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Post by sonofkurnos on Nov 26, 2022 16:10:55 GMT
So I'm looking for ideas for a Kholek conversion...
What is the assumed/accepted base size? Both type of dragon ogres (plastic kits and shaggoth) have different base sizes
What would people use for the actual model if I want to use only GW? I'm thinking for the legs either carnosaur or magma dragon? The top half, something beastman? Giant? Bloodthirster?
All opinions welcome!
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Post by baaderthegreat on Nov 26, 2022 16:34:49 GMT
If I get me one someday, I will use this model... and it will only fit on an Arachnarok base. |
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Post by sonofkurnos on Nov 26, 2022 16:40:14 GMT
If I get me one someday, I will use this model... and it will only fit on an Arachnarok base. Yeah I've looked at 3rd party and it just doesn't ..do it for me? |
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Post by baaderthegreat on Nov 26, 2022 17:01:12 GMT
But nevertheless, your own conversion should be about the same size, Kholek is described as being really huge.
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Post by sonofkurnos on Nov 26, 2022 17:03:29 GMT
A lot of googling seems to suggest 50mm though... As a monster special character, and other monster ( as well as the shaggoth, how cognate) being on this sized base
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Post by baaderthegreat on Nov 26, 2022 17:17:56 GMT
I really think that's too small.
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Post by grandmasterwang on Nov 26, 2022 17:34:30 GMT
A lot of googling seems to suggest 50mm though... As a monster special character, and other monster ( as well as the shaggoth, how cognate) being on this sized base This is based purely on the Shaggoth. While I use a Kholek model on a 50 x 50 (oop 3rd party sculpt) this isn't an official size so you have a fair bit of flexibility. A 150 x 100 base wouldn't be considered out of line or a chariot base. Mierce has some great equivalent models. If using purely gw then the Carnosaur for tail/legs would be pretty cool. For torso you could use almost anything from a giant to a daemon prince. |
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Post by sedge on Nov 26, 2022 18:50:21 GMT
Base size - there's no official base size for Kholek in 8th, as he didn't have a model. The closest to an "official" size would be 50x50mm, because that's what a regular Shaggoth had. However, you could make an argument for any of 100x50mm, 100x60mm and 150x100mm bases for Kholek - he's meant to be bigger than a Shaggoth, the Shaggoth only had that small base as it was an old model, and if Kholek had been released in 8th, he would definitely have had a much larger base. I wouldn't worry too much about base size though - by the time 8th rolled around, GW put new plastic monsters on whatever base size they fitted on, without much thought for how their rules/fluff related to it. My recommendation would be for the model you build to decide what base it goes on, not the other way around. Non-GW models - as GMW says, the Mierce version is generally considered the best one option on the market. Here's him painted if you haven't seen it before: eefl.freeforums.net/post/59577If that's not your thing, or you want to build your own, there's some good existing conversion ideas out there: www.pinterest.nz/pin/671880838150436605/ (Stardrake + Bloodthirster) www.lustria-online.com/threads/the-random-thread-of-random-randomness.22570/page-509#post-402008 (Carnosaur + Bloodthirster) -- there's more photos on the next page. The Magmadroth would likely work as well for the back half. For torsos, the Ghorgon/Cygor kit could do the job, though it has a bit of a belly to it. Otherwise, the new Be'lakor or not yet separately released Daemon Prince could work. But I think the Bloodthirster torst is probably best, which is why others have used it. I don't think a regular Giant would work - it's got too much of a beer belly. |
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Post by Horace on Nov 26, 2022 23:45:57 GMT
If you have access to a printer there are some nice ones around, including rips from the games In terms of size I think an absolute minimum of a 75x50 I would probably be looking at something 100+ x 100+ FYI baaderthegreat that model is available for free on cults |
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Post by johngg on Dec 7, 2022 17:11:55 GMT
If you have access to a printer there are some nice ones around, including rips from the games In terms of size I think an absolute minimum of a 75x50 I would probably be looking at something 100+ x 100+ FYI baaderthegreat that model is available for free on cults I second this, I have a 3d scuplt which I LOVE. Base size, meh rule of cool baby! |
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Post by sonofkurnos on Dec 7, 2022 17:37:06 GMT
I don't have a 3d printer - I plumped for a Mierce miniatures beasty 👍
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