Warhammer 40k Chainsword

[Djinn]

Well, rounding out the collection of melee marine weapons I seem so fond of building.. its chainsword time! Before anyone asks, I'm not going to bother trying to make it work. I am going to try and make it elaborate as all hell though. Been working it over in my head for the last couple weeks.. finally properly started on it yesterday. I decided to try making it almost 100% out of Sintra. Heres the progress so far.

After much searching, this is what I set up for a template, its a modified sword from some 40k mod for some game (I..cant remember which) that the modeller was kind enough to send me the model for.

First blade cutout. I planned to stack sheets of sintra together to build the blade. (dont mind the chainsaw chain.. didnt end up using it for obvious reasons of why.jpg)

5 cutouts later.. a test stacking of them. I cut the inner blades in such a way that left me with a channel for the teeth to sit, and the middle blade gives me a groove to help attach the teeth. Sort of proud of the design tbh.. but I never got a good picture.

Mounted the dowel into the inner blades (only three of the blade cutouts are mounted in the dowel, adds a TON of stability and strength.. the handle is a permanent fixture.)

Solid sintra hilt/power supply base! The top half is removable for now and it all slides together with the blades and locks in place without glue or screws. I love it when things work out as planned.

Shot of the assembled sword as it currently stands. Waiting for confirmation on what chapter the dude wants before I start on the heavy heavy amount of heraldry >=D

Closeup of the grooves for the teeth. Those are the next. Funny how fast these projects come together once the planning is done heh.

 

[turtle509]

You should find a way to put a motor in it for a moving blade.

 

[thorn696]

Looking sweet. It's always nice to see you projects come to life.

 

[golem95]

nice work! i looked through your albums on fb and the props you have made are incredible! when you add lighting though, how do you get back in when batteries need to be changed etc, ive been trying to plan out a way to add lights to a weapon project of mine but i cant figure out how to make an easy access panel to install and change batteries on lights

 

[Djinn]

For my stuff I have always picked designs that enabled me to have an area for the majority of the electronics to hide. You just have to make it work for whatever you're dealing with.

Finished up the sanding for the parts I have done, been trying out a few color schemes.. Here where it currently stands (subject to change/repaint very soon). Pretty much just needed the blade red so I can properly figure out how I want the heraldry and trim to look/get a feel for red.

 

[soul products]

..........can we please get this guy out of the noob forum??? seriously dude awesome work... on everything lol

 

[Djinn]

Haha, thanks Soul. They'll let me out of here when I break down and build something from the right universe for once.. probably.

 

[Djinn]

More progress! Added more heraldry to the blade and am moving towards attaching everything.

I also started on the teeth, I really liked the look of the Aquila head teeth on the THQ chainsword.. so I'm making my own version of those teeth for this sword, out of thick pieces of sintra. Have.. quite a few more to cut and sand tomorrow haha.

Coming together, going to look at the handle pretty soon. Very shiny, this one.

 

[Finnlock]

Looking good. Nice detail work, really brings it toghter.

I see a flur de lis....Are you making this for a sister?

 

[jaybible]

Very impressive work as always! Do you have this post up on the RPF yet? Those teeth look like a pain!Any particular design you are basing the swork on?... seeing your great work really makes me wanna start an eldar build.

 

[Djinn]

Getting closer to finished! Mounted everything that needed to be mounted and added the teeth to the blade. Blade needs a clearcoat and some minor additional details, and I still have to add the vents/chapter heraldry to the hilt area.. but its getting pretty close!

Size comparison.

Close up of the teeth

Getting there!


... one day I'll get a real camera.

 

[SpartanRogue1]

That's a really killer looking chainsword. No spess mahrine is complete without one. Awesome!

 

[sgtski]

That is really impressive, great work!

 

[Djinn]

Well, it is finished. Shortened the handle a bit and am pretty much read to send it out to its new home. Hope you guys like it~

 

[Cereal Killl3r]

Looking good. I like the colouring of the chain guard. The detail is fantastic.
Keep it going, can't wait to see more.
Cheers.