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well, the title says it all, this is Del'Trian, "The Apprentice" my first Haemonculus.
Del'Trian is the apprentice of Ce'Leste "the Master", My upcoming Haemonculus Ancient. though the model may not look all that much like a haemoculus at the moment, once i have done a little greenstuff work, i believe that he should meet the 'standard' for a haemonculus.
Any suggestions on how i can improve on the overall apperance of Del'Trian would be greatly appreciated.
Typhon.

Well offhand he looks like a dark elder warrior with a carbine over his back.... not even remotely like a Haemoculus.

You need to do something different from what you do with a warrior or a wych. Combining the two of them in a kitbash does not a Haemonculus make.

todeswind wrote:Well offhand he looks like a dark elder warrior with a carbine over his back.... not even remotely like a Haemoculus.

You need to do something different from what you do with a warrior or a wych. Combining the two of them in a kitbash does not a Haemonculus make.

He did say he was going to do some greenstuff work.

Even so, I would lose the Carbine.

well, the plan was to modify the carbine in such a way to represent it as a hexrifle, which is what he is armed with, the knife in his left hand is the venom blade, and i have swaped out the right arm for something more befitting a flesh gauntlet.... and i am working with a very limited bitz box here, and a VERY limited budget....
also please take note that this guy is an Apprentice, so he is not actually a full-fledged haemonculus yet.
will post an update in the morning.
Typhon

quick update, changed his legs, added a Greenstuff cloak which is more of a half robe really... and a more appropriate looking arm to represent the flesh gauntlet.

Typhon

Nice job with the flayed skin(?) half-robe. Looks good.

Do my eyes deceive me, or have you put a blob of greenstuff (with a fingerprint on it) over his right breast? is that going to develop into something?

Also, I'm thinking maybe he'd look more haemonculus-like with a bald head? Is that too stereotypical?

yeah, that is correct Skarwael, it is SUPPOSED to be flayed flesh, will be painted as such, with raw bleeding parts on the inside? and the blob on his chest will, once finished resemble a flayed face? or some other peice of flayed flesh. and as for the hair, i want with that head to show his younger, less experienced age, as Del'trian is only an apprentice haemonculus, or as i have begun to call him, a haem-accolyte.
and i am undecided on wheather his skin should match that of the rest of the kabal, or shold it be more pallid, a pale almost dead shade?

C&C welcome

Typhon

"Edit"
Del'Trian is armed with a Flesh Gauntlet, a Venom Blade, and a Hex-Rifle

For all that is hinted at in the fluff and all we may assume from the current and former DE codex it is heavily hinted that haemonculi do not get trained.

They are created or, rather, they evolve. They are bored Dark Eldar who turn to existing haemonculi to become Wracks, to experience pain and pleasure in a wholly different way than they ever knew was possible.

Most die, some go mad, some dissappoint their masters and get turned into grotesques.

And yet some survive, elevate themselves above the pain and the pleasure and the struggling - to inflict such things upon lesser beings. At that point their former masters will have taken out, replaced or modified most of their organs, and at some point the mad haemonculi might forget that the guy standing next to them, doing most of the vivisection of some former Terminator actually was alower being at some point, but look at him as another Haemonculus, something created from pain and suffering and probably centuries of receiving and inflicting all of the above unto himself and others.

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As I perceive it, your model is rubbish from a fluff perspective.

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However, technically, when it comes to the craftsmanship of kitbashing, GSing etc you have all the necessary skillsets. This is an extraordinary well done conversion by most standards people will ever come across on the interwebs.

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Craftsmanship: A+ for effort, inspiration, talent and skill
Fluff/Background/Story: F- for the idea of a haemonculu "apprentice"

well, i actually hadn't thought about it like that... and having considered what you have said Archont, the tittle of Apprentice for Del'Trian will be swapped out for something more befiting a younger less experienced haemonculus, like perhaps he can be Del'Trian 'The Mutilator' or some such other grusome and gorey afilliation. Actually i think i will remove his title, and he shall now be known as Del'Trian Quelur (pronunced Key-Loor)

Typhon

And now you get straight A's in both categorys

thanks, any suggestions on how i can get the splinter rifle on his back to look more hex-rifle-y?

Typhon

I would extend the barrel a bit, since the hex rifle has a pretty long range. It's supposed to shoot vials of the glass virus into people, right? If so I'd replace the bulbous chunk near the base of the stock with something transparent to look more like a suitable place for a haemonculi to show off his pretty virus. After all, it'd look pretty, and that's what haemys are all about, right?