Phil D Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Hi all, first time posting on this forum so I hope this is the right place. In preparing for the impending invasion of Shyish by the other grand alliances, I have purchased the Blade of the Blood Queen battleforce. When it arrived I checked it over and found that the Wight King had been supplied with a square base. As all my other models have round bases, but I thought it would be simple to change but the front of the Wight King's right foot is cast as part of the base. I contacted Games Workshop about it and, so far, they have said they haven't had this problem before and can't suggest a solution. I have pointed out that on the website the pictures of the Wight King on both the battleforce page and the Deathrattle Barrow Lords page show the Wight King on a round base, with a different layout from the one I have. I'm waiting for them to get back to me about this. My question, at last, is has anyone else come across this and how did you solve it? I'm not very good at modelling so don't want to take on a complicated conversion, although I am willing to give something simple a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 GW tend to usually send out whole new sprues (and occasionally a whole new model) in the case of a fault like this, in my experience its a simple case of sending a picture of the box and faulty component and then they resolve it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Some people have gone square to round by clipping away all the sides and then also the top corners of the square bases (note that these would be bases that are "empty" underneath rather than the older slotta bases etc.) and then gluing the entire thing on top of a round base. It doesn't seem to take too much green stuff/texture paint to cover up the ridges that the square-on-round attachment creates. Since your Wight King is a character it should really be given a 32mm round base, so the 25mm square base (or is it 20mm?) should only need minor clipping on a couple of corners to ensure it doesn't stick out over the edges of the round one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuneBrush Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 The Wight King clam pack hasn't been redone to replace it with a round base version - the Banshee and Necromancer were the same as well (though something tells me one of those has been redone). The way I did mine was similar to how @Tommy says. I used a set of clippers to cut away the edge of the base and then spent half an hour rubbing the base thin on a piece of sandpaper. That whole thing then got glued to a regular 32mm base. It's a bit of a pain I'll agree, but worth the extra time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil D Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 Hi Guys, Thanks for the replies, I'll try clipping the base and gluing to a round base. Should be within my modelling skills! If you look at the pictures on the GW website they are completely different to the actual model. The picture shows him on a round base with his left foot forward on a slab/gravestone and his right foot back concealed by his cloak. The actual model is on a square base with his right foot forward on the floor and his left foot back concealed by his cloak. GW getting rid of old stock I would say! Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuneBrush Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 27 minutes ago, Phil D said: Hi Guys, Thanks for the replies, I'll try clipping the base and gluing to a round base. Should be within my modelling skills! If you look at the pictures on the GW website they are completely different to the actual model. The picture shows him on a round base with his left foot forward on a slab/gravestone and his right foot back concealed by his cloak. The actual model is on a square base with his right foot forward on the floor and his left foot back concealed by his cloak. GW getting rid of old stock I would say! Thanks again. Wouldn't surprise me on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzaangor Management Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Had a similar problem with the Lord of Chaos on foot. Clipped down the sides as others have, but then, because I was too lazy to sand down the base, I used some texture paint (the same as I'd used for the rest of my army) to hide the gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swooper Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Phil D said: If you look at the pictures on the GW website they are completely different to the actual model. The picture shows him on a round base with his left foot forward on a slab/gravestone and his right foot back concealed by his cloak. The actual model is on a square base with his right foot forward on the floor and his left foot back concealed by his cloak. That's very strange. Especially since when looking at the entry for the Wight King on the GW site, he has a square base but with his left foot on the stone slab as you said, but in the Blade of the Blood Queen entry it's the same model but on a round base (clearly just transplanted and covered up with texture paint). Would love to see a picture of your model, without the slab. Edit: Can't find any image of a model like the one you describe on Google, they all have their left foot on the slab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil D Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 Oops how embarrassing! Having looked closely at the sprue (the model hasn't been built yet), it does look like the picture on the box. I had focused too much on the base without looking properly at the other bits. (Quick bluster and get angry, people won't notice how silly you've been) I think it's disgusting that GW can send out old models on square bases when the art work on the box clearly shows them to have round bases! I'm going to write to my MP about this, THIS MINUTE!! (I think I got away with it............. No you didn't) Hi Swooper sorry if I've wasted your time looking into a problem that didn't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swooper Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 46 minutes ago, Phil D said: Hi Swooper sorry if I've wasted your time looking into a problem that didn't exist No problem, mystery solved! Good luck with the base transplant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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