Chikout Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 So I thought I would try and add some variety to the duplicate sprue from the silver tower box by doing some converting. I have absolutely no skill with green stuff so I will just be doing a bit of swapping of limbs. I will be converting the Tzangors, the Acolytes and the horrors. Here is my first effort. The standard figure is on the left, the conversion is on the right. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunel.Richard Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Looks good. Simple but very effective. It was a bit disappointing when I realised that there was two of the same henchmen sprue. This gets around that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dez Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 For some silly reason I hadn't even though of converting the second sprue, one of my favorite past times! I think it looks good, I'm taking a look at my own now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 The way some of the bits go together is bizarre which makes things a bit difficult. I think I will try to give the running acolyte a shield. The Tzangor with the staff will be the most problematic. There is not much you can do to it without some major surgery. I also have some left over battle mage bits which will work well with the Horrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueisola Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 simple and incredibly effective- good thinking! was pretty impressed with how complicated some of the builds are for these models. I know some were thinking this would be an easy gate-way for newbies into the world of the tabletop (which it is a fantastic box of goodness!) but it is certainly not for the newbie hobbyist and why I think GW didn't go the route of 'big box stores' to garner new eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylus Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nicely done. I was looking at converting the duplicates too, so do keep posting how you get on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyGeekyPersona Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nice work, with the addition of a varied paint scheme the two models will look significantly different. Nearly all of the new GW kits are amazing, with their current design philosophy leading to good looking models with few visible mould lines. However, converting many of the newer figures (particularly fantasy box game figures) is not straight forward - which makes your job all the more impressive. For converting Tzeentch figures I would suggest trying something bizarre - maybe a horror hand on a cultist? Why not add an extra arm rather than do an arm swap? Also adding things like books, scrolls, bottles and other trinkets to their belts/free hands might be an effective way to add variety? I'll be watching with interest. MGP Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangermouse425 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Great work, I'll be trying something similar with my many Tzaangors soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_rex Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 This is a great idea and I will indeed be mixing the weapons around with some of my models. However the model you've converted above is I believe the Kairic Adept who has a more powerful spell attack and shouldn't really be armed with a glaive. I guess you could use him as a mini character (a bit like the Librarian) so he'd have the bonus damage from having a glaive and bonus damage to his sorcerous bolts, maybe increase his vigour as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 A bit of rule converting to go with the mini converting will only make the game more interesting. I will be making one sprue vanilla so they can use the vanilla rules. Here are the four cultists I have converted. So far I have needed just one dab of green stuff. I have only been able to snatch a few moments of hobby time but tomorrow I should have a couple of hours free to do some more work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Here are the 8 cultists together.. I am pretty happy with how they turned out. The tzangors are looking like a much more difficult prospect. Anything more than minor changes will require some pretty major green stuff work for which I lack the skill. Hopefully a little creative painting and basing will help. The cultists are just tacked onto their bases for now. I am planning on varying the heights a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangermouse425 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Nice one! I will be shamelessly copying your conversions when I do my Kairic Acolytes. The Pink Horrors are probably the trickiest, as it's a single monopose model. I suspect I'll have to buy a box of Horrors and mix them up as "Champions". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulsmith Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Those look great, quick and easy conversions. For the Tzaangors, you could change the major paint between blue/pink/yellow, to differentiate between the same sculpts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylus Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I had a crack at the Tzaangors - nothing more ambitious than weapon swaps, and I had to do a lot of rebulding on the arms for the great weapon. Worth the effort, I think - you can't have a Tower of Change with models looking the same. Standard ones on the left, conversions on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_rex Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Those Tzaangors turned out great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 Here are my converted Tzaangors. A bit less ambitious than Stylus's but I am happy with how they turned out. The axe head is from the chieftain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 Pink horrors are done. Used a couple of bits from the battle Mage kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 The blue Horrors are done too. That is the converting pretty much done. The grot duplicates already look fine. It is a shame that the familiars are duplicates but I don't want to take a knife to them. I will probably use one of them to make a duel with Archaon. Once I have finished all the assembly I will probably get back to work on Archaon. At this rate I will probably have the set painted up by Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 Here is my Silver tower progress. Hope you like it. At this rate I should have the whole set finished in a couple of years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Misfire Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 These are tight. If I wasn't chronically lazy and hadn't given my non-Grot Scutling Silver Tower models to my bffs to paint I'd be doing the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 A cogsmith ready to enter the Silver Tower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 This guy is probably the fastest paint job I have done since I was into space marine (the 6mm game). I gave him a very thin wash with gold paint to make him sparkly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylus Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 I've had these done for a while, but here are my Kairic Acolytes (half of them conversions) And the Kairic Adepts (the ones with bigger hats)... I haven't yet attempted the Tzaangors - still stalled on thinking on how I can do them justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikout Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 Pink Horrors are done! Cultists next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDuff Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 With the new 40k Tgors, I'm hoping we'll see a lot of new conversions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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