CBL Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Hi everyone! As you can see, this is my attempt to make a model that represents just how intimidating I feel that Mephiston should be to my opponents. I have always been less than impressed by the current model and I figured that repurposing Astorath would really give me something that characterizes just how much of a terror Mephiston really is. First things first: do you keep the pose and swap out the axe with a sword? I decided no. I based this on the fact that the shoulder pads were wrong and that the look I was going for was more intimidation than rage. http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1522/img0491pk.jpg This was tricky, and i ended up taking a little of his hair with the shoulder pad. http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/118/img0492lf.jpg To get the hood on him, i had to file the back of the head, and then completly file out the Mephiston head. I basically just chopped Meph at the shoulder line and then filed the bejeezus out of it. I also had to flatten it slightly. Although you cant tell from the pic, i blended this all smooth with green stuff. http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7366/img0493vb.jpg http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5848/img0494em.jpg I have taken the right shoulder and put it on the left with an arm from the DC sprue. I attempted to make the hand look like it was wearing a glove as well. The right shoulder wasn't my first choice, but i was running into issue with other shoulders i tried, so this is what worked. http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/2894/img0495u.jpg Guess I could have done a better job on the green stuff on the left arm, going to try to see what i can do with this. http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5186/img0496z.jpg The idea of the pose is that he is just lifting off with the Wings of Sanguinius. The original concept included wings, but i struggled to make them work on this model. i might try to find a different set other than the ones that came with Astorath, as i want them more spread out, like the Sanguinor. http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/761/img0497zp.jpg Good lord but this cape was a mighty struggle. I have no idea how people sculpt with this stuff. I had to wait about 2 hours for it to firm up enough that it would retain shape, and then it was huge pain to get it to dry in the shape I wanted. Still, I guess I am happy with it, it looks pretty dynamic and i think it will look ok painted. http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8130/img0498la.jpg You can see the orriginal right shoulder on the left here. http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1734/img0499hy.jpg Well that is it for now, I will post again as more progress is made. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebsolom Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 That is one cool looking Mephiston conversion, nice job! One niggle is the pistol arm, the forearm looks a little too elongated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBL Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Now that you mention it, i think you might be right... :blush: Sigh, not sure how to easily fix that, will have to think about it, I guess we will have to wait and see if others think it needs fixed or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazer Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Overall it's quite a nice and rather ambitious conversion, very cool. As for the arms, the plasma arm does look a little off. An easy way to get gloved hands is from a Chaos player as many of their arms have gauntlets on them, which has the cuff on the forearm, which is what I believe you are going for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperors Immortals Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 VERY NICE!!!! im glad to see a wingless mephy conversion, IMHO youre pose looks just right - woudl love to see it painted!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roesor Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Looks awsome O.o Now imagine if we could combine their stats....oh wait...that's Sanguinus o.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Mapple Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Nice conversion. Did you just Green Stuff the flight stand to him as well? I like how it's tilted forward, but high enough you should still be able to do base to base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Till Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBL Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Actually the flight stand is just wedged between the cape and his butt. I am not totally sure if that is how i will leave it or not. Might decide to go with a wire holding him instead, but nothing is permanent at this stage. Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Fisting Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I like it a lot better than the current Mephiston available. Suggestions: Use some wire instead of the flight stand to hold him up, us the right gloved chaos forearm as someone already said, and definately strip all that old paint as it will make your new paintjob look bad. Nice conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBL Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 quick question: Will stripping effect the Green stuff? haven't ever stripped a model with this much green stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plague Angel Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I don't dig the leg pose. But all in all, it's an nice simple conversion that's very effective. I like it much more than other Astorath -> Mephiston conversions I've seen. Well done! I'll consider doing this myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Fisting Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 quick question: Will stripping effect the Green stuff? haven't ever stripped a model with this much green stuff. Yea, stripping will effect the greenstuff. If it was me I'd take it all back apart, strip it, put it back together and make another GS cape. Depends on how much effort you plan on putting into the paintjob. Myself, I paint more than I play, so appearance is more important to me, but if you don't care all that much, don't worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBL Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Hmmmm... Delima. If you look at my photo albums, you can see I am decent painter, but I haven't progressed to the point where i will win any awards or anything. I do however enjoy the challenge of painting at the edge of my skill and as such would hate to feel like my model could have been better. That said, that cape was hell. I dont know, i will have to think about it i guess, as i deffinatly think i could do a better job on some aspects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DV8 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 That looks frightfully similar in concept to my Astorath -> Mephiston conversion! :) Only difference is I used bare fists instead of weapons (supersaiyan!) http://www.spacewithinspace.net/images/projectlog/December17_1.jpg Terribly old WIP shot, he's since been finished. I would recommend re-doing the cape to be more dynamic, instead of flat with a couple ripples. If he's supposed to be hovering/flying forward, the cape makes no sense at all for movement. Also, figure out a way to have the model hovering instead of using a flying stand. It's inelegant and sticks out like a sore thumb. Perhaps base elements, or even have the cape touching the ground, and running wire through the cape? I used the scrollwork from Astorath (backwards) for mine. DV8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plague Angel Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 You know, I dig the scrolls on that. Are those Mephy's standard shoulder pads, DV8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DV8 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 You know, I dig the scrolls on that. Are those Mephy's standard shoulder pads, DV8? The right shoulderpad is Astorath's (his left shoulderpad, I just sawed it off and swapped it). The left shoulderpad is a plastic piece from the Sanguinary Guard or Death Company box (they both have it, as far as I'm aware). DV8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plague Angel Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Ah, I know the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBL Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 WOW, I almost wish I had seen that before I started! It looks great btw, and has deffinatly given me some ideas. I think that decides it, I will have to start over. I think the idea of adding the cape BEFORE the arms solves some issues about my current model and might make it a bit easier. I dont look forward to resculping though, the first cape was hard enough. Still, fixing the arm and making a better model is what counts, thanks for the inspiration! CBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demoulius Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 hmmm Mephi conversion :D love the model so far m8 :lol: slap some paint on him when your happy with the model ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Weasel Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 tha'ts great, i'm doing something similar myself, but i plan to give him DA robed legs and not his long pointy hood. using the same pads as DV8 in fact, and i'm doing a few other small things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Chris Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Both lovely. Strengthens my conviction that Astorath was originally intended as the new Mephiston Model, as Sanguinor was the new Dante, then late in production they became additional (and unnecessary) new super characters by giving them different weapons. The bone/skull look of chaplains is well established and Mephiston was the only model with flayed body armour, not to mention the space marine with the longest hair. To find these attributes cropping up on a super chaplain model can't be coincidental. I'm therefore very pleased to see conversions, especially ones giving these models their proper weapons. I was actually just considering whether my Mephiston might benefit from a nicer backpack from the DC set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperors Immortals Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Oh, how did i gorget yuo DV8? yours is the nicest one ive seen competed, will you post an update photo for us to drool over please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plague Angel Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Both lovely. Strengthens my conviction that Astorath was originally intended as the new Mephiston Model Hm, pretty possible. as Sanguinor was the new Dante I find this much less convincing. Besides being gold, the models have very very little in common. Plus rumors of "X model supposed to have been the new Dante" keep flying around even when they don't make sense — like the entire Sanguinary Guard kit, which sounds practically impossible to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHarrower Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 That looks frightfully similar in concept to my Astorath -> Mephiston conversion! ;) Only difference is I used bare fists instead of weapons (supersaiyan!) That looks amazing! How about some updated pics from different angles please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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