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This is looking brilliant. Can't wait to see more!

Going really well dude!

This is coming along nicely!

O.o

I can't wait to see the end product!

Really great stuff here. Subbed

Loving the look of this conversion work, that C'tan is absolutely stunning!

I've also considered removing the energy effects if I got one which I am considering, so I'm curious to know how difficult and how long did that process take?

 Proiteus wrote:
Loving the look of this conversion work, that C'tan is absolutely stunning!

I've also considered removing the energy effects if I got one which I am considering, so I'm curious to know how difficult and how long did that process take?

Thank you for your comment, and to answer your question,

trimming the energy bits of the C'tan only took 2 or 3 hours to do, and its worth taking your time to make sure you don't damage any detail on the model.
I cut of all the energy pieces roughly with a pair of wire cutters first, then went close with a knife to trim of all the excess (think of it like a giant mold line)
before sanding it all smooth.

It was a bit tricky in places, but I think it looks so much better without those bits on.

i have to say i am not usually a fan of the Necrons.... models or fluff..... ( not too sure why... just something about them)....

But this project is definetly turning my head! The C'Tan is awesome!... The base figure from the Vault is really impressive on its own and the effects of the robes and swirls really capture movement and some power!

Im not sure what they are or called but the "scarab" units with the added legs look great! ..... did you cut them all individually..... or have some kind of cutting machine... tool???

Definetly going to keep an eye on this one!!

Oh my emprah..

This is very cool.

@ MagosBiff90: Thank you very much, I just hope my meager painting skills are up to the task, when it comes to painting the C'tan, and picking out all that detail.
As for the "Scarab" units, their called Canoptek Leaches, And yes I have had to cut out all the pieces by hand,
I still have more to do, and I'll need just under 200 of them in order to do all 8 Leaches.

A precision cutting machine or bench would be great, but that's one piece of kit I think I'll have to wait for .

While I take a break from making dozens and dozens of legs for the Canoptek leaches, I thought I'd Start on the Tesseract vault itself.
After cleaning up the space's where the leaches used to be, I assembled the vaults 4 Corner pieces, plus the main center piece that holds it all together.

When the Tesseract vault is all finished it will sit into a stand come terrain piece, made in the shape of a Necron Pyramid,
which has been lost to time, and is mostly buried in the sand.
The idea is I'll be able to remove the vault whenever I want, and store it back on the Pyramid when it's not in use.

I've created a very rough mock up out of some foam board, just to give me an idea of how the Pyrmaid might look,
And also help me work out where on earth I'm going to put it when its finished .

I definitely like the sound of that terrain idea. Can't wait to see this progress!

Oh wow. Very nice work.

Very impressed with this work thus far and this image stood out in particular:



Are you planning to levitate this section à la the floating stone head in "Zardos"?



How fantastic would that be; possibly with rare earth magnets.

You sir, have got my attention for sure with the conversion. It looks awesome and i would really like to see how everything turns out. Bravo !

What size are he spheres in the tops of the pyramid? I picked up some clearance toys at goodwill that come in translucent colored balls that might be about the same size. Would be awesome if they were the right size to put in there, then you could light them up as well

Oh god I just watched Zardoz again the other night lol

Man I just realized one could make 8 wraiths, a C'tan and a monolith from the Vault kit. Now to check the vaults cost....

This thread is great! Loving the vault so far!

 Red Corsair wrote:
Oh god I just watched Zardoz again the other night lol

Yeah that was a weird movie and Sean Connery sure made some strange career choices with that role running around in a red diaper after Charlotte Rampling in Zardoz and giving a pass to the part of Gandalf in LOTR to play Alan Quartermain in the 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen!' plus making a hash of a remake of his best Bond ever 'Thunderball' which BTW 'Never Say Never Again' featured the career debut of Rowan Atkinson in a supporting cast role as a low level spy.

So any new updates on this project?

Awesome mate!! Very original, Very excited to see how this ends up...So far so good!

Thank you everyone for your comment's, their most appreciated .

@ The_Blackadder: Work has ground to a halt on the Tesseract Vault, as I've been busy working on other things,
in an attempt to reduce the number of unfinished projects that have been screaming at me for attention.
So of course I've done the only logical thing, and started two more .

I do however have a few early WIP pics of my Canoptek Guardian, the large mechanical construct that binds the Nightbringer to the Vault.
There's still a ton of work left to do, but this should give you an idea of the direction I'm heading.

Good lord that is awesome!

One more thing I forgot to mention, was that I'm thinking of starting some Tutorials in the new year,
these will include various techniques on sculpting and modeling, and I'll be starting a new thread to cover them all.

So what I'd like to know is what kind of tutorials would you all like to see, is there anything from this or any of my other threads,
that you think could be useful to yourself or others.

I already plan to do one on basic sculpting, covering tools, clay types etc.
And another on Plastic card basics, as I've talked to many people who didn't even know plastic card existed.

So please feel free to bombard me with as many ideas as you like, and I'll see what I can do .

This is jolly exciting! Very much subbed!

Subbed. Very excited to see how this turns out!

Wow that is really, really awesome looking

Really like that

Awesome work looking forward to seeing the end product.

Young Logan

Awesome work man. You really took an cool kit and cranked it up to an 11 with all the conversion work.

It's been awhile since I posted anything on here, so I think this project deserves an update,
even though I haven't made much progress, I have started working on some additional extra detail.

Included on some of the Tesseract Vault sprue's are these tiny versions of the Necron Scarab,
now I always imagined having hundreds and hundreds of tiny scarabs swarming and crawling in and over the Vault,
and pouring fourth from the pyramid upon which it sits.

To get the number of scarabs I'll need, I decided to make a mold and cast some copy's in resin.
So far I've only cast 68 Scarabs, so I've still got some way to go .

Very nice.. Can you show me the Scarab mold?

Amazing Kitbash and GS work!