tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55919130818139278742024-02-07T09:41:19.683-08:00Ghola ScaleA chronicle of projects restoring and sculpting scale fantasy and science fiction miniaturesGhola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-40694780366495772082023-12-06T20:39:00.000-08:002023-12-06T20:39:04.912-08:00Big Nuts: CustomizedTo affix a heavy mini to a wooden display base, I need to somehow thread the base. This is done by placing a customized nut into one of the existing cavities of the mini's sculpted base, and securing it with either resin or epoxy. I first hack a bunch of notches into the nut (in this case it was a square one) with a file and hacksaw: this 'keys' the nut for the epoxy to lock into.
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The griffon's base is actually two pieces, and quite difficult to place together, much like a 3-dimensional puzzle. I had to strap the whole thing to a block of wood, to create a flat plain, while adding some pins and epoxy. Everything worked out, but gaps needed filling all over.
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A smaller bolt was nested into the metal (after having been drilled and milled) for the back portion of the base. Two points secured to the display base made sense for a mini of such significant weight. Ultimately it worked out well and the beast is now ready for wing-attachment and priming.
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But first - the ears need some attention - as cast they are not so imposing, so a little Kneadatite Green Stuff Epoxy and the bird has more attitude.
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Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-23519402461198845372023-12-01T20:12:00.000-08:002023-12-01T20:12:15.644-08:00Bird Brain: Grenadier Dragon Lords Giant GriffonI got abducted by aliens. I didn't take it personally. But I'm back, and so, striking back into working up some old minis, I turn my attentions and affections to the Grenadier Giant Griffon, a Dragon Lords branded release, obtained for about $40 (which I thought was a dandy price for such a massive and heavy piece).
It was glued a bit here and there by previous owner, so I scraped that off. Now - to join these big chunks together as solidly as possible:
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<b>Holier Thank Thou</b>
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This thing is seriously solid metal, a few large bores are done, half to reduce the weight slightly, half to allow space to install some anchor pins between the parts...
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<b>Screwed</b>
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...which in these case were just some large screws with the heads cut off.
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A little padding of Aves Apoxy Sculpt in between to make sure the two mate-comfortably (...oh... to mate comfortably)
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And then the parts come together, with some two part epoxy, making sure the threads of those screws are really soaked.
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That's all for now. Hopefully that light outside the windows tonight is not my 'friends from the stars' back for more... and more progress will be posted soon. Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-10362744593389017562023-10-27T06:45:00.003-07:002023-10-27T06:45:41.370-07:00Ral Partha Dead Skeleton GuyThis Ral Partha skeleton was one of those minis I've got that refused to be painted properly. I remember getting this guy in the blister back in time. His first colors came in enamels, and stayed that way for some time before being stripped in the late 2000s. <br><br>
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I tried another pass but the anatomy of the sculpt was not readily very paint-able: there are areas bulked out of proportion for purposes of strength and ease of casting, that render the bones far too thick for a sensible final display. <br><br>
The final attempt was done straight over top the previous paintwork, and centered on a dark base coat that built up through off-white bones, which are painted on top of the physical bones. I guess there's no easy way to describe this: because of the thickness of the bone-members, I had to depict the bones atop the sculpt several times, around the girth of the sculpt. So if one reviews a 360 circumnavigation of this guy he will appear to have more bones than anatomically feasible, but from any one angle he looks really good, with gangly thin bones. <br><br>
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The shreds of cloak clicked into being after several frustrating failed attempts, I started washing it with a gross pea green color and some other vomity earthtones and it seemed to operate nicely. A little rustiness on the scythe blade and some chalky and juvenile wood-grain stuff on the handle-pole and suddenly I had a decent looking mini... nicely balanced overall and conquering the awkward thick parts by simply keeping them in the dark colors.
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Seeing this mini complete also made me decide that from here on out all restored minis must have decorated bases, and in most cases cannot be on the base they were cast in. This guy could do so much better were he standing on something interesting, it would carry so much better.
NOTE: This post was originally published somewhere in 2020, but I yanked it to rinse out all the wierd spam comments that showed up. It is hopeful some lovely new posts will come with pictures of various Grenadier projects underway. But hope is a funny thing...Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-75230229836430192352018-09-05T18:57:00.000-07:002018-09-05T18:57:51.091-07:00Back from the Dead, with a finished Death Giant of the Undead LegionSix years after I resolved to complete my copy of the Grenadier Death Giant of the Undead Legion, I finished it. Seriously I really finished it. Done. This is a big deal, it means I might finish other things as well!
Previous posts described the project and the approach to customization, as well as accommodating the difficulty of stabilizing such a large white metal model.
I have now here some images of the completed Giant. <br>
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The general colors were simple: decay and old bone. The chainmail shirt is dealt with rather abstractly, and the colors are simply blotted on, like an Autumn leaf. The helmet was quite fun, dark brown base, clay-like red and turquoise verdigris rust playing different parts for an overall effective ancient-look...<br>
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Stance was tough, my descriptions of the drilling and pinning touches on some of this, but if the thing didn't stand properly, and <i>look</i> like it was comfortably menacing, it wouldn't have worked at all as a model.
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The 'face' needed to look right as well, not dopey, not skewed, but genuinely fierce and unsettling - the position of the model's jaw was crucial. The placement of browns and earth colors wasn't just a recess-finding wash, but a deliberate definition of the sculpt's form, deepening the severity of the features.<br>
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A striking profile, an assault from an un-feeling foe... I think I did quite well on that copper-rust stuff on the helmet... <br><br>
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The model was painted entirely assembled: all joints sealed, all pins pinned, everything was completed to make the thing effectively a single-piece miniature. It was lightly washed with dish detergent and water to remove finger grease (there was a lot), dried for several days to make sure no moisture lurked in any recesses, then primed on a low-humidity day with pre-warmed Krylon gray primer.
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The first step was to paint the inside of the rib cage dark gray. There was no chance of creating any effects or colors there, so making it 'all shadow' or at least largely irrelevant to the outside coloration was the way to go. <br><br>
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<b>Now for some details of note</b> First, the axe...
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I believe I did quite well on the axe head, with dominant reds and oranges. I studied photos of actual old metals to guide this. The red tassel just below the head... I could have done better on, could have had more variation in color to pronounce the sculpt...
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... But after a half-way point had been reached I decided that this project had to finish, even if I didn't have things just-so, as long as it was colored, coherent, and respected the detail sculpted in, it was going to work... The above shows how nicely my additional sculpted chainmail worked out at the shoulders.<br><br>
Here's a nice spot: the knee/shin guard, it's really a super nicely designed part of the model, and I treated it differently than other areas as an exercise in color. This is base-coated in a dark gray, but uses a fiery rusty red in the recesses, it comes off nicely, though not strictly logical, maybe an iron-like texture.
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The really good bits are really around back, where I've cut-away the original sculpted straps (which were boring) and added my own, green-epoxy sculpted rotted leather straps, held aloft by interior brass-rod armature. I likely could have done better on the color, but again, we're in the home-stretch and this thing has to be finished. Nice view on the scabbbord there as well, basic colors with verdigris decay and (gulp) an attempt at a gem-like appearance on those blue baubles. Maybe I should leave that to the Eldar-painters...<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzt-9Q3WOtQdFHmLVKdZ-W1GbjiH5xiRm9dFWxgANBkIX9joR-MsSuHm9Nxn1M59rb_ZZfq8MSufSyqK1ZSUNszYCSOxxe0NtKhJwFiUirWvI-nbRNxwXv32OAc_noVN8PLJp_6DT6U6f/s1600/9.+Knee+IMG_7674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzt-9Q3WOtQdFHmLVKdZ-W1GbjiH5xiRm9dFWxgANBkIX9joR-MsSuHm9Nxn1M59rb_ZZfq8MSufSyqK1ZSUNszYCSOxxe0NtKhJwFiUirWvI-nbRNxwXv32OAc_noVN8PLJp_6DT6U6f/s400/9.+Knee+IMG_7674.JPG" width="300" height="400" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a></div><br><br>
This shield... I swear the time spent is not reflected in the results... I agonized over this. I knew I wanted to get some design on there, the real-estate begged for it, but I realize I'm not at that painting-level where I can work that freehand stuff into the general painting and have it work right. I drew and traced and copied and worked many designs, taken from outside influences, even before attempting the application on the shield. This works... sort of. I'm not pleased with the bare wood areas, that definitely could have been better, but with that animal-graphic on there it distracts a bit, I suppose it works its best. Again, I just wanted this thing done and out of my life for good... <br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6UihftU7MlGevD439T40kPwP_WF389T4lXTVMEiWi_5jIZVPlIXx5TngnfYSY45JQiR_WE1A2hmhFoW0G9bYUbBKSyK1qPXED8IpPs0oZ64SrRZxmd0PJmCyz84fl_IDcd_pduFAwr6Dm/s1600/10.+shield+IMG_9712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6UihftU7MlGevD439T40kPwP_WF389T4lXTVMEiWi_5jIZVPlIXx5TngnfYSY45JQiR_WE1A2hmhFoW0G9bYUbBKSyK1qPXED8IpPs0oZ64SrRZxmd0PJmCyz84fl_IDcd_pduFAwr6Dm/s400/10.+shield+IMG_9712.JPG" width="300" height="400" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a></div><br><br>
And the base, all stock, slightly modified just so the whole model could stand upright properly, painted in such colors as would delineate the model from the base but still stay in the same universe. The wood was cut from a shipping pallet some years back, stained and coated with something I found in the basement...<br><br>
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A view from below, perhaps what the rest of the 25mm neighborhood might see after this guy came and wrecked up your village... <br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QPbCWODD7VtrLHchsTN8w_bJ_e8xXSVYFyzFFk2elz14-8kRVK2R3D3RkFTt1yVvHH3nB1E-iaReL-FoaxejgXSfqThrJsynI1LM0by5lzNAQ_f-4s73hcsZEgkhAcbKzdcZLENkRwwY/s1600/13.+looking+up+IMG_7684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QPbCWODD7VtrLHchsTN8w_bJ_e8xXSVYFyzFFk2elz14-8kRVK2R3D3RkFTt1yVvHH3nB1E-iaReL-FoaxejgXSfqThrJsynI1LM0by5lzNAQ_f-4s73hcsZEgkhAcbKzdcZLENkRwwY/s400/13.+looking+up+IMG_7684.JPG" width="300" height="400" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a></div>
<br><br>...before thundering off into the distance, swinging his axe at anything in his path. Erm, actually I mean <i>her</i> axe... for as any anatomist with an eye for the distance between Ischial Spines of the human pelvis can see, it was <i>a beauty what became this beast.</i><br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjd4zA824l2rKptEaqn7ppKziIAycem5Vf3sSbVmlBbWVufBsTGHKeK2QtdB8AbqpKuD1GMuL_q4ZjCk_9HXlpMWe3z3pz_9USf4bRnLO2PDkHKSN62Wxdw8V_UOXZTMnXUkyBXHFCvQJ3/s1600/11.+Pelvis+IMG_7677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjd4zA824l2rKptEaqn7ppKziIAycem5Vf3sSbVmlBbWVufBsTGHKeK2QtdB8AbqpKuD1GMuL_q4ZjCk_9HXlpMWe3z3pz_9USf4bRnLO2PDkHKSN62Wxdw8V_UOXZTMnXUkyBXHFCvQJ3/s400/11.+Pelvis+IMG_7677.JPG" width="300" height="400" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a></div><br>Seriously, no shit, that's a female pelvis.
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I'm proud of this bona-skell. Having had this mini for so long, having made attempts since boyhood to make motion on the model, I've come to know the parts and details very well. Eagle-eye Grenadier nuts will question the absence of the dagger that came with the set... I left it out, it's nicely sculpted but it became too much, especially after I added some leather straps near the sword, hopefully I'll find some nice satellite project to work it into in tribute. Super eagle-eye Grenadier nuts will question the absence of the 1mm tall spire that should be on the top of the helmet: mine never had it, lousy cast? Not important.
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Along the way I broke some drill bits and molded and cast an extra jaw bone for a friend who has the same set. The biggest lesson I take from this is that I can actually finish something, so I'm glad to move from big to small as I approach completing the Grenadier Dwarven Troops set. I promise anyone reading this that it's not going to take another six years. Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-22636834499465697362017-02-19T19:03:00.000-08:002017-02-19T19:03:09.023-08:00Citadel Miniatures LogoI didn't fancy that the first post I'd write in over a year (maybe longer) would be a simple thing like this. I envisioned that it would be a great hurrah of finished minis, lovely juicy photos of blazing paint colors. But by God that is to come, there have been rather SIGNIFICANT occurrences for this Ghola that have held me back from stripping, restoring and painting. But that is soon to change and I hope to be posting much more regularly. <BR><BR>
This is a simple posting about a simple thing. A little curious thing I caught out of the corner of my eye. This is for the graphics and drawing folks out there, who appreciate stuff like this, but may be of interest as well to any Oldhammer folks and anyone who loves vintage (and I mean vintage) Citadel minis. <BR><BR>
I've long loved that spooky little Citadel-tower that is the essential logo, printed and re-printed on a million products and in a million publications. I've never seen a decent-sized version of it to behold what it actually is, usually it sits about an inch tall, often smaller...<BR><BR>
Here's an instance from the closest Citdael product I have at hand, an old plastic Skeleton Army box:
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So with that graphic love of a very nice and cryptic logo stuck away deep in my brain for many decades, I was alarmed when I found, within the back ad-pages of an old Dragon magazine (September 1986) this little black and white advert, featuring a fairly detailed and fleshed out vision of THAT building, THAT tower that we've all come to recognize so well.
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Now, sure it's not IDENTICAL like a genetic copy, but by golly it's most assuredly the basis, or genesis, for that graphic. So the alarm came from two directions:<BR><BR>
A) How did I not see this before? I've had this copy of Dragon since the late 80s... I thought I knew every inch of these classics...<BR>
B) Oh my gosh, did I discover a relic of graphic that relates to the original Citadel logo that is of any significance (doubtful)?<BR><BR>
I don't believe that Citadel had any connection to this ad or the company, it's just that this company found and used the graphic that had been used for the Citadel logo. Well if anyone has any insight as to the origins of the Citadel logo, and how it relates to the curious little snippet I found, please let me know. I'm fascinated by this stuff. I haven't called the number. I'm going on the bold assumption this won't get me any free dice.
Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-58800899118823313852015-02-03T14:35:00.000-08:002015-02-03T14:36:19.115-08:00An Iron Maiden Takes FormI decided to take a lump of gray Sculpey III and start making an Iron Maiden (the metal wardrobe-thingy that you get crunched up in when you've done something awful). <br>
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The clay itself is a junky mix of black and some found-white (got loads of Sculpey with mysterious origin), augmented by some of the Pro Create gray-stuff epoxy. I enjoyed the results of the main shape, which took a bit of sanding and filling with more Sculpey to look just so. <br><br>
The face came out awful, probably because I was trying to watch Top Gear or Downton Abbey or something while sculpting, so I decided to make a fresh one independent of the main sculpt, to replace it afterwards. This too is entirely from Sculpey. Each detail of this little face below (meant to resemble the crude and naive visage often seen on these torture devices), the nose, the chin, whatever, is its own separate sculpting 'session' added bit by bit with very mild and brief bakings in between to harden the work<br>
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I chopped the original face off, creating a spot for the new one to go on.<br>
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…and I do hope to update very soon with the results of the transplant, as well as some of the hinges, latches and other embellishments. Isn't that lovely?Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-39830087090492801632015-01-12T08:30:00.000-08:002015-01-12T08:30:52.052-08:00Gray Guy ProgressProgress on the gray guy, suckers removed in favor of hands plus he's now got a damned knife, where the heck did he get that? Put that down dude!
As mentioned previously this is a design-as-it-goes mini so I can test how the Pro Create material goes. So far the thing I don't like the most is the lack of tackiness, as Kneadatite has the stickiness I like, especially in cases of adding tiny little amounts of material to areas that have cured already.
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Oh, and it's now THREE years since I pledged I would paint my big Grenadier skeleton, boy how much can life get in the way? Tsk, tsk.Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-12687053085177535732014-08-22T06:51:00.000-07:002014-08-22T06:52:30.202-07:00New DoctorHere's a good piece with good perspective on the new Who, Mr. Peter Capaldi (who I think will be very good):
<a href="http://stuntborg.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/the-old-new-doctor/">The piece is right here.</a>Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-7079648938238132082014-04-13T07:53:00.000-07:002014-04-13T07:53:52.113-07:00Progress Using Pro CreateSome progress on this little guy, using Pro Create. Eyes are Green Stuff just because I had a quantity of rolled-up spheres (cut in half here and applied as potential eyes).
I have no idea where this will go, but it's a decent test for the Pro Create, which I still find to be tougher stuff. Also, it has a different tackiness, which takes time getting used to (I prefer it to be sticky, so building onto already-cured work is easier)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4Gn1LMpoP0qwPQhY5u7cNL-NSPQueRN-al9nQnwKNVdKJ-52RJeMCriPsuyjnNJJzOUS1QwXkOujc02txPX1Rpfns6MC6Xyr2eYKmS9DEFwM3-IJ3MywtWYLNBw-KqAMUEEgKlNtrmtb/s1600/Progress.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4Gn1LMpoP0qwPQhY5u7cNL-NSPQueRN-al9nQnwKNVdKJ-52RJeMCriPsuyjnNJJzOUS1QwXkOujc02txPX1Rpfns6MC6Xyr2eYKmS9DEFwM3-IJ3MywtWYLNBw-KqAMUEEgKlNtrmtb/s400/Progress.JPG" /></a></div>Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-16657062077258353902014-03-23T18:41:00.001-07:002014-03-24T04:35:13.140-07:00Back From the DeadWhen did I last post something? Last year, at least it hasn't been a whole year. Anyway, time to get back to work, many unfinished projects.
Here's something to flex the mind and hand-muscles: I bought some Pro-Create, the gray-colored epoxy material, to see how it fares against the classic Green Stuff.
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It's quite good, I made up a wire core, stuck it in a cork like the big boys do (a practice which I'll be changing at some point soon) and just started laying the stuff on to get a feel for it. I think it will be quite nice, not as sticky as Green Stuff (thought I'm used to that stickiness), but the gray color REALLY helps the eye on seeing what the hell I'm doing.
This will definitely be a creature of some kind, no idea what it will look like, it's a freestyle experiment.
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I would have had more done, but sculpting while watching Top Gear isn't very productive, in some ways.
Hope to post more soon. Sorry for the blackout to those who have maintained an interest. Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-88397167242374300192013-07-11T11:20:00.000-07:002013-07-11T11:21:43.439-07:00Embarrassing Old Project II: Tank from Old White Dwarf PlansBack in the olden times GW's White Dwarf magazine would have articles encouraging scratch-building terrain and vehicles. I loved how simple it all seemed, with some stiff paper and glue, I could just do all of that couldn't I?
One of the more ambitious projects was a Baneblade, issue 132, I've got the magazine somewhere. After debating on whether my skills could handle it I decided to have a go. I recently discovered the results, pictured here. A model over twenty years old now, but fairly successful by the standards I had back then.
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It's been kicked around a bit, pieces have fallen off, some old Imperial Space Marine components are stuck on. It's mostly plastic, the treads are actually paper, wrapped onto little round wood plugs. Hatch covers are doll-house plates, and it looks like there is an awful lot of Squadron Green Putty used to fill huge gaps.
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I recall the plans were not quite right, and didn't really come together properly if followed exactly.
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Owing to the fact that it's falling apart, it will now be retired (like the Eldar diorama from previous post) and pieces recycled into something new.
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Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-40945607499145426822013-01-27T21:33:00.001-08:002013-02-11T06:45:55.442-08:00Rotational Thinking...Thought I knew the techniques. Thought I knew how stuff was done. I am (again) wrong, as I have recently discovered opportunities in mechanically rotating molds to aid casting. It may work in some miniature applications, depending on the mold, and depending of course on casting material. Here's a video of some students having a bloody good time at building a quite handsome casting machine.<br />
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Thing is: I've done a bastard of a sculpt recently that is proven almost un-castable so far... this technique may help, maybe not, but it looks like it would be fun to try it out. Get the LEGO out...Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-66912040614977306462012-12-30T18:30:00.000-08:002013-02-11T06:46:46.311-08:00The Sweet Taste of Total FailureI've got two days to paint a very large classic Grenadier miniature, and it will not happen. A little tiny bit less than one year ago I <a href="http://gholascale.blogspot.com/2012/01/resolutions-to-death-giant-of-undead.html" target="_blank">pledged to complete the Grenadier Death Giant of the Undead Legion</a>
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But things get in the way when one is older than one used to be. In the olden times entire evenings could be spent on painting, as long as the hands were willing and the eyes could hold out, and the books-on-tape kept rolling, the sky was the limit.
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But now there's barely an inch in between all the 'grown-up' stuff, the mortgage, the gutter cleaning, operating a business, raising children, etc.
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When I thought about writing this entry to resolve the unresolved pledge from a year ago I was bitter about it and angry that I was never able to find time in a hectic timeline of responsibilities. But as I write this I realize all of these things are blessings, and there will be time enough eventually to tackle the big old skeleton.
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I used the excuse of being tired frequently, and instead of breaking the paints out would fall asleep watching some classic Doctor Whos (mostly Jon Pertwee era) as it took less energy. Not a bad way to kill an evening or two.
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I did manage to finish a sculpt (future post) and I fell back into the addiction of LEGO, and I found a few more oldie minis that will now be slated for restoration (Dark Horse Miniatures mutants).
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Honestly, with all the garbage going on in the world, I cannot complain, and I'll get the big skeleton done, someday. It's been over 25 years so a little more time won't hurt.
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Big up to all the great blogs that I've enjoyed during the year, all the great finds and the classic minis being painted, the magic world of miniature-make-believe really is in full gear. Have a healthy, safe, productive 2013. Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-70791858963539455822012-08-10T09:50:00.000-07:002012-08-10T22:41:52.953-07:00A Good ShirtHa - this is a bloody good shirt, I may actually get one:<br />
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The Citadel paints are still functional! This is the original Space Marine set. Some of the little opener tabs have been broken off from over-use. I still have the manual that came with the set.
And the smell! I forced the top off one and the smell is a time machine - brings me right back to the olden times. Golden Oldies:
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Bolter with strap (paper cut into strip and painted) with wire tail-stock. I can see that this arm took a little persuasion to get into more forcible pose.
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Uzi, all scratchbuilt. Textured handgrip is a piece of Sculpey that I rolled a gnurled X-Acto handle grip on to get the patterned texture.
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Battle-Damage. Cut and melted away plastic pack, a soldering iron or glue-gun tip was probably involved, and the 'exposed' metal part came from a little box of cool watch parts I got from a craft store.
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Two magazine duct-taped together. Note the painted on 'eyes' on the nose cone. I think I did some WWII style teeth as well on some of the cones-faces.
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Then there's this guy: Skeletal robot tripod, from some Citadel skeleton parts, an Eldar arm and a chopped up chaos autocannon.
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This was un-earthed while moving recently. A diorama of two Eldar meeting some Hunter Slayers in a space-hulkesque hallway. I don't know how old I was when this was made but I do claim responsibility, it's awful! But I can imagine having a lot of fun making it. <br />
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Golden oldies like these are informative as they help gauge the leaps in skill that we sometimes forget (or do not even sense). <br />
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The Eldar without helmet must have had a sword of some kind in that fist (long gone). Both have had Rogue Trader plastic marine shoulder pads added (why I don't know). <br />
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The Hunter Slayer on the wall has an Eldar arm replacing a shaved-off metal one (perhaps to pose it differently?). Here they come!!!<br />
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The Hunter Slayers came from a blister, <a href="http://www.solegends.com/citcat911/c2105genestealerzoats-m.htm" target="_blank">old catalogs</a> state they were designed by renowned Michael Perry. These guys I will yank out, strip and restore. The anarchy graffiti makes me think that Necromunda was more the setting in mind...<br />
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The plates of styrene on the floor aren't even cut straight! It was as though I didn't know what a ruler was...<br />
There's a hole drilled through the wood to accommodate an LED light (never put in).<br />
<center>And that is a cassette reel glued to the back wall.</center><br />
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<center>"Cleanup on level 463-A"</center><br />
A little Marine accessory on the wall there, and the vertical pipe next to the door: a piece of spaghetti.<br />
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<center>Thanks for the memories: To be dismantled</center><br />
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A neat project would be to remake the thing, done all proper with details and all maxed out like something on Coolmini... or maybe I'll just take the trash out and go to sleep...<br />
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Anybody want the Eldar? I may have some additional plastic arms as well. Let me know.Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-56640402309130776322012-03-30T10:42:00.000-07:002012-03-30T10:42:52.903-07:00Bolting a Large Mini to a Wooden BaseFor the Grenadier Death Giant, I did not want the model to be permanently affixed to the wooden base I prepared, so I engineered a method of bolting it, so that it may be removed if need be. <br />
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The model itself has a hollow cavity on its cast base, so I had room to install two customized nuts. Slots were cut in with a hacksaw to give a gripping point to some wire anchors, as well as an encasement of resin that would surround them. <br />
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The placement of the nuts within the model's cast base came first, marks for the holes were then transcribed to the wooden base using a few measurements and tracing paper. <br />
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I realized that the whole figure tilted way too far back, so I started building up a rim of Green Stuff on one edge of the base to level him out. <br />
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To fit one of the nuts in properly some metal needed shaving off. A vice and a large file negotiated the deal. <br />
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A few bits of brass and some Green Stuff positioned the nuts in the hollow, and strong casting resin was poured in (foamed up a bit but was trimmed flush after curing) to permanently lock the nuts in position. Bolts feed through the bottom of the wooden base, into the nuts, and the connection is quite snug (being careful to not over-torque of course). <br />
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<center>Fancy Footwork</center><br />
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Being that I had limited access to woodworking tools, I did everything by hand. <br />
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I found a chunk of wood (this was cut off of a wooden palette) and measured out a decent little shape to fit the footprint of the model. <br />
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A few basic cuts with a hand-saw and the block is in shape. The bolts are in holes going straight through (I'm bolting the Giant, not gluing him, onto the base). <br />
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I measured out an interior edge .25" from the outermost edge to create a little bevel. I notched in a series of diagonal cuts around the edge, and started carving down to that measured edge. Hiring a beaver would have helped, but the job got done nonetheless. <br />
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A kiss of the sandpaper and it's shaping up. That inner angle is a bit crap but I can shape that up as I go. <br />
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Not exact but I don't really shoot for exact anymore, it just leads to disappointment when it's not achieved! Call it 'folk' art. <br />
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And the headless Giant stands proud on his new footing. I'll share my bolting method in the next post. Cheers and happy Spring! (which always means it's getting to be excellent weather to spray-prime outdoors again!)<br />
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There was no more room in the arm cast to drill another deep hole. Half of the cast was now occupied by a failed attempt: a snapped drill bit embedded in the metal. I had enough to seat a pin comfortable, but the corresponding hole would have to be on the torso. <br />
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To do this, I had to build up an area of Green Stuff, let it cure, then drill into that. <br />
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A brass pin was seated into the arm casting, <br />
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The two pins participate nicely, one being rooted in the torso casting (old steel) and one being rooted in the arm casting (brass), <br />
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The fit works well, and the two pins being (of course) ever so slightly not parallel actually makes for a nice tight grip, even without glue. <br />
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But an unsightly gap needs some filling and detailing with more Green Stuff. I'll share the progress soon. Thanks again for tuning in to this blog!Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591913081813927874.post-19878581651120350162012-02-21T05:24:00.002-08:002012-02-24T08:45:12.801-08:00The Un-Fun of the Dungeons & Dragons Labyrinth Game<center>In cleaning out some old stuff I found this:</center><br />
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I don't really remember where I got it from, but I do remember trying to figure out how it worked, navigation through the 'labyrinth' is built upon audio responses from the board. There are little wall pieces and two metal fighters, a dragon and some treasure. <br />
The box art is beautiful, characteristically uncharacteristic for the early days of D&D. <br />
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I like the graphics, not only of the spectacular box art, but the board itself, a repeating tile-work of little woodcut type drawings.<br />
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<center>"All the other kids got Vic 20s for Christmas..."</center><br />
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<center>Anybody want it? Seriously, because I don't. I'll send it to you.</center>Ghola Scalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457777451985684513noreply@blogger.com2