I agree with Staffy. They're your models mate, do whatever you want with them! Create your own lore. The heads do seem marginally too big though IMO. It's slight but noticeable.
Looks like these Skitarii might be better off being painted in sub-assembly form, too many awkward nooks and crannies.
I've heard about the whole "drill into contact parts, glue in wire then snap it off in the freezer when you're done" strategy but that sounds like a tremendous amount of faff for which I lack the equipment. I might just see if a cork, toothpick and bluetack will do.
Yeah for small plastic parts, blu-tak, cork and toothpick is way less likely to damage parts or the paint job/undercoat than glue, drills and a freezer.
Yeah, use a plastic glue bottle that has some kind of applicator that just gives you a dotIf anything I'm a little bit worried about assembling after painting. I reckon that legs+base, torso+head and arms are the ideal sub-sections that I can blutack together for priming (so as to avoid primer on the connecting bits), but I've heard that any excess plastic glue at the seams can really screw with the paint-job. Maybe if I'm quick with a bit of tissue I can wipe any excess glue away as and when it seeps out?
I am sure you can find hints online, but personally I don't paint anything in sub assemblies. I understand why people do, and there may be a model one day that requires it, but so far so good.If anything I'm a little bit worried about assembling after painting. I reckon that legs+base, torso+head and arms are the ideal sub-sections that I can blutack together for priming (so as to avoid primer on the connecting bits), but I've heard that any excess plastic glue at the seams can really screw with the paint-job. Maybe if I'm quick with a bit of tissue I can wipe any excess glue away as and when it seeps out?
Yeah, use a plastic glue bottle that has some kind of applicator that just gives you a dot
I am sure you can find hints online, but personally I don't paint anything in sub assemblies. I understand why people do, and there may be a model one day that requires it, but so far so good.
What I usually do, particularly if I haven't used the glue in a while, is to test the applicator on a bit of scrap cardboard or whatever rubbish is lying around to check that it's going to flow smoothly, even with larger pieces. Nothing worse than wrecking fine detail by a bottle of glue deciding it needs to expel half its contents onto an arm join :DThis is the stuff I've got:
I used it in the olden days with no major disaster but I'm conscious that a drop too much might spell doom if I don't act fast lol
I don't really want to use sub-assemblies either, but Skitarii seem to be particularly fiddly for standard infantry, what with the long robes and metal alongside fabric. I've already resolved to the daunting task of giving them yellow robes, I don't want to add any further difficulties to the process if I can help it.
What I usually do, particularly if I haven't used the glue in a while, is to test the applicator on a bit of scrap cardboard or whatever rubbish is lying around to check that it's going to flow smoothly, even with larger pieces. Nothing worse than wrecking fine detail by a bottle of glue deciding it needs to expel half its contents onto an arm join :D
I swear half the 'knowledge' Ive dropped in this thread after 30 years of sticking models together has been 'have you tried scrap cardboard, blu tak, jam jars and whatever is lying around' :DThat's a good shout, spare cardboard is the solution to many problems.
Don't forget the amazing Gundam/Vocaloids army!Yep, that helmet is a bit too big. Something like a 10-15% smaller would be perfect, I think, but I guess it's not 3D printed by yourself but bought in some 3rd party bits store.
And yeah, I was expecting something much, much different after that preamble :P. And while I understand your fears, I also think that helmet shouldn't be a problem for anyone but the most extremist players around.... and you probably wouldn't be interested in playing against them anyway.
At the end, these are your miniatures and you can do whatever you want with them as long as they fit in the rules*. And nowhere in the rules say you must paint them in certain way or that you can't give them that helmet or create things like this:
Or this army.. These may be abominations**, but that's only relevant for its owner. Everyone else may like it more or less, but it's not up to them to decide if it's correct or not.
*In case you play. If you don't play and you are just a hobby-ist, do whatever you like with them.
**They are :P,, but I would still laugh my ass off if somebody brings them to the table and I would be more than happy to play against it. After all, it's an army that has received a lot of love and hours of work, and noone can disdain that.
EDIT: Is the Instagram plugin doing werid things for anyone else? I've seen a couple posts around where it doesn't fully load, and even my kor'sarro of last page (for 50ppp :P) isn't showing to me right now while it worked before.
Just expanding on this a little bit... WH40k lore is very weird. It's huge, rambling, and frequently contradictory. This is because it's founded on one simple principle: Your Guys Are Canon. Whatever the hell you want to do with them, they're real, they exist in the setting, they are every bit as valid as any of the examples in the codices. So, sure, Hello Kitty dreadnaughts and cat-head Sororitas. Go wild. That's the whole point.You won't find any hostility around hobby stuff here, defensive fanboy anger enshrining lore over something as inconsequential as what people do with their hobby time and their minis isn't something we'd look kindly on.
Yeah, it's not even like the Hello Kitty dreadnought and Cat-head Sororitas is anywhere near the weirdest set of 'your guys' I've seen over the years. One of my favourite parts of tourneys was always seeing all the mad ways people would interpret, create and modify stuff. I've been chased off a board by a Space Marine army styled after Buzz Lightyear before, only to then run into a Guard force based on the Dad's Army sitcom.Just expanding on this a little bit... WH40k lore is very weird. It's huge, rambling, and frequently contradictory. This is because it's founded on one simple principle: Your Guys Are Canon. Whatever the hell you want to do with them, they're real, they exist in the setting, they are every bit as valid as any of the examples in the codices. So, sure, Hello Kitty dreadnaughts and cat-head Sororitas. Go wild. That's the whole point.
One good thing GW has been emphasizing lately in the fluff is that there are many more chapters, units, and factions than are officially documented on page. They like the sentence "only the Emperor knows how many Astartes chapters have been founded".Yeah it feels like with a hobby that demands such a large investment of time, money and effort before you even get started playing it, the most common reason people get into it is self-expression and creativity more than anything else.
Like I'm making yellow Adeptus Mechanicus, despite there being no canon colour schemes for it, but all the canon colour schemes are almost entirely some combination of red, white, grey and black. So fuck em, I'm making my BananAdMech and you can't stop me.
Looks like these Skitarii might be better off being painted in sub-assembly form, too many awkward nooks and crannies.
I've heard about the whole "drill into contact parts, glue in wire then snap it off in the freezer when you're done" strategy but that sounds like a tremendous amount of faff for which I lack the equipment. I might just see if a cork, toothpick and bluetack will do.
Those metallics and glow effects are so cool! I'd love to play against that, I really like the way the Necron forces I've seen are leaning more into horror again.
Images are not showing for me. Could just be my internet though as it's been iffy today.I've had a bit of a result working on my dreadnought. I wanted to get this DA flat tank icon on the shoulder, which is rounded:
half an hour of toying around with my new rotary tool later:
Bit of putty and the job's done!
These things are great, I grabbed this in a sale for £20. Not the best on the market but for working with plastic it's more than enough.
I can see them fine.Images are not showing for me. Could just be my internet though as it's been iffy today.
I have to admit I've always found it a bit annoying when people have dice with more than one special symbol on them, it makes it a pain to read. Especially in big games when you're chucking a bucket of them around for strong units. Nothing major, just a personal quirk.Shit, I may have to get that Salamander.
Also, just saw this for the first time and it's got me giggling very hard: https://www.goonhammer.com/your-dice-suck/
Shit, I may have to get that Salamander.
Also, just saw this for the first time and it's got me giggling very hard: https://www.goonhammer.com/your-dice-suck/
Wait, that's the one? I'd figured it was the other symbol, because a) 1 lightning bolt and b) all the other multi-symbol dice use a skull for their 6 and the helix has a skull over it.I like my Scars dice :(, although I agree more than one face with a symbol is heresy. At least on these is kinda evident, with the 1 for the apothecary helix aka MEEEDIIIIC!
I'm torn in that I think those are lovely high elf collectibles but would hate to see them on a gaming table :D
Someone drops these bad boys and I concede out of respect for my eyeballs.
Wait, that's the one? I'd figured it was the other symbol, because a) 1 lightning bolt and b) all the other multi-symbol dice use a skull for their 6 and the helix has a skull over it.