Khorne Slaughterpriest

I thought I had posted this one earlier, but I had not. I finished this version of the Khorne Slaughterpriest in December, mere minutes before the beginning of the new year. He is slightly modified as I swapped out the original head with one from the old Khorne Dreadnought champion.

OG Necron Lord

 

The original Necron Lord from GW. I turned his right hand around and added a small ball to stand in for a control orb. The cloak of gold panels in NMM drove me slightly insane. I also carved the crystals on his base out of old sprue.

Lizardman repaint

As I say elsewhere, I started painting when I was 12. I have many of these early figures lying around, and they serve as a good reminder when I want to toss all my paints and brushes that I have made progress. That said, some of those early models are now classics and it would be to see them painted better. Case in point, I decided to repaint a late-70s or early-80s Grenadier lizardman. The first picture is the paint job (when I was 13 or 14) before going into the dip. The second two are the new paint job. As you can see, there was some alteration. The original sword had deteriorated to a wire, so I removed it and replaced it with a spear built with a couple lengths of sprue and a spearhead from a Reaper figure.

Shaggoth

This is Games Workshop's giant dragon ogre, called Shaggoth. The original figure holds a big two-handed battle ax, which I was't a fan of. So I cut the shaft in two, cut the ax blade in two and used green stuff to rebuild the lost pieces. Two axes looked more savage for a Khorne shaggoth. "A Khorne shaggoth? But it's Slaanesh pink!" I hear you say. And now I know why highlighting red is such a tricky business.

Inquisitor ... Grimjack?

I did a kitbash figure a few years ago, envisioning a 40K Inquisitor. But it really was just an excuse to build my own version of Grimjack, a sci-fi/fantasy bounty hunter from the 1980s comic book of the same name. Not up to speed? Try here.

Anywho, the figure main body was an Adeptus Arbites leader with the head from a Space Wolf scout. The biggest challenge, aside from removing the old head, was removing the figure's right arm, which was cradling a shotgun. I then built a new arm out of greenstuff and an old Space Marine shoulder pad and added the Howling Banshee power sword. To hide the join of the new head, I sculpted a scarf. Not my best work as it still looks like a tongue. Live and learn. I used Rhino spare parts for the base.

Wonder Woman conversion

So I got this Britta, War Maiden figure by Reaper for free years ago and it sat in my bits box for some time. The base figure lacks character, quite honestly. Then, one day, I thought her headpiece looked a lot like Wonder Woman's tiara and we were off to the races. I removed the spear, bent her arm down and built a lasso out of wire (an initial attempt out of green stuff looked like she was carrying intestines). Goes to show that any figure can work if you think hard enough.

Snow Golem

I actually did this conversion/paint job several years ago for a Reaper Miniatures winter-themed contest (which I believe I won in a tie). He's based on a clay golem body, to which I added the top hat from a leprechaun figure, a green stuff carrot nose and a broom made of green stuff and plastic sprue. It also represents the failure of a long-term experiment of using baking soda and glue as a snow simulation. Yes, his base is supposed to be white snow. Instead he looks like he's on the beach. Will need to fix that one day. Anywho, I was always happy with how he came out and he's served as a mascot for my hobby for some time.