Hey guys hope everyone had a good weekend. I myself was quite the busy beaver, and managed to put the finishing touches on my Thunderwolf Calvary of Khorne conversion. I can’t wait to hit the table with it. Here is how I went about making it.
When I began the project I started from the bottom up, and by that I mean I started with the mount before I got to the aesthetics of the rider. I knew from how the Juggernaut itself was posed, charging head on, that the rider would need to be posed dynamically with his weapon above his head, or swinging at the enemy.
Then I had to come up with a set of legs to use for the rider. At first I was just going to modify Berzerker legs to work, but then I lucked out and had an extra set of Chaos Knight legs. I dry fitted them up to the Juggernaut and realized that I would have to make a mount for them to sit on. So I whipped that up with some green stuff and cut some channels into the saddle to simulate the armor plating on the mount.
After that another problem presented itself, the legs looked too much like plate armor then power armor. So to get around that I had to green stuff the legs a bit to make them blend more with the rest of the figure. Next I added the most chaotic torso I could find to finish the body.
Check out all the parts to this conversion article here
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
Job Title: Managing Editor
Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
