These Project Logs are of professional commissioned work. They provide a means for my clients to see the progress on their commissions as well as a means for me to share methods and my (il)logic behind a conversion. 
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Project: Centurion Rebuild – Completed
« Page 1Page 23. View All » Part 1 :: Building the Pose This was supposed to be a simple build & ship commission. I’ve felt really guilty that it has sat so long waiting for me to free up the time in between semesters. I decided to do a bit of extra work on …
Project: Clash For A Cure 2013
01/02/2013 Wrap one project and immediately start into another, even bigger one. I have volunteered to build the raffle army for Clash For A Cure 2013. This army will be raffled off to raise proceeds for the American Cancer Society, a cause that is near and dear to my heart. This year will see a …
Project: Demon Prince of Nurgle Conversion – Completed
« Page 1Page 2Page 34. View All »Of the three Nurgle projects, this was the one that started it all. The others were included as we were chatting back and forth about what direction to take with this guy. But I’m getting ahead of myself… Something Ugly This Way Comes By any standard, the Demon …
Project: Demon Prince of Nurgle Conversion Redux – Completed
« Page 1Page 2Page 34. View All »08/21/2012 Part 1 : A New Hope Well, maybe. I hope I can pull this off is more like it. Long time readers may remember a series of Nurgle conversions that I did for a client (Nurgle Demon Prince, Typhus, Nurgle Obliterators). We’re teaming up again, and this …
Project: Dire Troll Mauler Extreme – Completed
Another commission to build & ship. The Dire Troll Mauler “Extreme” (DTMX for short) sculpt never really appealed to me. Like all diligent Privateer fanboys at that time I promptly ordered one. When I received it I looked it over and decided that it was not for me and just as promptly traded it off. …
Project: Epidemus Conversion – Complete
« Page 1Page 23. View All » 12/22/2012 Part 1 : A Demon Throne A second conversion that was commissioned at the same time as the Nurgle Demon Prince Redux, but I had absolutely no time to blog on its progress. So you get the benefit of seeing the whole thing start to finish at …
Project: Grand Exemplar Kreoss Conversion – Complete
« Page 1Page 23. View All »The second half of the commission for Christmas 2010. (Yes, it’s after Christmas, I know.) I did the Scythean first as I knew this one would be considerably more complex and had less of a timeline. This is essentially a scratchbuild as it only uses a few parts from …
Project: Mulg the Ancient – Completed
Another build & ship commission. Another way overdue commission. Anyone else seeing a pattern here? A bit of commentary about the model itself. I don’t like it all the way around. Way too top-heavy and the construction leaves a lot to be desired. Top that off with extremely limited conversion options and it’s strike three …
Project: Obliterator Cult – Completed
« Page 1Page 2Page 3Page 4Page 5Page 6Page 7Page 8Page 9Page 10Page 11Page 12Page 13Page 1415. View All »Another commission from my Chaos playing client. This time he wants me to convert up 6 Chaos Obliterators using Chaos Terminators as the base model. (He really dislikes the GW versions.) As before, these need to be …
Project: Ogrun Bokur Conversion – Completed
The specs on this project were to convert an Ogrun Bokur to look something like another conversion the client had seen. The head was to be replaced with a warjack head and the shield with a MOW Kovnik shield. The haft on the halberd also needed to be replaced to keep it from looking like …
Project: Remaking Vlad – Completed
One of the oft maligned miniatures in the Privateer Press Warmachine line is Vladimir, the Dark Prince of Umbrey, (or Vlad for short.) Here’s a promo shot, straight from Privateer’s website: An interesting and little known fact – that photo is of the original sculpt of Vlad. If you’re familiar with the model, take a …
Project: Scythean Conversion – Completed
I know that I said I wasn’t going to take any more commissions, but this one hit home. The customer was stationed in Afghanistan at the time and wanted a nice Christmas present for his girlfriend (who plays Legion) that he could give to her in person when he returned home. You just gotta help …
Project: Skarre Conversion – Completed
« Page 1Page 2Page 3Page 45. View All »Retrograde The commission: Make a “Prime” Skarre model using the “Epic” Skarre model. The challenge: Taking the “Silver Surfer” pose and making it into a “Captain Morgan” pose. The specs called for a barrel to replace the ship and to swap out the pistol for the dagger. …
Project: Sorcerer of Nurgle Conversion – Completed
« Page 1Page 23. View All » Introduction Here is the second of my current Chaos Space Marine commissions, the (Forge World) Sorcerer of Nurgle. Here are the Forge World studio shots of the mini: Not a great paint job IMHO, and the pics aren’t that hot either. It’s too bad too, as the model …
Project: Typhus, Herald of Nurgle Conversion – Completed
« Page 1Page 2Page 34. View All »I was recently commissioned to convert up not 1, not 2, but 3 Chaos miniatures. My client gave permission for me to share my methods of madness with my readers, so here we are. For those of you not familiar with the Typhus miniature, he comes from the …
About Me
Dan Smith is: a Cancer survivor. Miniature artist. Devoted husband & father. Lethally sarcastic (but trying to improve). Happy to be alive. Enjoying each day as it comes. Firm believer in God and miracles, big and small. Proud father-in-law with three grandcats and a grandpuppy. Now providing a home to his widowed mother-in-law. Halfway to his Bachelor's of Science degree in Management Information Systems. Burned out on school.