Iacton Qruze Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Like studded shoulderpads? Have a hard time getting any, because they only come in a couple of box sets and cost upwards of $3 a piece at an online bits shop? Maybe I can help. Alright, here's what you need: 1. a file 2. a pokey thing ( a needle works, but I use the top end of the wooden tool on the left) 3. your super glue of choice 4. a pin vise, and the smallest bit that comes with it. 5. a standard SM shoulderpad 6. glass micro beads, 1mm for the beads, here's a link to where I got mine. the cost is cheap, there's enough in the bag to do a whole company of pre-heresy marines if you wanted to, and shipping is more reasonable than anywhere else I could find. You do have to make a quick little account though, which is free. Glass Microbeads if you find my link takes you to an out of stock listing, keep looking in that same shop and you should find what you need. color isn't important. Step 1 File the trim from the shoulderpad like so. Step 2 Take your needle tool and poke guide holes. You might want to identically match existing studded shoulderpads in your army, or create a new design you like. I wanted a few more studs than what is on the plastic shoulderpad. Step 3 Take you pin vise and drill into your guide holes. not clean through, but just maybe 1/3rd to half-way, like you're making an impact crater from a bolter. If you find a hole doesn't line up with the others, redrill where it looks right; you can come back at the end and clean it up with a tiny bit of greenstuff. Step 4 Take your glass beads, put a tiny bit of glue in the hole, and drop a bead in it (they're so small, I find it best you lightly lick your finger, and touch one on your table to pick it up. just set it in the hole from there) wipe away any excess glue after each bead. You might get a cleaner job by using a tiny applicator, or failing that, when you have the glass bead sitting on your finger, squeeze your super glue until a little bit is coming out and lightly touch the bead to it, and then set it in the hole. It’s also faster, as I can do 4 beads at a time, instead of going one by one. Step 5 Use greenstuff to fill in any bad spots, and use your file to smooth any areas that need it, and you're done! Repeat step one on the other shoulder pad, and you have a proper pair of Heresy or Corvus pattern shoulderpads. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
araekyus Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 oh that is a very cool idea. consider it stolen:) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2161377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavulg Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Say, son! How'd y'all like to be in the Librarium? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2161632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Qruze Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 Hey, if it's good enough, that'd be great! I think I might want to take a couple of the shots over again, though. I can do that today, though. :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2162110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavulg Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Feel free to do as you wish. Get it to a point where you're mostly happy with it, and I'll put it into the Librarium. We'll need a brief author blurb for you as well. Nothing too crazy, though. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2162130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skritz Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Ooh, that is neat. :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2162151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomX Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 That is a fantastic find! I would have never thought to do that. This will be great with the Grandt line plastic rivets that I use for a lot of stuff like this. -Eric Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2162296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Qruze Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 Alright, I think it's ready for the Librarium. ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2162450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokingmonkee Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Consider that stolen. That looks a lot easier than my pin method for doing studded greaves. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2164893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazer Rackham Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Absolute genius. MR. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2165704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crimson Cartel Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Ok, new idea to try. Bloody fantastic! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2166129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigismund Himself Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 It's up. Thanks Iacton :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2170406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rat of vengence Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Nice work mate :D RoV Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2172988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 A cheap and easy way of getting the super glue only in the hole is to squeeze a drop of superglue out onto a scrap piece of plastic, dip the end of a toothpick into it, then put the toothpick into the hole. :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2174611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShotgunFacelift Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I have the pokey thing........now I need the rest Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2182003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Chaplain Ginn Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 This idea will single handedly increase the cost of beaky heads in bit services. Best quick idea Ive seen in years. Probably since the shoulder pad Psyhcic Hood. Great job. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2186667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordbrother Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 This tutorial is great! I think the end product looks awesome. Am definitively gonna try this. The best thing is you you can do it on the legs the helmet etc! ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2191075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chosonofchaos Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Thats a very good technique and i will show my brother cos he realy likes studded pads but ran out so thanks Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2193466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathwing70 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 just ordered me 2 bags of these on ebay. I almost spend more on the post&packaging then the beads themself and I should now have enough to last me my entire modelling career. This is a great solution/idea so thanks for this! I also really like the skull/guardsman helmet combo on the test-figure's base :( Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2206105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taerij Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Nice tut, this one seems to be going around :) For those UK based, I've used micro beads. They cost about 60p from ebay. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2208619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestat Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 A deceptively simple yet brilliant idea! Got everything apart from the beads - just ordered a 25g bag online for £1.50 including postage. Thats about the same price as Bitz sites are selling the Corvus pattern shoulder pads for anyway! This method is an absolute bargain in my opinion. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2215132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Qruze Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 Thanks for all the positive comments. :) I posted this on dakka a couple of months ago, also, but if there's anywhere else I should put it that you guys out there frequent, let me know. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2217278 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Dakath Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Does anyone know if this shop for the micro beads has just gone out of business or just not selling right now? I went and checked it out but it seems they have 0 items for sale at the moment, does anyone know anywhere else I could get them? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2845489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavulg Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 http://www.meyer-imports.com/index.php?cPa...f20df9d0b0552d5 Same store, different website. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2845517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Dakath Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Awesome! Thanks for the quick response Octavulg! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/182707-heresy-or-corvus-pattern-shoulders/#findComment-2845565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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