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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Pil on July 26, 2011, 07:49:30 PM
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Hello all! I haven't posted pics of unpainted conversions before (at least not without pics of the painted ones) but this seems like the right place to do it.
A customer in the Netherlands asked me to convert a Skaven warlord on a Rat Ogre Bonebreaker (basically a type of Rat Ogre) and a Skaven warlord on a Warlitter (a borne platform). He didn't have any models to convert so I gave him the full package for a fair price within his budget. Some friendly adventurers helped me out with the models: a rat ogre (thanks Mason!) a metal warlord and four Stormvermin (thanks eastern barbarian!). The second warlord came from the Isle of Blood set and was purchased on eBay. Here are the parts I used:
(http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd516/arjenpilon/skavenwarlordparts.jpg)
I first started work on the Rat Ogre because it seemed like more fun. I repositioned its left arm for a more gorilla-like walking pose, and started cutting away a lot of material from in between the legs of the metal warlord. Quite a chore, but this model was more suitable as a rider than the Isle of Blood one:
(http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd516/arjenpilon/bonebreaker01.jpg)
I extended the neck of the Rat Ogre to accommodate for the Warlord. Then I sculpted on all the extra detail needed to obscure the joins: fabric from the warlord, fur on the Rat Ogre, a warlord tail grabbing the Rat Ogre by the shoulder for extra support and a head bandage around the Rat Ogres left ear. The finished conversion looks a bit like this (more pics to follow):
(http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd516/arjenpilon/bonebreaker02-1.jpg)
With that conversion out of the way I started work on the Warlitter. After some dry fittingof the models I found there was no way I could fit it on a 40x40mm base and make it look good, as I wanted the bearers to be at the side of the platform and not directly under it. I made a custom 60x40mm base and glued on the Stormvermin bodies. I repositioned the arms and hands until they resembled a pose of litter bearers:
(http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd516/arjenpilon/warlitter01.jpg)
After that I built up a litter with wood and a bit of putty and finished the bearer models with more arms and heads, like so:
(http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd516/arjenpilon/warlitter12.jpg)
I didn't really change the Island of Blood warlord to be mounted on top of it except that I cut away the big stone it's standing on, so in the end both warlords turned out like this:
(http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd516/arjenpilon/warlords05.jpg)
(http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd516/arjenpilon/warlords04.jpg)
Well, I hope you like it and don't bother visiting speedpainter.nl, it's not there yet ;)
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They do the job 8)
Not keen on the new rat orges but that's just a personal opinion and not a reflection on what you have done :)
Could you give the warlord on the rat ogre some sort of saddle with a high back?
cheers
James
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They do the job 8)
Not keen on the new rat orges but that's just a personal opinion and not a reflection on what you have done :)
Could you give the warlord on the rat ogre some sort of saddle with a high back?
cheers
James
Oh, that's quite a nice idea though I have already sent the models to the customer. I wil keep it in mind though 8)