Xyon Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 So, I've made an apothecary myself, but I'm thinking of making a new one. My current one was using apothecary bits from the command squad sprue. I was thinking about using the Fabius Bile backpack and surgical arms, seems it would be suffifiently cool, also allowing the arms free of apoth specific bits so they could be easily swapped without messing with the over all look of the model. Has anyone else thought of or tried this? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kovash Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I used the apothecary bits from the new Grey Knight terminator box. A nice and simple conversion, very little cutting involved. The idea of using Bile's backpack is certainly unique, I'd love to see how that turns out. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2851322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Turnbull Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I used the Grey Knights arm too. Stuck the Dark Agnels Storm Shield to his back and made it look like he's in the middle of performing the healing rites on someone. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2851528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvena Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Spamus on warseer has done it:) http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q167/Spamus_Eatus/HPIM3209.jpg http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q167/Spamus_Eatus/HPIM3210.jpg http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q167/Spamus_Eatus/IMG_0063.jpg http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q167/Spamus_Eatus/IMG_0064.jpg http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q167/Spamus_Eatus/IMG_0065.jpg And his inspiring thread http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151575 ... I have also copied the idea, i ll try to take a picture of mine tonight. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2851554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyon Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Thanks for that link, those deathwing are inspiring to say the least. Gives me a little bit of an idea for what to do. Hopefully true/art/whatever scaling it will still make it look good. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2851621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvena Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Thanks for that link, those deathwing are inspiring to say the least. Gives me a little bit of an idea for what to do. Hopefully true/art/whatever scaling it will still make it look good. Sorry i should have warned you that it is an old log. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2851674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I was thinking about using the Fabius Bile backpack and surgical arms, seems it would be suffifiently cool, also allowing the arms free of apoth specific bits so they could be easily swapped without messing with the over all look of the model. Has anyone else thought of or tried this? I've borrowed this idea from this forum, though I haven't finished any of the arms yet. The surgical arms fit very well on the top of terminator armour. If you order the parts from GW they come with four or five Cypher backpacks - ideal for turning robed Dark Angels into Fallen. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2851817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPK Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 If you order the parts from GW they come with four or five Cypher backpacks - ideal for turning robed Dark Angels into Fallen. Yes, you can get the set under Chaos Bits. A good thing to remember, every army has a bits section on GW. I've seen dopes on ebay paying lots of money for particular bits that actually come on a larger sprue that GW sells online - sometimes cheaper. I'd say the cypher backpacks would work well for Chaplains also - or really any DA - not just fallen. YoungWolf (haven't seen him around here lately) also did said conversion - http://youngwolf7.com/?page_id=2824&page=4 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2851863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coot83 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Beautiful conversion! I am actually in the process of redoing my apothecary as well. Coot Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2851911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
march10k Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Mine's got the over-the-shoulder light off of an APO backpack mounted on his shoulder and reductor/narthecium setup (IIRC, I made it from a tech servitor arm...?) mounted to the elbow joint of his powerfist arm (he's armed with SB/PF, although I could say it's WYSIWYG for a chainfist, too...). That, along with the appropriate paint job, including the double helix emblem on both the fist and a kneepad...viola, an apothecary in TDA. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2851974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvena Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 As promised some pics of mine: Click Click !! http://www.gatorimage.com/thumb-0D1B_4E4ECE0B.jpg http://www.gatorimage.com/thumb-79A1_4E4ECE0B.jpg http://www.gatorimage.com/thumb-4F5B_4E4ECE0B.jpg http://www.gatorimage.com/thumb-ED72_4E4ECE0B.jpg http://www.gatorimage.com/thumb-3B0D_4E4ECE0B.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2852045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyon Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 Thanks for the pics! Pretty darn good. Definite inspiration for me to go ahead with my idea. I probably wont get to convert my dude for a while though, but don't mind sharing pics of my current model. Edit: here's some pictures of my current apothecary. next to a plastic dreadnaught for size comparison since I dont have any regular sized terminators to compare him to. Working on what I call truescale terminators, like other conversion heads out there. Dunno if its actually truescale or just artscale, or whatever you'd call it. I just know he's beefy. So you can imagine how my new one will look with the mechanical arms and truescaled up, swappable arms, all that good stuff. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b219/JohnDDW/th_DSCN0211.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b219/JohnDDW/th_DSCN0210.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b219/JohnDDW/th_DSCN0209.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b219/JohnDDW/th_DSCN0208.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2852258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Blaire Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Xyon, very cool, you guys doing the True-Scaling impress me a lot! Definitely more modeling and concepting than I've been willing to put in. One OT question though: how are you going to True-Scale the Dread. Now he looks dinky compared to the Terminator! :) All the other Apothecay contributors, thanks! Those are some cool ideas for DW apothecaries. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2852269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyon Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 Personally I'm not a big fan of the performance of dreadnaughts on the battlefield. But I was wondering about the truescale of dreads myself. I really really love the new contemptor dreadnaught, and I was thinking I could purchase a few of those, bulk them up a little, and use them as regular/venerable dreads, since they're quite tall all ready. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2852430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kovash Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Here are pictures of my apothecary, just finished painting him tonight: All I did was cut off the narthecium from the grey knight arm, cut off the tube from a terminator power fist, then filed them down and glued them together. I also used the light from the grey knight apothecary bits, I thought it would add a little extra to the model to differentiate it from the rest of the squad. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2853704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Blaire Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Looks pretty good to me, Brother Kovash, nice conversion! One bit of CnC, his eye looks like it is going to come out his head, probably need to tone down the iris some. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2854086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kovash Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Bryan I didn't notice how poorly the eye was until I started showing it to my friends! Painting into the early morning after a few beers will do that I suppose. I'll fix it up once I get back in the painting groove again. Alvena, I'll just say you've got the best conversion yet, no contest! Not too over the top, nice job using a chainsword too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2855530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Neo Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Personally I'm not a big fan of the performance of dreadnaughts on the battlefield. But I was wondering about the truescale of dreads myself. I really really love the new contemptor dreadnaught, and I was thinking I could purchase a few of those, bulk them up a little, and use them as regular/venerable dreads, since they're quite tall all ready. i just used the legs from the imperial guard walker (can't remember what it's called right now) and padded the legs out a little to make it taller and use it as a venerable dreadnought Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2855540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyon Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Yeah, sentinels, I've seen people do that. A local guy has also been making TS space wolfs, made a Bjorn out of 100% plasticard. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2855819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aekold Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I built mine using a chainfist and a part of the ravenwing sprue, veteran sprue and plasticard. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i21/aekold666/sarafan%20order/P1020798.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i21/aekold666/sarafan%20order/P1020797.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i21/aekold666/sarafan%20order/P1020796.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2856001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Hey great Apoth's :). Never thought to use Bile's rather scary looking mechanical tools but they kinda work in an overthetop way and would certainly be very recognisible on the tabletop. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2856109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvena Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 @aekold: interesting home made narthecium :lol: @Brother Kovash : Mine is not the one painted with the chainsaw, that's Spammus eatus from warseer one. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2856510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kovash Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 @aekold: interesting home made narthecium :wacko: @Brother Kovash : Mine is not the one painted with the chainsaw, that's Spammus eatus from warseer one. Aekold that's a very good looking narthecium, looks like it could punch a hole right through some TDA armor. Awesome color scheme as well. Alvena if I had actually read your post probably I would've seen that. Your conversion pics a few posts down looks pretty good too. Can't wait to see some painted pics. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/236564-deathwing-apothecary-conversions/#findComment-2856624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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