Build
01-05-2014, 01:38 PM
So as I may have said numerous times in the past, I suck...
Loads of promises that take forever to fulfil if at all, however I have been doing some bits and pieces, although still need to finish off the banshee/wyche I've been doing.
In the meanwhile I felt this was appropriate as Tyranids are nearly upon us, I figured I'd show you some very quick and easy way to convert spore mines (as it seems you can only use the old spore mini models at present).
So to begin with, any good sculptors lays out his plan of attack (minimising all accidents and failed ninja skills with scalpels):
First stage: find artwork, doesn't matter if you use it or not, get an exceptionally clear idea of what you want to sculpt and what it should look like, for myself I've gone with the artwork from the current (soon to be last) Tyranid codex, as you have at least 13 spore mines on the front cover artwork, each one different and wonderfully organic in design.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nhw3XnOjOug/UNHIZ3dxleI/AAAAAAAANso/IKRZ_Fmqz7I/s1600/sporeminelol.jpg
Second stage: coffee break. http://ohthiskid.com/thedailymeal/coffee-gif1.gif
Third stage: Pick an appropriate putty, in this instance green stuff is ideal, its super sticky quality is ideal for loads of pushing, pulling, twisting and dragging actions to give some good organic and squishy shapes for the spore mines.
Fourth stage: The business end of sculpting tools, normally I can guess which tools I'll be needing with this project.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/N-large/Tyranid%20Gribblies/AUT_1913_zps2ddcce09.jpg
Fifth stage: Getting down to actually doing something (I know, I'm as shocked as you are).
So for this stage because I'm lazy and also want to actually make use of some old minis that I have, but don't like (no offence to the original sculptor, but they just don't do anything for me or fit what I associate with the mines themselves). So I will be using this as a dolly, or close enough, it saves loads of time in making armatures by providing me with a nice solid base to work over, it also means I can complete an entire spore mini in one sitting, no drying time before doing more bits, no waiting around.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/N-large/Tyranid%20Gribblies/AUT_1894_zpsffda03c1.jpg
Loads of promises that take forever to fulfil if at all, however I have been doing some bits and pieces, although still need to finish off the banshee/wyche I've been doing.
In the meanwhile I felt this was appropriate as Tyranids are nearly upon us, I figured I'd show you some very quick and easy way to convert spore mines (as it seems you can only use the old spore mini models at present).
So to begin with, any good sculptors lays out his plan of attack (minimising all accidents and failed ninja skills with scalpels):
First stage: find artwork, doesn't matter if you use it or not, get an exceptionally clear idea of what you want to sculpt and what it should look like, for myself I've gone with the artwork from the current (soon to be last) Tyranid codex, as you have at least 13 spore mines on the front cover artwork, each one different and wonderfully organic in design.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nhw3XnOjOug/UNHIZ3dxleI/AAAAAAAANso/IKRZ_Fmqz7I/s1600/sporeminelol.jpg
Second stage: coffee break. http://ohthiskid.com/thedailymeal/coffee-gif1.gif
Third stage: Pick an appropriate putty, in this instance green stuff is ideal, its super sticky quality is ideal for loads of pushing, pulling, twisting and dragging actions to give some good organic and squishy shapes for the spore mines.
Fourth stage: The business end of sculpting tools, normally I can guess which tools I'll be needing with this project.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/N-large/Tyranid%20Gribblies/AUT_1913_zps2ddcce09.jpg
Fifth stage: Getting down to actually doing something (I know, I'm as shocked as you are).
So for this stage because I'm lazy and also want to actually make use of some old minis that I have, but don't like (no offence to the original sculptor, but they just don't do anything for me or fit what I associate with the mines themselves). So I will be using this as a dolly, or close enough, it saves loads of time in making armatures by providing me with a nice solid base to work over, it also means I can complete an entire spore mini in one sitting, no drying time before doing more bits, no waiting around.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/N-large/Tyranid%20Gribblies/AUT_1894_zpsffda03c1.jpg