Pre-Heresy Rhino APC

Here is the first of 3 Space Marine Rhino APC’s, a transport vehicle for Space Marine infantry. I have opted to paint the interiors for these vehicles and time permitting for the support tanks I intend to add as the project progresses. I had a lot of fun painting this vehicle after sculpting the legs on 30 infantry, it was very therapeutic dry brushing the large areas of the tanks hull and then powdering it off with Tamiya weathering pastels. I am pleased with finished article and look forward to painting the remaining 2 transports.

Pre-Heresy Dark Angel Space Marines

Welcome to the first post and pictures for my Warhammer Dark Angels army. Though I have been working on this project for a while I have only now decided to share it while I get more of those Anime photos edited!

Here are some Wip shots of the Space Marine infantry that I am working on. They are based on the Doghouse Gothic design (a model maker) based on enlarging the Space Marines to more realistic proportions compared to the rest of the figure range (Space Marines are depicted as being 7ft tall).

End of June Updates

Hi everyone! Lots of random bits from the month of June. The UK heatwave was a joy and bane at the same time, while I was able to take advantage of the sunshine and get lots of photos done at the same time I was knocked out by the heat after work! Although I have loads of photos that should be posted, the problem I have had is date stamps. I used a digi camera I was unfamiliar with as my own was on loan. Luckily for me my old laptop with the full Adobe package has been fixed so I can go ahead and learn how to clone over offending yellow numbers.4  New figures are due for the first half of July including the much anticipated Asagi Taimanin figure by Liquid (which had been pushed back almost 3-4 months) and Mizore from Rosario Vampire!

Also added today are pictures from my Pre-Heresy model making project, I have a few photos of Warhammer 40k Space Marines from the Dark Angels chapter and some tanks. For those who don’t know, DiStudios used to be my old painting commissions site before I moved to WordPress and although I don’t paint to sell anymore I do dabble in a bit of painting here and there to help me relax.

Thanks for taking the time to look and until next time

DiStudios

Anime figures and Warhammer 40,000!

What a busy couple of weeks! Lots of work issues, a touch of flu (normal) and a host of random purchases all thrown into the mix has made the early portion of May busier then it should really be. Lots of goodies are expected this week including Airi from Queen’s Blade, Demonbane Metatron and a lovely figure from the Sengoku Lance line.

Armature and Muscularture (first stage)

First days work on the new sculpting project. I opted for a humanoid type that would not require much in the way of pre-planned scaling/measurement issues. Elongated limbs and over dramatix/comic book style muscularture will be the final result.

The wire is made from standard garden wire, two strands interwoven to give rigidity for pose and ease of greenstuff application stuck down to a 40mm gaming base.

New Projects for 2009

This year I have decided to pick up my paintbrush and sculpting tools again after a 4 year break. The focus being purely on the sculpting side of things, using kneadite (green stuff). I will be charting my progress here on the blog and over time I hope to have a nice little collection of my own home brew figure sculpts. The size scales will vary but to start with I will be sticking with what I know so 30mm to 64mm will be the norm.

The nice thing about this project, is that it will provide some interesting reading while I attempt to catch up with the Anime figure photo backlog from summer ‘08. I look forward to sharing my work and thoughts with everyone concerning this new venture through 2009.