This is a really weird conversion. I was starting a new batch of armored rat ogre conversions using the chaos ogre command models, and I quickly identified one model that just wasn't going to work well. It had a right arm that was sculpted together with the body, and a chaos emblem on the belly that was just too obvious and too difficult to file off. Plus it wasn't narrow-waisted like most of the other rat ogres and conversions, and I didn't want to make it even fatter by trying to sculpt over the belly. But most of all, it had a second head growing out of the left shoulder! I had also been having difficulty trying to work in my Verminlord bitz into any conversions (other than the tail). So I decided that this would be the one. It deviates from my vision greatly, having armored feet instead of bare, holding a weapon, being weaponless in the other hand, having nothing grafted on, and having a very atypical head with huge horns. It looks more like a beastman than anything.

I tried using a different tool to sculpt the chainmail over the shoulder where I cut away the second head. It looks okay, but not great, and is distinguishable from the other chainmail beneath. I also tried sculpting my first ever straps with buckles, which worked out really well. Since he had other buckles in the back for his armor, this helps make the new different-looking chainmail look like it belongs. What really pulled this model off, even though it looks a little odd, is the large rat ogre hand that hides the chaos symbol on the belly. Without that hand, this would be a chaos figure for sure.

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