Midas Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 YES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 I take it you approve then? :huh: Got some more done. It looks overly simple at the moment but once it gets going it will look the business. ;) http://i40.tinypic.com/zxo11t.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/2whjiao.jpg Just got the arm to build now then I can begin sculpting once a few other bits are out of the way on other models. The lascannon arm will be based on the original design as close I can get it but with two barrels on the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 I've hit a bit of a snag with the dreadnought. As I've been doing it from memory I decided to see how it measured up against the real thing. As you can see below I need to redo the legs and the armature for the lascannon. I need to clean up a few other areas and also straighten the head and the back. http://i40.tinypic.com/fp2yj8.jpg http://i43.tinypic.com/6qbok3.jpg http://i43.tinypic.com/24e2tt4.jpg So I've removed the lascannon arm and begun cleaning up the torso. I've left the legs in place whilst the torso dries. http://i43.tinypic.com/1pjcy0.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Whoooa moma, here we go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofmanynames Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Lovely models, the the marines look great and I love the dread. Can't wait to see them all finished and painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Aiwass Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Stunning work! :unsure: Actually love the dread ♥ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemonikk Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Bloody hell, this takes me back...! Anyway, awesome work here dude - just amazing... :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Cheers guys! :blink: It was a bit of a gamble making a Mk I and I'm glad people are liking him so far. I may have to make an Mk II at some point to go with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallvictory Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Super cool! How do you get the GS to be so smooth and shiny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL. Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 is that dread supposed to be that 'round'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminatorinhell Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Wow, you really did the old dread some justice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 Cheers guys! :lol: AL: At this stage yeah. I'll adding a lip to the torso that will flatten the look of the model out a tiny bit more. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL. Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Cheers guys! :) AL: At this stage yeah. I'll adding a lip to the torso that will flatten the look of the model out a tiny bit more. ;) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edemia Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Having only come into the hobby 8 years ago, I have to admit, i'm liking seeing the old school stuff, and as always Doghouse you never fail to impress me! Just one question that I meant to ask you beforehand when you were doing your truescale marines - how long did it take you to be able to sculpt so well with the GS? Edemia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 Well I'm still learning but it's only fairly recently that it has really started to click into place. Having been involved in forty kay from day one we never had proper kits for stuff so conversions were a required skill. I guess I started with GS conversions about eight years ago, basically it was just filling before that and using stock parts. My first proper venture in sculpting were my White Scorpions marines because I wanted plastic scouts which weren't available at the time and put berets on all my marines building an entire army in a week as you can see from these really dodgy pictures. http://i41.tinypic.com/2eekk5w.jpg http://i40.tinypic.com/245cw12.jpg Which ultimately led to my first attempt at rescaling marines. http://i42.tinypic.com/25spgqu.jpg Over the years I've done bits and pieces and gradually built up to pretty much full sculpts. Here's the log that started it all: http://pbase.com/doghouse It's all about practice really, if I'd stuck at sculpting rather than bits and pieces I'd be a lot better now. Best way to improve is to start with conversions and build from there. It's just a matter of practice. :) I've put some tips together in some bad quality youtube vids as well as you can see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EExgS2uibUU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loken86 Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 loving the dread brother and im glad that ur back in lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 Thanks mate! :) Got a bit more done and have begun working on the armature for the lascannon. I'm going to do a straight copy except for the extra barrel of the old one. I've added plastic rods for the arms and legs but in the case of the arms this will allow me to swap weapons as need so I'll probably make an assault cannon, old school missile launcher and maybe some bits to allow other variants like the Iron Clad. http://i41.tinypic.com/255pco0.jpg http://i42.tinypic.com/4tklcn.jpg http://i39.tinypic.com/20p1r83.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loken86 Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Sweet looking forward to seeing it bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 The sculpting on the Dread is great but I hate the Dread type. (I'm talking about the metal one, btw.) I just don't like the style... :( But anyway, that's just me. Otherwise, great work as usual :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodunius Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 It does look good.. but.. I can't help but think its far far too big: http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/khromash/dreadpilot.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted May 1, 2010 Author Share Posted May 1, 2010 Cheers guys! ;) Vodunius: What you have to remember is that it's an actual scale dred and even the regular dreadnoughts are bigger than the plastic kit. I used that same picture from the 40k compendium to work out the general size so an actual scale marine will fit inside. :jaw: Battle-Brother Ludovic: Yeah it's a matter of preference really. At the time it was brilliant but it's incredibly dated by today's standards. Hopefully I'll be able to breath a little life back into the design. :tu: Update Got a bit more done. I've started on the legs and have started the armatures for the feet. http://i41.tinypic.com/2udz1cm.jpg Scale shot with Librarian Dred http://i40.tinypic.com/2z9hdgi.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loken86 Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 wow brother its huge great job i egarley await ur next up date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 Thanks mate. ;) I've begun building up the legs and have a rough armature in place for the DCCW arm. http://i42.tinypic.com/11j2337.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 I've got some more done to the dreadnought in the meantime. The armature for the arm is now in place, it looks a little long but this will include the length of the hand. http://i41.tinypic.com/34g7lat.jpg http://i42.tinypic.com/wkzl3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peakey Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 theres been so much progress in such a short amount of time! you're speeding away. Looking very nice, you put my shame :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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