#assault terminator

[witzmaennchen]

Part 1 of making Cataphractii assault terminators: Prototype shield arm

I got the Vanguard Veteran squad for the weapons. I wanted to attach the shield to either a chainfist or powerfist arm. Keeping the hand on the shield would have required extensive resculpting of the arm, so I decided against it.

After clipping and sanding the hand on the shield away I had two options:

I decided on the chainfist, because the power fist still looked to power fisty with the shield. I used some greenstuff for a better fit and trimmed the outside of the armor a bit. The chainsaw part was also removed for obvious reasons. To cover up the blank space I glued some 1mm wire into it and made an entry point on the inside of the shield with a little blob of green stuff. In the end I got this

I am quite happy with the resutls. It took a bit over an hour but the process should be optimizable and included the descicion making.

The main problem for the next 3 will probably be the repeatability of the shield placement. I have tried to solve this by keeping she shield under the leathery bits from the shoulder but I'll have to see how this works with differing poses.

I would be happy about some more tipps or ideas

[nightbringer24]

Couple of WIPs for my Steel Drakes.

The weather was actually not too bad today for a while in Blighty, so I decided to get out there and basecoat a model. Did plan to do more but then wind and rain prevented it.First up is a Vindicator. 

Now, this plastic kit first came in 2007, for the release of the Apocalypse ruleset in 40k. My parents got me the kit for Christmas of that year, one of the special formation ones that came with three Vindicators in it.... This tank and it's brother have been sitting under my bed since... 2008. Originally painted in a horrible blue colour that wasn't Ultramarine blue, so I decided to rescue it and re-purpose it.

Symbols are from Pop Goes The Monkey (really good quality and good prices, especially if you're a Patreon follower since you get a discount code for them), while the small shield on the left front exhaust cover is from Essex Miniatures. Just to add a little flair to the model.

And next up is my Assault Terminator Sergeant model.

This guy is the Brother-Sergeant Victorno model from the Space Marines Heroes Series 2 Run, with the Terminator armour. Nominally, they're supposed to be Blood Angels, but I said "... Nuts to that!" and made him a Steel Drakes.

Various bits were added. The line of teeth on his shield is made up of fishing line superglued to the model, then I carefully cut off the end fronds of the Barbed Bracken terrain kit from GW and glued them on to the fishing line with plastic glue. The plastic glue works well for the nylon in fishing line, but it doesn't set as quickly as the superglue which is a REAL pain in the arse at times. Then I added the purity seals from any one of the Space Marine kits I have, along with a talisman/tooth-thingy from the Chaos Lord/Sorcerer in Terminator Armour kit.

The skull on his right pauldron is, again, from Pop Goes the Monkey and the cloak is the Salamandra/Dragon Cloaks from Spellcrow. When I got the model, I didn't have any chapter symbols from Pop Goes The Monkey to fit on the right pauldron, as per the Codex, so I had to improvise and give him a full on skull. Then I got to thinking on what that means regarding veterancy in the Steel Drakes. Basically, the higher in rank you get in the chapter, the more parts of a dracon you can wear, to show your veterancy. And that's it.