ninjaturtlethug Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Hey all, I'm getting ready to build another Space Mairine squad soon, and so far, I have not found the results I'm looking for with bionic conversions. I was hoping we could make a thread with all of the different options for bionics, things like tutorials, places to find bits that make good bionics, common items that can be used in the conversions, etc. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Galfridus Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Iron Hands set from GW is the first place to look. Second would be Forgeworld. I cannot remember all the places that bionics pop up in other models. For Converting the Iron Hands bits are a great selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevlarshark Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 http://puppetswar.com http://www.maxmini.eu Both do some nice bionic type bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjaturtlethug Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 Good stuff so far, I hadn't seen the puppets war stuff before. Are there any other's out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Immolator Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Does anyone know what the ironhands box has inside?I mean is the same as a tactical squad only with bionic bits or do they have something else? Plastics i assume... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraRich Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi I did a tut on these bionics ages ago but it looks like a lot of my old posts have gone. Here are the wip pics. This is made from tube, green stuff, micro beads and guitar string. If you want me to remover the pics (I dont want to take over the thread) just let me know http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f372/rbrewster101/Picture051.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f372/rbrewster101/Picture053-2.jpg Here it is painted up with the microbeads sunk in. http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f372/rbrewster101/Picture059-1.jpg What I like here is that from the front its really subtle but from the side or back its shows off the bionics http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f372/rbrewster101/Picture068.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjaturtlethug Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 The Iron Hands box has two sets of bionic legs, two torso's, two bolter arms,four heads, two grasping arms, a thunderhammer arm, and ten Iron Hands shoulderpads. @ Ultra: Very nice looking bionics, I recently purchased extra battleship hit and miss markers on ebay, thinking they would make good piston looking bionics, but they were too big. Though they might work on terminators. What type of "tube" did you use to make the gear, and what are "microbeads", I'd like to try that style myself. kikkala posted a tutorial a while ago with his style of bionics, I didn't find they worked for me, but I'll post the link anyway. Kikkala's bionics tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraRich Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 @ Ultra: Very nice looking bionics, I recently purchased extra battleship hit and miss markers on ebay, thinking they would make good piston looking bionics, but they were too big. Though they might work on terminators. What type of "tube" did you use to make the gear, and what are "microbeads", I'd like to try that style myself. Hi, the tubes were bought from a local craft shop. They are the 2 smallest types they had (about 3mm and 5mm) These were just cut to length with the smaller tube acting as the leg and a drilled larger tube for the knee with the smaller one passing through it. The micro beads came from a water filter. If you crack one open you will find a load of carbon as well as small "stone" beads of different sizes. These make great rivets if you drill a pilot hole and sink them into armour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjaturtlethug Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 Great ideas, do you have any other materials you may use to make bionics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vomkrieg Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Thanks for this, i've started a Sons of Medusa army and put a post in the WIP section as I get through bits. I got the Iron hands box set and its solid. I've also been using guitair string and random components from my bits box. Thanks for those external links, the puppets war mechaincal implants look damm fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjaturtlethug Posted October 6, 2011 Author Share Posted October 6, 2011 No problem Vom, I'm hoping to compile some more ideas. I once saw a guy who hollowed out terminator legs and put mechanical parts from pens inside to make it look like shock absorbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathar the great Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 At the scale we are working on, you can make simple and okay looking bionics with pretty much anything. It's as simple as: - remove the upper part of a leg / part of an arm - replace it with a small piece of plastic rod or paper clip - add some small pieces of thin cable or guitar wire - success! All you really need is a knife, a pin vice and random household items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralStukov Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 It all depends on the scale, simple paperclips with greenstuff can become bionics, for my 54mm (62mm space marine) I just did them with greenstuff over the eye and parts of the arm. You can use literally anything. At those smaller scales the simple bionics usually work the best, try to go too complex and it will look like something out of HR Giger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyaenidae Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Myself, not being so handy with tube, I used a thick combination of Iron Warriors and Iron Hands parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjaturtlethug Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 So I've got some pictures of bionics that I have done. My method was to saw off a major limb, replace it with a battleship "hit" marker, "I thought it would look like a piston, but its too big." after that was in place I add guitar string, rod, and then shape green stuff around them to make it look better. here are some examples. I also wanted to bump this page, and encourage people to share their own pictures and ideas for bionics. Post away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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