As I mentioned in the first Insider in the series, one of my favorite things about board games is getting together with a group of friends and sharing a great experience.

Painting your board game pieces is a great way to increase the feel of a game, as is creating 3-D boards or—as we shall explore in this article—creating characters to represent the players using them.

The characters in The Undercity have a great feel to them and are wonderful minis to use in the game, but I wanted to make sure I had both male and female versions of each hero available so that no matter who wanted to play which hero, the players had a miniature they could connect with.

Canice

Parts used
• Steelhead Halberdiers trooper body/legs
• Steelhead Halberdiers trooper head
• Trencher Commando Leader right arm
• Trencher Commando Leader left arm

1. The male Canice uses a simple arm swap. Begin by cleaning all parts used in this conversion and gluing the Steelhead body to its base.

2. Drill out both shoulder joints on the body and both arms with a Formula P3 Modeling Drill. Pin each arm to its respective shoulder using a small length of .85 mm brass rod.

3. Use Formula P3 Brown/Aluminum Putty to fill in any gaps and smooth transitions.

Milo

Parts used
• Anastasia di Bray body

1. We start by making some alchemist grenades out of brass rod and Formula P3 Brown/Aluminum Putty. Start by cutting a small length of .85 mm brass rod. Next, make a small ball out of putty.

2. Attach the ball of putty to the end of the brass rod.

3.Lightly roll the putty along a flat surface to create a cylinder of putty (I wanted my grenades to have a German stick grenade feel to them).

4. Use your modeling knife to cut the top of the grenade flat.

5. Continue this process to make as many grenades as you feel your alchemist will need. I figured four was about right.

6. Next, let’s get started on her gasmask. Take a small glob of putty and apply it to her face. Make sure you don’t cover her eyes or neck.

7. Using your sculpting tool, work the blob into a gasmask shape. I wanted mine to have a bit of a triangle look to it so I would be able to attach a hose in the next step.

8. Roll out a sausage of modeling putty to about the thickness of a paper clip.

9. Twist the sausage of putty using your fingers to create a braided texture. (Alternatively, you can use a piece of guitar string for this step.)

10. Cut off a small section of the putty and attach it to the end of the gasmask.

11. Bring the other end of the hose back into the model’s jacket so it can lead away to a hidden filter.

12. Glue the grenades you previously made onto her hip.

13. I clipped off the dagger in the model’s right hand. I used my Formula P3 Modeling Drill to create a channel to insert one of the grenades I had previously made.

Gardek

Parts Used
• Grissel Bloodsong, Marshal of the Kriels body
• Trollkin Long Riders 1 axe
• Horthol, Long Rider Champion left arm
• Talon shield
• Hammerfall High Shield Gun Corps gunman pack

1. Start by cutting away Grissel’s right arm.

2. Cut the shoulder joint of the Trollkin Long Rider axe so that it will sit flush with Grissel’s body.

3. Cut away Grissel’s left arm.

4. Cut the shoulder joint of the Long Rider Champion arm so it will sit flush with Grissel’s body.

5. Drill out both shoulder joints on the body and both arms with a Formula P3 Modeling Drill.

6. Pin each arm to its respective shoulder using a small length of .85 mm brass rod.

7. Glue the backpack onto the model. You will need to cut away some of the scarf to get a good fit.

8. Glue on the shield and use Formula P3 Brown/Aluminum Putty to fill in any gaps and smooth transitions.

Pog

Parts List
• Gobber River Raider body 1 (coming soon)
• Gobber River Raider head 3 (coming soon)
• Krueger the Stormwrath left hand
• Fiona the Black hair (x2)
• Vassal Mechanik Pack
• Captain Arlan Strangewayes wrench

1. Start by cutting the gobber’s right arm back to the elbow. At the same time, cut the elbow out of Strangewayes’ arm. If needed, file the ends smooth to ensure a good fit.

2. The left arm will use a simple hand swap. Begin by clipping away the pistol. Use Krueger’s hand to get an accurate measurement for how far down to clip the right arm.

3. Drill out both elbow joints on the body and both arms with a Formula P3 Modeling Drill. Pin each arm to its respective shoulder using a small length of .85 mm brass rod.

4. Glue the arms to their respective joints.

5. Glue the head on.

6. Glue on the backpack.

7. Glue the hair pieces to the base of the hat.

8. Using a small blob of green stuff, sculpt a shirt under the model’s open jacket.

And with that, you now have a fully gender shifted version of each of the heroes. This is just my interpretation, there are thousands of options. Post your versions in the forums or shoot a picture and tweet it to us @privateerpress!