Nah… that doesn’t look right.
Hey guys, This week I thought
I’d finish off my Warhammer 40K Space Marine tribute with a theme inspired character ring.
I felt this would be easy enough as I’d already created the marine in sections using ZBrush.
With the head separated it was just a matter of boring a hole through
and adjusting things to make them more ring like.
Well, it was a good theory, but I still found myself tweaking it for about 3 hours.
Eventually I came up with something I quite liked.
I fancied adding more detail, but I wanted to remain fairly true to the original concept.
I 3D printed the design using Siraya Tech Cast castable resin, printing two
at slightly different positions to see if this made any difference. In fairness it didn’t.
After cleaning and curing, I sanded the print well, trying to remove any
visible printer lines with 800 grit paper. I noticed at this point how thin the cheek
sections were. They’re almost transparent so I was concerned if these would cast properly.
There were a couple of small divots on the band which I decided to over-fill with castable wax.
Luckily this wax pen make this kind of job simple and the small raised welts are easily filed away.
Hmm… You can’t see it too well here. There you go, not too bad,
but the blackness of the oxidisation is making it tricky to see properly.
A boil in water and citric acid should remove the oxidisation.
Now a coarse sanding drum the get back to the metal, followed by medium and fine grade.
I could leave it here. It’s polishing up well, but I want the details to really pop.
Painting recesses with Liver of Sulphur should do the trick nicely.
The fine brush should tidy things up again.
After a little scratch remover and polish, I’m pleased to say I’m really happy with this one.
The Ancient Bronze has polished up beautifully and the liver of sulphur has created just enough
shadow in the recesses to give it depth and interest. All in all, a pretty nice casting.
So that’s it for this video guys. Take care and thanks for watching.