Acebaur Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 So at long last, Grimaldus joins my crusade. I should have bought him ages ago, but back when he was available the named characters weren't all that great and I was focused on custom characters anyway. Then 8th dropped and they are great again and I also realized that I should have them all anyway. Here is the ebay link where I got him, scroll down to see the listing. 70 bucks was an absolute steal especially given the condition and that it's complete. https://www.ebay.com/itm/162937763616 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Yeah, getting him with the servitors for that price is a solid win. It's why I'm just DIYing the servitors. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted March 15, 2018 Author Share Posted March 15, 2018 Grimaldus arrived yesterday and I have already put a 32mm conversion ring on him. I found that the bottom of the banner for the servitor was missing, but no matter it was an easy fix to add something in. Also I never noticed that Grimaldus backpack has a broken powersword on it. That's pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagentus Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Grimaldus was my favourite model to paint for my old bt army Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 So with our new detachment in Vigilus I have gotten motivated again to do some modeling for my Templars. I've always loved our original sword brethren minis, but never really found a use for them. At one point I converted some of them to be Honor Guard but since they are no longer a unit worth taking they were shelved. Now that Sword Brethren with sword and shield are in vogue, I thought of those guys. Here are the first two with some shields from Spellcrow and helmets from the Templar Brethren kit Hidden Content So after look at these two, I starting thinking that any other normal veterans like my VV would look out of place next to these badasses and thought well what about converting the other metal SB I have? So I set about trying to figure out how to make them have a sword and a shield and not look the same or silly due to the positioning of the arms, namely these two in the front. Hidden Content The LC guy is just going to be the way he is and I'd have to figure out another mini to use(more on him later) So here are some rough mock ups of what I came up with for them Hidden Content And then stripped and ready for their permanent modifications! So now I just needed a fifth guy, I wanted him to fit in with the style of these other 4, so sculpted cloaks that are attached directly to the mini and full tabard. I had a couple of options and ended up choosing the Dark Vengence chaplain that I had left over from using some of his bitz to make my biker chaplain. I sanded his cloak and gave him some Templar bitz, here is the first mock up Hidden Content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian_F_H Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 excellent progress! the spell crow shields are nice. how do they compare to FW for size/shape? ive never seen them AB'd before. i forget, are you doing 5x sword and board? or 1 fist? something like that eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 I'm going to go with 5 sword and shield. If I need a fist I have a model for it but I was thinking of using them more in a shooty squad. Here is a size comparison for SS. From left to right: FW Templar Brethren, Vanguard Vets, Standard TDA, Scibor, Spellcrow, FW TDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Vespasian Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Looking awesome and giving me hope for my metal conversion coming up soonish. Also thank you for the size comparison. Maybe Post that in the resources thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honda Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Wow, thank you for sharing that Ace! Would it be possible to get the Scibor shield blue-tac'd to a model for visual scale purposes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneTrueZon Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 The scibor version has no fitting for the forearm / hand joint like the GW / FW versions, by and by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebaur Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 More progress. I decided to magnetize the shield hands so that they are not tied to that configuration. I've also made sure to always keep the polarities the same so that any magnetized hands are interchangeable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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