Forgesworn Eternals - Lord-celestant on Dire Bear (Updated)

With the release of the new kit, the Lord-celestant on Dracoth got an update to its warscroll. In the update are new weapon options and some extra bells and whistles. This gives me an option to improve on my own model if I wanted to, but I like the Tempestos Hammer, so I want to keep it with that, but what it could use is the Thundershield. This was easily modded by simply adding a shield to its left arm. The shield is a part from an upgrade kit. I added an Ironbreaker shield to give it a more duardin feel.

Forgesworn Eternals - Lord-Celestant on Dire Bear (Finished!)

I finally finished my Lord-celestant conversion. I have to say I am really proud of this one, it's one of my best pieces yet. I still have to base him, that's why the bear's front left paw is resting on a bit of sprue.

Here is a blurb I wrote about him and his Stormhost:

Hanzbur Anvilhelm leads the first Warrior Chamber of the Forgesworn Eternals, known colloquially as the Anvilhelms.

Grungni was commissioned by Sigmar to reforge the many heroes allover the realms. They were to become the Stormcast Eternals, Sigmar's greatest weapon against Chaos. Grungni asked for one stormhost he could reforge himself for his own. Grungni knew of the plight of the duardin and worked on creating what would become their greatest ally in their battle against Chaos. The heroes of the realms for this project couldn't be just anyone. Outlying some of the duardin holds were human settlements of hardy individuals who shared a close relationship with their duardin neighbors. They were tough and grim folk with the same respect for keeping promises and paying debts. One individual among them was a brave warrior named Hanzbur who fought alongside many duardin defenders against chaos incursions. Grungni took note of this one because he saw the duardin as equals to his own kind, and not inferior.

Hanzbur was taken up into Azyr during a particularly brutal campaign. Grungni saw to his reforging personally. Crafting for him his finest weapons and armour. This new Hanzbur Anvilhelm would need a suitable mount. Since the dracoths were given to Sigmar, Grungni had to find another animal companion for his Lord-celestant. Among the silver mountains on Chamon are a breed of tough ursine creatures, with light grey fur and ferocious demeanor. These creatures were part of legend for the humans and duardin of the area, and known to be untameable. Grungni could think of no better mount, and first cast Hanzbur to a remote secluded area of the mountain range to find and tame one. This was no easy task and took several months. With Hanzbur reforged, the dire bear could sense a commanding respect within him. Hanzbur then forged the bear's harness and armour himself. He called his companion Storbjorn, after the language of his past life.

With this union complete, the rest of the Anvilhelms were cast to Chamon. The Forgesworn Eternals had been brought finally in full. As the liberators, retributors, and the rest of the host looked up from their landing, they beheld the inspiring sight of Hanzbur atop his bellowing Storbjorn. They would soon join with Sigmar's other stormhosts on the realm, and the liberation of Chamon would begin.

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Forgesworn Eternals - Lord-Celestant on Dire Bear (Update)

Now that all the fur is sculpted on this bad boy, it's time to slap some paint on it.

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Forgesworn Eternals - Lord-Celestant on Dire Bear (Work In Progress)

So this guy is coming along. The bear head position is finalized and the great greenstuffing fur project has begun. This is a long process because I sculpt a patch of fur, then I need to let it set before I can move onto another patch. Sure I can be doing other patches on other parts, but even then I am having to wait several hours for soft areas to harden before I can continue the fur in that area. This is mainly because the way I hold the mini I don't want my fingers resting on soft spots while I sculpt new areas.

Anyway I am super stoked how this guys will turn out. I have found the name for him too: Storbjorn. Which according to google translate, it's Norwegian for 'big bear' kinda. Close enough for me.

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Forgesworn Eternals - Lord-Celestant on Dire Bear

I had to do this post because I finally found it! The perfect bear head for my Lord-Celestant conversion.

Just try to cut out with your minds the main body and legs of the metal bear behind the Dracoth torso from the Lord-Celestant on Dracoth mount.

The plan right now is to cut off that head from this perfectly good metal mini [cries internally], somehow get it to mount solidly in the hollow body, green stuff the gaps by making fur, and green stuff fur allover the exposed scaly skin of the dracoth to make it into a true dire bear.

I had first purchased this mini from reaper. The neck was the right size, but it was still too small. The muzzle would have looked really small compared to the body. So I went to a couple toy stores, hoping some plastic toy bears could work. They didn't. Too many were portrayed as docile creatures and not befitting the dire bear. Finally I took a plunge and bought this guy. It was a risk because if it wouldn't work, that would be $20 down the drain.

I am glad to say I am pretty confident with this one. Now to get some heavy convertin' goin' on.

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Forgesworn Eternals - Liberator test painted

Here he is all painted up. This is the Liberator test model for my Forgesworn Eternals. I'm pretty pleased with the paint scheme and how this turned out.

I hope the shield design turned out well enough, it's supposed to be the Ghal Maraz in front of a silver mountain range. And the ribbon is supposed to say 'GRUNGNI' and 'SIGMAR' in the traditional ancient dwarf script of the old world, klinkarhun.

As you can see the shoulder's symbol is the 'L' in klinkarhun, for Liberator.

Now that this sets the theme of my army, here is a sneak peak of what I am working on next:

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