Sunday 28 July 2013

Ad Mech Magos #2

Firstly, the blog passed 2 milestones this week, this is the 50th post I've made, and secondly it just passed 25,000 views! Thankyou all so much for dropping in an viewing my work, and especially to those who take time to comment, I really appreciate it.


Now on to the real reason for the post. Finished the 2nd Magos, this guy will be used as a sorcerer in the current list, just to get some magic potential to the list, but also because puppetmastering a vehicle is so much fun :)



The base model is the plastic necromancer from WHFB, and a 4th ed necron wraith tail. the axe head is from a dwarf i think, which I carved the cog detail into. The head is obviously a necron warrior, and so it the third arm.



I might add some rivets to the arm, just to remove it from the necron shape a bit. Mechandrite tentacles are guitar wire bent with pliers.

The other thing I've been tinkering with is a gun servitor. Not exactly sure what I'll be using him for at this point, but mostly is just been an exercise is seeing if I can get the 1/48th scale kettenkrad to fit the 40k aesthetic.




More rivets and details to add obviously. Most of the time I see scale kits turned into 40k models and shudder. The weapon isn't fixed, and so could be changed at this point for any of the imperial guard heavy weapons. I hope I can make something decent out of this guy, either way let me know what you think I should add.

Thanks for looking.

10 comments:

  1. He's quite creepy, I like it.
    The pilot of the vehicle... first thing I thought of was Cpt Pike in his automatic chair in Star Trek The Menagerie ;)

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    1. Haha, I had to google that (not a trekkie), but now I see it too.

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  2. Congrats on the milestones mate! The magos looks good but you are right about the negron arm. Maybe making it a little more boxy would help too?

    Cheers,

    Dante

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    1. Cheers Andrew, heres to 25000 more :)

      Good idea, Imperial tech isn't known for its aesthetics, rivets and blockiness it is.

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  3. Loving that magos - very cool stuff, man! Definitely looking forward to seeing more - Ave Omnissiah!

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    1. Thanks mate, appreciate it.

      Your ave omnissah got me thinking. I'm actually reading 'priests of mars' atm, and theres a quote that if I was going to enter the forgeknight into a painting comp i'd put on the plinth.
      "flesh fails, only the metal endures"
      I thought it would be quite apt.

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  4. The Magos is very inspiring, great model!

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  5. Keep up the great work on your blog! You are an inspiration.

    Your 2nd Magos is really neat. I love his axe, nice and simple, fits perfectly. What diameter of brass rod did you use for the haft of the axe?

    The gun servitor is coming along nicely too. What about putting little hydraulic legs on the side of it to brace the craft when it begins firing?

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    1. Cheers mate.

      The brass rod for the haft is 1.6mm, though I only used it because I had it, I would have use 1.2 if I could.

      Thats not a bad idea, I might save it for the heavier weapons and artillery though to give them a big more size.

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