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Male ones, ya perverts,

I need a plastic bare-chested human torso for a conversion, but after scanning the GW ranges I still haven't found a perfect candidate. I'd like it as close to nude as possible, with as few details of clutter, equipment, or accesories as possible. The level of muscularity isn't that important; jacked or scrawny are both workable.

There are several bare torsos with vests/covered backs (Empire Flagellants, various Catachans) but they would take some serious carving and resculpting to work. There are also a few candidates that are nearly completely bare (Savage Orcs, Gors, Ungors) but none of them have perfect human dimensions. I've also looked at Chaos Marauders, but they have a lot of straps and buckles that would need to be carved away.

Can you guys think of any other options I might be missing?

The straps on the Chaos Marauders can be cut away easily enough in most cases. Otherwise I don't know what would be of use in the GW range.

There's a unit in the warriors of chaos in fantasy that fits that. They have a few bare chested men, scale wise they seem to fit well with space marines

The Catachans also have a bare chest.

A full model, but:



Necromunda Scum

How about a Bloodletter? Or maybe Plaguebearers? Definite resculpting to be done though.

It's been my general experience that if the question is "Where can I find a single miniature (or parts thereof) for a conversion?" the answer is frequently "Reaper." The following beefcake images represent about five minutes of searching. There is a huge library of miniatures available from them (hundreds available in plastic for a very small amount of money) and many of the models are available in pieces. (If a model has an icon of a puzzlepiece underneath it, it indicates that you can just purchase single components of a multi-part model, which can save you dough when you're looking for bitz.)

 Snrub wrote:
The Catachans also have a bare chest.

Is there a totally bare one, or maybe one with just a bandolier? I was only able to detect ones with vests (meaning all of the abdominal/back areas need to be carved down and resculpted).

Oh... yeah it may have a bandoleer oh it. Hang on I'll go check.


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Yeah you were right. He's got a bandoleer.

Even so, a bandolier might be easier to work with than the ones I've found so far (which are both bare chests covered y vests).

I think both of mine came off the Catachan Command sprues. Do you know where the bandolier one originates? Regular Catachan sprues, or maybe the heavy weapons?

Mine came from the regular Cat squad.