Post by Nick P on Dec 18, 2014 14:47:47 GMT -6
So ever since the plastic warrior kit came out like 13 years ago, people all over the place have been creating their own conversions for counts-as plastic lictors, to avoid dealing with pewter and now finecast, and because of the $25/model cost of lictors.
Most of them though, just kinda look like warriors striving to be lictors, which I hate. Anyone can throw a warrior down and go "yeah, this is a lictor. I suck."
SO with that in mind, I went on ebay and grabbed a whole mess of nid bits to try to create something that looks like the metal/finecast lictor, but made entirely from plastic. Here's what I've got so far:
The idea is going to be to use the warrior bodies/hips/legs as a base, since they're great in terms of size and dimension - the trick will be to make the legs, and the back armor carapace, look more "lictor-like" than in other conversions, and to figure out something unique to do for the scything talons, since lictor talons are more "thorny, barbed sticks" and less "knife-like talon of doom".
I'm going to heat-bend the tail into more of a prehensile pose, and add a spike and some carapace to the tip:
I'll also be adding some spikes to the thigh armor, and to the hooves of the feet (along with some green stuff) to form the two secondary digits of the foot:
For the carapace, I'm going to play around with creating the tell-tale "hood" of the lictor by using the different armor and carapace bits I ordered at different angle and in different combinations, then green stuffing over to create a smooth transition:
The venomthrope heads will go where the warriors heads would, so that parts easy.
But what should I do for scything talons? My first thought was to trim down the smallest MC scything talons available, making them very thin and pointy and keeping the carpaced top portion that is iconic to the lictor models. I also thought about building a sprue armiture and just trying to sculpt the arms from scratch (not ideal given my skill level).
What to do?
Most of them though, just kinda look like warriors striving to be lictors, which I hate. Anyone can throw a warrior down and go "yeah, this is a lictor. I suck."
SO with that in mind, I went on ebay and grabbed a whole mess of nid bits to try to create something that looks like the metal/finecast lictor, but made entirely from plastic. Here's what I've got so far:
- Warrior Torsos
- Warrior Hips/legs
- Ravener rending claws
- Venomthrope heads (new kit)
- Tyrant Guard armor tips (the little middle guy HERE)
- Carnifex carapace bits
The idea is going to be to use the warrior bodies/hips/legs as a base, since they're great in terms of size and dimension - the trick will be to make the legs, and the back armor carapace, look more "lictor-like" than in other conversions, and to figure out something unique to do for the scything talons, since lictor talons are more "thorny, barbed sticks" and less "knife-like talon of doom".
I'm going to heat-bend the tail into more of a prehensile pose, and add a spike and some carapace to the tip:
I'll also be adding some spikes to the thigh armor, and to the hooves of the feet (along with some green stuff) to form the two secondary digits of the foot:
For the carapace, I'm going to play around with creating the tell-tale "hood" of the lictor by using the different armor and carapace bits I ordered at different angle and in different combinations, then green stuffing over to create a smooth transition:
The venomthrope heads will go where the warriors heads would, so that parts easy.
But what should I do for scything talons? My first thought was to trim down the smallest MC scything talons available, making them very thin and pointy and keeping the carpaced top portion that is iconic to the lictor models. I also thought about building a sprue armiture and just trying to sculpt the arms from scratch (not ideal given my skill level).
What to do?
