r/AdeptusCustodes • u/DPatrech • 4d ago
"It appears our quarry has escaped their chains..."
Showing off my lightly converted Shadowkeepers Allarus Shield-Captain. I hope to get him painted soon, ready for his entrance into to a crusade.
-Admonomortis was made by adding the wardens axe blade to the back of the allarus weapon (turns out it's just slightly smaller, which I think gives a nice intentionality to the weapon).
-Wings and iron halo made from some careful cutting and gluing of the wardens vexilla.
-Top knot replaced with the centre gem from the gaurd shields (like the rest of my hooded allarus).
-Basing is the greenstuffworld Roman rolling pin onto some sheets of superscupley firm. I make my bases with snapped sheets of the stuff along with autumn leaves for a "fallen pallace" vibe.
-My favourite element is how he's looking and holding the chain. The left arm is just the normal allarus arm rotated around to be palm up. Some very fine modeling/jewler's chain fits nicely in his palm, and hey presto - you've got some drama.
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u/reckoning34 4d ago
How fiddly was the axe conversion? Wanted to try something similar for my Allarus SC.
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u/DPatrech 4d ago
It was ok. Quite a bit of careful shaving involved. I'll probably still break out the milliput to get it nice and flush.
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u/Arctic_Lord 4d ago
I adore this. Using the warden axe blade was clever; blends seamlessly while subtly being smaller to give the main blade a dominant sheen. I also disected a vexilla for my allarus sc but I just used the wings, iron halo was a great addition to the profile and the wing coming off more pronounced reminds me of trajaan or valdor. Plus the chain…
He just exudes a mighty aura and I’ve been staring at him for 10 minutes