Learning About Conversions and Kitbashing in Wargames
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- čas přidán 16. 01. 2020
- Conversions are a great way to make your wargaming miniatures really your own, and kitbashing is the easiest type of conversion. I'll teach you some beginner concepts so you can start building your way.
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This guy needs to go into audio books I swear. His tone and voice is the reason i think I watch his channel over any other for table top miniatures.
But then we wouldn`t see those hands go everywhere all the time! =D
Yes
Yeah
Poster putty is the unsung hero of the hobby. Side bar, my brother herd “I just stuck that knife right in his chest” out of context lol
Someone needs to give an award to poster putty. Somehow. Thanks for watching!
@@tabletopminions 2020 tabletop minions award?
best part of the hobby if you ask me!
You are misguided brother! The best part of the hobby is purging xenos scum with your bare hands! To feel the crunch of their bones in your hands. For then to break their feeble metal bodies on the stalwart defense of an Astartes tactical squad, there is no greater feeling, brother!
Yessssss
I started playing Orks because I love unorthodox models! Basically all my models were either converted, kitbashed or scratch-build. Ork bikers from Dark Angel and Eldar bikes, a few tanks and trukks made from old toys... My first thing ever were ork Nobs stuck in terminator armor. Good times, man.
I had orks riding an elder shop with a big turret.
I applied the same psychosis to my imperial guardsmen. Very NCR Fallout and raider themed
Not mine, but I love having something remind me to look this up so I can share it again :D
tabletopgeeks.com/interview-madscuzzy-creator-of-orktimus-prime/
same love that you can honestly doing anything long as it fits with the idea of mucho WARGHHHH
I made a mech Warboss out of a few bikes, greenstuff and random bits. Orks are great. Night lords are good for this too
"Hold onto your parts" that is tshirt/swag waiting to be made. 😁
Carter Arnold bumper sticker so I can put it on my miniatures case(s)
Protip: Make sure parts fit before gluing
Maybe that’s why I got divorced
DanGraves1983 Can't be stated enough. Even veterens forget.
@@sarissanhunter7227w-wait wut?
Kitbashing is definitely something I wound up indulging in a lot, especially for my Aspiring Champions I've done thus far. One of my personal favorites I've done is I got a pair of spare legs from a buddy (they seem to have been Blood Angels at one time, they got the weird sigmarine helmet kneepads they like plus purity seals), used that to toss on a spare marine torso, added a Terminator Lord chain-loincloth-thing to the back of the legs, Warp Talon arms for claws, and then a spare Terminator Lord helmet. Guy looks kinda imposing striding forth, but considering his arms are upwards I can't help but picture that 'oh, are you approaching me?' meme every time I see him either >_>
Great video! I convert and kitbash 90% of the miniatures I make, my favorite thing in the hobby. Here's to hoping for more videos discussing more on the topic!
It was fun to se pigiron on the list, they've got some great stuff!
And thank you for everything you do for the hobby!
Pig Iron Productions makes some really unique stuff. I have some of their stuff I really need to build for... something. I figure something out. Thanks for watching!
I am a fan of kitbash/conversions. I am an ork player and obviously I love to make converted stuff. Recently I made a Morkanaut being half morkanatut half defiler with some other bits thrown in.
"Holding onto your parts" brilliant! Great video, I have been in the hobby for ages and never had the courage to do this. Till now...maybe.
The bitz box is essential hobby kit.
Very true. I’ve talked about it before, maybe I need to make a dedicated video. Thanks for watching!
@@tabletopminions a dedicated video would be fantastic! Im sure you and Sam could give us all some top tips. Thanks again 🤘🏼
Thanks Uncle Atom, I'll hold on to my parts every chance I get.
Always hold on to your parts. Maybe that’s a t-shirt idea? Hmm - thanks for watching!
@@tabletopminions I need that in my life.
I'd buy that for a dollar
I’ve done two kitbashes so far, both for characters. The latest was grinding down a space marine captain’s arms so I could fit the gun and relic blade that come with the Dark Angels upgrade sprue. That was fun.
Every army I've done has some degree of conversions, usually towards a cohesive theme. It's one of my favorite parts of the hobby.
My bits box is over 20 years old and contains such diverse things as zoids weapons (used to convert the original Adeptus Titanicus warlord titans), Dark Future missile pod and roof mount, the old sand-plastic beaky marines and even the heavy bolter from the first metal Space Marine Dreaadnought and the chaos tail conversions, also for the original Adeptus Titanicus. I may not convert or kitbash too often, but I'll never throw away a useful part
The model could be "perfect" and I'll still want to convert it, lol. I've ordered from both Anvil and Puppetswar and I cant say enough about the quality and quick delivery even in the states. Also, I cant believe I've been watching these videos for as long as I have and didnt realize Atom is located in Wisconsin too. Keep up the quality contrnt!
Fun tip: you don't need multiple kits to kitbash. I've done a lot of stuff by clipping and shaving parts from one guy in a kit and gluing them to different places on another guy, like taking an optional axe, shaving off the hand on it, and putting it on someone's belt as a side-arm. I had some guys from a kit that had three officers, and used all the various bits to cut and shape different backpacks for each officer so I could have a guy with a comms unit, another with an oxygen tank and one more with extra ammo and a side arm.
my first attempt at conversion was with pre-assembled dnd models, i took wings from an aasimar and crudely stuck them to a tiefling with superglue and baking soda. it's... messy.
First steps are usually messy. Thanks for watching!
“pop goes the monkey“ on shapeways has some great bits for marines, dreadnoughts, tanks, knights, etc. as well as chapter and squad markings.
Definitely suggestible. He's probably the first place I'm grabbing some bits from for both some newer CSM Noise Marines and some bits for some custom Chaos Lords or Berserkers in future. Needless to say, if you're doing loyalist or heretic astartes and your shop allows 3rd party stuff, great source.
@@KuK137 Well, i did not see the bits i bought anywhere else. But maybe some stuff realy is not his own, i can not say for sure. Anyway shapeways is still a great place to look around for bits.
I just did my first bit of kitbashing two days ago. I wanted some gue'vesa for my Tau army so I got the 5 man Cadia kit and a fire warriors kit. I cut the tau legs right below the knee pads and cut the human legs right above the boot which goes bit up the leg. Clipper slipping on the smooth surface was a bit annoying but dealt with it and after a bit of dry fitting and filing it looks great. I particularly like one who has one foot on a primaris helmet, looking to the side, pulse pistol out in right hand, little radar thing in left and pulse rifle on his backpack. A mate of mine said how it might be hard to see them being human since it’s only the feet that had been changed really but they still need to be painted and I feel that since I know that they’re special is what makes me happy.
love the knife in the chest !
I've recently tried kit-bashing in reverse, using 40K parts to convert Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars into Mad Max-like vehicles for use in Gaslands games. A lot of fun!
As an AOS enthusiast , i once took a Stonehorn Beast (from the Ogor) painted it with a forest style, a bit woody, and put Ylthari's Gardians riding it on the top, it looks great!
That’s the fun stuff - it’s why I love kitbashing. Thanks for watching!
On hanging on to parts- I’m pretty new to the hobby but I’ve been literally saving the little nibs of plastic you snip off once parts are off the runner. When you glue them together right, these little chunks of plastic can make a dense gravel super easily
I love it when the minis tell a story.
Love the puppetswar drone heads!
I highly recommend Mad Robot Minis, glad it made the list. I've bought a lot from them over the last year. High quality casts, bulk buy discounts. Great for making those Imperial Guard armies they no longer produce (Looking at you Mordian Iron Guard!)
Kitbashing is so much fun! I did a big Genestealer / Imperial Guard project for a gaming retreat a few years ago and the vehicle conversions were an absolute joy. For the infantry, simple head swaps made a huge difference in look and feel of the troops. Very exciting stuff. :)
Thank you for awesome content. Your videos have got me hooked immediately.
Favorite part of the hobby. Love turning everything into chaos!
A fantastic and informative video for new hobbyists, and old. Thanks so much TTM!
Your Starbreach minis are looking awesome! Looking forward to seeing them all done
I love kitbashing and I am glad you talked more about it than about green stuff conversions :)
Yeah, I’m still pretty terrible at green stuff conversions. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the awesome info on the other companies 😊
Loved this video! Kitbashing has been my favourite part of this hobby and I've recently gotten into more advanced forms of conversion. My personal favourite project was back in WH Fantasy: Skabb and the Boyz, a Black Orc Warboss and retinue who all had a variety of different weapons, some greenskin some 'found', some weilded and most sticking out of the boys from 'da last fite'
I'm a big fan of Anvil too :D I bought heads for all my imperial guard from them.
Yeah, I’m really happy with their stuff - and I’ve bought some of their Gaslands parts, too. Thanks for watching!
@@tabletopminions uuh! They have gaslands stuff? I didn't know :D
As someone who started with Orks, got really into the Ork community, and got really inspired by the Ork conversions I saw online/in the books, I was kind of really surprised that some people don't even kitbash.
Yooz gitz need ta get some glue in ya gobz
Sometimes I like to just dig into my bits boxes and see what kind of cool concepts I can bash together. Great fun!
Really really enjoyed watching this video a lot.
The first conversion I ever did was on a Wizkids mini. I had to cut it up as they're one solid mini, buy some other minis with bits I wanted and cut them up and bought a box of 3 space marines because I wanted an arm and a backpack thing. I just glued it all right together and...Well, the head sort of fits.
I'm doing my second conversion right now as I've picked up Age of Sigmar and both want to give myself variation in what I'm painting and have a few cool looking uniques. I picked up a box of black ork blood bowl minis so I can throw one of the weird masks on a topless Megaboss so he looks more rabid and psychotic. I'm also converting the rest of them into brutes with spare parts as well as going under the assumption that the guys with arm guards are actually shields.
It's going a lot better than my first attempt at conversions!
Awesome content, as usual, uncle Adam! I love kit bashing, it's my favorite part of the hobby. I was just browsing for kit bash ideas on CZcams when you pa-chowed me! Thanks!
BTW, I love the shirt. I grew up in Wisconsin, fond childhood memories of gaming at Napoleon's in Shorewood. Haven't found a gaming table that large since.
The shirt is from an old horror film festival I attended. It says SUPPORT INDEPENDENT HORROR on the back, which I also like. I only made it to Napoleon’s once when I was in my early 20s, I think. It was an amazing store. Thanks for watching!
This is by far my favourite part of the hobby.
Loved the video- thanks! I enjoy kitbashing and converting my models as much as I enjoy painting them. I’ve been building a 30K Raven Guard Legion army for the past couple of years, and there are very few minis that I haven’t altered in some way- I really like making my army different than other ones out there, while staying within the same aesthetic. I actually almost blew my drink out of my nose when you mentioned dropping bits on the floor while dry fitting, etc. This happens to me so often that it’s become almost a living meme to my wife and me- I don’t know how it happens, but traveling the 2-2 1/2 feet between my desktop and the floor, so many bits are completely un-findable that it’s like there’s a Stargate there, because after giving up the search with flashlight and all, they turn up later on the other side of the room, or even in the next room. So many of them have just disappeared from the face of the Earth that we often joke that there’s a black hole under the desk. Anyway- I’ve been a subscriber for years, but I don’t think I ever left a comment here before. Just had to though, hearing about your “bits black hole”- keep up the great content, and thanks for all of your advice over the years.
Additional conversion companies I love are Kromlech, Victoria Miniatures, and Spellcrow
I’m kitbashing the 1st Mars Expeditionary Force, an admech allied Imperial guard regiment. All the tanks are mech walkers kitbashes (dust tactics/Konflikt 47 models)
Kitbashing/cutting/modifzing is way easier than it seems! Highly recommended to try (on seargent-equivalents and leaders).
Switch a head, change a weapon, add a cloak or extra armour ... small things make models your models
Thanks so much for this. I’m a newbie to miniatures and still learning a lot but this helps me understand the possibilities
Scibor Monstrous Miniatures from Poland does some really nice alternative parts for Landraiders and Rhinos, he has a large range of bits to individualise your Spacemarine army . And least but not least he has alternative Spacemarine models which are really beautiful. Check him out. Scibor sculpted all the miniatures per hand. He sculpted the Witcher 3 collectors edition statue.
There's divisive kitbashing too...that's when you make an ultramarine look like Ron Johnson 😉
Scibor has beautiful sculpts
That Captain is a cracking paint job! :)
I like wargame exclusive because they’re the only group I know making unique stuff that feels right at home with the Necrons.
Like the boobie necrons they mase ;)
If you paint the center circle the same color as the rest of the chest then it looks more like a female armor breastplate.
Great video, thanks Uncle Atom.
I’ve just got into Necromunda and am looking to kitbash some bounty hunters and hive scum, so this is a really timely video.
Thanks again
That sounds like fun, have fun - and thanks for watching!
I love conversions that add flavour but still resemble the faction they’re supposed to be. A fantastic example is the guy who converted the newest Nighthaunt ghosts into Dark Mech Ruststalkers.
I recently bought some desert heads and torsos from Maxmini, Puppetswar and Victoria Miniatures. These are really good sculptors if you wanna make oldschool Imperial Guard regiments like Tallarn, Mordia and Praetoria. For my own Desert Raiders I’m mainly using Cadian Shock Troops with Catachan power swords and a few Dark Elf cutlasses for the flashy officers and veterans.
Interesting, I didn't know what kitbashing is.
Take two seperate kits and mix them (Bash them)
Protos is from Poland. I love the resin kits of the aliens Drop Ship and the Colonial Marines Armoured personnel carrier. Very nice kits.
Can't believe Reptilian-Overlords was not put forward as a 3rd party supplier. Not personally bought any of their stuff yet but they've been showcasing some gorgeous 3D prints!
You should do a video highlighting the INQ28 warhammer scene! I discovered them now long ago and was blown away by the creativity (and kitbashing skills) on display.
Brill video as always, I’d recommend pop goes the monkey for some excellent 40K bits. I’ve seen there work first hand and it’s superb
Wargame Exclusive make High quality detail models that not even the brand new casted GW's models can match up with. I have bought several from them and I am looking forward them to increasing their catalog. By far the most impressive miniatures I have ever had.
Took a storm cast leader, the chick with the two axes, and I kitbashed her into a Grey Knight with two falchions. It's a pretty decent one
That sounds sweet, nice idea 👍
Its pretty neat how Stormcast Eternals can be grey knights with a little work
My first kit bashing was getting flames of war tank pieces like gasoline machine guns etc Onto pop sickle sticks paint it and base it then it would look amazing
Loved the “one guy in a clown hat” comment - it did make me Laugh Out Loud - imagining how many times he would have to be explained, and the number of eye-rolls that would result...worth it? Maybe.
Depends on your personality, I suppose. Thanks for watching!
...and it depends on the goofiness of the group(s) you game with.
Your vids are consistently entertaining and helpful in my gaming/miniaturing journey. Thanks for the time and effort you put into your craft - it’s obvious you care about the quality you export. 👍🏻
I LOVE converting of I can I'll convert as much as I can in an army. There are a lot of bits sites that sell parts from gw boxes to help with converting.
Looking forward to when you would cover this subject matter in this video. it's finally here.😊
Might need to get more in-depth, it seems. I’ll look into it. Thanks for watching!
@@tabletopminions Sounds good to me. Thanks for the vids.
not gonna lie after seeing this video and seeing all the websites in the description I can see so many models I can make for my warhammer army now.
Great idea to make a list of websites that sell amazing conversion bits. It's hard to find a decent (current) list of shops. Plus, the benefit of shops all across the world gives everyone a chance for low shipping costs.
Forbidden gaming is cool, currently making a number of chaos themed 40k models from their sale page!
First link and I found that awesome gaslands parts! Thank you! Now totally forgot I was here because of cawdor gang kitbash.
Always hold on to your parts lol. Need a shirt of that.
So helpful thank you!
I loved listening to this and the guy with the huge knife in his stomach. That looks like a guy who doesn't care how tough you think you are. He'll set you straight.
I'd love to get back into the hobby... don't know when or if it'll happen though. Growing a family takes precedence!
That chaos lord... Bellissimo!
Thanks! I just got into WH40K and I stating to get all my material together to start my army. I think the figures are great looking but I wanted to make them my own and so I've been looking for independent companies for my custom look and these links you gave us are awsome. I hope you get some kick backs!
Full disclosure: none of those links are “affiliate” links or anything like that, so I’m not getting anything from you folks clicking on them. Just have fun with them. Thanks for watching!
Just starting my bits collection honestly, but I've already got several pieces I know I'm not going to use, so straight to the bits box with them. Also, just yesterday I got in some bits for a conversion I'm planning for Underworlds, so I'm looking forward to playing with that.
That's funny, nice timing on making this video. I'm in the process of making a bunch of Khorne CSM by kitbashing Old Start Collecting! CSM and Khorne from Age of Sigmar's old starter set.
Sounds cool.the Khorne Blood Warriors kit from AoS has some great parts for that sort of stuff too
That could be really cool. I do hope they make new Berzerkers soon, but kitbashing works, too. Thanks for watching!
Liberdaemonica has really amazing bitz!! Honorable Mention!!!!!
Oh man I am in the middle of a conversion I am fusing two models. But tossing in 8 different parts and fused a castigator and a hellblaster guns. Cut away the presss fit guys legs and bought a lower body to replace it. And I had to make the piping that connects the hellblaster to the power pack. I got all the conversions done now I just need to paint him in the ravenguard color scheme.
Hail PuppetsWars!
Scibor's Egyptian bitz. How I built a Thousand Sons army back-in-the-day without paying for finecast.
Kitbashing chaos tau is fun
Dont forget that the Death Star is 100% Kitbash
I have had all those places bookmarked save "Trolls Under the Bridge"
You can add the following to your list.
Master Crafted Miniature - mastercrafted.co.uk/
--- lots of shoulder pads, will custom make shoulder pads for you, torso bits, LOTS of hand gestures.
The Dark Works - thedarkworks.bigcartel.com/
--- mostly chaos vehicle kits, especially trim and detail work but good quality parts.
Hexy Store - hexy.store/
--- a bit of everything here
Yesterday i bought a chaos lord (the hammer guy) and it fell from my hands.
I had to get rid of his ponytail)
I wasn’t very happy with the bald head (mainly because i already have 2 bald guys) and i decided to kitbash it.
I atached cables from the meganobz kit to connect his backpack and the plasma gun. And then i decided to chop his head off (it took me 1-1:30 hours to make it work, but i achived my goal (i changed his head with one of the admech flying skulls).
It looks AMAZING
With the release of new Zone Mortalis terrain, could you please make a video looking at all the different ways to make your own Zone Mortalis walls and doors at home, cheaply. Thank you.
Kitbashes and conversions are the biggest draw of the hobby for me. I love customizing and personalizing in games, but in video games you have nowhere near the freedom as you do in many tabletop games. It's much more satisfying to make a model unique, even with a small change, than it is to look at the same thing you'd see in fancy studio photos.
I love this!!
Conversions and kitbashing some of my favorite aspects of the hobby!!
Does anyone know where I can get conversion bits/heads especially for chaos ogres? Not ogre kingdoms.
Only ever kitbashed gundam models I hope my knowledge can carry over to 40k models
Thanks for the advice dude :) I'm going to be starting a Death Korps of Krieg army before long and I'd really like to make an astra militarum priest but with a heavy DKOK influence (ie respirator/gas mask AND mitre/priest hat). Pretty heavy conversion for my first go but I'm planning as much as I can! It looks like Anvil have 90% of what I'd like but any advice for me?....other than "maybe don't start with such a complex project" lol
There are others! I did not know of this you should touch on it asap.
Reptilian Overlords has a great looking range. On my list for Catachan kitbashing
They also have a conversion set for turning guardsmen into heretic guard, they're on my watchlist for that reason as well. Probably use that for my 'renegade mercenary' Imperial Guard's take on Scions.
I’ve never heard of Reptilian Overlords - I’ll have to check them out. Thanks for watching!
Great Summary! Will you be at Adepticon? Maybe we could meet there and have a talk!
I like shaving all the dark angels crap off of models and space wolves stuff on them and adding beards. It’s nice seeing them come back to the imperium.
As a side note, does anyone know if the puppets war arctic mask heads fit well on primaris models?
I like secret weapon conversion bits because of the different types of backpacks and comm packs what I use for my cadians but they also have greek and Roman style helmet pieces which I use for my blood angels because it shows a story like if they have a Greek bit on it shows they have been raised from birth to fight and I use a ring inscriber which my aunt has to make names for my men ones called xiphos because I got one of my friends to make a xiphos Another space marine has a Roman head piece and he's called Gladius because of the sword which my friend also made for me but it's a pretty good company what makes alot of other stuff like brick roads if you live in the uk use wayland games to buy because it's cheaper but it currently needs a restock
Bits of war- bitsofwar.com/10-conversion-bits-by-race
Raging Heroes- www.ragingheroes.com/collections/sci-fi
KlukvaMiniatures- klukvaminiatures.com/goods#w--ul-id-175-4/Sci-Fi/c/27382761/offset=0&sort=normal--w
Mad Robot- madrobotminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=9_10
These are a couple of ones that I've used in the past. I'd also recommend a couple of GW kits that have some great bits for conversion.
Admech Sicarians- www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Sicarians-2017
Genestealer Cult Hybrids- www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/acolyte-hybrids-2016
Tempestus Scions- www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Militarum-Tempestus-Scions-2017
I didn't hear you mention it, but if you play somewhere other than your house you might want to confirm they don't have a problem with non-Games Workshop bits on your model. A long-gone hobby store in my area had issues with non-GW bits or really using any model parts they likely didn't sell you. This might be an obsolete issue (freely admit that I'm an old-timer who hasn't played in forever), so feel free to educate me if shops have calmed down about this.
Cool video I do this quite a bit. Most of my models are different I like each one to have it’s own character so to speak.
Edit:typo
here are 2 more possibilities:
AlternativeMinis on Etsy
www.etsy.com/nl/shop/AlternativeMinis?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=639370318
Tabletop-art
tabletop-art.de/Bits-Accessories
Perhaps not the largest colection, but there are some interesting bits for sure!
Have a great weekend friends!
I've always loved the idea of kitbashing some 40k Space Marines, or now, AoS Space Marines, er I mean Stormcast Eternals (they or the Adeptus Custodes might be a perfect starting point), into a Sparta themed look. I saw many years ago someone did that with 40k marines. I'm sure he used resin parts (too many uniform perfect parts to be scratchbuilt). No idea where they came from though? Any insight to that Atom?