The parts involved
Here are the parts of both Mephiston and Astorath after they arrived at the studio.

The client want's the converted Mephiston to be in a hovering pose using his psychic might to keep him aloft.

This would involve using Astorath's body to give the hovering pose but using Mephiston's top half to keep his arms, weapons and psychic hood to keep the original look.

Completed Build
Both Astorath and Mephiston were cut in half and then attached together. Mephiston's cloak was also hollowed out using an Industrial Grinder before attaching that to him aswell.

The skull lining of Mephiston's cloak was then resculpted with greenstuff aswell as resculpting any details that had been damaged in the cutting process and filling any gaps..

The scroll work from Astorath was then attached to the resin base, heated and bent slightly to fit more snugly and then Mephiston was attached to it.

Painting WIP Part 1
This picture shows Mephiston after applying all of the base colours to the model.

The model was first sprayed black and then each base colour was layered on. The red armour was painted with Mechrite Red, areas that would be gold were painted with Scroched Brown, metal areas with Boltgun Metal, purity seals and scrolls with Khemri Brown with the seals themselves Scab Red, the skin was painted Tallarn Flesh, the hair Snakebite Leather, shoulder pad wings Astronomican Grey and the plasma coils Regal Blue.

Painting WIP Part 2
This picture shows Mephiston after applying the first stage of definition to each of the colours.

The upper areas of the armour were highlighted with Blood Red with the segmented areas highlighted with a 50/50 Blood Red/Red Gore mix. Metal areas were highlighted with Chainmail and washed with Badab Black. The face and hair were washed with Ogryn Fesh. Scrollwork was layered with Kommando Khaki. Gold areas were painted Shining Gold, washed with Ogryn Flesh and highlighted with Shining Gold. The featherd shoulder pad was then washed with Asurmen Blue.

Painting WIP Part 3
This picture shows Mephiston after applying the second stage of definition .

The armour was highlighted with Blazing Orange through to Vomit Brown and then washed with Baal Red. Black areas were highlighted from a 50/50 Codex Grey/Chaos Black mix through to Fortress Grey. Parchment was layered with Bleached Bone. Gems with Scab Red and Warlock Purple. The shoulder pad feathers were layered with a 50/50 Fortress Grey/SKull White mix. The hair was highlighted with Desert Yellow and the Skin was highlighted from Dwarf Flesh through to Elf Flesh with the eyes being painted Scorched Brown.

Painting WIP Part 4
This picture shows Mephiston after applying the third stage of definition.

Metal areas were highlighted from Boltgun Metal to Chainmail. Gold from Shining Gold through to Burnished Gold. The plasma coils were highlghted form Ultramarines blue up to an 80/30 Ultramarines Blue/Skull White mix. The parchemant and shoulder pad feathers were highlighted with Skull White. All brown areas were highlighted from Scorched Brown to Bestial Brown and then washed with Devlan Mud. The face and hair were then highlighted with Bleached Bone and the eyes layered with Skull White.

Finished Model
This picture shows the completed model.

The gems were highlighted from Warlock purple through to a 70/30 Skull White/ Warlock Purple Mix. The parchement had writing added to it with Chaos Black and was then washed with Devlan Mud. The plasma coils were highlighted with Skull White. Then finally the pupils of the eyes were added with Scorched Brown, the sword and backpack were attached, the model was varnished matt and then the gems were given a gloss varnish to make them shine.

Finished Model - The Back
This picture shows the completed model from the back so you can see all the parchement work.

The model is now completely finished, packaged, and ready to ship to the client.