Uruk Hai Scout Conversions

Greycoat · **Joined:** Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:18 pm **Posts:** 12

I love the scouts, but want to add some more elite troops to the mix. First up, a crossbowman. I had a damaged finecast model so converted a scout bowman.

I'm thinking of doing a head swap on a berserker (for a bare Uruk head or scout head). I suspect it's going to be pretty hard with a metal model - any tips?

samoht · **Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:22 pm

That is so COOL.

You have no idea how much I love a good quality conversion.

Gene Parmesan · **Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:31 pm

Proper job

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:26 am

That looks awesome! What happened to the rest of that Uruk though?

Greycoat · **Joined:** Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:18 pm **Posts:** 12

Thanks! The rest is now in my bits box, and he was cheap to begin with as he was in a lot of damaged finecast models. There are elements like the chainmail texture and belt I may be able to use in future. I have a spare bolt quiver too.

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:13 am

I like what you've done here. Very nice conversion, painted well with excellent leather and woodwork.

Rognarr · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:15 pm

Awesome! I love this kind of conversions, if you have more please don't hesitate to show us

Greycoat · **Joined:** Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:18 pm **Posts:** 12

Thanks for the kind words. I should have some berserkers to play with later in the week, so I'll post some updates with those. One may get a new head if I can decide on a donor...

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:41 am

Not only a great conversion but a lovely paint job on him too

Greycoat · **Joined:** Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:18 pm **Posts:** 12

My berserker conversion is under way. Getting the heads off the metal figures was really hard, but it's going okay so far. It's just glued together for now - the next step will be to smooth things out with some greenstuff.

ste271276 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:20 pm

Brilliant idea buddy

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:28 pm

Nice looking conversion. It's great to see a metal figure again.

JamesR · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:43 pm

Excited to see the finished berserker. I always imagined then with shaved heads under the helmet but this one looks cool

Dead Marsh Spectre · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:29 pm

Nice work Greycoat!

Greycoat · **Joined:** Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:18 pm **Posts:** 12

It's taken far too long, but the Berserker is now finished. Not perfect, but I'm quite pleased with how he turned out.

I'll try to post a picture of the back tomorrow!

Bandobras Took · **Posted:** Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:40 pm

Great work mate! Really super conversions, I especially love that Crossbow conversion! Could you give me a run-down of the paint scheme you used? That would be really helpful as I never really got a good one going when I painted the Scouts a number of years ago and I really like yours.

Thanks

Greycoat · **Joined:** Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:18 pm **Posts:** 12

Bandobras Took wrote:

Great work mate! Really super conversions, I especially love that Crossbow conversion! Could you give me a run-down of the paint scheme you used? That would be really helpful as I never really got a good one going when I painted the Scouts a number of years ago and I really like yours.

Thanks so much!

The painting is on black base coat and 90% drybrushing. I'll list the colours - they're mixed in stages so the first layer for skin is terracotta mixed with black, moving to pure terracotta, then mixed with tanned flesh ,etc.

Skin
Black -> GW Terracotta -> GW Tanned Flesh
I then went back with some washes of dilute terracotta to smooth things out.

Leather
Black -> Mix of Burnt Umber / Burnt Sienna and a dash of GW Tanned Flesh

Metal
Mix of Black / Burnt Umber / Burnt Sienna -> mid Grey (I.e. adding white)
Wash with a rust colour (Yellow / Orange / Burnt Sienna)
Lightly drybrush GW Mithril Silver
Highlight GW Mithril Silver / White

My bases are all made with sand mixed with PVA. In this case I left pools of stagnant water and added some crumbled real leaves and dead static grass.

Greycoat · **Joined:** Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:18 pm **Posts:** 12

And here's the back...

Bandobras Took · **Posted:** Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:37 pm

Greycoat wrote:

Bandobras Took wrote:

Great work mate! Really super conversions, I especially love that Crossbow conversion! Could you give me a run-down of the paint scheme you used? That would be really helpful as I never really got a good one going when I painted the Scouts a number of years ago and I really like yours.

Thanks so much!

The painting is on black base coat and 90% drybrushing. I'll list the colours - they're mixed in stages so the first layer for skin is terracotta mixed with black, moving to pure terracotta, then mixed with tanned flesh ,etc.

Skin
Black -> GW Terracotta -> GW Tanned Flesh
I then went back with some washes of dilute terracotta to smooth things out.

Leather
Black -> Mix of Burnt Umber / Burnt Sienna and a dash of GW Tanned Flesh

Metal
Mix of Black / Burnt Umber / Burnt Sienna -> mid Grey (I.e. adding white)
Wash with a rust colour (Yellow / Orange / Burnt Sienna)
Lightly drybrush GW Mithril Silver
Highlight GW Mithril Silver / White

My bases are all made with sand mixed with PVA. In this case I left pools of stagnant water and added some crumbled real leaves and dead static grass.

Thanks a lot for that! Really helpful! That Berserker conversion is also fantastically done and painted! The dirty look you have given them is great and I'll certainly bear it mind when I get round to painting my backlog of Isengard miniatures. I may even try something similar re the crossbow conversion - I got an "unopened" metal blister off eBay that had 3 of the same bodies but only had 2 matching arms, and supplied me with the crossbow separate part instead of the 3rd matching arm :roll:

jdizzy001 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:59 pm

He would make a stellar rpg character!

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