Ratherdashing Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 A LONG time coming, but I finally got back into painting these. I finished the first one over a month ago, but never got around to posting pics. I am a mediocre painter and a worse photographer, but these are pretty good for my standards and I'm happy enough with the conversions to be proud of them despite my lack of painting skill. My Wulfen Pack Leader with dual swords counting as Frost Claws: Wulfen with Great Axe: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5162546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal van Trapp Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Pics area bit oversaturated, try taking the pics from a bit further back and lit from well behind the camera. That said they look really good cant wait to see more Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5163188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratherdashing Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 I've been taking pics with my phone at a middle distance and cropping out everything but the model itself because that's the only way I know to get the file size small enough to upload. I'm not sure if my actual camera has a smaller file size but I'm reluctant to reduce the resolution on the phone pics as my phone is already taking pretty bad pictures. Is there a better way to get decent pictures down to the file size limitation for B&C? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5163391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalwolf Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Yup! Upload them to Imgur and paste the link with BBC code img Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5163392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratherdashing Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 Cool. For some reason I was thinking B&C only allowed image links from its own gallery. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5163397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiguriusX Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 GW has tips on how to take a picture https://www.warhammer-community.com/2018/03/06/the-model-photo-how-to-photograph-models-for-display/ Here is one of my pictures uploaded to B&C using their file size restrictions and a sheet of white paper for a background as learned from GW I think the detail is fine I use my default photo editor (microsoft picture editor) to crop pictures and then RESIZE to a default setting (DOCUMENT LARGE) B&C image hosting is free and I think it turns out ok Good luck! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5163398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulf Vengis Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Cheaper wulfen you say? Try Puppetswar. The werewolf strike force is a promising looking kit and you get 5 models in the box our 20 models in the box. Or they also have a kit with 6 pairs of arms and another with 10 wolfman heads if you just want to convert your own. They also have a norsemen head sprue a Valhallan head sprue and a vampire head sprue if you don't like the werewolf heads. Â 5 models https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=565 Â 20 models https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=566 Â Arms https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=64 Â Heads https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=7 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5163935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarnby71 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Cheaper wulfen you say? Try Puppetswar. The werewolf strike force is a promising looking kit and you get 5 models in the box our 20 models in the box. Or they also have a kit with 6 pairs of arms and another with 10 wolfman heads if you just want to convert your own. They also have a norsemen head sprue a Valhallan head sprue and a vampire head sprue if you don't like the werewolf heads. Â 5 models https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=565 Â 20 models https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=566 Â Arms https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=64 Â Heads https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=7 One thing to watch out for, Puppets War heads are a lot smaller than the ones you get from GW, I made that mistake and bought a LOT of them and they are just way to small. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5164106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulf Vengis Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Thanks for the "heads" up haha ahh. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5165100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
noigrim Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Looks horrifying Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5165273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_ogre Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I too tried to build cheaper Wulfen. Tried to use eBay but cheap sources dried up quick.I think got in maybe 6 bucks cheaper. The only Wulfen parts I used were the arms. Torso and legs came from primaris reivers. Hammers and shields from WG terminators. Custom claws built from frost swords. Heads from Stormcrow space knights line. Haven't put on any paint (other than what some bits allready had) and some filing work is to be done. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5165285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahistorian Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 One thing to watch out for, Puppets War heads are a lot smaller than the ones you get from GW, I made that mistake and bought a LOT of them and they are just way to small. Â Â Would they fit LOTR miniatures by any chance? I love the idea of using their desert heads on Gondorian figures as a border patrol force. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5165474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarnby71 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018  One thing to watch out for, Puppets War heads are a lot smaller than the ones you get from GW, I made that mistake and bought a LOT of them and they are just way to small.   Would they fit LOTR miniatures by any chance? I love the idea of using their desert heads on Gondorian figures as a border patrol force.  Hmmmmm, not sure. I'll try and take some pics tonight to get some size comparisons - I don't have any LOTR figures, but will put some GW Space Marine heads for scale. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5165500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarnby71 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018   One thing to watch out for, Puppets War heads are a lot smaller than the ones you get from GW, I made that mistake and bought a LOT of them and they are just way to small.   Would they fit LOTR miniatures by any chance? I love the idea of using their desert heads on Gondorian figures as a border patrol force.  Hmmmmm, not sure. I'll try and take some pics tonight to get some size comparisons - I don't have any LOTR figures, but will put some GW Space Marine heads for scale.  Here we go: Heads 1 & 2 are Cossack Heads from Puppets War Head 3 is from Shapeways Head 4 is standard GW Space Wolf Head 5 is new GW Primaris Space Wolf Head 6 is Puppets War Spellcrow Head 7 is a GW Marauder.  For me the Puppets War heads are too small for Space Marines  Hope that helps. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5165938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrFlur Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 1 2 and 6 are pupetswar? Â 6 does not seem likely... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5166196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbarnby71 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 1 2 and 6 are pupetswar? Â 6 does not seem likely... Darn it, sorry 6 is from Spellcrow. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5166445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratherdashing Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 Necroing my thread because I FINALLY finished painting these guys. I have not, in the intervening time, gotten better at taking pictures. But here's what they look like now: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/345371-budget-wulfen-conversion/page/2/#findComment-5232010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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