Kera foehunter:
well lets see um you had time to rest!!!
just kidding hope you had a great time on the beach
Willmark:
UPDATE
Work in progress update at that.
First real quick I’m working on a few test models for my black orcs who are all primed now, gonna try to make their armor look rusty. The Ogre Kingdoms articles (circa WD #303) should come in handy here.
In between stuff drying and green stuffing my unit of warriors is coming along nicley should be finished at the same time as the count as army standard.
Speaking of count as army standard. Since I came back from vacation I’ve been wanting to work on some of the ideas I thought up for how to carry my count as army standard around. A few people came up with the excellent idea of making him removable from his perch so I can use him as a sorcerer. Again great idea… only one problem, I had already glued his 20mm base to the 25mm base below. So I carefully cut both away as they had a crap load of super glue on both and glued him to a new 20mm base. Then I re-glued a new 25mm base to the base that the bearers will be carrying. It was a pain but work it for such a cool idea.
Thanks to Bandnerd I was able to buy 4 classic throne bearers for the old dwarf throne of power. I had contemplated using the new ones but discarded the idea. The bearers are going to be sculpted as apprentice sorcerers lugging around their lord who is turning almost fully to stone. The new bearers for Thorgrim look a bit to “longbeard-ish” to fit this idea.
Bear in mind with these pics the bearers that are gold still need to be stripped and scraped of paint. The whole thing was pretty wobbly and uneven while I was taking pics as I did not have any blue-tac on hand. I had to prop them back up several times during their photo op… Unfortunately it looks like they will have to go to teh side of the unit rather then the middle as AGPO suggested as the base being 20mm will be off to one side or the other. As it is the bearers on one side will have half their right feet of the base. Additionally I need more paint stripper, and a 40mm base as well
The sorcerer is now removable. His base will now lift off of the 25 mm base. I might magnetize him, but I think I have another idea that should work. The sorcerer is really light (all plastic and Green Stuff) so he doesn’t need to be that secure on the carrier. 
Dino:
I think I might have an idea for this. Remove the poles and have the hands holding the 25x25 base at the bottom on each edge. That might also save some space. Otherwise it looks of to a great start.
AGPO:
Cool, whats the conversion plan for the 'bearers and guardians?
Willmark:
I think I might have an idea for this. Remove the poles and have the hands holding the 25x25 base at the bottom on each edge.Great idea but it won't work unfortunately. Thats what I originally sketched out (around page 9 I think). The problem is the 25mm base is not "long" enough to have them do it without bumping into each other. The other issue is that if I did it that way I couldn't fit them on a base that is 40mm wide which is what has to happen in order to fit in the unit.
Dino
Cool, whats the conversion plan for the 'bearers and guardians?The bearers are set in terms of the idea. The will most likely have open face helms with their tusk protruding from their beards along. They will have long sleeveless green stuff robes similar to the sorcerer lord aloft.
AGPO
The guardians I'm not sure yet. I might sculpt heavy armor for them.
Ishkur Cinderhat:
I like the sorceror’s padded shoulder armour! Is he going to be petrified or still alive?
Obsidian:
Looking good mate!
Damn, I wish I didn’t sell all of my oldschool regular Dwarf minis as some of them are so perfect to convert to Chaos Dwarfs!
Guess I’ll have to search for some on E-bay and such places to get them…
Willmark:
I like the sorcerer's padded shoulder armour! Is he going to be petrified or still alive?He is going to be pretty much stone. A bit of his face and helm might still be "normal".
Ishkur Cinderhat
Thanks Obsidian!
asheira:
it’s beautiful
can’t wait to see it painted
Willmark:
I think I might have an idea for this. Remove the poles and have the hands holding the 25x25 base at the bottom on each edge.
Dino
Great idea but it won't work unfortunately. Thats what I originally sketched out (around page 9 I think). The problem is the 25mm base is not "long" enough to have them do it without bumping into each other. The other issue is that if I did it that way I couldn't fit them on a base that is 40mm wide which is what has to happen in order to fit in the unit.I looked at this again tonight and then went back to my concept sketches. I picked up some 40mm bases and started positioning the bearers on it. I think I may have found a way to get all four of the bearers on the 40mm base as I sketched and Dino suggested. The key will be the alignment of the poles. I'm going to not use the throne of power base and scratch build poles for the bearers and tie it in to the 25mm base. As it turns out being "too long" as I mentioned above is entirely the problem and easily solved by removing it from the equation. From there its just plunk the sorceror lord onto the top and presto, count as army standard.
Willmark
Willmark:
UPDATE
While waiting for some parts to dry I my Count as Standard bearer I glanced at my table to a bunch of guys who have been sitting there for a quite a while. So I had some green stuff out already and I started filling gaps and adding on weaponry.
And the best thing is they are Core which is where I’m trying to focus my efforts on my army…
These guys are still in their earliest stages so keep the following in mind:
- The wolves are from a old goblin wolfrider unit from years back, these will not be their final colors…
- only a few of the front row guys are near done.
- A bunch more sculpting has to be done to them.
They are in a very similar state to where I had my BCs in some of their WIP states. I’m filling in gaps and not too worried about how it looks as more green stuff will be going over the top.
So here they are:
Willmark’s Army Builder Tip #4
What you always do, might not always be the right answer in every case.
I did something I normally never do on these guys. I glued their shields on (for some of them) before even priming them. I usually avoid doing this. in this case it made sense as the dwarf shields are going to cover up almost all of the left arm holding it. Thus only a small amount of GS will be needed in that area. Food for thought.
Xander:
You’ve beaten me to the punch, as this will be essentially the same conversion I do. Using my Hobgoblins (BFSP NGs) and wolfrider legs and mounts.
You’re doing an excellent job. The champion and his right hand man (who look the most complete) look awesome with the flowing cloak over the legs. Can’t wait for the rest to match. 
Obsidian:
Excellent, I like the way these Hobgobbos look, might be tempted to copy some if you don’t mind…
P.s; I got a cool old Dwarf Flamecannon so there are some more old Dwarfs I can convert to Chaos Dwarfs! Now to find a Throne of Power as well as I just dig what you are doing with yours! :cheers:
Willmark:
You've beaten me to the punch, as this will be essentially the same conversion I do. Using my Hobgoblins (BFSP NGs) and wolfrider legs and mounts.Great minds think alike huh?
You're doing an excellent job. The champion and his right hand man (who look the most complete) look awesome with the flowing cloak over the legs. Can't wait for the rest to match. :)
Xander
Excellent, I like the way these Hobgobbos look, might be tempted to copy some if you don't mind....Feel free. I've been slowing working on these guys for a few months so to say they are coming along slowly would be an understatement.
Obsidian
P.s; I got a cool old Dwarf Flamecannon so there are some more old Dwarfs I can convert to Chaos Dwarfs! Now to find a Throne of Power as well as I just dig what you are doing with yours! :cheers:Then you'll really like what I did the first time around... ;)
Obsidian
https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/6437
Thane Godri GoblinSlayer:
Awesome army. Even though their are now big hats it’s still awesome. :~ Seriously it’s great. :cheers:hat off :hat
Obsidian:
I like it indeed!:cheers
Mine is going to be more like this one:
Ever since I first saw it I loved it. Just hope they don’t mind me doing it, the board I’ve found it on has been in-active for quite a while now…
Kera foehunter:
great job willmark isee the vacation helped
furrie:
Realy a great job, I was thinking of making a goblin or a hobgoblin carring one of my sorcerers.
AGPO:
You’re probably sick of me saying it by now but this is some really great work once again. The greenstuffing on the hobbos is first rate. I can’t wait for the complete unit
Willmark:
You're probably sick of me saying it by now but this is some really great work once again. The greenstuffing on the hobbos is first rate. I can't wait for the complete unitNope, it never gets tiring ;) I might actually finish these guys before the chaos dwarf warrior unit.
AGPO
The idea with these guys is that the chaos dwarf gave the hobgoblins weapons and banners from defeated dwarf foes. So they are going to be painted that way, i.e to look like dwarven weaponry.
The reasons are that to me is that chaos dwarfs use every resource included that of those which they defeat.