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Blacksails wrote:I'd love to!

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If I had any painted. I'm probably one of the slowest painters ever and I'm trying to get through painting all my tanks first. Then I have to paint 3x 30-man blobs with three 5-man PCS, and a CCS...so...110 Mordians. Plus spares and some lascannon teams. Maybe your painting will get me off my arse and paint a batch.

Nice! I know the weight of all those models must be heavy on your mind and I can fully understand taking your time and completing projects. I've got a lot ahead of me as well and the plan is breaking it up into chunks of assembly line painting. The scheme I'm working towards is constantly being reworked in my head.

I'm going to try Regal Blue on the coat, to keep it still blue and break up the colors of blue on the model.

I've been working on my models more today.


Assembling and basing the new models, getting them ready for priming.


Mordian Iron Guard Melta gun and Standard Conversion created using the Sergeant model. I removed the chain sword and laspistol, then trimmed and superglued a meltagun to the sergeants pistol hand. For the Standard, I drilled into the hand and the flag cut by a friend, clipped a small paperclip for pinning and superglued the whole thing. I may add a pistol holster and/or a sword in the sheath to this model.


Mordian Iron Guard Melta gun and Standard Conversion. Sergeant model for comparison.






Mordian Iron Guard Flamer Conversion




Mordian Iron Guard Tank Commander Conversion. The inspiration for this guy came from the Tank Commander mem "Drive me closer, I want to hit them with my sword!" I'm hoping this came out well.


I plan to use the autocannons from this to make a Hydra conversion using either a Hellhound or Chimera as the base model. I'll magnetize the guns so they can be used on other models/conversions.

awesome conversions

for the meme commander i would not have used the stick arm... the sword arm is quite a good choice... empire one? i would have chosen the yelling arm from the HW team...

but a classic meme and a brilliant conversion that will be much fun on the table

guardsman 68 wrote:awesome conversions

Thank you! I'm trying to work out different ideas and its been an interesting journey.

Viktor von Domm wrote:for the meme commander i would not have used the stick arm... the sword arm is quite a good choice... empire one? i would have chosen the yelling arm from the HW team...

but a classic meme and a brilliant conversion that will be much fun on the table

Thanks! Comments are always welcome, thats how I learn about new bits and pieces as well as techniques. I didn't know there was a left handed pointing arm in the heavy weapons team.

I was going to use the yelling arm from the cadian command sprue, yet it was right handed and the arm from the meme is a left handed pointing arm. I haven't picked up any other kits for bits as I'm trying to hold off on purchasing plastic Cadians, if I do get any, they'll turn into conscripts or whiteshields. I almost put a pair of binoculars in his other hand, yet felt that a 'swagger stick' in his left hand would add to the awesomeness of the model.

The sword hand was a bits donation from a friend at Aero Hobbies, so I'm not clear on which faction it came from. It was armored w/chain mail showing, the sword itself has a kind of fleur de li on the blade, but that just may be part of the design.

I may expand on this with future Tank Commanders, I'll be trying to get him to look more Mordian.

the arm i meant was this one:



that way he would not be pointing but more yelling to the crew...

or you could take this arm here:

and cut off a hand from wargames factory if you have, cause they have this poining arm...:


or



but anyway... he still looks cool...as for making him look even more mordian i would simply raise the collar of his jacket...i think this would then fully look the part! o course epaulettes would also be nice...

Viktor von Domm wrote:the arm i meant was this one:
that way he would not be pointing but more yelling to the crew...
or you could take this arm here:
and cut off a hand from wargames factory if you have, cause they have this poining arm...:
but anyway... he still looks cool...as for making him look even more mordian i would simply raise the collar of his jacket...i think this would then fully look the part! o course epaulettes would also be nice...

I see what you mean and I had taken a look at that arm (the one minus the hand) I just couldn't find a left hand pointing at the time. There is an tutorial for greenstuffing epaulets/shoulder boards, I'm just not there with my green stuff skills yet.

Perry Miniatures Heavy Cavalry models will be used as the foundation for my Mordian Iron Guard Rough Riders. This kit arrived fast! It has 14 models in it, so I've got mounts and troops ready to be converted. I'll need to craft lances and utilize the Cadian Officer heads I've ordered as conversions. I like that there is a trumpet model, I may just add/convert that arm into one of the generic Mordian lasgun models.








Now, this next bit might cause some players to groan, but I've been looking at options for vehicle conversions. Take a look and let me know what you think. This is the company for both the Demolisher proxy and my Hydra conversion, these are cheap 1:32 or 1:35 scale tank/halftrack I bought for $12.


This was a cheap 1:32 or 1:35 scale tank I bought for $12 and cut down a piece of plastic tubing to create a Leman Russ Demolisher proxy.


I've put it next to a chimera chassis and a Mordian Iron Guard model for scale comparison.


I've put a Mordian Iron Guard model from the heavy weapons team in the drivers seat for scale comparison.


Quad Autocannon turret system from the Aegis Defence terrain set. I'll be using this to simulate a hydra.




I've put the Quad Autocannon turret system from the terrain set. I'll be using this to simulate a hydra. I added the terrain pieces as armor for the vehicle, yet I'm not sure if it needs it.






The base of the turret is magnetized to the model, so this can be removed and used elsewhere.


Sentinel Scout Conversion Process: I received this sentinel in a trade today at Fat Ogre a local game store (near The Woodlands, Texas), I was looking forward to getting a sentinel and to pick one up I could take apart was pretty dang awesome.


I'll be using the top half of this Mordian Iron Guard Heavy Weapons model as the pilot of the Sentinel.


I began by clipping the cage from the model. I'll set that to the side and will use a pair of pliers to pull the pilot apart and out of the vehicle. I felt like I was using the jaws of life on this guy and then I tore him apart.


I began by clipping the cage from the model. I'll set that to the side and will use a pair of pliers to pull the pilot apart and out of the vehicle.


I got this Sentinel today and will be making some adjustments to it to convert it to a Mordian Sentinel. I began by clipping the cage from the model. I'll set that to the side and will use a pair of pliers to pull the pilot apart and out of the vehicle. I pulled the head off, then the left arm, then right arm and finally I was able to get a grip on the torso to pull that out of the sentinel cockpit.


I cut the pilot torso in half to keep the legs and set the Mordian Iron Guard Heavy weapons model top torso on top of the legs, then set him inside the cockpit.


I cut the pilot torso in half to keep the legs and set the Mordian Iron Guard Heavy weapons model top torso on top of the legs, then set him inside the cockpit. Then I set the cage back on top to get a look at the model.


I also picked up a slew of models of named characters (Straken, Marbo), some Psykers to complete my squad of 10, Ratlings for the fun of it, Servitors, Missionary, Regimental Advisors set and maybe some other models and hobby gear.

As always I welcome your comments and suggestions! Thank you all for being awesome.

- Hugh

can you compare the size of Leman Russ and 1:35 Sherman?

Nice sentinel conversion. Sentinels seems to fit the mordian fluff very well IMO.

Brace for some "constructive-but-harsh" critisism

Not loving the WW2 pieces. At this point, it is too obvious that they are just historical models with a new weapon. The halftrack looked better with the aegis roof, but it still needs more 40k-ification IMO.

The sherman is my least favorite. The cannon looks like a circus cannon. It is too big, and not at all integrated in the hull.

Good to have some brothers-in-arms with "mostly metal" armies out there. You have some great conversions (I particularly like the sentinel with the Mordian driver swap!)

Though I love most of what you've got here, I do have to agree with Illumini on the WWII stuff.

Besides that, keep up the great work!
Rawson

Mordians were my first love, keep up the awesome work!

--B.

Lone Cat wrote:can you compare the size of Leman Russ and 1:35 Sherman?

Yes, I'll take some pics of them together. I can tell you the Sherman is a little longer, while the LR is wider.

Illumini wrote:Nice sentinel conversion. Sentinels seems to fit the mordian fluff very well IMO.
Brace for some "constructive-but-harsh" critisism
Not loving the WW2 pieces. At this point, it is too obvious that they are just historical models with a new weapon. The halftrack looked better with the aegis roof, but it still needs more 40k-ification IMO.
The sherman is my least favorite. The cannon looks like a circus cannon. It is too big, and not at all integrated in the hull.

Thank you! I appreciate all comments, criticism, suggestions and tips/tricks, its how I learn and how we all learn.

I like the idea of Mordian-izing vehicles, to show that they're not just line troops. The Sentinel conversion is pretty spot on for that, the other thing to do would be to get the old Officer style tank commander model or the Knight Commander Pask model and use his torso as well. http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440253a&prodId=prod40011a

I can agree with you on the WW2 models, I didn't like the way the Sherman/Russ came out, but for $12 and an old plastic tube, you can't really beat that for a proxy piece. The Halftrack is a better looking model and I agree it needs more 40K'ing, I magnetized the Aegis with magnetic tape to the same post that would house a similar weapons array. I was thinking of using plastic card to build an armored hull around the model, then a leather punch on plastic card to punch out rivets to be used on strips of the card. I've seen this done many times at Aero Hobbies in Santa Monica, Ca (There are some Wizards with plastic card there). I'll keep working on it and hopefully it will come out better, but then I may have spent so much time adding to the model, that it might have been okay just to get the original in the first place. We shall see.

Rawson wrote:Good to have some brothers-in-arms with "mostly metal" armies out there. You have some great conversions (I particularly like the sentinel with the Mordian driver swap!) Though I love most of what you've got here, I do have to agree with Illumini on the WWII stuff. Besides that, keep up the great work!
Rawson

Thank you! I shall try.

Briancj wrote:Mordians were my first love, keep up the awesome work!

--B.

Thanks! I kind of like them myself.

Been a bit busy seeing old friends and surfing the boards out here. This is what I've got for y'all today:

My attempt at converting a 1:32 scale Half-track to something more 40K






Put bits from the Aegis defence system on the truck to make it look bigger and bulkier.


Then I just went a little nuts.






In the end, I think I liked the original better and all this stuff on it makes it look more like an Ork truck than an IG truck. I'll admit the truck wasn't as bulky or 40K like, but it was a decent kit for the price. I might try my hand at some plasticard building and see how that goes. Does anyone have any experience with plastic card? I've seen it done, but haven't worked with it much myself.

Also, does anyone know what would be a good mold making company? I've seen alumilite at a local hobby shop, but wanted to do more research before making a purchase. The same goes for an air brush, I've seen a cheap testors kit for $30.00 at the hobby shop, but didn't want to buy it because I don't think it will hold the citadel or P3 paints I use and I'm not sure what the comparison of testors paints to citadel/p3 is.

After sitting in simple green for about a 10 days its time to strip these Mordian Iron Guard models. I'm using a simple steel wire brush, though some prefer a tooth brush. This is a soft steel wire brush and it didn't get into all the small sections or between the legs, so I'd had to get another tool in there to get the paint out. This brush was .99 at the hardware store and did not scratch the metal models.

I think you were on the right track with 40k-ifying the half track. Right up until you "just went a little nuts"

I agree with your ork wagon assessment. If it's possible to back up a little bit, I think it would turn out better.

Good luck!
Rawson

Rawson wrote:I think you were on the right track with 40k-ifying the half track. Right up until you "just went a little nuts"

I agree with your ork wagon assessment. If it's possible to back up a little bit, I think it would turn out better.

Good luck!
Rawson

Yeah, I had the feeling I went too far, now I'm not sure I can back it up without damaging the vehicle. The amount of time I've put into it as well as the work on carving up the aegis defense system walls may have just equated to the same price of purchasing a new vehicle direct from GW, i.e. $23 + $12 = $35 + the time tearing everything up and gluing it together to make it look more 40K.

Here are some new additions to the Mordian Iron Guard Possibilities:

Marbo - I have these thoughts in my head of cutting his head and arms off and then doing something similar to a Mordian model and then converting them together to create a Mordian Marbo... I may have a conversion bug in my system.


Colonel Strahkov


Psyker Squad


Regimental advisors:


Commissars with power weapons: I like that this guy has shoulders with the epaulets similar to Mordians




Servitors


Missionary


Ratlings


Mordian Iron Guard Rough Rider Conversion using the mounts from Perry Miniatures French Heavy Cavalry and Tank Commander & Cadian officer heads. All the horses go together no matter which two halves of the body type you choose. There is one exception and that horse looks a little different than the others. There are enough bodies to create more than 14 bodies. The 40K heads and the neck slot have to be reworked/cut/trimmed down so that the head will sit on the body. The right arm from the sprue is holding a sword, so I'll find a lance or piece of pipe, trim that out and create rough riders. I might mount a lasgun or similar weapon to the saddle or gear on the horse to complete the image.






This also shows the addition of the top torso from the Mordian Iron Guard Heavy weapons crew member.









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This is my Master of Ordinance conversion on the left versus the regular Master of Ordinance version on the right. You make the call.

Glad the tip for the Perry Miniatures models worked out. Unfortunately for me I'm not currently doing a project that can really use them currently. I've got a couple planned for the grim distance of the far future when I have money and time. For the airbrush thing if colour comparison is what your after http://www.paint4models.com/paintchart/paintconversionchart20100101c.html# may be useful. I mainly use it for converting citadel to vallejo as I swap over.
I have to say I agree with you that the Halftrack looked better originally. Personally I feel that subtle look was fine. The guard aren't as baroque and elaborate as the full on 40k gothic of the Grey Knights or Sisters.

One of the Dakka peeps here made an App called "Paint Converter", available for Android and iOS. It is a GREAT little app, and the developer is quite responsive to constructive feedback.

-B.

Llamahead wrote:Glad the tip for the Perry Miniatures models worked out. Unfortunately for me I'm not currently doing a project that can really use them currently. I've got a couple planned for the grim distance of the far future when I have money and time. For the airbrush thing if colour comparison is what your after http://www.paint4models.com/paintchart/paintconversionchart20100101c.html# may be useful. I mainly use it for converting citadel to vallejo as I swap over.
I have to say I agree with you that the Halftrack looked better originally. Personally I feel that subtle look was fine. The guard aren't as baroque and elaborate as the full on 40k gothic of the Grey Knights or Sisters.

The horses from the Perry miniatures line look great! and the bodies for the troops while slightly different, I think will work out well.

As for the air brush, Its not the paint I'm worried about, I'm looking for an affordable airbrush itself. There are a few at the local "Hobby Lobby" and I was trying to talk to the guys at the local GW store about them and they were trying to push the Citadel version on me.

I'll admit I could have done a better job with the halftrack and I went a little overboard with it. I'm working to change it back to a more original state.

Briancj wrote:One of the Dakka peeps here made an App called "Paint Converter", available for Android and iOS. It is a GREAT little app, and the developer is quite responsive to constructive feedback.
-B.

Thanks for the tip Briancj! I'll look it up.

Todays work has included some more basing and priming of more than 50 Mordian Iron Guard models, objective markers, a Leman Russ tank and some random weapon systems all sitting on a tupper ware container filled with a simple green solution holding four chimeras, a tank and a truck.

Grand stuff going on here, the mordians look great on mass, I do get a bit bored of cadians all the time.

Good job.

Whoa awesome conversions! And I love seeing those old models getting some love.

hugh...you are an insane man...haha...but seriously i think your stuff is gonna look great on the table! I agree with the sentiment that the original half-track was better and the rough riders are awesome!

Looks like a promising project. I did an Iron Guard army a little while back. Take it from me you will be very pleased with the result. Those Rough Riders are great, cant wait to see them painted up. Good luck.

Tortured-Robot wrote:Grand stuff going on here, the mordians look great on mass, I do get a bit bored of cadians all the time.

Good job.

Thank you! I can agree that Cadians look a bit to standard and I'll be happy to put these on the table. At the local store I've been hanging out at a lot of the younger gamers never knew there were other legitimate Guard armies from the other worlds in the 40K universe, its been fun showing them and telling them of Mordia, the Tallarn, Valhallans, Steel Legion and how there are so many other possibilities for converting models, using nonstandard vehicles and equipment. Its like opening the world of possibilities to them.

Cave_Dweller wrote:Whoa awesome conversions! And I love seeing those old models getting some love.

Thank you! I appreciate you stopping by, These models need a lot of love and the conversions, at least some of them, were inspired by fellow gamers here and elsewhere on the web, yet several are of my own design. I like converting models almost as much as I like painting them.

Antman677 wrote:hugh...you are an insane man...haha...but seriously i think your stuff is gonna look great on the table! I agree with the sentiment that the original half-track was better and the rough riders are awesome!

Anthony, always glad to have you stop by, your work is awesome and I'll be happy to see more of it. I'll do my best to make these guys look awesome. I think the rough riders will come out looking great and the suggestions I get from other gamers/hobbyists on here is helping to make this project even better.

40kFSU wrote:Looks like a promising project. I did an Iron Guard army a little while back. Take it from me you will be very pleased with the result. Those Rough Riders are great, cant wait to see them painted up. Good luck.

Thank you! Do you have any images of your Iron Guard? I'm doing some work on the rough riders tonight, still having a bit of trouble locating something to be used as a lance.

Todays project consists of magnetizing a sentinel for multiple weapon options.

I'm using rod magnets from magcraft (part #NSN0658/N40) Diameter - 0.125"(3.2mm) Length 0.125"(3.2mm) and a 1/8 drill bit. Line up and drill out the hole where the weapon slot is, go slow. Then use at least 10 rod magnets attached together to keep the polarity correct when magnetizing the weapon.



Keep the magnets together & after putting a bit of superglue into the drilled hole, slide the rest of the magnets away.


Clip the tab off the weapon and slowly drill a hole into the weapon body. line up the magnets similarly to the pic, put superglue into the weapon body and slide the magnets away.


Here is another pic of the magnet process. By keeping several together like this you can minimize the chance you'll put two magnets in with their polarities reversed. The other option is to simply insert a piece of metal into one of the two parts, a small screw, bolt or washer/nut could serve the same purpose as another magnet.


Magnetizing models gives me the opportunity to field a wider variety of vehicle/weapon combos. I magnetize a ton of models for both 40K and Warmachine.

I dont have any Rough Riders, but many pictures of my Iron Guard in my gallery. Many years ago I did a Space Marine army with spears and shields. I used High Elf bits, they may work here.

this is just cool! and ive been following with great interest I love the tank commander and the rough riders. Keep up the great work


All this talk of Mordians made me think of this from Final Liberation:

40kFSU wrote:I dont have any Rough Riders, but many pictures of my Iron Guard in my gallery. Many years ago I did a Space Marine army with spears and shields. I used High Elf bits, they may work here.

Dude, these mortars of yours are awesome! How did you make them?


High Elf Spears or Lances might work, I'll have to dig up some images and see if I can locate a bits order for them from somewhere.

swampyturtle wrote:this is just cool! and ive been following with great interest I love the tank commander and the rough riders. Keep up the great work
All this talk of Mordians made me think of this from Final Liberation:

Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying my work.

And, now for the latest!

This shows the magnet placements and the use of small washers which will allow me to switch between all weapon loadouts for this sentinel, which includes the weapon tanks as well. I've also magnetized the chainsaw attachment and made a few adjustments to the chassis.

Hmelrose wrote:

40kFSU wrote:I dont have any Rough Riders, but many pictures of my Iron Guard in my gallery. Many years ago I did a Space Marine army with spears and shields. I used High Elf bits, they may work here.

Dude, these mortars of yours are awesome! How did you make them?

Those are the Forgeworld Heavy Mortars. You can get them http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Death-Korps-of-Krieg/IMPERIAL-HEAVY-MORTAR.htm

I love the mordians! You are doing a good job converting. The mordian driver on the sentinal is great.

Snarky wrote:
Those are the Forgeworld Heavy Mortars. You can get them http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Imperial_Guard/Death-Korps-of-Krieg/IMPERIAL-HEAVY-MORTAR.htm

Doh! I should have known! Thanks for the heads up and linkage

The Grundel wrote:I love the mordians! You are doing a good job converting. The mordian driver on the sentinal is great.

Thank you! I'm kind of fond of them as well. The Sentinel was one of the easiest conversions to make! I'm trying out a few others, yet I've got to slow down and complete some of these projects before I pick up others. There is so much to do and so many more possibilities.

Nice stuff!