winterdyne Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 My latest commission is working with some Space Wolves sculpted by Scibor for a client in Switzerland. Gotta say, these were confusing - there's some nice press-moulded surface detail, but a lot of the underlying assembly was godawful - just blobs of greenstuff insted of ribbed soft joins, greenstuff used as adhesive, no pins so parts fell off - lots of stuff to fix. So today I got to it, reattaching broken weapons, trimming down some poor proportion work on front arms - number 7 and 10 both had those long gloves attached pretty much at the wrist, so I had to trim down the forearms and re-pin the gloves so the arms were at least the same length on each side. Tomorrow I'll be doing a little bit of green work to add the soft joints where necessary and cap the weapon staves, as well as fix up some minor details here and there. Notably the terminator legs are resin recasts from the looks of it - there's some pretty air bubbles on the toes on a few of the marines. I'll also use green to build up the ground to fit the feet a little better, but this will also be covered by the fuzzy GW snow that'll go on at the end. The general concept is to have a pretty gritty but traditional SW grey, weathered up to be a bit rusty (so probably a brown basecoat) on arctic / snow bases. http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/michie/wolves_wip1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sword brethren Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 i bought a scibor model and it was very good, its a shame to here about a lack of build quality. i have always liked the press mould from scibor, looking forward to their paint job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 This will be one to watch. I've been tempted by scibor before and have to ask, is the greenstuff in the pics all you or is that how the models come? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Chaplain Astador Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 If Scibor is commission it'll look like that Bloodhowl, if it is his line that he produces en masse, it'll be resin. But essentially they are all the same, just the resin hides the poor build that commission pieces can not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 I've actually had to remove greenstuff at this point and readjust several of the arms as the proportions were wrong. (WRONG!) Everything else is pretty nice. That said I wouldn't reccomend these to someone who isn't comfortable with a knife and at least doing soft joints with greenstuff themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanhausen Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 The power weapons are thin plasticard and greenstuff? Also, is it just me or do the models look like the cape is..."hunched"? Maybe its because they cover the backpack... That one of the good things you get form working as comissionist: seeing first hand cool stuff :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Apostle Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Very nice. Looking forward to see how this progresses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 Fixes are done, and zenithal work is done. I'll be putting a few glazes over the top to unify it and add depth. Hair will be a mix of red, blonde, grey and black. Cloaks are going to be a dark burgundy red, as are some spot details. There'll also be the traditional black and yellow SW work. Pics: http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/michie/wolves_wip2.jpg http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/michie/wolves_wip3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Apostle Thirst Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Most of me is impressed by the skill of greenstuffing. Most of me is looking forward to seeing paint. But a small part of me is writhing in pain over that terrible, terrible power fist model. It's pose is all wrong, slightly redundant, and it looks like he's cringing as much as I am when I see him B) Other than that minor complaint it is awesome :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 Today's progress. After the zenithal work, I start blocking in rough colours - the cloaks are definitely going to be very dark, but I'm actually thinking of making them a muted green (almost Rohirrim style), rather than the originally planned red or black. The red you see here will get knocked back to a sort of boiled leather red (chestnutish) and will probably be finished with several alternating red and gloss layers to make it very rich. Pretty much everthing else will get tinted brownish, and there'll be a fair amount of weathering around the feet and legs - the client has specified an in-the-field-for-quite-some-time look. I'm working on all ten at once, with an aim to finishing the squad this week (don't look likely at the mo!). The five not pictured still need the black doing, but then I'll be starting on the metals. http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/michie/wolves_wip4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mick Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Very nice models, well done :) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny sam Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I realy like the space Viking style (opposed to the space blood thirsty barbarian), you bring by the paint. They look noble in there way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Brought one up to finished to see how things will go. I like. I've glossed the red leather panels, and the black wolfs head. Looks good. Should now crank out finished marines over the next couple of days. Still don't think I'll finish this week, more likely Monday next week. http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/michie/wolves_wip5.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natanael Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Looking good, tough the black cloaks looks really unfinished. Also, the beard looks like it could use some defenition. Could be the pics, but now it kinda looks more like a big redish blob. That said, this is way over my skill and I think it is really awesome still! - Natanael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 Tweaked the cloak (it looked naff - still some reflections due to my dodgy photography skills), and added more brown to the axe at client's request: http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/michie/wolves_wip6.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Azoth Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Really nice painting skills mate...but IMHO tou are wasting them in these so awful minis...only the mold plates looks nice. The hair and fur is really awful sculpted. Your painting is improving a lot this minis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anvilarium Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 Really nice painting skills mate...but IMHO tou are wasting them in these so awful minis...only the mold plates looks nice. The hair and fur is really awful sculpted. Your painting is improving a lot this minis QFT. The paintjobs are awesome, but the models are hideous. Scibor is a hack, and I have no idea how or why his minis are consistently highly rated on CMON.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted November 19, 2010 Author Share Posted November 19, 2010 I've stuck a wodge more flat base in my varnish mix and it's helped tone down the reflections (updated photo above). For some reason I seem to be going rather slowly at the moment, but they're coming out nice... probably something to do with the new puppy. Anyway, here's another pic: http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/michie/wolves_wip7.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterdyne Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 Done with these now. Group shot: http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/michie/wolves_done1.jpg Individuals: http://www.winterdyne.co.uk/maz/images/commissions/michie/wolves_done2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Juan Juarez Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Not a huge fan of those models as a base, but painted up - in particular the group shot - they look brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Halrian Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 You did a really nice job with these ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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