Though my army fluff would reveal that the character is not a Dark Apostle with a host of his own, he is nevertheless a Word Bearers chaplain/commander with no immediate superior peering over his shoulder*, so I've modelled him as I would an Apostle.
He is converted from the jump pack chaplain model, in case you missed it, and has had one extended sitting's worth of paint (and obviously, is nowhere near done). This is the first time I've gone much farther than parts-swapping with a metal figure, though I've hacked up plenty of plastic, so I'm actually quite proud of how he's coming along. I just temporarily assembled him to get a look at the combined effect so far, and figured I'd snap off a few shots to share (the wings, star, left shoulderpad, and book are attatched with sticky tac).
The right arm's shoulderpad has been seriously reprofiled (the stock model has a large, raised eagle taking up the bottom half and spilling over the trim) and the belt-buckle plate needed close to 2mm of metal filed off before it was rid of an ornate Crux Terminatus. Attatching the horns necessitated my first-ever purchase of epoxy putty. The left arm joint and the mounting surface for the backpack needed to be re-angled, the left arm itself was built up with putty so that the shoulderpad would sit correctly, the aquila on his right leg was removed, and obviously the head of the Crozius had to go (which required a hacksaw). Though he *looks* like just a few pieces have been switched around, it's actually been a ton of work to get him that way.
Paint wise, the wings, horns, and parchment have recieved the most work, while the red armour plates have recieved only a prolonged workup to base colour (no detail or highlighting). The black trim and chains will need to be blackened a bit more before the metallics can be drybrushed on. The left arm, chaos star, and a few other things are basically untouched. The rock he's jumping up from has only the same coat of pre-shading as the rest of the main body (thin scorched brown + future over white primer).
Behold:
I forgot to paint the left shoulderpad's inset parchment coloured (the whole warband does), and between that and the upcoming metallics he should soon lose that dark and ill-defined quality. Even still though, I think I'm going to need to pale down the wings a bit more so they don't crowd his silhouette.
I haven't decided if I'm going to give him the book or not. Opinions?
*(for the curious, in my fluff he's garrison commander of a small Maelstrom asteroid-base, which puts him and his warband largely outside the goings-on of the rest of the 109th. His official rank is Elucidator-Prelate, but he might as well be Apostle of a very small Host.)
He is converted from the jump pack chaplain model, in case you missed it, and has had one extended sitting's worth of paint (and obviously, is nowhere near done). This is the first time I've gone much farther than parts-swapping with a metal figure, though I've hacked up plenty of plastic, so I'm actually quite proud of how he's coming along. I just temporarily assembled him to get a look at the combined effect so far, and figured I'd snap off a few shots to share (the wings, star, left shoulderpad, and book are attatched with sticky tac).
The right arm's shoulderpad has been seriously reprofiled (the stock model has a large, raised eagle taking up the bottom half and spilling over the trim) and the belt-buckle plate needed close to 2mm of metal filed off before it was rid of an ornate Crux Terminatus. Attatching the horns necessitated my first-ever purchase of epoxy putty. The left arm joint and the mounting surface for the backpack needed to be re-angled, the left arm itself was built up with putty so that the shoulderpad would sit correctly, the aquila on his right leg was removed, and obviously the head of the Crozius had to go (which required a hacksaw). Though he *looks* like just a few pieces have been switched around, it's actually been a ton of work to get him that way.
Paint wise, the wings, horns, and parchment have recieved the most work, while the red armour plates have recieved only a prolonged workup to base colour (no detail or highlighting). The black trim and chains will need to be blackened a bit more before the metallics can be drybrushed on. The left arm, chaos star, and a few other things are basically untouched. The rock he's jumping up from has only the same coat of pre-shading as the rest of the main body (thin scorched brown + future over white primer).
Behold:
I forgot to paint the left shoulderpad's inset parchment coloured (the whole warband does), and between that and the upcoming metallics he should soon lose that dark and ill-defined quality. Even still though, I think I'm going to need to pale down the wings a bit more so they don't crowd his silhouette.
I haven't decided if I'm going to give him the book or not. Opinions?
*(for the curious, in my fluff he's garrison commander of a small Maelstrom asteroid-base, which puts him and his warband largely outside the goings-on of the rest of the 109th. His official rank is Elucidator-Prelate, but he might as well be Apostle of a very small Host.)