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That is truly awesome for some reason it reminds me of several movie robots from Real Steal to Cain from Robocop 2, either way it looks more practical and proportioned as a working defensive robot and it does not even have legs yet

If you could do a how to that would be totally amazing as I would like to recreate this

 lone dirty dog wrote:
That is truly awesome for some reason it reminds me of several movie robots from Real Steal to Cain from Robocop 2, either way it looks more practical and proportioned as a working defensive robot and it does not even have legs yet

If you could do a how to that would be totally amazing as I would like to recreate this

Thank you, and yes I do want to do a step by step guide on how to build one of these.
but it might have to wait until I build another one, for me to do it properly.

In the meantime I can do a guide showing of the arms, legs, head, and torso, and describe which pieces I used.
This should help as a reference point if you wanted to build your own.

Sorry this updates at little late, been having computer issues.
But here's the first mock up with the legs, as well as some close ups of the head.

That would be great and most appreciated I can't believe how effective this looks.

When your ready is fine with me no need to rush, it is a great conversion and worth the wait

I'm still working on my Kastelan robot conversion, and it's very much a work in progress at this stage.
But for anyone who wants to maybe build their own, or at least get some ideas, I've gone ahead and made a simple parts guide.

This is just to show which piece's from the Kastelan kit I used, and where I used them.
I did decide to have some fun with it though, hence the old green computer display look .

That has to be one of the most amazing break downs to date love the old skool background

Great job on the robot thing. Good (re-) use of parts.

Sweet looking bot!

Needs more sharp stabby bits IMHO!

Nice diagram too!

Thanks for the comments guys, their appreciated .

progress is moving slowly on the Kastelan, but he's where I am at the moment.

Damn this just continues to impress love the cable being added it actually looks part of the model rather than randomly applied.
I want one of these can I have one daddy can I ..........

We throw around the words "your stuff is amazing" and "holy feth" a lot on DakkaDakka, but really every time I come in to check your progress I'm floored. GW makes nice kits, but they have fallen behind others in the industry in my opinion. It's kits like this where they get close (almost like they are trying to take away Mantics "Almost" nickname). But then we see really creative people such as yourself turn kits of theirs up to 12 on a 1-10 scale. Well done sir. Nice touch adding cabling too.

And since their heads are made from the groin parts you said, that means these robots can be the real heads that I always imagine the mechanicus to be

That robot is looking very cool!

What Theo said, truly inspirational.

lone dirty dog wrote:Damn this just continues to impress love the cable being added it actually looks part of the model rather than randomly applied.
I want one of these can I have one daddy can I ..........

Thank you . And yeah, hopefully all the green stuff cables will blend into model once it's painted.

Theophony wrote:We throw around the words "your stuff is amazing" and "holy feth" a lot on DakkaDakka, but really every time I come in to check your progress I'm floored. GW makes nice kits, but they have fallen behind others in the industry in my opinion. It's kits like this where they get close (almost like they are trying to take away Mantics "Almost" nickname). But then we see really creative people such as yourself turn kits of theirs up to 12 on a 1-10 scale. Well done sir. Nice touch adding cabling too.

And since their heads are made from the groin parts you said, that means these robots can be the real heads that I always imagine the mechanicus to be

I appreciate that, thank you . Your right GW have fallen behind a little, for me it's the bad design decisions they sometimes make. It's like they have several designer's working on the one project, and occasionally designs styles will clash,
and create an awful looking model. That being said, I still think they produce some of the best multi part plastic kits available, which provide so much opportunity for conversion projects.

There is something I want to do in the future (probably next year now), that touches on this subject.
The idea is that once a month I choose a model that I think looks terrible, and try to convert it into something which looks better, but still fits the same role.
Haven't quite worked out the details yet, but there's plenty of time for that.

shasolenzabi wrote:That robot is looking very cool!

Camkierhi wrote:What Theo said, truly inspirational.

Thanks guys

The once a month project "GW fixer upper" sounds cool. Lord knows they need help with some designs.

After seeing those statues and 'Inquisitor',
I must say you got me thinking into making a whole battlefield in that style.

Amazing work. How long have you been sculpting? Is that just a hobby, or did you study that?

 StarDrop wrote:
After seeing those statues and 'Inquisitor',
I must say you got me thinking into making a whole battlefield in that style.

Amazing work. How long have you been sculpting? Is that just a hobby, or did you study that?

I've been sculpting on and off for about 5 years, but really only as a hobby, although I have done the odd commission here and there. Basically everything I know has just been learnt from practice (and the internet ).
I never really put enough time into getting really good at it, but I think I'm slowly improving. As when I look back at my earlier work, like that Inquisitor, I cringe, because I now know I can do better.

Yup. I definitely need to make a over-sized temple style battleground.
I actually want to get more into terrain making in the upcoming years. So, yeah. Your work is an influence! Thanks.

 StarDrop wrote:
Yup. I definitely need to make a over-sized temple style battleground.
I actually want to get more into terrain making in the upcoming years. So, yeah. Your work is an influence! Thanks.

Well I'm no expert, but if you ever need any help or advise on building terrain, then feel free to ask .


I've completed a bit more work on the Kastelan, which now has some added cabling for the Power Fist's, as well as an arm mounted Heavy phospor Blaster.
I never liked the original shoulder mounted look, so I moved the gun to the arm instead, which I think fits way better.

Love the legs and their back hingedness. A good way to tie the design in with the warhound and warlord.

I could continue adding more details, but then it would never get done. So I'm going to call this one finished, and move on to painting.

Looks excellent, hk.
Nice posing too.

Awesome conversion. And great work sourcing all those parts!

Bravo

Let's see some paint on this glorious piece. And let's see his brothers as well. If nothing else he could be an Ancient Kastelen

Yes! Now to see him painted up and looking Marsy!

Now that's one mean looking automated killer! I'd say the head is absolutely the biggest improvement from the stock model though

I am a big fan of the Kastellan in its basic form, but that Sir is a spectacular conversion. The concept and the execution are sublime.

Dr H wrote:Looks excellent, hk.
Nice posing too.

Thank you. The Posing turned out to be more difficult than I thought, as I had to reposition and reglue the legs three times.
But I'm quite happy with the finished pose .

ckig wrote:Awesome conversion. And great work sourcing all those parts!

Many thanks. As for the parts, they all came out of the Kastelan box set. So apart from a little green stuff, that's the only kit you'd need to build one of these .

Theophony wrote:Bravo
Let's see some paint on this glorious piece. And let's see his brothers as well. If nothing else he could be an Ancient Kastelen

Thank you. Yeah I was thinking that it could be some kind of ancient Prototype Kastelan. I mean they where all built around 10,000 year's ago (If you take the 41st millennium as present day).
So their all pretty ancient. As for it's brothers, I do want to build more, especially the gun arm variant model, which I've got some interesting plans for.
It might have to wait a while though, as I'm currently saving for a new PC. But I will build them eventually

shasolenzabi wrote:Yes! Now to see him painted up and looking Marsy!

I'm not a great painter, so I've no idea how it's going to turn out. But I do know that It'll be red .

Lindstrom wrote:Now that's one mean looking automated killer! I'd say the head is absolutely the biggest improvement from the stock model though

yeah I agree, the original head is the main problem with the model. Give it a different head, which I've seen loads of people do, and It looks so much better .

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:I am a big fan of the Kastellan in its basic form, but that Sir is a spectacular conversion. The concept and the execution are sublime.

Thank you very much, I appreciate it .

So I've just given the Kastelan an Undercoat, and once its got some color on it, I'll post some pics.

For now though I'll leave you with this video. As for ages I've been trying to work out what my kastelan reminds me of,
and I finally worked it out, enjoy .

i fear that build is sooo cool you need to make a squad worth of these... all in different poses like charlies angels...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i fear that build is sooo cool you need to make a squad worth of these... all in different poses like charlies angels...

Hi Vik. Yeah I do want to make a whole squad of these at some point, the next one will have two big guns insted of the power fists,
with ammo feeds leading from the arms to the back. At least that's the plan .

Not sure about the charlies angels thing, but will defiantly do all different pose's .

That is so many kinds of awesome the structure and poseing is just astounding, it looks like an actual kit rather than a Frankenstein creation
A unit of these would look just superb especially on the game table, will you be varying the design for each model or keeping to the same blueprint ?