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Cypher Conversion for a Friend's DA Successor


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After talking with my friend about his DA Successor and Cypher and how he would tie into everything, I got the urge to kitbash together my own Cypher model for him. I decided to go for a more nonchalant pose, with Cypher casually strolling across the battlefield, shooting down enemies without even looking at them after piking and decapitating a CSM. As for the Lion Sword, I decided that, since Cypher (supposedly) only carries half of the sword, I would represent that by giving him a broken sword without the scabbard. (Where did he get that scabbard, anyway? Has he been carrying it around this entire time?) I also didn't go all flashy with the pistols, because I figure that, since he tries to stay unnoticed as much as possible, it might behoove him to use standard weapons when fighting so as not to draw extra attention. All-in-all, I think it's a rather nice model, despite the absence of ACTION!!!! Let me know what you think!

 

 

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Like what you've done with the sword in particular and kudos for getting all those different parts to go together straight. Green stuff on the hood's a bit thick, though.

 

Thanks! I think the thickness of the hood is an optical illusion, because, while I agree that it does seem rather thick in the photo, in reality it actually isn't that thick.

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UPDATE

The painting has begun!!! eek.gif Ok, well, it actually began several days ago, but I've neglected to take pics until this point, so what you see now is the current status of the model. I noticed it tends to be rather monotone, which bothered me a bit at first, but then it started to grow on me the more I associated the blandness of color with the seeming lack of emotion of the person in question; the more I think about it, the more it seems to fit. I do, however, want to darken up the robes a bit (make them sort of dingy & dirty, like they've seen decades of abuse). I might try that with a wash or something. I think that once I get the gold bits painted the color gold I want them to be, they will pop and stand out just enough to make a good contrast; I also think that the piece of green tapestry will add a nice bit of color, as well as the blood pooled up on the ground under the CSM head (not yet painted). I also need to dingy up his hair (that's the white streaks coming from his hood down his chest); I think once I do that it will look a lot better. I also need to do the plasma coils, of course, and then it's pretty much just tidying up and basing. cool.png (I realize that some of the pictures are a bit blurry, probably because I got too close and it couldn't focus properly; I noticed this after I had transferred the pictures off of the camera, and I had to charge the battery, so the next batch of pics will likely be after I've painted more. Sorry!)

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As a bonus/consolation for the crappy pics, here are a few of an Interrogator-Chaplain I made for my buddy's army as well; unfortunately, when his bro moved out, he took the shelf all of his guys were sitting on, and in the process somehow lost the arms, so I had to find new ones for him. I like my choices, despite the apparent lack of a ranged weapon (he had a crozius and a storm bolter or combi-weapon before); I like the pose of the pointing power fist (coincidentally, I think this came from my Death Company sprue, as well as the shoulder pad), as well as the idea of the crozius being a mace. Admittedly, I actually like the original crozius I made him better, but unfortunately I don't have the bits to recreate it, so all I can do is hope it turns up. I'll have to look through the rules again, but I'm pretty sure that I replaced his bolt pistol with a Power Fist, so no ranged attacks, but I think the literal punch of the power fist as well as the extra stats from being an Interrogator will at least partly offset that. Plus it just looks so damn cool. :D Obviously I need to prime the arms before I paint them, but I'm thinking of just doing a brush-on primer instead of the spray, partly because it will be easier, and partly because I don't want to waste the spray if I can help it. :P

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