Back to Plan A

I started off yesterday evening with the best intentions.  I cleared an area to work in, got my rivet maker out, lit a candle for the heat and got a load of sprues ready.  All I can say is that if anybody can get a Greif Rivet maker to consistantly make uniform sized rivets, please […]

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Balanced

Just a very minor update post.  Despite going to B&Q last night to collect carpet tiles (the growing saga of my brothers flat), I actually got a little more work done.  I’ve redrilled the hole on the base that will take the foot – this is the third time – and ended up with a […]

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The Master Plan

What is it they say “The best laid plans…”.  It has transpired that we have some kind of blockage in the waste pipe at home, which resulted in a pretty substantial flood from our downstairs loo – the water from my sisters shower.  This has meant that we’ve currently got the plumber in, dismantling our […]

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Base and Legs

I have very nearly finished the leg assembly.  The picture in the last post was taken just after I added in a piece of brass guitar wire (which seemed to take ages to bend to the right shape).  The 60mm bases I ordered from GW arrived so I was able to cut the cork to […]

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Knee Update

So I managed to get the right knee join pinned, glued and filled last night.  I used pure Green Stuff for the fill, as it’s more suited for the kind of gap that was created.  Also the trick of using a Milliput and Green Stuff mixture is that you sand it to get a perfect […]

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Legs

Managed to get the left leg cut off the pelvis and all of the rods that form the new hip cut and drilled.  These provide a lot more flexibility for the whole model’s pose in comparison to the solid joints that it comes with.  I’ve not glued the leg on yet as there is a […]

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Lots of progress!

Due to it being a weekend, I’ve actually made quite a bit of progress.  I’m still not 100% sure about getting it all ready for this weekend yet, as there is still a bucket load of stuff left to do.  The photo to the left I’ve just taken and shows the knee joint pretty much […]

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Flags and Freehand

One thing has just occurred to me – and that is I need to make a decision on if I wish to add any banners or pendants to my Dreadnought.  I’m personally not a fan of banners, I think that they’re highly unrealistic in many aspects – in real life they’d add another 4 ~ […]

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Hack and Slash

A few shots of the components that have been worked on so far.  Top image is the torso.  I’ve sliced out the sarcophagus and lopped off both spindles for the arm mounts.  I have cut two pieces of tubing to allow the arms to be fitted and positioned as wanted. I’ve now cut off the […]

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Show me those thighs

Ok, perhaps not the best topic line :s I’ve just tacked the leg components together and in fact they’ve gone together better than I’d hoped.  Less slope is going to be needed than I anticipated, which is good.  However my gut feeling prooved corect and the left leg needs repositioning slightly, just to make sure […]

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Progress

After around about 8 hours of cutting, filing and some gluing over the weekend, what I’m aiming for looks like it is possible.  The right leg has been cut up into separate components and should give enough play to allow it to be hinged at the knee and hip so that it’s pressing down on […]

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Dreadnought

When I collected my ticket I also purchased myself a regular plastic Space Marine Dreadnought.  I’m a Space Wolves collector and have wanted to put together a dread for ages, but held off because I had a gut feeling that they’d be releasing a new plastic one at the same time as the new Codex.  […]

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Golden Demon

Today I was lucky enough to be able to scrounge a lift to Swindon on September 27th.  For those who don’t know, September 27th (2009) is the date that Games Workshop is holding its annual ‘Games Day’ exhibition.  This is held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Bristol.  Every Games Workshop store runs a […]

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