Mad Bodgin’ Mage Log: An Icy Gaze (Sorscha1)

I got the idea for this bodge while I was trying to draw some RWBY fanart. The concept didn’t really work when considering RWBY canon, but it definitely held some promise as a Sorscha variant.

This would be the 3rd iteration of this warcaster build. I destroyed the second iteration in the process, and the 1st remains as a lesson in why one should NEVER paint after a night of heavy drinking and karaoke. I should point out here that the alcohol wasn’t the only factor in the complete and total failure of the first iteration of this model. It was also my introduction to the hobby.

Anyway…

Many models died to bring us this iteration. People call my workshop “the miniature graveyard”, so that makes this my Frankenstein’s monster.

The mangled remains of this one provided the halberd handle:



This one provided the power pack:



This one became a double amputee to give her boots for walkin’:



This one lost its wing and buttflap. Not sure why buttflap on robot.



Hoses from this one:



Pried this one’s gun from her cold, dead fingers:



And this one’s torso, even moreso:



Arms and shoulders, so this mini could at least be IDENTIFIED as Sorscha:



This mini served as the base of the 2nd iteration:



The second iteration, show below, already had the hair and hat. Rather than do it again, I took the top half.



I also got one of these guys in the base.

We don’t play ZOMBIES!!! anymore, because it becomes an endless mantra:

“Long trip to the helipad, somebody F***s me over,

long trip to the helipad, somebody F***s me over…”

As an aside, zombies make great filler. When something needs bulking up, I just put zombies under it. Extremoth is made of people. Zombie people. It’s like gourmet cheese for cannibals.



Here’s what she looked like before the puttywork:



Here’s with basic putty, and addition of the powerpack & and buttflap is now crotchflap:



She’s got flowy bits! I also added a holster, the hoses, repositioned the hand, and replaced part of the wing with a part of a Frostfang head.

Note: Plastic Frostfang is very, VERY tiny. This is why I had to use the wing.

More putty and Frostfang looks more like Frostfang, and now she’s got fuffy bits on the uniform. Then I slapped on some paint:



…aaaand now prime Sorscha looks more epic than epic Sorscha.

I’m okay with that.

That’s a bodgin’