Help with a kitbash

[Tall]

I've gone and bought some of the new Skeletons today along with a box of Empire State Troops with a plan to kitbash them together.
My only problem is, now that I've got them where do I start??
Any help will be most gratefully received as I've really hit a road block with this.

TP

 

[Lord of Ravens]

Just whap the extra skelly head on the state troop bodies and your away.

Make the remaining skellies up as normal. Then put the Empire extras (feathers etc) on the skellies.

Thas what I did anyways :mrgreen:

 

[Tall]

So I've knocked this up really really quickly, will it pass muster??

I know the posing isn't brilliant I was trying to use bits I'd not miss if it didn't work out.
I've basically given the skull a neck and swapped over to skeletal hands.

 

[Sanai]

He looks brilliant. Can't wait to see more.

 

[The Dark Sheep]

As long as you do something about the mouldlines that empire skeleton should look great. Just as a side note, an important thing is to get the hats right; don't put them too low on the skull and especially not too high. What you have done there looks about right though.

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

Pass muster? Looks superb Just don't forget about the mouldlines.

 

[Tall]

I'll not forget the lines, don't worry I just knocked it together in a couple of minutes for a proof of concept this morning. It would appear it's the way forward.

Cheers for all the C&C folks.

TP

 

[Mannerheim27]

Kill the mold lines and you'll be solid; he looks great though. He's full of character!

Jake

 

[Kaptain Von]

I know the posing isn't brilliant I was trying to use bits I'd not miss if it didn't work out.
I've basically given the skull a neck and swapped over to skeletal hands.

That's probably the best way to do it. I had a slightly more involved kitbash style that used all the bits from the kits, but at the terrible price of some rather odd-looking skeletons wearing crotchless trousers, knee-high boots or stripped to the waist. If you want them to look good, you're going along the right lines.

 

[Balthazaar]

Check out Google images with a search like skeleton conversion, and you will get heaps of ideas and examples, both good an bad how its done.

I always do this when starting a new army to carefully pick a colour scheme and see how others have done theirs and how they turned out. there's no harm in using someone else's scheme. nothing is unique from a creative perspective, and speaking as a designer, most things are a rework with a personal touch of someone elses existing ideas.