Marshal Rohr Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Bitz Goodness Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roesor Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 and...boom goes the dynamite... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2981651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_Atk Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Has anyone tried using the Chaos Warriors legs for their neophytes? I was thinking to use these and the torsos of the scouts to dress up my neophytes and use the remaining heads and such for my initiates. Comments GO! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2981941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 The scale is unusual when you do that. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2981960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin .44 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I'm lazy, so I just do this Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2981980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T14 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Neophyte conversions are hard :/ Â Style and theme is a matter of personal aesthetics, ofc, so nothing is "wrong" per se. As I see it, people have tended to use the following (non-exhaustive) palette of things to use: Â Vanilla scout models - Pro: These are the obvious choice as they represent nascent space marines roughly equivalent to our neophytes - Con: I hate, hate, hate the sculpts. Heads and torsos are awful in my opinion, but ymmv. Â Carapace armoured humans (IG). - Pro: varied and highly customizable. I've seen decent kitbashes using SM scout legs and arms, with cadian torsos. IG heads are still iffy - Cons. still looks like IG attached to SM squads, which feels wierd. Â WHFB flagellants, or similar robed humans. - Pro: Cheap. Fits with a lot of the artwork where robed humans freely mingle with BT on the battlefield. - Cons: Heads, model size. They would need to "count as" neophytes ruleswise, while clearly being acolytes/chapterserfs/cenobytes fluffwise. Â WHFB knightly models from the empire or brettonian range. - Pro: Cheap. Fits with the "Brettonians in space" theme if that is what you are into. - Cons: "Brettonians in space". Same size issues as IG, same counts as issues as flagellants. No artwork justfication. Â If only we had access to decent scout armour helmets, eh? <_< Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2981983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
reckoning Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 You could always use pig iron infantry heads. Im not a fan but some people like them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2981999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T14 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I bought several styles awhile ago, but none were a stylistic match, imo. :( But others might find them useful <_< Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2982010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Reinhard Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I only really dislike the heads of the standard scouts  This here apparently makes use of some Bretonnia heads that I think ends up looking quite good, but I'm not entirely sure where to locate these bits. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2982092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T14 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 WHFB Bretonnian Knights errant heads, I believe Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2982105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnorriSnorrison Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Nice kits for historical armies ( I love Teutonic Knights! ) but probably not very fitting for Scifi...I mean, knight helmets and chainmail are not very 40k I think(please don't bash me for that guys - it's just that helmets of the knights of old look ridiculous on Space Marines, period). Â Â Snorri Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2982428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Use the torsos and sleeves with a GS mold of the free floating scout should pad? Â Â I want the helmets because I want to use the winged head for my 'honor guard' counts-as. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2982496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Severarse Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I can't stand the regular scouts either. Not for Templars. I do like those Teutonic knight helmets though! Â I use a mix of heads (like the screaming Blood Angels heads), and just use marine legs with the tabard bodies from the BT upgrade kit. I leave the marine shoulder pads off of whatever arms look cool and I use a different backpack or even cut the round vents off a regular backpack. Looks enough like a BT scout for me, and if combined with kewl bits and painted nicely, well, nobody will even care about the marine legs. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2982657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffer77 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Is it some alternative heads to Bretonnian Knights errant heads. Because if it is I am getting a box of those. Has some tried to use IG jungle fighter heads, if so did it look good. Â Errant Knights: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/...odId=prod780923 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2982776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherLoki Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 The pic on the GW site has the kit assembled as Knights of the Realm - the fully fledged armoured knights. The kit also contains the non-helmeted heads for the Errants, who are the young knoghts on their first quest. Â It's a bit expensive to get the box for just the heads though - as only a few are really suitable. I got some from a bitz site (bitzbox.co.uk I think) and also got some helmeted man at arms heads. They look good on the scout bodies in my opinion - the right mix of sci-fi and fantasy. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2982792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockdar Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I use the scouts from GW themselves, even several of the old metal ones. I have to admit that they do look a bit goofy but that could also be because mine look like Duke Nukem in Power Armour? All 20 of them... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2982934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffer77 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Thank you BrotherLoki. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/246396-neophyte-conversion/#findComment-2982939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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