We sold a TON of Dreadknights over on the Spikey Bits store for this contest, it is really cool to see a bunch all converted up. So a big thanks to everyone who took the time to enter.
Voting is now open for the contest, so please vote for your favorite. We'll keep the polls open until the 27th of May, and then tally up the votes, and award the winnah! Good luck to everyone!
So here's the entries for the Spikey Bits Dreadknight Conversion Contest.
First off we have a Necron Pharaoh by Caleb Dillon, with Resurrection orb and War Scythe.
Tau XL-18 Interdiction Armor, by Jim Howard
Dreadmonkey by Thomas "Goatboy" Reidy
This is the only entry I allowed two pictures of. I think the first one was too washed out, but showed the conversion work better, so enjoy both. Daemonknight of Slaanesh by Matt Ekola
Soulgrinder of Khorne by Matthew Hoell
Imperial Guard Knight Pattern Walker by Hadi "The Hod" Sheikhnia.
Valkyrie Walker Conversion Michael Millikin
That's it. Like I said pretty stoked at the entries, thanks to all participants. Please take a minute or two and vote below for your favorite, but before you go I want to let you know about a couple of noteworthy things we got going on here at Spikey Bits.
First off is a Charity 40k Tournament for The Red Cross's Japan Relief fund kicking off Sunday May 15th at FTW Games. If you happen to live in the VA/MD/DC area it is a great way to help out the crisis in Japan just by playing some 40k!
Second is the ongoing charity project I am proud to be part of the Heroes of Armageddon! Currently I am working on 3000 points of Ghazkull's Orks as we speak. When time permits I'll post up some WIP shots to wet everyone's whistle.
So that's it, thanks for the read and see ya soon!
I have to say, they're all cleverly done. But the 'Necron Pharaoh' and 'Tau Interdiction' certainly stand out the most to me. Cool themes, thoughtfully built, although the Tau Armour would have benefited from a more solid pose. Despite this, the Interdiction armour wins my vote. It looks like something I would be happy to pilot myself.
ReplyDeleteThey all look great.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to go with the Tau XL-18 Interdiction armor as my favorite.
I agree I am VERY please with the effort put forward.
ReplyDeleteThe Dreadmonkey.
ReplyDeleteJim Howards Tau one is certainly the best looking IMO.
ReplyDeleteI'm really surprised no one made a Aliens style Power loader one. Thats what I would have done. :P
Imperial Guard Knight Pattern Walker by Hadi "The Hod" Sheikhnia.
ReplyDeleteThat one get's my vote!
The Monkey is great and the
ReplyDeletePharaoh has tons of character.
When the Boy Genius is happy, we're all happy.
ReplyDeleteI just notice the great foot detail on the Valkyrie Walker.
I vote for all of them. It's hard to choose but I have a soft spot for Knights so I vote for The Hod.
ReplyDeleteGreat contest, and great results! Seriously, this was a fun one to watch and all the entries are worthy.
ReplyDeleteSince others are commenting, I have to say my favorite is the Tau Interdiction; awesome idea!
I'm gonna go with Tau interdiction armor, and not because of any bias! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's the most complete looking full change to the model with a great look and plenty of movement.
Great contest!
Some realy good work here.... very hard to judge on a single click criteria :(
ReplyDeleteWhile i would agree that both the the Tau and the Soulgrinder are the most complete transformations i think they are too complete... conversions imo should have some of the original theme.
While the pharoh fits this criteria fantastically....nice job... i feel the cape attachment lets it down (sorry have to pick on the bad points there's too many good points :))
The valkyrie looks a bit too cluttered but i love the leg roosts and the Hod i just don't like the cannon...so petty, it sounds bad... but the modelling is really smooth.
Dread mnkey vs slannesh... i think its down to the imagined paint job... if the wings and daemon were done as an almost invisible ethereal way so as to suggest possesion i think it'd be awesome but then you've got a cheeky monkey....
Damn but thats a hard decision
Well done to all contestants some neat creative work.
I'd love to see the finished paint jobs in the same gallery a little later.
The pharaoh is for sale on ebay, check it out: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250817974471
ReplyDeleteTau XL-18 Interdiction Armor has my vote. The rest are cool too.
ReplyDeleteInterdiction armor FTW!
ReplyDeleteNote: Entries is the correct spelling.
ReplyDeleteDreadmonkey got my
ReplyDeleteNecron Pharoh, really nice work
ReplyDeleteThey all look great though!
and a vote for 'The HOD' is a vote for justice! (and all that fanboi jazz)...
ReplyDeleteThe monkey is going to be painted Orange - with the knight bits either going Tron like or something else neat. Plus someone does have a banana for me to put on the base. WOohoo!
ReplyDeleteI agree with your train of thought, my only gripe against the slaanesh is the fact that the words on the shin pads and cod piece are not GSed over. It takes away from the Daemon theme IMO
ReplyDeleteMy vote goes to the Monkey.
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ReplyDeletelooks like jim howard wins this one. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteImperial Guard Knight Pattern Walker by Hadi "The Hod" Sheikhnia. = my vote
ReplyDeletegood work too all, necron lord& tau are my top 2 the others had overkill with the guns, and is there a dredknight in that soulgrinder ....were are the orkknights ..
ReplyDeletejust looked at the necron on ebay omg that is sweet its # 1 in my book
ReplyDeleteHe looks like a bad ass Jokaero who got stuck into the motorpool and armoury while the Inquisitor wasn't looking!
ReplyDeleteNice one dude :)
Jim's Tau got my vote, purely for the fact that it looks like it 'belongs' in the army.
ReplyDeleteTau XL-18 Interdiction Armor, by Jim Howard! Great conversion! :)
ReplyDeletethe tau one is the only one IHMO that looks new and professional, the awsome conversion and cool looks beat the others! ( i love the valk one aswell however it looks like a really nice jumble of parts :( )
ReplyDeleteTau XL-18 has my vote!
ReplyDeleteSome great bit bashing going on here and for me hands down its the DREADMONKEY. Second place would go to the Necron Lord as it reminded me of the dark Apostle novel.
ReplyDeleteWhere are the Dreadknight bits on the soul grinder? I can't see any...
ReplyDeleteAnyway, the Necron Pharaoh by Caleb Dillon gets my vote. It looks like it belongs, without having rendered the original frame entirely unrecognisable (which, IMO, is the point at which you should have just sculpted the damn thing).
The Knight Pattern Walker is a close runner-up, but the cannon arm feels a mite clumsy. Good job on the "nearly," Hod.
Dread monkey, but the Valkyrie is a close second.
ReplyDeleteImperial Guard Knight Pattern Walker by Hadi "The Hod" Sheikhnia for the Win :DImperial Guard Knight Pattern Walker by Hadi "The Hod" Sheikhnia for the Win :D
ReplyDeleteMy vote is for the XL-18 Interdiction armor. Beautiful. If only that kit was actually offered...
ReplyDeleteThat said, They're all great, and there isn't one I wouldn't be proud to own.
I gotta vote for the valkyrie walker, it looks really menacing, kinda awesome. walker, it looks really menacing, kinda awesome.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to admit that I honestly cannot decide. The entries are too cool!
ReplyDeleteTau XL-18 Interdiction Armor, by Jim Howard is by far my favorite and I hate tau. Good work on that one Mr. Howard.
ReplyDeleteI want to vote for the Dreadmonkey as its soooo cool, but I just really love that Necron the most. So... Necron it is! Amazing work by everyone.
ReplyDeleteThey're all good, I have to say that the Tau XL-18 is the best-looking one, though.
ReplyDeleteImperial Guard Knight Pattern Walker. It has history (Knights), detailed finish and to the point idea. This could easily be imagined a real unit in 40k.Imperial Guard Knight Pattern Walker. It has history (Knights), detailed finish and to the point idea. This could easily be imagined a real unit in 40k.
ReplyDeleteTau XL-18 Interdiction armor
ReplyDeleteI like the Valkyrie Walker Conversion Michael Millikin seriously crazy stuff!
ReplyDeleteImperial Guard Knight Pattern Walker by Hadi "The Hod" Sheikhnia....Love this one! Is this where you vote? I don't see a poll anywhereImperial Guard Knight Pattern Walker by Hadi "The Hod" Sheikhnia....Love this one! Is this where you vote? I don't see a poll anywhere
ReplyDeleteI'm also thinking the same thing, the conversion is good but i can't see any parts from the front angle.
ReplyDeleteDaemon Knight of Slaanesh gets my vote!
ReplyDeleteTau XL-18
ReplyDeleteLoving the conversions...one day I'll make something as crazy and as awesome as these...until then I'll stick to magnetising my Grey Knights on the Grey Knights of Titan blog (grey-knights-40k.blogspot.com)
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