Dark Elf Moving Temple of Khaine
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Einion
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Any particular material(s) you already have and/or would like to use?
Want to build from scratch or do a conversion?
Plastic (styrene usually) is the obvious first thought for the bulk of the construction but other plastics could be used, as well as wood. Plus epoxy putty for detailing. Canopy from rolled-out putty or tissue soaked in glue. Wire, thread or chain where needed.
Einion
Want to build from scratch or do a conversion?
Plastic (styrene usually) is the obvious first thought for the bulk of the construction but other plastics could be used, as well as wood. Plus epoxy putty for detailing. Canopy from rolled-out putty or tissue soaked in glue. Wire, thread or chain where needed.
Einion
And better advice than that is virtually impossible to give before you have some kind of a building plan. That's one of the most important steps when trying to scratch build something, especially if you're inexperienced, with experience you start to plan these things subconsciously and then you run into other problems instead.
When it comes to that concept my starting point and the base of my building plan as well would be to start with a "lidless" box shape of any material, just to get a rough idea of the size of what I'm about to build. After that I'd start making the "portal" frames that are holding the cloth up and supporting the walls. I wouldn't attach them at first, not before deciding whether I'd want to make an interior or not. If going for a detailed interior I'd start with that using my imagination, perhaps a large altar and some witches performing a nasty ritual in Khaines name or something like that. Otherwise I'd start with building the walls around the frames and then continue with the canopy.
A strong recommendation is to add as many spikes as possible at the end of the build, make it the very last thing you do if possible, otherwise they'll most definitely break while you're fiddling with the model adding other details.
For the material to use for the base of it all I'd go for sheet styrene just like Einion recommended. You can go for cardboard as well but cardboard is not very nice to your knife and not very forgiving when it comes to mistakes. Sheet styrene is sturdy, soft enough to cut with relative ease and very forgiving when you slip. For the canopy I'd use a piece of an old bed sheet or T-shirt soaked in glue, it gives a nice texture without effort and is relatively easy to handle.
And don't worry about making mistakes, you will, several times. Some of them will be bloody as well, trust me. Frustration will show it's ugly head and you will have to battle it several times. The easiest (and hardest) way to avoid this as much as possible is planning, drawing and most of all taking it slow no matter how exciting the building of it gets. This is a pretty complex piece and the closer to the level of detail of the pic you wanna come the harder it will be to keep your mind focused on the piece.
