[Archive] Useful Hobby Links

Archive [Archive] Modeling Ideas and Advice
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Grimstonefire:

A compiled list of many useful hobby links.

GUIDES

PAINTING GUIDES

* Non-Metallic Metal (NMM)

http://www.one-ring.co.uk/phpBB2/kb.php?mode=article&k=175

http://www.warhammer-empire.com/workshop/nmm-pire.php

* Illumination techniques (source lighting, object source lighting)

http://www.miniaturespace.net/illumination_gallery.htm

CONVERTING/ CONVERTING GUIDES

* Greenstuff reliefs

http://www.sciborminiatures.com/en_,sculpting.php?id=571

* ‘Casting’ greenstuff

http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2242

http://www.drunkdwarves.com/pages/artttgttccasting.html

Scibors Gallery (all the sculpting inspiration you need)!

http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse/page/1/submitter/scibor

 Casting resin and mould making

Making Your Own Molds | Hirst Arts

* Metal casting (casting machine)

http://cart.themouldmaker.com/index.php?p=page&page_id=Articles

Sculpting blog (very realistic sculpting)

http://thunderboltmountain.com/serendipity/

CASTING/ MOULD MAKING FORUMS

http://princeaugust.proboards25.com/index.cgi

Frothers Unite! UK Homepage

[TMP] Moldmaking and Casting Message Board

GENERAL ARTICLES

 Loads of articles on painting/ sculpting/ converting etc

http://www.coolminiornot.com/article

’CELEBRITY’ WEBSITES

* Jakob Nielson (GD Winner)

http://www.jrn-works.dk/

* Victoria Lamb’s site ('Eavy Metal)

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PHOTOGRAPHY GUIDES

* One from Bugmans (says everything you need to know IMO)

http://www.bugmansbrewery.com/forum/A-Toturial-In-How-To-Take-A-Good-Picture-Of-Your-Miniatures-t19633.html

SUPPLIERS

* A list of all suppliers of Dwarf miniatures

http://www.stunties.com/wiki/index.php/Manufacturers

* The mould maker. A contract caster (send him greens and get minis).

http://www.themouldmaker.com/

NOTE: Might just be me, but he’s never replied to an email at that address

* Terrain, Hobby supplies, Warhammer/ 40k at 10% off

http://www.wargamesworkshop.com/CategoryHome.aspx?CatID=5

All the casting/ mouldmaking equipment you would ever need (resin, metal, plaster) (UK)

http://www.tiranti.co.uk/index.asp

 Prince August casting metals

http://www.princeaugust.ie/metal/index.html

* Suppliers and links to many hobby materials, terrain and accessories.

http://www.barrule.com/Workshop/products.html

* Sylmasta. Mould making, metal and resin suppliers.

http://www.sylmasta.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Casting___Mould_Making_75.html

* 4D Model Shop. Suppliers of just about everything (including pink foam).

yellowcatshop.co.uk

* Wooden Bases - Suppliers of display bases of loads of sizes and shapes

http://www.woodenbases.co.uk/round_bases.php

* Tichy Train Group - Cheap plastic rivets and other train stuff.

http://www.tichytraingroup.com/index.php?page=view_category.php&category=NBW+%26+Rivets&offset=0

If people find suitable links, just reply to this thread and they will be copied into this first post.

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Hashut’s Blessing:

http://www.wargamesworkshop.com/GroupList.aspx?CatID=1&DivID=45 (Have a look around it!)

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hal:

This is the ulti link for painting and modeling tutorials:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/article

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hal:

After Grim posted about that amazing sculptor, scibor, I found this tutorial on his website:

http://www.sciborminiatures.com/en_,sculpting.php?id=571

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ChaosStunty:

here’s one

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Rumi:

hey may I ask where I could get a good guide to taking photos of minis? All of my attempts end up like a little black blob… and i’m using macro and i’ve tried using other peoples cameras.

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Grimstonefire:

I have updated this with loads of links from my favourites.��I have some somewhere on how to sculpt faces specifically, but that will need some searching.

@Rumi

I’ve added one on this :wink:

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Arlon:

very useful

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caos dwrf:

dude sweet this info will help me make an army worth 1000000x ??? slaves

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Pyro Stick:

Add this beast to your list of suppliers:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Foundations-of-War

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Xander:

Holy moly:

http://www.happy-angel-enterprise.biz/Videos/Learn-About-Candlemaking/video-theme/molds.html

Casting and Molding tutorials a plenty.

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Deebo:

A friend of mine is looking to start sculpting, he has just started and has had not instruction before, what would be a good starter website for me to email to him, I ask for I have no idea about sculpting AT ALL.

He asked me if I knew of any site and I said I would ask here at CDO as it is flooded with talent! :hat off

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Sojourn:

how had I not seen this post before!? I really want to learn NMM! Thanks Grimmy, those links look awesome (if I weren’t still at work, I’d try them out now. sigh)

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caos dwrf:

i told some of my friends at my local gw (in square one) and they loved it because of them my friend moe won a bronze deamon at this years games day

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Sojourn:

glowing fist o’ power!!! so cool, must learn to do and integrate somehow…

http://www.ironhalo.net/lighting.htm

this guy has some amazing work on his site, and has a couple other in his tips section

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Mosk:

Hey All I found a great website (and the cheapest one i found) with all the supplies you need to mold and cast what ever.

just go down the page, there is silicon for molding (1:1 silicons and 10:1)

and resins for casting (also has metals for casting in metal Happy )

http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/suppl...tingx.html

there ya all go Happy

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catbarf:

http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/suppl...tingx.html

Mosk
404 not found.

Edit: I see, it condensed the url. Here is the real one:

http://www.michtoy.com/MTSCnewSite/
supplies_folder/casting/castingx.html

Put those in one line.
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Sousunou:

If anyone wants terrain or buildings and they aren’t afraid of using plaster to cast, check out;

http://www.theterrainstore.com/

They have loads of molds available for nearly every type of building. I found this store after purchasing a set of components on ebay and being linked to this page for the assembly instructions.

Well worth a look.

:cheers

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Hashut’s Blessing:

Good for cheaper models: Wargame Store.

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Borador:

http://www.wargamesworkshop.com/GroupList.aspx?CatID=1&DivID=45 (Have a look around it!)

Hashut's Blessing
Look at fantasy Scenics ( Alters, Ruins, Castles, etc. ) and then take a look at the dwarf guntower with cannon. That might just look like an earthshaker after a lil' converting won't it?