I decided to resculpt both hands so they’d look similar and because the standard right hand did look bizarrely small. I think it’ll be a common thing to be sculpting hands.

I’m trying to pose him carrying the hammer two handed, but so far the pose looks a little off.

I’ll let you be the judge tomorrow.

He requested a marine in Mk 8 armour carrying a thunder hammer. Originally I was going to make a flying through the air pose with his thunder hammer held two-handed ready to strike, but after putting together the  initial pieces the model looked too OTT.

I’m trying to pose the arms like the 2008 Games Day Space Marine with thunder hammer. It’s a little fiddly getting the arms to fit and I’ll have to sculpt the one hand but it should be fine.

I’m using this as the guide for how the finished armour should look.

I normally attach a model’s head last as I always feel the direction it’s looking has the most overall effect on its pose. In this case the helmet would not sit comfortably in any other position without looking odd. I also had to trim down the helm to make it fit. The greenstuff on the helm is to try and represent the “sharper” look of the helm in the illustration, and deviate slightly from the mark 7 design.

Things left to do; the trim on the pads needs to be made thinner, the greaves need bulking slightly at the bottom and the boots need a little work. The knee pads need a slight point added to them and the belt buckle need adding. After that it’s just the arms to sort out. I’ve done the Thunder Hammer already by modifying the plastic one to look more like the GD Space Marine version.

Also finished the legs and torsos for the second Mk V tac squad. Pictures due soon.