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Chaos Space Marine

Lord of Slaanesh

Part I

The first thing I did was to saw the left leg and loincloth from the new Champion of Slaanesh model for Warhammer Fantasy using a Jeweler's Saw and a fine saw blade (or, rather about 6 fine saw blades until the cuts were finally through!).

I cut straight in from the right side, and made a diagonal cut following the line of the thigh-high boot top, until the cuts met.  Finally, I removed the right leg completely, and used a half-round needle file to file all the cuts flat, as I would need this piece to join up accurately to the marine body later on.

Next up was the main armor.  I used the Emperor's Children Lord as a basis, as it has some nice detail indicating allegiance to Slaanesh, as well as some cool speaker tubes terminating at the hips (not to mention a leering gremlin-shaped codpiece).

I severed the left leg, trying to saw at the same angle I had made on the Warhammer Slaanesh Champion's leg so that melding the two pieces would be easier.

I had to remove his head to make room for the one I had in mind, which also meant removing the daemonic organ pipes attached to his neck as well.  Again, I used the Jeweler's Saw, as I wanted to save the pipes at least (didn't really care for the head at all, though).

Once the head was removed, I used some sort of cone-shaped, ridged bit for my Dremel-style rotary tool (it's a Craftsman) that does a good job at grinding down metal to... well, grind down the metal.  I got rid of the excess junk that accompanied the old head and pipes, and the mess that their removal left.  The original plan was to somehow include some bare bosom, so I ground a bit farther than I ought to have -- which turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

 Alas -- the cleavage was not to be, but it afforded me the opportunity to add a very cool Mk. VIII-style collar to the armor.

The collar is made from an ordinary writing pen -- I simply sawed a sliver of the tubing of the pen at an angle, as I needed the front to be a bit taller than the rear (due to my excessive grinding of the neck area).

The collar was centered on top of the armor, and then I drilled a hole in the center to accept the pin that would keep her head on.  While test-fitting the head, I realized I needed room for her hair to go, so made a notch to the right size.

In this picture, you can see that holes have also been drilled into the arm-joints and bits of brass rod added to pin the arms on later.

We've got the main bulk of the body pieces sorted -- now lets stick them together and add some detail!