[BFG] My Tyranid fleet

[Dan_Lee]

I've never seen foil used as a filler before - brilliant idea for bulky areas like your planet devourer!

[harec]

Good stuff. The process seems quite easy to do. Even without resin casting as the clay models could do the trick allready.


<peeks at package of clay, 1 euro here... >

It is, modelling clay is really easy to use, not like green stuff, but you need to cover it with green stuff of similar because the surface is fragile and quite difficult to paint(in reality is to easy as it absorbs the paint, the finish can be a bit botched)

I've never seen foil used as a filler before - brilliant idea for bulky areas like your planet devourer!

  Really? I thought it was quite common, like steel balls (if you want to make it heavier). I think I Shaw it a Spanish team tutorial on it’s webpage.

[harec]

 :-[I was wrong naming the material I using, is not modelling clay, is modelling material(I think it is made of paper and gypsum),

Well  here are the latest pics, It is being a bit more dificult than the smaller ships but I like the actual shape I am obtaining, It is going to be my 'little' baby  , I must actually say that this ship will be a bit diferent tha the other ones, (not just the size) because I am not going to copy it so I have more freedom to add details.(the other ship were made thinking in making resin cast easier)



Tomorow I will add the 'natural' details and I will finish step 3 by sanding the hole ship to make the shape more 'organic'

[harec]

I finally bought the stuff to copy the miniatures, I am trying to innovate with this new molds, I have already done 2 part molds and they are ok, but in this case I will use 3 parts molds to make the casting process easier.

Here are some pics



I have never seen something like this before but probably there have been someone with the same idea.

And also here are some pics of the planet devourer, I think the base really suits it don’t you think?

[harec]

The first mold is still in process so I continued with the Step 4_details(green stuff) of the planet devourer, I must say it is to big , I’m exhausted and just have done it’s port.




It seems it will be a long way to the end

[Dan_Lee]

Keep at it. It's looking brilliant!

[Lex]

Can we put in suggestions ??   

this things is kinda like the mother ship of all mother-ships, right ??

and conceivably, being Nids, it will Spawn other ships from its own bulk ??

the shape could do with some "breaking up" , which you could achieve by modeling some of you smaller vessels as being "emerging"  or "docked" (like suckerfish ?)

[harec]

Can we put in suggestions ??   

this things is kinda like the mother ship of all mother-ships, right ??

and conceivably, being Nids, it will Spawn other ships from its own bulk ??

the shape could do with some "breaking up" , which you could achieve by modeling some of you smaller vessels as being "emerging"  or "docked" (like suckerfish ?)

Of course you can put suggestions, and critics, I like feedback.
I have already thought in that, but I still don’t know how to do it, (that is why I have immature drones and immature krakens).

But I haven’t thought on the idea of the suckerfish, and you have given me a really good idea, that is just brilliant, I will work on it.  Thanks, you have change the whole idea I had in mind.

[David Wasilewski]

That's a really good idea! When you see sharks swimming around, they sometimes have those parasitical fish attached to them (like teeth cleaners or undersea clean up crew, vulture style).

Other ideas, you could model 'blight' pustules or veins?

Dave

(I don't play BFG but I can admire a good model when I see one!)

[harec]

That's a really good idea! When you see sharks swimming around, they sometimes have those parasitical fish attached to them (like teeth cleaners or undersea clean up crew, vulture style).

Other ideas, you could model 'blight' pustules or veins?

Dave

(I don't play BFG but I can admire a good model when I see one!)

I’m sorry but I don’t understand what is a blight pustule  . I don’t put exactly veins, as this ships are suppose to be to big but here you can see a photo of my battleship when it was still in process. all my mouths are like this when you zoom in.

[David Wasilewski]

Just a big boil! Tyranids get spots too didn't you know.

Keep up the good work, your fleet will be the envy of your group when that big momma's finished!

Dave

[Lex]

I finally bought the stuff to copy the miniatures, I am trying to innovate with this new molds, I have already done 2 part molds and they are ok, but in this case I will use 3 parts molds to make the casting process easier.

Here are some pics

Assume you are doing a dropcast, not a spin ?
What is the orangy material you have embedded the green in ?

[harec]

Just a big boil! Tyranids get spots too didn't you know.

Keep up the good work, your fleet will be the envy of your group when that big momma's finished!

Dave

Maybe I put some sacs, but I don`t particulary se te point of boils now,but I think I will put them on hulk and damage ships

Assume you are doing a dropcast, not a spin ?
What is the orangy material you have embedded the green in ?

The orangy material is platiline, and if I understand you It will be a dropcast.
Have you ever seen a homemade spincast?, It would be cool to se a homemade example, and it would be nice for scorts

[harec]

I finally started with the resin casting and I must say that is a total sucess

here is the mold and the result(still just a torso), and exact copy 

[Lex]

Great job .... what did you use to facilitate proper positioning ?