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http://www.hortwerth.com
Hi everyone.
This job was commissioned to me at the beginning of the January (IIRC). - Ferrus Manus, the Primarch of the Iron Hands.
First was a discussion about the general image of the Primarch; I started to seek information, hoping that there is a picture (or sketch) of him available.
It showed that there is no such a thing; there is only vague description of him (as a mighty warrior with arms covered in living metal, rumoured the arms became so when he was drowning some giant serpent in lava with his bare hands).
After figuring this, I made a few sketches to get the ideas running. I agreed with the client on the look from the sketch at the bottom of the above pic (notice it's the 3rd sketch).
I set on to doing the model - at first I thought it will be quite simple conversion using Space Marine parts, so I set the price for sculpting at quite a low level.
I planned to use Space Marine parts, but I stumbled upon Necron Warriors legs in my bits box - I liked them so much that the only Space Marine parts used is the upper half of the torso.
I started sculpting the model, bulking up the parts successively. After a week I was at the stage as seen on the third-from-bottom pic (with no arm)
You can see the model has more natural proportions than Space Marines - he's slightly taller than a Marine, measuring 37mm from feet to the top of his head.
I then began making the scales for the scalemail tabard. I also experimented with fine detail, covering his ankles with celtic-like design.
For shoulder and hip guards I used plasticard as a base - I usually use thicker foam-plastic (1mm) for this rather than the 0,5mm plasticard as may be seen here - the plasticard does not stay in the bent position and was much harder to get to look as I wanted it. I should have used the 1mm foam-plastic sheet - it would be thicker but the curve would be ideal and the edge could be filed to desired thickness. You learn your entire life...
I carried the celtic-like detail over onto the shoulder and hip guards, I sculpted the cloak and added cables. The client insisted that the arms look like covered in living metal rather than bionic, so the cables had to be subtle. I added a bit of detail to the plasma pistol.
Painting:
Honestly, it was a pain to paint - the limited palette we agreed upon, the oh-so-tiny-detail on the armour (I couldn't paint it like detail, I had to use gentle drybrushing and washing in successive stages - the lines are too small for me to be hit with the brush precisely one at a time!), the metallics (I couldn't remember when I last used metallics on such an important model), all the tiny things got summed up and gave me a headache.
Unfortunately, the client vanished just before I finished painting Ferrus. I waited a month and a half, asking people on Portent if anyone know him and sending him PMs and e-mails. Recently it seems that his e-mail account was deactivated (no such address existing).
I will have to put this model on eBay to get some gratification for the month I spent on it.
Comments welcome!
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Ghaffasa
08-May-09
#292549 |  | Rating: 7
While it may not be flawless, the paintjob is FAR from "very bad" in my opinion.. The sculpt itself gets an 8,5, for it is in exact coherence with my own idea of how Ferrus Manus looks. |
Lady Kito
28-Feb-08
#251595 |  | Rating: 8
wtf? The sculpt is OK and the paintjob really bad, don't start with the "hey but you paint worse than this guy", this mini is good, but overrated, shoult have more than a 8.3, max |
punkrockpatrick
18-Sep-07
#235885 |  | Rating: 9
Wow... I've always wanted to see a model of Ferrus Manus, and here it is. Couldn't have been done much better in my opinion. It gets a 9 simply because the painting could use just a bit of improvement. Totally impressive. |
rosac
15-Nov-06
#203210 |  | Rating: 10
Ignore tony manero, he way too critical for someone who hasn't entered anything  |
Drake Marcus
24-May-06
#179613 |  | Rating: 10
Amazing sculpt! I can only hope I get a chance to buy it some day. |
Templar child
05-Jan-06
#162249 |  | Rating: 9
love primarch models, always felt they should have made every primarch and emporer |
Tony Manero
01-Sep-05
#146742 |  | Rating: 8
10 sculpting
7 paintjob ( i don't like the face and the arms sorry  ) |
templartau
27-Aug-05
#145943 |  | Rating: 9
Wow... just wow. This is one of those inspiring pieces which makes me want to start my own ambitious project. The only reason I didnt give it a 10 is because I think the black parts could have been done better. |
Elysian
18-Jun-05
#137361 |  | Rating: 10
No doubt |
anubaph
16-Jun-05
#137211 |  | Rating: 10
This is great. You should enter this in the GD. Please do the other primarchs. | |
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