I love how the hairy skin on the head of the necron implies he removed the helmet to scalp the head and then had to gently place it back on the skull with his big sword fingers
It gets even better when you realise that flayed ones have a tendency to sew the skin together as well It gives me the image of a group of them sitting a circle stitching body parts together over tea while talking about current affairs
Trov, your conversion/sculpting videos are quickly becoming my favorite content on your channel. The misters of battle was amazing, and this one is also amazing. It is hypnotic to see you sculpt. It is so inspiring to see you tackle a project like this from beginning to end. Thanks a lot, man.
Wow! I too found that picture of the Flayed One with the skeleton mounted above his head to be awesome. Your version is sick, perfect candidate for a Flayed One lord. I hope you add the full painting stream to the channel.
love a bit of kitbashing, I'm allergic to green stuff and miliput so I tend to lean more towards repurposing bits than sculpting (although I still use green stuff as I have less of a reaction to it, and I know roughly how much I can use before risking my head swelling up like a balloon) I like the addition of the hair for comedy value, in a way it kinda makes it scarier.
Lol I'm allergic to pewter so I sort of get your pain with the hobby. Lucky for me pewter has been essentially phased out but oh man did I used to struggle
Is it the odor? You can wear nitrile gloves if it's a contact issue with skin. You can even double up on nitrile and wear two or three pairs if it's serious enough. You just have to use a lot of lubricant (water-based is probably the best with nitrile, but I think petrol jelly would work, too) to prevent the gloves from tearing due to the stickiness of the putty. If you get a bowl of water, you can mix the greenstuff underwater. Milliput is tricky because it's water-soluble, so you'll waste material if you knead it underwater. I'll use vinyl gloves like this when handling acetone. Vinyl is cheaper, but it's not as form-fitting, which isn't ideal when you're trying to sculpt.
@@nekrataali I dunno what it is that causes it but I've litterally worn the type of gloves you use for washing the pots (big thick rubber ones) and still had reactions, I think it's the oils in them because I have some really old green stuff thats quite dried out and that doesn't affect me as bad. I can't wear gloves and sculpt because it just messes me up, I need the tactile response from my finger tips and gloves just make it to difficult. I can get by using small amounts of green stuff at a time, but miliput is far more severe of a reaction, it's straight to A&E if I touch that stuff, way to dangerous for me to try anything in case it doesn't work.
@@tabletop-mini-showcase lol yeah it's a struggle for sure especially because I'm also an Oldhammer appreciator, specifically old Grots/Snotlings and Squigs. Thankfully gloves help a ton but I find not being able to directly touch and explore the model affects my paintjobs I'm not sure if that makes sense
What kind of clay do you use? That stuff seems like magic The way it responds so well to your sculpting and moulding. Of course it helps that you're amazing at it as well.
This is amazing! I'm new to 40k and really gravitated to the Necron Flayed ones. I was tinkering w the idea of kit bashing other Necrons and showing how they are slowly turning into flayed ones. Seeing that the idea of having bodies on them is doable, You just made my night!
This guy reminds me a lot of Lord Unbau (might not be spelled like that, I don't remember...) from Mechanicus - The Flayed one Lord. This would fit so well as a higher level Flayed One, or as one of his personal bodyguards. 10/10
absolutely superb conversion, superb paintjob. The movement of the pose conveyed through the hanging skin, the slightly off-centre stolen haircut (!) and the orange glow give it a sinister, creepy look. Poor Steve!
Kinda made me think of the godskin apostles from elden ring and that it would be interesting to see some noble necrons that got corrupted but retained some higher thought. They would still kill and flay, just be a little more sophisticated when it comes to the skin clothing
This video was extremely helpful! I have a new airbrush, and noticing how yours works definitely makes realize my gun isn't working properly. I'm definitely going to have to save up and invest in similar hardware, amazing tutorial, thank you!
8:24 My man, I was talking with my girlfriend about Edward Scissor hands movie (it was in spanish) and when we ended talking, the algorithm showed me your video, it was really into it but then this part appears, you didn't said anything about the movie, nobody speaks in that scene, but it's that movie that we where talking about, you uploaded this video 2 months ago, the algorithm just heard me about that movie, realized I follow you, that you have a scene about that movie, and then recommend it to me. The algorithm is listening and it's very creepy.
I love how camp his pose is, for all the grimdarkness of the model. I think it's a bit of a missed opportunity that there isn't a bt of a human skin shawl draped over the left arm too...
i am fairly new to the hobby (atleast taking part in it, not only watching videos) and still am close to the vanilla models... but this is what i want to archive, thanks for the inspiration with time i will sprinkle in mor kitbashing and sculpting as i go!
If you don't mind me asking, what sort of clay are you using? I know you've mentioned milliput in vidoes in the past, but this looks different? Or am I mistaken and it's just normal milliput Edit: Just noticed someone has already asked further down. Love the look of the end result!
u have no idea how much u helped me. wanted to do a necron army with a lava theme and this is EXACTLY what i needed. love ur content as always, keep it up
Great work. like here I hope you will be able to go back and paint that awesome night lords conversion you did a while ago. Was too cool to leave unfinished.
I tried to do a glowing green eye effect with some Skaven eyes. My Vallejo Game Color Fluorescent Green and Fluorescent Yellow are so chalky that I find them unusable. 😞 maybe I just got a bad batch.
As someone who really sucks at sculpting but is trying to learn, that clay looks like a fun material to work with, I may have missed it but do you guys know what its called?
It looks like Super-Fine White Milliput. Learning to sculpt using putty like this is great because you can start small. A bit of fur here, some rocks there, etc. If you want something really forgiving, try polymer clay. FIMO professional is really nice. The downside is you need oil-based product (such as petroleum jelly) as lubricant since you can't use water and you have to make armatures with greenstuff over wire. Basically, you make a skeleton of the thing you want to sculpt in wire, cover it with a really thin layer of pure greenstuff, then put a thin layer of polymer clay covering this before the greenstuff cures. Polymer clay needs to be baked in an oven, so after you let it sit for ~12 hours, the clay will have fused with the putty, but will still be malleable. You have to do this to prevent the clay from shifting when you sculpt. Polymer will only stick to itself once baked, but you can sculpt something, bake it as a "save point," then add more clay to keep working. Otherwise, it will be sculpt-able for years, allowing you to make mistakes but easily fix them. You can practice making more complex sculptures like heads, hands, guns, or even entire models. Regular two-part epoxy putties and super glue can be used on polymer once it's been baked, so you can attach things to your minis. Just remember super glue, acrylic paint, and plastic can't go in the oven 😂 Tom Mason and "The Mini Sculpting Super Show" has the best tutorials anywhere on TH-cam. I'd recommend checking him out for topics Trovarion doesn't cover.
Great video T. Always love seeing your creative process and seeing your version of that artwork come to life was awesome. I've got a box of flayed ones to build at some point, this is inspiring me to make one of them a Flayed one lord/Flayed king
This is absolutely unbelievable - you're out of this world, Trov! Someday I hope to be able to enter some competitions; PLEASE let me know before you enter these so I know to stay home and put in an extra 500 hours...
I have a feeling that when it comes to time investment you need to be more afraid of other nerds than me because I really don't have the patience anymore to put so many hours into one thing 😅
@@trovarion do you do a lot of competitions anymore? You seem like the kind of guy that has done enough and won enough to not get excited about that anymore 😂. I can't believe you read that whole comment btw!
@@zramirez5471 i get an itch now and then to enter, but I have nothing to prove anymore - I just purely paint for fun. And dumping houndreds of hours into a single mini isn't fun to me at the moment. Doesn't mean it can't change in the future - and I also took entering the Everchosen in 2019 relatively serious and ngl, placing 3rd and being able to go to Warhammer World and all that was pretty fun. So,who knows.
@@trovarion Absolutely. Just wetting or lubricating your cutting tool as usual. Because the tool is obviously still sticking to the putty. LastLightCreative put me onto it. Its also a great surface to roll putty flat on, like you would in baking.
Hey. Just to make it clear, this is, IMO, a gorgeous model, 100%. But because it is so good looking, I feel that one tiny tidbit stands more out to me; You said you wanted the skeleton to look older, and hey, it does! But if the skeleton is that old that it has decoloured like it has, would the skin then still be attached like it is? And if yes, would it still be that vibrant/"fresh" in colour? It's just a thought on my part, that moreso "annoys" me than anything, but it was just a thought. Again, 11/10, would get stabbed again.
Awesome, these smaller creative projects really motivate me to hobby, incredible looking unique mini that didn't take months. P.S. minor editing mistake in last few seconds I think, doesn't detract though.
For some weird reasons I would have liked the Necron painted in a bright and friendly colour scheme. Looks like that the older I get I become more twisted.
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There should be a Necron Flayed one that doesn’t have flayed skin on by default do it’s easier to make them unique
@L'ancêtre Gurdil Thanks! I only paint.
hi just have a question : "what kind of clay you were using in the video?"
did you use apoxie sculpt for this?
I find it difficult to get my head around the fact that this is a 40k mini, not some large display figure. The detail is amazing.
It isn't even a character either, just a flayed one. That being said I like having a slightly special figure in each unit as the unit leader.
I love how the hairy skin on the head of the necron implies he removed the helmet to scalp the head and then had to gently place it back on the skull with his big sword fingers
It gets even better when you realise that flayed ones have a tendency to sew the skin together as well
It gives me the image of a group of them sitting a circle stitching body parts together over tea while talking about current affairs
@@nuttyboi6645 do you think they would treat flesh like how kids treat bananas with dark spots
@@nuttyboi6645 🤣 i love that mental image
I really REALLY like this model. You seem like it's so easy to make what you have in your mind. Well done again, sir !
Trov, your conversion/sculpting videos are quickly becoming my favorite content on your channel. The misters of battle was amazing, and this one is also amazing. It is hypnotic to see you sculpt. It is so inspiring to see you tackle a project like this from beginning to end.
Thanks a lot, man.
Wow! I too found that picture of the Flayed One with the skeleton mounted above his head to be awesome. Your version is sick, perfect candidate for a Flayed One lord. I hope you add the full painting stream to the channel.
Thank you! All past live streams are acessible through the discord!
@@trovarionI wish there were models of Flayed Ones that didn’t have skin in by default so they’d be easier to kitbash.
It was nice catching your impromptu livestream yesterday where you started painting this guy!
a whole unit of these boys would be soo nice despite the amount of hours and patience you would need to do so haha. Great job man!
I love the scale of this model and how it is more artwork accurate in every way, also amazing paint job such a good video!!
love a bit of kitbashing, I'm allergic to green stuff and miliput so I tend to lean more towards repurposing bits than sculpting (although I still use green stuff as I have less of a reaction to it, and I know roughly how much I can use before risking my head swelling up like a balloon) I like the addition of the hair for comedy value, in a way it kinda makes it scarier.
Lol I'm allergic to pewter so I sort of get your pain with the hobby. Lucky for me pewter has been essentially phased out but oh man did I used to struggle
Is it the odor? You can wear nitrile gloves if it's a contact issue with skin. You can even double up on nitrile and wear two or three pairs if it's serious enough. You just have to use a lot of lubricant (water-based is probably the best with nitrile, but I think petrol jelly would work, too) to prevent the gloves from tearing due to the stickiness of the putty. If you get a bowl of water, you can mix the greenstuff underwater. Milliput is tricky because it's water-soluble, so you'll waste material if you knead it underwater.
I'll use vinyl gloves like this when handling acetone. Vinyl is cheaper, but it's not as form-fitting, which isn't ideal when you're trying to sculpt.
@@nekrataali I dunno what it is that causes it but I've litterally worn the type of gloves you use for washing the pots (big thick rubber ones) and still had reactions, I think it's the oils in them because I have some really old green stuff thats quite dried out and that doesn't affect me as bad. I can't wear gloves and sculpt because it just messes me up, I need the tactile response from my finger tips and gloves just make it to difficult. I can get by using small amounts of green stuff at a time, but miliput is far more severe of a reaction, it's straight to A&E if I touch that stuff, way to dangerous for me to try anything in case it doesn't work.
@@strategogod I'd hate that, I love old hammer stuff!!
@@tabletop-mini-showcase lol yeah it's a struggle for sure especially because I'm also an Oldhammer appreciator, specifically old Grots/Snotlings and Squigs. Thankfully gloves help a ton but I find not being able to directly touch and explore the model affects my paintjobs I'm not sure if that makes sense
You have been killing with these lately, I hope you will keep posting this type of videos!
What kind of clay do you use? That stuff seems like magic The way it responds so well to your sculpting and moulding.
Of course it helps that you're amazing at it as well.
Magic Sculp(t) grey
That orange glow is hands down the best lighting effects i've seen painted, well done
the tuft of hair is really striking! adds so much character
This is amazing! I'm new to 40k and really gravitated to the Necron Flayed ones. I was tinkering w the idea of kit bashing other Necrons and showing how they are slowly turning into flayed ones. Seeing that the idea of having bodies on them is doable, You just made my night!
Now you just need to kitbash 9 more to get a full squad 😂 amazing work as always
Trovarion: "We do a little kitbashing"
The troops of Cadia: "OH EMPEROR PLEASE NO!"
Me: "Wow! That looks awesome!"
This guy reminds me a lot of Lord Unbau (might not be spelled like that, I don't remember...) from Mechanicus - The Flayed one Lord. This would fit so well as a higher level Flayed One, or as one of his personal bodyguards. 10/10
I really like these kitbash/modelling videos.
absolutely superb conversion, superb paintjob. The movement of the pose conveyed through the hanging skin, the slightly off-centre stolen haircut (!) and the orange glow give it a sinister, creepy look. Poor Steve!
I love the creativity that these conversion type videos bring, looks great!
This is actually terrifying, never thought a 28mm mini could look so menacing!
Kinda made me think of the godskin apostles from elden ring and that it would be interesting to see some noble necrons that got corrupted but retained some higher thought. They would still kill and flay, just be a little more sophisticated when it comes to the skin clothing
Seriously ... you probably made with kitbash, the new flayed ones of 2025. I'm speachless. It's just perfect. wow
This video was extremely helpful! I have a new airbrush, and noticing how yours works definitely makes realize my gun isn't working properly. I'm definitely going to have to save up and invest in similar hardware, amazing tutorial, thank you!
8:24
My man, I was talking with my girlfriend about Edward Scissor hands movie (it was in spanish) and when we ended talking, the algorithm showed me your video, it was really into it but then this part appears, you didn't said anything about the movie, nobody speaks in that scene, but it's that movie that we where talking about, you uploaded this video 2 months ago, the algorithm just heard me about that movie, realized I follow you, that you have a scene about that movie, and then recommend it to me.
The algorithm is listening and it's very creepy.
I love how camp his pose is, for all the grimdarkness of the model. I think it's a bit of a missed opportunity that there isn't a bt of a human skin shawl draped over the left arm too...
That conversion looks amazing!
I've long wanted to make a Flayer Lord. This is great inspiration. Looks wonderful.
i am fairly new to the hobby (atleast taking part in it, not only watching videos) and still am close to the vanilla models... but this is what i want to archive, thanks for the inspiration
with time i will sprinkle in mor kitbashing and sculpting as i go!
If you don't mind me asking, what sort of clay are you using? I know you've mentioned milliput in vidoes in the past, but this looks different? Or am I mistaken and it's just normal milliput
Edit: Just noticed someone has already asked further down. Love the look of the end result!
That scalp/face part is gruesomely awesome.
I always love how this channel motivates me to go the extra mile with my miniatures, thank you brother!
Been looking for a good guide to doing flayed flesh, fantastic work!
the flayed ones really need to be their own faction, they have so much potential!
Those are one of the most challenging miniatures to build! With the original parts I stayed almost 40 minutes per mini
Your sculpting ability blows my mind every time.
What clay are you using ? I never saw one like this…
Wow great conversion. What clay are you using? It looks to be easier to work with than green stuff.
Magic Sculp(t) grey
@@trovarion cool thanks, 👍 I'll try some out.
Love how you did the kitbash, for some unknown reason I had the song phantom of the opera going through my head lol.
Respekt! Tolle Arbeit, besonders der „Glow-Effekt“ 👍
u have no idea how much u helped me. wanted to do a necron army with a lava theme and this is EXACTLY what i needed.
love ur content as always, keep it up
Great work. like here I hope you will be able to go back and paint that awesome night lords conversion you did a while ago. Was too cool to leave unfinished.
_be runnin' up that road_
_be runnin' up that hill_
_be runnin' up that building_
I tried to do a glowing green eye effect with some Skaven eyes. My Vallejo Game Color
Fluorescent Green and Fluorescent Yellow are so chalky that I find them unusable. 😞 maybe I just got a bad batch.
As someone who really sucks at sculpting but is trying to learn, that clay looks like a fun material to work with, I may have missed it but do you guys know what its called?
think it's milliput. i remember him talking about it in his video about sculpting. here's the link /watch?v=enplS4P0Vh0
It looks like Super-Fine White Milliput. Learning to sculpt using putty like this is great because you can start small. A bit of fur here, some rocks there, etc.
If you want something really forgiving, try polymer clay. FIMO professional is really nice. The downside is you need oil-based product (such as petroleum jelly) as lubricant since you can't use water and you have to make armatures with greenstuff over wire. Basically, you make a skeleton of the thing you want to sculpt in wire, cover it with a really thin layer of pure greenstuff, then put a thin layer of polymer clay covering this before the greenstuff cures. Polymer clay needs to be baked in an oven, so after you let it sit for ~12 hours, the clay will have fused with the putty, but will still be malleable. You have to do this to prevent the clay from shifting when you sculpt.
Polymer will only stick to itself once baked, but you can sculpt something, bake it as a "save point," then add more clay to keep working. Otherwise, it will be sculpt-able for years, allowing you to make mistakes but easily fix them. You can practice making more complex sculptures like heads, hands, guns, or even entire models. Regular two-part epoxy putties and super glue can be used on polymer once it's been baked, so you can attach things to your minis. Just remember super glue, acrylic paint, and plastic can't go in the oven 😂
Tom Mason and "The Mini Sculpting Super Show" has the best tutorials anywhere on TH-cam. I'd recommend checking him out for topics Trovarion doesn't cover.
Magic Sculp(t) grey
Lovely mini, thanks for sharing.
The old skeleton looks great, gonna steal that :)
Go for it!
Love It! Need to try this on a necron Kill Team.
Great video 👍 I love it when you share your creativity AND painting skills. I can never do what you do, but I learn each time.
Looks amazing, keep up the awesome work
Could you provide a link to the sclupting putty that you use? Sorry if I missed it somewhere.
I think he mentions it in his last video ‘mister of battle’. It’s similar to milliput but can’t remember the name
It looks like Super-Fine White Milliput.
Magic Sculp(t) grey
Amazing work as always. I love this kitbash. The video was fun,what can I say. The video was fun, what can I say.
Loved watching this in the live stream. Please keep those going!
Super Nice job! What kind of epoxy putty do you use?
Magic Sculp(t) grey
Masterpiece :) Would fit 100% for a flayed one character =)
Great video T. Always love seeing your creative process and seeing your version of that artwork come to life was awesome. I've got a box of flayed ones to build at some point, this is inspiring me to make one of them a Flayed one lord/Flayed king
Hi Trovarion, nice done, really cool conversion. Can you tell us what kind of polymer clay you use please ? Thanks.
Not polymer, Magic Sculp(t) grey
@@trovarion Thank you ;)
This is absolutely unbelievable - you're out of this world, Trov! Someday I hope to be able to enter some competitions; PLEASE let me know before you enter these so I know to stay home and put in an extra 500 hours...
I have a feeling that when it comes to time investment you need to be more afraid of other nerds than me because I really don't have the patience anymore to put so many hours into one thing 😅
@@trovarion do you do a lot of competitions anymore? You seem like the kind of guy that has done enough and won enough to not get excited about that anymore 😂. I can't believe you read that whole comment btw!
@@zramirez5471 i get an itch now and then to enter, but I have nothing to prove anymore - I just purely paint for fun. And dumping houndreds of hours into a single mini isn't fun to me at the moment. Doesn't mean it can't change in the future - and I also took entering the Everchosen in 2019 relatively serious and ngl, placing 3rd and being able to go to Warhammer World and all that was pretty fun. So,who knows.
This is so cool great job on it and love the conversions keep it up.
What clay/putty do you recommend for scultping?
Depends on what you want to sculpt!
@@trovarion More often clothing and coats, but I’d like to try hair and flesh after watching this.
THIS is one of the coolest things I've seen for Necrons all year.
Love the touch of hair.such I cool little detail that really adds a level of creepy to it.
What exactly is the clay called? Or where to buy?
just wondering what sprue the cadian helmet came from? I cant quite place it
Cadia stands box. But it's basically the sprues for the standard shock troops.
You’re a talented man, Trovarion 💪🏻
This is amazing! Great video for an amazing build.
That skin mask was the greatest thing I've ever seen. 🤯
try using baking paper, the same you use for the wet palette, to make to sheet cuts of putty 9:40 Works incredibly well and with no mess
Can you skip adding water that way? I need to try it.
@@trovarion Absolutely. Just wetting or lubricating your cutting tool as usual. Because the tool is obviously still sticking to the putty. LastLightCreative put me onto it. Its also a great surface to roll putty flat on, like you would in baking.
What clay do you use?
Broooooo I love this! Definitely gonna try some epoxy clay!!
Hey.
Just to make it clear, this is, IMO, a gorgeous model, 100%. But because it is so good looking, I feel that one tiny tidbit stands more out to me;
You said you wanted the skeleton to look older, and hey, it does! But if the skeleton is that old that it has decoloured like it has, would the skin then still be attached like it is? And if yes, would it still be that vibrant/"fresh" in colour?
It's just a thought on my part, that moreso "annoys" me than anything, but it was just a thought.
Again, 11/10, would get stabbed again.
what kind of clay is that? It looks lovely to work with.
Magic Sculp(t) grey. It's in the description.
I’ve never heard of this magic sculpt clay. How come you use this over milliput?
less sticky and doesnt dissolve so easy with water.
whats benefit of clay over epoxy?
It's epoxy, i just call it clay. 20 year old habbits die slowly. Sorry.
This is such a cool kitbash!
Awesome kit bash and amazing paint job.
When you use the vallejo metallics, do you use anything to thicken them? They are very thin out of the pot.
no
I love the conversion, but I hate the skeleton on the back, I have the old ones and I cut all those bodies off the backs of all of them
Absolutely awesome conversion and great video!
This looks awesome I would totally do this if I could sculpt remotely as good as that 😂
what sculpting clay did you use?
See description!
Man this is excellent! Great job with the regular content
Can you tell me wich airbrush u are using i got an infinity 0.2 and the spray area is so huuge
Yeah, i use that same airbrush
@@trovarion But wich nozzle do you use?? The muzzle is different and its so precise
@@euphoria7046 0.4
Awesome, these smaller creative projects really motivate me to hobby, incredible looking unique mini that didn't take months.
P.S. minor editing mistake in last few seconds I think, doesn't detract though.
Ah...derp...at least it's at the end so only a few will hear it 🤣
Was that 0.2 mm or 0.15mm airbrush during that airbrushing?
0.4 🫣
homies screen name in the mech ad was BONG ABUSER LOOOOOL
Ikr?
I love how all the pilots are overwatch ripoffs
I would really love to purchase this model for my sons Kill Team!
Amazing!! The flesh with hair across the face is spectacular. Incredible job.
Incredible work dude, looks awesome 😁❤️👍🏻
I can feel, that you had a lot of fun doing this =)
STEVE! What are you doing sitting on top of that killer robot?!
Excellent. Title of video is accurate.
FUH FUH FUH FIRST to the awesome kitbash tutorial!
Great video and awesome result. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Cheers!
For some weird reasons I would have liked the Necron painted in a bright and friendly colour scheme. Looks like that the older I get I become more twisted.
That looks absolutely amazing!
Awesome video - very inspiring!
Beautiful work! 💀
if you need an alternative to the older gw skeleton warriors, wargames atlantic does sublime skeletons for a pretty great price.
Looks awesome 😎