Hi fellas it's been a while, tut tut anyhow i thought i would show you what I've been up to.
Weathers playing havoc with priming outdoors right now but I've found that if you warm the tin up on a radiator for 5 to 10 min's you get a little time for a good smooth finish.
Anyway top tip out of the way so lets get on with the miniature, I've been wanting to build and paint a badass Warsmith to lead my force of brutal Iron Warriors for a while and was just waiting of the perfect base miniature to turn up from either GW or FW, I was thinking of using Alexis Polux which i bought for the kitbash but even though he's a awesome mini he's been used/kitbashed so many times.
So then Games Workshop came up with the goods with their second Forge World miniature to be sold in their store, The Ultramarines Herald i thought fitted the bill perfectly just had to remove those U's and away i go.
The Polux kit didn't go to waste, I used his arms, shoulder pads and power fist, I also used a Techmarines Back pack and servo arm plus some tubing, A Volkite weapon and a World Eaters large chopper (brutal) as his close combat weapon, the head is from the FW tank upgrade kit. For the base i just used various bit n bobs i had laying around on my bench.
So then nearly there with this just got the head to do....skin tone drat!! not looking forward to that...well I'll see how i get on with it. Anyhow i hope you like it so far guys and i should have him all done before too long.
That's an exceedingly impressive bash you've got there, love the idea of the underslung volkite, that looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteCheers Nick, The idea was borrowed from the Polux mini just swapped the weapons around ;)
DeleteLovely, the original is so undynamic and static and head proportions seem off, but amazing transformation into a great looking mini. I might cut and shunt mine when I get around to him, I bought one but not sure what I was going to do with it. Now I see Techmarine!
ReplyDeleteHi Siph, Yeah i do that alot, got a few event minis that I'm sure I'll get around to at a later date.
DeleteAt first glance i thought the miniature was a tad pants and yeah the heads way too small, I also thought that the miniature was leaning back a bit so i have rectified that as best i could with how i modeled the base so his stance is of a forward motion...well that was the plan anyhow.
Techmarine sounds a great idea.
Fantastic work, man - an excellent use of the standard bearer model!
ReplyDeleteCheers Mordian7th, I'm really happy with how he's turning out.
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