Project Legion of the Damned Day 4

Day 4 in to the project!

I have made some progress finally to finishing this awesome model!

Here are close-ups on the fires on the legs and the pose that I made it:

I made the legs to look like it is charging into combat or maybe running across the battlefield. After all, I love their fluff, hence the pose since they like close combat.

Remember the ribcage on the chest armour? Well, I finished it at long last. Took me to allow the the Kneadatite to set 3 times to finally get it how I want. It is completed by have the spine to be a little raised like the original model. 

I know the original model has a line separating the ribs into two. But I would only consider doing it after I finished everything as I want to see how it looks like as a whole model first before I move on to the next course of action.

It wouldn't be good looking if the flames are all just a little raised on the armour and all. Hence I believe I should give it some extra motivation. 

I added flames to the plasma pistol, having them come out from the sides of the front vents and finally converging in the middle of the pistol as shown in the middle shot of the pistol. There is going to be loads of work to get it painted.

(Left view)

(Middle view. Notice the middle between the two flames is empty)

(Right view)

I did the same thing with the power axe I gave it. I let the flames come out from the two ends of the axe. As I wanted the axe to be swinging down on it's foe, I let the flames move in two different directions. As shown in the first picture, the flames both move in the anti-clockwise direction.

(Right view)

(Left view)

So this is all the progress I made today. Took a lot of work to finish the flames., but seeing the outcome tells me it is worth it. Furthermore, more progress was made today, so I was pretty happy. Seeing how this miniature is beginning to finish makes me jumping with excitement. But I shall not be too excited and slack down as it would cause the downfall of all my efforts.

So stay tune for the next day of this project. Do look out for it as you would not want to miss it.

Winters

Project Legion of the Damned Day 3

Progress is getting very slow today. Though I managed to finish off what I have wanted.

On the chest armour, I added the ribs where you would actually be able to see from the actual model of a Damned Legionary. The middle part which is the spine I think was actually done yesterday rather then today as I forgot to post it up.

Furthermore, I added fires to the leg armours and one of the shoulder pad to make it look like the original model, but I seemed to have overdone it. 

Here is a snap shot of everything:

From the fluff, there is supposed to be fires all around his body rather then just small little raised parts from the armour. Hence I am looking into how to make fires around the armour to make it look real like warp fires burning off at their armour while at the same time making it look menacing, deadly and real.

Tomorrow will be to figure out a good post to make it look unique and also like charging into close combat.

From the fluff, Damned Legionaries loves to fight in close combat, firing at point blank range. However, from the range of miniature I saw, only a handful depicts it. Hence I decided to give it a power axe. Since they favour plasma weapons too, plasma pistol is my choice for the sergeant.

Hopefully I can come up with an awesome looking pose tomorrow for it so stay tune as I go about for the pose. I would also finish the last touch up for the chest armour.

Winters

Project Legion of the Damned Day 2.2(although posted on Day 3)

I believe u all should know what this is about. So this is a post for Day 2 still but another part.
Have been working on the rough edges and the shoulder pad. Tell me what are your views about it
Winters

Project Legion of the Damned Day 2

Welcome to project Day 2!

You must be wondering what happened on Day 1 as there is no post about Day 1. So what happened to it?

Well Day 1 was basically just cleaning up the plastics and planning how to do it. So nothing really happened, thus I decided not to post it.

Now lets get back to Day 2!!!

I got out my Army Painter sculpting tools and Kneadatite and started working on the first miniature for this project which I decided to do, which is the sergeant. I wanted the sergeant to be more different then the others which I would work on in due time. Hence I settled for a half helmet half skull helmet for it. 

I took a helmet with a sharp point and flattened it.

After cleaning it up, I began making the face to something like this:

Sculpting is not very well down but I would settle for it. Would add in some extras if I decided it would look nicer.

That's all for this day, but I am now working on the shoulder pad with the skull and as I have actually severed several joints of the armour, I would finish the day's project by covering the cut marks of the joints and try to make it look brand new. Also I have already started working on part of the chest armour to make a ribcage like design.

Hopefully I could get more progress tomorrow as I was pretty lazy today and headed out for a movie with my friends. Thus the slow progress.

I should be able to make some of the fires tomorrow on the armour, so we will see how it goes.

Winters

The Imperial Fist Question

So right now I have been caught in a confusion for quite a while now and I decided I would like all viewers to help me decide on my next step.

The question is:  

Should I strip my very first and only Imperial Fist guy and repaint it again?

So a poll have been set up to garner your views on this question.

(Front)

(Back)

(Top)

(Left side of miniature)

(Right side of miniature)

I know some of you may find this question a little bit weird like why am I asking all of you this question. Now that is because I value your views. If possible, do indicate a reason as to why you have chosen your selection for the poll at the comments area of this post.

In other news, I have registered, paid and submitted my Valhallan Ice Warrior for the competition. So do look out for any updates on it.

Winters

Sneak Peak of my Valhallan Ice Warrior

After hours and hours of work, it is finally completed soon. And by hours, I literally mean it. I spent like 10 hours on this guy. My hand was shivering like mad when I am finally done.

Here it is, a sneak peak on what is to come in the near future: Valhallan Ice Warrior with a meltagun.

Hopefully I could get a Winterial up in images. But one thing I am unsure of is that there seems to be some images missing. But don't worry, the Winterial will still be up. I will explain to you as best as I could if the image is missing. I would try to put something solid there as an example for you if possible. If at any point of time when the explanation is unclear, feel free to state it in the comment and I will do my best to help you with it.

So give me your ideas on the colour scheme and the snow base which I tried out for the very first time. If there are any improvements that needs to be made, do let me know.

Stay tune as I consolidate the pictures for this painting Winterial!

Winters

Shopping List Status: Complete

The last shopping have finally been finished with all the materials needed to paint a Valhallan Ice Warrior. Though it may not be as good as those you see out there, but it could at least give an idea on how you could go about to do it.

Went to look for some inspirations on the Internet yesterday and I realised something crucial: I found no tutorials on how to paint a Valhallan Ice Warrior. Plus there are quite a few colour schemes to get around and try out with. As for my colour scheme, it is going to be quite unique. I spent an entire day figuring out what paints to use.

(The last items to get)

In other news, the knights are already out at a local store near me. Though the boxes are stacked up and the prices not really visibly seen, I managed to peek find out what is the price of the knight. That is $190 after members discount. 

*Sighs*

Guess I have to safe faster to reach a budget to get one of these. Seeing how some people bought four at one go just makes me tempted to follow suit.

Ah well, time to work on my Valhallan guy. Catch you all in the next blog post!

Winters