Plastic Straken

[bedaho]

If you've looked at my psyker thread, you know I'm getting pumped up for 6th and doing more work on my guard and I've just started to onvert my plastic Iron-Hand Straken. I trimed out a necron arm from some partially assembled bits I picked up a while back and shortened it. Then, thinking it wasn't looking bulky enough, I cut a shoulder pad from a partial arm left from some psyker conversion work and put it on the arm.




I also started to use pieces of sprue and an antenna to make the lasgun slung under a left arm from the command squad into a shotgun (scout style to match the ones I put on my veterans.) I'll use greenstuff to finish this one up. I'll probably be putting a scout sword hanging from the belt as well.

[bedaho]

As he stands now, he needs a few touch ups (especially the shotgun) and a base. Enjoy!

[kobracommander]

I like it....but his arm is WAY too long. I know GW models have a tendency to have gorilla arms, but with the pose you have him in, you can really tell. Of course, telling you how to fix it would be ideal, unfortunately I don't have any alternatives. (A lot of good I am!)

[Vice-Shogun Himura]

the sword, she is too big! it very distracting from the rest of your work.

[AshotNINJA]

i dont think the arm looks too big, its the legs that throw it off... those legs seem much shorter than all the rest of the cadian legs... i noticed that when iused them for an officer.

[bedaho]

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah I noticed that the command squad legs are a bit different than the normal ones, but I though the shirt had been elongated. When I actually compared it though, it looks like thy are shorter. The arm is the same size as the cadian raised arm with the tassels around it. As for the sword, its from Space Marine scouts and its smaller than a nomal chainsword-ish close combat weapon, I think its just my placement and the short legs. I don't know if any weapon hanging from the belt will look like its the right scale, especially in the front like this.