Hi!
Nice!
Must have missed those. A definite thing to use.
I would also like to see something "flat", to cover more area. I need some to cover a 100mm x 50mm area.
Good call doomkitten!
Primarch
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| Author: | primarch [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Skulls for bases |
Hi! I have some interest in making some bases for my chaos projects and was wondering if anyone knew of a place to obtain small sized skulls for basing purposes. Those I have seen are more appropriate for 28mm scale not 6mm. Any advice or information is appreciated. Primarch |
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| Author: | Doomkitten [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 2:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skulls for bases |
I don't know when they're coming out, but you should put eyes on the skeletal bits from Microworld: viewtopic.php?f=137&t=31054 And failing those, perhaps a pack of skeleton spearmen or two, brutally hacked up to provide skulls/bodies as needed. |
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| Author: | primarch [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 2:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skulls for bases |
Hi! Nice! Must have missed those. A definite thing to use. I would also like to see something "flat", to cover more area. I need some to cover a 100mm x 50mm area. Good call doomkitten! Primarch |
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| Author: | Apocolocyntosis [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skulls for bases |
Green Stuff press mould em. find one tiny skull on a mini, or sculpt 1 on 1 stick. then press is many many times in to a suitable press mould substrate (sculpy, GS, etc) then press GS to your heart's content. Can do carpets of skulls with little effort that way pile is just one skull i pressed lots of times into the inside face of a conical depression in some sculpy:   
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| Author: | Blip [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skulls for bases |
And the John Blanche prize goes to... Apoc ! ;-) Sent from my mobile using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | Markconz [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skulls for bases |
Indeed, you rock Apoc! |
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| Author: | Stormwind [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skulls for bases |
Dat's a lawta skullz |
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| Author: | jimmyzimms [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skulls for bases |
Speesshhhhh... And to think you'll ever get a job at GW this way. I can still see the sides of that building and your skulls should be made up from smaller skulls. Slacker |
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| Author: | primarch [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 5:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skulls for bases |
Hi! How hard is it to do that Apoc? Primarch |
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| Author: | Apocolocyntosis [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 6:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skulls for bases |
it's a very simple technique using basic material and no 'actual sculpting' (unless you sculpt your own master skull to start … but it's not hard to find a skull to copy!). lots of tutorials for press moulding basics, this is an example: http://www.captureandcontrol.com/2010/0 ... -mold.html (just replace the BA device with a tiny skull, forget the bit about marking a small channel) for lots of skulls you just press the skull in again and again and again into the mould (so you remove it before the GS sets – lubricate it well) sticking the skull onto the end of a pin works well, makes it easy to pull out. once done you can 'mould' whole carpets of 6mm skulls just by smooshing green stuff into it – results are very flexible and can be applied to odd shapes, like the front of land raiders:  not actually sure where mine went, the only one that was a bit tricky was that pile of skulls (less reliable results, and the mould broke after a couple … but then i only needed one  )100*50mm is a pretty big area and would take time to do at this scale, but im not sure you'd find a faster solution than this at 6mm. |
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| Author: | primarch [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skulls for bases |
Hi! The "test" case if you will will be on a base of those dimensions, but I am looking further into the future to actually making a generic "khornite" base with skulls. For my test case your method would work, but given the "size" of some of my projects I would need a source of mass production. I guess I will need to commission getting some skulls done and them having them done in mass via molds. A minor task compared to what needs to be done.  Primarch |
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| Author: | Apocolocyntosis [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skulls for bases |
yeah mass is fine – once you've made one you can just get it resin cast. Or, if you make a press mould exactly base size that wouldn't be too bad either (well unless you wanted 200 of them … which I guess in your case might be the situation!) |
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| Author: | primarch [ Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skulls for bases |
Apocolocyntosis wrote: yeah mass is fine – once you've made one you can just get it resin cast. Or, if you make a press mould exactly base size that wouldn't be too bad either (well unless you wanted 200 of them … which I guess in your case might be the situation!) Hi! That would be the plan, make a "master" and resin cast it. 200 is way to low by the way. Primarch |
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