Mennes’ Mini-Mashup: Convergence Of Cyriss Prime Axiom Re-Imagined [Part One]
December 26, 2016 by dignity
Welcome to another awesome Mennes' Mini-Mashup tutorial where now Tomas is breaking down the Prime Axiom from the Convergence Of Cyriss and is rebuilding it into one of his monstrous creations.
Stay tuned throughout this week as the whole tutorial will be coming together into a fantastic example of what you can do with a bit of extra effort.
It's time to break out the core components and get this build underway for the world of Warmachine.
What do you think so far?
This is fascinating. I’d never be game to try this
Why not? Just try it. It all starts with not being afraid to ruin a very expensive kit 🙂 And in the end, it usually turns out right.
Trust me, you have no idea how anxious I was the frist time I cut up a kit.
….you see it’s the starting point that scares me 🙂
It’s about confidence in your skills and familiarity with the kit. When I’m working with a kit for the very first time I take a lot of time dry fitting the pieces, observing the lines and shapes and scrutinizing the pictures on the box. Then if I have need of a second one, I’m confident enough to start hacking and chopping and moving things around. It’s just about practice and confidence. Building one and then converting the second one takes the scariness out of that starting point, until you feel comfortable enough in your skills to just jump in with… Read more »
Me either. It’s almost hypnotic watching Mennes’ work on a mini and completely re-imagine it.
Ok… Challenger accepted.
Can’t wait to see what you did with it.
Great stuff as always
looking forward to seeing this come to life
I’d try this … except me and hobby knives don’t usually mix without bloodshed …
You could always try these 😉
https://www.uline.com/Product/Detail/S-15382L/Cut-Resistant-Gloves/Ansell-HyFlex-11-627-Dyneema-Cut-Resistant-Gloves-Large?pricode=WY569&gadtype=pla&id=S-15382L&gclid=CMbXtbuUldECFUVMDQodAQYNMA&gclsrc=aw.ds
And they’re about the same price as a lot of starter boxes for three pairs of gloves. 😀
Oh, but it is exactly the same with me. Lance has been so kind to always cut out the bits where I slice my thumb 5 minutes into the video. If you look close enough, you can still see my damaged fingers and a bit of blood dried up on them.
These days, I hardly notice anymore.
great stuff, couldn’t take my eyes away
What hobby knife are you using? need something solid my handles are too flimsy
It’s an exacto blade I found in my local hobby shop. No idea what make it is. I like exacto knifes because they are more sturdy and finer. I always make sure I get one with a thick handle, with a rubber grip. It makes a lot of difference if you want to put force on the knife.
Thanks
Ill try and get hold of one
I gasp at every slice, for fear of his fingers and for fear of expensive plastic! Even though I know he will out put something incredible, i still gasp haha!
kit bashing is great the main problem is to get the parts in a rough plan in your head before you cut anything to prevent/minimise problems.
I like what Menne has done so far, and can`t wait to see where he goes in part two. I for one would never of thought of doing what he`s done, but now seeing Menne bin the plan`s and get stuck in has me wanting to do the same. Just have to work out which mini i`d like to have a go at, and what i would like it to look like. I have done conversion`s over the year`s, and if i can find the pic`s i`ll post them. I think my best conversion`s where two 40k Spacemarine Rhino`s and… Read more »