scruff Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 A few pics of the techmarine/master of the forge miniature I am working on. I wanted him to have a full servo harness but I'm not a huge fan of the extra arms for the guns, so wanted to do something a bit different. I was originally planning on having a servo skull for each weapon but once I'd done the flamer thought it would be a bit to much, so he has an antique plasma pistol to represent it being master crafted and justifying the re-roll on the servo harness equivalent. The tyranid servo skull is carrying over a theme from the rest of my UM army given their tyranid fighting background. The backpack and servo ars are very WIP, I plan on adding the business end of the arms at right angles from the end that is already there so that they hang over the shoulders, just trying to figure out how to do the last bit. The main body is pretty much finished now though. http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2938.jpg http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2939.jpg http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2940.jpg http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2943.jpg As always, comments and criticism welcome. Especially ideas for the servo arms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell93 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 i like the nid head it is very cool i would bulk up the servo arms with some guitar wire and armor to make it look more imperiumy and les tuaish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warflag Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I love this type of conversions. The mini it is based on looks absolutely rotten in the pic, the greenwork promises way more than to be seen by now. I cannot wait to see it primed, when for the first time one can see how well it is worked and all the detail is revealed. The helmet I like in particular. Good stuff. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Very nice. Really like the tyranid head as it really shows it is an UM techmarine. The greenstuff work really looks promising! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verpine Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 i like the nid head it is very cool i would bulk up the servo arms with some guitar wire and armor to make it look more imperiumy and les tuaish Yeah the two sticking up things look very tauish. You should make them more mechanical like mitchell said. But the helmet is really cool, i like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 Ok, while I wait for inspiration I've decided to get a bit of paint on the miniature. Got a bit carried away with the red but the left shoulder pad will be repainted in chapter colours. The pics are a bit blury as the battery was about to die in the camera. http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2944.jpg http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2945.jpg The cloak will be painted half white half black with a cog motif around the bottom and possibly the skull and cogwheel on the back. Don't worry I will be making the servo arms a lot less tau but I quite like the slender look so I don't think they'll get too bulky, just a few pistons, wires and lots of rivets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 More and better pictures with painting pretty much done, just some highlighting on the black half of the cloak and a bit of tidying up. http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2956.jpg http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2957.jpg http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2958.jpg And WIP of the servo skull http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2959.jpg http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2960.jpg Last but not least, progress on the servo harness, just needs some greenstuff to bulk it out and add some detail http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2962.jpg http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o322/scruffbc/DSCF2961.jpg Also think I'll go back to the right shoulder pad and smooth the transition a bit. For anyone wondering the hole in the cloak is for the servo skull, also not sure whether to make the servo arms a bit shorter so they're not so tall, but can't make my mind up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaSmurf Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 as the title told me "based on helbrecht" I thought that this is just not fitting a techmarine. but it works for me and your painting is... gorgeous^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminatorinhell Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 well now I know what I can do with Helbrecht, can I borrow the idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 Feel free, although it's a right pain removing the combi melta :cuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortifis Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 Never mind Helbrecht, this thread gave me an idea of what I'll be doing to a Grimaldus figure I have lying around in my bitz box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GI Joker Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 I honestly wasn't so sure about this guy at first, but he looks really good. I can't wait to see how it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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