40k Space Wolves & Daemons Boot Sale Bargain - Help Lawnor identify and fix please (Spring Cleaning)
Building and Prep Work for Space Marines and Terminators
I’ve built and repaired all the Space Marines and Terminators from the parts available. I do not have enough parts to avoid using damaged parts, or to avoid using two sets of Terminator legs that I believe have Dark Angels symbols on them. I could file them off but I’m afraid I’ll just ruin the models. I think Terminators come in units of 5 men so this gives me 2 units, instead of one and some spare models. I also have 13 Tactical Marines built, and 3 Primaris from the front of the Magazine yet to assemble. Two marines needed green stuffing to repair, and one Terminator was holding a handle with no blade so I cut an axe head off a spare weapon and pinned it on, probably adding more than an inch to its length. It also had a cool wolf head on its bottom so i also transferred that over extending the axe even further. The guy is now wielding a pistol in one hand and a very long axe in his other hand. It might not be practical, but it is cool. See the middle guy in the last image of the gallery
Everybody has had a mix of cork and kitty litter glued to their bases for rocks. They will have cleaned dirt applied with matt medium as a glue, and then sealed in with dilute PVA. Watery PVA will also be applied over the cork so it can soak in and reinforce it. I might do this part twice as some of it is fragile. My plan is to apply winter tufts and snow to all the bases at the end. Height and texture will help make this look good.
These two had to have limbs repaired or extended with Green Stuff. it was left 24 hours to dry, and then filed down as best as I can. Hopefully once primed it will be less noticeable
I also have 2 Dreadnoughts. Their arms are already glued on but I have 2 spares. I am considering removing the arms and magnetising them. Anyone had any experience with this? Is one magnet a limb enough to not only support the weight but stop weapon droop / the limbs rotating until the point downwards? I’ve seen a guide where someone put 3 magnets per side of the body and put a metal plate on each limb. This means it only takes 6 magnets per body, and there are no issues about lining up magnets and pins across multiple limbs. I finished off a tub of Twiglets last night. The bottom is ferrous metal and thin and light. I suspect I could cut it with a decent pair of scissors too. It might be worth a try.
Has anyone any experience and opinions on making Dreadnought limbs swap-in-and-out-able through any methods?
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