Chapter Master Gabriel Angelos to Wolf Lord Conversion

[Krakendoomcool]

3 is what I went for, for Bjorn Stormwolf. The Brian Blessed head. Similar pose too. So I obviously say 3 too.

 

2 doesn’t have the uniqueness the rest of the model does. You’ve gone to lengths to make him unique. If you want to go have a really unique head you could green stuff a beard. How are you with green stuff beards?

 

He’s coming along really well. Great attention to detail.

[Jarl Kjaran Coldheart]

Head 3 for sure

[RikuEru]

Definitely 3.

1 would take away from the Conversion and would look like Gabriel cosplaying (...or wearing a "borrowed" Space Wolves Armor)

2 is okay, could fit without the mohawk or a shorter one.

BUT 3 is Perfect. A burly, hairy veteran.

[The Saint Ragnar]

Option 3 looks like it was made for that body! Edited April 29, 2018 by The Saint Ragnar

[sbarnby71]

Thanks for the input folks,  I was watching the Thor movies again last night and I think I'm going option 3... with some adjustments:

 

• Remove the braid in his beard.
• Maybe even trim the beard down a little - I want slightly regal, not all out savage. 
• An eye-patch over the right eye. 

It even made me think of re-doing the hammer-head like the artefact the Frost Giants used, but I'm not sure my painting skills are that good, but I might make a new hammer-head and give it a try, if not use the existing one.

[sbarnby71]

3 is what I went for, for Bjorn Stormwolf. The Brian Blessed head. Similar pose too. So I obviously say 3 too.

 

2 doesn’t have the uniqueness the rest of the model does. You’ve gone to lengths to make him unique. If you want to go have a really unique head you could green stuff a beard. How are you with green stuff beards?

 

He’s coming along really well. Great attention to detail.

 

I've really not done much beard modelling, do need a LOT more practice (I can sculpt fur like there is no tomorrow - but hell that's easy).  I'd like to be able to paint the stubble beards, but I can't seem to get that right.

 

Glad you like the progress. :-)

Edited April 30, 2018 by sbarnby71

[Pearson73]

Yeah, the third option looks spot on, whilst I feel the other two just don't gel.

[sbarnby71]

Did some adjustments to head number 3 - as you can see it does not fit properly:

 

Remove the beard plait and trimmed the neck collar and some of the beard to get a tighter fit:

and attempted to do an eye patch - annoyingly it looks better is real life than in the picture, hopefully it will look better painted up:

I'll tidy up the beard once the model is a bit more finished.

 

Got a bit side-tracked cause these finally went on sale on the Raging Heroes site so I had to get them as Sisters of Battle to accompany my Wolves:

I think the squad leader will be gifted a frost weapon.

 

 

Edited May 8, 2018 by sbarnby71

[Dantay VI]

This model, swap the hammer head for a big axe head.

 

Mechanical mounting for a heavy bolter and you have a rocking Hvarl Redblade!!

[sbarnby71]

Last week I started work on this guy again after a long, long break (don't know why I do this, must be half magpie).

 

I had an idea for the hammer head to be a smouldering lump of metal, so tried out some light dry brushing of Troll Slayer Orange over a black base, then toned down with Agrax Earthshade, but I'm not sure if it just looks rusty?

 

Next step would be some highlights in yellow.  Other option is to just re-do it in the same burnished brass I use for the armour trim, but I want it to stand out a bit more.

 

And a bit of a teaser of the almost finished piece - I had to trim the cape down and rebuild part of it as I adjusted the arms a little:

 

I'm going to finish him this week!

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Edited January 7, 2019 by sbarnby71

[PeteySödes]

Re: the hammer (inc nerd alert) you would want to reverse your colors to pull of the smoldering metal look. Heated metal cools from the outside in so likely that dull orange/yellow with a dry brush of skavenblight/black.

 

I do some blacksmithing as my other hobby and I tried to do the same effect with my power weapons but in in blue. It’s a cool look and a bit different than most people so it. Give it a go!

[sbarnby71]

Re: the hammer (inc nerd alert) you would want to reverse your colors to pull of the smoldering metal look. Heated metal cools from the outside in so likely that dull orange/yellow with a dry brush of skavenblight/black.

 

I do some blacksmithing as my other hobby and I tried to do the same effect with my power weapons but in in blue. It’s a cool look and a bit different than most people so it. Give it a go!

Yup that makes total sense, will give that a go tonight.

[CaptainStabby]

If you haven't settled on a head yet... The bearded one from the Chaos Marauder set has the beard flowing in a direction that would suit the flow of the pose. Also, if you're looking for one with an eyepatch that looks reasonable Odin-ey, I've used the one from the old Empire General kit to good effect.

[The_son_of_Dorn]

This is dope as hell.

[Wispy]

looking good

 

that bootleg etsy gabriel drove our art director nuts at the time.

Edited January 8, 2019 by Wispy

[sbarnby71]

If you haven't settled on a head yet... The bearded one from the Chaos Marauder set has the beard flowing in a direction that would suit the flow of the pose. Also, if you're looking for one with an eyepatch that looks reasonable Odin-ey, I've used the one from the old Empire General kit to good effect.

I think I'm going to go for the head from the TWC set.  I've just stick it in with blue-tac, so if I do change my mind in the future (why I do a lot!) then I can switch it out.  I do like the old Horseman Marauder heads, so annoying you have to spend £30 to get a few decent heads.

looking good

 

that bootleg etsy gabriel drove our art director nuts at the time.

I wish I'd bought 2 of them at the time, it's such a great pose.

[sbarnby71]

He's almost ready:

[PeteySödes]

Very nice!

[Bjorn Firewalker]

I like the striding pose.

[sbarnby71]

Re: the hammer (inc nerd alert) you would want to reverse your colors to pull of the smoldering metal look. Heated metal cools from the outside in so likely that dull orange/yellow with a dry brush of skavenblight/black.

 

I do some blacksmithing as my other hobby and I tried to do the same effect with my power weapons but in in blue. It’s a cool look and a bit different than most people so it. Give it a go!

Ok, so I did try this and it does work!  But It didn't look right for this model (but I am totally going to steal the idea for my frost axes).  So stripped it back and then really didn't like the gems I'd added to the hammerhead, so I added Long Fang Skulls to carry on the theme from his chest plate:

 

I then added a little green stuff to fill out the back of the skull so looks more like a real skull not just a flat piece.

(ok now I look at the back fill I've done it looks rubbish, but I'm sure a bit of tidying up and once it's painted it will look better).

 

Once the hammer head is done, he should be finished, the base is done, decals applied so close now.

Edited January 11, 2019 by sbarnby71

[sbarnby71]

Decided to add a bit more bling, so used 2 token thingeys you get with the Wulfen and added them to his elbows. 

 

Then I remember that right at the start I was going to add some furs under the shoulder pads, so a bit of fiddly work getting the pelts to bend to shape and not mess up my paint work:

 

And now for the finished piece:

 

The picture of the right side didn't come well, so will have to do that again.

 

Will get some better pics done with my SLR later in the week without all my clutter in the background.

 

I had a lot of fun working on this model, such a great dynamic pose.

 

Hope you like and thanks for looking.

 

 

[Bjorn Firewalker]

Excellent work.

[sbarnby71]

If anyone has a decent 3D Printer, Artel W are offering this mini as a free STL file according to SpikeyBits:

 

https://artelw.com

[Kolgrim DeathHowl]

Nice conversions so far, look really cool!!

[tangoalphatwo]