Post by kevashim on Jan 29, 2016 14:04:45 GMT -6
In support of Memnarch's Myr Expansion thread, I've put a Warhammer Skink through a quick and dirty conversion to create my very own Gold Myr figure.
To start off with I used a Skink with blowpipe and handaxe that I'd previously bought on eBay to convert into a Lizardman Blood Bowl team.
Using a craft knife I butchered the poor little thing, hacking off it's weapons, fin, and tail.
and then carried on butchering by carving off most of the scales from his back and hacking off his arms to make carving off the armbands easier. The upper parts of the back don't need to be completely removed as they'll be covered up later.
After this file down the straight edges of any cuts to smooth them out and get a nice looking surface. You'll also want to file down all the detail on the face at this point (so the eye, socket, and mouth are all flattened) and ensure that any remaining part of the head fin is smoothed away.
Using "
Stuff" modelling putty from Games Workshop, create the distincite head shape of a Myr using the existing Skink head as the base.
Using a suitably shaped "tool" create 2 circular eye indentations on the head of the Myr-Skink. In my case the "tool" that I used was a pair of Lego binoculars which were the perfect size!
Finally add a plate to the back of the figure, covering over any remaining scales and stretching out to give 2 shoulder guards. This back-plate should be smoothed at the base so there is no visible seam between the base of the back-plate and the plastic lower body of the Skink.
Finally, it's time to paint the little guy and there you go. A simple, rough and ready Myr made in around 40 minutes total. The painted Myr below is different from the one I made in the steps above, but it is an example of a very simple paint job involving painting the inner eye rim
, the outer body gold (as it's a Gold Myr), and then washing with a dark wash. I also did less filing/smoothing when removing scales on the painted Myr below, so the back isn't as nice as it could be.
Hope this helps inspire people to create some Myr of their own. With more time/effort/skill than me I'm sure others could do a great job transforming Skinks into superior Myr forms!
To start off with I used a Skink with blowpipe and handaxe that I'd previously bought on eBay to convert into a Lizardman Blood Bowl team.
Using a craft knife I butchered the poor little thing, hacking off it's weapons, fin, and tail.
and then carried on butchering by carving off most of the scales from his back and hacking off his arms to make carving off the armbands easier. The upper parts of the back don't need to be completely removed as they'll be covered up later.
After this file down the straight edges of any cuts to smooth them out and get a nice looking surface. You'll also want to file down all the detail on the face at this point (so the eye, socket, and mouth are all flattened) and ensure that any remaining part of the head fin is smoothed away.
Using "
Stuff" modelling putty from Games Workshop, create the distincite head shape of a Myr using the existing Skink head as the base.Using a suitably shaped "tool" create 2 circular eye indentations on the head of the Myr-Skink. In my case the "tool" that I used was a pair of Lego binoculars which were the perfect size!
Finally add a plate to the back of the figure, covering over any remaining scales and stretching out to give 2 shoulder guards. This back-plate should be smoothed at the base so there is no visible seam between the base of the back-plate and the plastic lower body of the Skink.
Finally, it's time to paint the little guy and there you go. A simple, rough and ready Myr made in around 40 minutes total. The painted Myr below is different from the one I made in the steps above, but it is an example of a very simple paint job involving painting the inner eye rim
, the outer body gold (as it's a Gold Myr), and then washing with a dark wash. I also did less filing/smoothing when removing scales on the painted Myr below, so the back isn't as nice as it could be.Hope this helps inspire people to create some Myr of their own. With more time/effort/skill than me I'm sure others could do a great job transforming Skinks into superior Myr forms!
