Recent Tentacle Maker Work

Just thought I should share some great Tentacle Maker work that was forwarded to me by some of my customers.

Lictor Pose Conversion

 

 

By Ron Smiley

 

Hey everyone!

Ron here with the Facing The Grey Tide blog and today I'm posting a Lictor pose conversion I'm working. I'm running Lictorshame like all the other bandwagoneers these days, and I don't want to settle for 6 with the same identical "I'm hiding in plain sight" stance. So this is the beginning of my journey to create 6 individualized Lictors in all sorts of dynamic, stalker-ish poses (Lictors in the fluff are big time creepers hiding in the bushes and whatnot, not standing straight up in the open with jazz hands). I hope these posts inspire some crazy Lictor conversions of your own!

Vorax Class Battle Automata - Guest WIP

Word Bearer of The Autoforge blog recently sent me an email link to a WIP blog post for his Vorax conversion.  I don't usually post a lot of WIP stuff outside of what I'm currently working on but I like the imagination of this one.  Below is the text from his email...

C'tan Conversion

by Monkeychuka

This is probably a bad time to start getting into Necrons, what with all the anticipated Tyranid releases.  The Toxicrene/Maleceptor is out this weekend and I should be clearing the decks and breaking out the magnets. I even bought White Dwarf for the first time in nearly a year and I actually didn't regret it.

MonkeyChucka's Amazing Malanthrope!

 

This morning we have a re-post of a couple of posts by Monkey Chucka over at the Chucking Monkeys blog.  This is an extremely impressive conversion and paint job... don't miss it!

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Whilst attending a Warhammer 40k tournament recently, a friend walked up to me and said, "I've got something which I think you'll like".  He held up what looked like a small, perspex box.

40k Terrain - Mechanical Warhorse Comms Tower

by Novus

I got hold of a Mechanical Warhorse Communication Tower kit at the BAO 2014 and, like nearly all my other hobby projects, got to it long after the fact.  It's an excellent laser cut kit at a very reasonable price.  Paints up really nice, too!

Rusty Robot's Latest and Other GSI Hobby News

Rusty Robot's recently released "Who Goes There?" is just plain amazing work!  I'm only posting a selection of photos from this work, there's far more to see on his original post.  Hearken to the magic below the jump!

Possessed Landraider Conversion!

Marlon of Assault Tuesdays sent me some photos of a Chaos Landraider he recently converted using his Tentacle Makers.  Take a look at his excellent work below!

"I Am Two Bullets" by Rusty Robot

Rusty Robot has finished his latest diorama, "I am two bullets," and you must take a look!  Be sure to visit his site and glean some hobby wisdom from this Kung-Fu Master!

Painting Table Top Quality Figs - Video Tutorial

Guest Post by Thor

Thor over at Creative Twilight has made this great video tutorial of his process for quickly and effectively painting figures to a table top quality standard.  It's a fast and simple and gets the job done very well... a great way to get your figs painted ASAP!  Give it a look.

Go give his blog a look, too!  There are some great posts.  Hopefully, in the near future Thor will be giving us some more of his hobby wisdom.  Thanks, Thor!

How To Make Crushable Coke Cans

Guest Post by Rusty Robot

As hoped, Rusty Robot is sharing a simple technique for modeling crushed beverage cans!  In the test image of his latest diorama above, you can see one in the background.  These little cans can make a base or terrain piece really pop with detail.

Liebster Awards!

Over the weekend I got Liebstered!  Jugger, over at Juggers Garage listed me as one of the award recipients, which is pretty damned cool!

Rusty Robot Blog - You Gotta See This Work!

Rusty Robot from the Rusty Robot blog recently contacted me with some questions about my Tentacle Makers.  We got to emailing and he showed me some of his SUPER AMAZING diorama work!!!  It's easy to mistake the photo above for live action if you don't know what you are looking at.  You have to go check this guys stuff out!

These two photos, above and below, are from his recently completed work "Lost".

Mephiston Reborn: Again and Again!

Guest Post by Jose Fabian

Today GSI is proud to present an impressive guest post by Jose Fabian of the blog Thirst and Rage.  He exhibits some pretty advanced sculpting skills and utilizes a Tentacle Maker Tool Box v1 to augment his work.

Victory Painting - Visit This New Blog!

My buddy v1ct0ry88 has recently started up his own blog to show off his fine work. He's just starting up but what he has posted is some top notch work.  Give it a look!

Spikey Bits Gives Tentacle Makers a Shout Out!

A short video by MBG over at Spikey Bits showing off his Chaos Centurion Conversion.  They are a Space Marine Iron Warriors army counting as CSM.  Great work using both pewter cables and Tentacle Maker tubes.  I can't wait to see them painted!

High Praise From The Internets!

Firstly, that fantastic modeler and painter, TJ, over at Dark Future Games has a bunch of nice things to say in a recent post about my Tentacle Makers!  He also posted a grip of his photos and some from the GSI Gallery.  There's even some good things said in the comments section!

Secondly, the (in)famous and highly skilled Goatboy showed off what can be done with Tentacle Maker tools in a recent post on Bell of Lost Souls.  Some amazing work, there!  Even more good things said in the comments here, too!

Thanks, guys!

A Worthy Holiday Cause

This is Jackie Nesbit, he was a member of the 17th Airborne 466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, he was killed in combat during Operation Varsity on March 24 1945.

Help John at Santa Cruz Warhammer return Mr. Nesbit's Purple Heart to his family by making a modest donation to the buyback fund.  For more background on Mr. Nesbit's family and this amazing effort and to make your donation please click here.

Help this soldier's family regain the medal

he earned with his service.

Update: The goal was reached last Friday!  Well done, fellow wargamers!

Bringing Balance to the Models - Or Shifting Away From It

Marlon of AssaultTuesdays.com

Ok, this idea is not originally mine. I stumbled upon it when I was looking for good tutorials about how to make Greenstuff flames (you can find a great one here). The airborne dragon in the site's example pictures got me thinking about how could I build and paint the 40k version of such an amazing composition...so...

Great DKOK Conversion at FTW

Ron over at From The Warp just posted a great Death Korps of Krieg Grenadier conversion that uses a Tentacle Maker SAW-020 in the build.  I don't usually do a lot of self-promotion but this tutorial is really well put together and for us conversion n00bs (i.e., those of us who are not Ron) , it gives a great framework to work from.  Give it a look!