Lamenter
08-26-2010, 07:26 AM
Hey guys.
I’ve put in a fair few hours trying to get this fella painted up and finished. He's not quite 100% done yet, a few touch ups and some added battle damage are needed, but he's close enough to finished for me to use him as my avatar :D
It's a truescale (actual scale actually) conversion on a 40mm base. The original concept in my mind was to have him with a back mounted beamer and big sturdy looking boots that anchor him to the floor. I also wanted a helm similar to the one off the techmarine featured in DoW2, and opted to convert the head and torso from the thunderfire cannon techmarine. The tool in his right hand is a wrench and with his modified thunder hammer are the perfect tools for repairs and beating armour back into shape ;)
The legs are entirely self sculpted, as are the shoulder pads and lots of little details. The tendrils are all made from guitar string. Conversion beamer is based off an upside down lascannon, with the shooty end being off the techmarine's original backpack. The backend is a cut down missile launcher. There are also a huge number of bits from my bitzbox that I just can't identify.
Normally I paint a lot of my models in parts and assemble the finished thing at the end, but because this was just one solid piece and proved extremely fiddly at times. Although it’s technically finished (at I'd be happy to game with it) I think I can make some improvements and battle damage always looks cool on yellow armour, and is one of the reasons I want to collect a Lamenters force.
http://www.masteroftheforge.com/files/images/techmarine/masteroftheforge2.jpg
I forgot to take size comparison photo today but will try to remember when I finish adding battle damage.
I’ve always intended to use this conversion in the header of my website as well as a new avatar for forum and blog use. He’ll also feature as one of the HQs in my Lamenters army (it'll probably be the 41st millenium before it's finished).
Someone on my website pointed out how it reminded him of Iron Man which never registered with me as I painted him (despite having an Iron Man poster above my painting desk). This makes me even more pleased with the final scheme I settled on.
Anyone know of any good guides to painting battle damage? I have done it before but never quite got the results I was looking for.
I’ve put in a fair few hours trying to get this fella painted up and finished. He's not quite 100% done yet, a few touch ups and some added battle damage are needed, but he's close enough to finished for me to use him as my avatar :D
It's a truescale (actual scale actually) conversion on a 40mm base. The original concept in my mind was to have him with a back mounted beamer and big sturdy looking boots that anchor him to the floor. I also wanted a helm similar to the one off the techmarine featured in DoW2, and opted to convert the head and torso from the thunderfire cannon techmarine. The tool in his right hand is a wrench and with his modified thunder hammer are the perfect tools for repairs and beating armour back into shape ;)
The legs are entirely self sculpted, as are the shoulder pads and lots of little details. The tendrils are all made from guitar string. Conversion beamer is based off an upside down lascannon, with the shooty end being off the techmarine's original backpack. The backend is a cut down missile launcher. There are also a huge number of bits from my bitzbox that I just can't identify.
Normally I paint a lot of my models in parts and assemble the finished thing at the end, but because this was just one solid piece and proved extremely fiddly at times. Although it’s technically finished (at I'd be happy to game with it) I think I can make some improvements and battle damage always looks cool on yellow armour, and is one of the reasons I want to collect a Lamenters force.
http://www.masteroftheforge.com/files/images/techmarine/masteroftheforge2.jpg
I forgot to take size comparison photo today but will try to remember when I finish adding battle damage.
I’ve always intended to use this conversion in the header of my website as well as a new avatar for forum and blog use. He’ll also feature as one of the HQs in my Lamenters army (it'll probably be the 41st millenium before it's finished).
Someone on my website pointed out how it reminded him of Iron Man which never registered with me as I painted him (despite having an Iron Man poster above my painting desk). This makes me even more pleased with the final scheme I settled on.
Anyone know of any good guides to painting battle damage? I have done it before but never quite got the results I was looking for.