.jpg http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/myphoto5.jpg http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/myphoto7.jpg C&C please? ;) Mods, if IG BFG isn't allowed here, let me know, and I'll remove it from my thread. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberious Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 Ship looks a little sparse so far, need more detail on the bridge/engine section. But like you say more to add. Never been a fan of the twin hulled ships, maybe a single hulled ship with a little beef to it. I made a version of what I vison the Black templars Eternal Crusader to be. Will have t dig out some pics of it and post it. Only prob with BFg its expensive, very expensive to do any kind of major conversion. Oh, and love the Dred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminatorinhell Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Hey man, long time no see, your stuff is looking awesome man especially your battleship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 Thanks guys. I plan to make 15 large battleships. So keep an eye out for them. They'll all be different too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eberious Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Any update on the current ship. Is it for SM fleet or I.N? It would seem the photo bucket acct I had with mine on ar gone. Have to re-take pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted April 5, 2010 Author Share Posted April 5, 2010 No updates yet. Its been a pretty busy week even though its my spring break off. I.N. Fleet. Hopefully, if I can work up a design by later ^_^ I can start another Battleship. But! I did order some BFG stuff just now! 2 sets of cruisers! http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/cruiser.jpg a set of chaos cruisers for bitz http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/ChaosCruiser.jpg a set of firestorm frigates. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/Frigatesword.jpg and a set of sword frigates. http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss63/Shortsonfire82/FrigateFirestorm.jpg I wish I could have bought some light cruisers, but at $16 a pop, that is way over my budget. Even though they are really cool looking ships. I'll just have to check ebay. Anyone have an idea of what color I should paint my fleet? Its background is Battlefleet Cadia. If you'd like a light read, check it out: Battlefleet Cadia Pt. 1 Battlefleet Cadia Pt. 2 Battlefleet Cadia Pt. 3 Thanks guys. :( Your replies help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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