Hi guys, I just wanted to share a commission project I'm in the finishing stages of: It's a torpedo destroyer in the same style as the other Zeus prows and ships I have done, as a commission for a client in the UK. He's wanting quite a few of them so I'll be casting the master model up. The model itself is quite tiny at only 30mm long, but has a very high level of detailing (more than the GW Cobra model if I say so myself!).
The master model was slowly built over the course of a couple of weeks, almost entirely from extruded styrene. The only other material was some putty for the prow. For best results casting (and to prevent having any gates damaging details) I decided to break the model into two pieces, with the prow and hull separate. Add the two turrets (which I made separate so that there could be a little bit of variation between the models) and that makes it a four piece model. I went with the usual single part split mould for this one, with all of the parts together on one tiny sprue. There's actually more resin used up in the sprue block than there is in the model itself!
And here we have shots of the finished product:
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w108/mangozac/BFGothic/Scratchbuilding/Destroyer_composite.jpg)
Overall I'm extremely happy with how the project turned out, and it certainly gives me the motivation I'll need to do a Frigate sized variant at the bequest of the same client later...