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Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by King Dust, Oct 25, 2018.

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Which Shield option should I go with for my blood bowl conversion? (See latest posts)

Poll closed May 5, 2020.
  1. Option A) Blood bowl Marker

    7 vote(s)
    53.8%
  2. Option B) Basti Headplate

    6 vote(s)
    46.2%
  1. King Dust
    Saurus

    King Dust Well-Known Member

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    Okay forcing myself to paint more before posting, hence fewer updates, but here's a couple of Terradons:

    Hold on tight:
    IMG_20190609_093357.jpg IMG_20190609_093404.jpg

    And this guy's coming in hot:
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  2. ASSASSIN_NR_1
    Carnasaur

    ASSASSIN_NR_1 Well-Known Member

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    I read that wrong the first time :p

    Cool idea and execution, I'll give a Spider-Man :spiderman:
     
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  3. SnowMan
    Saurus

    SnowMan Active Member

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    looking good some excellent work

    as for painting a couple of shortcuts are give it a nice wash in something like army painter medium tone it will sink into all the scales on the carnosaur
    and give depth to the detail

    and I have always been a fan of dry brushing a light bone colour
     
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  4. Aginor
    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Excellent! I really like the ideas you had for the Terradons, and also their execution!
     
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  5. King Dust
    Saurus

    King Dust Well-Known Member

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    Been too long since my last post, but I do have a bunch of stuff in the pipeline. Here's some converted Skink cohorts (minimum unit sizes be damned!) Thanks as always for following along!

    IMG_20191016_090812.jpg

    I went with a Red v Blue vibe but here's some close ups of the units:

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  6. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Wow those are some dynamic skink conversions!
     
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  7. Imrahil
    Slann

    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    I like your creativity!
    Nice contrasting colors

    Gr, Imrahil
     
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  8. Aginor
    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Cool idea to use the bolas!
     
  9. King Dust
    Saurus

    King Dust Well-Known Member

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    So I know lots of folks here aren't fans of SCE, but I was given an old box of liberators and so I tried to fix them up and make them better. While I'm hoping GW doesn't get any ideas, I also think they bring some much needed bulk to my fledgeling warband! Hope y'all enjoy!

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  10. Imrahil
    Slann

    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    Not a fan of it, indeed, but i like your work.
    Very fond of the Drum-Hammer ;)

    Would you run these as Temple-Guard?

    Gr, Imrahil
     
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  11. bOdziO Wolf
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    bOdziO Wolf Well-Known Member

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    Is left-handed sword something that comes with the bits or were you able to convert it from right hand sword somehow?
     
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  12. King Dust
    Saurus

    King Dust Well-Known Member

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    Glad you like it! :)

    You could, but they are on 40mm bases, so probably better to run them using SCE warscrolls (with better fluff of course)

    I kitbashed it, warrior kits have far more drum bits than needed (in WHFB or AOS tbh) and the arm holding the mallet is the left one, so I just grabbed the hand from that, and the sword from a spare right arm bit.
     
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  13. King Dust
    Saurus

    King Dust Well-Known Member

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    Starting 2020 off with one of my favorite conversion projects yet. That's right, the gorgeous new Blood Bowl sculpts have been turned into a fierce cohort of warriors:
    IMG_20200118_144403.jpg

    I still need to paint them of course, but here's some close ups:
    IMG_20200118_144457.jpg

    Shoutout to @Xlanax_lot for inspiring this pose:
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    They're pretty big (standing taller than my 5e metal Kroxigor), so I put them on 40mm bases. Which unfortunately means I don't have good rules to use them with. C'mon battletome!
     
  14. King Dust
    Saurus

    King Dust Well-Known Member

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    I also can't decide what to do for the shield on one of them. I'll post a poll, but here are the options:

    Option A) Blood Bowl Marker:
    IMG_20200118_144637.jpg

    Option B) Basti Headplate:
    IMG_20200118_144712.jpg
     
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  15. Imrahil
    Slann

    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    Nice conversions, extraordinary weaponry!

    For the shield I voted Basti headplate, because it comes closest to an actual saurusshield, though I dig the markershield quite a lot.

    Gr, Imrahil
     
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  16. RandomTsar
    Saurus

    RandomTsar Active Member

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    As regards to your poll,

    At first, when I saw the coin I was definitely voting for this one. The intricate detail is too cool to pass up!
    ...
    BUT
    then I saw how well the bastilidon head plate fits with the model, makes the shield look much more dynamic and appears to actually be apart of the model, rather than something out of place, like the coin.
    So I voted the bastilidon head plate. GL

    P.S. Great conversions, looking forward to seeing more of your work!
     
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  17. Aginor
    Slann

    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    Both are cool.
    The BB marker makes him look more civilized and the Basti plate makes him look more feral.
     
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  18. Warden
    Slann

    Warden Tenth Spawning

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    Those are some dynamic saurus! Would make a great underworlds warband!

    I especially like the double-ax dude.

    I personally like the more Mesoamerican-shield than the scale one, both look good though!
     
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  19. details
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    the calendar shield is perfect, if I'm definitely stealing that idea to make a honor guard for kroq-gar on foot

    since you've got the blood bowl kit, may I ask you if you've got the terradons kit too?
    I need to find a size comparison between the baby slann token and one of the terradons' rock
    for reasons totally unrelated to the mandalorian I swear...
     
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  20. King Dust
    Saurus

    King Dust Well-Known Member

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    The poll is close, I guess I'll have to magnetize both shields! :cool:

    The Slann token is about twice the height of the terradon rock if you include the headdress, and of nearly identical width if you ignore the outstretched arms.The rock has about twice the depth of the Slann token.

    Let me know if you want pics!
     
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