With the arrival of Chapterhouse Studios as a maker of compatible bits for GWs model range, I amongst many others I would say have come to realize that there is actually a lot more room to maneuver when it comes to selling model components.

I’ve been thinking a bit about this lately and I’m considering producing scaled up components to complement GW’s plastic range (mainly Space Marines obviously). Not complete models in themselves, but lets say legs, chest plate and shoulder pads. You’d still have to purchase their models for the heads, backplates, backpacks, arms, weapons and accessories.

From what I can tell this is perfectly legal, though I’d have to stay clear of iconography. It doesn’t impact on GW’s sales because you’d have to buy their models to build something complete anyway.

As a side note, I’ve started work on a series of Wolf Cavalry, as have many others, and hope to have something to show off in a few weeks time. For now I have to get used to using a new modelling material (Fimo).

Miscellaneous Components

Just a quick post to show a work in progress Red Scorpion captain (3 of 4). He has a combi- bolter/flamer, powerfist (with grenade launcher). I’ve yet to add an Iron Halo and Digi lasers to his powerfist. I think I’ll also be sculpting something scorpion-y onto his back banner.

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A little extra tidbit is this Actual Scale chest eagle I sculpted for someone, based off the one I did for the Grey Knight Chaplain. This is actually the second attempt. I don’t think it’s as good as the first but it’s satisfactory. I’ll be making molds of this to cast chest eagles for some of my future Blood Angels. The torso I sculpted as a base here is actually larger than the torsos I’ve used on most of my Marines to date, but I think I’m going to be moving toward larger chest plates in future. This is also big enough a chest eagle to fit a scaled up Terminator. Note: the gap between the wings is to allow a different things to be added, like a blood drop or skull or whatever, and adds to the amount of possible variety.

Miscellaneous, Work in Progress Chest Eagle, Red Scorpions

I’ve been sitting on this model for far too long. I had intended to paint him, but just haven’t gotten round to it. Enough people have shown an interest in purchasing him, so here he is.

Edit: SOLD

Miscellaneous For Sale, Vulkan He'stan

For all those people still awaiting projects to be started, I just want to apologise again for the long delay.

Currently in the works (pictures incoming) are a Space Marine Force Commander (like the Codex artwork), a Badab era Huron Blackheart.

Next up will be 2 Salamanders characters and a counts as Lysander in Templar iconography, 3 Red Scorpion characters, a Mark 2 Marine and the remaining squads for an entire army to see to.

I have a long waiting list of potential commissions after that, so if you have contacted me in the last few months I will be getting back to you in not too distant future.

Miscellaneous

I’ve been promising a tutorial on my method for creating an Actual Scale Space Marine for a very long time.

Well, version 1.0 of How to Make an Actual Scale Space Marine is here.

I’ve most likely left out huge chunks and forgotten a lot of stuff that should have been in there but it’s still a pretty massive guide. Somewhere in the region of 80 photos (and a lot less text). Feedback on this is very welcome, as this will be the first of a series of tutorials, and I like to know where I’ve gone wrong.

Completed Project, Miscellaneous Mark VII, Power Armour, Tutorial

I don’t normally like to post updates without pics, but I’m still putting the finishing touches to the tutorial (hopefully tomorrow). In the meantime, I thought I’d let you all know I’m going to add a “For Sale” section to the website, in a bid to have a clear out.

I’ve been a GW hobbyist for about 20 years now, and like most of the other fanatics that are involved in the hobby I have boxes and boxes of stuff. Most of my armies over the years have been traded or sold, so don’t be expecting to see the really old ultra-rare stuff (I’d probably keep that anyway ). I do however have a ton of Ork stuff, for the army I want but have to admit to myself I’ll never get around to completing, a bit of Space Marine stuff that I know I won’t be using for my “scaled-up” armies, as well as random and fantasy models.

What I have will vary from still on sprue to the ready to game with. I could have gone and put all of it on eBay, but the charges there have gotten just a little too high. So, I’ve got a website and a few visitors (I hope), so why not use it. I think I’ll keep it simple, and ask what I think is a fair price. First come first serve. Shipping will be free to people in the UK or £5 to anywhere else.

Trading

If I’m after anything that I’d be willing to take as a trade rather than money, I’ll post it at the top of the “For Sale” page.

Gallery Page

It’s probably about time I did something with this, it’d be nice to have a huge spread of thumbnails for every photo on the site. I’ll look into sorting this out over the next few weeks.

Miscellaneous

So I was looking through my Ork bitz box today (about £300 worth of unassembled Orks) and figured I really ought to finish building an army of them. This will have to wait a while till I’ve cleared the back log of orders of course. So far in my Ork converting experience I’ve converted 2 Warbosses, the second because the first wasn’t big enough… sound familiar. This was before the AoBR Warboss was released and I now find myself wanting to convert a third Warboss who will tower over everybody.

My Orks so far have all been from the Snakebite Clan, but I think with all the cool plastic and FW vehicles for Orks now I may switch to a Nob heavy Evil Sunz Trukker force instead. At the moment these are just ideas, but I thought it interesting that I now want bigger Orks as well as Space Marines.

For those who are curious, here’s some photos of the first two Warbosses, a Madboss (Madboy Nob) and Madboy No.1.

Inspiration and Ideas, Miscellaneous Orks, Snakebite, Warboss

Wow, what can I say…

For some reason Space Hulk was one of the games first released when I started into the hobby, but I never actually played it. Now that it’s been re-released, I finally get to jump in and start blasting Genestealers into gooey little bits. Space Hulk is of course the perfect game for the types of conversions I like to do, and I can foresee (at least when I have some more spare time) creating all kinds of alternate rules and models to use in the game.

I think tomorrow I’ll start digging through all my really old White Dwarfs and see if I can find and rules for other 40K races, at least to provide inspiration. Hell I might even consider re-making the board sections in 3D, how cool would that be?

Edit: The fact the Terminators are also of the Blood Angels chapter makes me want to go back to them and do some more work on my 3rd company army (ain’t Captain Tycho the greatest ?).

Miscellaneous Space Hulk

As of today I will not be taking any new commissions until at least december.

Anyone who has placed an order so far will still be getting the work done as arranged (although a bit late).

The sheer volume of interest has been overwhelming, and I am very thankful for this. I must apologise to all those waiting for conversions, but I’ll get there in the end. Thank you for your patience.

Once all the existing commissions are completed and I’ve had chance to tackle a project for myself, I’ll be open to taking orders again. For anyone thinking of placing an order, please send me an email with your name. I’ll place you on a waiting list and get back to you in December to see if you’re still interested.

Miscellaneous Commssions

Delays, delays, delays…

At the moment I’m about 10 days behind my planned schedule. If I’ve agreed to produce projects for you on commission please be patient. A lot of personal stuff and a general in ability to plan ahead have seen me put off some work that should have been done already. I hope to claw back a bit of time over the next few weeks. I promise the wait will be worth it.

For anyone thinking about commissioning a project, there is a waiting list developing. To add to this, September will largely be taken up by a “Top Secret Project” (tba) that will mean very little commission work happening at that time. I’ve got room for a few more projects before then but all others will have to wait till October.

Because I’m behind, the basic tutorial is temporarily being pushed back till I can find the time. Commissions must come first obviously.

Thanks for your patience.

Miscellaneous Top Secret Project