Wednesday 13 April 2016

Dark Eldar Incubi Conversions

Dark Eldar Carnival Incubi Conversions
I am busy painting furiously this month but I wanted to showcase a unit conversion I had done a little while ago but never posted here, my Dark Eldar Incubi Conversions.
I have always loved the Incubi fluff for the Dark Eldar, deadly sinister warriors stalking their prey with huge swords on the battlefield. Now the official models are stunning but they do not fit into the aesthetics of my Carnival at all, so I had to find another way to represent them.
The Scourge legs are incredibly dynamic, and I have used them extensively before for conversions (such as my Mandrakes) so they were a good place to start. I selected wych torsos and then started hunting for suitable swords to represent the glaives of the Incubi. I soon found some on a wood elf kit so ordered a bunch from a bits seller and used my tentacle maker to add piping and coils to make them less fantasy and more sleek, modern eldar in design. Once these were done I went and make a start on the heads. I wanted something faceless and sinister to represent them and felt that flesh heads just would not cut it. I had a bunch of the masked heads from the wych kits in my bits box and these fit the job perfectly. However they still did not have the shazam I was after. The movement was there with the legs, the lethal double handed swords, the faceless masks, but that carnival element was missing somehow. Cloaks, they needed cloaks! None of the fantasy cloaks I had in my boxes were right. They were either too bulky or just had no movement to them. I went online and visited all the 3rd party shops I knew to find something suitable. Eventually I came to Victoria Miniatures, an awesome site I had got bits from previously, and found a set of cloaks made for her guardsman rabge. They were sleek, the right proportions, and had plenty of movement to them. Perfect! Now they were sorted I went ahead with the heads. Top blokes needed top hats. I went to work with my old press mould and some plasticard and crafted out top hats for all of them. Once they were ready I added the embelishments to the hats and chains to the cloaks, and made a few tweaks to the poses to fit more with the cloaks (most were still blu tacked in place at this point). Finito!
NafNaf

23 comments:

  1. Superb as always - I love the top hats in particular!

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    1. Ta very much Nick :)
      I have a thing about top hats. I just love em

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  2. Wonderful and inspirational work as ever. One small thing though. The right hand models feather in his cap doesn't seem to same orientation as the rest of the model.

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    1. Cheers Rory. I know what you mean, but the body is at a different angle to the head & hat which is why the feather is going in a different direction. I will have another look at the model when I get home to see in the flesh (just going from the photo at the Jo :) )

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  3. Just so inspired. Everything just works and flows. Without the hats, the capes wouldn't work...without the capes, the hats would be missing something!

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    1. Thanks Greg :). Yeah they def did not feel right until I had added both of them. I am really pleased with them all

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  4. Pimp-tastic! These guys look great! Against popular opinion I actually dislike the current official models for Incubi, I find them far to flat footed and heavy looking. Whereas these guys really give off that lithe and deadly feel that Incubi should have, art in motion and art in death.

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    1. Nice one, cheers Rob :) Yeah I can see why. They are quite static, but the air of menace is something I like about them. The movement is def something I wanted out of these guys though. I wanted to make them kinda look like they were dancing and weaving with their swords

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  5. That's just great. These guys might be my favorite of your conversions yet. You really nailed the feel you were after.

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    1. Thanks Thor :) glad you like em. I have a drazhar conversion to post up soon that is in a similar vein to these

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    2. Looking forward to it.

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  6. Awesome! Superb use of bits and GS, man - those look fantastic!

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    1. Cheers dude :) I had a blast making them, and am thoroughly chuffed with how they have come out

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  7. Agree with everyone else. Definitely some of your best work.

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  8. super creative. lovely tale on them.

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  9. Awesome work NafNaf! The robes and hats really set it off, but the posing and motion you created makes these amazing Incubi.

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    1. Cheers Joe :)

      Those Scourge legs are really good for getting a sense of movement, and the cloaks really help to bring them alive too. I am really pleased with the hats. Currently i am in the process of making a rubber mould so I can cast them, instead of having to GS them all the time, which should speed up some of my conversions somewhat :)

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    2. A mold would help speed things up tremendously. But then you might be getting others asking for a set for their own NafNaf inspired works :-)

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    3. Hahaha roll up roll up, git yerself some fine NafNaf togs, one time only!

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  10. The second from the left looks like he's thrashing out a bitchin' guitar solo :D

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    1. Hahaha yeah he does. I bet he has some pretty mean speakers tucked away in that helmet of his to rock out to :)

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