Alternative Miniatures for Siege Giants

After I posted about the Siege Giant, Chuck from Chuck's Plog asked me if I saw any other suitable miniatures to be used as or converted to a Siege Giant. Before buying mine, I had done a thorough research on various giant miniatures. Here are the ones I remember and my comments about them. I know that Siege Giants generally don't make it into the lists these days; but I hope they will be useful for you.

Ultraforge: Big enough; but looks very primitive and not "chaosy".
http://www.ultraforgeminiatures.com/?page_id=15

Gribbly: Too nurgle for my taste.
http://www.gribblyminiatures.co.uk/gallery_plaguegiant.php

Otherworld: Big enough. Needs much conversion work. Too much of a hassle for me.
http://otherworldminiatures.co.uk/shop/giants/bs5-the-otherworld-giant/

Black Scorpion: Pirate themed
http://www.blackscorpionminiatures.com/product_info.php?products_id=132&osCsid=10s4b808851kjddveubljuh4o2

Grenadier: Possibly most fitting one with gobbos hanging around.
http://tritex-games.co.uk/store/product.php?id=2485

Excalibur: can look chaosy with the alternate head. but still too much conversion needed and kinda expensive. Very similar to the old Albion Giants line.
http://www.excaliburminiaturen.de/bilder/bilderbig.php?exnr=2307&source=liste

Mage Knight: I was looking to buy one of these actually until I saw the one I bought. Deformed and big enough and has armor plates on. You will just need to trim the ballistic weapons from it.
http://www.iguk.co.uk/products/mage-knight-iron-rail-hill-giant-476.aspx

Elmore Masterworks: Another primitive giant.
http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/gallery/elmore_giant.htm

Black Hat: Another one that could actually work. Price is decent too.
http://www.blackhat.co.uk/online_shop/product_info.php?cPath=121_123_154&products_id=1465&osCsid=868f083ff105de08db501290c1f5221f

Banelegions: Very big; but more like a cyclop. Too bad that Maelstrom Games are no more :(
http://banelegions.maelstromgames.co.uk/?tag=bnb-003

After listing all these, I have to tell you that you should never underestimate ForgeWorld's Siege Giant and the vanilla giant model from GW as they provide awesome base models for your own conversions.

Monster Madness Continues: Chaos Siege Giant

Monster Madness continues with yet another big boy. This time I have a Chaos Siege Giant.

Chaos Siege Giant is one of the new monsters advertised in Tamurkhan book. Placed in the rare slot, it is often overlooked among other choices like K'daai Destroyer and Hellcannon. I am yet to field this monster in a battle; but for the sake of completeness I had to have it :)

The model is a SPAWN action figure again, named Tormentor. The moment I saw it, I knew that this would make a great chaos giant model: It was huge, mutated and looked awesome. Since it is an action figure, it had moving parts. Once I got the figure, I fixed the positions of the joints with some glue and liquid green stuff, added the extra head and chose its weapons.

Painting this took a long time due to its huge size. First, I undercoated it all black and then basecoated the skin parts with Tallarn Flesh. These steps were done with airbrush. The rest, I painted with good old brushes, except the base where I used the airbrush extensively.

I can't give a step by step guide on how I painted this one; but I'd like to write some colors I used for a guideline. The leather parts are Vallejo's Red Leather, Brown Leather and Game Color Leather. For metallics, I used Vallejo's Natural Steel, highlighted with Mithril, then white. At first, I was a little worried that this color and the skins were too similar; but after the final highlights, I was happy with the results. I even tried a simple freehand on the back of the giant in the form of a tattoo. Probably the heads are arguing who will pay for that tattoo by now :)

After I finished painting, I checked the base size of Chaos Siege Giant. I was very surprised and worried when I saw that it is expected to be mounted on a 50x75mm base. So I went on and carved a rock formation out of foam to mount it on. I prepared it in a way that the higher the rocks, the larger the base, so I earned some more space on the base. Even now, it is expanding from the base as you can see from the photos.

Now, I need to read and learn the rules for it. I will also need a fallen giant template I guess. Enjoy the photos while I am busy with those. A comparison shot that will make you rub your eyes is included. The miniature in the comparison shot beside the giant is a Forgeworld's chaos dwarf infernal figure.