Evil Eye Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 So for some reason I was looking through the Lord of the Rings section on Games Workshop's website, when suddenly I had one of my stupid ideas and thought "You know, I reckon you could get a lot of mileage out of some of these models for Chaos conversions!". Now granted, most of them would only be useful for Chaos Daemons, and the whole line would be far more useful for a Warhammer Fantasy player than a 40K player, but I still think there's some mileage to be gotten from the line. So here's a few candidates that caught my eye anyway... The Tainted: https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99061466037_TheTaintedNEW01.jpg I took one look at this guy and thought "That would make a SUPERB Daemonic Herald with a bit of conversion work". Pretty much the only god it wouldn't work for is Khorne- he'd make a great Herald of Tzeentch with a staff or Nurgle with a scythe (or something), or even Slaanesh with a bit more work. He kinda reminds me of the Changeling. Obviously any of the Nazgul would work, but the Tainted works especially well I feel. The Watcher in the Water: https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99811499006_TheWatcherintheWaterNEW02.jpg As a model it's pretty weird and not very good. As a source of Demon parts? Hell yeah! The body and legs would work well for some kind of Nurgle war beast (or even Slaanesh with the right colours), perhaps as the basis for a Nurgle/Slaanesh proxy for a Skull Cannon. The tentacles...well, they're tentacles. You can never have enough tentacles. As for the face...er...I'm sure we can think of something. The Balrog: https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99121499016_BalrogNEW01.jpg If for some bizarre reason you don't like the new plastic Bloodthirster (or you just can't afford one) then I can imagine the Balrog would be ideal for converting into a more than passable 'Thirster. All you'd really need to do is craft it some proper armour and maybe replace the weapons. The Mumak: https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/catalog/product/600x620/99121466001_WarMumakofHaradNEW01.jpg OK, so, I can't think for the life of me what it would represent on the tabletop (at least in 40K) but I can imagine with a bit of conversion and sculpting work it would make a formidable centrepiece for a Daemons army as some kind of Daemonic war mammoth. Whilst it would require a LOT of work, I think it could be made to work for any of the gods. Khorne? Cover it in armour and spikes. Nurgle? Give it a nasty case of leprosy. Slaanesh? Decorate it, make the howdah into a luxurious litter for a Herald of Slaanesh and maybe resculpt the tusks into tentacles. Tzeentch? Cover it in eyes, extra limbs, feathers and fire. Like I say, I have absolutely no idea what it could represent (allied Knight maybe?) but there's potential here. Any other ideas? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320320-lotr-minis-chaos-conversion-goldmine/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olis Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 You'll have to bear in mind the scale difference between the LotR range and everything else GW currently does. LotR is at 28mm while 40k is at "heroic" 28mm (bigger hands, bigger heads, bigger weapons). Hell, some models are not even strictly 28mm scale any more, heroic or otherwise, so tread carefully, brother. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320320-lotr-minis-chaos-conversion-goldmine/#findComment-4334742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Eye Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 Aye, that's a good point. Bugger, hadn't thought of that. Shouldn't be too much of a problem for Daemons considering they're, well, Daemons, and will be heavily converted anyway (especially as most of the things I'd thought of using were monsters like the Mumak) but for anything "human"...yeeeeeaaaaah. Oh who am I kidding, I just want to make a Slaaneshi tentacle mammoth of doom. Maybe when I have more cash and my model backlog is smaller... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320320-lotr-minis-chaos-conversion-goldmine/#findComment-4334757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoye Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 played sometimes against lotr count as militia 30k armies: the mumak that is huuughe for lotr is dwarfed by an imperial knight..... even compared to a land raider it is not hughe at all... the balrog is just slightly smaller than a dreadknight... the watcher and dragons are of similar size, but the trolls are bigger than ogryns Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320320-lotr-minis-chaos-conversion-goldmine/#findComment-4334775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladar Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I was looking at that Watcher for my Chaos Pirates, maybe use it as a Kraken-themed Daemon Prince (of Slaanesh, since apparently DPs need a god these days) -- but the price, material, and the complete inability to gauge it's size via internet pics immediately turned me away. (it was more of an idle daydream anyways...) Really, though, cephalopods would make for interesting Slaanesh beasts. "Oh, because hentai." Well, I suppose, but I was thinking Slaanesh is all about doing whatever pleases you, and having more arms means you can do even more of whatever pleases you -- a pirate could carry a hell of a lot more loot with eight arms. (plus... something about a multiplied/maximized sense of touch or something?) Plus plus, look at the Flamboyant cuttlefish or the Mimic octopus. One can easily imagine a fickle and mercurial servant of Slaanesh "morphing" in a similar way, flitting between forms and colors as it quickly becomes bored with them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320320-lotr-minis-chaos-conversion-goldmine/#findComment-4334962 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandwen Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 The size difference is huge. I want to say that the lotr stuff was perhaps 25mm. Next to 40k stuff it is super noticable. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320320-lotr-minis-chaos-conversion-goldmine/#findComment-4334972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson73 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 The Dweller in the Dark or Terror of Arnor could make good Princes. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320320-lotr-minis-chaos-conversion-goldmine/#findComment-4335132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Balrog is just about the size of the old bloodthirsters, btw, I've used the model for years as a counts as. Would work well as a daemon prince too.(Fun story, reading the LotR description of a balrog next to the description of a bloodthirster is hilariously similar) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320320-lotr-minis-chaos-conversion-goldmine/#findComment-4335270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durus Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Goblins, Orcs and Uruks and the like would be a great source for kitbashing cultists and mutants as well. Especially those guys with boils all over their bodies from the Hobbit. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/320320-lotr-minis-chaos-conversion-goldmine/#findComment-4341425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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