Rune Priest Ridcully Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Recently, I ordered the Thousand sons conversion pack, to either use the helmets for terminators, or make extra ruberics. It camw with a Finecast version of the old Asp. Sorcerer model. As I have three others of the same model, (admittedly only one is stock, the others having had weapon swaps.) I am going to convert this one, to hopefully be bit different. At the moment, I am not sure about the halberd's pose, should I try and have it more upright or will the current pose do? I am also thinking of carefully cutting away the "face" of his helmet, and if I can get it, replace it with the front of either a MK VI or IV helmet, or possibly one from the new raptor box. So thoughts on the pose and the helmet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Iron Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 maybe swap the pistol for a book, or a different gun? As for the halberd, dunno, something about how it is held looks a bit off for the rest of the model. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexington Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Like the idea, but you're right - the angle at which he's holding the halberd is a bit odd. I think it it were held upright and in front of him, like a walking staff, it'd look more natural. Curious how the helmet turns out. Great idea on the Raptor helm, but be careful. GW's scale and sizing's changed a bit since that model was first released, so the face size might match up. Might want to do some experiments before committing the model to surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Priest Ridcully Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 I will experiment first and check they are the right size first before doing any cutting ;). I I'll properly keep the pistol, as Asp. Sorcerers once again have the grand option of taking melta bombs and no others, and I don't have any pistols I especially prefer over it, and I don't have any hands that would paticually look good, but will think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Priest Ridcully Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 Here is my second attempt to get the pose right: Would prefer to have it raised higher, but because of the position of the hand on the shaft the end of the halberd would not fit unless I sculpted some more arm/moved the shoulder pad a lot.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierdale Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I think it looks very good now. The pose looks natural, and as if the weapon has real weight. Nicely done. I must also say that the mini looks good in finecast...or you got lucky and got a well-cast one. How was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Priest Ridcully Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 It does look good, I'd say one level with the old metal, but id does not have the satisfying weight. There are a few small holes around the bottom of his robes, but fortunately because of their position they are not really noticeable, there were a fair few on the sword and and hand I removed however, and sword was bent, I have also had to trim the back of the bolt pistol as it was pockmarked with holes. As I got the model as a side as I ordered the set for the Thousand son heads (which were good quality and look better in finecast, the robes and chests however :/.. ) I admit I gave away the backpack, as that thing had at least 13 different vent/sprue/loads of flash that I could not be bothered to clean it all as I had spare metal ones. Over all, I'd say I was exceptionally lucky with finecast considering the bits I will use were okay, but not sure I'd want to risk it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rune Priest Ridcully Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 Well here he is, all finished. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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