MV Killteams #03: Josua, Johannes and Roman

by Roman aka jar

 

 Hey Jungle,

inspired by the call of Volomir to raise a #Killteam2020 with 100 points some MV Team Members are following it. Josua, Johannes and Roman are fully into that Warhammer 40k vibe and do start their Kill Teams with 100 Points or more to create a playable force. Gaming boards are in the making. Here are their WIP logbooks, this is #01 ...

A really helpful and inspiring article to plan and execut a themend army is also the one of Johannes:
http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2020/06/tutorial-themed-armies-part-one.html
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Johannes - Work in Progress #01
Craftworlds - Asuryani Force

This week I took a pause from the Guardians and painted a Striking Scorpion Exarch with Scorpion Claw. It was a fairly uncomplicated paintjob and quite fun.







So for the next week I am going back to the Guardians as I still need quite a few of them.

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Josua - Work in Progress #01
Space Wolves Tactical Strike Force 

For this weeks update i finished my second member of the Killteam. The Cloak took my quite some time to finish due to the fur texture I painted on. This effect was achieved by painting small lines in the direction where fur naturally grows. Going from dark to light and still keeping in mind how light reflects on the hair. 
 
 
  
 
He also received the mandatory snow base which was built with common earth and some snow products by ak interactive 
 
   

Goal for next week: finish preparing and start painting the scout 
Stay tuned! 


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Roman - Work in Progress #01
Dark Angel Tactical Strike Force
"Wing of Vengeance"

Well,
after painting three models of the squad at once in the last update I really wanted a change to paint up some change in colors and detail work again. I decided to paint up a commander in form of a Chaplain I slightly converted to Dark Angels ...







Even though he was not on my initial list for the squad I think he fits in well. No idea if I will ever play him, but reading the rules about commanders in campaigns it could be a careful yes. Nonetheless, he will guide my guys with his battle prayers.


I also painted my Reiver, that is also a little conversion ...






Hope you like them so far!
Keep on happy painting!
Roman

Read more about our #killteam2020s, next week!


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Posted On 29 October 2020 at 7:24 AM

SBS: Sculpting Al-Bazar, The Arab Merchant

by Daniele "Found" Trovato

The Arab Merchant









"Good morning " :-)
"As-salam alaykom" in Arabic :-) :-)

This article is about the sculpting process of my last commission: Al-Bazar from Aradia Miniatures.

The concept is by Stefano Moroni, a talented artist that has already drawn most Character by Aradia Miniatures.


"Day" version by Mirko Cavalloni

"Day" version by Mirko Cavalloni

The concept



As you can see, the concept is absolutely original.
Stefano can express his imagination and creativity with a bit of humour with his exaggerated proportions and quick sketching signs.


Aradia suggested Stefano to draw the Character deliberately rough.
This choice was made just to give to the sculptor more opportunity and possibility to put his own interpretation and customization into the sculpture.
And obviously I said thank for that :-)


When character is drawn from 3/4 angle, I suggest you to horizontal flip the images, just to have a global view of the character (be careful to not symmetrical features)

Every Sculpture Has Its Own Way

This sculpture has a special feature: Aradia wants to create a special choices for final customers, indeed this sculpture has 2 choices for feet (normal feet vs arabic trousers), two choices for the backpack (locker vs jar), and two choice for the headgear.


This looks Amazing: every painter could personalize his model by his own desire.

This changed my total approach for sculpting this model.





Here I use copper aluminium, real flexible metal.


Normally I use the same feet as a support for the armature.
 In this case I create a total different skeleton, in order to preserve the stability of the armature.





So I create a fake leg, in order to make the armature more firm.
I will cut that leg, after baking and polishing process. It needs me only while I sculpting.




I create the armature with 0.8mm iron wire.






For the base I use a little piece of Balsa Wood, stabilized with brass upholsterer buttons.


You can see my simple process to create the armature.


I put the wire throuth the balsa wood, then in a piece of cork




Than I create the fake leg, to give it more stability.





fixed all on cork base






First layer of Magic sculpt, only on head





Usually I cover first layer with some Green Stuff. It's perfect for that purpose:  sticky, elastic, and sufficiently firm (my top master Jacques Alexandre Gillois (JAG) do the same, but also Allan Carrasco and many other sculptors)





First masses.
The putty I'm using is Beesputty (50%) + FIMO Professional (50%) (Valentin Zak's Mix :-) )
Often I add some Mix-Quick Staedtler to make it more sticky.

This depends a lot by the external temperature: the more cold is your room.

The more firm will be your clay, so less sticky. (I live in Sicily, so cold actually doesn't exist :-) )

 Alternatively, you can add a little drops of Baby Oil, this works very well with Super Sculpey but not very well with FIMO.
Use cautiously.




As you can see, in this stage I work very rough




I prefer to put some masses on, then cut it with a good blade the excess clay




Started to work on face. This face wasn't simple to make it in 3D





I add little cape made with Magic Sculpt.

 I decided to use MagicSculpt there because I'll use it as a support to put some things on




As you can see, the arms made with aluminium copper, real simple to cut (for mold purposes)




I fixed the left arm on the base, to have more stability.
I sculpt the ears by put a little wire inside the head and sculpting them with a little piece of clay.


Firstly I sculpted a Pipe as character suggests me. But It doesn't convince me, so I decided to creare my own Arabic Pipe.


I found some references on Google:






I created some stuff separately in Magic Sculpt.

I assembled all pieces (with a little hole on center of every one's and a little wire, did with Dremel 0.1 mm point).





I put the arabian pipe on left hand with a little drop of ciano-glue


To create micro texture on the nose I often use...

...transparent paper on surface.

This allows me to create texture without any scratch on surface using a sharp tool.









I covered the cloak made in Magic Sculpt with some Fresh Clay
(using a some drops of Fimo Liquid, to help me more sticky)




To create alternative hat, I covered the sculpture with transparent sheet, then put a piece of fresh Magic Sculpt in order to keep the shape of the head



Base of hat, some attempts





Little cabinet-pack first alternative. Full of some stuffs



He starts to have a sense :-)




Created the tube of the Arab Pipe with a sausage of Magic Sculpt



I carver first hat with a piece of Magic turned out with my Dremel and 


I added some FIMO on it, then modelled it


For the turban I did the same way


Created some clay sausages then put on Magic sculpt turban (using FIMO liquid to attach it)


Then I modelled it


As you can see, Magic Sculpt is always visible





It seems fit very good :-)



Al-Bazar, The Arab Merchant

60mm
FIMO+Beesputty
Magic Sculpt

Concept by Stefano Moroni
Boxart by Mirko Cavalloni
Sculpted by Daniele "Found" Trovato

Released by Aradia Miniatures










"Day" version by Mirko Cavalloni

"Night" version by Mirko Cavalloni



This miniature is available on Aradia Miniatures




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