Jackalwolf Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Thanks a lot guys! The green stuff is curating right now so he'll be ready for paint soon. This thread is fantastic - excellent melding of bits. Which head did you use for your Lord Bulveye? I see that it's a Forgeworld head but I'm not sure. Is it Loken? Hahaha that's quite the eyesight you have there. Indeed it's Loken's. I decided to use Loken's head for my Lord Bulveye/ Ragnar Lothbrok and Abaddon's for Hvarl Red Blade/ Rollo Lothbrok to enhance the feeling of rivalry between brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Commander Eidolon Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Looking pretty swish there mate, I didn't spot it on 30k till just now. I really like the notion of the wolf pelt on the shoulders, would a resin Njal or Ragnar make a suitable donor or press mould?! I agree the plastic one didn't really cut it. I just think this guy needs something more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Thanks mate. What you guys think of option 2? I think he looks more brutal. http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah128/Grieux/Vlka%20Fenryka/3B8DDD2E-FCBE-49CA-A196-DF914A701C97_zpsboaghf69.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagoth Ur Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 That looks bloody amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runefyre Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I love it! Were is that head from btw? I may end up blowing alot of cash so i can recreate your awesome conversion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torvak Kyre Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Got to say I prefer the 1st one. However, if you can get a bigger cloak onto it similar to the one on the second I reckon it would look pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 I go with fenris kid. Unless it is the camera angle the second one is a bot top heavy and the legs look too short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Ok so it's three am, and after two hours of unleashed hobbling since a thought I couldn't capture regarding my conversion was in my mind, I may have done something very stupid or epic. More on it tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinnwolf Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I used the Grimnar pelt on my praetor. In this case it adds height as i messed up when incorporating tartaros legs and he ended up a little stumpy. It's probably the best pelt available in plastic at least so i vote for that one. EDIT: Better still if you can graft it to the Abaddon Torso you had planned to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 I used the Grimnar pelt on my praetor. In this case it adds height as i messed up when incorporating tartaros legs and he ended up a little stumpy. It's probably the best pelt available in plastic at least so i vote for that one. EDIT: Better still if you can graft it to the Abaddon Torso you had planned to use. When I stood out of bed at 1:30 am that might have been the thought that was keeping me awake. A lot of sawing, blading, cutting and greenstuffing was involved for sure. Thank you so much guys Hope you like the final version since after yesterday's delirium tremens it's pretty much irreversible. I love it! Were is that head from btw? I may end up blowing alot of cash so i can recreate your awesome conversion! So the head is a modification of three elements: Abaddon's FW head as a base with the hair from the plastic upgrade kit for SW grafted onto his skull and some green stuffed beard. Might be easier to see in the picture below before it was primed. I was trying to recreate Rollo from Vikings lol. http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah128/Grieux/Vlka%20Fenryka/26992FEE-A620-4B49-B20C-173F82A63F54_zps2acjvetv.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 On a side note, I really like that praetor Quin! It looks fab with regular tartaros legs. Are you also going to build a command squad in Tartaros with the FW upgrade kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Ok so went mildly ballistic and I wrecked Abaddon and Grimnar's miniatures to make a new creation: http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah128/Grieux/Vlka%20Fenryka/59B42F3B-9961-44C5-B5B0-53D45BC0316D_zpshtvfwhop.jpg http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah128/Grieux/Vlka%20Fenryka/8248A7CD-C9B2-4DF9-B8E9-0D0F55AF3E2A_zpsjslhrbak.jpg http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah128/Grieux/Vlka%20Fenryka/61EAA41E-5308-4C96-B918-457A47723E90_zps2wmvbqhi.jpg Still the final touch of greenstuff needs to be done to integrate pelt and armor 100%. Some parts that don't look smooth are like that because green stuff has been applied in several layers and consistency but it's soft to the touch so it will look smooth after primer. Head is out of the picture because I changed the hair to flow to the right with the rest of the mini. Will prime it and show it assembled next week :) This way I keep the chest plate of Abaddon with the pelt of Grimnar and the normal terminator torso base so it meshes in with my tartaros honor guard upgraded with the FW indomitus torsos. EDIT: The right arm is magnetised to be able to run him as Hvarl or a centurion / squad leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betrayer41 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Good lord, i need to ship you bits and have you create these things ahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 There are no words to describe how absolutely awesome you are at kitbashing and creating!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torvak Kyre Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Now that. That is a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Thank you so much guys! I must recognise it was a bit nerve wrecking to start cutting abaddon and grimnar. I'm off this weekend but as soon as I get back I'll get started with painting :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinnwolf Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 On a side note, I really like that praetor Quin! It looks fab with regular tartaros legs. Are you also going to build a command squad in Tartaros with the FW upgrade kit? I suppose I'm going to have to, I prefer Cataphractii but the Varagyr will satisfy those needs so will be looking at my unbuilt Tartaros sprues soon. Probably won't use the Forge Wold Indomitus upgrades as apart from the two bare heads they aren't much better than existing plastics. Plus I feel the Praetor isn't quite obvious as to what mark he's wearing so will go full Tartaros on the bodyguard to tie him back into that look. Got some nice 3rd party bits to wolf them up sufficiently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soric Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Your Praetor is a beast! He's shaping up to be the grandest conversion I've ever seen and I'm sure his bodyguard will look appropriately epic alongside him. Awesome work as always. In regards to the heads on sticks, I can't help but feel the second one from the right in the back row (double beard braid) looks like Ron Perlman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Thank you so much Soric! I never had noticed but fab lol, everybody loves Ron Perlman and he´d make a hell of a Space Wolf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soric Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Thank you so much Soric! I never had noticed but fab lol, everybody loves Ron Perlman and he´d make a hell of a Space Wolf! Tru dat. He'd be the most fitting actor if they ever made a Horus Heresy movie/series. Also because you called him a Space Wolf I had to respond with one of my favourite quotes in Vengeful Spirit :D "Space Wolves? Ha. I forgot that was your idiot name for the Rout. If I didn't think you were being completely serious I'd rip your arms off" Bror Tyrfingr - Knight Errant, formerly of the VIth Legion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 Haha yes that Bror is epic. I actually started a conversion for a knight errant from the Rout just because I had some spare mkvi legs from tylos rubio and I was a fan of Blackmane as a kid so thought I might do him a new mini and make it count as a knight errant in 30k. Might as well make him be Bror! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Help! I'm about to post quite a big update, but for now I'm trying to sort out the fluff and composition of my army based on the show Vikings. So far here's this: Leaders: Ragnar Lothbrok (Lord Bulveye / Geigor Fell-Hand) Rollo Lothbrok (Hvarl Red-Blade) Floki (Caster of Runes) Harbard (Speaker of the Dead) Athelstan (Speaker of the Dead) Ivar the Boneless (Iron Priest) The Seer (Navigator) Leman Russ Units: Hunters of Kattegat (10 Veteran Space Marines), led by Huscarl Arne Bale-Eye and including Kauko, Leif, Knut, Torstein, Erik, Tostig Raiders of Hedeby (10 Veteran Space Marines), led by Huscarl Kalf and including Einar and Siegfried Kingslayers (5 Varagyr / Command Squad), led by Thegn Borg and including Earl Haraldson and Earl Horik The Bloodied Claws (15 Grey Slayers), led by Bjorn Ironside and including Ubbe, Sigurd, Hvitserk and Guthrum Gugnir (Contemptor Mortis Dreadnought So far these are the cast choices, but I've since decided I'll build too a command squad with a standard bearer and two chosen to be Russ retinue and grant him Hit and Run in the Pale Spear, so I need to elevate three Vikings to that command squad. My questions for any other fans of the show (I just finished season 3 so no spoilers please lol): - Is Arne the best to lead the veterans of Kattegat? I only think of Torstein, Bjorn or Rollo as alternatives to be honest - Rollo being Hvarl is too much? He's quite more powerful than Ragnar who, most often, will use Geigor's rules to go with the vets and have warrior's mettle - Floki: Rune Caster or Speaker of the Dead? - If don't make Rollo be Hvarl, would Harbard fit the bill since he's massive too and quite powerful? My current thoughts are: - Torstein as Standard Bearer (modelling him with one arm only) - Really torn on using Floki as a Speaker of the Dead or keep him as Rune Caster, since I want to use the models I make and I feel the Speaker of the Dead is best almost always - Any ideas on how to beef up named characters in the Hedeby squad without including massive :cusss like Erlendur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I always saw Rollo as more of the beat stick rather than the crafty one. Aethelstan as Rune caster and Floki as Iron priest... After all Floki is the builder of ships!! Brorn as Hvarl, Rollo as commander of the Varangi!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 Deal with Rollo and Bjorn! In terms of Floki and Athelstan, I wanted them to be spiritual in manner since they represent the two religions for Ragnar so I think I'll keep them as caster and speaker unless I find a better replacement :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 Big update! I'm 90% done with the faces of Hedeby and the resculpt of Kattegat, but you can see where they're going! Bjorn Ironside http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah128/Grieux/Vlka%20Fenryka/75F099AC-8E0B-49B2-BC4B-D9369C1214F9_zpspakqf5yt.jpg Kalf http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah128/Grieux/Vlka%20Fenryka/97BE0BD6-6DB6-4677-B5B9-DC432F4542E1_zpssp95lwmv.jpg Siegfried http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah128/Grieux/Vlka%20Fenryka/66B385F9-9E34-4A94-A204-5252CED8B6DD_zpsb0eiu2r6.jpg Torstein http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah128/Grieux/Vlka%20Fenryka/A6AE84BA-1C6B-4C2B-9127-CC4ECB41C48F_zpswoo3ec7k.jpg Erik http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah128/Grieux/Vlka%20Fenryka/DDF4A547-0DCA-4CDC-8FBC-12B48EF10A2E_zpszj2fhqod.jpg Erlendur http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah128/Grieux/Vlka%20Fenryka/FF14964C-2DB7-4474-865B-F3380A904F19_zpswnmdhvh9.jpg Some need cleanup and Erlendur I'm not convinced on, either the sculpt of having him in since he's a piece of :cuss at times. It's been a pain and slow but now I can build the two vet squads to go with Russ and the jarls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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