Hi there,

some of you may know my 6mm hobby blog in the 6mm category. I also sculpted some miniatures for my ongoing projects, but didn't post here, too. Somebody at the Exeter Entrenchment asked me why. The reason was simple, I didn't cast anything. Now that I infact "Casted, Sculpted and Created" some miniatures, I want to present them here, too. I wont post any creation pictures in my 6mm thread anymore and will focus said topic here. Long story short: I made a thing.

Some Sci-Fi Jungle Fighters










These are based on the classical plastic Guardsmen with a couple of headswaps, new posing, green stuff work and various other bits. Sadly there were some molding issues with three guys. Now two have a slightly crippled leg, but its nothing a little GS can't fix. The other issue is the flag bearer, it seems I was a bit sloppy with the end of the flag. But since I only need a few of those, even this is no real issue.
I want to expand these to another unit of 10 guys, complete with sniper rifles, plasma gun, bush hats and Ghillie suits. The plan is to completly cover the miniatures needed for the Mirali Skyraiders and Catachan Deathworld lists.

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I also made some more bugs. Originally I only wanted to use Onslaughts miniature range, but that was crushed when Deacon said that his original design for the Baarong and the Naga will never see the light of day. I was bummed and looked for alternatives. I tried this whole process of 3D-sculpting and printing for myself and was pretty happy with the results. I also wnated to blend the classic Green Stuff Way with the newer 3D printing method, thats why the Gun Bug is based on the Omnomnivore and not completly scultped in Blender like his brethren. Since a single bug was around 2-3 Euro on shapeways, I decided to make some molds for these as well, since I needed at least 10 each. Here they are:

The Flying Shrimp



Painted 3D Master



The Gun Bug




The Omnomnivore




The Chewing Ray



Luckily this one was possible to be casted in one part, I had some doubt about it
Soon I will have masses of these. At least when I fix the arms, these were sadly not moldable and broke during the process


Old Masters compared to Onslaught Gashers

On the left is one of the masters of the Omnomnivore, on the right one of the Masters of the Ground Shrimps. These tend to break VERY easily and I beefed their claws up about 40%. Lets see if this can now be moulded, I dont think I will have the same problems with pewter as I have with "Frosted Ultra Detail" since it isn't that stiff.

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This is very very good indeed. In fact, I think your designs are a fair bit more appealing than Deacons.

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Nitpicks Knapsack (Scratchbuilding and 3D designing and printing and painting)

Thank you! But I still think deacons work is better than mine

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Hi!

Those look real good!

Primarch

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Thank you!

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Moin,

well done!

Ole

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Lovely; Nice paintjob too. Will they be commercially available? They complement the Onslaught bugs well.

Thanks! I painted all the Jungle guys in one evening

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Hi!

Nice!

Primarch

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All the starcraft bugs!

The jungle fighters are awesome! Are you planning on selling them or are they for yourself? Amazing work either way.

Thanks for the comments! I made a new thing, a VTOL. The reason for this: High prices for Valkyries on Ebay nowadays. On Tuesday an auction ended for four Valkyries - more than 40 GBP. Too much for my taste.





I also plan to make the Sky Talon and Vulture, but I will probably build both on this chassis. Thats because I really dislike the single-turbine design of the Vulture (and I am a lazy bum)

PS: New painted miniatures here

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Good looking not-Hind.

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