Show us your... BSB!

Hopefully you know the drill by now.  If not, check out the first Show us your... thread.

Let's see those BSBs!

Kapow-kachow! Some of you guts may have seen it already. If not, here he is again...



Plus it's way cool to open a newly acquired 80+ dollar model and immediately start cutting it up...

I was hoping that one would pop up.  Seen it before, still love it.

This is my Fat Lad.



DR

Huh. Well that's really impressive. The base, while good, doesn't measure up to the rest of the model though.

Huh. Well that's really impressive. The base, while good, doesn't measure up to the rest of the model though.

I think it's because it's green. You don't see many green bases these days, and that's probebly why it looks odd. I like it though! Reminds me of a simpler time...

Huh. Well that's really impressive. The base, while good, doesn't measure up to the rest of the model though.

I think it's because it's green. You don't see many green bases these days, and that's probebly why it looks odd. I like it though! Reminds me of a simpler time...

Thats part of it- I don't like painted base edges, at all.

here's mine... not as impressive banner, and still lack freehand, but i roll him as is still.

This is mine. I'm going to get more "hangers" probably to represent different armies. Maybe one for each type of opponent

@Enkiel

I love it! Little bit of free hand and you've got an award winner there! Serious potential. I've always loved the Paymaster model. Getting ready to start a "Pimp" Paymaster myself, right down to the hot pink leopard skin...

Here's mine using the AoW Ogre champian and some spare banners.

Wow...  Thats a nice one.  Great skin.

@Enkiel

I love it! Little bit of free hand and you've got an award winner there! Serious potential. I've always loved the Paymaster model. Getting ready to start a "Pimp" Paymaster myself, right down to the hot pink leopard skin...

Quite frankly, i always wanted to do it... but never found the guts to do it... I'm a wussy when it come to screw up something already painted.

Wasn't originally my BSB, but the banner broke off of my original BSB a few months back so I decided to steal kohbahl's idea.

damn, so very nicely painted bsb's in this thread, I feel like a noob now... Anyways, mine is a simple affair, it's the hunter with the tyrant arms atached and a banner and some added stuff from the plastic boarboyz kit. Needless to say, he's not exactly finished when it comes to the painting part...

I like it alot. A few highlights, and some free hand on the banner and you have yourself a flashy, functional piece...

Bauge Ironskin carries the Ironskin banner, made from bits of iron obviously.

It could use some rivets, but is otherwise really cool.

Here you go guys, this is him without any paint on him yet...


I will edit this later today with the finished model. 

Okay, so I was up to post mine, but when I saw all this... There isn't anything left to post for me

Here's mine, not completely finished the paintjob yet. But you get the idea.

Looks good! I'm thinking about converting the new Golgfag model. His position looks to be just right. I even think he alrdy has some kind of back-stand thing. I'll post pictures when I get around him !

I've built two candidates for my BSB. I have not yet decided which one will win the position, so any help from you guys is appreciated ;-)
The loser will live out his days as a maneater standard bearer.

#1 I built from all plastic parts from various kits plus an arm made from Green Stuff, because there wasn't a fitting one for the arm pose I needed.



#2 is a simple conversion from Bragg with the Mournfangs' banner and a few bits

The first one, easily. I really like the way he's carrying the banner. The sculpting is good too.

Bragg could be a good Maneater standard bearer if you add a souvenir or two.

Both are ace, but I think the first one is more fitting as BSB. The grim face, the well converted Standard, just like a Bruider Battle standard Bearer should look like! Nice idea with Bragg's flag, he makes a good Maneater SB for sure, his look could imply that he was a Dog of War for Dark Elves for some time.

Nice BSBs makes mine pale in to insignificance 

The plastic one for sure. Way too awsome to be a puny unit standard.

I just noticed something on the mournfang banner-bit though... With the scales and reptilian skull and all, do you think that it is actually supposed to look like the Dragonhide banner?

Mine is not yet painted... but I got some good use out of those left over stonehorn parts....

BSB





Model is not quite finished, but the banner is.... for more pics see my Gnoblog 

@ TuShan, I LOVE the first one. I'd copy that in a hardbeat if my sculpting skills were up to the task (arm supporting beam) 

@ TuShan, I LOVE the first one. I'd copy that in a hardbeat if my sculpting skills were up to the task (arm supporting beam) 

I think with a little cutting and repositioning, you could probably do a similar pose with a leadbelcher or Irongut arm.

This is my BSB


Hope you all like him

Dave Grant, that is awesome.

Some great BSB's here.

I''l show mine, how not to 

My simple bsb. Nothing flashy, just a basic build from irongut parts and standard bull parts. I think he might become my Irongut stamndard bearer though, as i'd like to convert something a little more characterful. (The huge mouldline on the hand has gone!!!)

Here is  my old BSB, and my new one
Old:


New:




The last one was made entirely out of extra bits, mostly from the stonehorn/thundertusk. Simple but effective.

Biteninja, that is a big improvement over your first one (which isn't bad in any way). If anything I think the banner looks a bit light when he holds it one-handed that far down the pole and doesn't rest it on the ground.

Thanks Anton. I fully admit I am disappointed with my old bsb, but hey, everyone makes improvements over time.

As fortheone handedness, maybe the bruiser is just REALLY strong. Permanent bullgorger on him

I did my quick conversion from Bragg too. I have no conversion experience and low painting skills, so it's nothing compared to the beautiful models above. But that will at least give some courage to people like me reading this post

I'm not satisfied with the hand holding the Banner, but it still is a good way to use that costly Finecast banner that I would otherwise probably never use.

Here's my BSB minus paint of course. 

The model is painted now but I only have unpainted pictures at hand :

The model is painted now but I only have unpainted pictures at hand :

Where does the skull shoulder piece on your standard bearer come from the one just over his hand carry the banner?

Edit: Is it a chaos terminator shoulder???

Thanks

isnt it chaos cavalry shoulderpad?

isnt it chaos cavalry shoulderpad?

Just searched the chaos knight Sprue images and I think your quite right!  Thanks for letting me know!  (Been bugging me for ages that one seeing it on alot of models)

Thanks again Enkiel.

Think its in the chaos marauders on foot box

Here is my bsb:

isnt it chaos cavalry shoulderpad?

Just searched the chaos knight Sprue images and I think your quite right!  Thanks for letting me know!  (Been bugging me for ages that one seeing it on alot of models)

Thanks again Enkiel.

it is a chaos marauder shoulder pad.  I use it as a mask for some of my gnoblars.

isnt it chaos cavalry shoulderpad?

Just searched the chaos knight Sprue images and I think your quite right!  Thanks for letting me know!  (Been bugging me for ages that one seeing it on alot of models)

Thanks again Enkiel.

it is a chaos marauder shoulder pad.  I use it as a mask for some of my gnoblars.

Aye it is that indeed though the chaos knight one is nice as well but its nice to have a choice.  Thansk for letting me know guys much appreciated.

 

So here's my BSB.

Been painting the guy since yesterday, gave him a major wash and haven't even started the drybrush and highlights yet.

WIP

Had a birdman of cotrazza in my bits box and figured that I should put it to use.  I've replaced the human with a gnoblar from the scraplauncher kit.  Here is a pic, though with 2 colors of primer and a shiny metal bit it is very hard to get a decent pic.  For now it is stuck together with temporary adhesive putty(hence the green spots) while I pick the look that I'm after.  I may cut the body in half to make it a bit taller, as he's the same size as RnF currently.   

That is a pretty darn clever BSB. Good show.

That is a pretty darn clever BSB. Good show.

Totally agree ogre Kite flying!  Simply brilliant   

Wow - love all these - definately need to buy the mournfang and stonehorn kit before trying to create one i think...i was always just going to use the bragg the gutsman model as a BSB...but now i'm inspired to actually make one!

Love the kite flying!!!

Mine is so Horrible and Basic that I can't bring myself to upload it it... on the plus side I am now inspired to make a new one with all the shiny new kits. My current one is just a Irongut with a Banner strapped to his back basically. :/

This is my BSB, converted from the Maneater Paymaster using the champion Bull bits and the Minotaur standard.

A simple greenstuff banner on Bragg

This is mine. He is a bit old now but I still like him.

I finished my BSB and although its very amateur work and many of you have showcased far better pieces of modeling art work, I am proud of it.

It was the first model I used Greenstuff for (Greenstuff was used for the Mast, the Ogre's Hand, Filler between the left arm and the Ogre Torso, and for the metal bracer at the bottom of the mast) and its also the most converted model I've ever done (I melted metal and plastic to get just the right look that I wanted for it).

The paint job is also the most detailed I've done and I guess I found out (The hard way) that a steady hand is really important... especially for Eyeballs (Tricky little buggers).

So my Gnoblars all look like they are High on Shrooms! HaHa!

Oh and it is also the first basing I've ever done on a model.  I think I went too far! There is a lot of terrain on that little 40mm plastic square!

Lots of good lessons learned in this project, but I am really happy with how it came out.

Anyways - without further adieu, below you will find the description of the banner and the theme of it.  Below that is a link to a YouTube video of me creating it (as well as the final product in the last 4 slides).

Let me know what you all think!

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A special and unique Bruiser BSB that uses the top of a Ship Mast as the Banner Pole.  The large wooden frame will be relatively "naked" as I am going to use this BSB to acquire "trophies" from challenge games against my friends (and anyone who wants to throw down a good challenge).  Before the game commenses, we will discuss what we want as a "Trophy" and I will say that I want a shield, a banner, a body (or head), ect of their army fully painted in their paint scheme.  If I win the Challenge, and thus the trophy, I will add the Trophy to my BSB.  Everytime I play with that BSB, the enemies that I have defeated will be showcased on the model and my enemies will be struck with terror when they see something from their own army that I have collected, thus a skilled fighter against that army.

Of course, this is a common theme for Ogre Battle Standard Bearer - the difference though will be all of the trophies on my BSB will have actually been earned from a challenge game.

Enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxaFgewWUsM

Heres my BSB Bruiser


Have improved the bases on the whole army last night with a new mix of pva & bicarb soda which look fluffier & alot better imo (but arent in this pic sorry)

That's a mean looking Bruiser! But he seems to have misplaced the Battle Standard. 

Some Epic BSBs!

Amazingly over the top which doesn't fit the theme of my army which is a shame as there are so many great ideas in this thread!

That's a mean looking Bruiser! But he seems to have misplaced the Battle Standard. 

He's got 2 really small flags hanging off his, who wants to carry a massive a banner when your samshing into the enemy, lol!

Here's mine so far.

All I have left to do is convert or create an ironfist for him, add some greenstuff to make a little more skin on the victim and add a few organs flopping out onto the BSB's head and back.  Basically I want to try and make it look like the body was ripped open just prior to battle to boost moral among the troops!  Since the tribe I'm using as a theme is Sons of the Mountain, I'm considering making a metal mountain thingy to adhere behind the victim so it looks like their icon on page 20 of the army book.  I'm thinking it would fit the tribe/theme pretty well, or it may just be too much going on visually....still unsure about it.

I like how this guy turned out.  Still needs a base, and better pictures.  Back banner is the mournfang banner, with the ironguts banner tope, tied to his back with rope.  The mask (Dragonhelm, anyone?) is the banner top from the Mournfang set.  When I have time, I'll probably go back to add a symbol of some sort to the banner.

Still needs some work but this is mine. Need to do a design on the banner mainly as well as a whole army wide set if tattoos.

hey guys
after seeing the amazing bsb's that have already been uploaded im slightly nervous about posting mine up but i am proud with what i have done as this is the first conversion i have ever done and is also the first time i have used greenstuff so i apologise in advance for any bad sculpting (the pics have been cropped to reduce the amount of memory it uses if anyone knows an easier way to do this id much apreciate it) sorry about the bad quality aswell , anyway my ogre bsb was made with the spare ogre from the scraplauncher kit  the stone horn skull 2 mournfang standards 2 mournfang great weapons and a ogre pistol from the mournfang set and with all that it kept falling over so the metal gnoblars on the base also act as counter weights, so without further delay i present my bsb

The sculpting's nothing to be worried about Executor. Your BSB's imaginative and BIG. Be proud of it. Now let's see it with some paint!

Yet another Bragg, ye might be inclined to proclaim, alas the very reason behind him was to build a BSB that looks somewhat like a Highwayman. And with the new booke, Bragg entered the equation. I decided to arm 'im with every possible equipment combination so that I vary things a bit. The battlestandard with its macelike foot counts as a greatweapon whereas at other times, the shield counts as an Ironfist or enchanted shield, and the pistol simply is an Ogre Pistol, if need be. All the lad lacks 's a proper handweapon, tho.

I really need to make mine but need another tyrant/bruiser I think to do it. or something. Hard to figure out. Mine is gonna have a huge ship mast broken off in his arm. Like its gonna make the model like 9 inches tall prolly in the end

Here my BSB

Inspired by Greasus, Dwarf shield bearers and the high king on a throne, here is my WIP BSB



Nightsoul

hey guys i finaly finnishe painting my bsb thanks to some encouraement from Clavicusevile (thanks for that  )

The sculpting's nothing to be worried about Executor. Your BSB's imaginative and BIG. Be proud of it. Now let's see it with some paint!

now im not the best painter in the world but this is all im capable of atm and im proud of it which is all that matters , although ill take any critisism on board  anyway here it is

Inspired by TuShan's BSB. Here is mine.

Inspired by TuShan's BSB. Here is mine.

how ya do the arm/hand holding the beam?

Chaintrap arm from the Thundertusk I suspect with some repositioning with the arm (or cut off and glued on to a regular ogre arm also cut off and maybe GSed).

I actually just cut the hand an braver off the chain trap arm and then green stuff sculpted the rest of the arm. You can see the WIP in my Gnoblog.

Inspired by TuShan's BSB. Here is mine.

Red, this is truly superb! Brilliant, have a Gnobbo

JJ

Hi Guys,

I've finally updated my blog and a sizeable portion of it is my new Ogre BSB which i've bashed together from several bits of kit. I'm quite happy with it but thought i'd share the pics before it gets the paint treatment!



I'll update this topic with pictures when i paint it, but please visit my blog to see more pictures and an explanation of where the bits come from

Thanks


Adam

These photos are from my gnoblog, so a little repetitive but hey...





Dedled