Custom Slann (from Kroot) Conversion Project
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:45 pm
My newest BB project has been a Slann team. I absolutely adore the Horned Frogs team, but it's always been well outside of my price range. So, wanting to play Slann sooner rather than later, I finally broke down and set out to make my own Slann conversion team for under $50 (usd).
I'll use this thread to share some occasional progress.
(who knew Kroot head-spines made such perfect reeds for swampy bases?)
The three basic positionals. Blitzers have larger shoulder pads and chestplates, catchers are in 'dramatic catch' styled poses with custom mitts, and the linefrogs are pretty vanilla. Their coloration and base rings will also help differentiate them a bit once painted, and I'm thinking about giving the blitzers metal headdresses with feathers, just to further the differentiation.
I'm not crazy about the Krox quite yet. I couldn't beat the price on the model (buying it at the FLGS on sale), and I'm weird about being unable to mix metal and plastic miniatures on the same team, so I've been limited to plastic figures. The "stylistic" clash between the krox's armor and the frogs' armor is pretty bad right now, so thinking about things to do to reduce the contrast.
Does anyone know of any good little frog miniatures for reroll counters and base decorations? Surprisingly, I haven't really found anything suitable yet but I would have figured someone like Reaper would have something like that.
I'll use this thread to share some occasional progress.
(who knew Kroot head-spines made such perfect reeds for swampy bases?)
The three basic positionals. Blitzers have larger shoulder pads and chestplates, catchers are in 'dramatic catch' styled poses with custom mitts, and the linefrogs are pretty vanilla. Their coloration and base rings will also help differentiate them a bit once painted, and I'm thinking about giving the blitzers metal headdresses with feathers, just to further the differentiation.
I'm not crazy about the Krox quite yet. I couldn't beat the price on the model (buying it at the FLGS on sale), and I'm weird about being unable to mix metal and plastic miniatures on the same team, so I've been limited to plastic figures. The "stylistic" clash between the krox's armor and the frogs' armor is pretty bad right now, so thinking about things to do to reduce the contrast.
Does anyone know of any good little frog miniatures for reroll counters and base decorations? Surprisingly, I haven't really found anything suitable yet but I would have figured someone like Reaper would have something like that.
