Post by Nick P on Mar 16, 2017 9:07:29 GMT -6
Since we haven't seen the full Magnus model from FW yet (just a pic of his face), and we have no idea when it is going to actually be released (probably not till end of year, based on their typical "big splash" release schedule), I've been thinking about how to convert my own Magnus the Red for my 30k army to use in the mean time. Obviously I won't be doing anything until after Adepticon, but I might as well source some ideas from the group before making moves and purchases.
Magnus is supposed to be the largest primarch, so I need to use a base model that will be larger than the other FW primarchs so far. I prefer to work in plastic, so luckily the new plastic Guilliman model fits that part very nicely:
And the bulk of his Ultramarine symbols are on his arms and pauldrons, which Magnus wouldn't have (he went to war with bare arms like a MOFO BEAST), so the conversion aspect of the main model would just be to remove the U from his knee, remove the XIII from his belt, remove the eagle from his chest. Then add a scarab to his chest, horns to his nipples (duh) from the CSM/Chaos Warrior bits I have, and then a tabbard and a cape. No GS needed!
That would be 80% of the model done. I'd just need:
For the books, there are plenty of bits from the thousand sons kits that I can source from ebay. Probably the backpack too (or even keep Guillimans with the winged motif but get rid of the "life support" details).
For the bare arms, I was thinking minotaur arms from AOS - or even daemon prince arms. For the weapons...that's going to be tricky. He carries a big ass pistol (easy) and a big ass khopesh/halberd deal. Depending on his size, I may even be able to use one of the extra weapons from the Daemon Magnus kit, which would be nice and fluffy as well as a neat little spoiler to what he would eventually become.
I think his head is going to be the biggest problem though. My initial thought is to just use the Guilliman head, scrape off the olive leaves and hair, and then glue/GS the hair from some of the dark elf kits (particularly the sorceress kit):
And then greenstuffing his face to only have one eye, with a big scar over the other one.
What do you guys think? Any suggestions for tabbards and capes that are large enough to use? Any suggestions on weapons or better ideas for heads and arms?
Magnus is supposed to be the largest primarch, so I need to use a base model that will be larger than the other FW primarchs so far. I prefer to work in plastic, so luckily the new plastic Guilliman model fits that part very nicely:
And the bulk of his Ultramarine symbols are on his arms and pauldrons, which Magnus wouldn't have (he went to war with bare arms like a MOFO BEAST), so the conversion aspect of the main model would just be to remove the U from his knee, remove the XIII from his belt, remove the eagle from his chest. Then add a scarab to his chest, horns to his nipples (duh) from the CSM/Chaos Warrior bits I have, and then a tabbard and a cape. No GS needed!
That would be 80% of the model done. I'd just need:
- bare arms, heavily muscled
- Weapons
- books
- a head
- backpack
For the books, there are plenty of bits from the thousand sons kits that I can source from ebay. Probably the backpack too (or even keep Guillimans with the winged motif but get rid of the "life support" details).
For the bare arms, I was thinking minotaur arms from AOS - or even daemon prince arms. For the weapons...that's going to be tricky. He carries a big ass pistol (easy) and a big ass khopesh/halberd deal. Depending on his size, I may even be able to use one of the extra weapons from the Daemon Magnus kit, which would be nice and fluffy as well as a neat little spoiler to what he would eventually become.
I think his head is going to be the biggest problem though. My initial thought is to just use the Guilliman head, scrape off the olive leaves and hair, and then glue/GS the hair from some of the dark elf kits (particularly the sorceress kit):
And then greenstuffing his face to only have one eye, with a big scar over the other one.
What do you guys think? Any suggestions for tabbards and capes that are large enough to use? Any suggestions on weapons or better ideas for heads and arms?