FMC list got some new UFO's

Hey all, welcome back to Scratchbuilt 40k!  I know things have been a little lean here lately, but that's not to say I haven't been doing anything hobby related.

Over the last two months I've been sprucing up the brain-horrors of Tzeentch to ensure they are up to snuff with the rest of the models and have even decided to find a way to duplicate the UFO I built to act as Fateweaver.  I figure 5 total would be enough to round out the list.

This here is what the piece looked like before tearing it apart and casting pieces in a rubber mold.

I'm not a big fan of the underslung weapon, especially since there is just one of them.  I also didn't like there was nothing in the bubble with the horror brain, made it look sorta thrown in there with no forethought.

This is what I have so far after duplication.

Only one of the UFO's has weapons so far and the bubble cockpits aren't glued into place yet.  I still have to paint the inside of the cockpit and add weapons to them.  I'm hoping to create weapons which look different for each UFO so I can differentiate them on data sheets to prevent confusion for my opponents during games.

So yeah, not a whole lot new here, just 5 all new flying monstrous creatures to add to my army :)

Not dead yet!

Hello fellow game enthusiasts and scratch builders!  I know it's been almost a month since I've written a post, but I wanted to let you all know I haven't stopped hobbying and I do plan to update the blog very soon.

I could come up with dozens of excuses to explain away why I haven't updated, but who really cares about all that?  If you answered "No one", you're spot on.

So, sometime this week I'll have a real post with pictures on what I've been doing the last month.  It isn't a whole lot, but I think in three or four days I'll have something to show which can make up for the lack of progress.  Keep your eyes peeled and I hope it lives up to my expectations!

Heldrake in black, base finished

Well, now we're getting somewhere, aren't we!  Welcome back everyone to SB40k and my continuing journey to complete just one Heldrake I converted from a Soul Grinder's legs and building materials.

I don't have a lot to show, really, but it is starting to at least look impressive.  I've been able to get some work done on the base and even set up the black base coat.  Lets get right to it, shall we?

I really should have worked on the lighting and diffused the light from the top, but for our purposes this should work fine.  Overall I'm happy with how the top of the vehicle looks, almost spine-like in nature but not so much it looks unrealistic.

The base turned out great, though.  Really happy with how the water effects looks on the base and even tried out mixing green permanent ink and it hasn't hurt the water effects.  This gives me hope for the red ink I plan to use for the bloody water on the Horror models and was a fairly safe test.

Anyways, hope you like how it's going so far and I'll try to have something for next week.  Till then, happy building!

Time for Heldrake Engines

It's that time again, scratch build fans!  Time to give a small update on the progress I've made on those Heldrakes, focusing on the engines I've put together.

I opted for a simple design, hexagonal in nature.  I decided not to worry about making sure each of the angles was the same, but made each side the same length.  In this instance the engines are wider than they are tall.

The most difficult decision was deciding how to proceed after making this piece.  I ultimately chose to use the ridged caps from my Alumilite resin bottles.  They have a great stepped ridge in a circular pattern, perfect for the exhaust portion of the engine.

So far, the heldrake is looking pretty good.  I'm not sold on the top, though.  I may tear it apart and try to fix the upper portion, perhaps try to make it look more like a spine and less like pieces added to the top.

Heldrake Gains a Tail

Hey all, welcome back!  Today I'll be continuing to share the progress on my Heldrakes.  We've all seen the, ahem, 'rear hole', on the official model, and I really wanted to avoid that look.  After I took pictures a couple weeks ago, I realized the model needed something at the back in order to balance out the model.

Additionally, I needed a way to incorporate the Baleflamer into the model, and putting it in the front like the official model wasn't going to work for me.  This is what I came up with.

As you can probably tell, I used a copy of the upper leg piece, modified with circular pieces made from plasticard and duplicated, to create the segmented tail.  I then made my own tail shields using plasticard and duplicating each side separately, gluing them together at the angle I needed.  I finished it off with a cylinder with holes drilled.

What I still need to do is make the flame piece to extend past the tail, detail the wings, and create the engines which will rest under the rear wings and extend out slightly.

Overall I'm quite pleased with how things are turning out so far, but there still feels like a ton of work to do before these are ready to be primed and painted!