Brother_Captain Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Hey there, as part of my newly awakened interest in Legions of Nagash i started building up some more units. In addition to my 40 skelly block i wanted some smaller units to fill out the battleline slots and -as we all loyal servants of Nagash know- which unit would be more suitable for this purpose as our fellow doggies. But since i don't really like the heads of the current Dire Wolf models but wanted to retain the fleshy/undead body, i got myself some heads from the "ancient" plastic Dire Wolves and tried my humble greenstuff skills on a hybrid testmodel. I'm really pleased with the outcome, but i have to add some minor GS to point out the ears a tad more. What do you think? Yay or nay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overread Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I like the results - will really love to see them sprayed and painted up so that the greenstuff and plastic details merge together. If you're doing more it would be neat to see stage by stage photos of how you've done the fur and the ears as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Captain Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 I made some pictures while building 5 of these newly "bred" Dire Wolves, though it's not really a tutorial. And since i'm no sculptor, i actually don't know how to exactly describe every step on the sculpting, so i just hope you guys get an idea while viewing the pictures. First cut the headpieces as shown and trim off any excess plastic. Drill two small holes both into the "neck" and the new head, glue a paperclip (or any other suitable wire) into the neck's hole. Clip off the paperclip as shown. Testfit the head onto the "pin", but don't glue it! Take a small ball of GS and press it onto the pin. Now put the headpiece onto the pin too. Use a moistened tool (i'm using a small spatula) and spread the GS between neck and head. Trim off any excess GS and try to create a furry texture by dragging your tool firmly in direction of the hairline from the neckpiece. Repeat this step until there are no more flat surfaces, but keep your tool moistened! After priming, it looks almost as if the Wolves were intended that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronos Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Wow, thats a heck of an improvement, great result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Captain Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Captain Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Double-Post: Testmodel of my converted Dire Wolf is finished so far, but i'm still not sold on the colours. I guess i'll try a more greyish skintone instead of necrotic green in order to blend the skin with the fur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasshpit Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Great work @Brother_Captain. I do agree about the green. If you changed the green to a grey or just went all black like the top fur it would look shnazzy. Good job. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navezof Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Impressive work! I really like the dynamic of the model. Like @Vasshpit abot a pitch black fur with maybe grey highlit in the mane would be nice, I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HobbyKiller Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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