Ku'Gath the Unclean, Nurgle Plaguereaper conversion, and Tomb Stalker Warmachine Titan, beta version

Greetings fellow wargamers! I have another update for you today, this time, Ku'Gath the Unclean and a Necron Tomb Stalker, Beta Version.

One of my favorite things about playing Apocalypse 40k is using BIG models. I mean, when you can run bio-titans like Hierphants or war altars like Warhound Titans, little toy men kinda take a back seat in the action. Sure, thousands of soldiers streaming across the table is cool, but destroying dozens of men in a single volley with a Warlords Plasma cannon is even cooler!

If you're like me, then you don't have $1500 bucks to drop on a Forgeworld Reaver titan or the like, but you still want to use them, right? Well, that's where someone like me steps in to fill the gap. I try to come up with fun, interesting ways to make these sorts of models happen for gamers on a budget.

Take Ku'Gath for example. Really this project started as a much smaller model. I always thought Jabba the Hutt and the older version of the Great Unclean One had a lot in common. So that started me on the idea of what I could do with that. . . . then the rules for Ku'Gath were presented without a model. The fluff for this daemonic overlord is fantasic, depicting him as blending science and magic in much Dr. Doom like fashion. I knew I wanted to try to build one. But as I formulated the idea for the model, I knew it'd be WAY too big for a standard daemon lord, like Angron or the like.

The plaguereaper, a Chaos Baneblade variant, is a great tank, but not a conversion I am often asked to do. So this seemed like a perfect chance to kill 2 birds with one stone. The dais Ku'Gath (Jabba) rests on is about the same size as a baneblade . . . I just added some treads from a Star Wars Tie Crawler (a ridiculous model if ever there was one . .. I was glad to butcher it)

For his lab I bashed quite a few Pegasus Chem Plant kits together and used some Dungeon Decor to add the sorcerer's flair I needed from the fluff.

I imagine as Ku'Gath vomiting forth a stream of vile putrescence, so that covers the main gun. For the sponsons I had a few spare defiler turrets hanging around. The addition of some chaos marines to the turrets and a few heavy bolters filled in the other weapons quite handily.

It's an out there conversion, but fun and interesting and it will certainly for a centerpiece to any Chaos or Daemons army.


The tomb stalker was a far simpler conversion. Before the days of the FW tomb stalker centipede, the tomb stalker was foretold to be a MASSIVE arachnid like warmachine the size of a Warhound. If you need a big spider, then the Heman Spydor model is the way to go. For the spider like design to really work, I need a face only an Arachnarok could love. I got just that from the Matrix sentinel by NECA. This figure is very well detailed and light weight, ripe for conversion.


Putting them together wasn't that hard, and then we just sculpted over the problem areas on the model, gaps and logos and such. Once painted, I think this will make a very handsome model on the tabletop and certainly had the right feel.

Both of these models are currently for sale on ebay.


For those just tuning into this blog, my name is Caleb and I am a conversion artist for hire. I offer friendly service, competitive rates and fast turnaround. I offer a full range of services, including painting, conversion, terrain building, anything you can think of. No project too big or too small.

Contact me at caleb@whitemetalgames.com if you are interested in obtaining a quote.

In other news, I have FINALLY found a web designed who is going to help me launch the WMG website in the new few months, which will have some only galleries, shop, links to my various portals, and more! Stay tuned.

Until then, remember to get a game in this week, and put your minis where your mouth is!


Caleb