Asrech Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Hey guys, old to the forum but new to the posting :) So what better way than to start by sharing some works in progress! Here is one of my latest projects, the Ares. Figured since this will be a one-of-a-kind land raider I might as well have some fun with it and really try to make it into a center-piece for the army. It's made from a LR base, with a vindicator front pannel and siege shield. The LR was bought second hand and already built, so there is some bad assembly sadly. I thought the siege shield looked to small compared to the bulk of the land raider so I added to it with plasticard to make it wider, and later on a lot of greenstuff combined with bitz from the cities of death sprues to give it some "soul". Now I know the doors are BT but those were the only ones I had, and throughout my army I have decals and icons from other chapters ( shoulderpads mostly ). To me these are to represent tokens and honours given from other chapters after joined missions and campaigns. There is also a assaultcannon for the front hatch which has some details on it, nothing big but it fits with the rest of the theme. http://i188.photobucket.com/%20albums/z104/Asrech/AresWIP025.jpg http://i188.photobucket.com/%20albums/z104/Asrech/AresWIP011.jpg http://i188.photobucket.com/%20albums/z104/Asrech/AresWIP017.jpg http://i188.photobucket.com/%20albums/z104/Asrech/AresWIP018.jpg http://i188.photobucket.com/%20albums/z104/Asrech/AresWIP022.jpg http://i188.photobucket.com/%20albums/z104/Asrech/AresWIP020.jpg http://i188.photobucket.com/%20albums/z104/Asrech/AresWIP021.jpg http://i188.photobucket.com/%20albums/z104/Asrech/AresWIP015.jpg I'll be posting more of my stuff on apropriate parts of the forum in days to come, so you'll be able to see what color scheme I have for the army. C&C are much appreciated!ss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Ducarte Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Hey mate. Love it! Especially the ornateness of the front with the statues. I think it's gonna look awesome when it's painted. Btw, how did u sculpt those chains? Everytime I try to sculpt them they look terrible but yours look great! Good work mate! BD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 Thanks! I'll be posting here as the painting comes along. In the back of my head I just kept thinking about how ornate larger constructions thend to be in the imperium ( titans, spaceships etc ) so I wanted to try and apply that on a smaller scale. +++ Moved the tutorial into the tutorial section +++ Any other comments or ideas? The tank has yet to get any paint, even spray, so there is room to add more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Mordeus Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Nice stuff mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alys Dwr Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Very nice landraider, looking forward to some paint on it. And that is the exact same way i do chains, with the very same tools no less. I think i saw a tutorial for it years ago using real sculpting tools and made do with what i had. It's great to see i'm not the only one! Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 I was sitting around for a while with the greenstuff not sure what to do to attach the sword to the roof, and started playing around with different ways of making rope and chains, came up with this. Real simple, but with great results IMHO. Been using it on a number of things as details since then ;) Just need to get some white spray before I start hitting this thing with the brush. My problem being tht the white spray I thought I bought turned out to be a chaos black with a white cap... -.- ... Thanks for the comments guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallvictory Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Nice center peice you have there, great tutorial as well. You have given yourself plenty of details to paint you brave soul, good luck. The only advice I have is to get your hands on some brown stuff to fill the gaps. It's great because you can file/sand it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brother varen Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 What bits did you use for the twin linked flamer sponsons? It looks great can't wait to see it painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 They are scratch built using the baneblade heavy flamers and the normal "hood" covering land raider sponsons, cut in half down the midle and then glued back together. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Amazing LR. I love the flames with the skulls in. It looks very good indeed. My only criticism is that the flamers don't look meaty enough for that LR. How about twin linked Flame Storm cannons? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 I would have loved to ( Flamestorm cannons are every Salamander players wet dream ;) ) but since the Ares is only fitted with twin heavy flamers I think it would just feel wrong to mount up beefy flamers and then they just go *pff....* And had it had the flamestorm cannons the points would no doubt be higher as well. :P *link* to the Ares datasheet from GW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loken86 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 :D Brother this is amazing i need to make one now your detail work is amazing i havent scene this kind of work in a loong time cant wait to see it painted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Martemis Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 sweet baby jesus and the orphans, thats awesome but i don't like it, cos now i wanna make another one.... you know what i had to buy the missus to be able to make one of these? (no? niether do i, all i know is bank balance dissappeared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montuhotep Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Now this, this is special. One of the few Ares models that I've seen even remotely close to being finished and this is a very good one indeed, especially the siege-shield! Excellent work, I say, excellent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 Brother Martemis; The combination of a missus and warhammer tends to have that impact on the wallet every now and then. I'm considering myself lucky with my girl. Well I wouldn't mind seeing a few more of them out there. With the oncoming hordes of new nidz they will be needed! Paladin7221; *Takes a deep bow* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor_Lensoven Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 beautiful model! do you have an equally epic squad to ride in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 Sadly I do not since the Ares has no transport cap. All room is used for the Demolisher shells is fires. I am soon going to start a new project which will be a mechanicus themed tactical swuad (chests and a shoulderpad from the tank sprue ). The sergeant I already have done, and I'll be getting a tac squad box this saturday, along with some white spray so I can give this guy a layer before I start working my brush on it. My only question is if I should stick with my normal color scheme or if I should give it a custom one.. Thinking a lot more black. (my normal scheme kan be seen in the army presentation as well as hall of honour where my dreads came up just a while back ). Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazakelXIII Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Woooow. This is really pretty. :) At first I thought the frag launchers shouldn't be there, but now I'm kinda thinking it looks like the tank has scales. The shield is great as is the fire, and the banners are a nice touch. As Paladin already said, an Ares is a rare enough sight without being this well-converted. Can't wait to see it all painted up. If you're looking for paint suggestions, those Cities of Death skullwall bitz bring H.R. Giger paintings to mind what with all the tubes. Painting them a glossy bluish black might go nice with all the fire, though you do lose the ability to say "my shield wall is made of friggin' human skulls." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 Thanks :) And now that you mention it, there sure is a bitt of H.R. Giger feel to it, but since there is so much flames it takes away from it since his backgrounds usually go in his "normal" theme. The fraglaunchers, I'm glad you noticed that as well ;) The though was part scales, part extra armour, since I wanted the front to be as armoured as I could get it without it getting to obstructed. Well the thought was more to be able to say "My shield wall is the friggin' Gates of Hell!" But hey, that works too! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaeken Templaris Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 hell of a nice custom job matey. cant wait to see it painted. a beast like thats is gonna look sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nostromo Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 that beast is simply beautiful - i wish my sculpting skills were even remotely that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korraz Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Okay, this is just plain awesome, it actually forced me to make my first post. Is a tutorial out there for the flames? Or are they just basically "inverted" fur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sword brethren Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 this is the best ares ive ever seen i hope your consistant with your painting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asrech Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 ;) Im very happy with how it came out, and I do consider it one of, if not the, best conversion I've done. Korraz, Well my friend, welcome to the active part of the forum :) Glad I could digg you out :( The flames are as you say just inverted fur, smear out some greenstuff, and poke it (for me it was with my knife) intill you get the texture you want. As you can see the texture isn't the same all over since I don't really use a special way of doing it :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaptermaster Graymantle Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Wow that is awesome! That is some really great and inspiring work you did on this. Looking forward to seeing this finished and more. Well done! :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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