Fimm McCool
Lord
Lush. Do you have a static grass applicator?
Brother Meredith
Baron
Very neat! What sort of trees are you intending to “plant”?
BTW is that a latrine?
BTW is that a latrine?
Eric
Administrator
Just a bodged tea strainer and a bit of pipe for the electrics job. Works okay. Every now and then I wonder about upgrading to something a little more professional looking!
These ones are more K&M trees like the others - they are actually all in now bar one board where I need to do a little more work. So nearing completion.
Yep! I was looking for bits and pieces to add a bit more interest to the woods and had that in one of my boxes of random resin, so I thought well why not, even on the battlefield you may need to go! It's that one that is waiting on trees since I need to paint the roof of the latrine. I might also add a bit more undergrowth on that one to help make it look a bit more integrated. I assumed I might use that woodland next to a cottage or something. So "detail wise" (other than the bog) on these there are a few skulls, some bone piles which I had left over from prints used on my chapel/graveyard, a few graves and a campfire.BTW is that a latrine?
Eric
Administrator
Some new ebay sacrifices to the gods of paint stripper await their fate...
Posting my other marines and seeing a few of the recent offerings here reminded me just how many of the classic marines I don't have. So I managed to pick up a few more recently on ebay. Given the basic nature of the scheme these Dark Angels are quite nice and my apologies to the original artist who painted them for their upcoming bath. A couple of these sculpts are ones I had as a youngster, but a few are "new to me", I've wanted the robe chap for years so quite pleased I got him. So they'll go from black to yellow at some point!
Also taking some inspiration from @RetroGamingKnight I've cleaned up some RTB01s I had lying around. Lucky for me the existing glue was very brittle so they actually came apart very neatly.
So at some point I'll have some fun posing these up. I was wondering if other people filled the gaps around the shoulders with green stuff these days? Likewise does anyone do any extra filling around the neck?
Posting my other marines and seeing a few of the recent offerings here reminded me just how many of the classic marines I don't have. So I managed to pick up a few more recently on ebay. Given the basic nature of the scheme these Dark Angels are quite nice and my apologies to the original artist who painted them for their upcoming bath. A couple of these sculpts are ones I had as a youngster, but a few are "new to me", I've wanted the robe chap for years so quite pleased I got him. So they'll go from black to yellow at some point!
Also taking some inspiration from @RetroGamingKnight I've cleaned up some RTB01s I had lying around. Lucky for me the existing glue was very brittle so they actually came apart very neatly.
So at some point I'll have some fun posing these up. I was wondering if other people filled the gaps around the shoulders with green stuff these days? Likewise does anyone do any extra filling around the neck?
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MichaelStockin
Lord
Oooh look at all that!!
I would be minded to keep them as they are, no filling or faffing, except maybe one to see how it goes/for giggles?
I would be minded to keep them as they are, no filling or faffing, except maybe one to see how it goes/for giggles?
Brother Meredith
Baron
Sprue glue for the gaps?
The few old RTB01s from my old collection were a little harder to pull apart, the poly cement was either bubbly, came loose but left messy plastic or was so well glued it refused to come off! Fortunately still had a small supply of spare bits that helped contribute to the Raptor conversions.
Still no Brother Meredith I see! Perhaps he is too downtrodden to be an Imperial Fist?
BTW have you see these RTB01 conversions? https://www.instagram.com/bitzboxer/p/Cdib0JPNxpt/?img_index=1 This guy is a magician with the putty!!
The few old RTB01s from my old collection were a little harder to pull apart, the poly cement was either bubbly, came loose but left messy plastic or was so well glued it refused to come off! Fortunately still had a small supply of spare bits that helped contribute to the Raptor conversions.
Still no Brother Meredith I see! Perhaps he is too downtrodden to be an Imperial Fist?
BTW have you see these RTB01 conversions? https://www.instagram.com/bitzboxer/p/Cdib0JPNxpt/?img_index=1 This guy is a magician with the putty!!
Eric
Administrator
Impressive stuff, so I don't think I'll go as far as that, but I feel like maybe tidying up the neck and shoulders is something I should tackle.
Alas no, maybe one day!
I was lucky with these - very brittle - just pulled apart. Granted when I'm done with them the next owner won't be as lucky, but hey ho. Quite pleased as it means I get to pose them all and leave my RTB01s that are on sprues on sprues for posterity for now!
Certainly think I should try one. Cleaning up a few other Mk7 marines just now has left me pondering a bit more. Of course they had separate shoulder pads so they look fine. I think I'm going to have to do one and post it and see what everyone things. If I prime one up then hopefully any green stuff won't distract. Still we'll see if anyone else has done some more modest mods than the chap on instagram that I can take inspiration from.
Slave to Darkness
Baron
You can get a better pose if you trim down the 'shoulder' points before you stick the arms on. Think I read that in the compendium/WD, the article with the dalek conversion.
Brother Meredith
Baron
Might be fun to try one day! I have done simple conversion work of more modern “first born” scale models to amend their proportions (Space Ace’s YouTube channel has some neat tutorials), but Bitzboxer’s conversions and putty work is next level stuff…
Have a backburnered project making a Brother Meredith conversion using modern kits, but need a more suitable head! Will see if can get away with sharing on here when done…
