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A bit late inthe day as im about half way throught he build but here goes anyway.....this is my rendition of a 40k old one/ first ones that i've been commissioned to do its standing in at 16 inches at the moment without the base which will be the shadowlight control plinth hope you like it so far if you want to see the build from the beginning yo will have to look it up on the wip forums on Cmon

Wow. Seriously, wow.

Amazing work.

HOLY SMOKES! this looks amazing, I love the level of detail you gave it!

Has no arms...





but I like it!


Got a bit of a birdman-vibe, so what will we see as arms?

Thanks everyone, he will eventually have four arms i have to do the base before i do the arms for positioning purposes i plan to have him working at a console (the shadowlight) to be exact.

Wow! Looks very nice and already gives of some atmosphere.

Exactly how big is it and what kind of method do you use to build sculptures like this one?

Edit: can we get a closeup on the face?

This was awe inspiring! Well done

yep here you go




as to the building method here's the main wip link
http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/showthread.php?50423-Old-one-(a-real-scratcbuild)

Thats absoloutly awesome mate. Frigging love it. Really digging the almost Celtic vibe you got going on with the armour. Cant wait to see this finished.

I have been playing catch up with the base hence the lack of update pics the base and the figure have to interact as if the figure is operating the machine console so placement of the arms is going to be very important this is where the two start to come together.
anyway started doing some stumps and the shoulders musculature, no easy thing when there are two armpits per side lol.

Love it! Always wondered what one of these would look like. Looks like the anatomy of an extra set of arms was a challenge to sculpt. Not real keen on the 6 pack, however. Interested to see what you go with for weapons (or whatever this guy will be doing) Top notch work!!
edit: I see you've said he will be at a console, shoulda read your posts better! Reminds me alot of the tall, lanky clone-builder people from star wars. Just more bird-like.

I can give you some indecation of how the whole things going to look he is going to be using his four limbs to place control orbs into different niches on the console one or more of em i intend to give the impression of floating in mid air. no pictures of the plinth yet as it would probably turn you to stone its fugly at the moment lol

Just wow. What medium are you working in?

That's very impressive!

metr0 wrote:
Just wow. What medium are you working in?

Milliput epoxy putty

this is the shadowlight.............................ok here's the rest so far

I did some fine detailing on the control consoles i wanted it to look slightly simular to Necron signs and symbols with Eldar crystals etc as they are two races that may have developed their civilisation from the Old ones on the flat surface im not sure if it can be seen i have done thousands of little scroll work effects to give it a texture hope that comes through on the painted version and the paint doesnt simply fill in the grooves.

A bit more work on the base.











a wee bit of inspiration from stargate


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here's the Shadowlight roughly pinned together waddyathink?

Here's the orb holders proper with the clear stem to make it appear that the ball is floating it will be up to the owner to either leave it this length or cut it back slightly











apologies for the shaky photoghraphy had to use left hand as my right lost an argument with a hedge trimmer

The Milliput Power is strong in this one! This looks awesome!

Some updates photographs not really able to do much work so hope these keep the punters interested for a while

Ouch! How'd you manage that one?

Really nice vision of the Old Ones, by the way. Reminds me a bit of Prometheus by Ridley Scott.

Lost an argument with the hedge trimmer lucky i had some heavey duty gloves on or i'd be called stumpy now lol

Those gore effects are fake and unrealistic looking... I am disappoint.

Hope it heals up well and quick I’m loving this sculpt.

OUCH! That looks like it hurts quite a bit.... and what did we learn from that? Don't argue with the hedge trimmer!!
Also, that reminds of that one time when I was carving something and moved the freshly sharpened blade towards my thumb needless so say I slipped and the knife dug into it pretty deep. Boy did that bleed!

Heres the shadowlight plinth balls n all

Sweet monkee of jebus - the Old One looks great, and the finger looks like hell.

I think it would look absolutely ace if the control panel sections and the like were molded in crystal clear, furthering the extreme tech look.

Here's some more work done only in a different vien im now doing a seperate set of hands with weapons as well as the shadowlight plinth just for the heck of it lol.