Running Low on Cash? Conversions Ahoy!

Greetings! Aseldi here, and today I'm going to discuss my favourite aspect of converting, the money saving. It sounds like a massive cheap skate comment, which it is, but it's what motivates me to do them for the most part.

Take the Rune Priest I made for Conflict Scotland for example.  I was running low on time before the competition, and had no money to spare on one of the Games Workshop ones. Also, I'm not massively taken by the models they offer.

I'm sure you all keep a bitz box of the spare parts you haven't used (if not, DO IT! It's one of the most important parts of modelling), and in there hundreds of apparently defunct parts reside.  By looking closely, and using the right parts, it's easily possible to create a completely badass looking model for virtually no cost, and that model is unique to you!

A short post, but vaguely relevant during these economically unstable times.

-Aseldi

Rune Priest Conversion

Hello again, Aseldi here once more. This time, I'm here with the intention of explaining how I made the Rune Priest.


Pretty simple conversion really, and a definite money saver giving better results than the bought model in my opinion!!

The picture taken at Warhammer World.

First I took a Chaos Warrior cloak, and the front and legs of a normal Space Wolf. The sides of the body front had to be quite heavily cut to fit between the cloak's shoulders, then filled the remaining gaps with blu-tac (AMAZING MODELLING TOOL BY THE WAY! It also is now holding on my Wolf Guard's arms on, so I can keep them as flexible as possible, both in posing and arming), but modelling putty would probably work better, if you have it, and then stuck the body and legs together on the cloak.

Then it was a matter of finding a suitable weapon. I wanted it to be a Force Staff, so clearly the biggest stick in my bitz box would have to do: the Chaos Knight lance! I had to cut it off just to the elbow, then sick it onto the cloak. The same was also done with a bolt pistol.

And then the head was stuck on. Pretty simple really, and with a totally badass Rune Priest to finish!

-Aseldi