MONTHLY PROGRESS 2012

I have started the MONTHLY PROGRESS 2012 Page , let's see what happens...

I am really going to focus more on work this year. I had a goal of posting 13 Articles each month for the first year, and managed to pull it off...but there was less content than I would of liked.
This year WAR ART will contain Less Filler...and More Killer!

If it is a little quiet here it is because I am actually working, and not pissing around on the internet.

I have better things to do Brothers.

Keeping it REAL !

Joseph

NAC DEATH STRIDER WIP Preview 2

This damn thing is going to kill me, or I am going to kill it! I have a hell of a lot of work to do yet...but the next stages of sculpting will be the FUN part!

 

A Word On Design. I am making certain that this deadly machine will LOOK LIKE it can actually carry a sturdy human pilot in full battle armour. I am pretty sure that the body for this model will be produced in resin...of course Mike has the final say on that.

Joseph

BIO TITAN WIP Preview 3

I have this big boy built up very well now, and I can get serious about building up the muscles and other details.

Joseph

More Good News From IWM

I started work on a few of my larger models a while back, but got a little jaded honestly when I considered just how tight a 9 inch mold is, and it looked like producing my Vehicles and Large Monsters would have to be put off.
Well after chatting with Mike today about the Master Mold, he informed me that Iron Wind Metals has just set up two new 12 inch molds specifically for casting Resin Models.

That really IS good news. I am fighting the good fight and sculpting my BIG Models by hand. Now I can use other raw materials such as Plasticard. I am very happy about this, becuase I can keep all of my products at IWM, and have them do the Pewter and Resin in house.

This also means that my BIG Stuff will not take me a year to sculpt nor will it cost a million dollars to produce.
Cool, cool, cool!

Joseph

BIO TITAN WIP Preview 2

I have been in the mode to work on my bigger models this month, because they need a hell of a lot of work, and I want to get them done this year. You can expect regular updates on these works.
I started the base for The Bio Titan and the arms. The arms are just wire at this point, and I have some brass sheeting cut to do some sexy base details like ruined walls and similar battlefield debris...but not to much to document at this time. I will post all of these components in Preview 3.

This is a collection of art that I am looking at for inspiration and musculature reference. Please keep in mind that I am NOT doing The Bio Titan to look just like this art. I am sharing these images with you to give you a bit of flavor and a general idea of what I am doing.

I will post more on this project soon.

Joseph

NAC WAR STRIDER WIP Preview 1

The Northern American Combine (NAC) are the most powerful and widespread of The New World Order. NAC Keeps The Peace with many TECH Nation Mechs. The most commonly deployed of these powerful machines are War Striders.

This is a simple little compiled image to give you an idea of the size of a Strider.

Here are the base parts I am working on. Notice that I am only doing one leg. This is going to be very detailed, and will include Anti Assault Mines ans a Pulse Laser mounted in the knee.

Here are some other Spider and Tri-Legged Mechs which give you an idea of what I am going for with this model.

A Word On Design. The War Strider will have several Weapon Options.

What I stated a few days ago about The BIO TITAN, holds true for this large model also. Now that I have this piece more or less based out, I am going to work on it often.

I will post regular updates on this model and preview The NAC Death Droug soon.

Joseph

BIO TITAN WIP Preview 1

I have been working on a number of larger scale figures and vehicles that I have yet to share with you. The main reason for this is because these sculptures have been sort of a catch all set of back burner projects which receive left over putty here and there. When a nightly batch of epoxy begins to become to firm for my liking as I work on the tiny details of my small pieces I add form to my large models. I do not like to waste my supplies so I use up the putty on these back burner projects.

I have slowly developed a few of these larger models to a workable Base Shape over the last six months, and as a result I am more inclined to begin focusing on some of my BIG Monsters and Vehicles. The first of these are going to be my Manic Widow-Mech Tech-Hybrid; The Bio Titan, and The NAC War Strider.

Here is a look at the base form for The Manic's Titan, with some basic work done on two of it's Heavy Weapons.

I wanted to have a few very large models in The TOMORROW BLACK Range, and this guy will be the first of them. I love the idea of a model that can toss a tank over or pick up a typical humanoid in one hand...that is some fun gaming in my book.

A Word On Design. I am going to keep the head and arms as separate components for this model, so that I can have some diversity in the look, without sculpting more than one of these Mold Hogging figures, and beside how many of these terrifying things do you need on the tabletop...no more than one or two I should think.

I will post more previews of this model, and start a Preview Series on The NAC War Strider...soon.

Joseph