Darkstar Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I bought this one with a conversion in mind and so, converted it. Converted additions are her new helm, new hair, new loincloth and new shoulderpads. I liked the sculpt by Niehaus, but, I liked the "bottom half" much more than the top, as I thought it was out of balance, as in...her head was just throwing it for me, but I really liked her pose and stance and there was something "Klocke" about this piece otherwise that endeared it to me. Here's a link to pics of the unmodified sculpt: Ariseth I took the image of the mini into photoshop and came up with this quick concept to help me figure out where I was going to go with the conversion and color scheme: Sculpted detail took about 2 hours in 4 seperate 30 minute sittings to allow the putty to set up each time. Cleanup basing and prep (it's a real stone she's based on) about an hour, painting, a little more than 7 hours, the straps were almost agonizing to paint since I screwed up the skin in so many areas and having to repaint skin that was already done, damn hard to do, she's a smallish figure and so many straps yergh. Also I stripped and completely repainted the swords 4 times, before I decided on this look, the 5th attempt, which I thought gave her a more interesting appearance overall. I failed painting the swords so many times that I was about to just move on to another mini, but I figured what the hell, I got the conversion done may as well tough it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pae Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushmaster Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 sweet Exactly , fantastic work and I love the colours . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanker22 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Nice job on the outfit and highlighting, the color is great. Skin tone looks spot on as well. Love the conversion work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty kahn Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Wow! Everything about this fig is awesome but I gotta say the purple straps/shoes steal the show imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaGeek Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Fantastic! I would never attempt so ambitious a conversion. You did a marvelous job. Bravo! The painting is terrific, too. I love your work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonelf3 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Man, I wish I had your skill. Great job, that's really a fantastic figure. If I had to critique something, it'd be that in the top image, the highlight on her upper thigh/butt is a bit unsaturated and unnatural. But otherwise, I see few flaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidVC04 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 It looks terrific, but how does she see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilwarin Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 She looks fantastic! Nice job! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stern Kestrelmann Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Righteous work DS. Love it, love it, love it... SK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerdrew Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Excellent conversion and paint job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 It looks terrific, but how does she see? Dunno heh. The original sculpt has her helm blocking her eyes so I just carried on with that. I have the Warlord rulebook here but didn't read through it to see if it's a part of the fluff for the faction or something. Maybe. Thanks for the comments everyone, I appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Awesome job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyHorde Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Beautiful work, as always. I just don't know how you do it. Great conversion, nice colors, super smooth...love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Baasen Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Ah man, you even got the lighting perfect. Fantastic Job!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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