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Lord of Skulls conversion


Kingpin

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So I have been working on giving my lord of skulls legs for a while now. It is hard to find ones that are the right fit. Here is what I currently have but I think they are a bit to skinny. What do you all think? Also how do I put pictures in the post so they don't show up as thumbnails?

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For the lower legs you could take thin plasticard (I have some stuff that's paper thin that would be perfect) and wrap it around, ankle to knee. Take another piece, slightly shorter, and wrap it from ankle to just below knee. Another piece, getting progressively shorter, from ankle to just below piece that was just below knee...etc. Would give the Space Marine "Bell Bottoms" look. Place some rivets on each step and it would give the same visual appeal as the old knobby shoulder pads. Readily want to see the MEGA-ZERKER spilling some blood;)

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While I think it looks TOO much like a LoS glued to the top of an action figure, I think the armour plating on the legs is actually pretty decent. Just looking at the silhouette, I think the waist looks too narrow and the upper legs look off. Maybe add a tabard? Hmmm... A tabard of chains and skulls. At most craft stores they will have jewelry chain that actually looks like chain links. That'd work great to bulk things up. Or maybe cables. Bass strings or GS cables made with the Greenstuff Industries tentacle maker would work well for cables. Just some more detail to make it look less like a Khorne Action figure and more like a gaming model. Paintjob could help there too, chipped paint, rust, tarnish can go a long way.

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@Pax: He said it's going to be a Chaos Knight.

 

@Kingpin: I think it needs something a bit more mechanical on the legs. Not entirely sure what I'd add to the other suggestions.

 

However: Posting pictures without thumbnails, I can do. First, you have to host them somewhere else, like PhotoBucket, Flikr, or wherever. Then, either see if the hosting site will generate BBCode for you (I know Photobucket will, don't know about anything else), or get the url of the image itself. Then put in {img=imageurlgoeshere}, except with square brackets, or click the little icon of a tree in the second row of buttons in the posting window and paste in the url of the image.

 

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And deploy it 12" away even more obnoxious!

I've done come the apocalypse allies before, it really isn't very hindering. For fluff, just say they the lord of skulls is especially blood thirsty to the point where even the fearless khorne infantry want to keep their distance (perhaps because they like to watch, rather than being afraid..).

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It isn't insurmountable but it is definitely obnoxious, given that chaos should have some of these hiding some where out there in the universe.

The lord of skulls itself, really is one of the better escalation units. Better in terms of both viability and in not being so overpowered that opponents can't defeat one. You don't really need any new units to defeat the lord skulls, though it is certainly a tough opponent.

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