And now for something completely different.
I was cleaning/organizing the mess known as my painting bench when I came across some figures I picked up years ago as Warmaster projects. So I decided to finish one up. Behold, the great Daemon Engine of Khorne (counts as a daemon beast):
As you can see, this monster needs some back up to fill out the rest of the unit. I don't know when that will happen, but I am pretty happy with this guy. The glowing runes were fun to do.
Aside from the 1:1 scale project I've been working on -- and will continue to work on -- I have been experimenting with resin casting. Here are some photos from that endevor. I want Tomb Kings related terrain, so when I found this bendy-plastic toy Sphinx, I decided to upgrade it and cast more. Here is the original body sitting on the mold I made, with three castings in the fore ground:
As you can see I chopped off the head. For 2 reasons: I am replacing the face of the Sphinx, and I wanted to make a 1 piece mold of the body. When I use this mold, I plug up the neck hole, then turn it upside down. The resin is poured into the mold, forming a puddle of resin. I read somewhere that this kind of casting, where all the detail is on one side, is called puddle casting. I started with these 1 piece molds because I wanted to start simple. I figured that 2 part molds would come later. Here is a shot of some Templar crosses. I made the original from greenstuff, then made a one-piece mold. Now when I have extra resin, I make a cross or two:
A while back, I sculpted these little dudes up for a Pendraken sculpting competition. I like them, so I will attempt to mold and cast these little ones up. They are 10mm, and were originally to be chariot crew for my Cthulu daemon army's chariots:
And last, here is the Tomb Guard unit that I was hoping to finish over the weekend. These are a mix of Pendraken Anubis troops with sword and Pharoah's undead tomb guard figures. I'm happy with how they are coming out and can't wait to finish them!
I've been a busy boy!
