{"id":478,"date":"2017-03-24T10:49:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T15:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/?p=478"},"modified":"2017-03-31T13:16:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T18:16:59","slug":"the-corsair-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/blog\/hobby\/work-in-progress\/the-corsair-prince","title":{"rendered":"The Corsair Prince"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here we are &#8211; the Prince, the centerpiece model. The pride of the Corsair warband.<\/p>\n<p>Also the single most expensive infantry model I&#8217;ve ever built.<\/p>\n<p>Why you ask? Here&#8217;s why:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-23-18.12.20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-479 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-23-18.12.20-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-23-18.12.20-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-23-18.12.20-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lets tally this up.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>Triumvirate of Ynnead<\/em> &#8211; yes,\u00a0<em>just<\/em> for the visarch&#8217;s torso (I hate myself).<\/li>\n<li>An Eldar Autarch<\/li>\n<li>A Dark Eldar Succubus<\/li>\n<li>A Box of scourges &#8211; to be fair, I need these guys for my other corsair projects, so I didn&#8217;t quite buy a box of infantry\u00a0<em>just<\/em> for the sword, but lets be real, on this shopping trip, I totally did.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So this was a fun one. I had the basic idea in my head for a while of what I wanted the prince to look like. Lunging forward, weapon held out, other arm held high. Looking totally badass. I had originally planned to use the autarch legs and the new archon torso because of that cool cape, but then Ynnead happened and ruined everything (and my conversion plans). I could\u00a0<em>not<\/em> let that visarch get away. It is\u00a0simply too cool of a model.<\/p>\n<p>And I couldn&#8217;t use the one from my\u00a0<em>actual<\/em> triumvirate. I\u00a0<em>had<\/em> to have the set (of course)! So I went\u00a0out and bought\u00a0another Triumvirate\u00a0just for this project.<\/p>\n<p>The conversion actually went together rather smoothly. The autarch legs fit right into the Visarch&#8217;s torso without much complaint (I may need to fix up some gaps with greenstuff), the autarchs sword arm fit perfectly on the visarch&#8217;s torso (once I shaved off the slot), and the pistol fit very nicely on the autarch&#8217;s sword hand once I chopped off the sword.<\/p>\n<p>The only issues were the head and the (actual) sword arm.<br \/>\nThe visarch has a slotted head that fits on the neck, and the succubus has a peg head that fits in a slot. All I really had to do was cut off almost the entirety of the succubus&#8217; neck, and shave down the Visarch&#8217;s neck peg, and it worked out pretty good. This leaves the prince with a whole lot less neck than the rest of the corsairs, but that&#8217;s okay. He&#8217;s in voidplate harness, so the bulkier appearance is fine.<\/p>\n<p>The Scourge sword arm was also relatively easy once I got down to it &#8211; I cut off the arm at the elbow, and, because the visarch&#8217;s arm attachment is partially in the cape, the arm wouldn&#8217;t quite fit, so I shaved one side down to fit flush with the cape, and it all worked out fine.<\/p>\n<p>All that&#8217;s left to do is the pistol. The pistol that&#8217;s there right now is the fusion pistol, but I plan on acquiring an old timey fantasy dwarf pistol to use as a balelight. Because pirates have flint-lock pistols. But pistol swaps are probably the easiest conversions to do, so I&#8217;m not too worried.<\/p>\n<p>Put it all together, and we have this finished product!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-23-19.22.39-HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-480 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-23-19.22.39-HDR-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And paint it up after the pistol swap:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-30-18.46.04-e1490984018856.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-600 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-30-18.46.04-e1490984018856-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-30-18.46.04-e1490984018856-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-30-18.46.04-e1490984018856-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-30-18.46.04-e1490984018856-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017-03-30-18.46.04-e1490984018856-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we are &#8211; the Prince, the centerpiece model. The pride of the Corsair warband. 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