Skitarii horsemen conversion build *on hold project*
so with the upcoming release (they went to preorder as i write this) of new outriders for skitarii forces of the mechanicus i am starting a conversion build of the unit (partly due to the price for 3 models being way too much and partly just for the love of conversion building)
the base models for the horses are the black knights from age of sigmar as i feel they fit the aesthetic of metallic horse perfectly (when painted in metallic tones on the bones)
the upper bodies of the horsemen will be skitarii ranger vanguard kit models with alot of custom kitbashed weapons and some greenstuff work!
So that’s the plan anyway now lets get started on the conversion! now i will mention this here but i am actually going to be recording the whole process of conversion building the models (minus some ground work prep conversion if have done that hasn’t involved cutting anything off the sprues of the two main kits being used in this project) needless to say as this is a pictures and text post the conversions will be posted here before the video goes up due to the fact that i don’t have to do loads of editing to post pics and i can post photos as i go.
the first bit of ground work i have done is go through my large collection of skitarii guns left over from sister of battle conversions see the link here: https://sisterlilia.wordpress.com/category/adeptus-seroritus/
since all the riders have twin phosphor pistols (except the alpha who has a phosphor blast pistol and power maul and anyone with a phosphor blast carbine) it means i need to have some guns for them. now with all the hobby stores closed i am not in a position to go shopping for styrene rods and such to scratch build the pistols so i instead oped to build the pistols like this though i need to remove the upside down sights and shorten the barrels
so since the unit can take one phosphor blast carbine for every three models and it is so much better then twin pistols you can damn well count on me having three such guns in the full unit, I will get five more horsemen after next payday along with other stuff i need from gw (especially a base the same size as the mechanicus bat craft’s base, guess what my next mechanicus project is!?)
so here is my phosphor blast carbines though i am not happy with the lower one. I will when I get up to the stage of green-stuff working on the horsemen go over the joins on the riffle and add some tied on purity sashes
So here is how i am coming along with the horses now, i have hoses running from underneath their back ends (where a tank for phospher is) and the hose comes through a convenient hole below where their necks slot in
with the wire out from the body i actually did this first as a test but well why not upload it next
progress update on the riders. they are now ready for the first round of greenstuff work! as are the horses. the one that is pointing will have his pistol hanging from his belt over a sculpted coat. also at this stage no helmets are glued on and won’t be till final painting stage
So in preparation for doing the greenstuff work for the coats i have but down cling wrap under the riders so i can separate the riders from their mounts for painting i will also need to sticky tacked on the backpacks when i get up to doing the bandannas. the head on the rider in the above photo is a temporary head as i don’t want to damage the main head while i am working on the greenstuff work for him. In fact at this stage all their heads are sticky tacked in so i can remove them to paint after the bandannas are made
please check back later for more on this project! I will be update it till the project is done (then update it once more after that with the models painted up) i will also update the title image after the project is done so as to better highlight the project
thank you for reading
Sister Lilia 
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