Baal Dropout Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Good day fraters! Posted up a blog entry about the thread title, I'm CCing it here for those not frequenting the blog section Of course comments, suggestions and violent reactions welcome :ph34r: Without further adieu... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/cullnassaultf8.jpg©Forgeworld ForewordSome, if not many, of us don't have access to Forge World's nice resin models, or for some reason, decided that it's not worth to order it instead. I'm of the former type though; and decided that I want some of my models to stand out from the rest of its Mk7 squadmates. In this tutorial, for want of doing a Mk4 Maximus-style helmet, I will outline my workflow on making up one... TL;DR; on with the show... Skill level: Intermediate Estimated Completion time: 30mins - 1hr ~ up to time putty fully hardens References (courtesy of Forgeworld and Games-Workshop) Forgeworld's Mk IV Maximus Armour page. FW Red Scorpions Vanguard Vets w/ VetSgt Culln FW Red Scorpion Vets w/ VetSgt Haas GW Blood Angels Death Company kit (lower-rightmost fig) GW Black Templars Upgrade Sprue (2nd from the right on the row of head/helmets) Materials needed: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0152.jpg 1. Water/lubricant of choice (water, petroleum jelly, glycerine, spit, etc) 2. Epoxy putty (greenstuff, brownstuff, Sculpey, Fimo, etc) 3. Sculpting tools (dental tools, clay/colour shapers, toothpicks, hobby knife etc) 4. Hobby knife 5. Helmet bit of choice (I used a Mk7 with the skull since I have more of these than the rest of the helm styles) 6. Sandpaper, sanding sticks, emery boards, files etc. (optional) I did mention I'm using the Mk7 with skull bit. Notice the front 'vents' slope more forward than the ones pictured over at FW (see left pic). What I did: cut-off some parts to accommodate the [steeper] slope I wanted. (see right pics) At this point, we can also chop/cut-off the tubes left and right of the cheeks and sculpt them back afterward. This makes smoothing/forming the 'snout' easier since nothing will be in the way of our sculpting tool. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0153.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0155.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0154.jpg Onwards Slap on a blob of putty to form as our would-be 'duckbill snout'. Let the putty cure for a bit for it to be less tacky and more workable. Work on it till we get the proper shape: mainly 'pulling' on the putty to the side and over the cheeks to let it 'blend', as well as over the middle crest to for the sharp(ish) edge. Looking over the bit from all angles as much as possible to form your snout (if not, one may get sort of a 'crooked-nose' look, or perhaps even the crest being off-center). To form the steep slope, I pull/drag down the putty, forming sort of a 'chin'. I cut this excess of with a hobby knife http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0156.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0157.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0158.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0159.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0160.jpg More on the snout I take my sculpting tool and push into the putty to form the triangular underside of the snout. Guess it's easier to imagine it as a lip for now. I also pushed under it, up in the middle, to make the '^' better looking. Don't worry too much of the edges look rounded or otherwise: once the putty has finally cured/hard enough, we can sand it down to even the edges. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0162.jpg Grills, Vents or something like that Let the putty cure/sit for a bit. Five minutes perhaps? Unless we took our time forming the lip/snout that it's firm enough (but not rock-hard!) for this step. Before continuing: notice the piece of precision screwdriver in the Materials Needed pic? Here is where it comes into play. It's a 1mm flat-head screwdriver that we will use to push into the putty forming the grills. A word of caution though: the placement of these grills can make-or-break our work as we will have to mirror it left and right of the snout. So think about where we will place our grills on the snout, perhaps imagine a chevron, take a deep breath and relax. Form the upper grills first: use the screwdriver to push into the putty (imagine the chevron). With the upper grills as a guide, space the lower grills afterward. The putty may deform (if not a bit) during and after this operation; might as well go back and forth with the screwdriver and sculpting tool until we are happy with the form. The putty being firm at this point helps with keeping the hard edges on our grills and/or the bottom-most part (using the flat side of the hobby knife we can form its edges, if not ignore it for now and sand/file everything down once it's cured/hard enough) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0163.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0164.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0165.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0166.jpg Finishing touches Finally happy, put down all your tools and set your work aside. Let the putty cure/harden for a few hours. Come back afterwards, perhaps arming yourself with a hobby knife to cut off some excess on the chin; or file it down (up?); or go over it with a fine sandpaper used wet to have a smoother putty-plastic transition and harden-up the grill edges and define the crest at the middle. Reform the tubes using putty as well if you've cut it off at the start. Below you can see a marine with a Mk4/Maximus helmet I did as a proof-of-concept before writing this tutorial http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/WH40k%20BA%204th/WIPs/th_Picture035.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/WH40k%20BA%204th/WIPs/th_Picture034.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0167.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/matt_atknsn/MkIV_Tut/th_IMG_0168.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Excellent! :ph34r: Glad to see a mk4 helmet tut. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarKHaZZ13 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 this needs to be added to the librarium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Melice Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Great!!!! just what I need for a Garro conversion!!! Thanks for the tut mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathnid Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 oh my god :lol: i am sooo going to do this to all of my tacticals. brilliant job mate :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baal Dropout Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 Thanks to everyone! glad to have helped :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapter Master Ignis Domus Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Excellent job! I've always loved Mk. IV, and would have had all Mk. IV if I had had a method so easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooseDaMoose Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Brilliant! I was totally considering buying the whole set from Forgeworld to get the helms hahah, you really saved me 20 pounds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachymike123 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 if you were in front of me I WOULD KISS YOU! thank you, i may have to make a veteran squad with this now. you sir a money saver, and that is what we all love at the moment :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxmarine Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 you just saved me alot of money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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