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You never disappoint my friend even with the littlest of change you create interest and excitement, ratty is coming on fantastically loving the pose although the ruffles on the arms makes him seem rather regal or is this your intention ?

Do not change that rifle for the Admech I beg of you, you have a stunning original piece there that looks exquisite keep it please it has a nice balance to it but portraying a mix of designs at the same time.

][nspirational work, my friend. These will all look even better once they're painted up.

There's so many amazing models you've made in this thread, a real inspiration.

I'd love to see some bat reps with you minis in - wink. Wink, nudge, nudge

Welcome back to the online world.

Looking good.
I'd say keep the unique rifle too.

Beautiful work man, you've got a gift for converting

Beautiful work as always, good to have you back and setting such a high bar.

lone dirty dog wrote:You never disappoint my friend even with the littlest of change you create interest and excitement, ratty is coming on fantastically loving the pose although the ruffles on the arms makes him seem rather regal or is this your intention ?

Do not change that rifle for the Admech I beg of you, you have a stunning original piece there that looks exquisite keep it please it has a nice balance to it but portraying a mix of designs at the same time.

Thanks LDD
- The ruffles are intentional - he's a regal rogue!
- Vote 1 for keeping the original sniper rifle - thanks!

youidiotkid wrote:][nspirational work, my friend. These will all look even better once they're painted up.

Thanks youidiotkid!
- Paint - what's that? Hahaha...
(Nice name too)

JoeRugby wrote:There's so many amazing models you've made in this thread, a real inspiration.

I'd love to see some bat reps with you minis in - wink. Wink, nudge, nudge

Thanks JoeRugby!
- these are intended for an Armies on Parade display... small army

Dr H wrote:Welcome back to the online world.

Looking good.
I'd say keep the unique rifle too.

Thanks Dr H!
- Vote 2 for keeping the rifle!

Corinthius wrote:Beautiful work man, you've got a gift for converting

Thanks Corinthius!

inmygravenimage wrote:Beautiful work as always, good to have you back and setting such a high bar.

Thanks inmygravenimage!

Some more minor work:

GS work on Ratty - at the neck, and on both arm joins:


Rogue Trader Captain - decided to change the arm holding the cutlass, the behind-the-body pose was cool but really unbalanced the model:


The pommel on the cutlass definitely needs to be smaller, yes:


The plastic sleeve on the left arm will be sculpted over (of course):


In regards to the cutlass - sad news, the plastic blade I shaved into submission split, so good news: it's forging time!

In regards to the sniper rifle - the original weapon as shown has received overwhelming support (on four different blogs) so she'll be keeping it.

Thanks all!

Glad the sniper rifle remains would have been a shame to lose such an exquisite weapon

Ratty's arms look much better now you blended them in, before they seemed a little detached but works well now.

The captain does work better this way more balanced so good call on that I do kinda see what you mean about the pommel but at the same time it still works kinda an over extravagant embellishment.

Also something about the flow of the plastic arm works, have you considered just altering the chain mail but leaving the fabric section as is ?

I only mention this because it makes me think the coat is designed to allow her arm more freedom when using her sword, so it sort of fits the scheme plus has that strange rouge trader quality to it but that's just my opinion.

Overall great stuff once again and looking forward to the next update mate

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Glad the sniper rifle remains would have been a shame to lose such an exquisite weapon

Ratty's arms look much better now you blended them in, before they seemed a little detached but works well now.

The captain does work better this way more balanced so good call on that I do kinda see what you mean about the pommel but at the same time it still works kinda an over extravagant embellishment.

Also something about the flow of the plastic arm works, have you considered just altering the chain mail but leaving the fabric section as is ?

I only mention this because it makes me think the coat is designed to allow her arm more freedom when using her sword, so it sort of fits the scheme plus has that strange rouge trader quality to it but that's just my opinion.

Overall great stuff once again and looking forward to the next update mate

Hey LDD - thanks for the comments
- I do like the pommel, it's actually not as bad in real life, so I might leave it
- totally correct with the sleeve - I intend to only fill in the chain mail but leave the sleeve short
(Slight logic flaw there: the cutlass will be sheathed in a baldric rig on her left hip, but her left arm is her sword arm... but what the hell - logic never stopped GW, right?)

Hey if we went by GW logic nothing would make sense LOL
Glad to hear we are thinking on the same level

Im soooooooo jelous these are all amazing!!!

These two look so dashing and adventurous. Real swashbuckling types. Great work.

lone dirty dog wrote:Hey if we went by GW logic nothing would make sense LOL
Glad to hear we are thinking on the same level

Sneshy wrote:Im soooooooo jelous these are all amazing!!!

youwashock wrote:These two look so dashing and adventurous. Real swashbuckling types. Great work.

Thanks all!

So a pile of bitz arrived in the mail today - Can anyone spell bandwagon? :


Took the lower half, quartered the top of the ab section, drilled some holes - mmm, what could they be for...


Well... to get us to this stage, of course:


Can you guess where this is heading?

I would pay money to see steampunk sigmarines. Also, where do you get your gears and such?

Well I have no idea as I worked on the holes first then realised you was trimming it back, at that point I had no idea LOL

But I will be watching closely to see this evolve

LeCacty wrote:I would pay money to see steampunk sigmarines. Also, where do you get your gears and such?

- Etsy is my dealer of choice for watch bits

lone dirty dog wrote:Well I have no idea as I worked on the holes first then realised you was trimming it back, at that point I had no idea LOL

But I will be watching closely to see this evolve

So LeCacty almost has it - clockwork custode!

Just to show the 'workings':


It's a lot more subtle with the torso in place:


Oh - and just in case anyone thought I was completely bonkers - no, it doesn't work...


Yet!

(cue evil laugh) mwahahahahahaaaaa!

Great idea and looking believable so far, could I just offer a suggestion though have you considered adding some kind of rod supports going from the torso to the waist maybe 2 at the front and 1 at the back ?

Either way the best conversions I have seen of these to date

Make the next one work! No but really, the amount of detail you put into the clockwork is probably illegal. You should use maxminis steam knight noble heads. I think they are made for custudes plus they have STEEEAAAMMM in the name!

lone dirty dog wrote:Great idea and looking believable so far, could I just offer a suggestion though have you considered adding some kind of rod supports going from the torso to the waist maybe 2 at the front and 1 at the back ?

Either way the best conversions I have seen of these to date

Thanks LDD:
- I've tried to get support rods in there but there's not a lot of room

LeCacty wrote:Make the next one work! No but really, the amount of detail you put into the clockwork is probably illegal. You should use maxminis steam knight noble heads. I think they are made for custudes plus they have STEEEAAAMMM in the name!

Thanks LeCacty - I'll take a look at the heads, but I like the Sigmarite heads already

So, back again after another (deployment) hiatus... something new to knock the cobwebs off the skills: another Wretched Sons true-scale Marine... with a difference:

Recognise anything in this pile of bitz?


First up - let's mod those awful split toe-hoof thingies...


Next, get rid of the ugly triple shoulder armour:


And start work on some new armour for the tenta-shoulder:


Thanks for looking

Ooooh, here we go again! This'll be good

I like the tease section trying to work out what fits where and envision the finished piece, then I realise I have no imagination and you create a masterpiece beyond my vision

Good to see you back. Look forward to more.

Man, it's about time you picked up a Nurgle Chaos Lord to convert! All the cool kids are doing it. I'm anxious to see what you do with it, considering the complexity of your previous minis.

Your conversion work is out of this world.

Looking forward to seeing more.

D

Looking good so far.

The Wise Dane wrote:Ooooh, here we go again! This'll be good

Thanks! ... and I hope so

lone dirty dog wrote:I like the tease section trying to work out what fits where and envision the finished piece, then I realise I have no imagination and you create a masterpiece beyond my vision

LDD - the 'tease' is how I prep/plan(sort of plan...) for a conversion - a whole load of bitz I think will work together - some get used, some don't...

Dr H wrote:Good to see you back. Look forward to more.

Thanks! - Me too

youidiotkid wrote:Man, it's about time you picked up a Nurgle Chaos Lord to convert! All the cool kids are doing it. I'm anxious to see what you do with it, considering the complexity of your previous minis.

Thanks! - this is Gutrot Spume - I did my 'mandatory cool kid' Nurgle Lord conversion a way back

evildrcheese wrote:Your conversion work is out of this world.

Looking forward to seeing more.

D

Thanks!

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Looking good so far.

Thanks!

Ok - back again after yet ANOTHER deployment...
Working on ol' Gutrot:

Sliced off whatever that ugly face was on the left rear hip:


Added the pouch (cos even dudes with tentacles need places to put stuff...):


Press-copied the gripping tentacle part:


If you hadn't picked it up from the 'tease' image earlier, the main 'arm' tentacle will be holding a bolter - hence the press-copy of the gripper... so after some minor gun mods...

Pinned and glued it into position - unfortunately, the GS and milliput didn't mix very well (lazy mixing on my behalf) and was crumbling as I drilled it, so I had to cut away a lot of the tentacle part and super-glue the b-jebus out of it to make it solid, hence the ugly bits:




And then sculpted the remainder of the tentacle:


It's pretty rough for now, but once it dries I'll sand it into shape and smoothness:


While sculpting the tentacle I noticed the old style bolter (from Forge World) was really plain and dull, so it requires some detailing next, and even this servant of Nurgle needs a power-pack for the remnants of his armour - so still plenty to do...

Thanks for looking!

Loving where this is going.

Who doesn't love a good mutation conversion?

EDC

That's a really cool idea for a conversion, awesome work

Yay Tentacles!

Nice idea.

evildrcheese wrote:Loving where this is going.

Who doesn't love a good mutation conversion?

EDC

OneManNoodles wrote:That's a really cool idea for a conversion, awesome work

Dr H wrote:Yay Tentacles!

Nice idea.

Thanks All!

Quick update pic of the sanded and smoothed new tentacles, with the whole body in place:


And the back - with the current backpack idea - any thoughts?



Thanks for looking!