WIP to WC Plastic Celtic slingers conversions

[mikeland]

I had a spare sprue of plastic celts and decided to make 8 slingers and a couple of casualties out of the armoured ones (slingers wouldn't have been armoured so made them casualty markers) here are the first 7 in grey plastic with plasticard slings.







Sorry indoor iPhone shots.

[carvel2]

They look great...I especially like the dead celt. Caught one in the back running away from a gunship?

[clivethecelt]

Brutal, but very good conversion, Mike. I've tried using some leftover WF slings, but they're not quite right, somehow. How thin/narrow can you work/get the plasticard to be? I've been using split dental floss for charioteer reins (mine aren't as good at driving as yours, must be Gauls ), but it's a pain to get right. Would it be OK for those?

[mikeland]

@carvel... Thought you might like the dead Celt!

@clive. It is the thinnest plasticard I could get and you could probably cut fairly thin strips off so it would be okay for reins... I did try to put reins on my Celtic chariots at one point but after half an hour or do of misery and super glue hands I gave up... I was using plastic packing wire.

[clivethecelt]

@mikeland: Sounds all too familiar - I drilled the drivers' hands in the end and knotted it to get the floss to stay in, but it was a pain to paint as it flops all over the place. I'll have a look for plasticard, thanks.

[Correus]

Love the last guy!!! Nothing says "glorious" quit like a dead Celt in the morning! Even better that it's obvious he was running away.

Here is an idea for reins - not sure if it will work but it might not hurt to try - Round Lead Wire.

http://www.basspro.com/Round-Lead-Wire-Spools/product/3038/55398?hvarAID=shopping_googlebase&om_mmc=shopping_googlebase

It's used for tying flies but I don't see why you couldn't use it. Just take the amount you want and flatten it (it's soft). You can then attach and paint.

[grant]

Nothing to add but this gem:

[RoughRider]

I love how dynamic the poses of Warlord's celts are; nice conversion work.

[Engel]

Looks promising. Full of motion. Great work.

[mrtn]

Those are looking very good!