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Master Cameosis, thank you for your nice words, much appreciated. The good thing with these figures is, you are allowed to convert the figure and copy exactly what I did, because I don't have a copyright on my conversions.

An army is growing in australia !
Could I have a spear like this master caster?

Last edited by Milo (Sun, Jan30 2011 1:26pm)

I know where it comes from.
But I miss it on my unblistered camel...
And, regarding Mib ones, I had to sell all unfortunately for me , fortunately for some fellows here and elsewhere...

Last edited by Milo (Sun, Jan30 2011 1:39pm)

Milo wrote:

And, regarding Mib ones, I had to sell all unfortunately for me , fortunately for some fellows here and elsewhere...

you're spot on.

hsf62 wrote:

Master Cameosis, what do you think how many Mithril and none Mithril figures contributed to this conversion? (horse not included)
2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9 or 10?

du meine güte ... ich und schätzen ... do you mean the haradan rider specifically? i'd say 4.

hsf62 wrote:

If I remember right, then the trolls only got new weapons. The rest of the figure is not changed. Not much of a tutorial I think. Otherwise you will find pictures here from work in progress, which is self explaining I believe.

did you model the weapons yourself or did you rather cut and attach them? the hammer is fascinating (not to mention that you have several of the trolls and they rarely show up on ebay).

hsf62 wrote:

The most important thing you need before starting to convert a figure is the vision of what the finished figure is supposed to look like.

the vision is the least of my concerns ... it's the execution that worries me, haha

All right Master Cameosis, first things first. you made it over the 50% mark!
For the figure above I used parts of 7 different minis. (horse not included)
M35 guard  = head used
M50  = shield used
M73  = lance used
M142 = legs and cloak used (rest cut of)
LT13  = right arm used
MW347  figure C8B  = armour used
hobby products  = turban used

The horse is the one from M293 as you know.

Regarding the trolls, some weapons are just replaced, the "barrel hammer' I made myself.
The trolls are showing up on ebay quite often I have to say, but these converted trolls are not from ebay.

If you got the vision, that's great, as I said that's the most important thing! To convert a mini you just also need quite a few tools. With just a knife I wouldnt get far. But on the other hand, it also depends on how excessive your conversions are, or what look you want to achieve for a figure.

A good idea for starters would be:
If you have a double of a figure you dont like, take it and have a look why you don't like that figure. Then change the figure around in your mind that it becomes to your liking. when you got your picture you can start trimming the figure in the right direction... Now, either you have spare parts you can pick from, or you need a bit of plastic putty to create what you have seen in your mind.
Plastic putty is great! It's gettting hard within minutes and can be sanded drilled cut easy and if need be, doubled up again and again if you cut of to much....
Give it a try and you will become more confident with every single step you do.

shadyt wrote:

So he is two parts Half-orc! That explains why he is in an army serving the darkside.

you mean the "more fun side". but if he's two parts half-orc ... doesn't that make him a full orc?

hsf62 wrote:

All right Master Cameosis, first things first. you made it over the 50% mark!
For the figure above I used parts of 7 different minis. (horse not included)
M35 guard  = head used
M50  = shield used
M73  = lance used
M142 = legs and cloak used (rest cut of)
LT13  = right arm used
MW347  figure C8B  = armour used
hobby products  = turban used

hehe, you're too kind -- but that means that if this had been a test, i wouldn't have passed ... @ university, you need at least 66%!
anyway, awesome awesome awesome.

hsf62 wrote:

The trolls are showing up on ebay quite often I have to say, but these converted trolls are not from ebay.

must be my bad timing -- but i'll keep looking ... i'd take a troll over another dunlending or rohir (or any other figure) anytime.

perfect, thanks again for all the tips -- i'll make a list of tools i'll need and go from there. the ideas won't fade, i actually have a few specific things in mind, so i don't worry about that. practice makes perfect, i suppose.

Impossible! There can't be too many conversions around yet! I'm not finished still! Footsoldiers.... Riders on camels.... Camels carrying goods...... Did I forget something???  Maybe a cart with some slaves
Alright alright, maybe I have expanded the original idea a little bit...  Sorry Christoph, Far Harad really got me!

Yes! Thanks, very helpful list!

Thanks Master Shadyt, they keep coming.

the original concept:
A nice concept would be, these Haradrim attacking a caravan.....
about 8 camels loaded with goods lead by walking traders. 4 mounted and 6 guards on foot attacked by 6 mounted and 8 Haradrim on foot.
Nice big diorama!!!  What do you think?

How many riders and how many footsoldiers do you have Master Archer?
For now I have 6 riders. Two of them could be used as a chief (one each side).
We need 10 mounted + 14 footsoldiers + 8 camels + some traders + some slaves LOL about 40 figures?!

At the moment there is ONE rider and THREE footsoldiers.
In the "near" futere there will be three more riders and three more footsoldiers.
( I am waiting for some stuff a friend ia about to send . . .  )

So we have FOUR mounted and SIX footies . . . from the depths of Mirkwood . . .

Sorry, before criticizing such a minor aspect in your concept, Master Caster, I should have said that I really do like your conversions very much ... though I think you know that already.
As for numbers ... so far I have 10 different figures of Haradan cavalry (including the 3 original Mithrils), not including your conversions.

Yuo are right regarding the footsoldiers Master Ent if they would attack somewhere in the open. Good point! Well well, I guess the attack has to happen in another place then. A oasis would be a nice trap to wait for a caravan. The footsoldiers would wait at the oasis and the mounted ones would attack from the end of the caravan.....
No withdrawel, no defeat, only VICTORY!


Master Estel, you are the lord of the paints! 40 in one week, I can't even get one painted in 2 years!