horrain Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Hey All, I'm starting to convert my Dark Imperium Primaris Marines into Iron Hands, I have a large Skitarii army, so Iron Hands felt like the natural ally. I've got some mk3 shoulder pads on order, so for now I've just dremeled back the plastic. If anyone has any suggestions and/or ideas to improve the project I'd be super interested to hear them http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo213/horrain/20170618_102722_zpsivuvxsms.jpg http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo213/horrain/20170618_102805_zpsoez7ww36.jpg http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo213/horrain/20170618_102738_zpsqrm0nxdh.jpg Thanks for looking. Raztalin, Brother Aiwass, deathspectersgt7 and 28 others 31 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marqol Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Those are looking great, Like the idea that the first thing the Iron Hands did was start cutting them up to make bionic. How easy was it to cut away the shoulder pads out of interest? Thrillhouse 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Commander Eidolon Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Very excited to see this! I'd debated doing IH if got myself the box! Good idea with the pads and bionics, just what I'd thought to do. Although I'd be lazy and use pre-existing kits for the bionics! May need to try building some!! I'd look to use some FW heads, maybe some very machiney mechanicum heads too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Looking very nice so far, nice work on the leg especially. :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson73 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Nice work with the greenstuff and bionics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irbis Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Didn't IH got over their bionics obsession in latest books, though? By the time they got primaris marines, shouldn't they be back to 'flesh is good' like Ferrus intended? Not saying these don't look nice, was just curious if above direction was reversed back to 'all bionic all the time', say in 8th edition book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atia Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Great work on the bionics so far :) Didn't IH got over their bionics obsession in latest books, though? By the time they got primaris marines, shouldn't they be back to 'flesh is good' like Ferrus intended? Not saying these don't look nice, was just curious if above direction was reversed back to 'all bionic all the time', say in 8th edition book? Well, to be honest - if someone gets injured he probably would still get some fancy bionics :D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister Alessia Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Incredible green stuff skill. These look great, they are going to be so imposing when their finished. Exciting project :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuriousFerret Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Great work on the bionics so far Didn't IH got over their bionics obsession in latest books, though? By the time they got primaris marines, shouldn't they be back to 'flesh is good' like Ferrus intended? Not saying these don't look nice, was just curious if above direction was reversed back to 'all bionic all the time', say in 8th edition book? Well, to be honest - if someone gets injured he probably would still get some fancy bionics ? "We've ... we've got lumps of it round the back" "Bionification? Right. Out the door, line on the left, one leg each." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushrong Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horrain Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 Those are looking great, Like the idea that the first thing the Iron Hands did was start cutting them up to make bionic. How easy was it to cut away the shoulder pads out of interest? There are two types of shoulder pads, ones attached to the arms, and the other attached to the body. Removing the shoulder pad from the arms is super easy, you can just a pair of clippers, cutting around the edge of the pauldron, using the edge as a biting point, then once you've gone around the edge, the center where the chapter icon goes, it easy to clip off. Removing the shoulder pad from the body is more difficult, as part of the collar shares the material with the should pad, so I used my dremel using an engraving bit. Not sure how easy it would be to remove with a pair of clippers, knife and a file. Didn't IH got over their bionics obsession in latest books, though? By the time they got primaris marines, shouldn't they be back to 'flesh is good' like Ferrus intended? Not saying these don't look nice, was just curious if above direction was reversed back to 'all bionic all the time', say in 8th edition book? TIL; I've not been reading much of the fluff, only just finished reading Legion from when Humble did the HH bundle. Upon getting home from collecting my Dark Imperium box, I pulled out the first marine sprue, unpacked the dremel and started converting. The only fluff consideration I've made, is to base the army on the 10th company, Clan Dorrvok, with the thinking that going Primaris increases the size of the marine, if their heavily augmented the sudden growth will cause implants to be rejected. Clan Dorrvok having lots of aspirants in my mind means they will have less augmentation, so less likely to suffer complications. so when the Cigatrix Maledictum opened close to Medusa it was decided the chapter needed to swell the number of full battle brothers, so the 10th became the Primaris company. Marqol, Iron Sapper and Mirbeau 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna707 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Loving it, great work on those bionics. Looking forward to seeing more! horrain 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMagnus Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 WOW, nice. I wish I had your skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kordhal Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Really nice conversions! The bionics are super impressive and am excited to see what you do with the Captain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vairocanum Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Some fantastic work on the bionics, definitely looking forward to seeing more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Loken Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Those bionics look brilliant. Looking forward to seeing more of these. horrain 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daimyo-Phaeron Lenoch Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I'll be :cuss ed if this doesn't look cool. Have a sub, good sir. horrain 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminatorAM Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 You're setting the bar rather high for the rest of us. Nice job with the conversions, can't wait to see more! horrain 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horrain Posted June 20, 2017 Author Share Posted June 20, 2017 I did some work on a Inceptor, I really dislike the bullet catching hood, sooo I replaced with it a bunch of cables. http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo213/horrain/20170620_210856_zpsmsewpabe.jpg http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo213/horrain/20170620_210902_zpspo7y1o84.jpg http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo213/horrain/20170620_205044_zpsalz5xkl6.jpg MrBadweed, Thousand Eyes, Vairocanum and 6 others 9 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graymane Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 That is frankly superb. I will be following this with interest. Cheers, GM horrain 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Replica Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Wow! These look incredible! Would love to know how you did the ribbed cabling!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirbeau Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Really exciting start here, I don't like the stock Inceptors at all but yours looks really good horrain 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlordgaz Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Nice work, can't wait to see more! (and weep silently as I'll never be able to pull this sort of thing off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horrain Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 Wow! These look incredible! Would love to know how you did the ribbed cabling!? Their super easy, you can buy a set of Green Stuff Roll Makers,which are essentially 2" boards with loads of rows of furrowed plastic, you then roll the greenstuff into a crude sausage shape, then use the boards to apply the texture, and you get ace looking power cables. The store I ordered mine from also sells a rivet molding kit, so I pushed a load of Milliput in, let it cure, then emptied it, giving me hundreds of fancy looking rivets. I just use two cocktail sticks to glue them to the model. I dip one in super glue and apply to the model, and the second I wet the end, then use the surface tension to pick up the tiny rivets and put them in the glue. Nice work, can't wait to see more! (and weep silently as I'll never be able to pull this sort of thing off ) They look much more impressive than the skill required to pull it off. The green stuff roller does a lot of the work, the only difficult step is using the Dremel to hollow out the plastic. I'm using a "107 Engraving Cutter", I have a 105 and 106, but only use those to tidy up sharp edges, or to add some detail to the plastic rod I use in the knees, ankles and hips. If I were buying the models as individual retails kits, ie buying 3x Inceptor's for £30, I'd be much less likely to hack them to bits. The absolute best thing about the Dark Imperium box set is the individual cost of the models, if I make a mess out of a mini, it costs £2-3 to replace via ebay, vs £10-12 retail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagentus Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 That brings so much more character to the jet pack primaris models, they are the only models i was dubious about. Top work, great job! horrain 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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