That is one epic Cerebore.

Looted Trygon for the absolute win! I can not express the excitement at seeing that! Amazing work! ?I really like the machinery around the base of it!

Thanks for the comments you two! I will be sure to post a topic later that will have a bunch of my conversions. I have a lot more photos of each, I just didn't want to hog this thread too much with like 50 pics or something.

@Beast Warrior: That thing is mostly apoxie sculpt too. He weighes like 5 pounds!

Wolf lord or WG-useing classic chaos warriors arms

The looted Trygon is awesome. Definately the best "looted bug" I've seen so far.

Cutthroatcure wrote:Looted Trygon for the absolute win! I can not express the excitement at seeing that! Amazing work! ?I really like the machinery around the base of it!

Ditto here. That model is absolutely amazing.

Artsoldier35 wrote:A Kungfumatt: That's an awesome Dread. If you ever decide to sell it or just pitch it....let me know.

I'll keep you in mind dude. Thanks for the compliment.

sieek: yeah I have this amassing ability to rip off someone’s idea that I have never seen before

Samus_aran115 : because they look good also I fail to see how a big ass defiler is a waste of a good kit or a dumb idea. LOS seems better too seeing as he can see anything he wishes to blast

on a less argumental note the wazdakka model looks epic. did you use a normal ork bike for a base or something bigger?

Not finished yet, but my knight titan is far more awesome than I originally anticipated. Second one is getting the biggest thunder hammer EVER

DPBellathrom wrote:
Samus_aran115 : because they look good also I fail to see how a big ass defiler is a waste of a good kit or a dumb idea.

I'd hazard to say that his argument is grounded in issues of LOS as well as structural integrity of the model. With the height, the weight, and the load bearing points I can see you are going to run some serious risks of breakage unless you are using some extremely large and long pins. Models with a wide connection point are much much more stable, which is why models involving large surface area's being supported by a very thin connection are so visually striking.


Not that I think building your own "tall" defiler is a bad idea, hell looks like great fun to me! Just have to be able to recognize the logistical issues you are going to run into.


Ask yourself this "Is this a shelf warmer or a functional gaming piece".

I like it what are the sholders made from?


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agroszkiewicz: He'll be much more stable with a base, hes still WIP atm so I'm still rolling ideas around

DPBellathrom wrote:I like it what are the sholders made from?

shoulders are parts of aegis defense batteries, he is rather big. This one is getting a big lance battle cannon, the next one I have planned is going to be low and hulking with a huge sledge

I've gotten obsessed with gigantic thunder hammers after converting my red knights of mars dreadnaught

DPBellathrom wrote:I like it what are the sholders made from?

They look to be pieces from the Aegis Defense Line.

Grundz beat me me...

Here's my latest

DPBellathrom wrote:
agroszkiewicz: He'll be much more stable with a base, hes still WIP atm so I'm still rolling ideas around

Oh no doubt man. A pair of wire cutters and long small gauge nails will hold damn near anything. Attaching the underside of the base with JB weld will hold them in there hard as metal (literally), and if you wanted to add some weight to the base (for stability) I like to stick pennies into the GS or JB weld as it cures. Lead weights would be even better.

terribletrygon wrote:Man the green stuff work on that model is ugly as feth. I like the idea of a maxed out magnet model, but the execution is pretty rough.

Was there any way you could have done some sculpting to make it less of an eyesore?

I have to agree here. I browsed through his thread, and basically everything is done the same.

It's a stupid idea in the first place bro. You're probably wasting more money on greenstuff and magnets than it would cost to just convert one and leave it that way. I'd probably just laugh if I saw it on the table, to be honest. It's barely even a playable model.


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DPBellathrom wrote:sieek: yeah I have this amassing ability to rip off someone’s idea that I have never seen before

Samus_aran115 : because they look good also I fail to see how a big ass defiler is a waste of a good kit or a dumb idea. LOS seems better too seeing as he can see anything he wishes to blast

on a less argumental note the wazdakka model looks epic. did you use a normal ork bike for a base or something bigger?

Looks good? It looks absurd. Nothing in 40k looks even remotely similar to it. You want to spend 60$ to make a piece of crap that no one would let you use? I guess it's your money....If I was going to waste a defiler kit, I'd at least try to make a brass scorpion..

Anyway, You did a great job converting it. I do like the shoulders, and the position from the waist up looks pretty natural.


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Grundz wrote:Not finished yet, but my knight titan is far more awesome than I originally anticipated. Second one is getting the biggest thunder hammer EVER

This one is good. I like it. It can serve an actual purpose, rather than being a 'shelf-warmer' as someone pointed out.

Samus_aran115 wrote:

terribletrygon wrote:Man the green stuff work on that model is ugly as feth. I like the idea of a maxed out magnet model, but the execution is pretty rough.

Was there any way you could have done some sculpting to make it less of an eyesore?

I have to agree here. I browsed through his thread, and basically everything is done the same.

It's a stupid idea in the first place bro. You're probably wasting more money on greenstuff and magnets than it would cost to just convert one and leave it that way. I'd probably just laugh if I saw it on the table, to be honest. It's barely even a playable model.

Thats fine, your attitude is more than apparent in basically every post that I've read.

As for the cost, I've got about 22 bucks invested so far....you're really overestimating the cost of materials. <shrug> I don't need to defend an extremely creative and ambitious first time major conversion or GS work that is less than halfway done to anyone, let alone someone with your obvious "elitist" attitude.

You are completely right, it would be VASTLY easier to pin one model and then paint it. I think you are missing the point though.

agroszkiewicz wrote:

Samus_aran115 wrote:

terribletrygon wrote:Man the green stuff work on that model is ugly as feth. I like the idea of a maxed out magnet model, but the execution is pretty rough.

Was there any way you could have done some sculpting to make it less of an eyesore?

I have to agree here. I browsed through his thread, and basically everything is done the same.

It's a stupid idea in the first place bro. You're probably wasting more money on greenstuff and magnets than it would cost to just convert one and leave it that way. I'd probably just laugh if I saw it on the table, to be honest. It's barely even a playable model.

Thats fine, your attitude is more than apparent in basically every post that I've read.

As for the cost, I've got about 22 bucks invested so far....you're really overestimating the cost of materials. <shrug> I don't need to defend an extremely creative and ambitious project that is less than halfway done to anyone, let alone someone with your obvious "elitist" attitude.

You are completely right, it would be VASTLY easier to pin one model and then paint it. I think you are missing the point though.

+1

oh and Samus, for someone who critisces people work so freely - I don't see any of your work at all!

The REALLY funny thing is that comments such as the one a few posts up show a fundamental lack of understanding when it comes to sculpting ANYTHING. You add mass, then you remove mass in order to get your rough shape, then once your model is actually cured completely, the fit is tested to make sure there clearences are fine for every arm and every backpack once they are attached to the torso (not to mention making sure that the rotational movement for the waist allows clearence of the spikey crap). Only after that do you even consider layering your thin skins of clay/putty onto the surface of the structure in order to add detail.


I guess that folks think because there is a picture that involves any level of primer or paint that the project is actually complete. <shrug>

To give Samus his due, I've seen his work. He's got talent, just a piss poor attitude and what appears to be an inability to think outside the box.

agroszkiewicz wrote:

Samus_aran115 wrote:

terribletrygon wrote:Man the green stuff work on that model is ugly as feth. I like the idea of a maxed out magnet model, but the execution is pretty rough.

Was there any way you could have done some sculpting to make it less of an eyesore?

I have to agree here. I browsed through his thread, and basically everything is done the same.

It's a stupid idea in the first place bro. You're probably wasting more money on greenstuff and magnets than it would cost to just convert one and leave it that way. I'd probably just laugh if I saw it on the table, to be honest. It's barely even a playable model.

Thats fine, your attitude is more than apparent in basically every post that I've read.

As for the cost, I've got about 22 bucks invested so far....you're really overestimating the cost of materials. <shrug> I don't need to defend an extremely creative and ambitious first time major conversion or GS work that is less than halfway done to anyone, let alone someone with your obvious "elitist" attitude.

You are completely right, it would be VASTLY easier to pin one model and then paint it. I think you are missing the point though.

My bad bro. I'm really not feeling too good about something else. I like some of the conversions you've done a lot, and I didn't realize you would be trimming and cleaning up everything. I thought you were just leaving them like they are (Bulky joints). I magnetize my terminators too, and it's insanely usefull. I don't mean to insult the idea itself, just the execution. I apologize.

The only thing I think is silly is that youd even make power armored options Why would you even take a PA lord?

No harm no foul man! Its cool.


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agroszkiewicz wrote:

Samus_aran115 wrote:

terribletrygon wrote:Man the green stuff work on that model is ugly as feth. I like the idea of a maxed out magnet model, but the execution is pretty rough.

Was there any way you could have done some sculpting to make it less of an eyesore?

I have to agree here. I browsed through his thread, and basically everything is done the same.

It's a stupid idea in the first place bro. You're probably wasting more money on greenstuff and magnets than it would cost to just convert one and leave it that way. I'd probably just laugh if I saw it on the table, to be honest. It's barely even a playable model.

Thats fine, your attitude is more than apparent in basically every post that I've read.

As for the cost, I've got about 22 bucks invested so far....you're really overestimating the cost of materials. <shrug> I don't need to defend an extremely creative and ambitious first time major conversion or GS work that is less than halfway done to anyone, let alone someone with your obvious "elitist" attitude.

You are completely right, it would be VASTLY easier to pin one model and then paint it. I think you are missing the point though.

My bad bro. I'm really not feeling too good about something else. I like some of the conversions you've done a lot, and I didn't realize you would be trimming and cleaning up everything. I thought you were just leaving them like they are (Bulky joints). I magnetize my terminators too, and it's insanely usefull. I don't mean to insult the idea itself, just the execution. I apologize.

The only thing I think is silly is that youd even make power armored options Why would you even take a PA lord?

It originally started out as an attempt to build a true scale CSM, but I was an idiot and used some of my incredibly bad ass adhesive on my last power armor rear torso. This is a bitz box build except for a termie lord box set so I could source some non-mangled legs which are now begining to look very mangled indeed.

I'm working on the GS around the magnet shoulder joins, the upper leg sections, and the "bulbs" on the ridiculous (lyawesomelooking) cannon backpack right now. Layering thin skins and attempting to smooth with spit, fingers, and the flat of my scalpel. Haven't purchased color shapers yet, but its on the list. Once this layer has cured it will be primered, then a drybrush of skull white to pick out details and any REALLY rough spots that are left. I like to use my super fine needle file to remove as much crud as I can at that point. Once all this is completed I'll stick a few bitz (maybe pouches or some crap) near the waist join in order to draw the eye away from my less than professional grade GS work.

All the pics listed in this thread so far have no detail work on em....just stuff stuck together and the poses.


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This is the tedious crap I'm having to do to the legs. VERY close to just going out and getting an unmodified termie leg, but I want to really try my hardest to see this to completion. Also...massive learning experience. Trimming away tiny pieces of GS in getting proportions right. Easily smoothed out with spit and fingertips after rough shaping.



Its hard to see, but at the join on the upper claw there is a tiny skin of GS that I applied. This will then be finger smoothed into the arm in an attempt to make the join a little cleaner. I'm not going for OMFG HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT 3D VAGINA with this....just want to build the general shape and focus on perfecting a technique for a semi-smooth finish.





Let me be clear, I am buying a drill and vise as soon as this project is done. The way I am doing things is painfully tedious, but I have alot of free time.

Alright cool. My bad

yeah, I think they mid-drift joint draws attention away from some of the other parts. I do like the use of a backpack, since they make nice holders for even more trophy racks, which are always good. I really like those little daemonic wings too. I don't think those would have been possible without magnetizing them. What set are hose from, by the way? It looks like spawn, but I can't be sure.....


And to the poster who made the megatron...I really do like the torso. I think my problem with it is how skinny the legs look compared to his torso. With a little bit of bulking-up, I think it could really look better. I'm sorry if I offended you....But still, I would try to consider other players when using the model...It's like putting a battlecannon on top of a building....Incredibly useful, but some players might not agree with you...

Samus_aran115 wrote:Alright cool. My bad
yeah, I think they mid-drift joint draws attention away from some of the other parts.

The dowel with the magnet on top, or the actual join when they are assembled? I'm still trying to figure out a proportionally correct "fill" for the belly area...but it may not even be noticeable once the model is primed. Paint changes things alot. <shrug>

DPBellathrom wrote:
on a less argumental note the wazdakka model looks epic. did you use a normal ork bike for a base or something bigger?

I have some WIP pics of it and I will post them later. Look for them. I can tell you right now he was made from an AoBR warboss, Deffcopta, deffrolla, and trukk. The deffcopta was expanded with plasticard to make ti wide enough to hold the warboss. I used deffrolla parts and chains from wrecking balls to make the axels and then gave him trukk tires. He was a lot of work, now I just need to paint him!



@Gathering Storm, agroszkiewicz: Thanks for the comments. This guy was originally supposed to be a Harpy. The tail was cut up and re-sculpted to make it long and wavy instead of curled up. When I got rid of my army, I decided to scrap the harpy idea and loot it. It was either that, or purchase a tryon tail to fix the thing since I never finished it as a harpy. I have more pics and I will put them up in a separate thread later.

I would invest in some clay shapers. Really help get a smooth finish.

Lord Scythican wrote:
I have my Looted Trygon:

<3

And all was calm again in the Conversions Forum! :-)

WillyBRags wrote:I'll post my favorite conversion as well

I have no words.

Samus_aran115: yeah I agree with Matrim, if your not gonna post unconstructive criticism (at least not until the end in this case) at least post your own work so you can make a valid argument but hey, little to no offence taken he is however considered fine by all of the people who I have played at my FLGS as they are more than capable of killing him if the LOS becomes an issue with a well placed lascannon shot

Lord Scythican: thanks for the info man and look ford to seeing the wip pics I

'll have to get mine finished off at some point its mostly a AOBR warboss on a elongated and fattened up SM bike that should look good towards the end lol

Cool bikers.

I'm no good at taking pictures of models but I converted Magnus the red, before he became a daemon.

Man. Those Nobs are ace!

Lots of great work in here. I LOVE conversion threads!

Here are some of my l recent works:

Blue Scribes



Tervigon



Mycetic Spore

What did you make that Disc of Tzeentch out of?

Nice Daemons!


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What did you make that "Spore Egg" out of?

DarkAngelsRK wrote:I would invest in some clay shapers. Really help get a smooth finish.

Nukka's be broke, but its on my list. Making do with finger/spit smoothing, then a primer to pick out rough spots, finally a once over with a really fine file. Clay shaper (like a drill and vise) would make my life much easier, but at least this is soothing my OCD something fierce!


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Some of the large ork models in this thread are absolutely jaw dropping.

Soul of Iron wrote:Man. Those Nobs are ace!

Lots of great work in here. I LOVE conversion threads!

Here are some of my l recent works:

Blue Scribes



Tervigon



Mycetic Spore

Wow. Gorgeous work! Seriously, very nice.

heres a mini i just finished, not much conversion work but its still cool though i reckon.

Very nice work Devil...

Only 1 nitpick. Drill your pistol barrel out. :-)

Unfortunately, I do not get around to doing too much conversion work. Probably due to a lack of bitz. However, I managed to convert this Tau Pathfinder way back around 2005. This was my first Tau mini and did not even notice until it was too late that Tau don't have 5 fingers. So, the hand holding the sword obviously has that problem. Other than that I'm still pleased with the overall affect and the concept behind Ninja Tau.





Hope you like him.

Thanks guys.

@MasterSlowPoke - The disk is a cheap broach I got from Michael's. I have 2 more in production that will be similar but with more detail for my heralds.

@Cutthroatcure - I sculpted the spore using a wooden goose egg (again from Michael's) and some Procreate. I then made a mold so I could crank out a few copies. The base is from a Pegasus Hobbies crater.

Ok... That Tau is badass!

I liked this one in particular as it uses quite a few different bits.


I repeated the level of conversion work on the 2k army it is part of.



Army in Sig.

Soul of Iron - I have seen people use easter eggs before to make spores, but yours is probally the best I have ever seen!

This has gotta be some of the most inspirational stuff I've seen on Dakka. Even models that I don't particularly like (as a matter of purely personal taste) have got amazing levels of creativity put into them.

That tank is also badass! That Death Skulls paint scheme would give me fits!

@Cutthroatcure - It's got some nice scale too. I really enjoyed sculpting/painting it. Too bad I'm not playing with my nids currently. Here's a scale pic:

silly, tau can't take close combat weapons.

That and the pod and the looted trygon are pure awesomesauce.

So, my best conversion was my first commissar, but now, for those who didn't see it before, it's my most recent lord commissar:





and in action...



With the exception of the bolt pistol in its holster, everything was from the regular cadian infantry sprue, and greenstuff.

@Soul of Iron - Thanks, man! Your scribes are wonderfully done and I really like the conversion work and paint scheme on your Tervigon.

@Ailaros - Really Tau can't take any close combat weapons? I did not know that. I paint, don't play unfortunatley. But seriously every Tau should carry a katana.
- Your commissar is a Beast! That sculpt is just pure ownage.

@Eye of Horus - Sweet Ass Def Skullz Tank! Love the checkered paint scheme. It looks great!

Moltar wrote:@Soul of Iron - Thanks, man! Your scribes are wonderfully done and I really like the conversion work and paint scheme on your Tervigon.

@Ailaros - Really Tau can't take any close combat weapons? I did not know that. I paint, don't play unfortunatley. But seriously every Tau should carry a katana.
- Your commissar is a Beast! That sculpt is just pure ownage.

@Eye of Horus - Sweet Ass Def Skullz Tank! Love the checkered paint scheme. It looks great!

lol, the only close combat "weapon" most tau can take is a bonding knife that is purely ceremonial and in some cases just painted on (as for suits). :(

Ace sculpt work on the Commisar.

Ed_Bodger wrote:

Listrel wrote:my current WIP imperial fist chapter master Vladimir Pugh

I like everything apart from the name: Pugh sounds like some form of one legged pirate

Yes sadly the name is a bit sucky but I didn't come up with it, it's the name of the current imperial fist chapter master in the GW fluff. Here he is painted up

Moltar wrote:Unfortunately, I do not get around to doing too much conversion work. Probably due to a lack of bitz. However, I managed to convert this Tau Pathfinder way back around 2005. This was my first Tau mini and did not even notice until it was too late that Tau don't have 5 fingers. So, the hand holding the sword obviously has that problem. Other than that I'm still pleased with the overall affect and the concept behind Ninja Tau.





Hope you like him.

Let me slice-a you-a piece-a thisa original Tau-a pizza... its the best-a you eva gonna eat ina yo life.

Gunzhard wrote:

Moltar wrote:Unfortunately, I do not get around to doing too much conversion work. Probably due to a lack of bitz. However, I managed to convert this Tau Pathfinder way back around 2005. This was my first Tau mini and did not even notice until it was too late that Tau don't have 5 fingers. So, the hand holding the sword obviously has that problem. Other than that I'm still pleased with the overall affect and the concept behind Ninja Tau.





Hope you like him.

Let me slice-a you-a piece-a thisa original Tau-a pizza... its the best-a you eva gonna eat ina yo life.

I can see it now! Best new cartoon show: Samurai Pizza Tau! Brilliant!

My Tervy.

@Soul of Iron


Your work is amazing yo!!! Its enough to make a twisted SOB like me take a second glance at 'nids instead of keeping my soul devoted to the ruinous powers!

Here is my Rune Priest w.i.p

Would be very interested to see how the Rune priest looks when it is painted.

Forgot this model its Wazdakka on a jetbike

Ailaros wrote:silly, tau can't take close combat weapons.

That and the pod and the looted trygon are pure awesomesauce.

So, my best conversion was my first commissar, but now, for those who didn't see it before, it's my most recent lord commissar:





and in action...



With the exception of the bolt pistol in its holster, everything was from the regular cadian infantry sprue, and greenstuff.

Love it.


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Wulfenone wrote:
Here is my Rune Priest w.i.p

PLEASE! Paint this soon! I love what you have done with it.

Just a small amount of conversion on this one. Basically redid his foot to look more like jumping/flying and added blood drops all over his shoulder pads (not visible in this photo) and on his knee.

Gunzhard wrote:Just a small amount of conversion on this one. Basically redid his foot to look more like jumping/flying and added blood drops all over his shoulder pads (not visible in this photo) and on his knee.

VERY nice. This was what I had planned to do for my Jump Libby, though not for Blood Angels. Nicely done!

Amazing conversions. I like the IG LC.
A bit off topic but I tell you it is truth and not a lie.
A friend of mine created the concept of lord Commisar.
He got a free LC out of it.
Not lying. If we where still on talking terms I could be able to show you proof.

No one believes you.

Pics or it didn't happen

zadelistol wrote:Amazing conversions. I like the IG LC.
A bit off topic but I tell you it is truth and not a lie.
A friend of mine created the concept of lord Commisar.
He got a free LC out of it.
Not lying. If we where still on talking terms I could be able to show you proof.

Pfff, thats nothing. I actually INVENTED warhammer. No kidding. This one time I happened to be in England and was talking to this French guy. I guess someoen over heard me. Oh well, I got a mention once for it.

Never expected anyone to, just wanted to throw it out there.

ok.......

Ya'll some haters for real.

Thanks agroszkiewitz. I'll let them believe me or not.
NOW. back on topic(even though I probably lost nearly all credibility on Dakka with that post)

Not my best conversion, but one of my favorites.


I will be stripping this model later for a repaint, just got it quick painted so i can play it in a tourny.

It surprises me that your post received that type of reaction. I for one don't care either way so i was perfectly happy to just remain silent. The fact is....SOMEONE was responsible for inspiring that character in both literary terms and for the model. Is it so hard to believe that the person wouldn't have any friends who play the game? That those friends wouldn't be members of any one of the thousands of game sites out on the web?

While it would have been nice to have proof, said proof would have only served to have the rest of us "Ooooh and Aaaah". If you are the friend of the inspiration, Congrats.

Thanks, while my statement is true, I have no way of providing everyone with proof.

My take on the Angel of Retribution (The Sanguinor) for my Homebrewed Chapter.



This is the Cloaked Head from a Ravenwing Sprue, the Lightning Claws of an Assault Terminator Pack, And the body and jump pack of a Sanguinary Guard.

The Rock on the base is a bunch of melted sprue bits.

zadelistol wrote:Thanks agroszkiewitz. I'll let them believe me or not.
NOW. back on topic(even though I probably lost nearly all credibility on Dakka with that post)

Not my best conversion, but one of my favorites.


I will be stripping this model later for a repaint, just got it quick painted so i can play it in a tourny.

Naw DAKKA will pretty much forget what you said in a day or two

I have to say though, I like your conversion. Reminds me a bit of Darth Maul, and hes the tits in my eyes.

Connor McKane wrote:My take on the Angel of Retribution (The Sanguinor) for my Homebrewed Chapter.



This is the Cloaked Head from a Ravenwing Sprue, the Lightning Claws of an Assault Terminator Pack, And the body and jump pack of a Sanguinary Guard.

The Rock on the base is a bunch of melted sprue bits.

I <3 it!

Soul of Iron wrote:Man. Those Nobs are ace!

Lots of great work in here. I LOVE conversion threads!

Here are some of my l recent works:

Blue Scribes

those are... beautiful... so much better than mine! brings a tear to my eye...

KingCracker wrote:

zadelistol wrote:Thanks agroszkiewitz. I'll let them believe me or not.
NOW. back on topic(even though I probably lost nearly all credibility on Dakka with that post)

Not my best conversion, but one of my favorites.

I will be stripping this model later for a repaint, just got it quick painted so i can play it in a tourny.

Naw DAKKA will pretty much forget what you said in a day or two

I have to say though, I like your conversion. Reminds me a bit of Darth Maul, and hes the tits in my eyes.

Lol that's a new one.
I would be lying if I said I was inspired by the sith.
The inspiration hit me when I was flipping through the 40k 5th ed rulebook and saw an ork with something similar.

Here is one I am proud of.



This is a custom built Ork Fighter. I used a ME 262 model and a Tau Piranha to make the majority of it. You can also see some Stormboy rocket packs for boosters and various Ork bits left over from the Stompa and Battlewagon. There is also a ton of plastic card work. It was built for a local conversion contest which I won.

I actually just finished these guys. Nothing too special, but a simple and fun conversion nonetheless.

What did you use for the tank on the meltagunner there?

Artsoldier35 wrote:It surprises me that your post received that type of reaction. I for one don't care either way so i was perfectly happy to just remain silent. The fact is....SOMEONE was responsible for inspiring that character in both literary terms and for the model. Is it so hard to believe that the person wouldn't have any friends who play the game? That those friends wouldn't be members of any one of the thousands of game sites out on the web?

While it would have been nice to have proof, said proof would have only served to have the rest of us "Ooooh and Aaaah". If you are the friend of the inspiration, Congrats.

It's more that it's highly unlikely that the friend of a 20 year old in Illinois inspired a character type that has been around since at least Ibram Gaunt in 1999.

I really like your conversions, White Wolf, especially that melta! They might be pretty simple, but they're full of character nonetheless

The melta tank looks like a flamer tank split down the middle and attached to a cut down Vox. Simple, elegant and effective, my favourite kind of conversion

Yup, Flinty hit the nail on the head. Saves on the money too. Thanks for the complements I have yet to figure out how to convert a plasma gun tho :(

no way near as good as Soul of Iron's but I love them anyway

my scratch built blue scribes



some of the flames are faces



scribe 1



scribe 2



you can see more of them at my P&M blog

Looks like it's got the fuel lines off the bottom of the flamer tank on the bottom of the vox too. Really clean work!


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Whoa, ninja'd and a half there. Sorry bout that DPBellathrom!

lol its K

NaZ wrote:Here are a few quick shots of my kustom biker warboss







enjoy!

NaZ

awesome whip arm

all these conversions make mine look terrible


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Phairsto wrote:I already posted my Stormraven way back, not sure if I can post a second model, but I just finished my conversion for Carnavon, High Chaplain of the Flesh Tearers (counts-as Astaroth)



I'm very proud of him

love the helmet paint job
i just might steal your idea

My Death Guard Lord/Sorcerer, depending on the mood I'm in. I painted him up a few years ago (for the last codex) but I'm still really happy with the way he turned out.



Peter

WOW that terminator is bad ass. Impressive to say the least....makes you wanna have a nurgle army.

Heres somethin i started on the weekend just finished then, does anybody like it/hate it?

thedevilgunner wrote:WOW that terminator is bad ass. Impressive to say the least....makes you wanna have a nurgle army.

Heres somethin i started on the weekend just finished then, does anybody like it/hate it?

i made a conversion like that for my Dark Angel Company Master
i think it would be cool to make an entire army like that but it would b pretty expencive.

WIP DP for my biomechanical Iron Warriors drawing heavily on the Obliterator techno-virus idea. I'm sure someone will hate on the mish mash of parts from 3 races, but whevs. Its gonna be my best work to date.

I don't hate! that's gonna be awesome!

agroszkiewicz wrote:WIP DP for my biomechanical Iron Warriors drawing heavily on the Obliterator techno-virus idea. I'm sure someone will hate on the mish mash of parts from 3 races, but whevs. Its gonna be my best work to date.

you aren't the only one with a cyber-prince!


you may be the best, though...

Trying desperately to keep a "chaos" feel without adding spikes and other no imagination bitz. Is it just me or does the giant...ummm thing look like a bunny rabbit made of grimdark and guns?

agroszkiewicz wrote:Trying desperately to keep a "chaos" feel without adding spikes and other no imagination bitz. Is it just me or does the giant...ummm thing look like a bunny rabbit made of grimdark and guns?

I'd suggest he's more of a jackalope, with the horns. Therefore, he must be lucky... or unlucky, I can't quite remember which right now

whats that mexican goat sucker called - looks like that to me erm chupacabra (thankyou google)

weetyskemian44 wrote:whats that mexican goat sucker called - looks like that to me erm chupacabra (thankyou google)

Ooooo, I like that! Model has 6 or 8 eyes and a marine scale mouth. lol.

Connor McKane wrote:My take on the Angel of Retribution (The Sanguinor) for my Homebrewed Chapter.



This is the Cloaked Head from a Ravenwing Sprue, the Lightning Claws of an Assault Terminator Pack, And the body and jump pack of a Sanguinary Guard.

The Rock on the base is a bunch of melted sprue bits.

the arms look a bit big,other than that a great mini. very well done

Hey whats up everyone. Brand new user to the forum, but a long time 40k veteran.

So I have 2 favorite conversions only because one is not quite complete yet.

First, my Deamonhunters Inquisitor. He is equipped with an Eviscerater, Psychic Hood and Power Armor.
He was made from bits of a Company Champion SM, a rocket Launcher SM, the Chainsword is from a IG Sentinel and his hood is greenstuff.








Second, my Death Korps of Krieg Chimera Transport. I found the original Chimera looks too much like a tank with a pathetic gun opposed to a transport.
I made it from cutting down the side pieces of the chimera, and a 1/35 scale kit of an M4 Sherman Medium Tank's Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension. It made the Chimera much thinner which makes it appear longer, as a transport should.

agroszkiewicz wrote:Trying desperately to keep a "chaos" feel without adding spikes and other no imagination bitz. Is it just me or does the giant...ummm thing look like a bunny rabbit made of grimdark and guns?

Looks like a Glabrezu

Cutthroatcure wrote:
Looks like a Glabrezu

You just went up about 100 points in my book. Dammit, now I wanna make The Lady of Pain.

Here´re some pics of my drivin memorial for two of the finest moments of my beloved Space Wolves.



This side shows the Razing of Prospero during the Horus Heresy



And the other side shows the Defense of the Cadian Gate during the 13th Black Crusade

Another one of my favorites is my Iron Priest Ulf Strongbrow

Dark Bjoern wrote:Here´re some pics of my drivin memorial for two of the finest moments of my beloved Space Wolves.



This side shows the Razing of Prospero during the Horus Heresy



And the other side shows the Defense of the Cadian Gate during the 13th Black Crusade

Another one of my favorites is my Iron Priest Ulf Strongbrow

The amount of WIN that just filled my chair made fall into the floor!
OMG those are incredible Land Raiders sir!

Are those models cut down to be set on the LR side? if so...AMAZING!!!
If you hand sculpted the sides EVEN MORE EPICLY AMAZING!!!!

i got some basic cool ones ill post tomoro

Connors Sanguinor is pretty awesome.

there is a HUGE amount of awesomness on this thread, DAMN MY CAMERA FOR NOT WORKING!! maybe soon jessops will return it fixed for me :(

My undead glow in the dark carnifex:

its different - very different - bet it looks cool if you turn the lights down

@ Shogun

LED or luminescent paint? Looks really really cool.

Pics of conversion WIP for my current army.

Those jetpacks look sweet!

Groo The Wanderer wrote:Those jetpacks look sweet!

Thanks bro, they are ridiculously simple to make. Beats the hell out of sourcing from the Possessed kit.

zadelistol wrote:Are those models cut down to be set on the LR side? if so...AMAZING!!!
If you hand sculpted the sides EVEN MORE EPICLY AMAZING!!!!

No, that´s complete models. I built boxes for the whole szenario and filled it up with a stuff called Cerafix. It´s normally used for making or repairing porcelain puppets. It´s a bit like plaster. When dried you can curve in something quit easy. Oh and the assault ramp mechanic is still functional.

Dark Bjoern wrote:

zadelistol wrote:Are those models cut down to be set on the LR side? if so...AMAZING!!!
If you hand sculpted the sides EVEN MORE EPICLY AMAZING!!!!

No, that´s complete models. I built boxes for the whole szenario and filled it up with a stuff called Cerafix. It´s normally used for making or repairing porcelain puppets. It´s a bit like plaster. When dried you can curve in something quit easy. Oh and the assault ramp mechanic is still functional.

Very very impressive!

@LordofSteel - That chimera is extremely neat. The tracks look a lot better in that configuration. I wonder why GW went with the wacky no-suspension concept

Glad to go up 100 Points...And those Jump Packs are awesome.

AlarmingRick - Really amazing Idea and from what I have seen quite original to...I love it!

these are my fav maybe not the best.



Won best converted model for the plaguebearers, so someone thought they were good.

Juicy!

Who wrote:these are my fav maybe not the best.



Won best converted model for the plaguebearers, so someone thought they were good.

I was just reminded of this.

seriously though, awesome models.

the first of my squad of Seraphim Bikers



working on at least 5 more.

Loving the bikerette's Zeke, very much 10 out of 10 on the awesomness scale! lol

Im sorry, but i will have to show one of my... sry for the bad photo:




I just like the way it ended, specially the helmet (and it is just my 6th painted model)

Image fail, sorry.

Ps. the image is in my gallery.

Theres a TON of great work here!! Gave me some really cool stuff to look at while I was bored!

Here is mine. It's the only conversion I have that is finished(except for the base).

A squad of daemonettes I did a while back. I was originally going to have them killing guardsmen but I had a friend who offered to let me have some of his unused fire warriors. I couldn't get a good group shot.

@ agroszkiewicz


I really like the idea of your destyoer/possessed/DP (is it a DP or a Lord?):










My only gripe is that the necron body and spine make it look a little too skinny. I probaby woudl have used a chaos Termie/Marine body and green stuff'd it to fit the Destroyer chassis, maybe kept a proper Chaso head on it as well. But funky plan.

benrbls wrote:A squad of daemonettes I did a while back. I was originally going to have them killing guardsmen but I had a friend who offered to let me have some of his unused fire warriors. I couldn't get a good group shot.

The only problem I ever had with people doing that, is when your playing an army that isnt the "dead guys" it looks weird. Example, you play against Necrons, why are FireWarriors there? Other then that they all look good

The only problem I ever had with people doing that, is when your playing an army that isnt the "dead guys" it looks weird. Example, you play against Necrons, why are FireWarriors there? Other then that they all look good

After buying the models I discovered that I don't usually use too many daemonettes so I try to keep those as more of show pieces. Although if I do need the other 5 models, or if I'm actually playing Tau, they get to see some table time.

LOVE the paintwork on Iron Hands Marine

Arrias wrote:

Here is mine. It's the only conversion I have that is finished(except for the base).

I love the Teeth Detail on this..What dd you have in mind for the base?

[img]This is mine. A lot of action on this 40mm base, so heres the tour, counterclockwise from the top.
Its rippers, eating a space marine! A salamander leg set and the front part of a warrior torso make the body on the ground, ribs exposed and whatnot. I mangled it a bit.
Theres a ripper holding the head of the marine with its bionic eye recording two rippers fighting over an eyeball. I put some GS balled in the mouth of one ripper and covered the tongues with superglue till it looked nasty enough. Still doesn't look quite right, but from a certain perspective it could be bloody ripper makeouts, filmed.
Below the ripper feasting at the bottom of the base are some tyranid turtlemines(Can't find the OP of these, but they're nice. Thanks!). Make great base cover, and theres one munching on the shoe, as well.
Theres a genestealer ripper about to do just horrifying things with a clamp grip spinefist.
Theres even two of the turtle mines stacking at the top. [/img]

Cutthroatcure wrote:I love the Teeth Detail on this..What dd you have in mind for the base?

I'm planning on putting a Imperial Guard soldier on the ground, encircled by the terror, crawling away and reaching out one of his hands in a terrified expression. It will be his final desperate act before he dies. his legs will be a small distance behind him and there will be a trace of guts and blood. He he


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Arrias wrote:

Cutthroatcure wrote:I love the Teeth Detail on this..What dd you have in mind for the base?

I'm planning on putting a Imperial Guard soldier on the ground, encircled by the terror, crawling away and reaching out one of his hands in a terrified expression. It will be his final desperate act before he dies. his legs will be a small distance behind him and there will be a trace of guts and blood. He he


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I approve!

Wow, my friend just introduced me to this site especially this thread I'm amazed at the quality of some of the work here. Really gives me more inspiration, I'll post some pics up once sorta work out which one i love best.

@ Jimbozed



Nice!!

That bloody awsome jimbozed.

Praxiss wrote:@ agroszkiewicz


I really like the idea of your destyoer/possessed/DP (is it a DP or a Lord?):










My only gripe is that the necron body and spine make it look a little too skinny. I probaby woudl have used a chaos Termie/Marine body and green stuff'd it to fit the Destroyer chassis, maybe kept a proper Chaso head on it as well. But funky plan.

Glad you like it man! In those pics the torso looks "skinny" due to the lack of a backpack, an arm, and adornments on the torso/hull assembly. Here are some more recent ones....haven't gotten much done what with the holidays and my GF being in town for almost 3 weeks.

Ah, gotcha, it does look a lot better bulked out. You gogin to use a "normal" marine arm for the other arm...or something else? A powerfist arm + shoulder pad could serve to add a bti more bulk to the body as a whole.

What will you be playing it as? A DP or a Lord on a mount?

That gun looks mean BTW. nice work.

Here is something i made not too long ago mind you i've added abit more stuff to it since then, and yes it can transform. I'll post more on it once it's finished painted.

Nice stuff I'm seeing here. So here's my two attempts
Made from 40k and Fantasy bits with a reaver mini coat and obvious IG bits are obvious.





And a flyrant from Lotro


I really need to finish painting him. Then again he rarely gets a cover save...

Bluedestiny I love your suit. There is some amazing Tau stuff on here. My own rather modest contribution to this thread:

bluedestiny wrote:Here is something i made not too long ago mind you i've added abit more stuff to it since then, and yes it can transform. I'll post more on it once it's finished painted.

Love the idea/concept behind this one!
You should take step-by-step transforming pics and show us all(I'm very interested in watching it change from tau to plane)

jimbozed wrote:

it's a very nice conversion but i can't shake the feeling that the daemon prince is going to tickle the marine with that giant paw! maybe its just the fact that he's slaneeshi.

Seconding the request for a step by step of the transforming Tau Battlesuit.


And I must admit; the necron/chaos/tyranid thing looks like someone dropped super glue in the bits box.

lalabox wrote:And Gears of Warhammer:

wow. I'm pretty fond of my IG preist (made with that same head), who carries a giant (ork) chainsaw (eviscerator)- he has blood splattered all over him, and i put gloss on it to make it look nice and fresh.
I also have my raven guard chapter master, Areth Caan, who is made out of 2 LC termies, a tactical marine, a khorne beserker, 2 leman russes, 2 fantasy wings (different kits, don't know which), an assault marines, the FW character conversion kit, and a deverstator sargeant. He has 2 LCs, 2 bolt pistols, 2 grenade launchers, and a jump pack. (sorry I can't post pics- my laptop won't let me).
I also like my relic blade/SS biker captain, my inquisitor lord, my GK grand master, my numerous captains, my uber-rhino (need a name), my vanguard veteran sarge and my biker libby.

Dark Bjoern wrote:Here´re some pics of my drivin memorial for two of the finest moments of my beloved Space Wolves.



This side shows the Razing of Prospero during the Horus Heresy



And the other side shows the Defense of the Cadian Gate during the 13th Black Crusade

Another one of my favorites is my Iron Priest Ulf Strongbrow

SMACK *silence for a few seconds* SMACK

The sound of my jaw hitting the floor followed by the rest of me. My hat dear sir is well and truly taken off...a masterpiece I would cradle that Land Raider more dearly than my children.

Oh I suppose I better add this my Rune Priest casting Living lightning

terribletrygon wrote:Seconding the request for a step by step of the transforming Tau Battlesuit.


And I must admit; the necron/chaos/tyranid thing looks like someone dropped super glue in the bits box.

How so? I'd love some constructive criticism on my work....kind of my first major attempts at things. Oh, and here is a shot of the project from the back. <shrug>

Actually you aren't far off....most of my stuff IS bitz box rebuilds of models I painted months ago. If you are speaking of the giant mutant dreadnaught rabbit bug thing on a 60mm base... I dunno, its got a life of its own. Should make a nice "counts as" Defiler though.

It doesn't seem to have a plan to it. it looks as if you've got a necron body, dabbed glue, and dunked it in a feth load of bitz.

Matrim wrote:It doesn't seem to have a plan to it. it looks as if you've got a necron body, dabbed glue, and dunked it in a feth load of bitz.

Ah, well all I can say on that one is that its not even primed yet. There is a cohesive idea in mind, reflected in the blog in my siggy. I knew it would draw a bit of hate from purists. Its all good. It'll look cohesive and proper once its finished and shown along side the army it's being modeled for.


As far as it being dabbed and dunked, its actually pretty damn hard to trim down, GS, and pose parts from disparate kits into something that reflects a biomechanical theme. There isn't much glue at all in the model at this point. Most of the bitz are trimmed down from a huge variety of things into a rough fit, then filed to a close fit...little bit of GS to smooth the joins where I want an organic look. Wish I had a vise and drill. Maybe these pics will make the direction I'm going a bit more clear....understandably some folks aren't going to dig it. Its a break from the GW strictures for sure.

Also included are models in process of stripping. Possessed, random termies, stock DP, random muhreenz.




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Praxiss wrote:Ah, gotcha, it does look a lot better bulked out. You gogin to use a "normal" marine arm for the other arm...or something else? A powerfist arm + shoulder pad could serve to add a bti more bulk to the body as a whole.

What will you be playing it as? A DP or a Lord on a mount?

That gun looks mean BTW. nice work.

DP at this point, although the model is weird enough to play as several things. The gun is a clipped and filed Necron Heavy Destroyer gauss weapon with added bitz from 4 different kits to try and give it a more chaotic feel. The other arm is going to be a gun, probably built around something from an Ork sprue. The CCW are modeled as the tendrils and mandibles on the lower hull. Basically he doesn't need more weapons because he IS a weapon....made of weapons.

Wow, lots of great models here! Here is my contribution...I have lots more that are WIP, so I'll just show the one that is the most done.
This is my first Genestealer to Bloodletter conversion. I have one more mosly done, and a 3rd one in the works. But this is my fave!

It's also one of the photos in my gallery tied for the highest vote count! 1! Woo Hoo!

jimbozed wrote:

Awsome! I love snakes!


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bluedestiny wrote:Here is something i made not too long ago mind you i've added abit more stuff to it since then, and yes it can transform. I'll post more on it once it's finished painted.

Cool! My brother would love that one. Could give him some inspiration on Tau converting. I like the transformers idea and movable joints!

The movable joints on that Tau make me wish to build my own articulated Dreadnought, thanks for it...

Ed_Bodger wrote:Oh I suppose I better add this my Rune Priest casting Living lightning

I am so in love with this...Good Idea going with the Living Lightning!

I'm curious. On the convertible Tau suit, did you use magnet or some kind of cast snap in part? Lemme know....I love the idea.

Arrias wrote:

jimbozed wrote:

Awsome! I love snakes!



Looks like a Flame Salamander from D&D!