Hi all - as the headline indicates, came an idea out of the blue
And I was thinking about converting Epidemius into a Skaven Warlord on a Warlitter, my Skaven army is well under way… But still some ideas cannot be ignored, and have to be put to the test :cheers
But as allways, I thought of putting my idea up here for a debate - just to hear some suggestions on who to do it…
Ideas so far: :idea
1). Remove hourglass, maybe replace it with a ball (to repecent the magic item: Death Globe).
- Also remove his other hand weapon, and give him a more Skaven-ish weapon (maybe from the Stormvermin sprue).
2). Cut of his head, and find a fitting replacement (again maybe from the Stormvermin sprue).
- Another alternative for his head, could be a Rat Ogre head (But its size maybe a bit too much).
3). Green Stuff, and lot of it - he and his Nurglings might gonna need some fur.
- sounds simple enough.
4). Remove all kinds of chaos marks/icons, and replace them with Skaven marks/icons.
- sounds simple enough.
Let me hear from you, all kinds of feedback is welcome
I’m not so happy with the idea of a complete conversion of the existing models.
The use of the throne/palaquin will be great but I wouldn’t use the handsome guy on the throne and not the nurglings!
Could it be possible to model a huge ratswarm under the throne, I mean relly lots of rats - many of them! And I think it will also look better if you use an original skaven model sitting on the throne. I don’t collect Skaven but I’m sure there will be a cool one which you can use!
I’m eager to see your efforts and in the future the finished model!
Do you have any plague monk heads? Or the old skaven ones? It may be possible to cut them down and stick one on each of the nurglings (the ones you can see the faces on anyway.
I find a bit of wire pinned in makes good small rat tails, just carefully paint on the sections and it doesn’t need greenstuffing.
I'm not so happy with the idea of a complete conversion of the existing models.
The use of the throne/palaquin will be great but I wouldn't use the handsome guy on the throne and not the nurglings!
Could it be possible to model a huge ratswarm under the throne, I mean relly lots of rats - many of them! And I think it will also look better if you use an original skaven model sitting on the throne.
I don't collect Skaven but I'm sure there will be a cool one which you can use!
Zanko
Well I was going to make his as an Warlord of the Clan Pestilens, thats is why I was going to use the existing model on the throne/palaguin.
And as Grimstonefire suggested, I will try to make the nurglings look more rat-ish...
Do you have any plague monk heads? Or the old skaven ones? It may be possible to cut them down and stick one on each of the nurglings (the ones you can see the faces on anyway.
I find a bit of wire pinned in makes good small rat tails, just carefully paint on the sections and it doesn't need greenstuffing.
Grimstonefire
At the moment I do not have any Plague Monk heads, I have one of the old Skaven Clanrat regiment boxes somewhere - and if your are right, it will be an (not simple but) rather easy task to make the nurglings look-like a ratswarm.
Cheers all, and thanks for all the help.
Again keep them feedback coming :hat off
Having built and painted that model I can safely say that a standard skaven head will be way too small. Only thing that might look right is something from the 4th edition range. Anything from the first multi-part clanrats and newer will look a tad ridiculous. A Grey Seer could comfortably stand on the throne seat though…
Thanks Kera (that was sweet), from the bottom of my heart - we talked about it Vasquez and I, already before I changed my Avatar, that he looked like me. So I’m very pleased, with that comment
(We are working on a photoshoot, were I’ll be wearing that kind of cloths/hat and make-up)
Anyway, what do you think of my Skaven army so fare?