Ciaphas Cain
Even though I hadn’t intended to start this for a few weeks, I fancied a change and doing something not in power armour. The client requested Commissar Ciaphas Cain converted from a FW Death Korps Commissar. The replacement head came from a Master of Ordinance mini from the advisors box set. I also tried out my newly arrived ‘brown stuff’ putty as apposed to the usual greenstuff. I have to say that it’s definitely nicer to use than greenstuff. Too expensive to use on everything, but the reduced elasticity makes it ideal for small details. Still a lot to do to this mini, but the hardest part, the head swap, is done. Took a good few hours to carefully remove the original head and trim the new one to fit, but eventually the result has turned out really nice. One of the other major features of this model is the ornate double edged chainsword. I couldn’t find an existing chainsword with the right dimensions of details, so I had to make one. I basically took the teeth off of two chainswords, glued them together. I then added a trimmed down motor bit from a Space Marine chainsword. The handle is from an catachan knife and is perfectly scaled to fit this model. The outer casing for the blade was filed off and then resculpted with brownstuff to make a clean finish.
After working on this mini, I’m very tempted to buy myself some Death Korps of Krieg Grenadiers, to use as Inquisitorial Storm Troopers. It’s a very nice model and better proportioned than most other Imperial Guard models.