Ein Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 I decided to keep my life simple and just use the yellow/orange LED. After a lot of harrowing drilling through the body, trying not to hit anything vital, I got the LED fitted comfortably into the head and down into the body. I actually drilled a hole in the cloak's back by accident, so I had to pop off some scales and smooth it over. I'll be re-scaling that later. :P Anyway, here he is. http://www.fusedcreations.com/adam/vulkan19.jpg Once I fix the cloak a bit, I'll put his backpack on. The gaps between the gauntlet arm and the body are taken care of. The shoulder pad's sitting at a bit of a strange angle, admittedly, but it had to be positioned like that so that it wouldn't interfere with the backpack or the helmet's line or sight. (He looked a bit silly, since he couldn't see over it, so I had to tweak it a bit. ;) ) I may end up putting him on a larger base involuntarily, just because I need to cram a coin-cell battery under his base properly. Probably going to be 35mm-ish, and a couple mm higher than a normal base, but it shouldn't be too big of a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortsonfire79 Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Looks really good. I'm impressed. I think that drilling metal would be a huge pain in the ***. I think if you put it on another base, it would look really good, and just use some rocks or hot glue to mesh it together, and some cork to make a nice scenic base. Sounds doubly good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravenguild Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 That is beautiful, and I think that your conversion should be the basis of all Vulkan He'stans, goes to show where creativity can take a man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donchi Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Regarding the backpack, I actually have no idea what it's from. It doesn't look like Xavier's because it's got different details on the back and no cloak: http://i24.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/1c/a5/7a3c_1.JPG Something I picked up off of ebay. I figure it fits the part. :( legion of the damned? very nice conversion :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranulf_Nightrunner Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Wow, looks fantastic Ein, the eyes really set it off nicely and the details look just right, well done sir! Just got to paint the thing now eh?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revmatt Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 this is awesome! I love it can't wait to see the finished article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Toddius Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Thats really quite awesome. Is the LED light get hot enough to cause plastic warp? Also, certain relatively low heat levels will make cyanoacrylic glues fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blood_raven_240 Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Really awesome! The pics are already added to my 'Sweet Salamanders' album, full of all your work in the Salamanders project! The LED lights are amazing, keep up the awesome work when it comes to painting and you'll have yet another masterpiece in your collection. Nice one, Ein! - Blood Raven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Mick Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 Great converting and that eyes are really fantastic cant wait for updates :P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarith Daemonblood Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 you sir are simply a genius, using an apothecary arm for the gauntlet of the forge is ingenious - consider it stolen <_< oh and great work so far - can't wait to see it painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13skullz Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Ein, might I suggest captain Tycho's left arm. It has some sort of Xenotech las-carbine in them, and can be rather easily cut off and bulked up with a sculpted drake/salamander/dragon head. My two cents. -Skullz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Dan'l Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Not to too necromantic I hope, but how about some finished shots? With GW's take on him not being so impressive I'm really glad to see something that seems a bit more... realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daboarder Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 i actually prefer this one to the GW one and it certainly easier to make this style fit into another list as a count as all youd need to do was leave off the scales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrewsgod Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 any chance we can have a shot of the models back please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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