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Lamenter's Actual Scale Space Marines


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Hey guys.

 

I've been posting a lot of this actual scale stuff on Warseer, and decided it's about time I bought this to the attention of the real Space Marine experts here at B&C (for some proper constructive criticism). I started up my own website (see sig.) to showcase the work I've done and hopefully track progress as that work improves.

 

To start with I guess I'll show my latest two conversions, Vulkan He'stan and a Vanguard Assault Marine in MK VIII armour. I'll be painting Vulkan at some point soon, in the same style as the official model. The MK VIII has already been sent to the client, who has promised photos of it when it's painted.

 

http://www.masteroftheforge.com/images/july09/vulkanfinished/vulkan01.jpg

http://www.masteroftheforge.com/images/july09/vulkanfinished/vulkan04.jpg

http://www.masteroftheforge.com/images/july09/vulkanfinished/vulkan07.jpg

http://www.masteroftheforge.com/images/july09/vulkanfinished/vulkan08.jpg

 

http://masteroftheforge.com/images/july09/vulkan2.jpg

scale comparison shot

 

http://masteroftheforge.com/images/june09/errantfinished4.jpg

commission piece

 

There'll always be more pics and info on my website if anyone wants a closer look.

 

Also got some progress on the widened backpacks a like so much :D for the second MK V squad I've currently got in progress.

http://www.masteroftheforge.com/images/july09/oldstylebackpack.jpg

This will be the standard backpack for my MK IV to VI marines. I'm gonna produce a standard conversion for the MK II & III aswell.

 

I'll try and keep this thread going with updates to ongoing actual scale projects.

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Fantastic work, particularly your true-scaled adaption of Vulkan He'stan. What blade did you use for the Spear of Vulkan? Is it the power sword from the Captain that is included in the Black Reach box? It's a great choice, that fits perfectly for a glaive.
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Fantastic work, particularly your true-scaled adaption of Vulkan He'stan. What blade did you use for the Spear of Vulkan? Is it the power sword from the Captain that is included in the Black Reach box? It's a great choice, that fits perfectly for a glaive.

 

thanks guys.

 

Yes it's from the AoBR Captain. It's a great sword. I've bought 3 of them so far as I want to use them as alternative blades on my GK Nemesis Force Weapons.

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Ah, it is nice to see these chaps again. The Vulkan came out excellently. We need more Actual Scale Special Characters out there. I was thinking of doing Khârn myself at some point. Though, whilst I love how the Mk 8 Marine looks and all, the fingers on his right hand could be done a lot better.
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Ah, it is nice to see these chaps again. The Vulkan came out excellently. We need more Actual Scale Special Characters out there. I was thinking of doing Khârn myself at some point. Though, whilst I love how the Mk 8 Marine looks and all, the fingers on his right hand could be done a lot better.

 

You're right it could be better. Hopefully the fine details (especially hands) will improve as I do more of them.

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http://www.masteroftheforge.com/images/july09/workbench1.jpg

 

This is the work in progress on a second Mark V tactical squad. Still in the early stages, but starting to come together. Hoping to have this finished by the end of next week. When this one's done I'm going to make a start on an in depth tutorial.

 

I'm not going to go too in depth into how I'm doing these as I'll just end up repeating myself in the tutorial.

 

http://www.masteroftheforge.com/images/july09/workbench2.jpg

 

I did find that cutting a groove into the greaves is a great way of creating the smaller knee pads of the Mark Vs. The first squad of Mark Vs used the legs with knee pads that were then trimmed down. I think this approach works better. The torsos are obviously off of the assualt marine sprues with cabling added. They look suitably bulky when done like this, although the skull symbol need removing to be replaced with a vent.

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How many of these did the chap commission? :huh:

 

Almost 40 including Terminators, Scouts, and vehicle crew.

 

I think he's crazier than I am ;)

No, because he got you to do the work for him! :huh:

 

Joking aside, I love your work. Your gs skills in particular impress me. Someone was recently suggesting to me that I should try adding my own jump-pack straps using gs, and I recoiled in dismay at the suggestion. Your pictures have made me think again (although for how long I know not). Also: have you ever tried using brown stuff? It's like green stuff, only brown; and it dries harder, giving you cleaner edges and other advantages. I just thought that some of the stuff you're showing us here might be easier to do with properties like that. ;)

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How many of these did the chap commission? :huh:

 

Almost 40 including Terminators, Scouts, and vehicle crew.

 

I think he's crazier than I am :blink:

No, because he got you to do the work for him! :lol:

 

Joking aside, I love your work. Your gs skills in particular impress me. Someone was recently suggesting to me that I should try adding my own jump-pack straps using gs, and I recoiled in dismay at the suggestion. Your pictures have made me think again (although for how long I know not). Also: have you ever tried using brown stuff? It's like green stuff, only brown; and it dries harder, giving you cleaner edges and other advantages. I just thought that some of the stuff you're showing us here might be easier to do with properties like that. ;)

 

Thanks.

 

I haven't tried brown stuff yet, but I'm going to soon. I wanted to feel I had some understanding of how best to use GS before moving onto other materials. One of the things I've struggled with is fine sharp details (damn fingers) so that's one of my priorities.

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Lamenter,

 

Wow man.. I really like the greenstuff work.. I want a unit like that.. could you make me one and stuff
lol
.. I would so pay you too.. >.> Oh I would want you to paint it too.. <.< Heh.

 

- Drexsun

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I love seeing bad@$$ conversions. You have definitely swung for the fences with these. The Vanguard marine is a favorite of mine, especially in the "true scale" department. How do you get your GS so smooth? Is it a scraping and shaping process after curing? Or is it acheived during the sculpting?
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