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I've been asked to build a Captain/Commander for The Black Hands Chapter of Mister X-Slash-X on the B&C.
Due to my somewhat busy life at this point I haven't had too much time yet, but I've done a bit of work and I just wanted to start showing it.
Sadly I do not have my good camera at this point so the photos are a bit bad.
I wanted to take step by step photos of everything, but I couldn't spare the time taking pictures every cut.

The Captain will be modeled striding, with a rather large sword on his shoulder and his left arm pointing forward.
He will be slightly larger than normal marines (aided by the upright stance) and should look as if he is advancing while directing his marines to the enemy.
As a requested option, the right arm will be replaceable with a power fist/claw with attached stormbolter.
He should convey both a knightly feel and a techy feel.
Some bionics will be included but not as abundant or visible as with my Ironbound.

I started with some legs; I made two versions at this point, both nothing more than reposed yet.
One with Terminator greaves:


One with normal mk6 greaves:


The right greave will receive a piece of spaced armour and some not to obvious bionics.

I also started on the torso, shaving some details from standard torsos and making one slightly enlarged one with a mk8 feel.
The end result should look somewhat like this:



I immidiatly ran into problems here as a mk8 torso is not made for wearing helmets. I put the rim somewhat forward but this looks awkward. I'll be adding bulk to the front to cover this up.


The Captain will be wielding a rather large sword, which will be part chainblade and part powerblade. and based on the following picture:
The black part will be chainblade, the rest powerblade. I made a small start, it's not much but you have to start somewhere.


To do:
- Finish variant torsos
- Start on bionics of the right leg
- Make template for greave armour plate
- Finish variant swords
- Start work on the helmet
- Start work on arms
- Think about a nice techy backpack

Beork

Looking good so far. I'll be following this one closely!

i agree with InyokaMadoda

Smallish update, still not feeling to well so working bent over a brightly lighted table trying to do small manipulations was not a very great succes this week.
I did a bit on the heads, first I filed a normal head down, which made a pretty knightly head to start with:


Covered the face with plastic with eye holes cut out. I had to cut them a bit to shape when I added them due to glue deformation (I use 0.3 mm plasticard, which deforms really easily when even a little bit too much glue is used, I know this, but it happens still from time to time).


Did the same with a berzerker head:


Also did a bit with the torso, if you can see it you win todays grand prize.


And a start on the bionics of the right leg:


More updates soon, which will hopefully bind the model more together.

Beork

Wow, love the work! Those added details are so gonna make all the difference! Looking forth to seeing more.

Hmmm......you've given me a great idea to convert some Grey Knights! Thanks!

also, some good stuff right here.

Good work thus far.

The head is amazing! Both of them

Bulked up Torso with greenstuff?

Its looking good, I like all the costom work on it. its going to look amazing.

Quick and small head update, tried some vent carving and wire adding on the less popular helmet:


I didn't want to do it on the popular one in case the wiring didn't come out right so it's just been carved at this point:


The client wants a bionic eyepiece on the helmet, but I'm afraid it'll look out of place, anyone a good idea to solve this?

anyway, more to come.

Beork

bionic eye on the helmet?!

like the old plastic devastator?

loving it btw

and like the new plastic helmets in the commander box, special weapon sprue etc.
But I don't think it'll look right... oh well, Ill try one and see what it looks like

Beork

Looks like the torso's belt got some detail added to it...

Bionic eye... On a knight helmet? Meh...

I'm thinking the eye will make the helmet too busy. Definitely worth steering the client in another direction.

Another smalish update, I put some putty on the head as a start for the eye-piece and hollowed it out. I'll insert some rod in soon (when I buy new, properly sized rod).


I'm having some issues with my camera and the focus is a bit off for all photos, don't know what it is yet (it was just repaired...)

Also started on the bionics in the foot, shaved off a part and filled with grill. There will be a part see through cover over it in a few days.


Beork

Love the bionic leg but the latest shot of the head looks very off for some reason, probably because it is of WIP but keep up the good work anyway!

I agree with Gutteridge on the last head shot, but it is a WIP so it'll probably turn out fantastic, considering what you've done so far.

I'm looking forward to the awesome results!

Added the cover for the grill and two lense type thingies (with an actual hole in it, working at a lab has a lot of benefits).


Too bad the lenses are transparent, difficult to photograph (especially with my camera) so the side shot is somewhat unclear. I still need to fill it and it will be clearer then.



Beork

Keep building

Small beginnings, 'zerker head is getting some eye extensions:


As I knew the basic shape I wanted I just took a piece of plasticard for the body of the extension. Will be cut to perfect shape once the glue is dry.
Then I'll drill out an area to put the lenses in.
He also got his mohawk redone and in case no one notices, I filled up the small recess in the front of the mohawk and scribed it out again in an inverted V folowing the contours of his helmet.
Yeah, photos still aren't perfect. But they are getting better.

Beork

Looks like some space pirate in the first picture lol
But its WIP anyways keep going!

Small update, haven't had to much time due too the kids, wife, arranging our marriage (not due for another year, but a lot to take care of).
I added a foot, some wiring and a spaced armour plate. The plate is set 0,3mm from the greave on two a bit extended 0,3mm strips of styrene. The plate is also 0,3mm styrene.





Rough mock-up of the sword, I like it.
You need to use your fantasy a bit to finish it, but hte idea is clear I hope.

I need to sharpen the edges of the power weapon part, and make another lay-on for the other side (the ladder thingy you can see) and this one need to be detailed up a bit.
In between the two sides I might put some cables or something... or maybe not, a spaced blade is something cool as well.

And for the head (just needs a bit more GS and some small wires)


Ye Gods, I need to learn to take better pictures.

Cheers,

Beork

Wow, that head is actually looking pretty sweet! I wasn't thinking it was going to look good, but it sure does!

That head is awesome love the bionic leg, not to sure about the sword but cant wait to see it done. look forward to more updates

That head came out Awesome!

May i ask how much this costs?

We agreed on 75 euros excluding shipping for this build. I don't know if this is on toraget for conversions like these, I usualy calculate materials and include a small fee for building.

Beork

I'm amazed at how you can just cut down a mini and build it back up again. Fantastic!

I cant stand the sword if im honest
its a real shame as i love the rest of the model.