masteroftheforge.com » Backpack http://masteroftheforge.com Wargames Model Conversions Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:12:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Alpha Legion Squad is finished! Yay! http://masteroftheforge.com/2009/09/17/alpha-legion-squad-is-finished-yay/ http://masteroftheforge.com/2009/09/17/alpha-legion-squad-is-finished-yay/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:37:46 +0000 Lamenter http://masteroftheforge.com/?p=245 Took me a long time to get there, but the squad is finally finished (pending comments from the client). I personally wasn’t satisfied until about 80% of the way in when the squad started to really come together properly. Most elements of the models I’ve covered in previous posts and are fairly self explanatory. The most recent element were the Mark III back packs. In illustrations of various forms of power armour Mark II & III have a distinct style of backpack, although there has never been a specific model component (as far as I know) of that design. I tried to follow a similar styling to that of the armour – bigger, plates and cabling. Whilst the the vents on the top are very difficult to keep uniform, I’m fairly pleased with the final thing.

The Alpha Legionnaire Badge on the shoulder pad was first made in greenstuff and then casts were made using silicone rubber putty as a simple one piece mold. At some point I’ll make a post about this new material, but I’ve only just started experimenting with it, so I’ll wait till I’ve had a chance to try a few things first.

The whole squad has come together nicely, whilst they aren’t perfect conversions, there is definite progression occurring over time, which is obviously nice to see. For anyone who’s interested the client plans to use these as “counts as” Grey Knight Terminators.

Anyway, here’s the pics:

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]]> http://masteroftheforge.com/2009/09/17/alpha-legion-squad-is-finished-yay/feed/ 4 Mk IV-VI style backpack http://masteroftheforge.com/2009/07/09/mk-iv-vi-style-backpack/ http://masteroftheforge.com/2009/07/09/mk-iv-vi-style-backpack/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:49:28 +0000 Lamenter http://masteroftheforge.com/?p=173 Thanks to Doghouse posting a pick of one of the old style backpacks in his Warseer Project Log, I managed to improve on the backpacks of the MK V conversions I’ve been working on. Here’s the first, a definite improvement over those issued to the last squad. This one will be used to create a small greenstuff press mold.

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