I’ve put in a fair few hours trying to get this fella painted up. Normally I paint a lot of my models in parts and assemble the finished thing at the end, though this was just one solid piece and proved extremely fiddly at times. Although it’s technically finished I think I can make some improvements and I’ll most likely add a lot of painted battle damage, as it always looks cool on yellow armour.
I forgot to take size comparison photo today but will try to remember when I finish adding battle damage.
I’ve always intended to use this conversion in the header of this website as well as a new avatar for forum and blog use. He’ll also feature as one of the HQs in my Lamenters army.
A quick update on progress with the Master of the Forge model I’ve been working on for a long time. As often happens with my conversions I couldn’t help myself from trying to improve it. It was bothering me that when I took a photo of the model the best angle to picture it from resulted in the scanner hand positioned oddly in the way.
So I stripped it off and built a new arm and a thunder hammer for him. I made a couple of attempts at the hammer as I wanted it to look more like a tool than weapon, figuring he’d be using it to bash armour plates back into shape. I think what I settled on works rather nicely.
For pics of the model before undercoating click here, here and here.
It’s been a while since I last posted anything, but I’ve kind of been preoccupied with other work and problems of late.
Anyhow, here’s my latest finished work, a squad of Scout Lion Riders (count as bikes).
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The scouts were made to fit on the lions back by modifying the greenstuff casts I made of the legs I previously sculpted. The approach to making these is essentially the same as the last actual scale Scout conversions I made. I may do a guide to making enlarged legs at a later date, though it’s not exactly simple. Here’s an image of how I made the enlarged scout torsos. The back is the back half of the original torso which the breather tubes have also been removed from. The front is obviously a power armour chest piece and is attached to the back with a blob of GS.
It’s certainly unusual for me to finish a project so quickly but the first Scout Squad is complete. All the legs were cast in greenstuff (surprisingly easier than resin). Otherwise these are pretty straightforward, I’ll show how I made the torso when I finish the Scout Biker “Lion Rider” squad, it’s simple but effective all the same. The plethora of scout accessories makes it simple to hide any gaps where the torso meets the legs, but the fit is pretty good anyway.
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They generally stand (34mm tall) head and shoulders above the regular metal and plastic scout models but are still shorter than the rest of my Actual Scale Space Marines (average 39mm tall).
Hi all, here I have the finished Assault Squad equipped with Mark V armour that I’ve been working on for a while. The complete rebuilding of the legs on all these conversions has really paid off and allowed for some decent jump-pack poses. Additionally the bulking up of the arms has worked out as a really nice alternative to using terminator arms and I think I’ll be using this approach again in future.
Well this one’s been waiting a while but I managed to finish my Grey Knight Chaplain tonight. Even when the model was finished I still didn’t feel I’d done justice to the image in my mind of how it should have looked. However, now that it is painted, I’ve got to say this has become one of my favourite conversions so far (of mine that is). It’s really fired me up to get a move on with the Grey Knights project… so 2 down, god knows how many to go 
He could probably do with a few small touches here and there to finish the paintjob properly and he needs a coat of Dullcote to remove the glossy look he’s got going on, but I’m pretty pleased with the result.
As a bit of fluff for him I’ve given him the title of Guardian of Names. He carries and protects one of the Grey Knights sacred tomes, a book that records the name of each and every Grey Knight to have died protecting mankind. If that’s not a role for a Chaplain I don’t know what is.
On the subject of Grey Knights, there’s now some chatter on the old interweb of a new Codex and new miniatures, hopefully this year. Personally I’m hoping for a surprise August release. This does mean that I’ll probably put some conversions on hold until I can see what new models I can use for converting my own Actual Scale Grey Knights and also what is potentially in the Codex. Whilst searching for rumours about this I came across one mention of Grey Knights getting Jetbikes, and I have to say I really like this idea. I hate the notion of giving them Jump Packs, but for some reason Jet Bikes sort of seems very appropriate to me as a Fast Attack selection. I’m sure we’ll see Stormravens and I’m hoping for Storm Troopers and GK Chaplains (for obvious reasons).
Today I put the final touches to 2 more Red Scorpions Captains. Not a great deal to say regarding the paintjob, but I have to say the one on foot has really grown on me since I started painting it. I’m not a great fan of the stock (brick shaped) bikes, so this conversion is an improvement in my eyes. It’s late… and I can’t think right now of anything else I need to say about these two. I’ll edit if anything comes to mind tomorrow.
Finally managed to put some finishing touches to the Red Scorpions I’ve been painting recently. Would have had these done a week or so ago but stressful times of late (plus a new dog to look after) have made life a bit difficult. I’ll be finishing the final two Red Scorpions this week.
The above model isn’t one of mine, just one I agreed to paint. He has a magnetized backpack/jump pack and was created by this guy. The intention with the power sword was to have it look like it was fashioned from a large tyranid bone sword or claw. It looks better in the flesh, unfortunately I’m having trouble taking decent photos right now (need to sort out some lighting).
This model you’ve seen before, unfortunately he needed a slight repaint as the client wanted a black and red scheme rather than grey and red. I also defined his digital weapons a little better.
I haven’t added battle damage to the lightning claw captain because I felt that if added to the camo scheme it would look too busy. If the client wants battle damage adding to the Culln model then I’ll do just that.
I hope to start on some component casting real soon, but I have a lot on my plate right now so if you’re interested in purchasing some, please be patient. Cheers.
Here we have the second finished Captain for the Red Scorpions (three more to come). The client requested the camo scheme used during the Badab War for this mini. The red jagged design didn’t stand out too well on the grey of the regular armour colour so I added a fine white line to separate the two. It took a while to figure out the colours and their balance but the final piece is rather pleasing to the eye, if I do say so myself.
Just a few bits of touching up, name on the banner and a base to finish.
