Apart from a few extra additions, the Forgefiend/Maulerfiend is just about done.

Instead of adding magnets to the shoulder pads, I decided to glue them to the Maulerfiends front arms,
and build some new ones for the Forgefiends weapons.



Here is the Forgefiend, with both weapon variants.



And the Maulerfiend variants.



Last but not least, we have all the magnetized components together.

i've been away too long. Great job on the magnets and the base is fantastic. I vote the guardsman be named Colonel Sanders , as he is obviously protecting the last KFC in the 40K universe. Wonder if the maulerfiend will think that he is finger licking good

That looks like a lot of work to magnetize the kit, but worth it since it is so expensive!

Nice work on that magnetisation. I magnetise pretty much everything and although it's a pain, it's totally worth it.

D

Really nice GS work.

Awesome stuff.

Well done on the magnetizing !!! Now.... when's the painting ?

Good stuff on those shoulder pads

What were the shoulder pads originally? Could you have got away with smaller magnets do you think?

Theophony wrote:i've been away too long. Great job on the magnets and the base is fantastic. I vote the guardsman be named Colonel Sanders , as he is obviously protecting the last KFC in the 40K universe. Wonder if the maulerfiend will think that he is finger licking good

Thank you, and "the last KFC in the universe" that would be a sad day .

ZergSmasher wrote:That looks like a lot of work to magnetize the kit, but worth it since it is so expensive!

Actually compared to many other kits, it's not all that difficult to magnetize. I just over complicated it a little with that custom scenic base, and extra shoulder pads.

evildrcheese wrote:Nice work on that magnetisation. I magnetise pretty much everything and although it's a pain, it's totally worth it.
D

Thank you . Yeah it's always worth it, and although it can be fiddly work, I actually enjoy it. It's like solving a puzzle, that can require some out of the box thinking.

tipios wrote:Really nice GS work.

Thank you , its something I still need more practice with though.

Yggdrasil wrote:Awesome stuff.

Well done on the magnetizing !!! Now.... when's the painting ?

Many thanks. I actually won't be painting this, instead it's off to eBay, along with a small Chaos force. Which will hopefully fund my next conversion project.

OneManNoodles wrote:Good stuff on those shoulder pads

What were the shoulder pads originally? Could you have got away with smaller magnets do you think?

I was waiting for someone to ask the shoulder pad question . They where taken from the rear section of a Necron Destroyer, then reshaped.

As for the magnets, I could of used smaller diameter ones, but they would of needed to be thicker. These ones where only 1x6mm, and only just held up some of the bigger pieces, like the Maulerfiends front claw arm.
I do have some 1x3mm, but I keep those for the smaller models.

That's cool, I see it now .

I see what you mean by the the weight of the arms, they are quite big and chunky (I have no experience with that kit, never seen it in the flesh).

Best of luck selling it on ebay! don't accept any less than the RRP + a bit for the work you did on it.

Looking good. Very clean work indeed. The most tedious job is magnetizing I think. All of the stuff in your thread looks really well done, keep it up and keep the pics coming.

Since the Maulerfiend/Forgefiend is virtually done, I've gone back to the Daemon prince, and started a little extra conversion work.

I want to give it more of that ex Chaos space marine look, with more of the warped and fused armor showing through.

I've decided to split up my Chaos force into two separate groups. Chaos Space Marines will be one, and a Chaos Renegade militia group will be the other.

I already have 20 Cultists for the militia, and yesterday some reinforcements arrived...



There are so many parts in those two boxes, that I should be able to make at least seven individual models, maybe even eight.

I've already made a start converting one of them into a Chaos Spawn, and I have plenty of ideas for the rest.

 hk1x1 wrote:
Since the Maulerfiend/Forgefiend is virtually done, I've gone back to the Daemon prince, and started a little extra conversion work.

I want to give it more of that ex Chaos space marine look, with more of the warped and fused armor showing through.

That Daemon Prince kit never gets old. Love the pose for yours. Kind of reminds me of that scene from Helm's Deep in LOTR when the Uruk-Hai begin their siege on the Deeping Wall.

Great conversions hk1x1 - looking forward to seeing how those orgryns come out.

Nice work on the Ogryn-Spawn. Good use of parts.

angelofvengeance wrote:That Daemon Prince kit never gets old. Love the pose for yours. Kind of reminds me of that scene from Helm's Deep in LOTR when the Uruk-Hai begin their siege on the Deeping Wall.

Yeah I've always liked that Daemon Prince, ever since the metal version came out years ago. Talking of Helms Deep, you've just given me an idea. As I just remembered the Uruk-Hai Berserker, running forward to blow up the wall.
So what if I make a Ogryn demolitions expert, carrying enough explosives to blow the leg of a Titan .

Januine wrote:Great conversions hk1x1 - looking forward to seeing how those orgryns come out.

Thank you, and yeah I'm interested to see how they turn out as well, as I never quite know how these things are going to look until I get started.

Dr H wrote:Nice work on the Ogryn-Spawn. Good use of parts.

Thanks mate .

Made a little more progress on the Ogryn Spawn.

Ye... Oo! I wasn't expecting "legs" like that. Good idea.

well that's a ... creepy ... weird ... critter thing, Ogryn chaos spawn cool idea .
The Spawn kit is a great source for weird little bits, eyeballs, spike things etc. looking good mate

Time for an Ogryn update.

First off we have the Chaos Spawn, which has received it's first layer of green stuff detailing.





While the green stuff was drying, I started on the beast master and his hounds.





Last off we have my Armored Brute Ogryn, but I just call him the tank. Who is a very early work in progress.

Oh my. That Chaos Spawn is just wonderful.

Looming forward to seeing nor Ogryns

D

Great sculpting! Very wierd and wonderful ideas.

Tentacles! Yay!

The rest is nice too.

It's been a few months since my last post, but I'm back now and working to finish off my Tau Titan, as some time in January I will be auctioning it off on eBay, along with a few of my other conversions.
This will hopefully give me space to start some new big projects in the new year.

I've made a few changes to the Titan since you last saw it. To start with I rebuilt and re-positioned the arm joints, which are now a lot stronger and easier to pose.


I've also started building an optional weapon system for the Titan, which turns it into a long range Artillery platform, complete with leg stabilizers at the back.

Awesome stuff bud

That just one insane piece of kitbashing!

Impressive. Most impressive.

EDC

 stonned_astartes wrote:
That just one insane piece of kitbashing!

QFT

Great stuff hk, what do you have left to do on it?

Thanks for the comments guys, their most appreciated .

As for the Titan, I've finished the leg supports, and added some more details to the Artillery Weapon, along with a gunner seat at the back,
and a Targeting sensor array mounted at the front.

I still have a few more details to add, and sticking with the Tau philosophy that you can never have enough guns, I also want to mount a riptide Burst cannon somewhere on the model.
Not quite sure where yet, but if anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

You monster... this titan looks amazing. I'd be hard-pressed to find a place where you could put another gun, but the burst cannon might fit on his right arm under the railgun contraption.

Sweet Jesus man what on earth is this I don't believe my own eyes this is truly amazing

This looks like some kind of movie creation never mind a kit conversion , I tried to work out what you had used and where but the madness got to much.

All I can say is I am unbelievably impressed

youidiotkid wrote:You monster... this titan looks amazing. I'd be hard-pressed to find a place where you could put another gun, but the burst cannon might fit on his right arm under the railgun contraption.

lone dirty dog wrote:Sweet Jesus man what on earth is this I don't believe my own eyes this is truly amazing

This looks like some kind of movie creation never mind a kit conversion , I tried to work out what you had used and where but the madness got to much.

All I can say is I am unbelievably impressed

Thank you, that means a lot .


I'm still working on the Tau Titan, but I've been officially distracted by my Christmas present.

I've already started working on it, and yes it will be heavily converted .

May I dare ask what you have in mind for this as to converting it ?

 lone dirty dog wrote:
May I dare ask what you have in mind for this as to converting it ?

Well, I wanted to do something different, so I came up with the idea for an Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator Knight.
It would form part of an exploration team, lead by an Explorator Tech Priest, as they search distant worlds for lost technology.

As for the model itself, I plan on magnetizing three of the main weapon choice's for use on its right side. On it's left I want to build three of four large mechanical arms,
each one fitted with a different tool, much like a Tech Priests Servo Arms.

But before any of that, I've started work on reposing the legs, which can be tricky, as you first need to cut them apart.

Which is what I've done here, as well as add a new ankle ball joint made from a plastic bead. I still need to build a moving knee joint, and rebuild two of the ankle pistions,
and then repeat for the other leg.

@ lone dirty dog: I bet you wish you hadn't asked now

Sounds like an interesting vision for the Knight.

Looking forward to see how it progresses.

EDC


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Sounds like an interesting vision for the Knight.

Looking forward to see how it progresses.

EDC

No still glad I asked I can't wait to see this start to come together, mind you looks like you got your work cut out for you or not in this case

How do you intend to make the servo arm scratch or conversion ?

The ball joint idea is an interesting one does that mean there will be some movement involved or will it be static ?

 lone dirty dog wrote:
No still glad I asked I can't wait to see this start to come together, mind you looks like you got your work cut out for you or not in this case

How do you intend to make the servo arm scratch or conversion ?

The ball joint idea is an interesting one does that mean there will be some movement involved or will it be static ?

The Servo arms will be mostly scratch built, but I'll also be using odds and ends form various kits I have lying around.

When it's finished the knight will be standing on a detailed scenic base (which I need to build). The ball Joints will allow me to position the legs exactly where I want, before their glued into place.

First Stage of the Knights Servo Arms is done. Although this is just the basic frame work, as I've been focused mainly on getting the joints built and working.
Each joint has a 360 Degree rotation, and can pivot to a positive or negative 75 Degree angle (ish).

All the arms will have three pieces to them, each one ending in a tool, claw or weapon of some description. Very much like what you'd find on a Tech Priest or Tech Marine.

Windmill arm for the win

That Tau titan is getting even more stunning each time we see it, which hasn't been often enough for me .

I am so jealous of your creativity, that is looking cool already and it's only the basic mechanism

It's General Grievous...

You see that's why we love you, you go out and buy a really expensive kit, and where most people would be scared to even think of alterations you just plunge in and flat out improve everything.

Looking great, like the movable parts, they staying like that? The only trouble I have is when things start to weigh too much and things go all saggy.

Love that windmill servo arm!

EDC

Hm. I may steal the ankle bead idea and use brass rod for mine to do a static repose. Would you say that would be a lot easier than what you are currently doing?

Also the arm idea is ossum possum.

Theophony wrote:Windmill arm for the win

That Tau titan is getting even more stunning each time we see it, which hasn't been often enough for me .

Thank you, and don't worry you will be seeing the Titan again soon .

lone dirty dog wrote:I am so jealous of your creativity, that is looking cool already and it's only the basic mechanism

Oh, dont be jealous of my creativity, it has a mind of it's own and takes way to much time off. Sometimes in can be weeks before I see it again .

Ruglud wrote:It's General Grievous...

lol, strangely he is one of my favorite star wars character designs.

Camkierhi wrote:You see that's why we love you, you go out and buy a really expensive kit, and where most people would be scared to even think of alterations you just plunge in and flat out improve everything.

Looking great, like the movable parts, they staying like that? The only trouble I have is when things start to weigh too much and things go all saggy.

Thank you very much, and yeah the scary thing about trying to improve a model, is that first I have to break it. Which doesn't always work out well.

As for the arms, yes they will be staying fully poseable. But your right, to much weight on the arms could be a problem, which is why I'm constantly testing the friction strength on the joints.
If there's not enough friction they'll collapse like you said. To much friction, and the amount of force needed to move the arm could break the joint. So it's a bit of a balancing act between the two.

evildrcheese wrote:Love that windmill servo arm!

EDC

Yeah, it's the only Knight in existence known to use windmill power to recharge its battery .

Stormwall wrote:Hm. I may steal the ankle bead idea and use brass rod for mine to do a static repose. Would you say that would be a lot easier than what you are currently doing?

Also the arm idea is ossum possum.

Yes, your idea is probably a lot easier than mine, as I do tend to over complicate many of my projects .

The basic structure of the servo arms is just about done. I now have to wait for an order of Mechanicus kit's to arrive, so I can start adding detail.

In the meantime I might start work on the Knights scenic base, as that needs to be finished before I can start work on posing the legs.

You must have gotten ahold of some unreleased Lego technic pieces, because those are too perfect to be scratch built.

 Theophony wrote:
You must have gotten ahold of some unreleased Lego technic pieces, because those are too perfect to be scratch built.

lol, Yeah its amazing what you can do with a few bits of plastic card, and some left over sprue . But I promise you it looks more complicated than it actually is.

Made a start on the Knights base, going for a kind of industrial ruin factory look, with a large sealed bunker hatch blocked by debris.

I've also used some plastic card to block out the interior of the Knight, where a Servitor/Pilot will sit, along with some kind of engine block detail in the back.

That arm conversion is really coming along now

Excuse me whilst I pick up my jaw...your plasticard skills are amazing. Great work on that base.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Excuse me whilst I pick up my jaw...your plasticard skills are amazing. Great work on that base.

EDC

Thank you very much.


My Mechanicus reinforcements have arrived .

Mechanicus Knight with Servo arms like a tech priest? that will be brutal!

Most of whats in the new skitarii box set I'll be using for conversions, especially the Dunecrawler, which I'll be using to detail the servo arms on my Mechanicus Knight.

The Tech Priest Dominus however is one of favorite GW models. I like it so much in fact that I've assembled it, and have actually started painting it.
So far all I've done is undercoat it, picked out all the metal areas, and given them a black wash.

No telling how far I'll get with this, but I'll give it my best shot .

gorgeous fig in'he?!!! Really had fun with that one

 Januine wrote:
gorgeous fig in'he?!!! Really had fun with that one

Yeah he is, although I doubt Mine is going to look as half as good as yours .

PAINT, Paint! Doth mine eyes deceive me, PAINT!!

Lovely kit. good progress all round, whats going on in the centre of the body there/

 Camkierhi wrote:
PAINT, Paint! Doth mine eyes deceive me, PAINT!!

Lovely kit. good progress all round, whats going on in the centre of the body there/

Lol, Yeah it is unusually to see me paint anything, but I think this one is worth it.



I will get back to the Dominus at some point, but now it's time for a Knight update.

I've done a lot more work on the Knights base, and I think I might have gone over the top a little on detail.

The legs have also been partly assembled, as you'll see in the slightly blurry image below.
I,ll have some better shots, and go into more detail on what I've done with the legs in my next post.

Stumbled on this today and I've been staring at my knight ever since.

*feels inadequate*

You've got some major plastic-fu hk-san, I bow to your skills.

Seriously though, those titan legs are awesome.

I really can't wait to see what the finished knight will look like.

EDC

Over the top or not, but this one is definitely a beautifully and precisely crafted base. I like it a lot
I would actually add a bit more details to the black base itself - like sand, rubble or even some water effects. Too much is never enough

Frankenberry wrote:Stumbled on this today and I've been staring at my knight ever since.

*feels inadequate*

You've got some major plastic-fu hk-san, I bow to your skills.

Seriously though, those titan legs are awesome.

Thank you very much, I appreciate it.

evildrcheese wrote:I really can't wait to see what the finished knight will look like.

EDC

This may sound strange, but I also can't wait to see what It'll look like. As with most of my conversions, I just start with a rough idea in my head.
From there on I really have no idea how the finished version will look. I just keep working until I'm happy with it, which can take some time.

ishkatar wrote:Over the top or not, but this one is definitely a beautifully and precisely crafted base. I like it a lot
I would actually add a bit more details to the black base itself - like sand, rubble or even some water effects. Too much is never enough

Thank you. I do still have a few more things to add to the base, like rubble, debris etc. As well some damage effects here and there.
I do like the water effect idea though .

 hk1x1 wrote:

I do like the water effect idea though .

A few puddles of acid here and there may be...

Nice work on the arms, hk'. Look forward to more on them.

Great posing on the legs and a very nice base.

Thanks for the comments everyone, I appreciate it .

As promised, here's a little more detail on what I've done with the knights legs.

First off, I added an extra joint piece, using a part from a Mechanicus Dunecrawler leg.
Which gave me a lot more freedom of movement, when it came to posing the raised left leg.

I haven't had to make many more changes to the right leg, but the left needed the pelvis joint re-sculpting, as well as all four ankle pistons replaced.

I've also done a bit more work on the knights interior, adding some engine detail, and a servitor pilot.

While I continue work on the Knights Servo arms, I thought I'd share a few current progress pic's. Enjoy .

Absolute awesomeness. Great work fella. Can't wait to see the finished work. Fantastic conversion

That is just amazing, absolutely brilliant.

Love every bit, you have given it a brilliant stance, even it is menacing. Spot on.

We need to get you and Jan together, your models and his paints and we have the best in the world. mind you he is a brilliant modeller, and your painting is pretty blooming good so not far away now. (Um you do remember how to paint don't you?)

Very nice, the stance is indeed very appropriate, a bit like he is studying a filthy xenos before melta-purging it.

Wow I love the pose. You have such vision to make the Ad Mech Knight into a reality.

EDC

As you can see the Knights servo arms are slowly coming together, but there's still a lot of work to do.

So far we've got the drill and claw arms, and I'm now working on some kind of plasma cutter tool.
Not sure what the fourth arm will have yet, maybe a set of smaller tools for more delicate work. What do you guys think? .

OK so this is the ULTIMATE action figure, got it!

That drill is amazing, want to know how, think I have it but...

4th arm maybe some kind of liquid injection system, thinking coolant for other activities or acid for burning through!

Thanks Cam. Yeah the drill is made from 31 layers of 1mm thick plastic card, and took a ridiculous amount of time to make .

If I ever make another one, I need to find an easier way to do it. Although I am pleased with the result.

Whoa, that's some serious crafting...
Servo-arm idea is brilliant!
The Drill is great. I envy your precision with plasticard. Also like this clean GS wires. TubeTool?

Thanks ishkatar, and yeah I use a green stuff TubeTool. Or tentacle maker, as it's otherwise know.

Amazing work on the knight . Such detail, not to mention the concept alone is awesome. Maybe the fourth arm could be a manipulator arm/input arm. Think along the lines of R2-D2 with his arm that interfaces with computer banks....only bigger. I always thought the servo skull cog mechanicus emblem could be a really neat mechanical lock/dial device, so maybe something that could grab that and turn it.

Great work on the arms.

Assuming you are going for engineering-like and not weaponised-like in it's use, then maybe go with an earth scoop thing as you see on diggers/jcbs.

You have a drill, so it can make holes.
You have a manipulator, so it can grab things.
You have a laser/melta/plasma cutter thing, for cutting and/or welding.
Give it a digger so that it can move stuff and things... Make it make use of it's size.

Also, you can add a grabber thing to it so it can move a wider assortment of stuff and things; like this:


But that is not very weaponised. But could still be useful.

Theophony wrote:Amazing work on the knight . Such detail, not to mention the concept alone is awesome. Maybe the fourth arm could be a manipulator arm/input arm. Think along the lines of R2-D2 with his arm that interfaces with computer banks....only bigger. I always thought the servo skull cog mechanicus emblem could be a really neat mechanical lock/dial device, so maybe something that could grab that and turn it.

I love the idea of the Mechanicus symbol being a locking device, and needing some kind of special key to unlock it.
Maybe it could also have somekind of skeleton key device, or whatever the mechanicus version of it would be.

Dr H wrote:Great work on the arms.

Assuming you are going for engineering-like and not weaponised-like in it's use, then maybe go with an earth scoop thing as you see on diggers/jcbs.

You have a drill, so it can make holes.
You have a manipulator, so it can grab things.
You have a laser/melta/plasma cutter thing, for cutting and/or welding.
Give it a digger so that it can move stuff and things... Make it make use of it's size.

Also, you can add a grabber thing to it so it can move a wider assortment of stuff and things; like this:


But that is not very weaponised. But could still be useful.

Yeah I did think about some kind of digger blade, or earth moving equipment. Just haven't quite worked out the design yet.
But thinking about it, I could give one of the arms detachable heads, and have an array of additional tool heads stored at the rear of the knight.

While continuing to work on the Knight, I have managed to get some more painting done on my Tech Priest Dominus.

The red is just a base coat for now, and I was planning on adding a dark red wash next.
But if anyone has any tips on painting the robes, It'll be most appreciated.

Wow, he looks great already.
Usually when painting red, we tend to go towards the bright side - ending in the orange range.
Butz that wouldn't fit the Domus.
As you said, washes first - but I'd go with a thinned Black first, then another Mud wash, so it's really dark and grimm / grimey.
Then re-use the original red to put lights back - usually works good for me.
Cheers
Klaus

Yet again, that knight blows me away.

That knight's super mechadendrite arm is ridiculously awesome!

Man that drill is brutal. Great craftsmanship.

Dominus is looking sweet.

EDC

Thanks for the comments everyone .

 Klaus, not Santa wrote:
Wow, he looks great already.
Usually when painting red, we tend to go towards the bright side - ending in the orange range.
Butz that wouldn't fit the Domus.
As you said, washes first - but I'd go with a thinned Black first, then another Mud wash, so it's really dark and grimm / grimey.
Then re-use the original red to put lights back - usually works good for me.
Cheers
Klaus

Cheers Klaus, that sounds great. I wouldn't of thought of going for a black wash first, but its really helped tone down the red.
I'll let you know how it turns out, thanks for the advice .

The knight is really impressive, I especially love the base.

mind sharing how you made the drill bit btw?


Tech priest looks good, one thing is that the red looks a little flat ATM, what Klaus suggests sounds like a good idea, let us know how it turns out

 OneManNoodles wrote:
The knight is really impressive, I especially love the base.

mind sharing how you made the drill bit btw?


Tech priest looks good, one thing is that the red looks a little flat ATM, what Klaus suggests sounds like a good idea, let us know how it turns out

Thanks Noodles. As for the drill bit, It's made of multiple layers of 1mm Plastic card, all cut into individual shapes, and then glued together.
I know that's not a very helpful description, so at some point I'll try and put together a little tutorial .


Sorry it's been a while since my last update, but I decided to take a short break from the knight, and work on another project for a bit.
I'm Back to it now though, and have made a little more progress on the Mechanicus monstrosity.





One thing I'd like to get some feedback on, is the crane. As I think it looks a little heavy to be mounted on one side of the knight,
and wondered if it wouldn't look better attached to the top.



Let me know what you guys think, and I'll be back with another update soon

Now that's an impressive build... Personally I see nothing wrong with the crane being mounted where it is!

Phutarf wrote:
Now that's an impressive build... Personally I see nothing wrong with the crane being mounted where it is!

Thanks for the feedback Phutarf, I appreciate it.

 hk1x1 wrote:
As for the drill bit, It's made of multiple layers of 1mm Plastic card, all cut into individual shapes, and then glued together.
I know that's not a very helpful description, so at some point I'll try and put together a little tutorial .

Looking forward to it. I'd kinda guessed you'd used plasticard, I worked out how i'd do it but was curious to hear how you'd planned it


I see what you mean about the crane it does look a bit odd there. It looks really good btw, the telescoping and the design of the lifting mechanism is really cool, but it's maybe a little flimsy at the base joint and the first spar.

Thing is, if you did move it what would you replace it with?

This build looks amazing. I can't believe the detail on the servo arm. And am I seeing this correctly? The converted arms are moveable?

This demands hours of studying - very impressive!

OneManNoodles wrote:Looking forward to it. I'd kinda guessed you'd used plasticard, I worked out how i'd do it but was curious to hear how you'd planned it


I see what you mean about the crane it does look a bit odd there. It looks really good btw, the telescoping and the design of the lifting mechanism is really cool, but it's maybe a little flimsy at the base joint and the first spar.

Thing is, if you did move it what would you replace it with?

Thanks Noodles, and yeah I still need to work on the lower part of the arms, add some details, and bulk them out a bit.
At this point I might remove the crane altogether, so I do need to think up some kind of replacement.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:This build looks amazing. I can't believe the detail on the servo arm. And am I seeing this correctly? The converted arms are moveable?

Thank you very much. If you mean the servo arms, yes their all movable, and each one has four points of movement. So they can be posed however you want, and then folded up again.

Manus wrote:This demands hours of studying - very impressive!

Thank you.

Yes, that's what I meant. That's dedication.

The crane arm, like the rest of them, is looking fantastic.

I think, what you need is some kind of adjustable counter-balance that will not only show that it works in-universe, but also balance the model (as all those arms on one side is a bit unbalanced... however, you have not added the shoulder pad to the other side which would go some way to balancing it. But maybe consider a counter-balance on that shoulder pad, or between the exhausts).

Something to think about anyway.

The Crane looks awesome...but it does not suit the model. The other arms have their place and seem to fold out of the way when not used. Not so much with the crane. Is the crane really needed? Couldn't it just use vice clamp arm to pick up things? I think a flail or hammer would be more usefull. Just my 2 cents

BTW Love you work, wish I had your skills and patience

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Yes, that's what I meant. That's dedication.

Thanks Warboss.

Dr H wrote:The crane arm, like the rest of them, is looking fantastic.

I think, what you need is some kind of adjustable counter-balance that will not only show that it works in-universe, but also balance the model (as all those arms on one side is a bit unbalanced... however, you have not added the shoulder pad to the other side which would go some way to balancing it. But maybe consider a counter-balance on that shoulder pad, or between the exhausts).

Something to think about anyway.

Yeah I think your right about the counterbalance, and not just from a physics/weight point of view, but I also want the model to balanced aesthetically as well.
so with that in mind I've decided not to use the crane on the knight, and go for something else instead.

I do want to add a shoulder pad to the other arm, but I'm gonna build one from scratch, as I don't think the standard knight pads suit the mechanicus look that I'm going for.

Styrofoam04 wrote:The Crane looks awesome...but it does not suit the model. The other arms have their place and seem to fold out of the way when not used. Not so much with the crane. Is the crane really needed? Couldn't it just use vice clamp arm to pick up things? I think a flail or hammer would be more usefull. Just my 2 cents

BTW Love you work, wish I had your skills and patience

Thanks for the feedback, and I think your absolutely right. I've been thinking along the same lines, and have decided not to use the crane on the knight.

I'm now finishing up the three arms that I've started, once their done I'll decide what to do with the fourth space.
I did have the idea of adding a servitor there, that directly controls the arms, and I still have a load of Skitarii bits lying around, so that could be a thing

I cant wait to see what you come up with... no pressure lol

Work on the Knight continues, as I've just been finishing off a new shoulder pad for the Knights gun arm.

Never been too keen on the Knights standard shoulder pad design, so I decided to build my own.
It's still a WIP, and might need a few more rivets, but I'm quite pleased with it so far.

Phenomenal! Such amazing detail work. I wish I could work with plasticard the way you do.

Because the arms you built are so cool I kind of want you to replace the head with something more special. What about something like the old weapon heads from Adeptus Titanicus; replace the "mouth" of the knight with a construction tool or weapon? A manipulator claw, chainsaw, drill, melta-cutter, etc.

That shoulder pad looks fantastic, really nice even finish you've given it, I take it you intended not to file the gaps in the layers right down?

Sweet sweeet stuff!! the sensor array on the canopy cover looks awesome. really geat conversion work on the shoulder plates too. Top banana

Fantastic work. Really great vibe about them.

Excellent work all round, loving the ad mech feel, it's going to look fantastic when painted up.

That's a really good shoulder pad you have there - I really like it.
Looks ace!

I disagree, it's terrible. You should finish it up and then send it to me. You know, for proper disposal...

weirdingway wrote:Phenomenal! Such amazing detail work. I wish I could work with plasticard the way you do.

Because the arms you built are so cool I kind of want you to replace the head with something more special. What about something like the old weapon heads from Adeptus Titanicus; replace the "mouth" of the knight with a construction tool or weapon? A manipulator claw, chainsaw, drill, melta-cutter, etc.

Thanks for that, I really appreciate it . As for the head, I do want to convert it in some way, but I want to keep it fairly simple for this model. I do like the Adeptus Titanicus idea though, maybe something I could use on the next one.

OneManNoodles wrote:That shoulder pad looks fantastic, really nice even finish you've given it, I take it you intended not to file the gaps in the layers right down?

Thanks Noodles. Yeah some of the lines you can see are actually pencil lines showing through. Although there are few little bumps, which I did my best to fill and sand, hopefully they wont show up too much.

Januine wrote:Sweet sweeet stuff!! the sensor array on the canopy cover looks awesome. really geat conversion work on the shoulder plates too. Top banana

Thank you

Camkierhi wrote:Fantastic work. Really great vibe about them.

Thanks Cam

Alaricuk wrote:Excellent work all round, loving the ad mech feel, it's going to look fantastic when painted up.

Thanks mate, and yeah hopefully whoever buys it will be able to give it a half decent paint job. Better than I could ever do anyway .

Klaus, not Santa wrote:That's a really good shoulder pad you have there - I really like it.
Looks ace!

Hey Klaus, and thank you.

whalemusic360 wrote:I disagree, it's terrible. You should finish it up and then send it to me. You know, for proper disposal...

, I appreciate the offer, but I think I'm gonna stick with the disposal company I have. Maybe you've heard of them... They call themselves eBay.

I do believe this project is nearing it's end. Just a few more details, a couple hundred rivets, and were done .

Apart from the Knight, I've also just finished setting up my light box. It now has a permanent place to live, so I don't have to keep setting it up every time I want to take a photo.

Since the last update, I've added damage and debris to the Knights base, and completed some more work on the Servo Arms.
Although the original concept was to have four arms, I've decided to stick with just three, as I think it just balances the model better.

As always, please leave you comments, questions and feedback below, as they really are appreciated .

Amazing, that is a very very cool and unique knight !

Very impressive.

Damn my boy that this some sweet ass work you done there, you pimped out that bitch .......
No seriously looks great and functional, however I have to say I am just as Impressed with the base ....... Trully awesome work gold star and to the front of the class with you

fantastic work there fella. really great job. Time to break out the paints?!

KernelTerror wrote:Amazing, that is a very very cool and unique knight !

Cleatus wrote:Very impressive.

lone dirty dog wrote:Damn my boy that this some sweet ass work you done there, you pimped out that bitch .......
No seriously looks great and functional, however I have to say I am just as Impressed with the base ....... Trully awesome work gold star and to the front of the class with you

Thanks for the comments guys

Januine wrote:fantastic work there fella. really great job. Time to break out the paints?!

No Painting for me I'm afraid, as I'll be selling it as soon as it's finished. Hopefully it will go to someone who actually knows how to use a paintbrush .

awwwwwwwww :(

Hmm... Januine knows how to use a paintbrush...

Sooo beautiful. Even you plastic skills for making debris blow my mind!

EDC

Januine wrote:awwwwwwwww :(

This made me smile, thank you.

SlaveToDorkness wrote:Hmm... Januine knows how to use a paintbrush...

That's very true, but I think Jans got more than enough plastic and resin to keep busy with for a while

evildrcheese wrote:Sooo beautiful. Even you plastic skills for making debris blow my mind!

EDC

Thank you very much

Smashing job all round, hk'. Looks excellent.

For sale you say. Be sure to let us know when/where you sell it, some of us have knight houses that can always use another warrior.

That looks really awesome hk. Unfortunately (I hope) it's going to sell for way out of my price range, I'd love to just own the base!

When is this bad boy hitting ebay? I've got a hole burning in my pocket waiting for it.

Dr H wrote:Smashing job all round, hk'. Looks excellent.

Thanks mate

whalemusic360 wrote:For sale you say. Be sure to let us know when/where you sell it, some of us have knight houses that can always use another warrior.

Yeah, I'll be posting a link here as soon as it's up for sale.

OneManNoodles wrote:That looks really awesome hk. Unfortunately (I hope) it's going to sell for way out of my price range, I'd love to just own the base!

I hope it does well too . As for the base, I've had a lot of people comment on how much they like it. So I was thinking I might start making a few detailed base's, as their really fun to do
and don't take anywhere near as much time as a full on conversion project.

Kataklysm wrote:When is this bad boy hitting ebay? I've got a hole burning in my pocket waiting for it.

I've still got a few more details to finish, not to mention the 150 plus rivets I still need to add. So it might be a little while yet, but I'll post here as soon as it's done.

Just realized it's over a month since I last posted something, so I think it's time for an update.

Unfortunately I still haven't finished the Mechanicus knight, which will get done at some point, just not sure when.

In the meantime I've been repairing and reworking my old dwarf statue sculpt, as well as exploring the possibility of having it recast in resin.
There's still a lot of work to do before it's ready, but here's the current work in progress.

Good to see you still at it

That statue is screaming to be mounted on a mountaintop with a waterfall coming down beside it.

@Theophony: Yeah I like the sound of that, and I am planning on building several terrain piece's once their cast.
Also, I've always wanted to play around with some of that clear resin water effects stuff .

Always loved this sculpt.

I'm on the edge of my seat!! Moar

Giant Dwarf statue ( ) is looking great.

 hk1x1 wrote:
Work on the Knight continues, as I've just been finishing off a new shoulder pad for the Knights gun arm.

Never been too keen on the Knights standard shoulder pad design, so I decided to build my own.
It's still a WIP, and might need a few more rivets, but I'm quite pleased with it so far.

Hey excellent work here. is there any chance of elaborating a bit on how you did the shoulderpad specifically how you went from the stepped to smooth look from the first to second pic as I really want to make some Kastelan shoulderpads for my mate who despises how they look without them.

Just came across this. Amazing stuff, love the conversions. Can I ask, do you have any tutorials on your plasticard work? Things like the cogs and so on?

Inquisitor Kallus wrote:
Just came across this. Amazing stuff, love the conversions. Can I ask, do you have any tutorials on your plasticard work? Things like the cogs and so on?

Thank you very much, I appreciate it. Unfortunately I don't have any proper tutorials, although it is something I've always wanted to do, I just haven't got around to it yet.

I'm also taking a small break from the hobby at the moment, while I work on other things. But I'm sure I'll be back at some point, probably some time in the new year .