Hey folks! I just made the first round of bases with the Happy Sepukku moulds!
I thought I would choose one of the sci-fi moulds, and see how I could incorporate that into my existing techniques
As you know, I use sculpey, cork, plasticard, and polystyrene tubes. The Happy Seppuku moulds are meant to eliminate the need to constantly buy more plasticard textures.
What I loved about these was the possibility of chopping them up into smaller sections. Sure enough, it worked like a charm!
I thought that I would do a few combinations with cork to start.
As you can see, I "broke" off one of the panels, and used oxide paste to secure it in place. Then it was time to add some polystyrene tubes!
Tubes added... looking good!
I did some more smaller bases, once again chopping the big panel into smaller chunks.
Adding tubes along the way...
Here's the whole collection! The silver bullets (irony, yes) are from Secret Weapon Miniatures. You have seen me use those many times now.
By the way, I also added some green stuff brackets to attach the tubes.
My next post will show the process of painting these guys!
What is the oxide paste? Google only had diaper rash listed.
ReplyDeleteJust look through all the past basing and terrain posts, and you will see that featured in dozens of articles. You ca use the search function in the left hand column.
DeleteIt is a vallejo texture for basing. Great stuff.
ReplyDeleteHi James, I'm trying to make some greenstuff brackets to hold some braziers to a wall. Any advice?
ReplyDeleteTo make these green stuff brackets, I wrapped a small tube of green stuff around the pipes, and then used a flat sculpting tool to make it look more like a bracket. I used another angled tool to get the sharp edges, and the indentations on either side of the pipe.
DeleteJames, these look great, thanks for the introduction to Happy Seppuku. The grating pieces would be perfect for a space hulk floor. Any thoughts on what to use as underpinning for a space ship floor base? The cork looks like concrete under the grate pieces.
ReplyDeleteYou could use the plastic deck plating texture, or just flat sheets of sculpey as I did on a few...
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