The Damned Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 So, I've been working on my Legion of the Damned army for awhile now but I'm starting to run out of the legion of the damned shoulder pads. I've had to do a lot of sculpting for this project but, the shoulder pads are still a bit difficult for me. Does anyone know where I might be able to pick some up? I tried ebay but haven't had to much luck. Thanks Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
arutha Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 You could try to make a gs mold of the ones you have Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/#findComment-1880838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 Yeah, I'm actually working on that right now. Not having to much luck. I'm going to keep trying though I've got my last 4 set aside to figure this out. In the mean time, I'll still take suggestions of where to get some more. I've got my hands full sculpting the skulls onto the backpack vents. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/#findComment-1880999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonsOfOblivion Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Depending on what shoulder pads you want, You can spine section from a necron model and green stuff it onto a shoulder pad, Then added ribs suing more green stuff. In theory it should work but I'm not sure. I tried it once and i didn't like my results. But it's only because I used to much green stuff. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/#findComment-1881139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
im terrible at painting Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 yes the necron idea sound good. consider it stolen. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/#findComment-1882709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
arutha Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 I normally make my molds for shoulderpads out of the clay you can bake and it hardens. Gives you a bigger surface to make the GS castings with. The whole key to moulding/casting is patience, which i usually lack. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/#findComment-1882778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiplash Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 i dont have any experience in LotD or tomb kings but surely you could buy a box of tomb kings chop them up and bend them then stick them on the shoulder pads and bodys you could get like at least 20/30 LotD guys out of that no? anyway just an idea Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/#findComment-1883161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 Lots of good Idea. I'm going to look into the Necron Idea, that sounds interesting. I think I might of gotten my first good GS mold of one of the shoulder pads. I used a thin layer that I was able to smash into all the little details and let it dry. I then supper glued some more GS to the back of it to make sure it holds its shape. I think this will work a bit better. I'll let everyone know when I try it tomorrow. Thanks Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/#findComment-1884814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Using the technique I mentioned above deffinitly works better. I've now made 7 molds of different shoulder pads. the second layer added to beef them up is still drying so I haven't gotten to test them out yet. The test mold i did produced a pretty good copy. So, last question on this topic. I use vasoline as a release compund, and now its in the recesses of the cast. does anyone have a good idea of how to remove it? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/#findComment-1893527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Sorry for the double post but I figured that since I'm asking for help, I could at least post some pics of how its going. Here is the original, mold and copy. http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm295/amorison/Picture021.jpg Here it is on one of my legionaries. http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm295/amorison/Picture022.jpg http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm295/amorison/Picture023.jpg I need to make 13 more pads to finish all the bolter equiped legionaries. I'm working on 24 of the buggers currently. I like to get the rank and file out of the way before I move on to the fun stuff. Anywho, I appreciate any help about the left over vaseline issue on the casts. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/#findComment-1893545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackblade68 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 You know what you need to do??? Post more pics of your kick @$$ army!!! I LOVE LotD! I was thinking about making some of my newly aquired CSM into something of the sort. But definatley post more pics. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/#findComment-1893548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 That molding is okay. But if you want them to look spectacular! You should watch my youtube molding videos...now..I can't post them on here..so you'll have to check my Youtube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/shortsonfire79 =-D I've done several shoulderpad castings (and will be doing some resin ones soon =-D ) and I'm sure I videoed it... =-/ Good luck. Great model there too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/#findComment-1893609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Thanks, I'll have to look at these when I'm not at work. As for posting my work, I'll get around to this in a different thread. I've posted most of my Legion ish on a different forum but I it was one geared more for fantasy armies. Is there any problems posting stuff that has been posted in a different forum? would a link be better? Mods, any suggestions? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/160293-legion-of-the-damned-shoulder-pads/#findComment-1894205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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