I was fortunate enough to snag this guy and the chaplain form a fellow blogger, and had to have a go at converting the guy, surprisingly easy actually, and a lovely model.
I don't have a whole DV box, couldn't justify it, being two armies I just don't have, but I really liked the sculpts and wanted to do something with them.
Here he is, I do have some WiP shots, so might do a "wot i did:" post.
Tried a slightly different paint style, quicker.. you'll see why in the next few days, but I'm fairly happy. I wouldn't rate him "display standard" but he'll do for a playing piece.
Question is, have I moved him far enough away from his dark angel sculpt.. does he read as a space wolf?
Very nice job!
ReplyDeleteAn axe instead of sword might push it closer to Wolves, but he looks cool.
Thanks DT.. I did consider an axe, but that sword is cool.. And I didn't want to move it too far from what I liked about the original sculpt
DeleteI actually think the designs on the sword look just like something that a Space Wold would use. Nice work!.
DeleteSexy, love the little green emblem on his chest.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dai :)
DeleteAs a Dark Angels player i want to scream sacrilege but that's a really nice little conversion there. Well done.
ReplyDeletehehe high praise indeed.
DeleteApologies for defiling one of your chapter :)
Very wolfie. Esp like the pattern on the sword blade.
ReplyDeleteSadly can't take full credit.. Its sculpted on there....but I liked it too :)
DeleteI think you might have replaced the head. The hood doesn't seem very Space Wolf-ie to me. A bare head with wild hair would fit him much better, or even a Space Wolves helmet sculpt.
ReplyDeletein a lot of ways I agree, but as i said above about the axe, if i'd moved it too far from the original, I may as well have not started with the DV guy.. I wanted it still to be recognisable what the mini was, but to @mod@ it for my chapter.
DeleteWow how great!
ReplyDeleteI spent my weekend scraping the DA stuff off all the DV models as I have started moding my whole SW army to have DA legs as I wanted them all to have a priest sort of look. Yours looks fantastic! My one feedback would be that a SW priest would not have a book as they don't use written word :)
that's a very good point about that book, which i am choosing to ignore lest i feel the need to scrape it off :)
DeleteReally? I must've missed that in the fluff. Just goes to show I can still learn a thing or two about my favorite space vikings!
DeleteReally nice one. This jarls really like it.
ReplyDeleteNice work on this indeed. I really like how your colors are going with it.
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