averykess Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I am finally getting back to building marines and thought I'd show you guys how some of my Raven Guard are progressing. I will attempt to Proper/True Scale every marine in this army, with the exception of landspeeder crew. I will probably only add plasticard to the soles of my terminators, but who knows, I am not there yet. At any rate, the only thing I have right now is a marine on a bike, probably my as yet to be named captain. I thought I'd snap a few pics before the primer goes on. The backpack and front faring are blu-tac'd on to show the final form, but I am going to paint them as separate pieces. I also need to add a meltabomb to the bike some where. I was going to try to enter him in The Golden Bolter competition, but the recent cold snap here (a week of freezing in Houston, TX) has stomped my ability to primer. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4288562503_6589383f76_o.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4288562545_9bac192a60_o.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4289303960_b59ed79647_o.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4289304032_ec6fd26405_o.jpg Comments and criticism encouraged! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/190200-ravenguard-wip-going-true-scale-from-the-start/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feytor Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I like hair sculpt and chapter badge but you could sculpt the kneepads better. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/190200-ravenguard-wip-going-true-scale-from-the-start/#findComment-2254005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Angry Marine Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Congradulations, you have just made my day with that conversion. Simply put, that is a fonominal conversion. Great work on leg positioning and backpack. Coodos to you :P -Mac Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/190200-ravenguard-wip-going-true-scale-from-the-start/#findComment-2254021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Metal Troy Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Dude, you can prime in the cold. I live in canada (albeit the absolute southernmost part) and it's been -4F here for the last week. You can prime as long as you don't let the primer can get cold. Prep your models and the spraying surface, shake your can (inside) then just open up the front door and spray out from your doorstep. as long as you get the job done quick, you should have no problems. Believe me, if we couldn't prime in the cold, we'd never get anything done half the year. Same with UK players. If they couldn't prime in the rain, or in the cold, they'd NEVER get to prime anything. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/190200-ravenguard-wip-going-true-scale-from-the-start/#findComment-2254737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicCreations Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Dude, you can prime in the cold. I live in canada (albeit the absolute southernmost part) and it's been -4F here for the last week. You can prime as long as you don't let the primer can get cold. Prep your models and the spraying surface, shake your can (inside) then just open up the front door and spray out from your doorstep. as long as you get the job done quick, you should have no problems. Believe me, if we couldn't prime in the cold, we'd never get anything done half the year. Same with UK players. If they couldn't prime in the rain, or in the cold, they'd NEVER get to prime anything. Its not always bad weather here, yesterday was nice warm sunshine down this way :D Great conversion, what are the backpack wings made from? I like the actual sculpt of the hair, although I'm not really sure his hair-do suits him, IMO thats all :tu: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/190200-ravenguard-wip-going-true-scale-from-the-start/#findComment-2254855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
averykess Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Dude, you can prime in the cold. I live in canada (albeit the absolute southernmost part) and it's been -4F here for the last week. You can prime as long as you don't let the primer can get cold. Prep your models and the spraying surface, shake your can (inside) then just open up the front door and spray out from your doorstep. as long as you get the job done quick, you should have no problems. Believe me, if we couldn't prime in the cold, we'd never get anything done half the year. Same with UK players. If they couldn't prime in the rain, or in the cold, they'd NEVER get to prime anything. No worries, it is 68F today. I'll get some paint on him soon if my work schedule allows it. Great conversion, what are the backpack wings made from?I like the actual sculpt of the hair, although I'm not really sure his hair-do suits him, IMO thats all :) The wings are cast from resin. I made the original piece from 3x1mm plasticard glued together. Once I'd cut, filed, and sanded it to my satisfaction, I used the Alumilite resin casting kit to make a mold. I will probably only be using them on characters and my sternguard. As for the hair, I was originally going to use a helmeted marine, but I felt that the helmet was rather static. I chose the only head I could find that wasn't open-mouthed manically screaming or bionically altered. I wasn't too keen on the hair on the model, so I thought I'd give sculpting hair a shot. Having never sculpted hair, I scoured the 'net for tutorials and found a couple of good ones. Being a long-haired dude myself, I thought, 'why not give it a try?' :) My wife says he kinda looks like Conan the Space Marine. Maybe I should throw a sword on there too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/190200-ravenguard-wip-going-true-scale-from-the-start/#findComment-2254943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1TH0R3 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 That looks pretty sweet. Nice green stuffing, especially the hair. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/190200-ravenguard-wip-going-true-scale-from-the-start/#findComment-2255234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Lysander Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 The conversion is great: the biker's pose, the greenstuff work, and the fact that his boots have soles- it all points to an awesome conversion ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/190200-ravenguard-wip-going-true-scale-from-the-start/#findComment-2256034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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