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This one is for you Alpharius.

I'm looking forward to this one - and more like it!

Whoa, that does look awesome!

Nice stuff. Are you sculpting these for yourself or for selling?

Impressive!

That is excellent work, you have some great skill with greenstuff, you should do a tutorial on what you do to create such beautiful details like that.

Wow dude! :-) that is looking MORE than promising and it's good to see you back doing some amazingly talented work to show us again! I love how you've managed such mini detail in the heads on the chest, how on earth did you sculpt so tiny? do we have an eta on when this or others like it may be released for public consumption? I can feel great things stirring in the warp for 2014 from you my friend!

I can feel great things stirring in the warp for 2014 from you my friend!

Oh things are stirring alright. Maybe not exactly what you might expect though.

That's spectacular Pyriel. Really amazing.

Awesome! Keep it coming!

The level of detail here is astounding. Amazing work.

Are you gonna sell these? It'd be awesome for my 'manders captain.

OK, a couple of things...

1) 'manders? Really?

2) Sure, they can be in your 'manders chapter - as Alpha Legion operatives!

1) 'manders? Really?

You should know that "manders" always get the best artifice

Are you gonna sell these? It'd be awesome for my 'manders captain.

Havent decided yet but most probably.

Sorry but the pictures are blocked at my work.

Some excellent sculpting!

That helmet is pure genius! such fine work and a great look to it :-) I'll take...... 40! ...... or maybe one or two for characters, which means i'd need to start yet another marine army! are you sure you're not just trying to get me to bounce from army to army again? if you are..... it's damn tempting when you are showing us that kind of stuff again! that is some honestly seriously good stuff!

Wow, amazing work Pyriel-!

Will these be available from Chapterhouse in the near future?

Lucarikx

Amazing work. That level of detail is impressive.

Combined:

That head is crazy good. I'm envisioning predator marines now.

Plasma pistols and lightning claws for all.

Very impressive craftsmanship. I think the head would look better if it was raised every so slightly though

Wait, are you a chapterhouse sculptor?
Also, is the helmet have "mandibles"? Looks like it.

Excellent work you've done here. I can't wait to see the whole thing finished. You are planing on creating a whole model i'd imagine. Because the standard GW parts are really looking bland and a tad to small compared to your parts.

i have twosmall nit-picks though. (I know - "bad me". Always critizising ) I'm not a fan on how the head sits into the front. First off all those awesome head details are covered. Also the way the head sits in there the shoulder joints of normal Terminator parts might be a bit to far behind. You probably need to move them slightly forward. Or your Alpharius needs one heck of a neck.

Wait, are you a chapterhouse sculptor?

No, I´m the half owner of CHS.

Will these be available from Chapterhouse in the near future?

Maybe, it depends on several things.

i have twosmall nit-picks though. (I know - "bad me". Always critizising ) I'm not a fan on how the head sits into the front. First off all those awesome head details are covered. Also the way the head sits in there the shoulder joints of normal Terminator parts might be a bit to far behind. You probably need to move them slightly forward. Or your Alpharius needs one heck of a neck.

You have a good point.
The reason for it is strictly mechanical. There was no way I could make the helmet more raised if it was to fit properly.
I also very much wanted a high armored collar, I guess you either like or dont like the visuals of having the helmet half hidden behind a big collar and if you dont then you can always cut/file of the collar.
My own opinion is that I like the look (some of the other sculpts have even higher collars and less visible helmets) and from a technical point of view I dont see the model really needing unhindered line of sight from his helmet with optics and automatic senses and all that.

Remember, the old terminator models had even worse proportions with ape heads below shoulders so to me it is partly nostalgia and partly the fact that I really like big protective armoured collars.
There is also another reason and that is that I wanted the heads to be fitting with a normal power armour torso.

Crap, that is some solid work there. About time someone did some stuff for the Alpha Legion, I'm afraid they'll never get their day in the sun with the Forgeworld Horus Heresy stuff.

Helmet... sadly I think you're wasting the mandibles! When you bury it behind the armour it is lost, I think that's a solid regular marine head though, love the mandibles.

Great scale work.

Helmet... sadly I think you're wasting the mandibles! When you bury it behind the armour it is lost, I think that's a solid regular marine head though, love the mandibles.

That´s why I did it usable on normal torsos as well.

very nice! That looks great! I'd love to see more detailing like that on the legs as well!