Gothmaug Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 So with the new Beastsnagga boys and Beastboss going up for preorder this comming weekend, I see some great models for conversion. Thier aesthetic matches my existing bonesplitters/ironjawz force better than the Kruelboyz, so any thoughts as to good conversion uses? Tempted to use them all as old greenskinz, but with the lack of future support for that faction, I guess ill stick to ironjawz/bonesplitters/kruelboyz The Beastboss can work as is as a Megaboss, but it would make a fantastic replacement for a bonesplitters big boss. OR I'm going to stick him on top of a mawcrusha. The beastnsagga boys could easily be converted to wielding dual weapons, and make really solid Bonesplitterz, I'm thinking morboyz. They could also make some more savage-looking brutes for a mixed Ironjawz/bonesplitterz big waagh. Lastly it would take a bit more work and some putty scultping to replace the mechanical parts, but the Orks on Squigs would make fun GoreGrunta proxies. I'm tempted to use the leader as a mounted Orruk warboss. Im also tempted to convert the entire line into Kruelboys proxies. Because nothing screams KILLABOSS ON GREAT GNASHTOOTH, like this guy. I wonder how big he is, might make a fun proxy for a mawcrusha (though I bet its too small) 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolty Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 I think it is a good idea to use these Beast Snagga, the only thing I am wondering is about the height of the beast snagga boys next to an orruk brute. Because if they are almost the same, its easy to mix the two kit to create some variety in our ranks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber SunStorm Posted September 3, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted September 3, 2021 I picked up the nob on smasha squig from ebay and found him easy to de-40k as he comes with a non-mechanical leg to replace the bionic leg. Unfortunately it doesn't look like the great white squig has that option, but I'm already wondering how the head from that compares to the mawkrusha's head... Thinking about the bionics on them, AoS does have more scope than WHFB in terms of that sort of thing. It could easily be a warclan of orruks from Chamon that were experimented on by Furnace Kings or some other sinister engineers I'll be looking over the sprue pictures once they go up for pre-order to see what will be worth picking up, but could easily see myself picking up a few of the kits to mash up with all the spares I have left over from building my existing orruks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrus Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 I pre ordered myself a box of 10 beastsnagga boys to convert into Ardboys 3.0 and a beastboss to convert into Mega(beast) boss. i have so many bits from ardboys/brutes sprues to use for this purpose. Ork squigs are a nice variation for goregruntas !👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PainfullyMediocre Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 (edited) Haha way ahead of you there, I picked up the Snagga box for some more Savage Orruk Brutes, here's the first 3 before I based them. Their arms scale perfectly with Savage Orruk ones, so source those for converting. Edit: before I sold the Squig riders, I noted they're small compared to Gotegruntas. The Nob on Squig is about the same size and bulk of a Goregrunta though, considering you get 1 per box you could easily source a load for a whole unit of Squig riding goregruntas. Edited September 4, 2021 by PainfullyMediocre 13 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber SunStorm Posted September 4, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 hour ago, PainfullyMediocre said: Haha way ahead of you there, I picked up the Snagga box for some more Savage Orruk Brutes, here's the first 3 before I based them. Their arms scale perfectly with Savage Orruk ones, so source those for converting. Edit: before I sold the Squig riders, I noted they're small compared to Gotegruntas. The Nob on Squig is about the same size and bulk of a Goregrunta though, considering you get 1 per box you could easily source a load for a whole unit of Squig riding goregruntas. Love those! I pre-ordered a box this morning and have some spare bonesplitter bits lying around somewhere so it's good to know they fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PainfullyMediocre Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 9/4/2021 at 12:13 PM, SunStorm said: Love those! I pre-ordered a box this morning and have some spare bonesplitter bits lying around somewhere so it's good to know they fit. Thanks! They need a bit of greenstuffing, but its not too hard as the shoulders are mostly covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber SunStorm Posted September 13, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted September 13, 2021 Quickly stuck some bonesplitter weapons and shields on the beastsnagga boyz. With a few bits from a spare WHU warband. These were easy enough, the others in the kit have either a bionic leg or arm, so my next task is to find replacements for them. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PainfullyMediocre Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Those look really good, have you thought about using bones and bits of clubs for old fashioned peglegs for them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber SunStorm Posted September 13, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted September 13, 2021 28 minutes ago, PainfullyMediocre said: Those look really good, have you thought about using bones and bits of clubs for old fashioned peglegs for them? Oh good call, I hadn't but will have a look over the bits. Especially once painted to match and thrown in with the rest of my ardboys (a mix of WHU and BB orcs) I think they'll fit in just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbossironteef Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Thanks for sharing and really nice work! This is great inspiration. I've very sad about the state of my Bonesplitterz after the new book so I'm thinking about making a "Savage" Ironjaws army as well. Made this as a mock up for Brute. I can make some improvements but I think it works! He's got a Seraphon shield on his back for more armor. I think A Savage IJ army will look great on the table and yours are awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrus Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 (edited) This the Mega Beast Boss ! I took out all " 40k details " , covered the bionic arm with armour plates and gave him a mace on right hand. All the bits came from Brutes' kit . Edited September 17, 2021 by cyrus 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zilberfrid Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 The Black Orcs from Blood Bowl also have quite a few good bits on them, if you use those for Ardboys or other orcs. Shame that their gobbo's don't really have a warscroll in AoS, these are brilliant sculpts. Could maybe be Hobgrots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothmaug Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 4 hours ago, zilberfrid said: The Black Orcs from Blood Bowl also have quite a few good bits on them, if you use those for Ardboys or other orcs. Shame that their gobbo's don't really have a warscroll in AoS, these are brilliant sculpts. Could maybe be Hobgrots. Anyone got any conversions of the Thunder Valley greenskinz they care to share? Been meaning to pick some up for a converted Brute unit for a while, and the brute stats in the new codex make them worthwhile to convert now. As for the extra gobbos, I'm sure you can use them for crew on another conversion. Im thinking of building another sloggoth conversion they would work great for. Current Works in progress. picture 1: Orruk Brutes with Jagged Gore hackas, Picture 2: Brute Boss with Choppa, Brute with Gore-Choppa, and Orruk Warchanter with drum set. Need to finish painting, add some orkish tattoos, and I'll have a nice little unit of Fat Brutes for variety in my ironjawz. Not sure if the next brute squat will be thunder valley greenskinz or Beastsnagga boys. Leaning towards Thunder valley for the heavy armor and cool jaw helmets on those models. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PainfullyMediocre Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 On 9/17/2021 at 11:24 AM, cyrus said: This the Mega Beast Boss ! I took out all " 40k details " , covered the bionic arm with armour plates and gave him a mace on right hand. All the bits came from Brutes' kit . Oh this looks sweet, the club arm scales really well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Krungharr Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 4:34 AM, SunStorm said: Thinking about the bionics on them, AoS does have more scope than WHFB in terms of that sort of thing. It could easily be a warclan of orruks from Chamon that were experimented on by Furnace Kings or some other sinister engineers The Chaos Dwarves did have the Black Orks didn't they? That's got ancient fluff smeared all over it! I also think next 'season' of AoS might be in Chamon. Don't know why, just have a hunch, as it's a relatively unexplored region....and it would give a good reason to unleash the United Duardin army too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber SunStorm Posted October 8, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted October 8, 2021 9 hours ago, Lord Krungharr said: The Chaos Dwarves did have the Black Orks didn't they? That's got ancient fluff smeared all over it! I also think next 'season' of AoS might be in Chamon. Don't know why, just have a hunch, as it's a relatively unexplored region....and it would give a good reason to unleash the United Duardin army too. Yeah exactly. Old World fluff is that the Chaos Dwarves created the Black Orcs after experimenting on regular greenskins to make them less unruly, but it worked too well and the Black Orcs then organised and rebelled. Seeing as they also had bionics (like Astragoth's suit), it wouldn't take much in AoS for them to have bionics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Krungharr Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Someday Draigo will return to the grimdark galaxy recounting tails of fantastic Realms and glorious slayings of daemons and beasts, find Cypher and deliver his sword to the Golden Throne, and the Emperor will finally die and be reborn as Sigmar Exploded-from-inside-in-a-good-way, and the 2 games shall unite! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrus Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 (edited) Beast Ardboyz! Bits come from savage,ardboyz and brutes kits . Edited November 6, 2021 by cyrus 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitzdee Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 On 11/6/2021 at 9:44 AM, cyrus said: Beast Ardboyz! Bits come from savage,ardboyz and brutes kits . This way i would actually like playing ardboyz as i dont like the old black orc sculpts at all. Might have to steal this idea some day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flippy Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Squig riders are a bit small, but they add some variety - and are way easier to paint. Also - assistance gitz are the best. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber SunStorm Posted January 19, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 19, 2022 Great work on the squig riders! I still need to get round to painting my beastsnagga boyz, plus I do have some other ideas I'm working on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flippy Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 27 minutes ago, SunStorm said: Great work on the squig riders! Thank you! The funny thing is that even with the whole conversion effort it was quicker and easier to assemble and paint these guys then to deal with actual Gore-gruntas. I already have Mozrog waiting to become the Mawcrusha alternative, but this one may require an impressive base to make up for the size difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber SunStorm Posted January 19, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Flippy said: Thank you! The funny thing is that even with the whole conversion effort it was quicker and easier to assemble and paint these guys then to deal with actual Gore-gruntas. I already have Mozrog waiting to become the Mawcrusha alternative, but this one may require an impressive base to make up for the size difference. I picked the Mozrog kit up to see what I can use it for. I have no interest in 40k, but the Beastsnaggas are such nice kits, I've got to find a way to mix them into my Ironjawz. They make me wish that they'd bring back the more generic Greenskins in this style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flippy Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 8 minutes ago, SunStorm said: They make me wish that they'd bring back the more generic Greenskins in this style. True. Back in the times of WHFB my friend fielded Orcs & Goblins and I've always associated them with variety - which was great. Ironjawz are really nice, but variety is sadly not the name of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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