Deathslayer, custom WIP on ARH Deathdealer

[doane100]

Did more work on the base...added some puddles of a molten blend of blood and lava...put a little more separation with the earth tones mud/dirt and rock to contrast a little from the rider and steed, painted the ARH logo with same blood and lava effect.

Below is a pic of what a typical ARH prepainted base looked like to give a before/after comparison.

[doane100]

Adding a Conan swap out head to continue my Deathslayer projects that I have done in the past, this would be the 5th Conan/Deathdealer project that I have done.

Gonna use Frazetta’s Barbarian bust that I have dug out of my garage, sculpted by Tim Bruckner which I never got around to building and painting, Conan taking the Deathdealer helm...maybe with some Conan weapons.






Another Frazetta Conan bust...but this is a 1/3 scale sculpted by Tony Cipriano, so I couldn’t use this.

[doane100]

Frazetta' s Deathdealer unmasked...could easily be Conan taking up the helm of the Deathdealer.

[doane100]

Working on customizing the head to fit torso...gotta change up the hair, than sculpt in a Neck with key to fit.

[doane100]

Update with hair and neck fitting...using Wire to reinforce hair so I don't have to worry about hair length breakage.

[doane100]

Update...forgot to mention been using black apoxie fixit for bottom of hair so I don't have to worry about paint chips or scrapes where hair will seat on torso...wanted Conan’s face to reflect he was a younger man and less seasoned when he took on the helm of the Deathdealer.

[Lukvader]

Love your attention to details !

[harpooner54]

Great job on the modifications. What paints are you using for the metallics? Are they
airbrushed or brush painted?

[doane100]

Great job on the modifications. What paints are you using for the metallics? Are they
airbrushed or brush painted?

I used all kinds of paints, some testors metallic enamels, tamiya metallics, some vallejo metallics, all handbrushed.

[doane100]

WIP face paintup...still have to do eyes hair scars eyebrows.

[doane100]

Finished head paintup

[harpooner54]

Thanks for the reply about the metallic paints.

[doane100]

Added optional fur, the Deathdealer looks cool with or without the fur, the Conan head looks exceptionally cool with the added fur.
Also cleaned up area under the steeds mouth.

[doane100]

Now that I have an alternate Conan head, I want to have the option to hang the helmet off the right side of the steed when using the Conan head, to make that work I had to seperate the hair from the helmet, I also had to replace the casted chainmaille with real chainmaille so it could fall with gravity when hanging off the side of the steed, forgot to mention hair length was also extended.

On all my Deathdealer statues and resin kits I have always added the ring to the right side of the Deathdealers helmet to keep it accurate to Frazetta’s painting and vision...finally put the ring to good practical use by using it to hang the helmet on side of steed, I can’t help but wonder if that’s what Frank was thinking.










Helm and hair is now 2 seperate pieces.

[doane100]

Made a fur saddle like padding for the helmet to rest on with something of a scabbard attached for the sword to rest in.

Did an alternate scimitar sword for the Deathdealer and made another sword based on Frazetta barbarian painting to pose wihen using Frazetta’s Conan’s head.

[doane100]

Fooling around with the Conan Marto movie swords.

[ranato]

Really awesome work there doane100, totally impressive skill u got mate.

[angarles]

Absolutely amazing work! Where can I get one of those Bruckner Conan busts?

[doane100]

Thanks for the comp ranato.

Adding a Death Hammer that I was customizing for my ARH Viking statue, Really looks incredible in Conan the Deathdealer’s hand.

[doane100]

Absolutely amazing work! Where can I get one of those Bruckner Conan busts?

Thanks angarles! I am pretty sure I got mine’s directly from Tim a bunch of years back through correspondence at the clubhouse, I would definitely want to get another one, try contacting him here at the forum, LMK if you are successful.