Vigilante Sculpting - Blog

I've decided to spend some time to finish up the Aliens diorama.

Finished this guy up, increased the glow on the plasma cannon until I'm worried I'll mess it up :) [...Read More]

Dog soldier on a mission, deep in the industrial jungle.

All my scratchbuilt 40k models, haning out.

Started laying down the base coats on this guy.

Finishing up the project, it has been a great ride!

Some progress on the Stormblade, starting to get to the details.

All in all I'm happy with where this is going.

Here are some more photos, with the division number & nameplate done, and a start on some oil pinwashing to add a bit of depth [...Read More]

I tinted the whole thing a bit darker and more neutral with a bit of Payne's gray.

Started laying on some base colors.

Here is the completed primed thing.

Finished up the commander, I think I will stick with him, he's grown on me: And here he is on the now-primed tank: Now the [...Read More]

So I've been thinking about what color scheme / army my Stormblade belongs to, and initially I thought I'd go for a DKOK unit.

In between all this, and to relieve some of that rivet-zen, I built a little computer console destination marker thingy using some of my assortment [...Read More]

So, after spending a countless number of evenings in a state of absolute mindlessness, placing little dot after little dot all over the tank, the [...Read More]

I think I've finally figured out out how attach and position the wheels to the tank.

In other project news, I tried my own take on the hardware-store-industrial style pipes.

Last but not least, my daughter really wanted a model aircraft to build for her 9th birthday.

So it is that part of the project again.

I added the bolters and lasguns to the side mounts.

On another note, I got some plastic chain delivered, and started laying out an underwater diorama featuring a hefty mine.

Here is a mockup of the current state of the Stormblade.

Starting work on the main gun: Lots of ribbing for extra... plasma?

I've made a fair bit of progress on the tank - it kinda works like that, slow going on the masters, then once the molds [...Read More]

So far so good: the tracks can link up and flex: _ The jig I built around my little homemade dremelclone, so that I can [...Read More]

On the Storm Blade front, here are some of the finished greeblies I built: The finished headlights: Some hull plates: The top of the turret: [...Read More]

I took an evening and built myself a little display turn table, using a stepper motor ripped from an old printer, hooked up to an [...Read More]

I've finally figured out how to make the sides of the tank strong yet accessible, so I started painting the insides (especially the recesses, where [...Read More]

A small update on the wheels/tracks/chasis of the Stormblade: because I want movable tracks, I have created lots of small problems to solve :) The [...Read More]

My kid got very inspired after seeing some of Dented Armor's work on instagram, where he builds these fantastic fantasy style buildings, so I spent [...Read More]

We've been away for a week, getting out of the city and clearing our heads, so I haven't been hobbying too much.

Surpriese, I always want more projects lol.

An update on the base toppers: I went into full yak-shaving mode, all the way down and decided to make my own bases.

here is a first cast of the guns I made earlier: I chopped up two of them and stuck them together to make a new [...Read More]

Here is a collection of some of the greeblies I now have molds for: [...Read More]

I've been out shaving the yak again, this time with bases: I took some of the greeblies that I made before and built a couple [...Read More]

I made two sets of horns for the little weirdo, but he didn't like them.

So while working on the guns and other stuff I wanted to sculpt something grim dark again, so I did this cyborg.

I started making plaster casts of the space hulk styled terrain tiles I did before [...Read More]

I also spent some more time making greeblies and bits for scenery: [...Read More]

I've put Joe aside for a bit, before I start on the next modification, and in the meantime sculped up some 28mm style weapons.

In the meantime, I've managed put the pieces into mold boxes and make some molds.

After a lot of sanding, priming, re-sanding and re-priming, I'm now finished with the sculpting of Vanilla Joe Pineapples.

I've been working on and off on the Joe Pineapples sculpt, mostly because I got stumped on the furry trim on the collar of his [...Read More]

Here is a comparison with the original model (white background), and the upgraded edition (black background): [...Read More]

I'm calling the Land Raider rework project done.

I spent some time on the Land Raider rework, adding a bit of weathering to the piece.

Here is the final Testuork, ready to rumble. [...Read More]

I started slapping on some base colors on the ork.