Dr. Ruminahui's assorted conversions (previously renegade guard + defiler)

[Rusted Boltgun]

Those painted fists are hinting of the end result, looking forward to seeing them progress.

That's substantially more cape work than anticipated! Hope you have all the components you need, nothing worse than waiting. 

And you can take comfort that you're making the most of the time in which you can't paint due to the temps.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Thanks, @Firedrake Cordova and @Rusted Boltgun - I had originally had the math right (and therefore had the right number of capes - one box of chaos warriors gets me 34 capes, which is pretty much perfect for the 32 I needed for all of the prerelease box), its just when I previously posted that I got things messed up.  So, while reaslising I was facing a bit more work than I had hoped was a bit disappointing, it wasn't anything more than that.

 

Currently working on my 3 pistol Lord Exhaultant kit bash and pretty happy with it so far - it will also be a Cypher stand in for my CSM army when completed.  Need a head I ordered to come in before I can finish it, though, so I expect I'll have pictures of it to share then.

[BadgersinHills]

Looking great! I really like the capes on the Tormentors and Noise Marines. The EC praetor conversion is well done too.

[W.A.Rorie]

@Dr_Ruminahui Great work

 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Thanks, @BadgersinHills and @W.A.Rorie!

 

For those who are interested, I posted a tutorial for my capening method here:

 

 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

People seemed to like the tutorial, which is nice.  Other than that, some more EC conversions.

 

First of all, I've almost finished off cape-ing my prerelease army box - just have 2 noise marines and the 2nd tormentor squad's champion.  The champion is awaiting a 5th shoulder pad - I got 4 each of the "1 off" pads, which I am using to differentiate Tormentor squads, so just need 1 more, which I will get when I pick up the combat patrol box.  Fortunately, that's going on preorder next week, so I should have him all down and ready for when Call to Arms 2025 starts in June.

 

Oh, another thing I did was do cords on the back of the 7 or 8 models with 1 skull on their capes, whose pre-existing cord was amputated by my conversion method.  Nothing too exciting, so no photos of that.

 

 

Above are the other 4 tormentors who are currently missing their champion, plus the two bolter guys from the other squad - as you can see, I decided to give the tormentor bolters a barrel extension to make them look a bit fancier and to help visually signal their [Precision] keyword.  Picked up the plasticard this weekend as the store where I buy it is conveniently on the way to visit my parents, whose place I went for dinner on Saturday.

 

 

And these are the 2nd group of 5 models to round out my infractors squad.

 

Currently, they are all in my garage waiting for their primer to dry.  After that, just have to work up the courage to try out my airbrush for the first time on them.

[Firedrake Cordova]

They look great. I like the bolter customisation