Krisken's art stuff, previously all 40k miniatures

AshburnerX · Apr 14, 2013

Love the little robot.

Krisken · Apr 14, 2013

Thanks Ash! I'm digging the little guy, too. I'm looking at ways right now to easily duplicate him. I'm thinking it may require rubber molding for speed and accuracy of copying. I hate using that stuff though as it's so darn messy.

Krisken · Apr 23, 2013

Huh, forgot to add the images from the blog of the new stuff I'm working on.

Flesh Hounds of Khorne in progress.

AshburnerX · Apr 23, 2013

Giant buzzsaw tanks? Awesome.

Krisken · Apr 23, 2013

Well, not giant, but yeah, buzzsaw tanks is pretty much the idea here. They'll be beast size, fitting the cavalry bases for 40k. They come in units which are 5-20, so they should look pretty awesome by the time they are done.

Krisken · Apr 29, 2013

Started painting them.

Zappit · Apr 29, 2013

I'm having Battlebots flashbacks...and that's not a bad thing.

Krisken · Apr 29, 2013

Awesome

I know it's going to be timely to paint 14 of them with those stripes, but darn it they are neat looking!

Officer_Charon · Apr 30, 2013

As an Iron Warriors player, trust me when I say that Brother, you have no idea about how long painting stripes can take. *grins*

Krisken · Apr 30, 2013

I know I said 14, but eventually I want 3 squads of 20. 60 will be super timely.

Oh, and it took an episode of Psych to apply the tape, paint the lines, and remove the tape again.

I'm looking at 14 hours just on the stripes.

Frank · May 1, 2013

I just began putting together my Tomb Stalker.

I have one word.

Fuck.

Krisken · May 4, 2013

That bad, eh? I don't have any experience with the newer Necron kits. I know the Monolith was a super pain in the ass to put together.

I'm gravitating back toward CSM again, starting to work on the Landraiders again. WOOT! Eventually I'll be building 3 scratch Heldrakes as well, which should make people SUPER happy with me. That list will be Typhus, Lvl 2 unmarked Sorcerer, 30 zombies, 10 cultists, 2 Land Raiders, 3 Heldrakes. Land Raiders to pop transports and protect troops while Heldrakes swoop in and burninate everything else. All for a lovely 1500 points.

Frank · May 4, 2013

Well, it comes in a bag like this:

And is supposed to end up looking like this:

Krisken · May 4, 2013

Wow, that is a bitch! How bad are the instructions?

Frank · May 4, 2013

Slightly (SLIGHTLY) more descriptive than:

1. Put parts together.

2. Model!

Krisken · May 4, 2013

That's about how my Eldar Forge World stuff was too. It was a good thing I knew how to put together a Wave Serpant, or the Warp Hunter would have been nearly impossible!

Frank · May 4, 2013

Yeah, there's very little in the way of online tutorials for this guy too. There's a very good one, but the guy goes through and drills holes in it for guide wires and all sorts of crap I don't want to have to do.

I'm thinking it may be a little more advanced than I'm ready to tackle, so instead I've moved on to the Thousand Sons I got ready to go.

Krisken · May 9, 2013

And back to the Landraiders.

Still very rough yet. Have a lot of panel work and weapons to work on yet.

Krisken · May 23, 2013

Ok, big progress made. The twin-linked heavy bolter is done, hatches at the top are made, lights for the front are done, and even made progress on the side las cannon turrets.

Frank · May 24, 2013

The amount of effort you put into those is staggering. They're going to look dope painted for sure.

Krisken · May 24, 2013

I sure hope so, Frank. Right now I'm just happy they're turning out as well as I'd imagined. In the past my side turrets weren't all that impressive and I really wanted to change that. I think this is a much better representation of the model.

Plus, when I show them off I can say "Yup, everything was scratch built, no pre-made parts were used! That's my big goal right now.

Krisken · May 25, 2013

Awww yeah, someone has finished the las cannon turret.

Frank · May 25, 2013

The weapons, how do you make those? The lascannons look slick.

Krisken · May 25, 2013

Thanks, Frank! I used a plastic rod, copper tubing, some For Sale signs, and duct tape (for the rings). I used the dremel to get the angle on the front piece by cutting the copper tubing at an angle.

Krisken · Jun 2, 2013

Sorry, feel like I've been neglecting the thread a bit. Some updated pics of the tanks so far.

Krisken · Jun 7, 2013

Frank · Jun 7, 2013

You probably mentioned it earlier in the thread, but I either didn't see it or had forgotten, but I can definitely get behind a Kornish Land Raider.

Krisken · Jun 7, 2013

I think I'm going to keep this one undivided for now, though khorne land raiders do look pretty rad.

Krisken · Jun 13, 2013

Aegis Defense Line in progress

AshburnerX · Jun 13, 2013

That looks pretty great. You might want to introduce some burns or melt a few spots to make it look like it's been in a battle before you paint it.

Krisken · Jun 13, 2013

I just might do that

Krisken · Jun 14, 2013

I can has Quad-Gun.

Krisken · Jun 19, 2013

Painting has begun. The fade of color from light at the top to dark at the bottom isn't a trick of the light, but intentional.

Frank · Jun 24, 2013

I got my Imperial Armour 12 book. The Necron stuff in there is SOOOO RAD.

I am not going to be able to afford food.

Krisken · Jun 24, 2013

Ouch, I bet! I get a feeling there isn't a whole lot in there for me (being a Chaos Daemon/CSM player primarily). Imperial Guard and Space Marines get all the toys.