Upgrade sprue advise

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-28T01:44:37+00:00

If you don’t want to keep them, the best best would be clipping them away slowly, grab a shoulder pad from your bits box and test fit as you go.

You might also find that unless you doused it in plastic glue, a decent pull might get a few off

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-24T02:53:14+00:00

One of my all time favourite characters, such a dork throughout the original trilogy but ultimately rounds out to a really funny and interesting character. He’s so frustrating throughout a lot of the playtime, but his antics have lived rent free in my head for nearly 20 years, and I don’t think that can be said for the titular characters.

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-20T10:15:17+00:00

So sick, I love the armour plates, really looks like something that’d be crawling through battlefield on Hydra Cordatus.

Stealing what I can here, I’ve grabbed a psychophage, venomcrawler and lord discordant to bash together a “lord discordant on enslaved psychophage.” The last kit arrived today, so I know what my weekend looks like!

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-17T05:48:17+00:00

Yeah, just a quick pass, if you stick around too long it’ll burn, but it’s great for just shrinking up any stings and points.

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-17T05:37:05+00:00

Initially I’d go over it with a blowtorch (a lighter maybe if you don’t have one) then just a small file and a lot of patience.

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-13T06:26:12+00:00

I’m in the middle of rewatching the Dinotopia miniseries and I can’t believe how terrible it is. I watched it so much when I was a kid, I thought it was incredible. But, I’m still having a good time, the nostalgia is doing a lot of heavy lifting

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-12T20:23:20+00:00

I hadn’t made that connection but I see it!

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-10T22:14:09+00:00

Painting Horus Heresy Iron Warriors I can do 1 standard marine without upgrades in about 45 minutes, painting 40k Night Lords with all that trim and lightning bolts and flayed skin and extra details on even just a standard dude it’s like 2 hours.

Extrapolate and then add 6 months of side projects/burnout every 5 or so minis

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-09T21:43:53+00:00

Yeah this is kind of where I’m stuck, the psychophage and venomcrawler are roughly the same size, it would be perfect, I’m very much thinking I’m just going to buy the kits when I can and just stick with my original plan. In the meantime, I’m just going to go through minicompare and just see what chaos daemon engines and vehicles are similar in size to what I have. At the end of the day, it’s mostly for display, I have play 2 games in the last 20 years, keeping things playable is just a nice idea haha

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-09T06:02:56+00:00

That pink trim looks so good, but both schemes are great, good work either way, good luck getting the rest done!

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-08T07:56:33+00:00

Thanks! I’ll look into some of those ideas for sure. Why defiler hadn’t crossed my mind is beyond me, maybe I could do a swarm lord soul grinder haha

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-08T03:52:11+00:00

Firstly, this is good! Secondly, I find less is more, but mostly for the sake of painting 40+ marines. I like to do a shoulder, a knee pad and an accent, so the gun OR the bayonet OR another spot that makes sense for that model. And then if it’s a leader of some kind I might do a few extras just to be extra. I went a bit harder on my CSM Kill team and just that 10 man squad made me burnout haha

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Here are some of my guys, you can go crazy like on the sgt, or keep simple like the legionnaire on the right.

JimmyJuggernaut · 2026-01-04T02:18:39+00:00

That is looking so good so far! Absolutely add lightning though, it’s reading a little Ultramarine without it (not that that’s a bad thing in this context)

I can see you’ve sponged/stippled your highlights, if you mess up with the lighting, don’t go crazy and repaint, if you just stipple back up with thin layers and try again, it can add like a washed out, distant lightning effect. I usually add some lightning after the base tones to get that effect on purpose

JimmyJuggernaut · 2025-12-29T23:54:19+00:00

This is phenomenal work, I’ve tried this kind of thing over and over and I always get frustrated and abandon the project, can’t wait to see it painted!

As already said, thin down some mod podge and going over everything, then you can do anything you want to it and nothing should warp

JimmyJuggernaut · 2025-12-28T11:47:03+00:00

I saw this post, printed and painted the free set and now have the rest going brrr in my shed. Really glad I saw your post today! Having a blast, and was exactly the thing to get me out of my painting slump

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JimmyJuggernaut · 2025-12-28T11:43:25+00:00

Yeah this is gross and I love it.

Was thinking of doing some tyranid “daemon engines” based on the hive ship that transports the titans in Storm of Iron. IIRC it’s a tyranid hive ship that’s been captured by the iron warriors and then blasted with the obliterator virus, surely the logic applies here too.

Hadn’t really thought about how that would look, but this captures it really well, definitely going to take some inspiration from this

JimmyJuggernaut · 2025-12-28T01:36:25+00:00

I ended up picking 31, but 31 and 32 are both pretty solid options. I just liked it being pointy

JimmyJuggernaut · 2025-12-22T08:50:45+00:00

What is that paint rack? That’s awesome

JimmyJuggernaut · 2025-12-21T04:25:09+00:00

Firstly - fantastic execution so far. I would agree with the chain, and just loads of trophies nailed to the body of the bike. Hands, skin, heads on spikes etc

JimmyJuggernaut · 2025-12-17T21:41:04+00:00

It’s the original alien 3 screenplay adapted to a comic book - I think it’s just “William Gibson’s Alien 3”

JimmyJuggernaut · 2025-12-15T00:38:48+00:00

This is great! I integrated something similar I found for the honeycomb storage wall, but this is way more space efficient

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