Crowley's Kornovik the Outcast

Crowley · April 2, 2020

Way back in 2016 a new supplement for Frostgrave was released called Forgotten Pacts which was the barbarian supplement. On the cover was a cool wizard riding a woolly rhino. Now they released a resin mini for that figure named Kornovik the Outcast.

I never got that figure, but I did pick up Kargir Tundra Beast Rider 14632 at Reapercon, figuring that would make a decent base for a conversion. So... I started by cutting Kargir off the Tundra Beast.

Easy enough. Then what? Well, since this isn't going to be an exact copy, but rather an "inspired by" proxy, I decided that the armored plates along the beast's back were cool, and worth keeping. But it still needs fur. Bring on the greenstuff. Thankfully fur is relatively simple to sculpt.

Not the best pictures... I also bulked out the beast's belly, mostly to give the fur in the middle (yet to come) something to be supported by. In addition to some more fur, I'm also going to be adding some bags, a bow and quiver, and maybe some tack. Reins especially.

I also need to better trim down the orc belly to fit the barbarian body. Originally I was going to use a Frostgrave barbarian body, but they're too small to convincingly fit with the legs... so off to the Bones box... where I settled on Grundor Hoardtaker 77219.

He basically fits, and once I trim down what's left of the orc body and turn it into a fancy saddle, it'll all blend in pretty well I think.

More to come!

Edited April 2, 2020 by Crowley

Glitterwolf · April 2, 2020

Great idea!

Crowley · April 5, 2020

A bit more work tonight. First, I cut more of the orc away from the beast. The stub I'd left behind was just too much to work with, so off it went. Gonna be interesting to see if I'll be able to sculpt in the thighs well enough to blend the torso with the legs that I didn't cut away.

After all the cutting, I finished sculpting in the fur. You can't really tell except on the left flank. Most of the other spots were hard to photograph and harder to reach, like the inside of legs. Once that was done I started to sculpt in the saddle and a bag with a strap over the back of the beast. The original mini has a much taller saddle, but my initial attempts to recreate it didn't work so this lower rounder shape is what I ended up with. I think it works... But now I have to wait for the greenstuff to cure before I can do anything else.

And here are a few bonus shots with the rider, bow and quiver dry fitted on to give an idea of how it'll look.

Edited April 5, 2020 by Crowley

Crowley · April 5, 2020

Okay, so this was terrifying...

But, uh...

Okay...

Yeah, alright... I think that's okay...

Glitterwolf · April 5, 2020

it is!

WhiteWulfe · April 6, 2020

Yup, definitely okay. Nice save!

Crowley · April 7, 2020

Weapon swap time!

But what to choose?

Decided on the beast man Gor spiked ball, but it needed a longer pole. The beast man gor standard bearer arm worked. So drill and pin and...

No, wait, that's too long...

Thankfully the glue wasn't dry yet. Trim, drill and glue...

That's better.

Then to pin him to the beast!

Tomorrow is leg day.

Glitterwolf · April 7, 2020

That looks great!

Crowley · April 10, 2020

Pants!

Looking carefully, and over a day or two, I realized that the orc legs that came with the beast were just... too short. So I was gonna need to make them longer, which means raising Kornovik up some.

That also meant that the saddle was far too short too, so that needed bulking up.

I decided not to do anything fancy with the pants. As much as I'd have loved to do something like the woven leather of the pants Kevin Sorbo wore as hercules, I just wasn't gonna try something that intricate. Maybe next time.

And because I can't leave well enough alone, or do just what I'd planned on working on, I also added the reigns, the stirrup straps, wrapped over the split bracer where I'd done the hand swap to cover the obvious gap.

Next time will be the finishing details! Then on to painting!! (I hope)

Edited April 10, 2020 by Crowley

Glitterwolf · April 10, 2020

Impressive!

Crowley · April 12, 2020

Finishing up some details, including the bit, bow (from the Reaper Bones 3 weapon sprue) & quiver (from the Frostgrave barbarian kit), skull (from the Frostgrave Wizard's kit).