Darkrasp, Evil Priest (77151) to Santa Claus Conversion

[Chris Palmer]

     When I had first seen the Darkrasp figure, back when my Bones 1  Kickstarter had arrived, something about its appearance read "Santa Claus" to me; especially with the long "list" he holds in his left hand, obviously containing the names of those who'd been naughty. And I had the thought of some day converting it into a Santa Claus figure.  Well, with the onset of my Frostgrave addiction, that day finally rolled around; as I decided I wanted to make a Santa themed warband, and I selected this fellow to lead it. And, given the season of the year, it seemed the perfect time to paint him.

      I had to make some changes to the figure to move him a little closer to Santa, and a little further from Evil Priest. I began by cutting off the blade and skull top of his scythe, turning it into more of a wizard's staff.  I then glued a small piece of lead shot to the end to make it resemble a stylized "North Pole".   Next, I cut the bone-like ends off of the roll his scroll is wrapped around.  Lastly, I took some Tacky glue and layered it onto the front of the scroll in an effort to lessen the appearance of the runes that are carved into it, as my plan was to list "naughty" names on it. 

       As always, C & C welcome.

 

Full painting write-up on my blog: http://allbonesabout.blogspot.com/2015/12/death-priest-to-santa-claus-conversion.html

 

[vegascat]

Very cool! I'd never have thought of using him for a Santa.

[Loim]

This is pretty brilliant.

[BLZeebub]

Your Saint Nick conversion would go on the "nice" list I'd say.

[klarg1]

Awesome concept.

 

Will you be posting the whole war band?

[Inarah]

A very nice Father Christmas conversion. 

[Kheprera]

I approve of this conversion. Well done.

[Chris Palmer]

Awesome concept.

 

Will you be posting the whole war band?

Thanks all for the kind remarks!

I'll be happy to post the whole band; but it currently is very much in the conceptualizing phase at the moment. Knowing I wanted to use this guy as Santa, and most likely using Eve as the Apprentice/Mrs Claus is about at far as I've gotten. I'm still not sure whether I want to go full blown Santa kitsch with elves occupying the solder positions, or rather keep it more serious and use regular soldiery albeit with a Christmasy paint scheme.

[Citrine]

Very cool conversion!

[ub3r_n3rd]

Nicely done!

[Glitterwolf]

I like it!

 

Another example of thinking outside the box.

 

Great!

[jcg]

Awesomesauce!

[Chaoswolf]

Sweet! I'd have never thought of that, now I may be stealing the idea from you. Bravo!

[Chris Palmer]

Sweet! I'd have never thought of that, now I may be stealing the idea from you. Bravo!

 

Thanks everyone for the continued comments! Feel free to steal away! :-)

Edited December 22, 2015 by Chris Palmer

[Darsc Zacal]

Great eye in spotting the Santa potential in the mini. It came out wonderfully festive!