Sharievan Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Hey everyone, i'm not quite sure in which sub-forum to put this so i guess i just put it here. I've recently decided that my heavily converted Chaos Space Marine Warband is 'finished'.. yeah, finishing Armies sound stupid, i know - and since quite a bunch of people in my FLGS switched from 40K to Age of Sigmar, i decided to jump into a complete new frontier as well. So, i've decided - after reading through the General's Handbook '17 - to go for a 'Soulblight' Army. Now, i looked up what substitute's i could use to build some Blood Knights from - what base model i could use & most people said / wrote to use Dragon Blades / Dragon Princes and just swap heads. As soon as i decided 'Yeah, i'm gonna go for it' those Models were unavailable in the Webshop, and the original Finecast Kit isn't just unavailable - its finecast. FINECAST.. *shudder* So my Question is actually quite simple; what models - other than Chaos Knights - could i use? Horses seem to be on the brink of extinction in Age of Sigmar. I was thinking about Chaos Knights with Ghoul heads (or Darkling Coven heads) or maybe slightly modified Black Knights. I've spent quite some time now researching how to convert already & most importantly still existing Knight Kits into Blood Knights and most, if not all conversions were based on the Dragon Blades kit. Do you guys have other Ideas ? Do Chaos Knights - if the Chaos heraldik is removed - could be substituted for Bloodknights, are converted Black Knights ok or maybe to small / undead-ish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambot1231 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 http://www.gamezoneminiatures.com/tienda/en/vampires/334-caja-de-caballeria-lugubre.html Not the cheapest but definitely one of the more impressive substitutes in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotrek Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Ebay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ26 Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 The black riders from the dark elf lime seem like fine substitutes. The blood knights in Josh Reynolds new book eigth lemantations describes blood knights like the black riders. Head swaps and color scheme will go a long way aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageBoss Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 4 hours ago, Cambot1231 said: http://www.gamezoneminiatures.com/tienda/en/vampires/334-caja-de-caballeria-lugubre.html Not the cheapest but definitely one of the more impressive substitutes in my opinion Yep those are great minis. I used them as mounted heroes for my old fantasy VCs. I don't care for the weird one with a jester looking hat and horse holding a sword in its mouth. Always felt that was a very odd choice for the 5th member and he seems very out of place. To TC, I would just look on Ebay for the dragon princes. Should be fairly easy to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyriakin Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 https://www.games-workshop.com/en-WW/Morgul-Knights Why god why is LOTR only 25mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharievan Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 6 hours ago, Cambot1231 said: http://www.gamezoneminiatures.com/tienda/en/vampires/334-caja-de-caballeria-lugubre.html Not the cheapest but definitely one of the more impressive substitutes in my opinion They are 'meh', and the fact they're - and i quote "Made of Glorious Metal" makes them a no-go for me. I tend to stick with GW, so i'm probably gonna convert something or wait a couple of months till GW decides to re-release some models. And since there are no Dragon Blades on Ebay on Germany, i probably have to wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastdarkness Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Dragon Princes, Chaos Knights, Black Knights, can all be converted. The Blood Knight models are back in stock. I can suggest checking your local hobby stores for the Dragon Princes. Try looking here for head swaps. https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=482 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 You could always do Undead Drakespawn Knights. It's what I did. Think about it: Zombie Raptor Knights. Untoten. Dinosaurier. Ritter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharievan Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 6 hours ago, CoffeeGrunt said: You could always do Undead Drakespawn Knights. It's what I did. Think about it: Zombie Raptor Knights. Untoten. Dinosaurier. Ritter. YES! Oh my god, yes! That's actually awesome - thanks Untote Raptor Ritter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 I like to think the Raptor is the hard-hitting part of the model and the guy on top is just poking them with a stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsharitt Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I've been looking at both Dragon Blades and Chaos Knights. I'm leaning towards the Dragon Blades option because I don't have any head swaps and the Chaos Knights are pretty obviously Chaos, while the "dragon wing webbing" decoration on the Dragon Blades can easily be viewed and vampiric bat wings instead. Also I'm using left over Black Knight pieces from all my Hexwraiths, and I think they'll fit the Dragon Blades better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageBoss Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 4 hours ago, bsharitt said: I've been looking at both Dragon Blades and Chaos Knights. I'm leaning towards the Dragon Blades option because I don't have any head swaps and the Chaos Knights are pretty obviously Chaos, while the "dragon wing webbing" decoration on the Dragon Blades can easily be viewed and vampiric bat wings instead. Also I'm using left over Black Knight pieces from all my Hexwraiths, and I think they'll fit the Dragon Blades better. That and the Blood Knights come from the Blood Dragon bloodline. Dragons fit heavily in their backstory (what with the whole Abhorash story), and a draconic motif fits with them perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyriakin Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Has anyone tried Morgul Knights? How noticeable was the scale difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xspire Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 6 hours ago, Kyriakin said: Has anyone tried Morgul Knights? How noticeable was the scale difference? It's really noticeable, not only is the scale of the models smaller but the model stances are far more conservative than AoS cavalry. They come on 40mm round bases compared to AoS 60*35mm cav bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharievan Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 I was thinking about Black Knights with a Head swap for the mounts, something like Dire Wolfs - Dire Wolfs have this fleshy, not yet entirely skeleton look. With a bit Green Stuff & rider swap to an Aelf Body & Head maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar Rage Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 I went with some Bretonian Knights. Honestly any knight unit can be vamped up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Demigryph knights are super pricey, but they're a good scale for blood knights, have lots of skull designs on their armor, and have fully encased armor which makes counts as / conversion pretty easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoEinBasti Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Have to reopen this topic. Looking for substitutes as well. Maybe somebody has some new alternatives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xspire Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 4 hours ago, SoEinBasti said: Have to reopen this topic. Looking for substitutes as well. Maybe somebody has some new alternatives? If you're willing to search for OOP models, High Elf Silver Helms and Empire Knights can make great conversions and haven't been mentioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swarmofseals Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 There's always Soul Reaver Cavalry by Mantic. Not the best models, but they are cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoEinBasti Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Thank you. I guess I will order them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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