Sigismund Kitbash (Need Opinions)

[Son of Carnelian]

Hail, brothers and sisters of the Heresy. With the recent leak of the plastic Horus Heresy sprues, it's high time I made my Imperial Fists dream force a reality. While I fully intend on making my own Praetor for the VII Legion, I thought I would start with my favorite figure from the Heresy (and all of Warhammer, in fact). Not satisfied with the Forge World model, I wanted a more knightly Sigismund. However, I would like everyone's opinions on which version works best. The bare headed options would feature the helm maglocked to his belt. I do have a replacement bit for the Grey Knight sword as well, to better represent Sigismund's Black Sword. Legs are on their way as well. Anyway, nobody wants to read a conversion, so here we are.

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[Charlo]

Helmet all the way for me, especially that one!

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

I'm crap at painting flesh and I rarely have bare headed figures, so my vote is for the helmet. However, if you can get your hands on it from a bit seller, I would strongly suggest the head from the FW Imperial Fists Legion Command figure.

 

http://i.imgur.com/qwbWvb5.jpg

 

Or the whole body and head, and use the arms from your model above.

[Son of Carnelian]

I wanted to avoid that kit just since I see so many other people using it. I can name two other members of the board who have done INCREDIBLY striking conversions for Sigismund using that model that I know I cannot match.

 

But thank you neverless, Chaplain Kage.

[Teetengee]

I like the first pic, although I am not a huge fan of that sword angle with that head angle.

[Son of Carnelian]

Which direction should I have it face?

[Daemon2027]

I prefer the helmeted version.

[Operative]

I'd go with him facing to the left (the model's left). As a suggestion you could try raising the arms a little higher to try and get the effect that he was going to deliver a hammer blow.

[lionofjudah]

Screaming head!

[One-eye]

second picture, by far (imho). Helmet all the way and the sword is at a better angle on the second pic. Mk III legs would fit well btw, and add a HH feeling.

 

Hope this helps :)

[The Pounder]

I'm with One-eye, the second one has more of the Knightly look of IF's

[jimbo13]

Picture 2!!!

[Son of Carnelian]

second picture, by far (imho). Helmet all the way and the sword is at a better angle on the second pic. Mk III legs would fit well btw, and add a HH feeling.

 

Hope this helps :)

Alright! I will let my compulsive painting of HQ faces fall away, on account of One-eye's and many others' opinions. And One-eye even reads my mind with the MKIII legs comment (they're on their way)!

 

Question is now, is there a better sword replacement than the sword from the Emperor's Champion model? It's probably the best tor representing Sigismund's sword, but again, I want to hear your opinions.

[Daemon2027]

May be hard to find but the LE metal Emperor Champion model and a really nice black sword. If not, maybe the current Emperor Champion model.

[One-eye]

or maybe the Relic blade of the Vanguard kit ?

A tip from the spears of the new stormcast paladins would also fit, but the kit is expensive for a single blade (I looked at those considering the amount of lightning symbols on the blades, would fit the V legion ^^)

[Son of Carnelian]

Yeah, not sure the lighting iconography will fit The Black Sword. The Vanguard relic blade is a great idea though. Thanks! I even have a spare.