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Yay another way to make dark riders.

Post by Darkstarr »

Ok just made these guys and it really wasnt to hard.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i137/ ... ders-1.jpg

I used the empire pistoleers box set since it came with capes and I kinda like the horses with the reins on them.

What I used was, 1 box set of pistoleers, 5 uper torsos, heads and arms of the dark elf warriors, A little green stuff, a box cutter, some glue.

I cut/shaved away the extra armor on the upper part of the legs of the pistoleers since they were a bit bulky and left the knee and below as it is, then glued the legs on the horses, then I glued the uper torsos and heads of the dark elves warriors on the legs. then I cut the capes where they attach at the shoulders quite a bit, basicly a v shape so it is real narrow where it is attached to the upper torso, smoothing it out and making smooth and flow with the rest of the cape wich is real easy.

then I glued the capes on.

Then I made rectangular flat and thin pieces of green stuff and attached them to the legs kind of like chaps and just glued a spot on the outside of the knee to hold it there, then flared them out below the knee to get the effect of them riding fast.

then I glued the spears, and the shield arms to make it look like they were holding riens and thats it.
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Post by Azure »

Definitely another way to do it. I'm not a fan of the horses though... just dont look elfy enough!

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Post by Lordsaradain »

Azure wrote:Definitely another way to do it.

I second that.
Azure wrote: I'm not a fan of the horses though... just dont look elfy enough!

Horses are not elves. Horses shouldnt look elfy, IMO. Horses should look like horses, and these do. ;)
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Post by Heldrak »

LordSaradain wrote:Horses are not elves. Horses shouldnt look elfy, IMO. Horses should look like horses, and these do. ;)


Elven Steeds should look Elfy though and these don't.

The Pistolier legs look rather klunky and out of proportion with the Elven upper bodies too IMHO... Thy might look better when painted, however.

Still interesting to see another take on the conversion (something other than the ubiquitous Glade Riders, anyway).
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BTW, DarkStarr, feel free to post your dark riders in the thread in my sig. :D
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Post by Lord myki »

You could develop fluff around them being in the Northern Wastes too long, or something like that. That would explain the horses (captured from marauders), and riders appearing to be on "Rouds"! I like that fact that you are experimenting! Keep it up!
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Post by Darkstarr »

Well in all honesty the horses do not look that much different than the elf ones, and as stated horses are horses, its not like warhammer is modleing these horeses to such digree that you can tell the breeds apart, the paint job will have them looking nice and dark, and the bridles will be painted in dark elf fashion, as far as the bulky ness of the legs, as stated I shaved them down a bit obove the knee and I think once its painted with the chaps I put on them they'll look like the real deal, I'll post picks when there painted. Or they were a new cross breed of horse mixed with the dark ones to give them a little more stamina or something, I just like the bridles and makes the dark riders look tough on more meaty horses.
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Post by Draichen »

Nice Conversion DarkStarr i can see your point with the bridles, show some finished pics of them so we can see your vision for them :)
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