Mechanicum Tech Thralls

Still working on my Mechanicum force.

This time we have my first try on some tech thralls. These troops are a little more cyborg than the Skitarii foot soldiers but are not full fledged battle automata.

Here you can see my (probably terribly inefficient) creative process from start to finish.

Most things start with a drawing.

Typically these are done when I should be doing much more important things with my time, and will detail a project way beyond my abilities. This time I was lucky and was almost somewhat sensible.

Then I start throwing bits at it.

I started with plastic Cadians (because I had some lying around already).

The chest plate is filed smooth. Onto the front I added a little stamped Adeptus Mechanicus icon. I dropped the crotch-plate because I forgot about it until after I finished painting the first guy.

I made the heads using a little bit of round plastic tube and some greenstuff to round off the top. When cured I filed the join smooth and added a simple lip along the bottom.
The backpacks were just lying in my bitsbox, no idea what they come from.

For arms I am using servitor arms trimmed down slightly and yet more plastic tubing (I use it for everything).

A coat of paint and it is ready for basing.
Easy to make and they look pretty unique. Not a patch on the real forgeworld ones but good enough I think.