воскресенье, 9 января 2011 г.

Black.. Gnolls?

As my beastmen army grows stronger..
No!
My beastmen army grows stronger as the amount of bestigors increase!
While latest original bestigor minis look quite cool, they lack their brutality. Bestigors are stronger and older than any normal gor. Why that is only represented by bigger horns? They should be a size of a black orc, but taller... I mean, with longer legs for greater movement!
So, since that came to my mind, I looked for an opportunity to make a whole lot of brutal bestigors. First idea was to convert them out of chaos warriors. That is a popular and suitable way of making those. But the point that it used to be too common (well.... It have ben used couple of times by other gamers) I started to look for another way of creating them.
And that was all too obvious. If they should be something like black orks, why don't use black orks box for a conversion. The very first attempt ( http://www.coolminiornot.com/260522 ) was rather successfull and I decided to go on with it.
While making another minis, I tried to convert ork heads into beast ones. The first attempt looked like... some sort of a cartoonish dog. That was it. I thought, why bestigors should be the same cattle as the lesser gors? they should be based on predators! Maybe.... gnolls?
After that I made several tries. It appeared much easier to convert to gnolls than to goats. and here is what it looks like.