Hogwarts, Hogwarts, hoggy warty Hogwarts

Hello again. Its time to update this with my meager progress. I was hired by my sister to make Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry for her for her wedding in October 2013. Take note that I have never really made any sort of terrain before. So I started this at the end of September, and I've finally achieved some mark of progress which I'd like to share with you all.

I was watching a fella on Youtube who puts out fantastic scenery and he showed some cliffs using the rock molds that Woodland Scenics makes. I had to have them. $20 later and I have two molds and 25lbs of wall plaster. They'll be pressed into the board with toothpicks to stabilize a bit. The first bit I made I had run out of plaster so it crumbled and fell apart, but the second stuck nicely! I've gone about and finished making the cliffs, or at least have them mostly completed. There are a couple gaps that need filling but those will be done in time, I needed to move on past the powder and move on with the resin. The cliffs are nice, but they don't look anything like the studio scale models like seen on therpf.com but I think thats what sets my project apart from the masters over there.
The larger tower to the left is a 4" diameter PVC pipe from Home Depot and is 2' tall. It will be further detailed later. Mess! That was all finished sometime in the last week of November. Now, its on to the buildings. Heres parts 1 and 2 of the vblog series I started for it. It basically reiterates everything here, and doesn't even cover the segment about the brick texture!
Hah, well enjoy that update, I have a long slog ahead of me.

Happy Holidays,
-Shortsonfire79

They're Almost Done

Its been a long time since I've updated in blogland.
I've almost finished my Sternguard Squad. I'm just adding the shoulderpad details and pouches and stuff now. I've started working on finishing the paint details on the first Sternguard.

Squirrel_Fish is Back?!

Hey Squirrel_Fish!!! Welcome back! I'm glad you actually came back =-P I would have used a jewellers saw, but the gaps between the shoulderpad and the heads was just too small.

Casted products aren't illegal until I sell them ;-D



And I can now start painting the Sternguard squad, once I spray them. I'll just have a couple of gaps to fill once I glue on the Multimeltas.

The next squad will all have storm bolters (I hope) and will have 2 heavy bolters in it. =-D

Finally

Have I ever told you how much I hate metal minis? I converted the MKII Veterans to be part of my Sternguard Squad....that took forfrickenever. I spent at least an hour and a half cutting off the first guy's left arm. The second one was done within minutes, and the third, I used a drill on, and moved much quicker!
Its times like this where I wish I could borrow someone's Dremel... =-(
I tried to keep the cut clean, but I just got fed up with my xacto, and started using my Leatherman and clippers...what a pain!


I finally found use for those Devastators I bought a while back as well!
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I'm finally happy I'm done with these...now...paint...ugh.

And heres the intro video I just made for Plastic Shavings.


Thanks Ben: I too like the casings =-D I have had TONS of luck and perfect casts.

Conglomeration

I've done some more on the next 5 Terminators. I'm using Novogord from Ammobunker's technique/idea of painting a couple marines at a time, and I indeed do get better results, faster =-D I started with the two from the right, and I'm slowly moving left, still semi-assembly line. Things like eyes and bone-colored parts I did as one, as I had excess paint, and I wanted them uniform. But the extreme highlights and leg-piston-things I did individually.
The two on the right are almost done. Just need metallics, purity seal-reds and scrollwork, stone parts, lights and pretty-ifying bases!

I've been working on the standard, and I've put maybe 8 coats of bone on it, and its still not a solid color...this is a pain =-P
I'm molding some of the more 'hard to get' pieces from the Devastator sprues, which I still haven't clipped yet.

And I'm still highly distressed with the size of this true scaling...


My normal commenters:Squirrel_Fish and Horatio are ...gone.. =-( Party foul

Tutorials

Here are all my Video tutorials that I've made. They're quite loud, so watch yourself...

Magnetization Video 1


Magnetization Video 2


Magnetizing a Stormlord Superheavy Tank


Magnetizing a Dreadnought


Sculpting Greenstuff Iron Snakes Shoulderpad


Basing Part 1


Basing Part 2


Greenstuff Molds Part 1


Greenstuff Molds Part 2


Taking Pictures