screamin faces would be awesome

what about scuplting faces on his shoulder pads

i read about that on the GW site

I'll have to look at that sounds cool.

Ta Laney

what sorta chaos marine is your guy
undivided? cos he looks sorta khornate to me

I was going for a tzeentch sorcerer (possibly a different looking thousand son) - but he could be a world eater - though the flames I just sculpted on his shoulder pads might not work so well .

Laney

cool tzeentechs my fav chaos god he's the very idea of chaos to me ie constantly changing

Whoa!
Excellent painting on the ultra marine that power sword looks great.
That chaos guy is amazing, great G.S work and a very cool pose, definitely do the flayed skin cloak that would look scary cool.

Great idea using mesh as a basis for the cloak! I might borrow that idea someday!
How thick is that mesh? 1mm?
Do you remember where you aquired the mesh?

Very good modelling and painting in general! Keep us updated please!

Cheers
Bernhard

Citizen Khaine: Thanks for the feedback. I picked up the mesh from a local modelling shop in the UK (radio controlled cars, planes, airfix and such). The thickness is about 1mm and its expanded aluminium mesh 5" by 12" sheet (I think its used for patching up holes in glass fibres constructions). The company that made it was K and S Engineering in Chicago. Hope this helps!

I wasn't going to post any more pics but I mcouldn't resist the flaming guardskin cloak (still a WIP)...







Ta Laney

Wow, cloak and shoulder patch with the screaming faces are awesome, pure evil!!!

Great work, you're getting better and better with the putty!

(Thanks also for the hint with the mesh, will try to aquire some)

Cheers
Bernhard

That is one NASTY looking Dude...why do the Chaos Lads look SO MUCH COOLER than their Loyalist Brethren? Keep up the FINE WORK...I need a reason to get up in the morning..

Cheers Guys!

Here he is (still without a name and still officially a WIP)... Basing needs doing and then a cool paint job - I'm thinking of nicking some ideas from the daemon prince (crackly purples and pale blues) in white dwarf this month or an article I saw on the GW website about a reaver titan (beaten bronze).

Anyway here is a favoured son of the changer of ways...








What do you reckon?
Cheers Laney

Great work, looks awesome! The hands on the cloak were a good addition!

Just a minor point: is it too late to modify the plastic loin cloth thing?
After all the effort you took with the cloak that detail looks a bit static.
Don't want to talk you into it though, it really is a magnificent model as it is right now!!!

Cheers
Bernhard

omfg that is one awesome model laney!!!!

what about a sinister sounding name...severus etc

Citizen Khaine: I had thought about that when I took the pictures and even thought of fluffy ways to explain it away... The cloak being a living mass of lost souls, twisting in the flames of the immaterium (and all that), while the loin cloth was made of some armoured flexible metal (denser). However, I'd probasbly have to explain that to anyone with a keen eye for detail. I'll consider it - but I'm desperate to get paint on him!

Edward: The GS is rougher than I would like - but I'm improving - I'm goping to try using tough rubber colour shapers for large smooth parts rather than taht metal tools I've currenly got (smooth and sharp inorganic shapes are the hardest - but practice makes perfect - i wonder if they do training on sculpting at GW - I'd personally be willing to pay). Not even thought about a name yet (Severus hmm...)

Anyway Thanks

Laney

The rubber tools are really good for getting smooth surfaces, but not good for sculpting details. I use a normal metal shaper for the sculpting, then when the putty has almost cured, I "polish" the surfaces with a silicone tool (Clay Shaper) by working over the flat parts applying some pressure (can't explain it better).

Works nicely, the timing is crucial though.