Ragnar Blackmane - Read this before you buy

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**Scalp**

Hey Dakka,

Just thought I'd post a fairly useful little tip...

Before you purchase a Ragnar Blackmane model, consider instead purchasing one of GWs 10 man sprues. There are ALL the parts in the box you need to make a better mold version of Ragnar's Model... and you get 9 other guys for him to join up with.

I don't have my camera at the moment (left it at home Thanksgiving weekend), or I'd show you how close the two models were in the end.

**InyokaMadoda**

Intriguing. Post piccies....

**Scottywan82**

Seconded.

**dareaper**

ya i did it to makes a way better guy

**Blue Orphen**

Well, Ragnar is a pretty damned old model, and was the basis for a lot of the visuals on future SW releases.

**Ragnar Blackmane**

Consider this:

Now THAT'S a great conversion

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Too bad it's not mine, but it gives you some ideas how to do it by yourself ^^!
You'll just need one of the great old wolf headed backpacks, just ask around in the forum.

**physcosamatic**

VS

i say its a great convertion and a good way of saving money

thanks to you all for pointing this out

**Slappywag**

Sweet! I would however chop a wolf head of the back pack and do the shoulder pad like the old model.

Would be a lot of F'in about but would be worth it.

Slappy

**Howard A Treesong**

Wow he's really overdue for a new sculpt, just like Abaddon.

**whitedragon**

I have a soft spot for that sculpt.

**Dark**

Well, Failbaddon has a better mini from FW, never checked if they did Ragnar as well.

**whitedragon**

Dark wrote:Well, Failbaddon has a better mini from FW, never checked if they did Ragnar as well.

The FW abbadon is not 28mm.

**fire4effekt**

whitedragon wrote:I have a soft spot for that sculpt.

Yeah i cant get sexually excited about that slowed model either

**HolyCause**

Is it just me or is the GW Ragnar's eyes lop-sided?

**MasterSlowPoke**

You're missing the knife-boots that the old rangar had.

**Tek**

Whilst I agree; it's not quite the same though, is it?
I mean; the pelts, the chains, the badass belt, the pauldron.

Whilst it's cheaper to assemble your own, it's worth putting in a bit of time and some GS to capture the feel of the original sculpt. Good call though.

**Empchild**

IDK I could go either or on issues like that. The one side being I always love the old models something about remembering those first few games many MANY years ago, but on the other I think a converted could be tops if it was done right.

**KingCracker**

It is pretty damned close. I agree with Slappywag, Id convert a wolf head into one of the shoulder pads.

**Leone**

i made one , but painted him brown instead of the usual grey colours

**Slappywag**

HolyCause wrote:Is it just me or is the GW Ragnar's eyes lop-sided?

It really is, ha ha!

**Tek**

^^ Now that's a Ragnar!!

**Wolf Lord Ranulf**

I too made my own. I scavenged a lot of different space wolves bitz. but here's what I cam up with

**HamHamLunchbox**

heres mine,based on korsarro

**Fayric**

Problem withn making him out of the plastic box is he wont look more bad ass than a regular wolfguard (or even a grey hunter/blood claw. Ragnar is a major big bad wolf ass, so I would feel really bad by just making him out of bits that will return in every troop choise unit. But thats just me, and because I know its a ordinary model. Though it looks good it would feel wrong (again, just in my mind, and if someone else did something similar, I would probably think it was great).

Iwas thinking about making it out of the DH justicar, and then add stuff from the plastic box, and use the grim head of the devastator squads sergeant, but its just in planning yet.

**MagickalMemories**

Threadomanced thread is threadomanced. : )

**reds8n**

Hmm.. yeah, we'll go with it for the moment as the models are all sweet but in future could you check the date of the last post please, ta.

All those latest additions are all worthy of their own threads anyway

**Wolf Lord Ranulf**

Sorry, Red, I was doing my monthly search to see if there was any news on a new sculpt coming out and I had to reply. Mia Culpa.

Fayric, You can't see it in the pic, but I made several changes to the basic plastic to make it look more ragnarific and less rank and file. I added some chains, the sword blade has been lengthened and I added a hilt guard that looks fairly close to the original sculpt. All in all, he'll do until someone finally decides to redo him properly, and once they do he'll just go in the local store's display case.

**Odinsport**

I have done a conversion from the Space Wolves pack and added green stuff and a couple of other bits, notably the stone from my drive!

I've only really been painting for 6 months properly so you'll have to excuse the quality of the paint job, but I decided that the GW model wasn't animated enough.

Comments welcome. (Apologies for opening an old thread but this place is where I came for inspiration!)

**Element206**

Ill wait to see what your talking about...