I finished the first member of my Thousand Sons force! The Sorcerer for a squad of Rubric marines.

As mentioned in my previous post I wanted to give my models a uniqueness to them in the form of them casting certain powers.

Since this is my first model it isn’t the most complicated of conversions since I am trying to get the colour scheme down and work on some new techniques. This Sorcerer is from the Raptora Cult, and is casting a ‘Kinetic Shield’ to protect himself and allies from harm.

The scheme I used is mostly the same as the one Duncan uses in the Warhammer tv videos .

Kine Shield

Before creating this effect I do a quick search to find out if other people had done similar stuff. To my joy they had! There was one Tau shield which was particularly amazing.

With my new found inspiration, I raided my bits box and searched the shops for things that I could use.

I originally attempted to create the shield using a plastic sphere, but when trying to cut it down to size, it cracked and shattered and did not give the uniform effect I was after.

In the end I used an old base from flyers (like the Eldar Grav tank one).

A bigger version of these.

I glued a small transparent cylinder to the end of his hand with a magnet on the end of it. I then glued another magnet to the middle part of the transparent base. I also scored a ring in the middle to give it a kind of ripple effect.

I was happy with how this technique came out as it kind of distorted the model as you look through it.

I tried to pose his robes so they were fluttering away from where he was casting.

In the future I would like to add some more ‘glowing effects’ around the hand and the eyes to showcase the power that he is radiating off.

Basing!

For the base I broke off some small bits of cork and super glued them down. I then sprayed it black, and dry brushed it with ‘Eshin Grey’. I then painted the base blue (enchanted blue or what ever it is now) and made sure to go slightly onto the edges of the cork area. Then I went over the base with a thinned down light blue (Ice Blue), and painted some of this higher up on the cork to give a kind of glowing effect coming from the ground.

After this gave it a thin coat of PVA glue as that apparently helps the crackle paint stick. Next I add the crackle paint! The stuff I have dries transparent, and the thicker you put it on the bigger the cracks. I had done a few tests with this and decided not to make it too thick. I had some shards from these tests which I pressed into the drying crackle paint to give it some variation.

After the crackle paint had dried, I gave it a light dry brush of white to really pick out all the detail.

Stay tuned for more progress!

Thanks,

J