Appreciate it! Sure it might take a little longer than just buying the official kits, but Im happy with the results. Plus it adds a little bit of a personal touch to my army!
Thank you so much! I still find it quite challenging to sculpt, but by breaking the process down into simple shapes and being patient Im getting happier and happier with the results.
Quick tip: Using Tamiya Extra Thin plastic cement you can create either Sprue goo by melting extra sprue bits into it and using this paste to fill gouge marks or indents then sand it smooth or even scrape it smooth after it cures. the other option is put some cement in gouge, then take plastic shavings and pack them on top, once dry, sand, scrape or whatever to make it flat.
You're back! Good to see some more Iron Warriors, really like the ablative armor, reminds me of this one black book art piece of an Iron Hands assault marine in Mk.II with half a breast plate of mk.iv covering one side
hobby files are great to have. There`s 2 sets that are very common. 4 regular ones with a red rubber handle and another, smaller set of 4 with blue rubber handles. Worthy purchase if you ask me. Also, Sprue Goo is much easier to work with for gap filling than putty.
My fulimentaris termies used the havoc launcher out of the HH predator/rhino kit, since I had them to spare, after I saw the price in CAD for the launcher bits from the DA kit. Great video, as always. While 20-24 doesn't seem like a lot in savings, the thing with this video is, the extra bits are all stuff laying around so you have ideally marked their price off of another conversion or kit, so it is low key saving you way more then the 4 dollars listed. Also when you kitbash stuff like this it feels more like your own armies stuff, rather then just FW kits added to your army.
I would have personally used plasticard for the crotch panel protectors as then it'd be easier to get them to have clean lines vs the greenstuff ones that look quite rough and more orky than iron warriors. Plus if you buy bread frequently then you have plenty of plasticard sitting around in the form of bread clips.
Just go at it with a sanding stick from the beginning to remove the wings then polish with finer sanding sticks. I do a lot of scale model conversions, it’s the best method. I wouldn’t use a knife for that. I’d choose to use a more conventional filler for fixing surface defects, such as revell Plasto. It’s solvent based so adheres as the solvent is the same stuff as in plastic glue. Then use a self levelling Surfacer/primer like Mr Surfacer 1000 and polish it down with a wet fine grit sanding stick. Good result regardless and nice sculpting work
Big Tip: iconography like those DA wings can just be sanded off using 400 grit sandpaper and then going up from there, my recommendation is (400,600,800,1000) or if you want to do it faster you can just skip 600.
also another tip for the connection pieces to the armored tabard you can use Pla-plate which is plastic plate you can cut for a more "uniform" look to the connectors
Are any of the older tank track segments the right size for the crotch plates? Also you should try guitar wire for your cables, the ribbing on it makes it look more inline with the sculpted cables you already see from GW.
I think they all might be a bit big- but I have some leman russ tracks that I can dry digging up to see. Good call on the guitar wire, I also have some of the green stuff industries tentacle maker that works well for cables too I should have tried
If you haven't tried it yet I'd highly recommend Tamiya Plastic Putty for fixing areas like the top of the cyclone launcher. You can spread it out nice and thin and it is ready to sand after about 5 minutes
I did something similar once after FW scammed me out of one tyrant siege terminator. I bought two groups of 5 but one was missing it's legs. Converting a bunch of plastic terminators wasn't actually too hard, since I own a 3D-Printer and was able to print shoulder pads and missile launchers. The 9,5 extra terminators were used for character models, so it wasn't all bad. Anyway, good conversion you pulled off there, I especially like the extra torso armor, very creative.
Did you try to contact FW about the missing leg? They are normally pretty good with that kind of stuff. None the less, having extra bits to mix into squads for sergeants, or other characters is pretty awesome. Pretty chuffed with how the torso armor came out and will probably use that for more conversions going forward as well. I just love the industrial, no frills of it and fits in perfectly for the iron warriors imo.
For the fine grot sandpaper you can get stuff that's on a foam backing, it's really flexible but also really easy to use. Not sure what you'd call it or search for to get it though as I grab it from work.
using the casting stick pit of the rivets is smart, i got a similar product from greenstuffworld and ran into the issue that cutting them off at the tip, makes them fly to oblivion, thats might help
Thanks! Feels good to be back to making videos. Just need to get my airbrush recording set up figured out again to get back to recording some painting!
@@AmnioticlyTanked I'm glad your back as you're one of my favorite hobby youtubers. I love petethewargamers stuff but it's always out of my price range. I really do appreciate the more down to earth mood of each of your videos.
Very cool the cheapest option tho would be printing the launchers. But that early explanation of why you did showcase the duality of iron warrior pretty much, they are great for stock stuff. But their special stuff ain't special. And that discourage conversions for the army. Since nailing sublet aesthetics with GW stuff is harder than say historical infantry.
Great video mate, just to note there a a lot of third party companies that put out cyclone missile launcheresq bits, that could probably shave your costs down considerably
Thank you! And they were supposed to be traitors, but the aquilla was one of the only vehicle sized transfers on the iron warriors sheet... Its really a fairly bad transfer sheet if I'm being honest.
While I don't play Iron Warriors, I will be borrowing some ideas here for my 13th Company/Chaos Space Wolves Terminators. Trying to use a lot of Heresy era stuff in them, but still want to use some missile pods. Excellent conversion, and personally I actually really liked the fact that you sculpted the attachment point for the missiles, making it look more angled instead of just gluing it on outright or just squishing it down onto a greenstuff blob and leaving it as is. Small details, most people won't notice it on the tabletop, but I can appreciate the effort.
Thanks this is much better than taking out a bank loan for the real deal. Nice work!
Appreciate it! Sure it might take a little longer than just buying the official kits, but Im happy with the results. Plus it adds a little bit of a personal touch to my army!
I just bought Anvil Industries missile launchers and pinned them to the backs of the Cataprachti.
That was even bigger save than what you had.
I'm definitely going to use some of these techniques for my iron warriors
For sure! I probably should have mentioned it, but some of what I showed here can obviously be used for non-terminator models as well
I gave my missile launcher pods to a buddy. Never charge a friend
I think your greenstuff sculpting is getting better if I may say so. The Termys look good!
Thank you so much! I still find it quite challenging to sculpt, but by breaking the process down into simple shapes and being patient Im getting happier and happier with the results.
Quick tip: Using Tamiya Extra Thin plastic cement you can create either Sprue goo by melting extra sprue bits into it and using this paste to fill gouge marks or indents then sand it smooth or even scrape it smooth after it cures. the other option is put some cement in gouge, then take plastic shavings and pack them on top, once dry, sand, scrape or whatever to make it flat.
Brilliant conversion as usual! They look top quality especially when fully painted up.
Many thanks!
You're back! Good to see some more Iron Warriors, really like the ablative armor, reminds me of this one black book art piece of an Iron Hands assault marine in Mk.II with half a breast plate of mk.iv covering one side
Have a link to that image? having trouble finding it.
the normal Terminatorsquad also has a Missile Launcher with Skulls on it
Ahh yes! I actually used a couple of those in my original squad. Far easier than shaving down the wings on the Dark Angels one
At this point I would have probably just looked into 3D printed parts for the rocket launchers 😅
hobby files are great to have. There`s 2 sets that are very common. 4 regular ones with a red rubber handle and another, smaller set of 4 with blue rubber handles. Worthy purchase if you ask me.
Also, Sprue Goo is much easier to work with for gap filling than putty.
Ive used the havoc launcher from the 30k vehicle upgrade sprue.
My fulimentaris termies used the havoc launcher out of the HH predator/rhino kit, since I had them to spare, after I saw the price in CAD for the launcher bits from the DA kit. Great video, as always. While 20-24 doesn't seem like a lot in savings, the thing with this video is, the extra bits are all stuff laying around so you have ideally marked their price off of another conversion or kit, so it is low key saving you way more then the 4 dollars listed. Also when you kitbash stuff like this it feels more like your own armies stuff, rather then just FW kits added to your army.
I would have personally used plasticard for the crotch panel protectors as then it'd be easier to get them to have clean lines vs the greenstuff ones that look quite rough and more orky than iron warriors. Plus if you buy bread frequently then you have plenty of plasticard sitting around in the form of bread clips.
If you accidentally gouge too deep I say work with it not against it or try to hide it. Wear your scars proudly.
Just go at it with a sanding stick from the beginning to remove the wings then polish with finer sanding sticks. I do a lot of scale model conversions, it’s the best method. I wouldn’t use a knife for that.
I’d choose to use a more conventional filler for fixing surface defects, such as revell Plasto. It’s solvent based so adheres as the solvent is the same stuff as in plastic glue. Then use a self levelling Surfacer/primer like Mr Surfacer 1000 and polish it down with a wet fine grit sanding stick.
Good result regardless and nice sculpting work
your stuff is consistently great, subbed
Welcome aboard!
Loving the background music
Very nice looking Cataphractii, although my love for them may expose me as being a little biased 🤭
Great video man, looking forward to more! 😎👍
these look great! your videos are always so inspiring to my own conversions
Thanks! I always love hearing that Im inspiring other hobbyists. One of the main reasons I put these out!
Big Tip: iconography like those DA wings can just be sanded off using 400 grit sandpaper and then going up from there, my recommendation is (400,600,800,1000) or if you want to do it faster you can just skip 600.
also another tip for the connection pieces to the armored tabard you can use Pla-plate which is plastic plate you can cut for a more "uniform" look to the connectors
Are any of the older tank track segments the right size for the crotch plates? Also you should try guitar wire for your cables, the ribbing on it makes it look more inline with the sculpted cables you already see from GW.
I think they all might be a bit big- but I have some leman russ tracks that I can dry digging up to see. Good call on the guitar wire, I also have some of the green stuff industries tentacle maker that works well for cables too I should have tried
If you haven't tried it yet I'd highly recommend Tamiya Plastic Putty for fixing areas like the top of the cyclone launcher. You can spread it out nice and thin and it is ready to sand after about 5 minutes
Thanks for your content man. Your hobby mojo is strong 👍
Thanks!
I did something similar once after FW scammed me out of one tyrant siege terminator. I bought two groups of 5 but one was missing it's legs.
Converting a bunch of plastic terminators wasn't actually too hard, since I own a 3D-Printer and was able to print shoulder pads and missile launchers.
The 9,5 extra terminators were used for character models, so it wasn't all bad.
Anyway, good conversion you pulled off there, I especially like the extra torso armor, very creative.
Did you try to contact FW about the missing leg? They are normally pretty good with that kind of stuff.
None the less, having extra bits to mix into squads for sergeants, or other characters is pretty awesome.
Pretty chuffed with how the torso armor came out and will probably use that for more conversions going forward as well. I just love the industrial, no frills of it and fits in perfectly for the iron warriors imo.
For the fine grot sandpaper you can get stuff that's on a foam backing, it's really flexible but also really easy to use. Not sure what you'd call it or search for to get it though as I grab it from work.
Thanks for the tip, Ill need to do some Amazon browsing
using the casting stick pit of the rivets is smart, i got a similar product from greenstuffworld
and ran into the issue that cutting them off at the tip, makes them fly to oblivion, thats might help
You should try using sprue goo to fill in gouges, Its cheaper than using green stuff and I feel like it does a better job
Ill give it a try next time
Yeah, new video :)
It only took me 3 months.... Should be getting back on a more regular posting schedule soon!
Great stuff as always!
Thanks! Feels good to be back to making videos.
Just need to get my airbrush recording set up figured out again to get back to recording some painting!
@@AmnioticlyTanked I'm glad your back as you're one of my favorite hobby youtubers. I love petethewargamers stuff but it's always out of my price range. I really do appreciate the more down to earth mood of each of your videos.
For extra armor plates i just orderd blank plastic cards it does the same think my sculpting is dog poop so
I did mine with the conical pattern ML from the MKIV box, had to print a few out but they look like mini-WW Scorpiuses
Very cool the cheapest option tho would be printing the launchers.
But that early explanation of why you did showcase the duality of iron warrior pretty much, they are great for stock stuff. But their special stuff ain't special. And that discourage conversions for the army. Since nailing sublet aesthetics with GW stuff is harder than say historical infantry.
Comment for new people, you can get 3d printed cyclone launchers that are more like the forge world ones, they're pretty neat
This is sweet
Thank you!!!
Great video mate, just to note there a a lot of third party companies that put out cyclone missile launcheresq bits, that could probably shave your costs down considerably
Yeah, probably should have mentioned that. I know puppets war does some and like another commenter mentioned. They can always be 3d printed.
Great stuff, IW heads would have set them off tho my guy
Instead of all that keying to the surface to make it stick just superglue the green stuff on and wait 5 minutes to start modelling
Nice solution for the incredibly overpriced fw models. Are the loyal IW? Thinking of the aquilla on the spartan
Thank you! And they were supposed to be traitors, but the aquilla was one of the only vehicle sized transfers on the iron warriors sheet... Its really a fairly bad transfer sheet if I'm being honest.
Ah... Right when I just got my Tyrants...
Could always use more! Nothing wrong with 30 of 'em
Forgot to say glue your sand paper to a wooden sticky seriously
So simple yet so ingenious. Will need to give that a try next time. God knows I have ton of popsicle sticks
While I don't play Iron Warriors, I will be borrowing some ideas here for my 13th Company/Chaos Space Wolves Terminators. Trying to use a lot of Heresy era stuff in them, but still want to use some missile pods. Excellent conversion, and personally I actually really liked the fact that you sculpted the attachment point for the missiles, making it look more angled instead of just gluing it on outright or just squishing it down onto a greenstuff blob and leaving it as is. Small details, most people won't notice it on the tabletop, but I can appreciate the effort.
It may have saved 4 Dollars but you can say there are many tyrant siege terminators but these are yours
Exactly. And I already had all the bits from previous projects and the Age of Darkness Box set. So no idea how much it "actually" cost me
henry cavill
Just say sand paper not hobby sand paper. It's all the same but with hobby in the name people try to charge more lol
No one NEEDS to add Tyrant Siege Terminators. 😜
well sure, but 30 of them sure do seem fun!
Well, for at least one side of the table... Would actually make for a pretty miserable game potentially
If your opponent is aware, 30 should be okay. Maybe he can take a lot of Contemptors or something.
They do look great though
All of this effort and its barely cheaper😂
But it is uniquely yours and that is an incredoble value
Ha great point. I had a bunch of spare cataphractii terminators though from the AoD box set.
Is your speech sped up or you really talk this fast in RL?
This is me trying to slow down
Slow down when you talk.
It helps ppl understand what you say
Thanks! a challenge I am always trying to overcome
Dude, why did you do the conversion if you could just buy a cheap casting 🤡🤡🤡
Would make for a really crappy conversion video?
I also really dont like messing with recast resin. I don't trust it
Alternately I can 3d print 10 of them for $5 🤌
100%.
Would make for a pretty boring video though if I just 3d printed the entire model!