Life size Sister of Battle Armor, Working chainsword,Hand Flamer, Bolter Pistols and more.....

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**TyraelVladinhurst**

Finnlock wrote:Well, I am fairly sure I could make the chainsword about 1/2 the wieght it is now.

The first one( and only) chainsword I built was much a more "how the hell am I going to make this work?!?!" project then it was a well planned out project.
I have a lot of ways to improve the build.

To be fair ,I will be frank though, the price to make a chainsword is higer becouse you will have to be buying more things then the bolter.
Also there are no lights or anything that needs to be sodering in the bolter...

Perhapse a Mod could put up a poll on the thread?

"Bolter or chainsword tutorial " and run it for like 15 days?

So far Bolter is way ahead. I posted on a few webpages asking and it's like 15 to 8 in favor of the Bolter...

sir, i will PAY you to make an airsoft bolt pistol and bolter for me

**Finnlock**

The Airsoft weapons are on the list. Infaact I have the 1sst airsoft gun on the way...

I did find what I think would be a better base for the Bolter, but I need to see how this one works out 1st as the other is around $200 to start.

It should be noted that the airsoft bolters will be for show and not combat worthy. The mats I'm usung would nto stand up to prolonged thumping about.

**Finnlock**

Okay, I'll give this 1 more week for you guys to make your voices heard.

Bolter is still way out in front.

**Oshova**

Well then I hold no fear when I yell Bolter!!! At the top of my voice. =p

Oshova

**Finnlock**

Well, I desided after having made SoB armor i should make some custom mini's.. Nothing major yet becouse I have not ever really done this before.

So my two modded sisters. Still need some work, some stuff sanded off and some stuff added, but this is the basics

An okay start I think

**Commissar Agro**

Your SoB armour looks great!
I love the banner on your converted sister.
Im not a fan of the bolter and chainsword combo for some reason, its not the model, its just me.

keep up the good work and I would like to say a Bolter tutorial would be great!

**Oshova**

Looking great . . . but it's Vae Victus, not Victis . . .

Now you need to model one that looks exactly like The Missus =P

Oshova

**Finnlock**

Vae victis (IPA /wai wiktiːs/) is Latin for "Woe to the vanquished (ones)" or also "Woe to the conquered (ones)". (This is the plural form—the singular is Vae victo if the conquered is masculine, Vae victae if the conquered is feminine.)

Dude, do NOT scare me like that... bad enough I had one misspelling aready on the seals....

Yeah, I want to make one of her, but I need a IG powerfist to do it, the SM ones are to big :(

Man I wish they would make some plastic SoB models, make my life so much easier.

**TyraelVladinhurst**

so if we take your tutorial and make the bolter airsoft worthy what then?

**Finnlock**

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:so if we take your tutorial and make the bolter airsoft worthy what then?

Well, I guess you would have an airsoft worthy bolter then

**LeBaron**

BOLTER! I'd have to say that one first because I think I'd be better able to do that then the chainsword at the moment.

**Oshova**

My apologies Finnlock . . . You can blame Graham McNeill for this. What's that? GW not getting their facts right? NO!

But yeah, Vae Victus is the ship the 4th company of Ultramarines use in his books.

And sadly yes plastic SoB would rock, but due to the fact the they are female they will be consigned to being a 'Cult' army. Played by those hard enough to carry around a 3000+ point army made of solid metal. Lol

Oshova

**Finnlock**

And so it begins...

**Finnlock**

FInally got some time to work on the AIrsoft bolter project.

About 4 hours in, and it's starting to take shape...

Also, I will soon start work on the tutoral on the reg Bolter as it beat the chain sowrd by a ton of votes.

**Ghost in the Darkness**

Where can i see photos from GD

**Finnlock**

Well, the ones posted here are on page 15 and 16....
Have a look at the entire thread...There are cookies at the end...

**LeBaron**

Looking good so far. Keep up the good work!

**Timonth**

I really really like the banner that the Sister is carrying, and for some reason I cant deside wheter the SM arms look to big or just right.

**Finnlock**

Woohoo, got a nod over at the GW website in their Games Day coverage. Shows the other costumes that where there for the contest that we missed.

She isn't carrying the banner, she is just posing next to it. I agree, it is very cool and won 1st place

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=&pageMode=multi&categoryId=4100001a§ion=&pIndex=0&aId=12500100a&start=1

**AvatarForm**

I was looking for alternate SoB paintschemes and How To's and found this... WOW!

**Finnlock**

Hello all,

While taking a break from the bolter I begain work on a servitor skull, it's a plastic skull I got at a craft store for the base. Still a WIP, not finished , still got details to add, but I think this will be the basic shape..maybe I'll add an arm/pincer if I find something I like.

**besring**

One word about that skull:
AWESOMENESSS

**neil101**

execellent work, beats my bolter hands down :-(

**FM Ninja 048**

you should mount it on a wire coming out from the back of the backpack so it looks like its following her around

looking amazing as usual though

**Finnlock**

So, I got an other skull, this one is styrofoam and I started work on it tonight. The one advantage is it's light wieght, but the detail is less. These WIP pics are done in strong lighting.

Not so sure about the arm thingy...

what do you guys think?

**beezley1981**

Yea right...you made that as a "Halloween" costume. No other reason you would have her dress in that, I'm sure...

**Commissar Agro**

Holly molly! That servo skull looks awesome.
But for some reason the spikes remind me of borg implants from star trek, I don't know why but they just do.

**Amaya**

It's okay, but there's lots of room for improvement. I'd like to see something professionally done.

**Finnlock**

Desided to update the Iron Halo on the back pack. Did a little bit of work tonight on it, repositioned the two longer spikes to the bottom and added two smaller ones in between. Still needs some bulking up on the bottom and I need a base to make it sit up higher on the backpack.

This is how it looked before it was painted...I was never 100% happy with it and I made the backpack as a back-up because I wasn't going to be able to finish the back pack I wanted to make.

And here is a view from the front.

I hope it will look more like an Iron Halo from the mini's now...

**The Good Green**

...hold on a sec while I pic my jaw up...

Thanks. WOW! Those servo-skulls are awesome. I think the second one should be a medic-skull. That bit poking out of the eye looks like a syringe to me.

My biggest question is how will you mount them?