Wednesday 16 March 2016

RT Eldar.....on the roid's man!

Just about finished pimping up the two Eldar minis. Thought I'd show some progress shots.

Here's the first victim, originally the Las-cannon dude;

Have Plasma-cannon, will travel.....and kill lots of shit too!

I'm either gunna GS this gap or install a power pack for the cannon instead.

I'll make a beefed up shoulder pad with GS to fill this gap.
I wanted to use an original Plasma-cannon from the RT range, but I wasn't able to locate any....or more specifically, any at a reasonable price! So I had a look at Forgeworld under their 30K range & noticed that they produced a heavy weapon set that IMO looked better than the originals!

I replaced the helmeted head with a resin copy from the donor mini that I mentioned in the previous post. To fill in the big chunk I had carved out of his right arse cheek I added a helmet, also taken from the donor mini.


Next up was the Lasgun guy;

Here you can see his right shoulder pad that I repositioned ever so slightly.

It wasn't by much, but it allowed me to lay his arm across his chest in a more natural position.

So that he could wield this intimidating Chaos Renegade Grenade launcher!

If I had known which weapon I was going to give him I probably could have kept the bulk of his appendage's intact...hindsight can be a bitch when converting up minis. The Grenade launcher was kindly donated by GoblinLee. Hope you approve of my heretical use of it? Cheers buddy :)


I've still got a little bit of tidying up to do before I'll call these guys finished, but the bulk of the conversion work is done. Next up is some extensive filling & reshaping, then they'll be ready for the brush. So, what do you guys think? Do you reckon that they look better or worse than the originals?


Cheers all :)




6 comments:

  1. I have an original eldar plasma canon I'd have sent you for whatever it would cost to ship from the USA (which still might be cost prohibitive!): http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c49/ardyer/Spring%20Cleaning/2014-09-18%2023.53.20_zpszqloxn1q.png

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    1. Thanks for the kind offer Andrew, but I'm deliberately trying to steer clear of typically Eldar weaponry. My interpretation of the old ELdar Mercenaries is of a make-shift & "use whatever weapon blast's the best" kinda outfit. Plus, I do like to convert & kitbash a bit too.

      Thanks once again :)

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  2. I understand, I'm just trying to shift stuff taking up space :p Honestly, what you did looks better anyway!

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  3. Very cool... and brave! I've chopped up my fair share of old lead, and it's usually a pain in the buns :-)

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    1. Yeah, the last guys being a right pain ATM. I've had to carve out more of his chest too :)

      I'm not sure if I'm being brave or stupid? Maybe I should have left well alone?

      Cheers

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