Warhammer conversions; Collecting Easterlings
There's another new The Lord of The Rings article on the Astronomican for you to enjoy today; War of The Ring: Collecting Easterlings looks at how the Studio's Tom Webster-Deakin amassed his Easterling army for War of The Ring. Tom's philosophy on army collecting is an interesting read and he has even included a section on how he painted his models.
After yesterday's look at Matt Godlington's Wood Elves, I received a bunch of emails asking to see some conversions for other Warhammer armies. Here are a few of the more interesting ones I've been sent pictures of recently:
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Chris White works in the Games Workshop Metrocentre and converted the Nurgle Chaos Sorcerer to represent Festus the Leechlord. Chris replaced the model's staff with the staff and lantern from the Mordheim Accessory frame. He also scratch-built the models backpack from thin plastic. Click on the image for a look at the rear of the model. Notice the various items in the backpack that Chris made from Green Stuff.
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Arthur Goldberg modelled this Dark Rider standard bearer by combining the parts from Wood Elves and Dark Elves plastic kits: the horse and legs are from the Glade Rider set, and the body, head, cloak and banner are from the Dark Elves Corsair kit. Click on the image for a look at the great banner, which Arthur painted free-hand.
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Eddie Eccles from Games Workshop Glasgow converted this Chaos Lord of Tzeentch to lead his Warriors of Chaos army. Eddie used the head and torso from the Lord of Slaanesh model, the legs from the High Elf Dragon kit, and took the arms from a Wood Elf Wild Rider. He made the mount from a Dark Elf Cold One and added the hair from a Daemonette to create the tail, before using Green Stuff to model the beak. The shield and weapon are from the plastic Saurus kit.
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This Empire Hero and Warrior Priest were painted by the staff at Games Workshop Gothenberg. The leaves on the bases are from the Warhammer basing kit.
