Ovidius Incertus Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Hark one, hark all, to a tale chivalric and epic! Herein, see figures heroic and richly dight--bleeding traitors with might. Herein, read tales clever and finely wrought--if Master Ovidius be worth aught. Incipit sanguinea de Lucretia fabula: The coffin ship jolted to ground with a roar of retro burn, scorching the flagstones of another world ready to receive her butcher’s caress. “This landing was rather unpleasant,” she said off-handedly to a stripling to her left. His name may have been Thatteus. “Yes, efendra,” the page halted, eyes locked firmly on the black sheen of her boots. “When we are finished here and returned to orbit, order the pilot sent to my chambers. I would have a word with him,” she said as she finished lacing the other of her gloves to the elbow and boarded the lift. The boy said nothing; her servants rarely replied. Their compliance was expected, and more often than not she desired to hear naught but their screams. As the lift clattered to a halt, Lady Lucrece a’Borda de Baathör wafted across Carnifex’s carapace, her black riding boots in stark contrast to the gray and red of her tincture. She flexed in her crimson jodhpurs and lowered herself into her mount’s cockpit. In the ruddy glow of monitors and readouts, she eased into the crushed velvet of the command throne. She casually wound the luxurious tress of her ravendark hair round her hand, revealing a port of silver and brass at the base of her skull, one of several like it along her spine. She paused before thrusting her hips and back onto the waiting interface spikes. The moment of MIU link drew a breath from the depths of her lungs that, had any of her grooms or pages been present, would have sounded rather like a bordello moan. The throaty feline growl of an alpha predator tickled her hindbrain and she felt its sinuous coils brush her thighs. Copper flavored her mouth. Hunt. “Soon,” she whispered. Bleed. “Yes,” came her rasp. The muscles of her flesh arm twitched with sympathetic impulse as her gauntlet closed over the hilt of her blade. She hoisted Tag der Rache from the locket, which hung it to the gantry, and flexed her mechanical fingers round its hilt. Her muscles spasmed with MIU feedback as the weapon’s spirit howled to life. The door of the coffin ship ground open in a swirl of ash and fetor. The incarnadine and black blossoms of Astartes drop pods lay cratered around the Forum. The Flesh Tearers were already rampaging. The bladed icon on her greave sweated as if knowing. Her spine tingled. Yes, she replied to the voice that was no voice: We drink today. “The Butcher of Neukoln walks,” she voxed across all channels. Mount: “Carnifex”, Knight Errant Scion: Lady Lucrece a’Borda de Baathör, the Butcher of Neukoln. Affiliation: Freeblade, aligned with Adeptus Astartes chapter, Flesh Tearers Heraldic devices: the skull, bloody handprint, blood drop (signaling affiliation with Flesh Tearers) Tincture: Light gray and red with head carapace armor a different color (Yellow? Metallic?) Weapons: Reaper sword Tag der Rache; Avenger Cannon Unschuldengel Notes: Left pauldron half studded, color scheme halved (gray/red) Right pauldron, color scheme halved (gray/red and black checkers or stripes; gray half features bloody hand) Groin plate red with central gray stripe One greave features Flesh Tearers emblem (halved Flesh Tearers blade and halved Reaper Angelus?) One greave features checkered scheme http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%201_zpsazn9rm7f.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%202_zpsw5srtawk.jpg Incipit tristis de equite parcaque fabula: Mount: “Nornsister”, Cerastus Knight Atrapos Scion: Eurydike Verðandi, Parca Triskele, Sistersbane, Wyrd's End Affiliation: Freeblade Heraldic devices: the raven; the distaff and spindle, Skein of Fate; the world tree Tincture: terracotta and black Weapons: Skuld and _______ Notes: - Well of Urdr - Nornsister is the eldest of three Knights, the Disir, survivors of the Old Night. - Was bonded to Nornsister against the counsel of her sisters - Killed her sister Parcae, Clotho and Lachesis, choking one with the Skein of Fate and stabbing the other with her distaff, after being driven mad by the spirit of Nornsister. - Paint scheme of Nornsister in imitation of Attic black figure vasepainting as seen below http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Nornsister%201_zpstq7n33du.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/achilles_greek_black-figure_vase_c-_530_bce_zpszaduj4uc.png Mount: “Ericapaeus”, Cerastus Knight Castigator Scion: Orfeo, called Desdichado Affiliation: Freeblade Heraldic devices: the lyre; the bleeding eye Livery: emerald green and cream Weapons: Anake and Bia Notes: - Hopelessly devoted to Eurydike - Seized Ericapaeus by force and fled his house, forever disowned, after being refused marriage with Eurydike. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Ericapaeus%201_zpso6ffthex.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col.hertford Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 That one big chain sword! I'll be watching this plog with interest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 Crowd-sourced feedback: for the Reaper, should I wrap the brass rod of the hilt in chain or ridged tubing made with a GS tube maker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyrstuart Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 First off, nice idea with the Reaper. I would as maybe a combination? Start with a thin layer of tubing, then wrap once or twice loosely with appropriate chain? Looks good in my head anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 1/21 update: Worked on the Reaper a bit. Went with two different sized GS tubes for the hilt, put some studs on the hilt and made a bit of a pommel. Maybe I'll mess with it some more when it's hardened. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%204_zpsvmk195ot.jpg What do you think about the Carnifex skull as a trophy? Obviously GSed to blend it, but I'm not sure if it detracts or adds to the aesthetic. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%205_zpstgrwehws.jpg And I'm going to do studs on the left pauldron. What do you think about the size/pattern of the mockup studs? I was thinking about doing GS balls about 1/8" or slightly larger. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Shoulder%201_zpsxh78gmrn.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Shoulder%202_zpsh0h3gayh.jpg Finally, I'm going to start repositioning the fingers this weekend. My thought is to drill out the "knuckles" and replace them with plastic tubing so I can rotate the finger "joints" as necessary around the Reaper's hilt. The knuckles are more or less 1/8", so 1/8" tube should do the trick. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depthcharge12 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I love the studs idea! They look a bit large for me in the picture, but that just personal preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col.hertford Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I think more smaller studs would be better. I'm not a fan of the trophy skull. If I was you, I'd save the idea until the rest of the knight is built, then try it out again. See if it fits the asthetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 I will be doing smaller studs, maybe about 3/4 the size of those bluetack blobs. I was thinking of rolling out a 1/8" tube of GS and cutting equal portions to ensure the balls are the same size. I think I will preserve the rows of 3/2/1 because I'm worried that adding a fourth row of 4 would crowd things too much. And I'm gonna ditch the 'Nid skull. Doesn't look the way it did in my head and I'm not sure how to execute to the look I want. I'm going to experiment with wings, spikes and sawblades to see if I can get anything that looks good, otherwise I'll remain bare. @ Codyrstuart, I'm going to incorporate chain in there somewhere. I'm thinking of doing a chain dangling from the pommel with a cluster of trophy skulls at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col.hertford Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 You could try spikes made from tooth picks down the back blade. You could try the fed skull as a pommel too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macloren Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Worked on the Reaper a bit. Went with two different sized GS tubes for the hilt, put some studs on the hilt and made a bit of a pommel. Maybe I'll mess with it some more when it's hardened. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%204_zpsvmk195ot.jpg Love the chainsword, I'm planning a symilar thing for my Lancer but a halberd version, so I'll be watching this thread. Love the fluff as well, I like the idea of villains as heroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Being snowed in for two days has provided ample time to work on Carnifex between bouts of shoveling the cars out. Done some embellishments on some armor panels, including getting the pauldron studs pretty much finished. Leg armor: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Leg%20Armor_zpsymv9kk7e.jpg Left pauldron studs: Lines drawn and some pilot holes drilled, each filled with a dab of superglue. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20L%20Pauldron%201_zpse9dq1ewh.jpg I rolled out a tube of GS about 3/32" in diameter and cut segments a bit over 1/8" long to form into consistent balls. I flattened each ball out with the back of a shaping tool. Then I used a plastic tube to make everything complete uniform. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20L%20Pauldron%202_zpstgthh8mx.jpg Removed the excess GS from each stud and then re-flattened each stud before starting to give them a domed shape with a clay shaper. Here's a pic with some shaped and some flat. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20L%20Pauldron%203_zpslffenux2.jpg And done, save cleanup after the GS hardens: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20L%20Pauldron%204_zpsrzpxkzwf.jpg Right pauldron is going to have something done.... : http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20R%20Pauldron%201_zpsggabkxit.jpg Here is the base in its initial stages: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Base%201_zpsb5wmcnyl.jpg Feet will be posed something along these lines: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Base%203_zpsdgltuyu8.jpg Begun the leg repose. Right leg is left untouched, but left leg will be bent at the knee and I'm going to free its hip joint from the hex that's standard so I have more flexibility. Jeff Tibbets' awesome plog was very helpful here and I took many of his suggestions to heart. Left leg was left in halves to facilitate cutting. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Legs%201_zpsxretvye7.jpg I fixed a coping saw into a vice (the Craftsman work table was the only vice I had...) and made myself a little bandsaw so I could move the piece against the saw and not vice versa. Tibbets was right, this really gives extreme control and made this actually quite easy and accurate cutting the curve. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/IMG_20160124_161113_zpsivgbvfbu.jpg Here are the pieces cut. I'm really pleased with how clean the cut was. Lower joint was near perfect, but a tiny bit of overcutting on the thigh joint (seen below). http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Legs%204_zpsc9nqcjrm.jpg Glued the halves together and stuffed the holes with excess sprue and some Testors plastic cement (I had to find a use for this tube that's been sitting around for years). http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Legs%202_zpszwoyb1pp.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Legs%203_zpsmnc8myhw.jpg Next I filled the rest in with Procreate/Gray Stuff. First time I've used it, so I'll see how it shapes and sands on this knee joint which is pretty much invisible. Also worked on the toes and covered the gaps at the bottom of the feet with plasticard. That's more or less where it stands this morning. I hope to use this extra day off to do more work on the base and leg repose. All weapons systems are completely magnetized and complete except for the gauntlet/Reaper. So Knight's pretty much built save for the sword, left leg and all the hoses/pistons, which I'm leaving off for painting. C&C welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard The slayer Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Cool idea, excited to see what happens next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col.hertford Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Now your just guilting me, I need to do my second knight. You've got a nice clean cut, will you bulk the joint with something? Btw that's the easy bit. The pistons are the £&?@#%%€<%^>!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 @ Col.hertford: I leveled and sanded off the two halves of the joint that I filled with gray stuff. I'm planning on putting a GS spacer in the joint to the same width/depth as the other leg once I get the positioning worked out. I think I'll drive a pin down through the knee to ensure it's solid then. I cut the soft armor off the left leg so it can be positioned more or less vertically. I made 4 rings of soft armor out of GS that I'll stack on and then drill through them so I have a place for a pin through the hip. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Hip_zpsrtfusemg.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Spacers_zpsfyvff2vq.jpg Got a goodly amount of work done on the base today, including where the left foot is positioned, so I can work on rebuilding the leg next. My work on the left pauldron didn't go to plan, unfortunately, so I'm going to have to try it again or go another route. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Base%204_zpsiwotzhbk.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Base%205_zpsanxaify4.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Feet_zpse4etqjfb.jpg I'm definitely not looking forward to fixing that left ankle joint. I think I'll have to build the ball joint up with GS and then flatten it off so the foot isn't cocked at a silly angle....then I get to suffer through pistons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col.hertford Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Your making good progress, there's a few excellent knight builds going on at the moment. I'm stealing your ideas left, right and centre! You should check out Maclorens thread. Hes done some excellent reposing of knight using 12mm half round dolls eyes to replace the balls in the joints. I've just ordered some to give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Brilliant! Thanks for the tip. I had seen that thread but not recently enough to see the bit about the doll eyes. A great idea. I should be able to look at the craft store this weekend for a bag. Less of a pain in the rear than Green Stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macloren Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I like your idea for the rings on the hip. That clever, I made a bit of a mess of a couple of mine, I'll bear your solution in mind if I ever do another one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 I like your idea for the rings on the hip. That clever, I made a bit of a mess of a couple of mine, I'll bear your solution in mind if I ever do another one! If I were to do it again, I would use Gray Stuff instead of Green Stuff only because I would have liked to go back and sand the bevel a bit more than what I did with the clay shaper. A bit more rigidity might be better too. I've cleaned the rings up and mounted them to the hip. I'll get pics up later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Small update to show the hip rebuild: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Hip%202_zpslicvmfga.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Hip%203_zps5c3an8k9.jpg All said and done, I think it looks pretty good with the leg attached. Will glue later. Leg reposition will definitely necessitate redoing the hose on that leg, since I don't think it's long enough to stretch anymore. Did some work with the pose but I'll need to rework some GS on the base to get the footprint in the right place. Also got a bunch of paints including some orange oils for Nornsister, the VMA Aged White and a selection of new grays for Carnifex's scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col.hertford Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 That looks pretty good. Once painted and armoured, it won't show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 Weekend update: Leg is pinned and glued and lower body posing is more or less done (no pics of that yet). Just need to clean up the new ankle joint and finish drilling out one more piston. Thankfully I was able to get away with only needing to redo 3 of the 4 pistons on one foot and not all 8. Knee pin in place: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20knee%201_zpstqnrh0ba.jpg I was a bit overzealous (or misaligned) with my drilling out the ankle joint so I ripped one side, sadly: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Ankle%201_zpsykfhvu6s.jpg Ankle joint fitted to the doll's eye that serves as the replacement ball joint (thanks, Macloren!). Also shows the drilled piston cylinder: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Ankle%202_zpslv9eb82v.jpg Pistons, one left to do: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Pistons%201_zpsvle4bdu0.jpg Also started working on proof of concept for adjusting the fingers to grasp the Reaper's hilt. Going to slowly drill out the knuckles and then replace them with plastic tube. First drilling: http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Finger%201_zpsmtr5vyjl.jpg Also finished up adorning the right pauldron. I think it's decently blended in, but it still juts out farther than I would like. The Scribor resin is really hard to heat form and it took a lot of work to thin it down even enough to get it to bend at all. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Right%20Pauldron%201_zpseahrpmae.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macloren Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Wow, you really have gone all out on this. Your attention to detail on the build far exceeds my own, I just get all excited and start smashing models together! Lol. Glad you found the doll eyes useful, im loving the hobby community on here, around the Knights. Everyone's sharing ideas an pushing each other forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 The Carnifex walks! Ignore the fact that it's basically held together by bluetack and I had to hold it up, but it's just proof of concept before I finish off the details and paint the subassemblies. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Prototype%203_zpsyyk8r3xb.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Prototype%201_zpsqvwnv2c2.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/Oat_Action_Man/Carnifex%20Prototype%202_zpsuxx47itb.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col.hertford Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Cool, love the use of hirstarts blocks and scibor miniatures stuff make it unique.cant wait to see a splash or two of paint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macloren Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Yeah, that's looking great man. You've done a really nice job of the reposition, perhaps a tiny tweek more upright to give him slightly more of a balanced position. You'll be able to call that better than me though as you have the beauty in your hands. To mirror the Col though, looking forward to some colour, you're nearly there. :-) Edit: actually it might just be the angle of one of the pics making him look a little 'tippy' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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