I hope you like her....

I love it. Is this your own work?

GS

Wow, good quality painting. Have you got a pic from the back? That's the Saint Celestine model I think, but what wings are they? They look like Pegasus wings from either Balthasar Gelt's, or a Bretonnian Pegasus. I'd also like to see how they're attached. As I said, painting is great, obviously it's rather 40k, but rather nice nonetheless.

AoAlgebra :lol:

Thanks all. Yes, it is 40K, but thought it might bring some inspiration.

It is Celestine, and the wings are indeed from Balthasar Gelt's Pegasus, though bent/curled a lot.

Here's a picture of the back as requested.



The backpack had the vents cut off and filed down flat. Then pinned, and finally green-stuffed a couple of extra feathers to make the joint look right. In all, the feathers are my favorite. I searched and searched to find feathered wings on the net and never found any that I thought were acceptable. Eventually, I had to experiment on my own to find something that looked realisitic. The shading looks more gradual "in real life".

Regardless, it could almost be a fantasy model if you snipped off all the hoses/piping and attached the wings directly to her back.

It never occured to me how difficult it must be to make a convincing joint to the wings in a fantasy model. If I were doing it, I'd probably have them sprouting from the armor itself.

Anyway, I don't frequent here often but thought I'd share it in case it inspired someone here....