Quintus (ie fifth) Albus (ie White, bright in latin) the Lion of Isarchael a title bestowed upon him by the Emperor himself for his courage and bravery in the many rear guard actions he led that saved many a Legion from certain destruction during the final days. The Emperor has decreed that he is allowed to carry his family crescent upon his shield. There is not a Traazorite that has not heard the fabled stories of Quintus riding upon his famous Velozar Azrael in their many battles together.
Now we move on to the conversion bits. I replaced the mount with an Etsy 3D print Velociraptor which was a perfect match in size to the actual mount that came with model. To modify the Keshark figure I had to really work out the bits in the crotch area with my dremel to get him to properly fit on mount. Next I converted the cloak as the one he came with was a short shot, so I used a Roman General cloak from Victrix plastic sprue and then used green stuff to tie it in. Lastly I liked the large round shield in the concept art so I needed to replace his arm as it is cast onto the baseball diamond shield that comes with figure. I took a Victrix Carthaginian arm from one of their plastic sprues and cut it off on the elbow, and a round Hoplite shield also from Victrix plastic sprue and used them to replace his shield arm. I used a shield transfer that covered about 60 percent of shield so I had to use some blending skills to match the paint and tie it all in.
On another note, today, I discovered how fragile these 3D prints can be. I suppose material used to make them has something to do with it. I proceeded to work on my Velozar Knight conversion, when my clumsy butt dropped the model onto a carpeted floor. The dino shattered at the ankles, with one leg breaking into three pieces. I was pissed as hell since I had put a lot of work into painting it. Super glue wouldn’t take, and I’ve decided that 3D printing is not where people think it is at. While it’s cool to get something special, to replace something that you can get without a good reason to do so is just a waste of time and money until we see some quality improvement in 3D printing materials.
Anyways, tell me what you think of the Keshark.
Whoah! This is an award-winning masterpiece, Kevin. The movement and composition are awesome - not to mention the painting. The rider is great, but the coloring of the raptor is over-the-top. Also, I can't tell where the breakage was on the raptor's leg.
ReplyDeleteHigh praise Dean and thank you. This one is the Keshark (like a Freeblades warband leader). What broke was the velociraptor for my Knight. I could not repair him, but a friend suggested a way to bypass actually fixing it, but that will be another post when I complete it.
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Kevin
Ah, I see. Misread that. Dean
DeleteNice work! Looks as if it was meant to be.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed, a killing machine!
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Initially I couldn’t understand why recreate the wheel. I mean why change it. Now I get it. This looks completely different than the Freeblades sculpt. It was worth the extra effort. He looks awesome!!
ReplyDeleteThank you MP. I know what you mean. When I was explaining what I was going to do with it, you had that 1000 yard stare. But for sure seeing it in action surely helps.
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This is an abomination! A perfectly good historical figure intentionally perverted into something almost demonic! SHAME!
ReplyDeleteThere may as well be some serious copywrite infringements here. (I am actually waiting to hear back from the manufacturer about that.)
Nice paint though...
You are a funny man! I have not given up on converting you to the powers of the dark side😉
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