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Title: Kitbashed AoS miniature: The Beloved of Pyaray
Post by: Hobgoblin on 24 August 2015, 01:18:45 AM: I acquired one of those Age of Sigmar miniatures with the oversized hammers (the first thing to go under the knife!). I thought he might make a Moorcockian chaos champion for SBH and Dragon/Lion Rampant. So here he is - the Beloved of Pyaray:
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Post by: Hobgoblin on 24 August 2015, 01:22:54 AM: And some more:
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Post by: DowVooVoo on 24 August 2015, 01:34:25 AM: Very cool!
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Post by: beefcake on 24 August 2015, 01:47:45 AM: Very nice conversion! Love it.
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Post by: Ray Rivers on 24 August 2015, 02:43:19 AM: Great job on that shield!

:o :-*
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Post by: Vauln on 24 August 2015, 03:16:31 AM: Great conversion! I really like the paint job and the shield is excellent. One minor detail, I kinda with the mace had a spike on the top.
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Post by: MartinShamutantis on 24 August 2015, 08:23:21 AM: Nice shield!
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Post by: Tactalvanic on 24 August 2015, 08:26:45 AM: Excellent conversion, agree the shield is particularly nice work.
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Post by: Psychoflexible on 24 August 2015, 10:37:12 AM: The freehand on the shield is just awsome ! :-*

Good job this is the best version of the sigmarine I ever saw !
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Post by: Reed on 24 August 2015, 10:45:28 AM: Now this is a sigmarine I could like.
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Post by: Torben on 24 August 2015, 10:53:19 AM: Great conversion and I really love that shield design!
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Post by: Hobgoblin on 24 August 2015, 04:38:54 PM: Many thanks, all!

Quote from: Vauln on 24 August 2015, 03:16:31 AM
Great conversion! I really like the paint job and the shield is excellent. One minor detail, I kinda with the mace had a spike on the top.

Yes, I think that would improve it. The mace is quite fragile, though - not, oddly enough, where I transplanted the head, but where the haft meets the hand (it's broken halfway through several times). I might try to "melt" a suitable spike on with plastic cement, but it will be a delicate task.

I showed the miniature to my son this morning and asked if he liked the octopus shield. "Daddy," he said scornfully, "That's more like Cthulhu than an octopus. Octopuses don't have reptilian eyes."
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Post by: Duncan McDane on 24 August 2015, 05:07:12 PM: I thought you were aiming for Cthulhu, since it was absolutely spot on lol.
As said, nice conversion, best use for the Sigmarines I've seen so far.
Title: Re: Kitbashed AoS miniature: The Beloved of Pyaray
Post by: Hobgoblin on 25 August 2015, 11:08:53 PM: Quote from: Duncan McDane on 24 August 2015, 05:07:12 PM
I thought you were aiming for Cthulhu, since it was absolutely spot on lol.
As said, nice conversion, best use for the Sigmarines I've seen so far.

Thanks! Yes, Cthulhu was lurking in the background (along with a nagging feeling that Pyaray was actually red - but never mind).

Here's the Beloved with some followers:
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Post by: nic-e on 25 August 2015, 11:10:30 PM: YES!! YES YES YES!! lol

( i need a flannel.)
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Post by: OSHIROmodels on 26 August 2015, 08:16:24 AM: Excellent work 8) 8) 8)

Have you used a pen for the detail on the shield? That's not to detract from how good it is by the way :)

cheers

James
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Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on 26 August 2015, 08:21:33 AM: Your shields are so amazing :-* very old scool!
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Post by: Hobgoblin on 26 August 2015, 09:51:48 AM: Many thanks!

Quote from: jimbibbly on 26 August 2015, 08:16:24 AM
Excellent work 8) 8) 8)

Have you used a pen for the detail on the shield? That's not to detract from how good it is by the way :)

Yes, I used a pen for the very darkest lines on the shield. It speeds up the process considerably. I've been experimenting a bit with pens on miniatures recently. I remember that the painting articles by John Blanche and Aly Morrison that I read in my misspent youth were always recommending pens - but the right sort were prohibitively expensive then!
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Post by: OSHIROmodels on 26 August 2015, 10:14:41 AM: Rotring if I remember correctly. I used to read those articles as well :)

cheers

James
Title: Re: Kitbashed AoS miniature: The Beloved of Pyaray
Post by: Hobgoblin on 26 August 2015, 10:32:03 AM: That's it! I remember trying with an equivalent Staedler pen, but the standard ink didn't appear to be waterproof ...