Concept sketch for the Gauntlet

Jan
2010291:36
pm

Concept sketch for the Gauntlet

Just thought I'd pitch this up here, as I've been receiving some reasonably good ideas from my readers and I wanted to show what I was thinking.

I actually really like the idea of the gauntlet-flamer being something like what Huron Blackheart has. I've talked to one of my talented sculpting friends, Zsoulless from over at The Waaagh, about maybe having a custom arm sculpted up, because the more I think about this design the more I like it.

I've considered using Huron's actual arm, and modifying it a bit, but I'm not entirely sure if that'd work - it's a very chaotic piece, and the hand would have to be totally remodelled.

In any case, this is something I'm going to endeavor to make before I default to my heavy flamer arm backup. I sort've want to take a crack at maybe sculpting it myself, just to see what happens but I have no idea where to begin - probably an armature of paperclip or something, and then the basic cylindrical arm shape, but I can't imagine sculpting fingers like that properly.

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Josh
January 29th, 2010

Have you looked into the Dark Eldar Archon right arm as a base for the conversion?

I’ve used it before the right handed PF/Lightning Claw was available to good effect, and it looks like it may have the correct angle for what you want to do.

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- Ein
  January 29th, 2010
  
  You know, Josh, I’d never looked at the Archon before.
  
  It’s not a bad model, but I’m not entirely sure if it’d be the right scale, given that it’s a ten year old model and GW’s been upping their scale considerably since then. Do you have any pictures of the claw in action?
  
  I’m also not entirely sure I like the claws, but I’ll still give it some consideration, certainly.
  
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Winterous
January 29th, 2010

Great idea man, should be awesome

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Made Of Bees
January 29th, 2010

This is going to be good stuff, can’t wait to see how it turns out.

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Made Of Bees
January 30th, 2010

So, I was looking at the flaming skull on top of your dreadnought banner in an earlier update. And then I looked at Huron’s flamethrower arm. And then I looked at this model:
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/File:Centarius1.jpg
Just a thought- magic fire spitting skull held in that pose that functions as a flamer?

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