Stormwall Conversion Update

The beast is taking shape. I've managed to get him all magnetized in a state that i can field him whole (goodbye to just legs on a base)!
I started by magnetizing his torso. Because this was an important joint to keep flush, this required some finagling. I drilled two holes in the torso piece first. These holes were determined after I decided the angle of his pose. this explains why they are slightly askew.

After that, I filled in the waist piece with putty. the next part is the best way to ensure that magnets are flush with any model. simply connect them! I placed 2 magnets over the torso magnets and pressed th etorso piece against the puttied waist piece. this results in 2 perfectly positioned and flushed up holes for the waist magnets to sit. Then after the putty was dry, I applied glue (putty or greenstuff alone may not always reliably hold magnets in place).

Something was missing, however. As you can see, there was too much space on the base. So i began to brainstorm and then I decided to throw in the anchor...what could POSSIBLY be more badass than a hulking metal monstrosity swinging around an old ship anchor!?! Trick question. The answer is clearly, "nothing."

I started by drawing an anchor on a post it note, getting a relative size down. then found an old lid with the right angled arc for the anchor bottom. I cut a piece from this and formed putty around it, freehand, until it vaguely resembled the slight taper of an anchor.

It needed a post, so I cut the inside inkwell of an old pen and connected it to the newly fashioned anchor. I cut little triangles out of plasticard to act as the anchor blades and fashioned them in place. all that was left were the support rods on the side which i threw together with toothpicks and a dab of putty on the end.

The end result looks pretty good for having been thrown together with scraps. Next was altering the hand. I connected the anchor to the hand using my girlfriends old necklace chain. I used his already "fist" hand and altered it to appear as though clenched over wrapped chains. this way the anchor is implied to be an epic weapon.

To add a sense of dynamic awesomeness, I decided to sink the anchor into the earth a bit as if Dr. Stormwallis had just hurled it ashore. to do this, I cut a small chunk out of the base for one of the anchor blades to occupy and formed up a bit of "earth" that the anchor displaced upon impact. the result is exactly the kind of dynamic space filler i had envisioned for the base and adds a bit of character and yet more nautical theming to my creation.

I magnetized the anchor to the base as well as the hand to the wrist, so that the entire contraption can be removed for storage OR as a failsafe if the chain accidentally catches on something.
The close-to-end result is something I am very proud of. Behold the mighty Stormwallis!