Skaven Warlord on Rat Ogre and Warlitter conversions [PICS]

[Pil]

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:



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:



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):



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:



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:



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:





Well, I hope you like it and don't bother visiting speedpainter.nl, it's not there yet

[OSHIROmodels]

They do the job 

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

[Pil]

They do the job 

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