Taller Demon Lord of the Undead

[Erifnogard]

I like Jason Wiebe's not-Orcus (Demon Lord of the Undead) but I wanted mine with less puny legs.  So I cut through upper and lower legs and added aluminum rods to both to fairly closely match the length of the Wolf Demon's legs.  I then went back with greenstuff and filled in, matching musculature from the original sculpt just adjusted for the longer legs.  I also like the Fire Demon's wings better and as I had a spare pair lying around I have borged them onto not-Orcus.  Upper leg greenstuffing is done, lower legs need another pass for detail as do the wing joins.  I also adjusted the angle of the tail and lengthened it slightly.

 

Possible further conversions include swapping out the horns for the ones from the Fire Demon and possibly lengthening the mace shaft to make it more of a grand mace.  I haven't decided what I'm doing with the base yet.  It will likely be 60mm and I may incorporate the original base into it. 

 

I'm also somewhat tempted to put a Hellboy-esque large stone hand on the non-mace side but will probably resist that temptation.

 

Anyway, here's where I'm at currently with the conversion.  Sorry no pics for the earlier steps, I wasn't initially going to do a WIP.

 

[vegascat]

That's an awesome conversion!    Looking forward to seeing you paint him up as well. 

[Glitterwolf]

You wanted him BIGGER???

 

Great conversion...

[Erifnogard]

You wanted him BIGGER???

Well...yes. 

 

I wanted him to fall more in line with the height of the other big Bones demons and the proportions of arm length vs leg length were bothering me.  Also, this is my favorite of the Bones demons and I wanted him to be more impressive.  Don't get me wrong, I think the miniature is just fine as made but I just wanted more presence when he hits the table.  Also, this makes him a better size for use as a greater daemon in 40K if I feel inclined to use him for that.

[Chaoswolf]

Cool biggerized conversion!

I think the idea of lengthening the mace is a good one.

 

Please continue to resist the Hellboy hand idea, though.

[Erifnogard]

Cool biggerized conversion!

I think the idea of lengthening the mace is a good one.

 

Please continue to resist the Hellboy hand idea, though.

The question with the mace is just make it long enough to be two handed or go full polearm length.  Probably going with two handed, so say three times longer than it is given that currently it's pretty short.

[Chaoswolf]

I think two handed would look good.

[Erifnogard]

Went longer than I intended but may keep it this length anyway.  Need to decide what to do at bottom, might sharpen it to a spike. 

Material used:  carbon fiber tube with an aluminum rod inside it.

Edited May 19, 2016 by Erifnogard

[ub3r_n3rd]

Wow! So so so cool!

[Erifnogard]

Ok, found a spike for the bottom.  Now just have to let it sit for a day or two to decide if I like the length or if I break out the hacksaw and take half an inch or so out of the length.

Edited May 19, 2016 by Erifnogard

[robinh]

I would leave the length... it looks like it fits him and gives him that extra reach to thump his minions when he needs to!

[Peithetairos]

I would cut some off, mainly to make the weapon more usable. If it is more like a staff, then it works, but if it is supposed to be a mace I would shorten it, so that the demon can swing it properly.

 

That said, this is an inspired conversion and I really like what you did with the legs. Adding wings and a tail is an excellent idea and I think making the horns more impressive would add even more awesomeness to the miniature.

[Erifnogard]

-double post-

Edited August 19, 2016 by Erifnogard

[Erifnogard]

Ermagerd!  He did some work on it!  Ok, so not much.  I did find some 80mm 'deep dish' bases so I glued him into that and am slowly building on it with greenstuff.  Also ripped the spike off the mace and am contemplating what to use as a but cap instead.  Probably find a bead.  Pics aren't best quality but I couldn't be bothered to dig out everything for a pretty minor update.

Edited August 19, 2016 by Erifnogard

[Glitterwolf]

The Frog is strong in this one!!!