In Dire Need of Conversion Advice

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CrazyIvan

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The noble people at CMON:

I have just started painting to a quality I\'m even remotely happy with, and well, there is a conversion project, beyond a simple weapons swap, that I would like to attempt:

For a vampire counts Mordheim army, the leader is the leftmost von Carstein vampire, seen here:

http://www.games-workshop.com/warhammerworld/warhammer/vampirecounts/images/voncarsteins.gif

What I would like to do is bend his free arm a little more outward, and place a dead human woman, held by the neck, just to complete the imposing, death machine Vampire idea.

The only even remotely suitable figure I could find was:

http://www.games-workshop.com/store_images/mordheim/mordheim_images/middenheimers/midden_youngbloodsb.gif

the female Middenheimer young blood. If her arm was placed down, it would look, I think, like she died struggling.

My question is, is this feasable?

What, if you went about it, would be involved in doing this specific conversion? Pinning? Green Stuff?

My real concern is the joint of her neck and his hand, and how she is going to be supported. the one thing I thought of was a flying base pole holding her up, but I really have no idea if that would work.
 
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edomingox

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conversion

i\'m pretty sure it\'s feasable. here\'s what i\'m doing.

I started a conversion and i\'m bending arms and legs different ways. what i did is saw\'d or cut the joint and pinned it. using the pin vise, i drilled holes in both ends, stuck a paper clip in it and glued it in with a small gap. once the glued is dried, i\'m able to bend the arm/leg in any position i want. after that, just green stuff, or blue/white epoxy, or white putty in the gap.

i wouldnt use a flying base pole to support it. it should be able to hold it\'s own.

hope this helps.
 
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CrazyIvan

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That did indeed help. My problem though is not moving the Vampire\'s arm, that made sense as a fairly doable conversion. My real concern is that arm having to support another 28mm metal miniature on its own. My plan was to pin her head and his hand (very carefully) together, and use a small amount of green stuff to merge his hand and her neck together.

But is on arm, held together with a pin, enouigh to support an entire other figure on its own?
 
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finn17

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Depends upon your pinning ability...

If you use a decent quality stiff wire, drill to a sufficient depth in each component and superglue the pin at both ends then it will easily hold another figure. The pin material will be considerably stronger that the malleable alloy of the model.

Your main problem will be that the model simply overbalances. You will have to construct a base to avoid this. You will also possibly have to pin your model to the base itself.:bouncy:
 
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