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Hey dakka, so one of my favorite things to do is put down a few beers and let a cool idea turn into an unnecessary conversion.My most recent exploit came from the release of the tesseract vaut kit that came out a while ago. while the ct'an in the vault seemed like a nifty idea i was kind of let down by the dinky little c'tan running around on his own, hes slightly smaller than a regular c'tan, so decided to make my own larger version. after some procastinating ive finally built and put some paint on him, hes not donw but so far this is what ive got. im still working on him but am running through unique ideas for basing , any ideas/ input would be awesome thanks guys!


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I based him off of an old DR. Manhattan model ( hidden junk mode) . the first stages he had some cyber dreads but i wanted more of a regal look so i went with the crown headpiece instead

Jesus, dude, that's awesome. Awesome conversion work, and knowing it's based on Dr. Manhattan makes the end result that much cooler.

Amazing conversion work - great job!

Very cool work!

Now that is a fantastic conversion. Definitely get the sense of power from the C'tan now!

Fantastic work, really impressive conversion.

Thats awesome. Looks much more impressive than the c'tan baby.

The origins make it much more awesome too.

Awesome . The painting gives the impression of NMM but its almost like a I can see metalics there . Can you share some of the painting process?
You can base him on top of some necron vehicles. Use a necron flyer (nightscythe) chop less than the half off and stick the other half to the base and the c-tan on top of it.

So here is a quick photshop of my idea... I bet you cant tell its photoshop

 Capamaru wrote:
Awesome . The painting gives the impression of NMM but its almost like a I can see metalics there . Can you share some of the painting process?
You can base him on top of some necron vehicles. Use a necron flyer (nightscythe) chop less than the half off and stick the other half to the base and the c-tan on top of it.

So here is a quick photshop of my idea... I bet you cant tell its photoshop

One does not simply be that good at Photoshop

That's pretty much Galactus, Devourer of Worlds right there. Can't think of a more fitting dude to be a C'Tan. Excellent conversion and paint job too.

That's freaking awesome as all get out sir.

That. Is. AWESOME!

To me it is the headgear with the goggles/blindfold that really brings it home. Both regal and powerful, yet a sense of submission and being controlled sneaks in.

Very nicely done! Seriously impressive work.

Very nice... this is seriously awesome!

Very Nice.

Problem now is I don't think any Necrons could overthrow him. Looks way good.

Great work.

I've been wanting that Manhattan model for a long time. I can only find the crappy bendy-limb version.

 Capamaru wrote:
Awesome . The painting gives the impression of NMM but its almost like a I can see metalics there . Can you share some of the painting process?
You can base him on top of some necron vehicles. Use a necron flyer (nightscythe) chop less than the half off and stick the other half to the base and the c-tan on top of it.

So here is a quick photshop of my idea... I bet you cant tell its photoshop

I actually did use metallics, all from the citadel line i think 5 in total. some of which i dont think they make anymore or have been re-named. primed black, base coat of leadbelcher and then i hit it with ironbreaker, ( i forget which silver is in between these 2) then highlighted from a light source and than extreme highlights with mithril/r runefang. i think the non metallic look comes from the army painter brand "anti-shine" finish, i love this stuff. cool idea with the scythe. i kind of want to play with some lighting ideas too so we shall see!

A very sinister C'tan and absolutely love it. The paint job is great too, I especially like the blues on the tabard.

Thats awesome!

Damn that's swish, that is all


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Damn that's swish, that is all

Where'd you get the pattern for the bracers and neck piece?

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Where'd you get the pattern for the bracers and neck piece?

I took the ships from my necron BFG fleet the jackal escort and made press molds, then lubricated em so i could pull the green stuff out while still malleable and form them to fit the body. took a try or two to get the process down lol

One of, if not the, best C'Tan conversions I've ever seen. Also, the silver is beautifully painted.

Awesome sauce.Great conversion mate.

I came in not knowing what to expect, and I left with my mind blown...

FANTASTIC work here - congrats!

Hard core. Simply fantastic.
Not a huge fan of the metallic skin, but it's a personal thing and NOT a quality thing. Quality-wise, it's incredible.
Nice work. I look forward to seeing the completed model!

**Exalted**

Eric

This is so amazing and epic and great and WOW! Simply the best C'Tan I ever seen!

Firstly, thank you for not subjecting us to Blue Wang.

next: That is abso-freakin-AWESOME!!!

All I can say is WOW! Great work.