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so i recently decided to try my hands at converting some sisters
right now i dont have anything i can use as the bodies but i will start on the legs


i pointed the feet, and added the robes to a pair of tau legs


i also decided the first one will carry a lasgun
i used dark eldar arms with the las gun, and cut up a bolt pistol to make this guy



i still need to fix up the arm rest, and the grip with green stuff

i have a back half of a chest that might work... but i would have to green stuff the front

Certainly ambitious to use Tau parts, though they may end up giving a decent scale to the model. What are you going to use for a torso?

One of the biggest problem with Sisters conversions is that the weapons always end up looking ridiculously oversized in their hands. Especially when making then with parts from the slimmer kits like Dark Eldar and Tau. And that's saying something given the fact that 40K weapons are already ridiculously oversized.

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:
Certainly ambitious to use Tau parts, though they may end up giving a decent scale to the model. What are you going to use for a torso?

well im still a bit stumped on the torso front, well i have a general idea, i just dont know were the bit came from
i have this back half of a torso, im trying to figure out what fantasy model it came from, the shoulder pads are the right shape, and they fit nicely on the tau legs
iit depends on what the front half looks like since i dont possess it, but one scenario involves surgically removing male breasts and upgrade them to female breasts

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:
One of the biggest problem with Sisters conversions is that the weapons always end up looking ridiculously oversized in their hands. Especially when making then with parts from the slimmer kits like Dark Eldar and Tau. And that's saying something given the fact that 40K weapons are already ridiculously oversized.

that is one of the reasons i chose the bolt pistolit took the place of the dark eldar stuff without increasing the size
if this test model turns out i will try my hands at a bolter, i'll figure a way to make it sleeker than a SM bolter

so i did a little work on the chest, cut up another mini and used a bit of green stuff
im waiting for it to cure before doing the other shoulder

ok so i finally got back to working on her,
i put the body on the legs, there is a slight gap in her stomach which will have to be green stuffed photo will be uploaded later
i also bought an infinity head for her! so she is almost ready for paint she is probably going to need sleeves though

here she is put together she needs some greenstuff were her gut is but before i do...
i must decide belt buckle? or no belt buckle?



any thoughts or advice of how she can be improved before i apply paint would be appreciated

she needs something there were a SM belt buckle would be just not sure what to put there, and i think my search for a head is not over this one looks a bit on the small side :(

well i swapped out the head for a HC one...
i think i gotta smooth out those leg pads... they arent looking so hot painted up, ill also smooth out her shoulder pads they also look a bit rough