Bobby Wong won the 2001 Golden Demon awards Slayer Sword at the US games day with his magnificent Bloodquest squad. We invited him to tell us how he went about producing these amazing models and the article he produced proved highly popular. Now Bobby brings us his guide to converting Uriel Ventris, Ultramarine champion.
Assembly - All major subcomponents were test fitted, and a scenic base was sculpted on a 40mm round base. Small pebbles and a Chaos Marine shoulder pad were pushed into the soft putty. The rough texture of the rocky desert base was simulated by stippling the moist putty with a stiff paintbrush. The feet of the miniature was then pressed into the soft putty, and removed carefully, so a flat "footprint" was created. When the putty on the scenic base cured, I then pinned the feet of the miniature into each footprint.
The torso was pinned to the legs, rotated to the right, with a slight backward tilt. The backpack and Sword of Ideaus was then glued to the right leg. A small pouch and frag greande were glued to the hip. I then cut the streamers off a purity seal, and attached only the wax head to the left side of the belt. Uriel's head was then glued on looking to his left. The Boltgun was pinned to the left arm, and the arm was pinned to the torso. Care must be taken at this stage so that the arm and Boltgun does not obscure Uriel's face. For convenience, I attached the left arm, in the raised position as per the illustration after the miniature was painted.
As you can see, Uriel is quite easy to convert into miniature form. If you wish you can add battle damage to the armor with scrape marks, paint chips, and bullet impact holes to the leg armor. Graham McNeill has promised future stories featuring Captain Ventris, so I (and every Ultramarines fan) look forward to converting more miniatures of him as he progress into a mighty hero of the Ultramarines Chapter!
