Awhile back I decided to assemble all of the High Elf miniatures I've picked up through the years. As part of that project, I also picked up a High Elf Phoenix. After building the Frostheart Phoenix from the pieces in the box, I still had the Flamespyre parts left over. I also had a spare Gryphon from the Island of Blood boxed set, I decided to try making a second Phoenix from all of these spare bits.
This will probably be the most involved conversion that I've ever attempted. As you can see from the pictures, I've already come a fair way and mostly just have greenstuff work left. Sculpting the feathers should a challenge, but I've done some huge swathes of fur (on Ghorgons and Razorgors) and hope it's not too dissimilar.
Originally the plan had been to do as little as possible, but after looking at how far back the wings attach on the Gryphon, I decided I didn't think it looked "natural" enough. So I moved the attachment point for the wings forward and glued the phoenix head to the end of the gryphon's beak (instead of just doing a headswap). Then I cut off more of the lion body than I had originally planned. To make it all flow together, I'll have to add more greenstuff, but it should look much more avian than if I had left the wings where they would have originally attached.
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| Top down view |
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| Side View |
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| Close-up of the Body |
