The Warforge Miniature Modelling and Conversion

Berserker!

I figured I'd toy around with my first Warjack this evening, so I grabbed one at random from my big pile o' Khador and started tinkering with it a bit.

First order of business was the pose. Something called a 'berserker' shouldn't just be meandering forward like the stock model seems to want to do. I did the best I could to set this thing in motion by converting it's legs into a foward running position. The arms then needed reposing as well, so I hacked away at the upper arm sections to removed them, and replaced them with a simple ball joint system so I could get a rough pose in place.

 

I reposed the leading leg's foot a bit so it was angled down and looked a bit more like the thing was running forward. I'll be lengthening the weapon handles by a little bit to try and make the weapons look more impressive, though I'm giving thought to replacing the stock axes with some chainaxe type design ala 40k.

The upper arms'll be improved with the addition of more hydraulics/wiring/worky bitz to try and joint the arms into the shoulders properly, but only after I remove the mold lines on the model.

I've also given some thought to lighting the head of this thing, but I probably won't do it, and I'll paint any glow effects on instead. The only way I can really see getting an LED into the visor of the head would be to make a mold of it and cast it in clear resin with the LED embedded inside. Then, I'd paint everything but the visor, and the LED'd shine through there. Seems like a ton of work to do for not much payoff as far as I'm concerned, and I am trying to improve my painting, anyway.