sn0wstorm Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Hey everyone, long time reader, first time poster. This is Bernd from Germany. English is not my primary language, so please bear with me if I tear it apart unwillingly ;-) With the release of the "new" Wolves, I followed my heart (and the smell of beer...) and became a member of the Fang. One of the characters that allures me is of course Ragnar Blackmane, and the old mini really... well.. lacks. So I am currently building my own Ragnar. First impression: http://www.studio-snow.com/warhammer/ragnar.jpg Yes, the Topknot is still missing (just didn't fit). And the blade will be a bit longer (still have to cut it). Base was made with a piece of cork, plus snow made of Natron, Glue and Water. I really like the way the snow turned out. Anyway, just wanted to share the process (will post more pics until Ragnar is done), and share a beer and a belch with everyone here. Laters, and Cheers from Germany, Bernd Edit: Ragnar is done: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...t&p=2213729 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Runner Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 It's looking good, and I hope to see more pics soon. Just have to say, usually snow is the last thing to be placed. You work in an unconventional way. Very intriguing. So welcome to the Fang, your in the right place if you like beer so much! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2204292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natanael Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 You work in an unconventional way. Very intriguing. So welcome to the Fang, your in the right place if you like beer so much! I second that. Already painted the legs, but the rest is not even primed? Well, at least it looks very good! Keep it up. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2204302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn0wstorm Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 I have to agree, it's unconventional for me too. But I wanted to test the snow, and also knew I would use these legs with the pelt. The rest is currently fixed lightly with an adhesive. Until today I didn't knew exactly what parts I would use except for the legs. So thats why they aren't primed yet. But this will change soon. Now that I am writing it, I am parallel working on a "Bjorn The Fell Handed". And guess what part is finished: http://www.studio-snow.com/warhammer/bjorn.jpg Go figure... <_< Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2204316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurglespuss Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 nothing wrong with being a leg-man :tu: Looking good so far, I like the ragnar conversion, and I'm not sure extending the sword is such a good idea... Racners swar is a helluva lot thinner than that plastic one, and I think thats why it works.... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2204348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Augustus Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I like it i like it alot one think that i feel is missing is his chain sword needs to be a little bit bigger. Oh and your English is good so i wouldnt worry about it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2204381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 a very nice conversion indeed especially without greenstuff. have you pinned any of it into place? or are you using just stock parts? how are you going to do the top knot? (this would be a good chance to practice your greenstuff skills) your English is good, and welcome to the fang brother! have an ale on me Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2204422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn0wstorm Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 a very nice conversion indeed especially without greenstuff. have you pinned any of it into place? or are you using just stock parts?how are you going to do the top knot? (this would be a good chance to practice your greenstuff skills) your English is good, and welcome to the fang brother! have an ale on me So far I have only used a bit putty to see which parts I would use. Basically only stock parts from 3 different sets. The normal Space Wolves frame, the accessories frame (backpack & rear torso), and the wolf paw is from the terminator sprue (using the big fur with the wolfhead for Bjorn, and the paw for Ragnar). The topknot was cut off and I will probably just glue it back in another angle or position. I'll try to use as few green-stuff as possible, but a bit will be needed for the paw I guess :o Cheers, Bernd Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2204663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn0wstorm Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 Hey everyone, I finally finished my version of Ragnar, and I am quite happy with how he turned out. There were a few things I hadn't done before (i.e. Snow base...), but it was quite fun... http://www.studio-snow.com/warhammer/swr1.jpg http://www.studio-snow.com/warhammer/swr2.jpg Only needs a finishing layer of matt varnish, and he is done. Details are exactly as I want every other mini of my army done. Not too much (I still want to play with my son from time to time, so an hour or 2 for painting is max a day), but good enough that I like looking at him ;-) Okay, back to Bjorn... Cheers, Bernd Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2213729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodf Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 his sword looks tiny! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2213793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodgers37 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Thats really cool :) All the Ragnar conversions are..... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2213807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Runner Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Great paint job and conversion sn0wstorm. ;) Hope to see Bjoern soon. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2214197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 good job! althought the fluffnazi inside me wants to mention ragnar's wolf pelt is that of a blackmane wolf:( Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2214437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WG Vrox Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Nice work snowstorm looks great. I do however somewhat agree with Rodf, it's not that it looks tiny, but rather Ragnar is well identified with his "longer" chain blade that is a frost weapon. I think you will find that you can easily splice another chain sword into that one to give it extra length. The wolf icon on the sword also shortens its look. Just use a nice straight cut at the base above the wolf icon cut, insert a different full length chainsword of the same double sided chainsword and it will look very nice. Vrox Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2214446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimtooth Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I can understand that the pics in both 3rd and 4th edition codex show Ragnar with a chainsword, but it considered a frost blade and the description of when he actually received it in the book Wolfblade seems to point towards a smooth frost blade versus a chained frost blade. If I was to make a Ragnar, I would probably use the sword from Ezekial to represent the frost blade. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2214479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamaNagol Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 And that is why those books are worth ignoring. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2214530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn0wstorm Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 I'm not sure if the books are worth ignoring. Right now I am reading the first Omnibus, and whether you use them or not as background is probably up for each one of us. Personally I tend to take all the books and codex fluff as stories. 2 people will always tell a story a bit different, and not even GW has all the details right. (The Omnibus has Ragnar with a beige / white pelt, and the new codex uses brown for his pelt) In the end this Mini is how I see Ragnar. My main concern was the posing. I didn't want him to look as flat as the original Ragnar mini. Also I wanted him to have as many pelt-pieces as possible, to bulk him up a bit. I think that worked, too. The frostblade was no easy choice. I thought about a runed power sword, but decided against it. I also thought about making the chainblade longer, but that would maybe look a bit slim. So I used a normal chainblade, but painted the teeth first shadow grey, and drybrushed it with space wolves grey and skull white, so I get a frost look on it. It's not so obvious in the pics, but it looks good when seen here on the mini ;-) Maybe everyone sees Ragnar different, but this is how I see him, and I have to say that I am pleased with the outcome :-) On another note: Sooner or later a new Ragnar mini will surely come out, and then I might just use this one for the Wolf Guard. Cheers, Bernd Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2214660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CainTheHunter Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Arrgh! That's a nice one! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2214663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DV8 Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 Nice interpretation, while it's not a dynamic pose, the base and the bulking out with fur pelts definitely gives the model a much more commanding presence, and while to me he doesn't immediately scream Ragnar, I know that he's at the very least a Wolf Guard Battle Leader or a Wolf Lord. To shed some light on the chainsword. I had considered that very sword for my own Ragnar conversion, and I ditched it very quickly, because of the hilt. The entire weapon from hilt bottom to top of the blade is no shorter than an assault marine's chainsword, but look at the hilt of the Space Wolf version. That wolf head makes the hilt look like it extends further than it actually does, so that the hilt appears to be the same length as the blade (so more like a chain-dagger or some such). Whether you like the look of it or not, is your call. Aesthetics is always subjective, and you'll always end up with people on either side of the fence (and always invariably some on the fence itself). As for the rest of the model, I would recommend you paint the eyes, the teeth, the gem on the backpack, and try and define the edges/creases/recesses where armor plates meet (in particular the legs, where the knee plates meet the lower leg greaves and thigh plates. DV8 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/186394-ragnar-wip-finished-ragnar-in-post-9/#findComment-2215180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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