Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

@Karak Norn Clansman: Thanks! Definetely going wild with the details for this one

@Warboss_Waaazag: Thanks! Super happy with how they turned out. I did add a scroll for text to each of them as well. Only thing left now I thing is studs.


I had to redo the funky looking head, the new one looks more promising now. I've also finished the chest on both sides now. I don't think there is much room to add anything else, so it is probably done.




Shoulder pads are also done, except for maybe some studs.



The wings on the legs have been refined into better feathers and the thighs are currently curing with the gaps filled in. Still lots of work to be done here.



Powerpack did not get a lot of love for now, but I did create some vents out of plasticard. I think they are currently still too long, but the angle is fine.


Last but not least I started on the claw and did some ribbing on the inside.



Next steps are finishing the legs, arm and back. I have some nice ideas for the cloak as well to make sure it will fit in with the rest.

Dorn is coming along pretty well, although I notice that the steps I take are smaller and smaller as the details cover less area and are often overlapping.

Dorn in all his current glory. Not 100% sold on the helmet yet but for now it will stay. I build up the neck guard a little bit to give the chest more character, but that will be finally the last step
Shoulders are still the same, currently just stuck in place with bluetack. The eagles on the legs and the lower legs in general are 99% finished. The knee pads will still get some love.
Upper legs were filled in to bulk them out and then another armor layer was added on top. I will probably do some hip plates over them as well to roung out the legs.





Close up of the chest and helmet. The belt will probably receive a different belt buckle before everything is done.


Current state of the cape. I will use silicone putty to make a mold of this and then fill the mold with green stuff for the final cape. This will allow me to have some sculpted detail on it while having the freedom for lots of movement and folds


And last but not least the current state of the claw. I like the way it is turning out, but I am questioning whether or not it is still a little bit too large. Maybe I need to shorten the lower arm a bit to make it fit and look nicer.

And finally Dorn is finished in all his glory. The only thing left to do is create a nice base for him, other than that he is completely done. I'm quite happy with how he turned out! I'm looking forward to painting him which makes it more likely that he will be one of the sculpts that actually get to see paint in the end

The head, backpack, cloak and left arm are all still detachable so that should make painting quite a bit easier.

Pictures below and as always let me know what you think

This is incredible, such a display of sculpting skill I'm at loss for words !
Can't wait to see some paint on it!

Did you at one point consider to give a bionic arm ?

Thanks for the kind words SarpedonofSotha! I think for now this is probably the best model I did
He’s already primed and ready to see some paint. To be honest I am still not 100% sure if the one armed look is the right one. Bionic arm would definitely be the option to go for and I have given it plenty of thought

 Pneumo wrote:
Thanks for the kind words SarpedonofSotha! I think for now this is probably the best model I did
He’s already primed and ready to see some paint. To be honest I am still not 100% sure if the one armed look is the right one. Bionic arm would definitely be the option to go for and I have given it plenty of thought

Amazing job nonetheless! I'm in complete awe of how smooth your sculpting is so feel pride in your work !

Being the pragmatic that he is you could always have different arm attachment magnetized for different purpose as well like a breacher shield, a wrist mounted/gauntlet mounted bolter etc

Keep up the great work anyway !

Thanks, definintely am super proud of him
Magnetized arm is actually something that would be fairly easy to still do. Might be something I look into


For now I am starting on the paintjob, super happy with how the yellow turned out. I will probably do a little bit of battle damage and then maybe some freehands on the larger open spaces. For now the rest is mostly blocking in paints to see what works best.

And he is finally painted and based, sitting proudly on my shelf now







Next project is neither the termi nor the breacher marine, but rather a new tzeentch termi




and this is the concept art that inspired this mini

That Dorn looks awesome but where's his other hand?

Thanks! Originally I wanted to have a one armed Dorn as he lost it and I thought it might be a cool mini to just have one arm. But the majority of responses I got both on here and in person were always variations of “Why just one arm?”

Sooooo he went and ordered himself a bionic arm and grabbed a big ass shield to carry around
Still WIP but you get where it is going





Magic bird termi (name pending) is also coming along well, but still tons of detail work left.

Shield and hand are finished. I only need to attach a handle to the inside and sculpt the ribbing on the elbow plus the elbow guard.
The hand and arm were mostly just glueing various sizes of cured rolled putty together. Hope it looks good painted up

That shield looks amazing!

Bird termi has been put on the back burner for a little while. The unlikely event happened that my girlfriend showed interest in painting a mini
So naturally I dropped everything and started on a custom female primarch mini for her. Not really lore accurate, but if your significant other shows interest in your hobby then lore should not be an issue

And this is where we currently are. Started with a similar base to Dorn, but shaved down the lower legs to be a bit thinner and form fitting. The thighs got a bit wider, groin and belt are pretty much the same.
The chest started out a bit smaller and then got some boob armor sculpted on in multiple layers until it got final approval.
Some are not to cover the stomach similar to some of my other minis.

Now I only have the always dreaded head as well as the arms, backpack and detailing. For the weapon I did a sort of crystal mace where I glued on all the studs individually



And this is what she looks like:










On a side note, Dorn is also now fully painted:

Saw the armless Dorn in the painting thread and wondered what was going on!

Great to flick back through the process here. The shield hand came out really nicely - must have been fiddly work!

...which would have been good practice for Big Momma's hammer.

She's looking good so far - reminds me a bit of Helga from Wolfenstein 3D!