koran Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Following a quick discussion about Sisters possibly worshiping the Emperor in the form of the Omnissiah Im going to try my hand at making a sister of battle model. The idea is to create some interchangeable components (bodies, legs, arms, heads), Im hoping five of each. Then I can cast them up to give a nice variety of poses and I can solve a few problems I have with the sisters models (The legs dont appear armoured in the thighs which seems silly as they would need the armour to support the weight of the torso armour and backpack and the overall protection and the bigger problem of not being able to afford £50 for one squad. First things first, I needed to body to have everything come off of and to set the correct scale. I bought an immolator hoping to get a plastic body but the damn thing didnt have the shoulder detail I wanted and had a "seat belt" across it (someone in the grim future obviously cares about health and safty :p). Back to the drawing board. Luckily a friend mentioned having some old sisters models including some seraphim. Much cutting, filing and grinding later I have this: http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m16/NeilCollins_/Sisters/WP_000544_zps3d6b297f.jpg http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m16/NeilCollins_/Sisters/WP_000545_zps93d463ca.jpg A quick trip to my local store gave me some scouts for some arms. All was looking well until I realised they were far too big for the body (both the arms, hands and the bolter). I will have to have a think of what to do but Im thinking of getting a standard marine bolter and resizing it to a more "feminine" size/profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierdale Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Very interesting. The best of luck! Oh, the bolter conversion thread might give you some idea on the weapon: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/94979-the-bolter-conversion-thread/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adeptus-Alaska Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I am so subscribed to this! this is going to be cool. best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Rage Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 A cool idea not sure if this helps but would elder arms possibly be a solution for arms? The armour is a lot thinner and should fit well with the chest piece but obviously will need some work making it more SoB like. DR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koran Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 Thanks for the links and comments guys and some interesting ideas for me to ponder on. Ive finished tinkering with a boltgun. As you can see Ive made it less wide and slightly shorter so that it wont look at large in front of the Sister's chest. Ive put a standard marine boltgun in the photo as well as a comparison and the blob of green stuff is for sculpting an arm. http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m16/NeilCollins_/Sisters/WP_000546_zps19a18469.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Aiwass Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Me likes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarKHaZZ13 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Dark eldar/elf arms are probably the closest you'll get to sister size. You'll have to sculpt the armour, but it will give you a good base. Colour me intrigued. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koran Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Not a huge update but I've just about sculpted the gloved hand thats holding the bolter. I wont do the other as this may very depending if the model is reloading, throwing a grenade, preping a grenade, etc. http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m16/NeilCollins_/Sisters/cb8e94ee-952f-4a3f-aad1-44d17aaa23a1_zpsd95750ef.jpg Im still debating if I want the studs on the glove (again, something I may vary between the different sets of arms to make them easier to identify which match). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarKHaZZ13 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I look forward to seeing the end product, keep at it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosjetka Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Looking forward to seeing more good stuff :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natanael Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Very nice so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 A complicated project, but you're doing the Emperor's work! Looks good, have you considered using the "broken down" bits to form different parts? I'm not sure you could get any arms but surely at least a calf or two? Would make your task a bit easier perhaps if you had the models to spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veteran Sergeant Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 The bolter is definitely a huge challenge. The second being the arms for sure. A lot of the Sisters conversions get more or less derailed when they use Space Marine bolters, which are just gigantic. And you definitely can't use Space Marine arms. They're too big and too long for Space Marines, let alone the lither Sisters figures. You may want to try what I did with my Horatius Pattern bolt pistol, and file it down in the center to make it skinnier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major_Gilbear Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 ...Why don't you just use an oroginal SoB bolter? This one in the middle here looks perfect to cut away:http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1921154a_99060108013_BattleSisters1_445x319.jpg This Sister Superior could work too: http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1250174_99060108085_WHSoBSSboltermain_445x319.jpg Nothing wrong with making your own, but given what your long-term aim is here, I think you have bigger battles to fight than re-inventing the SoB bolter! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurfben Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Hi Koran, I have just signed up to start a project almost exactly like this one and share my expereinces so that others may benefit. I'd rather not 'compete' with your excellent work so I was wondering if you'd like to pool resources? I am also converting parts (5 torso's, 5 legs, 5 backpacks etc...) to cast up and use as a 'multi-part' sisters of battle kit but instead of using original sisters models I'm using dark eldar warriors. I've not yet worked out how I'm going to do the arms so I'm very interested to see what you come up with. So would you prefer it if I created my own project thread or would you be interested in pooling both our projects to this thread? Eitherway I'm a follower :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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