Beork's random modelling

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**CrazyMez**

This is truly mental conversion.

Every tiny detail has been changed, but i still looks really clean and together.

If i change more than 3 detail my mini just look like a bitz box conglomerate.

**Slain'e**

Very nice work man, detailing is outstanding...

**titasah64**

Yea love your skill with modification. Some day i might have to try that. My DA first company comander greenstuff skill shows i need a lot of practice. LOL

**Beork**

Small progress which did cost quite a lot of time, I hate how you can be busy for an hour and not see real progress…

When I made the bionic foot, I made the whole leg a tad longer than the other. Which in turn made him walk with a limp. To compensate for this I gave his left foot an extra bottom layer and to make him look a tad more massive, I added a front plate to his foot.
I always think it looks a tad better this way. It’s something I saw in an old picture of a captain or something.

Before I get the “Is that a giant plate on your powerfist or is he just happy to see me?” jokes ;
Yes, it is a giant plate.
No he’s not happy to see you.
I added wires between fist and shoulder, same idea as with the leg, bionics incognito.
More wires and cables are still to be added.

Why it is there? Remember this:

This was kindly vetoed by most of you and, most importantly by X-slash-X (the client).
The plate was meant to fill op the part I filed away, after some shaping it should look better:

As you can see I cut out a small rectangle. I wanted to make part of the powerfist open to show some worky bits and have cables coming out of it. But when I tried to pry open the cut out rectangle, I got some sort of lid. I like the way it looks, especially if I run a few cables from it to under the shoulderpad.
But before I do this I should at least ask my kindly client

Maybe I should've taken a front view of the fist with the lid thingy... oh well, to late now.

Beork

**person person**

Awesome.

The amount of worky bitz and cables on this model is amazing.

**Xenith**

could I ask if the guitar wire in the legs has had holes drilled for it, or it is just slotted into place?

I hate using it, as its so inflexible and hard to put in holes!

Looking excellent, by the way!

**Beork**

I usually bend it first in the right angle/curve and then I drill hole where they should be and kick them in.
I just make sure it'll fit before trying to glue it, that helps a lot.
I do use about 3 times more wire than get's in the model because of retries and stuff.

Beork

**Beork**

Got work done on the powerfist:

The ribbing insert is an idea, I want to lower a plasma coil in the fist but I found that raised also look funky. Could be used for a powerfist/plasmapistol combi weapon later on.

And with a tad more cables:

Which look like this on the model:

I did some other style double bolters just to try and get a feel of what might look good:

Oh, and I was working on brass etching, and one of the earlier etches worked pretty well and is now part of his foot:

Beork

**InyokaMadoda**

Still looks cracking. How did you etch the brass?

**ZeinEizoku**

I love the power fist and the double bolters, sweet work

**Empchild**

this guy is becomming awsome. I cant wait to see how the sword comes into play.

**Beork**

I started with two bolter variants;

One is a double pistol, the other and shortened and heightened bolter. The straight clip bolter is there for size comparison.

I didn’t have any good bolters anymore, after GW renewed the tactical squads, the first bunch of frames were badly aligned, in my case this means (among other things) misaligned bolters.
Nothing that can’t be saved with a little filing and carding.
But that is the reason the bolter variant doesn’t have the upright aiming thingy, will be added again though.

Came up with a different ammo clip design, a round one:

I think it conveys the rapid fire feel a bit better. Alternatively I can lengthen the clip a bit (using a bolter clip for example) making it look more like a SMG. But I like the drum clip better.

Also did some cabling for the shoulder of the powerfist, pretty straightforward, drill a hole, add some wire, cut of at the right length.

As I wanted the fist to look as if it’s really attached and not a take of thingy, I cut a slot around the magnet for the cables to fall in.

This should make it look more like a permanent weapon.

C&C? Questions?

Beork

**ZeinEizoku**

Wow, I agree with everyone else I cannot wait to see him with the sword, now here is my question though where will the bolters be going if he has the sword and a Power Fist, or will he hold the Sword in his Power Fist?

**Beork**

The sword and fist will be interchangeable weapons (I thought I mentioned that somewhere, might have forgotten).

Good new is that the sword design is probably optimised for the machine, bad new is that it will take at least a week before it can be milled :(

Beork

**person person**

Amazing as always.

**Sicarious85**

omg!.. where is the rest of this!

**Beork**

What do you mean the rest?

Might have a stroke of luck and have the sword milled tomorrow or friday.
New bolter variant is coming as well.

Beork

**ZeinEizoku**

Okay thanks for the update Beork... I might have over looked the information about the Sword and the Power Fist, sorry for making you restate it.

I cannot wait to see the milled sword, amazing so far...

**exponent**

Absolutely epic conversion. Really great work!

**Empchild**

still utterly amazing.

**deadly chicken**

By far the greatest conversion since lemmingspawns massive creatures!

again,

DC

**gameandwatch**

Not to chime in late or anything, as your work thus far is pretty awesome, but have you thought about making the powerfist/bionic arm have the gun barrels come out of the knuckles like on the old Judge Dread ABC Robot? I think if the bullets came flying out of the knuckles, that would be awesome, and its believable since theres no flesh or anything in there...

**person person**

I second that.

The Talons of Horus MKII

**1-i**

if i could audiably clap on this forum, then yeah id be late in doing that.

i got nothing to say that hasnt been said allready but its probally worth going over all the previous posts of praise and calling it good.

**ChaosismyAntidrug**

sorry miss-post earlier. Bang up job on the captain!

**Beork**

After a too busy weekend, the captain finally took a walk with his gun:

I'm not to happy with him like this, I really like the weapon, but I have a huge sword somewhere that should be handled with two hands... Oh well, as long as the client likes it

I also had the happy task of preparing the files and stuff for the milling machine, which was next to great fun, pretty boring. Computer assisted design is not my thing apparently.
But the results are quite rewarding, and proof of concept is delivered.

The cog pattern parts are held to the plastic by a layer of 0,05mm. You can almost press them out, as I did with the sword parts. This is going to be great with the greave templates I made, just need to tweak them a bit and I can mill out perfectly symmetrical custom greave types in just about any impossible shape

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I hope to have more on the sword tomorrow.
Also adding tubes to the fist shoulder, has to be done one at the time so I can make sure everything fits so it takes a while...

I did think about the bolters on the fist, even have a pictuer somewhere, but the client decided against, and he's the boss

Beork

**Cheif Librarian Vaako**

Wow loving the captain. Very good conversion!

**person person**

Cant wait for the sword.

**Mad Monk's Mekshop**

looking pretty good!

**Segef**

It's looking bloody sick!