Tuesday 31 May 2011

1:6th scale Sci Fi background...

As I mentioned before, I'd really like to do some proper photostories with my 6th scale guys (if and when I actually get them all into some proper clothes lol) but as they live on a salvage ship in some far off galaxy, I was somewhat limited by all the nice green fieldy backgrounds I used with my model horses, not to mention the fact that they were all too small! Sooo, this weekend I decided to make them a ship. Well, not a whole ship obviously, just a bit of panelling. ;)

Ideally I didn't want to spend any money on it so aside from a big piece of card and a small plastic grate/vent thing I bought specially, everything else was found in the house.

To begin with, once I'd gathered all the junk and assorted crap that I'd been unwittingly stockpiling over the years, I laid out where I'd like them all to go. When I was happy with their positioning, I glued them all in place with either superglue or bostik all purpose. Then, when they'd set, I secured most of them in place with more superglue around the edges - some of which had bicarbonate of soda sprinkled over the top to simulate rust and erosion.

Wall panelling

Wall panelling

Bonus points if you can guess what everything is! (click on the photo below to find out :P)

Wall panelling

Once all was dry I gave the whole thing a quick skoosh of black spray paint, then, once that was dry, another light coat - this time of silver. The first can gave a really shiny coat which ran out quickly, but luckily I had a much nicer matte version stashed away in the cupboard so I used that instead. I wanted a nice gunmetal sort of colour rather than the brand new and shiny look I had at the moment so it was in dire need of some weathering.

Wall panelling

Wall panelling

I used a Games Workshop wash - Devlan Mud I think - and wow, isn't it effective! At the moment it might look a bit OTT but once it had dried off it didn't look quite so stark. Originally I was just going to do a little bit but I liked the effect so much that I just kept going! XD

Wall panelling

Wall panelling detail

Wall panelling detail

Ignore the (lack of decent) clothes, but here's a few shots to see how it looks with figs.

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Jerran has somehow found himself in possession of a firearm which envariably means he wants to try it out...

Jerran Terrix

Jerran Terrix

Poser. :P

I wish I could say this is scratchbuilt but it isn't. I merely chopped up a pre-existing weapon from one of my 5" Doctor Who figures and constructed a new grip. What I know about guns could be written on the pack of a postage stamp so apologies if it's highly inaccurate. (and try to ignore the lack of a trigger - it kept falling off so I thought 'sod it' and left it off XD)

CM Gun

Oi! Jerran! Leave the Pilot alone!

Pilot

I said leave him!

Pilot

Finally...

Pilot

I'm rather tempted to name him Kes as he has exactly the right expression and general air of emo (I repainted the entire head btw) but I really want to make a port and as I don't want to have to hack up the nicely sculpted hair to get to the back of his skull, I might just make him another example of the same batch and make do. XD I made him a new leg this week too! I got him off ebay months ago for £3.99 as he only had one leg and I fancied a bit of a project...

Pilot's Peg-leg

Pilot's peg-leg

Pilot's Peg-leg

Pilot's Peg-leg

Pilot's Peg-leg

I managed to make a balljoint for his ankle as well as a hinge joint so he's got almost the exact same articulation in this new leg as he does in the old! It'll be written into his backstory as the result of a serious injury he sustained during a firefight... ;)

Anyway, Carus has finally confiscated Jerran's new toy, only...who's she pointing it at now? O__o

Carus Rayne

I finished off the weathering this morning...

Wall Panelling finished

...and the entire thing this afternoon. :D

The signs were all printed off the internet and weathered a bit with what was left of the devlan mud wash. The touchscreen panels were made up in gimp using some brushes I found on deviantart and then printed out onto some semiglossy photo paper. The rest of the things - buttons and panels and such came from CGtextures.com

Wall Panelling finished

Wall Panelling finished

Wall Panelling finished

Wall Panelling finished

Wall Panelling finished

Wall Panelling finished

Wall Panelling finished

This one just makes me think of a microwave! XD

Wall Panelling finished

Obviously I'll be using this with my 1:6 guys but the good thing about sci fi is that if I raise the floor level...

Wall Panelling finished

I can use it with smaller figs!

Wall Panelling finished

(and no, I don't know what they're doing in these photos - I picked these up off my body pile XD)

Anyway, there we go, done! I've got a section of corridor in progress now too but I'm not so keen on it as it's just a little bit too short and I'll need to stick it onto a bigger piece of card or just shoot from the waist up to get the figs in. XD

Thursday 19 May 2011

Shetland Family!

Yesterday Mr Shetland told me that he was feeling lonely and could I possibly rustle him up a friend... Someow I managed to produce not only a mare but a foal to go with her, all in one day! I baked them this morning and gah, love them so much! ^^

Right well, these aren't brilliant photos... (I had better ones but I accidently removed them from existance by accidently deleting the wrong folder on the computer which was...professional.)

Anyway, I decided that seeing as Mr Shetland now had a wife and kid, I may as well make him a proper him if you see what I mean. XD I also gave him eyelids which I'd forgotten to add on before his last baking.

Stallion

Stallion

Next up is his missus! I'm still not happy with her hind legs but meh, she's baked now so whatevs. XD I love her attitude though - typical grumpy Shetland!

Mare

Mare

I didn't take any decent shots of the foalie this time round so you'll just need to look at him in group photos. I definitely need to add some more bulk to his legs though I think.

Mare and Foal

Stallion, Mare and Foal.

Tacked up...mostly. XD

Foal, Stallion and Mare

Paw, Maw and the Wean.

Here they are with Lady the Julip Welshie to show the scale.

Lady, Mr S, Mrs S and Shetland Jr.

So yeah, not bad for a day's work I think! ;D

Tuesday 17 May 2011

New Sculpture and Customs in the works!

:D

The other day I had a strange compulsion to sculpt something. A pony, my brain told me, you want to make a pony.

So, I did. :D

Shetland

Shetland

Shetland

He's made from Super Sculpey over a foil and wire armature and I absolutely love him. ^^ (and yes I know he's not really a 'he' physically but meh, deal. :P)

I automatically made him in scale with my Julips so here he is with Lady the grumpy Welsh mare and Rhu the New Forest.

Shetland

Of course none of my riders could resist him so, despite a lack of tack, Sarah hopped on for a quick ride.

Shetland

This is my favourite side I think.

Shetland

Shetland

I'm not sure whether to drill a hole in his erm..posterior :P for a tail or sculpt a dock - either way he's going to be haired!

Whilst still on the topic of sculpting, I mentioned in a past comment that I'd been attempting to make some heads for 1:6th scale figures. While they aren't as good as I'd have liked, they are definitely improving with each one!

First up is this one - originally supposed to be female but I'm starting to reconsider. He has a very downtrodden look about him so I might try to make him look a bit more like Kes...

Crap painting is indeed, crap.

Headsculpt attempt #1

Next is this, I'm really rather pleased with how she turned out and although I used the black beads purely for the shape of the eyes, I really love how shiny they are so I might make her an alien for the sake of convienience and let her keep them as they are. XD

Headsculpt attempt #2

Headsculpt attempt #2

Typically I've made more heads than I actually have bodies for so I'll need to rectify that at some point soon. :P

Headsculpt attempt #2

Headsculpt attempt #2

The holes are to mark where her ears will eventually go - I -hated- sculpting them on the first one so I'm hoping the second lot will look better! The line around the middle needs sorting out too - I made the face part first and added in the rest of the skull after the first trip to the oven.

This one really came about as an accident while I was faffing around with the first one - I kept messing around and ended up with err...this. XD

Alien headsculpt. XD

It's sci fi, it's allowed! :P

Next up, is possibly my most drastic custom in a long, long time - (and nope, I haven't finished any of the others I've posted about! XD) a Magpie Welshie repositioned to a flashy trot. Normally I'd avoid anything this complicated like the plague but after finding out that my mum had a heatgun in the cupboard how could I resist? :P His neck is probably a bit too short but it's taken so long to get his head reattached that at this point I really don't care! He's called Janus. (reason being, Magpies come in two parts and while heatgunning his neck, his face split in half. XD)

Here he is on the left with a customised one - Rocky - to show what he started off like.

After and (Before)

I want to plait him up and make him a little leadrein setup for showing in the summer. :D

'Janus'

'Janus'

'Janus'