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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: zrunelord on September 10, 2019, 07:09:19 PM

Title: Gw Dark Eldar to Skitarii conversion
Post by: zrunelord on September 10, 2019, 07:09:19 PM

 Hello again all,
Tried this out .I put leftover skitarii parts on old Dark Eldar.
Might as well put them to use.
A plus point is that they add females which Gw seem to have not made.
More work required.Most probably I will add front & back tabards and a backpack of some sort.
Some of them really fit the bill, like the female officer.
Thanks for your comments.More pics at link
 Z
https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2019/09/gw-old-dark-eldar-to-skitarii.html (https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2019/09/gw-old-dark-eldar-to-skitarii.html)

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(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A5tO7I1PUxc/XXflj5CDtEI/AAAAAAAAN24/Qm8_6OufeTAq_D0vtfDM8zGZz5P-CtOUwCLcBGAs/s1600/20190910_180235.jpg)

Title: Re: Gw Dark Eldar to Skitarii conversion
Post by: zrunelord on September 18, 2019, 12:17:55 PM

Here they are, finished.
Now all they need is paint.

I think they came out great.

Goes to show what one can do with spare bits and a bit of imagination.

Very easy to do. The one that took the most time was the pointing one, as I had to pin the rifle halfs.

I just added guitar spring bits in some places, brown stuff tabards, sprue backpacks & pouches.

More pics at the link.
Z

https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2019/09/gw-old-dark-eldar-to-skitarii-part-2.html (https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2019/09/gw-old-dark-eldar-to-skitarii-part-2.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-weiMKquW3W8/XYHTu1KbXtI/AAAAAAAAN38/LxXw_0ECJxopjAdzzsNXt2R-6n42KiyiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20190917_230416-1937x622.jpg)

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(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jfRT5rAmV9Y/XYHTxB0uTeI/AAAAAAAAN4c/z99LWBftmC0LMe6Bjexg2_hbHhXbgMNVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20190917_230637-1828x623.jpg)

Title: Re: Gw Dark Eldar to Skitarii conversion
Post by: Eoin OCnaimhsi on September 30, 2019, 07:00:27 PM

Very nice work.

I like these a lot. Will be interesting to see a whole squad painted up.

Title: Re: Gw Dark Eldar to Skitarii conversion
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on September 30, 2019, 07:31:15 PM

Looking pretty good!

Title: Re: Gw Dark Eldar to Skitarii conversion
Post by: zrunelord on September 30, 2019, 08:08:00 PM

Thanks,
Am painting them at the moment..... should post soon..ish :D

Z

Title: Re: Gw Dark Eldar to Skitarii conversion
Post by: zrunelord on October 03, 2019, 04:05:20 PM

Here they are all painted up.
I like them.
20 more skitarii made from minis which would have been thrown away most probably .

Z
https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2019/10/gw-old-dark-eldar-to-skitarii-part-3.html (https://castrarunis.blogspot.com/2019/10/gw-old-dark-eldar-to-skitarii-part-3.html)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EwxCNwefj-w/XZYLudwac8I/AAAAAAAAN6U/JqKGt6iZWn0k0HmyZHv6R7Zt6R7KdjYfACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Painted%2BDE%2Bto%2Bskitarii%2Bconv%2B%25283%2529.jpg)

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H8pEX7x6RHE/XZYLwEWHPQI/AAAAAAAAN6s/sVmhavX3qXIRyD_8KK60fqQ3M0JgRDspQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Painted%2BDE%2Bto%2Bskitarii%2Bconv%2B%25287%2529.jpg)

more pics at link...

Title: Re: Gw Dark Eldar to Skitarii conversion
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on October 03, 2019, 06:09:34 PM

Nicely done, I think they look great!

Title: Re: Gw Dark Eldar to Skitarii conversion
Post by: CookAndrewB on October 03, 2019, 07:46:49 PM

They look good. Like new acolytes of the Machine God before they start taking on more and more mechanical parts. Maybe more biological at this point?

Were the Mechanicus parts just leftovers from the original sprue? I did always love that about GW. Ended up with leftover bits. Not just six bodies, six legs, etc etc.

Title: Re: Gw Dark Eldar to Skitarii conversion
Post by: zrunelord on October 03, 2019, 08:32:38 PM

Thanks,
Yes they were made from the skitarii original sprue left overs.( not the red one in the killteam box but the grey ones found in the kits).... and still have some bits to spare.
I think it's one of the winning features of Gw kits.

I must try to do something with the parts for 15mm.

Z

Title: Re: Gw Dark Eldar to Skitarii conversion
Post by: AWu on October 08, 2019, 10:29:09 AM

Surprisingly good  :-*  o_o lol

I have dozens of those guys for conversions (I ve bought them dirt cheap after new plastic were released) and some SKitarii bits.
Will give it a chance and name him Zrunelord :>

Title: Re: Gw Dark Eldar to Skitarii conversion
Post by: zrunelord on October 08, 2019, 02:56:53 PM

Thanks Awuu.
My name is Zee.....that would be a good name for a character also.
Do a very simple but worthwhile money saving conversion. 👍👍👍👍

Z