Mr. Doomshaper, Wizard

Sometimes the simple conversions are the good conversions. Doomshaper comes with a scroll, that for the most part, seems to either be omitted from the model or placed on the ground.

The only modification I've done to doomshaper is to set the scroll in a flying position roughly parallel to his arms. From the front the pin is concealed behind the scroll. From a normal in game player perspective, the pin blends into the base from the left side and the top down view. The back view doesn't work at all, but I'll take it over a mighty wizard reading a scroll off the ground.

As far as painting goes, I did most of the work before runeshaper #1. This was a test of the magma scheme on a normal trollkin model.



Magic Trick




Trick revealed!





Runeshaper #1 of 6

I really like the magma/lava look and wanted to apply it to a small troll force. The runeshaper models are so massive I'm painting them sequentially instead of the normal squad at a time style. This one has been declared "good enough" since I want to try and get at least three done for a tournament on sunday.

When I was prowling about the internet for references I found two great things. The first was a Magma Tyranid army on the dakka dakka forums. The other was a cool mini or not tutorial on Lava Bases.