Saturday 9 February 2013

Casting a Chaotic Evil Warrior

The First Cast from my new Chaotic Evil Warrior mould.
I am really pleased with how this has come out. 

The Grey stuff master

Mould layout prior to silicone

That waiting game while the silicone cures.

First cast straight out of the Mould. There are still some issues I need to sort out in the mould like the back of his head and the gut plate.

Coming soon: Painting a Chaotic Evil Warrior

Monday 4 February 2013

Sculpting a Chaotic Evil Warrior

With the release of the new WoC book and miniatures I decided to dust off my WoC army and add to it but I fancied a more old school look to my figures. I can't afford classic 3rd Edition lead and don't enjoy the hassle of eBay; So I thought I would sculpt and cast my own.

The sculpting process.
I started with an armature made from plastic coated copper wire that I found next to the phone junction box. It was offcuts from phone connection repairs. It is very bendy and wraps easily meaning I have to use less putty and the putty has a good surface to adhere to.

Basic covering of the armature using Gale force 9 Grey stuff. A two part epoxy putty like green stuff but a lot less sticky and much easier to work with. here is the armature stood next to one of my GW chaos warriors for size comparison

Starting to add the details, here the figure has its boots on. I'm learning to mix grey stuff in smaller quantities and let bits cure before doing the next stage. It leads to fewer fingerprints in the finished surfaces 

Up to its waist with Armour plates on the thighs and a Chain mail loin cloth. also shown are a gut plate and a skull because I had some grey stuff left.

Nearly finished, I've just got to sculpt his halberd and put his head on




One chaos warrior helmet ready for ridiculously oversized horns. I've used old dressmaking pins as a starting point for the heads. the un helmeted head will have a beard and some eyes when I next have the grey stuff out.  I might sculpt some more heads after I have cast this so I can have some more variety
A shield with rivets and a skull, I will probably add a wood grain to the back of the shield as it will be visible when assembled


Sunday 3 February 2013

Heresy Dragon for sale

It is with great sadness I have to announce that Jon's Heresy Dragon and Dragon master are up for sale, but that should be lucky for someone else because it is a gorgeous model and very rare at the moment. It is dragon number 6 of about 51 so far world wide. 
If you are genuinely interested you can get in touch with Jon via Email
Offers in the region of £200. 

If you want one unpainted you can join the waiting list here Heresy Miniatures Dragon or buy any of Andy's other great sculpts in the main Heresy Shop

The enormous beast
Seriously, look at the size of it!

Friday 1 February 2013

A new dice bag

Ho hum, I'll just sit down with the red box and think about a little dungeon crawl when...