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Converted Chieftain; With the power of Abaddon!
Topic Started: 10th April 2006 - 08:52 PM (501 Views)
DrackoSkaven
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as you can guess by the name i am converting a cheftain (warlord) to hold a sword and sheilf rather than the classic great weapon.

i have abbadon's sword infront of me right now and let me tell you, it's bigger than i thought. befor i cut off the hand and hilt and glue it to a skvaen hand, does anyone know a better weapon to use for this convertion?

if noone comes up with a better sword then i plan on cutting it off at the first large spikes (start at the tip of the blade and look down the souls, you'll see that it then 'come out' of another piece, right about there is where i plan to cut) if you have any better ideas then please tell me.


also, i'm looking for a sheild (right handed sheild for preference) and was thinking of the clasic Pavis. again, any suggestions are good. :D
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Are you just looking for any kind of sword? Because there are hundreds of those in the Online Store.

If you want something like Archaon's sword, but Skaven-sized, I have a solution for you. One of the Dark Elf spears has a head that looks pretty similar, and is easy to turn into the blade of a sword - I used it when converting a Tzeentch Daemonic Herald. Here's the sprue... the spear furthest right is the one I used, though the rest might not be that bad either.

MUTATE: Just reread your post and realized you said Abaddon, not Archaon. Oops.

My suggestion still stands as a viable choice, but if you're wanting something like Abaddon's sword on a smaller scale I've got nothing. I'm pretty sure all of the 40k powerswords are about the same size.
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DrackoSkaven
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well, i guess there is no better sword.... does anyone have any ideas for a sheild?
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Jezzial Pavise. ^_^
Only two words, but I know that I've got in on my Warlord. You should be able to find the pavise that's got the face of the Horned Rat on it, makes it look more...Horned Rat fanaticy. :P
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i'm converting a warlord right now actually, and also putting a shield on him. That's the tricky part, though, the right arm tilts inwards and is somewhat lodged into his body, making it difficult to fix the shield. If you put the shield on the left arm, there's no space for a sword arm.

the pavise is a good one, though you can always borrow one from another race. I'm currently looking at bret shields. lemme know if you sort out how to fix it. :)
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My Warlord uses a jzzail pavise, the same on e that Jackety mentioned. of corse, my Warlord has the body of a chaos warrior :huh: so I'm not shure how it would work on a regular warlord's body
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for the shield use one of the new chaos plastic shields they are brilliant and huge . as it is skaven it looks good as a war trophy and scavenged wargear always looks cool failing that my chieftain uses the orc shield with the hand nailed in it from the starter box . no cool ideas for the sword tho
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I also converted my Chieftain; his weapon is two heads-of-spears glued together, and put them back on the spear handle. You could fill the gap with some greenstuff. It's a really big weapon, but not to big!
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I gave him a dark green glowing Elfen blade(to represent the multiwound blades I love to give him)
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DrackoSkaven
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i'll talk to some frineds to see if i can get some parts. i was considering making a converted jezzail so stealing his pavis is a great idea.

yes, ada's sword looks alot like a litterally weaping blade, the souls look so sad. ^_^
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Quiet, I'm plotting.

Big sword wise, you could go with an Ogre Kingdoms sword of some description. Depends on how big a sword you want, really.

As for shield... Marauder shield?
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ok, i'm getting my hands on a dark-elf sheild (without any symbols on it) and have abadon's sword, to be cut a bit shorter to represent a one-handed sword (the origional sword would be streating the definition of a greatweapon)

once i get it finished i'll post some pics.
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