I have always loved the character of the Rogue Trader adventurers range, and I really enjoy looking for suitable non-comms and civilians to populate my collection.
I was very much excited when it emerged at BOYL'15 that Foundry had put a set of old unreleased Citadel Rogue Trader figures into production. I immediately snaffled some on the day. If you want to get hold of a set yourself, you need look no further than the Foundry website!
My favourite conceptually from the set is the scribe / member of the Adeptus Administratum. If you follow the Eldritch Epistles blog, you'll be aware that the figure is a very close match to one of the illustrations from the Rogue Trader blog.
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| The original slotta casting. Pic from Eldritch Epistles. |
Unfortunately, the pose on the sculpt is rather oddly disco, with its pointing finger and toe-tapping lead foot. That's not to say you can't make a very nice job of the paint and end up with a good looking figure (see Sho3box and Leadplague). I just wanted to make mine a little less obtrusive:
In order to change the pose from a dominating / commanding one, into something more subservient, I removed the over-muscular left arm and it's sausage finger, and replaced it with a plastic arm from the old Confrontation gangers.
I hacked away at the extended left leg, glued the foot to the base in a less extended position, and sculpted a new robe closer to the body.
It's not the best conversion I've ever done, but I think it meets the brief. It also means I can paint up a second and they will be distinct characters rather than pointing clones doing their early morning callisthenics!
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| A nervous ammo trader is quizzed by the Administratum over an error in his self-assessment tax forms. |
Well I think he definitely gains in credibility what he lost in panache ! I can only admit Paul and Myself are a lazy bunch but teh extra effort on th emodel really paid here. the final model is significantly better looking than the original (imho).
ReplyDeleteGreat Job !
I just struggled to rationalise the pose with the concept for the model, so the beefy arm had to go. Glad you like the results :)
DeleteGreat stuff. Will you paint the second guy as is? Will you be able to resist taking the saw to the beefcake arm a second time?
ReplyDeleteThe self assessment gag made me laugh. Is there an Adminimunda scenario in the offing?
I will probably paint up the second guy as the sculptor intended (Bob Naismith?). I figure he can stand behind the other guy, looking alarmed at all the dangerous teetering piles of documents.
DeleteAdminimunda sounds like a blast. I suspect it would mainly involve form filling and very little gaming.
Looks fab. And Adminimunda would be a great game if you could level up your team in their form filling.
ReplyDeleteSkills include "advanced penmanship" and "rapid filing", right? Sounds like a blast :)
DeleteGreat conversion that improves the model substantially. If you wanted to differentiate "Mr. Pointy" from this one, you could change his book holding hand for one holding a scroll or a loose sheaf of paper.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'll keep thinking about whether to adapt adeptus discotrum or keep 'stock'. I quite like contrasting customised with stock models
DeleteNice work Axiom. I always like seeing RT civilians. I was badly tempted by that pack myself, but then I looked at the lead mountain...
ReplyDeleteYeah...the lead mountain needed feeding ;)
DeleteNice work, a subtle yet extremely effective conversion
ReplyDeleteThanks! Sometimes conversions cry out to be obvious and eye-catching, sometimes I think it's just enough to change the feel of a figure in a fairly low key way - like this one :)
DeleteHey there's nothing wrong with disco. :)
ReplyDeleteI thought the conversion was well done while the blues and reddish browns you added to the overall grey colour scheme was spot on.
I like my share of disco, just on weekends ;)
DeleteYour conversion works perfectly, I really like how subtle it is but how much does it change the attitude and the whole mini. Enjoyable work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Suber - I think pose is really important in conveying the tone of a figure - it it's wrong, it seems to detract from the overall look in my view.
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