Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Tzeentch Daemon Prince/ Greater Daemon Conversion WIP Part 2













Hey guys, picking up where I left off last week, I have made some serious progress on the model I want to stand in as a Tzeentch Daemon Prince or Greater Daemon in my games. This guy is coming along pretty well, so let's take a look at what went into him so far.

 
First up, the model itself is the upper half of the Tomb Kings Necrosphinx model (I think that's what it is called) and a foam armature I made and scuplted over with miliput. The arms come from the Daemon Prince kit. The wings were the original model's arm blades. I simply glued them onto the back of the model for a cool take on wings.
 


 I like the new love affair Phil Kelley has with giving Tzeentch units flames (though gameplay-wise, I am not so sure, but anyway). That being said, I wanted this model to have a lot of flames, including this one that is half sculpt/ half Chaos Warshrine flame.

Then there is the staff which is bashed together from the Horror kit and the Daemon Prince kit. I am debating whether or not to keep the middle finger up on this model's hand ... it isn't disturbing or anything, but I guess it is kind of ridiculous.


I had to go back into the miliput work (and will do so again tonight) to fix the robes and smooth out some areas. I did it with GS as it really fills gaps better without getting to soft and forming a new gap.


There is that finger again ... and to think, I am making this model because I don't like the bird (bad jake, I know).

 
Last but not least, when I get the base in from Ironheart Artisans, I will finish off the bottom of the robe and mount the model to take advantage of the motion I have sculpted into the bottom half.

Anyway, that's it for now. I look forward to unleashing more hobby on you soon, though so stay tuned. As always, please let me know what you think of my latest efforts.

13 comments:

  1. Awesome, I love your take and conversion on this. When i started with Warriors of Chaos back in 2002 I had a Tzeentch flame based army, so my Chosen had Greenstuffed Flames onto their weapons, the Horrors were just painted as a flame, as were the Screamers. Fire is fun to paint!

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  2. I would love to see that Kraggi. That army sounds awesome.

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  3. Interesting and inspired conversion, Sir!

    I would, however, give him another head. This for two main reasons:
    a) to make him more daemonic.
    B) the upper body is very close to the original necrosphinx model at the moment. Too close in my book.

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    1. I don't think he could add another head without it looking like he just stuck it on just for the sake of having it. I think it looks incredible like this. Is the bottom going to be painted like cloth, or like a swirl of fiery magic? I agree that the middle finger needs to go. It just doesn't fit with the look of this guy. Can't wait to see the more!

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    2. I think he may mean a different head from this one ... and if that is the case, I can see what he means, but the reason I chose this model for the conversion is that I love how this kit looks and there is nothing like it in 40k, which is where I plan to use it.

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    3. Haha! Yeah - I meant switch the head to another one. Not adding a second.

      It's a cool model - for me this just feels more necron than tzeentchian - but that's really just a matter of taste. Looking forward to see this painted up!

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    4. Funny you say that, I actually ally with my yellow veins regularly.

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  4. Digging this. More necromantic than the usual psykedelic parrot approach.

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  5. Where is that head from? That skull looks huge!

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    1. The skull is from the Tomb kings Necrosphinx kit. There are about 1000 things I could do with a huge skull like that!

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  6. Draxius, you hit the nail on the head. I had been joking the whole time I was making it that it was pretty much Skeletor ... so yeah, I may just have to paint it that way now!

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