Saturnine conversions and ideas

[Mr Farson]

Following on in the grand old tradition of the calth conversion thread let's have a new one for Saturnine!

 

Post up your conversions and kitbashes from the Saturnine box.

 

 

Mine are pretty simple, arms from the iron hand praetor slapped onto the MK2 centurion and the mechahendrites from the same model mounted to the praetors back

[roryokane]

I assumed from that one passage in that one novel ) that apparently references these Termies in the HH novels and a piece of art (not sure if it was official or fan made) that Saturnine Terminators would have some sort of heavy weapon mounted between the tops of the pauldrons. Am I the only one that’s slightly disappointed that they don’t…?

[1ncarnadine]

1 hour ago, roryokane said:

I assumed from that one passage in that one novel ) that apparently references these Termies in the HH novels and a piece of art (not sure if it was official or fan made) that Saturnine Terminators would have some sort of heavy weapon mounted between the tops of the pauldrons. Am I the only one that’s slightly disappointed that they don’t…?

 

That's a Salamanders variant of the suit that we might still see, as a conversion supported by the Journals, or maybe as a resin upgrade or something. I wouldn't write it off, but I also wouldn't necessarily expect it soon either, even though Salamanders are functioning as one of this edition's poster boys. We don't know if/when they'll get back to legion specific stuff and seem focused on filling in the plastic range at the moment. I somewhat expect we'll finally see Salamanders and Iron Warrior Praetors in the next year or so, though, but that's just me guessing.

But yeah, brilliant conversions just using bits from that IH Praetor. They seem like a great Legion to do with the Saturnine box 

It's going to be a bit before I get to my Saturnine box but I'm planning on removing the Saturnine aquilae and Death Guarding them up a bit with maybe some additional chest plating and maybe some censers/emitters/vents. I think I'll also source a fist from somewhere for my Centurion mini, and use the extra wound and Eternal Warrior (2) from the Unnatural Resilience Prime Advantage to hopefully weather any faster attacks to deliver his punches.

Edited Tuesday at 11:53 PM by 1ncarnadine

[Jarl of Wulfen]

Space Wolf Centurion....from South Central Fenris.  Shoulder pads from Spellcrow and PgtM.  Base from Elrik's Hobbies.

[apologist]

Fun idea for a thread, thanks @Mr Farson. I picked up a few models from the release, and have been working on this Saturnine terminator. The conversion's pretty minimal; I just wanted to remove the eagle from the chest and swap out the ray gun for a good old-fashioned boltgun. I also reshaped the eagle's head that forms part of the 'collar' to make an oval setting for a spirit stone pinched from a Striking Scorpion exarch, too. Finally, the helm spikes were trimmed off, and a loincloth was added.

 

 

While I'm writing, what a pain in the [SCRAPSHUNTERRORABORT] these models are to build! Forty-odd pieces to build a single infantryman? Six pieces just to build the power fist arm? While so many bits makes converting more approachable, I can't help feeling that some further refinement could have made things a bit more... fun if you just want to build them out of the box?  While I like the result very much, it took me two evenings to get the model from sprue to this point. I'm all for posability and modularity, but... oof. Perhaps I've just got to the point where time is becoming more of a factor in my enjoyment of the hobby – or maybe I've got too used to single piece metal models as I've dug out my Steel Legion recently.

 

Anyway, back to the conversion: the forearm is from a Squat prospector model (the power fist equivalent), which was fairly simple to integrate by trimming the ball of the elbow flat. The storm bolter itself was from my bits box – I think it's from a Justaerin Terminator, though I wouldn't swear to that.

 

 

 

Size-wise, these are absolute chunks. Mine is pictured here alongside a 'truescale' marine and Captain Aethon in Terminator armour (a conversion based on the FW Custodes Terminators). I've put the Saturnine Terminator on two bases to account for the height of Captain Aethon's base.

 

[lokkorex]

Apologist: Saturnine Terminators look REALLY nice in Silver Stars colours!

[Mr Farson]

5 hours ago, apologist said:

Fun idea for a thread, thanks @Mr Farson. I picked up a few models from the release, and have been working on this Saturnine terminator. The conversion's pretty minimal; I just wanted to remove the eagle from the chest and swap out the ray gun for a good old-fashioned boltgun. I also reshaped the eagle's head that forms part of the 'collar' to make an oval setting for a spirit stone pinched from a Striking Scorpion exarch, too. Finally, the helm spikes were trimmed off, and a loincloth was added.

 

 

While I'm writing, what a pain in the [SCRAPSHUNTERRORABORT] these models are to build! Forty-odd pieces to build a single infantryman? Six pieces just to build the power fist arm? While so many bits makes converting more approachable, I can't help feeling that some further refinement could have made things a bit more... fun if you just want to build them out of the box?  While I like the result very much, it took me two evenings to get the model from sprue to this point. I'm all for posability and modularity, but... oof. Perhaps I've just got to the point where time is becoming more of a factor in my enjoyment of the hobby – or maybe I've got too used to single piece metal models as I've dug out my Steel Legion recently.

 

Anyway, back to the conversion: the forearm is from a Squat prospector model (the power fist equivalent), which was fairly simple to integrate by trimming the ball of the elbow flat. The storm bolter itself was from my bits box – I think it's from a Justaerin Terminator, though I wouldn't swear to that.

 

 

 

Size-wise, these are absolute chunks. Mine is pictured here alongside a 'truescale' marine and Captain Aethon in Terminator armour (a conversion based on the FW Custodes Terminators). I've put the Saturnine Terminator on two bases to account for the height of Captain Aethon's base.

 

 

Absolutely fantastic conversion