Simple additions to Bolt Action kits
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.พ. 2021
- Hello everyone and welcome back to the channel! This video has been inspired by a number of comments that were left on another video and related to what steps can be taken to add variety or simple additions to already existing plastic kits. This is different from my other kitbashing videos as these are relatively simple steps that can be taken that are quick and easy to achieve and also relatively inexpensive.
The first technique that we will look at is taking historically accurate weapons from other plastic kits and simply seeing how these can be used to make unique and individual looking figures and sections. With sites like eBay and others where you can pick up individual spues and other bits and pieces, this is a great way of mixing up different kits with very little work involved.
The second part of the video shows how you can use captured enemy weapons to make a section look like it is in the middle of combat and has quickly grabbed a fallen weapon. Used sparingly, this can really add a unique look and flavour to an individual model or section.
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I also made an anti-tank rifle team for my mid-war Germans using the PRTD-41 from the Soviet sprue, because I hate working with metal minis. But it's very easy to justify, because Germans used captured Soviet AMR's all the time - in fact they had a designation for it, called the PzB 783(r).
I can certainly see that looking pretty cool. But yeah, I'm like you in that I'm really not a fan of working with metal miniatures or parts and prefer to keep everything plastic as far as I can. In fact it was probably this reason that I started kitbashing so extensively in the first place! That's are conversion that I'm going to have to try in the future 😊
i like metal models for their character and weight, but i hate them for being prone to chipping
love the german holding the magazine! very clever !!
Very nice kitbashes sir, i feel like warlord give so many posibilities to their sprues, you can create so many unique poses.. Nice painted of them.👍
Thanks Lucian and I agree absolutely with you there. The range of bits and pieces that you get on the plastic Warlord sprues can be made in so many different ways. But when you start adding arms and weapons from other kits, it just makes the options endless 😊
Another excellent conversion video. Thnx for all the work, really enjoy it mate.
Cheers buddy, much appreciated! Hopefully the video showed that really simple arm and weapon swaps can go a long way in bringing more variety to your Bolt Action armies 😊
Another really useful video, off to create my own mash build, thanks for the video and inspiration👍🏻
That's excellent, cheers Chris, really glad you found the video helpful! I sometimes find that after making 2-3 models I just want to keep making one more and then another. It's a really creative aspect of the hobby that I really enjoy ☺
Well done Ste. Nice to see a new video with some good simple ideas to provide variety to the figure sets.
Thanks Leslie! Yup, there's nothing overly complex or groundbreaking here, just a bit of kit combination and figuring out what works and what doesn't. I'm not sure I could just build straight out of the box anymore, I'm always looking for ways to add to them to make them a bit unique to me 😊
Some really nice ideas there Ste. I like to try and do similar things with some of my Ancients. When I did my Celts, I threw in a few Roman helmets, weapons and shields just for variety and (possibly contentious, but I would argue) realism. 😂
Cheers Jim! I think adding really simple bits and pieces to figures really does help them look unique and bring a bit of realism to them. I can definitely see a Celt warrior deciding to make use of a spare Roman helmet or shield though 😁
The Luftwaffe Looks top notch
Cheers mate, much appreciated! I was really happy with the way the Luftwaffe Field Division turned out. It was largely a mix of 4 different kits but they all went together really easily. Definitely one of my favourite kit bashed sections 😊
Cracking job Ste, always love the results you get from kit bashing, these are excellent
Cheers Sean, much appreciated mate! Yup, kitbashing still remains one of my favourite parts of the hobby and I'm always looking for new ways and techniques. I've actually used kitbashing quite sparingly on my current Polish Airborne project but I'm going to be cobbling together some plastic crews for the medium machine gun and mortar teams. That should be interesting 😊
Lovely additions, great job on them!
Thanks Phil! These examples have been made over the past couple of years but I'm always looking at new ways of using the kits and techniques ☺
Great stuff Steve. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks mate! A lot of these weren't as involved or complex as a few of the pieces I've made in the past. But sometimes you don't want a lengthy project when you just want to change a few figures. I find that this is a simple way to achieve that 😊
Wonderful video. Always excellent work!
Thanks Victor! Hopefully the video showed what can be achieved by just combining a few different kits and experimenting with poses etc. It's a simple way of making some really unique figures ☺
Nice post buddy loving the British para at the start, a lot.
Also the running mountain trooper with the rifle and The British Eighth army/SAS officer.
Nice Work 👍
Cheers Guy, much appreciated! It's definitely one of my favourite parts of the hobby, looking for those different combinations from various kits. Some don't work at all but when they do, it's definitely a yesssss moment! My SAS desert raiders benefitted from plenty of arm swaps across the whole project 😁
There were swaps there from different kits that I hadn’t even contemplated which now after watching that are blindingly obvious so thanks for the inspiration and for another great video. Love seeing your work dude.
Cheers James! Again I think this just shows the versatility of the Warlord plastics. Some things are clearly not going to work but for the most part, there will always be something that can be swapped, used or tweaked slightly and, boom, you have the kitbash or conversion you were after! My SAS desert raiders were a prime example of that 😀
That would be a fantastic idea buddy! Using the short/rolled up sleeves on my Polish Airborne has really given them the veteran and in combat that I was looking for. I'm pretty sure those kits will work perfectly together 😀
Some simple but great ideas. Mixing kit bits can lead to some great ideas.
Thanks Cal! Yeah definitely agree with you there. Sometimes it's the really simple ways and techniques that go a long way to improving or changing a model. I still enjoy the occasional complex conversion but these are by far the easiest and simpler ones 😊
Thanks for the video mate! Great work as usual, I think advice like this is like gold dust. You’ll be pleased to know I took your advice on board and my airborne are now sporting Thompson’s from the US infantry kit and the British 8th Army sprues! There might even be an MP-40 sneaked in there if you look closely! As always, keep up the great work pal!
Hey Josh, good to hear from you buddy. That sounds awesome! Also extra points for getting a captured MP-40 in there too! Thanks mate, hopefully it shows that with some additional sprues and a bit of creativity it's pretty simple and really satisfying making unique and individual figures this way. Always going to be one of my favourite parts of the hobby 😀
Love the show well done
Thanks Wayne, that's awesome, really glad you enjoy it buddy 😀
Great ideas there Ste. You've done some fantastic kit bashing but my favourite is still the Gebirsjaeger. Such a great conversion.
Cheers Paul! Yeah the Gebirgsjager section remains one of my favourite kitbashes. So many bits and pieces across different kits and they turned out better than I was expecting 😊
this is really helpful all gthe best, Garry
Hey Garry, really glad you found the video useful! It's very much a case of trial and error and seeing how you can make it work. But it's an element of the hobby that I always look forward to 😊
Para cammo looks great mate.
Cheers mate! I'm always a bit wary about painting camouflage and dude a bit of research before putting paint anywhere near them. I'm very happy with the scheme and technique that I use with these chaps now 😊
Nice work
Thanks Thomas, much appreciated! Hopefully the video showed that swapping and changing bits and pieces on Bolt Action kits can be really simple. My current Bolt Action project, US Airborne, is one where I have kitbashed and converted every single figure 😀
So happy I subscribed to your channel. Very informative and entertaining. The skills you display and explain show just how much fun the modeler/gamer can have individualising (???) these figures. You have a real knack for animation and creating wee characters that 'pop' and interest. It MIGHT interest you to know that the Germans, toward the end of the war as production was hampered by shortages of raw materials, created the MP3008 which was largely based on the British Sten SMG. (The main difference was that the MP3008's magazine was mounted under the body of the weapon, like the MP40, but otherwise it looks just like a Sten! A possible future 'kit-bash' for you there!!!!!) As production became more difficult for the Gerries as the Allied bombing drastically impacted German manufacturing, 'machined' parts, (requiring precision engineering tools) were often replaced by 'stamped' components which were easier and quicker to produce. (This is obvious if you compare the early 'first' model FG42 Fallschirmjager combat rifle (with machined parts) to the 'second' model FG42 with 'stamped' components.) Please do a Late-war Gerry armed with an MP3008, if only because fellow-gamers will think you've made a terrible mistake!!!! (But you won't have!!!) Keep the videos coming, Mate, fantastic channel. xx SF
Hey Steve, thanks again for your kind feedback and a really interesting suggestion for a future kitbash. That is one I'm definitely going to be looking into!
I certainly think that this is one of the benefits of working with pretty much plastic kits only, there is always so much scope for changing or converting a figure to make it wholly new and unique to your own specific army. Whether it's something as simple as using different arms or something a bit more complex involving 3-4 different kits, I think I'm always going to try and come up with something different. My SAS desert raiders were a great example of small conversions being used across a whole project 😊
great video, big history buff and only recently getting into bolt action. just wished ALL of their kits would go plastic for the versatility .thank you.
Thank you and welcome to the world of Bolt Action! I definitely agree with you there, I much prefer working with plastic kits as there's certainly more scope for kitbashing and creating your own unique units. Of all the Bolt Action armies I have painted, the only completely metal army I have painted is my Pacific Australians 😀
Nice update mate.
Cheers mate! It's a part of the hobby I could waffle on about for hours really. But I hope that it shows just how easy it is to really add a bit of variety to the already great boxes from Warlord Games 😊
..great video , ..very interesting , ...not been into " modern stuff ". for years (even then it was 1/35 armour etc ) ....at the moment my painting desk activities centre on 28 mm Victrix darkage miniatures , ..I'm a painter /collecter as opposed to gaming however after viewing your excellent convertions I may be slightly tempted to try some of these Bolt Action figures. .....
Thank you, much appreciated! I would say that I'm very much like you, I primarily see myself as a painter/modeller but I still like to game when I can. The current plastic range from Warlord Games for Bolt Action are fantastic and certainly I'd definitely recommend them. The kits scale really well and many are compatible with other kits as this video hopefully showed 😀
Lovely video mate and proper useful for bringing in some character and making things a lil different. For “liberated” weapons the Germans did this all the time calling them Beutewaffen. My pioneers have a few Soviet PPSHs and my veteran soviets have a couple MP40s. Weirdly the Germans preferred soviet guns and the Soviets preferred German 😂
Cheers Josh, much appreciated mate! Yeah, it's certainly a very simple way of adding a bit of variety but maintaining some historical accuracy at the same time. Oh yes, all I have to do is think back to watching Cross of Iron and the weapons and equipment being used. 😁
what is the material that u use to hold the models to the board? it looks like roof material
It's just really simple blu-tac that I use. The board is black cardboard that I originally used to make a very basic board for X-Wing before I got my mat. That's why it has flecks of white over some of them 😊
I don't understand the meaning of "cut the bottom off the cuff' What is 'the cuff bottom' and what tools are you using to cut it off?
Hey Dane, apologies I could have probably worded that better! The winter German arms have a prominent cuff line on their greatcoats. Sometimes I'll leave it on or I'll remove it. To do do this I either use a craft knife to carefully cut away the cuff line or just add a bit of green stuff to hide it. I think it looks OK either on or off but it's not overly difficult to remove. Hope that explains it a bit better ☺👍
@@OnPointHQ Thanks for the detail, now I understand. I just built my first plastic kit (Waffen SS inf box) and I have a Blitzkrieg set that I could conceivably use the bits for.
That's what I like about the plastic box from Warlord Games. With the Blitzkrieg Germans, as that is one of the older kits, it may look slightly smaller next to some of the modern kits but you shouldn't have too much trouble with them ☺
How did you stick the lrdg guys onto the cork please mate?
Sure, no worries. I use a small drop of superglue gel onto the bottom of each foot. The superglue forms a really good bond with the cork and they remain really pretty sturdy. Hope that's helpful 😀
For conversion/kitbash Finnish infantry, what German sprues would you recommend with Soviet weapons sprues? 🤔
A very interesting question! This is something that I've been thinking about for a while now. I even mentioned it on our podcast a few weeks ago. I'd probably go for the Blitzkrieg German sprue as the uniform is the closest to that of the Finnish. There would need to be a few alterations to the equipment etc but I think these would work pretty well. A project that is definitely on my to do list 😀
@@OnPointHQ Aye, that same was in a web blog I’ve found in Warlord Games articles page. Same blog had also mentioned German infantry sprues sold only in Warlord’s webstore, where only the boots required some modification.
I also have a faint memory of some folk recommending to use WWI German infantry from Wargames Atlantic, but I’ll have to see them myself with Finnish WWII photographs next to them for reference (to help imagine if they are close enough for an easy conversion).
I'm thinking of giving some SVT-40s to my mid-war Germans. I'm sure that in Stalingrad they'd happily make use of any of these they could find - and as you say, a rifle is a rifle so they're still list-legal. Unfortunately my mid-war chaps can't use an Avtomat or an MkB-42 because it would be fun to give assault rifles to mid-war Germans, wouldn't it? :D
I'm pretty sure that in the middle of Stalingrad, you'd be happy to have any kind weapon! But that would really look pretty cool and again add a bit of variety and 'in combat' feel to the section. Excellent idea!
Assault rifles in mid-war would be rather cool although given the low numbers or the MkB made it would be a really rare weapon to possess 😀
do a show on the Italian blackshirts please
This is something that I plan on doing early next year. Having watched a few unboxings of the new Italian box, I'm really looking forward to working with them 😀
Hi Steve oh I wish you could do the same with the ECW boxes but the spruses are the same across the range there is not much you can do to kit bash it's a real shame but it is what it is .terry
Hey Terry. Yes I'm pretty lucky in that the plastic kits from Warlord Games are multi part with lots of options thrown in. Having worked on the one ECW box, I could see there wasn't much scope for conversions. I guess because it's larger units of rank and file they felt that keeping the poses relatively the same was probably the easiest way to go ☺
Ever attempted a grey scale army?
I did some experimenting a few years back on old plastic soldiers but it wasn't very successful! Definitely something I would want to try again though as an army painted up in that style would look really awesome 😀