Haven't sat at the "hobby space" since July, for reasons...
...I've been wanting to do a specific kitbash/conversion for a while now though...
This piece of art, by Geoff Taylor, was used back in the day as the box art for 2nd edition Epic's Chaos expansion, called Renegades, and also the cover of White Dwarf #144 -
Here's my interpretation using a box of the current Khorne berserkers and a few extra bits, apologies for the blur on these photos, couldn't get a clear set to save my life today! -
No left handed plasma pistols or right handed chain-axes exist in GW's world so I had to chop and swap...
The black base is temporary, it's 50mm at the bottom according to my ruler, but the two skulls are 25mm each so I'm thinking a 60mm or 70mm base will be best...
Still a bit of work to do. The skulls need rounding on their tops (the white tac roughly shows the feet positions), I may have to reposition the legs at the knees a little, particularly the left, but currently the glue is still setting (GW plastic doesn't seem to work well with Tamiya glue!?), the back of the knees needs filling and the backpack is temporarily white tac'd on (it'll be glued on once painting is done).
The chain-axe arm pose isn't ideal, and the left is also wrongly posed (shoulder is wrong, should be like the right one)...
His torso could also do with a twist to the left, something I didn't pick up on, despite having the artwork right in front of me, but I can't change it now without severe cutting! Doh!
...I may revisit both those arms, particularly the left arm.
Not bad for a first quick bash together though, despite those few problems.
He looks like he's falling backwards, but I imagine he does in Geoff Taylor's art if you could see him side on, hopefully when the glue has all set, and once I've green stuffed the top of the skulls that effect will be less pronounced.
Thanks as always for looking, C&C welcome.
...I've been wanting to do a specific kitbash/conversion for a while now though...
This piece of art, by Geoff Taylor, was used back in the day as the box art for 2nd edition Epic's Chaos expansion, called Renegades, and also the cover of White Dwarf #144 -
Here's my interpretation using a box of the current Khorne berserkers and a few extra bits, apologies for the blur on these photos, couldn't get a clear set to save my life today! -
No left handed plasma pistols or right handed chain-axes exist in GW's world so I had to chop and swap...
The black base is temporary, it's 50mm at the bottom according to my ruler, but the two skulls are 25mm each so I'm thinking a 60mm or 70mm base will be best...
Still a bit of work to do. The skulls need rounding on their tops (the white tac roughly shows the feet positions), I may have to reposition the legs at the knees a little, particularly the left, but currently the glue is still setting (GW plastic doesn't seem to work well with Tamiya glue!?), the back of the knees needs filling and the backpack is temporarily white tac'd on (it'll be glued on once painting is done).
The chain-axe arm pose isn't ideal, and the left is also wrongly posed (shoulder is wrong, should be like the right one)...
His torso could also do with a twist to the left, something I didn't pick up on, despite having the artwork right in front of me, but I can't change it now without severe cutting! Doh!
...I may revisit both those arms, particularly the left arm.
Not bad for a first quick bash together though, despite those few problems.
He looks like he's falling backwards, but I imagine he does in Geoff Taylor's art if you could see him side on, hopefully when the glue has all set, and once I've green stuffed the top of the skulls that effect will be less pronounced.
Thanks as always for looking, C&C welcome.
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