Conversion Challenge with the Missus

Confidence with green stuff is rising.

I’ve been sticking with my same method of rolling some out, smearing a a bit on and pressing the tool in, time and again. Just to get used to working it again.

Though does making hair helps with the precise flat and smooth pieces I need for the dragon boat? Let’s say yes.

Winter is the theme but which winter? Since Ungor dive into the Herdstone during the game, I didn’t mind trying out different ideas on them. The third looks the best so I ran with that and painted up the rest.

First unit down, even though getting ten more would be best on the tabletop, we’re moving on. To paint up an army, I always alternate between unit and a single fire, be that a character or monster/vehicle, just to vary the process a bit.

With that in mind I started on the Cygor. A big, not hairy enough, bowling enthusiast.

I’ve blocked in the base colours. I needed to see how it would roughly look before deciding on where to go next.

I was debating on adding more fur or not, after blocking in the brown and seeing how much grey there is in comparison, yeah we need to fur this guy up.

That’s where I’m at right now.

Getting ready to roll out the green stuff and get the tools ready. Plan moving forward is to get one side done, or at least enough to get back into the groove of it and then try filming a little of the process. If it’s good. If it’s rubbish, well no one needs to see that haha.

OH! After this big guy. Back to Dragon Boat. Fingers crossed I can get both models done before the pointy elves  come out. *swoon*

I honestly didn’t like the results so I put it away on a shelf. I needed practice. New year, new army, new project and all that I picked something up I have wanted to do for a long time. Beastmen!

Before that I painted up a few things first. Reignite my confidence a little. Here’s a few things that I was up to.

Beasts of Chaos, part of a Yearly Hobby Pledge that I should make. Easier to commit to a pledge that you have already started, run with momentum and all that.

I’ve always liked the Minotaur (Min-uh-tawr)  or now Bullgor (everyone can say that the same way) models, big muscular but not hairy enough. The perfect test subjects for some green stuff experimentation. Muhaha

I used the curved tool that comes to a point, to press into a rolled out sheet of green stuff that was applied over the model. Applying it thicker worked out better, I thought thin would be best, like paint but no.

Start off thick, then push it around with the tool to create a more defined fur pattern. I might try filming it, next time I need more fur. Easier then explaining it.

I really liked how this has worked out, a few gaps still but I think I can fill them in without too much fuss. Next step is figuring out a paint theme to go with.

With a lot of wing left, I just had to use more.

Given the narrow join point, I used two pins for each wing to keep them secure and super glue to make sure it stuck.

I then went ahead and build more of the hull. At least as much as I want to before painting.

I also breathed a sigh of relief to see the cannon neatly fit beside the dragon head.

With the last of the wings, I could add them to the ‘ball bit’ instead of the propeller?

Would it be too much, or can there ever be too much wing?

I’ll get cracking on green stuffing below the hull and see what happens.

Next up the rudder.

I debated between using the dragon tail or parts of the wing. In the end I took a hobby saw to the wings and cut away the first main section of it. It looked so good I then decided to use two!

I used the free swinging bit from the existing rudder to attach the two wing parts to.

It would’ve worked too, only I was a little too liberal with the plastic cement and it’s now locked in place. at least I got it straight. *phew*

I placed the hull piece beneath the dragon body and tacked into place. From above I took a marker and traced around the body, while keeping in mind how high I also wanted it.

Trail, error and a lot of nervous cutting.

I repeated the process with the other side and hoped for the best. Fortunately I won’t need too much green stuff to fill the holes.

At first I wasn’t sure if it was going to work, although once I started dry fitting the pieces together, the idea was coming together. Just one question remained; how in the world will I do this!?