Dr. Ruminahui's assorted conversions

[space wolf]

Love the sigils on the lords cape! And the green eye lenses really pop!

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Thanks, @The Pounder, @Brother Christopher and @space wolf!

 

And Brother Christopher, the power fist is my favorite as well - not only do I think it works the best of the 3 for the "elbow pulled back" pose of the original model, but the colours work very nicely as well.  Its actually a fist I had already painted - I stole it from a noise marine champion I had done, who is no longer legal, unfortunately - I just redid the casing dark purple to match this army rather than the genestealer-ish purple it had originally.  That said, he'll probably get fielded pretty much exclusively as with the whip for this edition, as that seems the best option in 10th.

 

Space wolf, thanks for commenting on the eyes - I particulary happy with them on this model, as I managed to get tiny white highlights on them which I don't normally do but I think are very effective on this guy.

Edited September 22, 2025 by Dr_Ruminahui

[W.A.Rorie]

Great job @Dr_Ruminahui

[Dr_Ruminahui]

So, next painting project is my first squad of Tormentors. 

 

 

So, I've had the idea of doing them in camo cloaks for a while, to represent their infiltrators special rule.  I've also been settled on doing it the same colours as the old-school Tau scheme (the one the first GW Tau army was in).   So, I introduce to you the most fabulous camo pattern in the 41st millenium - Slann Pat:

 

 

I still want to do unit designation, so I put a big slannesh symbol over top in a 3rd. colour. I then gave it a brown wash for some shading - which was a mistake.  I'll have to see about undoing that.

 

 

All in all, I'm pretty happy about it (once I fix the brown wash).  My second squad will be the same idea, but with the red-brown splotches and the symbol colour swapped.

Edited October 26, 2025 by Dr_Ruminahui

[The Pounder]

I can’t see what was wrong with it? 
 

Looks good to me!

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Thanks, @The Pounder.

 

Its too "muddy" - makes it realistic looking and dirty, but that's kind of at odds with the more stylistic look I had intended.  Its worst on the large tan symbol, where I'm also having some trouble with paint consistency.   I guess the unshaded version looks more like I want it to look like, so I'm wanting to return it to that.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Managed to clean up the "washed" cape without too much difficulty, and washed the others before doing the camo, with going pack to paint the orange-brown of the main cape to essentially just leave the holes and folds shadowed.  Happy with how it turned out.  Incidentally, the one I had to clean up the wash on is the 2nd from the right.

 

Anyway, finished the cape portion (well, except the fur) of my first squad.

 

Edited November 6, 2025 by Dr_Ruminahui

[W.A.Rorie]

@Dr_Ruminahui Camo Cloak Slaanesh logo is an awesome touch and I love it!

[Vairocanum]

Love the use of the Chaos Warrior cloak! The Slaanesh patterns also look awesome! 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Thanks, @W.A.Rorie and @Vairocanum - I'm glad you like them.  I must admit I'm pleasantly surprised at how well slannesh symbols can be made into camoflage.

 

Got tired of my friend's necrons kicking my teeth in when playing... well, pretty much anything (though recently its been my CSM and Emperor's Children) so decided to throw my knights at him, as that's the only army I've ever fielded against him (in 1 game in 9th) where he's struggled.

 

And while I was at it, I thought I would make improve my current force's firepower some, by converting me some despoiler gatling cannons.  This first one was my proof of concept - its basically just a new shield and gun attached to the backend of the rapid fire battlecannon.  Here are two photos of it alongside the GW one.

 

 

And equiped by one of my knights.

 

Its made of some GW bits (the gun is the forgefiend hades autocannon with the back cut off, the shield is from the AoS Chaos Warriors kit, the flamer and tank are from the 2nd ed.  vehicle accessory sprue, and the chaos star is from the chaos vehicle accessory sprue), plasticard and a bit of greenstuff.  The last is something new for me - I used a greenstuff mold to create the bulge behind the gun, as the plumbing part I got it from was too much effort to saw through to get the one part of it I wanted.

 

Last picture is the conversion without any of my pre-existing knight bits. which the various plumbing supplies I bought trying to figure out the best way to do the armoured bulge between the barrels and the shield.

The one on the far right is the one I went with, with the greenstuff mold of it just below the gun.  To the left are other parts I considered (I was guessing as to the proper size, so I bought a bunch of options to try out which one worked best), and the top bits are the parts that came with the other ones that I was considering using.

 

Anyway, my proof of concept worked, so I'll be building 3 more of them.  They will all be basically the same except 2 of them will have the gas tanks on the other side, and the top shields will all be a bit different, as the shields in the warrior's kit are all slightly different.  Oh, and hopefully the top shields will be straight on those unlike on this one where its a bit off centre.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Looks good to me

[W.A.Rorie]

Sexy! great job

[Brother Christopher]

Huh, I can't believe I've never complimented your Slaaneshi-pattern camo capes. That's an unbelievable oversight. It was a creative idea that was excelently executed. The choice of colours and 'density' of the symbols painted on the capes makes them quite striking: clearly aesthetically-driven (fitting for the followers of Slaanesh), but at the same time the earthy tones give a very grounded, utilitarian feel.

 

The converted, chaosified Gatling gun I also pretty dope. I like the attention to details: the use of some oldschool flamer (together with the fuel tanks mounted on the side), the plasticard shield and extensions and the top-cover with the chaos symbol. I'm slightly concerned with the green stuff bit: it might just be the photo, but it looks a bit rough/uneven. If that's the case, it should be fairly easy to to fix with some filing or adding more GS. 

 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Thanks, @Firedrake Cordova, @W.A.Rorie & @Brother Christopher.  As for the capes, that was exactly what I was going for Brother Christopher, so I'm glad they worked out.

 

You are also totally correct about the roughness of the greenstuff "bubble" on the shields.  I've tried filing it, but without any great success, I'm afraid - you can judge yourself from the photos below, which are all filed.  Anyway, I have since patched them some with greenstuff so hopefully any remaining textures or blemishes can be passed away as visual interest and kind of the effect you can get from casting parts out of iron, which can cause an interesting texture.  Anyway, we'll have to see how they turn out when painted.

 

I use the term "they" as I've finished 2 more - here they are all together.  Eventually, I may do a fourth, but I'll need another knight kit for that as I've run out of "backs" to mount them on - I do have the volkite back from the Abominant, but its a right arm not a left one, and I want my fourth gatling to be a left mount (basically, the difference between the right and left is which side the fuel tank is on, as its mounted on the "inside" closest to the knight itself).  The middle gun below is a left mount, the other two are rights.

 

 

Here's a side-by side of a finished and unfinished one showing why I need to put the plasticard "wings" on the shields - otherwise there is a strange gap.

 

 

And from the top, showing the different shields used:

 

 

I'm now either done or almost done, as there are a few more changes I'm contemplating.  One is small rivets, something I've traditionally been unsuccessful at (they are way too fiddly) but I'm willing to have another try at here.

 

The other is something that I would like some advise on - do you think I should use greenstuff to extend those white "wings" on the shields all the way back to the greenstuff "bulge" on the gun shields?

[The Pounder]

Great job on the Knight!

 

Your hard work and attention to detail is really paying off.

[kabaakaba]

Another great work mate, you're make your knight really pop. And capes on guys earlier were greate

[space wolf]

Those shields look good to me! Once painted i think any imperfections you see will disappear, but as it stands i dont see any. And i agree with everything @Brother Christopher said about your camo cloaks. Top-notch!

[Vairocanum]

Lovely plasticard work on the shields, they're looking fantastic! 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Thanks, @The Pounder, @kabaakaba, @space wolf & @Vairocanum - glad you like them and my caped anti-crusaders (cursaders?).

 

I did add rivets (but not wings) - they are pretty inconsistent, but that isn't too noticeable and I'm pretty happy with the effect plus leaned some stuff (hopefully) that will help me get greater consistency later - nothing ground breaking, just muscle memory (like how to get finer cuts, etc) kind of stuff.  Never did manage to fix the imperfections on the "bubble" part of the shields, but when painted they aren't too noticeable.

 

Anyway, I now have all 3 painted, and am pretty happy with them - though, I really need to fix that gap on the top of the rightmost gun.

 

 

And from the side.  I haven't put any scorching on the barrels or flamer - haven't made up my mind on either.

 

 

And here is my most chaos-y knight done up as a despoiler with 2 of the new guns - I've stolen the havoc launcher from my rhino.  Quite pleased with the overall look.

 

 

I am currently scratch building its own havoc launcher out of plasticard - its a lot more effort to create what is essentially a simple box than I would have expected.  Anyway, I'll share photos of my work on that in another post.

[Volgon]

I like that a lot! The modifications are certainly inspired. Great choice with the Forgefiend guns, the muzzle brakes add a distinctly Chaos look on top of your other changes. I might have to use that idea at some point!

[Bonehead]

That looks mean as hell

 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

Thanks, @Volgon & @Bonehead - and I must concur, he is quite mean looking.

 

Yeah, the forgefiend gun barrels work really well - not surprising, since its also a chaos kit.  The only real issue with them is that they are rather short, giving you a much stubbier gun than the imperial gatling cannon it you don't extend them somehow.  That's where I'm really happy with the "bubble" portion of the shield on mine - it helps make the "muzzle to shield" length about the same as the imperial version, and also mimics the flair on the shield of that version as well.  Look forward to seeing your own spin on the idea with your own knight(s), Volgon.

 

Finished building the missile launcher - turned out kind of ridiculously huge, but I'm otherwise quite happy with it.

 

Originally, I had intended to nestle the launchers in middle of the structure, and hand them recessed from the front of the launcher.  Here's a picture of that:

 

 

Decided against it, as I found the open areas between around the launch tubes a bit weird.  Not sure ultimately I made the right decision, but its one I can live with, anyway.

 

So, after removing the launchers from the frame, I built another and connected them together, then glued on magnets and a face plate which will hold the tubes.  Here it is next to the official GW Despoiler (well, imperial knight) missile launcher.

 

 

I think glued on plasticard side panels, and inserted magnets into the bottom and side - this way I can mount it horizontally or vertically.

 

 

I then gave it trim, built the two face plates (one for the anti-vehicle missile option, another for the anti-personnel one).  Here's a picture of the back with the exhaust (both the heavy missiles and the exhausts are the chaos vehicle accessory sprue havoc launcher).  The metal ring sits between the knight hull and the launcher - I left it as a separate piece to allow for me to swap between horizontal and vertical mounts.  Without it, the details on the knight hull wouldn't let the launcher sit properly.

 

 

Here's it all together mounter vertically on my more chaosy knight.  The spikes on the top meant I had to mount it this way to get it to fit.

 

 

And here it is mounted horizontally on my minimally converted imperial knight.

 

 

So, as noted its hilariously large, my plasticard work around the faceplates is kind of uneven, and the magnetization isn't very sturdy (its kind of wobbly on the model, but hopefully not so much it falls off in game), but overall I'm pretty happy with it.

 

[Dr_Ruminahui]

I've now painted the launcher - it looks a bit more reasonably sized painted, as least in the vertical orientation.  Pretty happy with it, though I may revisit my mounting solution in the future, as its not very secure.

 

 

Anyway, I have a longer post in the Chaos Knights subforum if you want to check out other angles of it and some shots of all my knight options laid out together.

[Valkia the Bloody]

I love your knights.

This really makes my fingers itch to finally get that box out from my shelf and finally Night-Lord-ify that Imperial Knight. 

Thank you for the inspiration. 

[Brother Anderson]

Those knights are gorgeous, cracking plasticard work too.