Headhunter (Stormclad) Painted (Conversion)

My Headhunter conversion is finally finished! This project has been wip for a very long time. It was a community project with the crew over at Rikers Iron, a epic project spanning many long twitch streams (You can find his channel here)

There has long been talk of doing the final push to finish the project off, but this summer I have been struggling and needed a "win" and to reduce my wip projects list so I finished it up.

To anyone unaware, Headhunter is the Stormclad featured in the novels "Into the Storm" & "Into the Wild". It has a ton of character and a lot of fans of the books have made their own versions of it over the years. Here is mine!

I really wanted to pose this Warjack as dynamically as possible in a way which really showed off the aggressive nature of its character as represented in the novels.

I really like the cut into its head armour just above the eye, I really think it adds a menacing look to the Warjack.

There are cuts and bullet impacts all over this Warjack see how many you can spot!

Huge arrows (one has the flights snapped off) protrude from the buckler, these are very large and intended to have come from the skinwalkers Headhunter fought in the novels.

I added verdigris to all of the bronze looking metal parts which really give it a worn look compared to my other Warjacks. 

A Convergence Vectors head is tied to the right arm, I weathered this with verdigris as well as painting it to match the other Convergence models I have painted in the past.

The stepping off point for its pose is the Menoth light Warjack wreck which comes with Stryker2. It had been in my bits box for years as I didn't want to use it for him. Getting the Warjack to stay attached and not fall apart was a tough challenge. There are pins doing into the wreckage and more going from the hip into the upper leg. 

I used chain from a Mountain King to attach a Cryx Warjack head and a Warpwolf head to the boiler area. 

Painting all the pressure gauges was fiddly but rewarding once complete.

I really enjoyed painting the decapitated Warpwolf head. Trying out new ways to get the fur to look natural, as well as the transition area between the fur and the snout. 
I went with milky white eyes, I'm not sure if these are exactly how they "should" look once its been dead a while but my search history is already pretty dodgy given the other reference pictures I look up for painting inspiration... so I just figured this would do...

Oh and because its me, of course I magnetised it! I did this mainly to make it easier to transport given its outlandish pose. But if I wanted I could use it as a Reliant, although I already have two standard Stormclad/Reliant kits painted and magnetised so unless I write a list with three Reliants in it I'm in no rush to paint the Reliant arms for this model.

And finally I thought I would try something new! 
Using money from my generous supporters over at Patreon I purchased a rotating display stand. I like to put the money from supporters back into improving the content I make.
I'm hoping to get better at making these over time, one thing I know I want to save for is a better camera (I currently use my phone).
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