Now this idea certainly isn't mine - I first saw this beautiful example on Coolminiornot. Having a spare metal commander model (it's from the old Cadian Command Squad box) I decided to have a go at this conversion!
This is one of my few attempts at sculpting something other than a basic shape, so I decided to break it down into several steps and let each bit dry before I moved on to the next. It basically went as a cylinder on top of his head, then the basic peak cap shape. This ended up being too flat on top, so I added some more bulk to give a bit more of a sense of his head being there. I also sculpted the eagle symbol at this stage.
Once that was done, I added the brim, and when that was dry I finished it off with the braid above the brim, and glued on some thin slivers from plasticard rod at each end of the braid.
Let me know what you think! I'll paint him up at some point and show it off here, but I've got a lot more urgent things to do at this stage!
2 comments:
He looks really good! I bet when you paint him up no one will be able to tell that the hat is scratchbuilt. It already looks like it's always been there.
Thanks mate - that was the hope at least! I'm being pretty conservative with what I undertake with sculpting at the moment, so hopefully my skills will improve without me getting too frustrated!
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