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I tried to set this guy apart so I made the majority of his helmet bronze. I intended to place a headless Ultramarine corpse on the base but I lacked the materials. I tried to do some highlights but I dont think they showed up

The painting is all very neat and in the right place which is good, just needs a little depth adding to it, as it seems a bit flat (could be the photo) . The base needs more doing to it, as you have alluded to in your post. And I'm not convinced by the helmet in the hand, it looks like a helmet glued to a hand, when it should look like a helmet being held by a hand. A very solid start though, and a real decent table top standard miniature.


Also this probably wants moving to the WIP thread, until it is 100% complete

I can only assume he's bouncing that space marine helmet like a basketball, otherwise physics says no... Perhaps if you don't want to remodel the fingers, you could just turn the palm upwards? Painting looks pretty clean, nice shade of red

I noticed the helmet issue after I glued it on and with the glue I used it would destroy the hand to remove it. Im just going to say hes dropping the helmet. And the figure does look flat in the picture because of the lighting. Id still say hes finished just because he was a practice for highlights plus Im missing some loyalist parts that would allow me to finish the base

I agree with everybody else in saying the model is cool except for the gravity-defying helmet. Unless he has spikes on his palm or a magnet hand.

Get rid of that helmet in the power fist. Also a World Eater decal or free-hand is sorely needed on the right shoulder.

 Zukazammae wrote:
I noticed the helmet issue after I glued it on and with the glue I used it would destroy the hand to remove it. Im just going to say hes dropping the helmet. And the figure does look flat in the picture because of the lighting. Id still say hes finished just because he was a practice for highlights plus Im missing some loyalist parts that would allow me to finish the base

Cut the gauntlet off at the wrist with a sharp blade, turn it palm-up and re-glue, and presto - gravity is appeased, and you don't have to mangle and repaint your model

 Million wrote:

 Zukazammae wrote:
I noticed the helmet issue after I glued it on and with the glue I used it would destroy the hand to remove it. Im just going to say hes dropping the helmet. And the figure does look flat in the picture because of the lighting. Id still say hes finished just because he was a practice for highlights plus Im missing some loyalist parts that would allow me to finish the base

Cut the gauntlet off at the wrist with a sharp blade, turn it palm-up and re-glue, and presto - gravity is appeased, and you don't have to mangle and repaint your model

I just checked over the model and I noticed the cable would also have to be repositioned and the gauntlet and armor seem to be ovular which would look rather awkward. I like the idea but Im not sure how to execute it.

I think it looks fine! From a tabletop distance, the slight curl to the fingers will give all the visual cue you need. You'd have to get right up on it (like we are in the pics) to be able to see the incongruity. You're the great and powerful Oz on this one, brother, you just happened to snap some pics from behind the curtain!

The only thing I noticed about him was how clean he looked for a World Eater. No rust, no dried blood, no entrails, no nothing! You should model some cultists following him around with sponges and buckets!

On the real, though, this model looks great! Awesome work.