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I like that a lot. 

 

Also this: Heads. I like my guys to look older and more grizzled ... especially Vangaurd/Sternguard or Sword Brothers. These look cool: Norse Heads

 

(I haven't used them ... so this ain't an endorsement, just I think they look great). 

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Chains! http://www.builders-in-scale.com/bis/parts-chain.html The 40 lpi is good for power armor weapon chains, the 27 good for TDA weapons, and the 15 or 16 good for dreadnoughts. You can also use even lower lpi for vehicles. I buy the black chain -- it has a surface ready for painting, so you can place it on miniatures already primed.

 

~K

 

Thank the Emperor you posted this. I've been wondering this forever and now I know where to get them.

 

I'll add it to the first post!

 

Edit: added. Also how to you get them to stay put in the position you want them in?

If you're still working on this: I've found painting the chain first (say, leadbelcher) stiffen it enough to work with. You can spot glue it either end after that and it should stay. I wrap it around arms and weapons and it's working really well.

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Gentlemen, one of the Shapeways stores that deals in marine bits has just started a line of curved icons intended to be added to shoulder pads and you boys are included:

https://www.shapeways.com/product/9FGK8ZB68/60x-maltese-cross-shoulder-insignia-pack?optionId=62886495

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Alright, so my Shapeways Templar crosses arrived!  So I wasted no time in cutting one off the sprue and..... Promptly lost it on the carpet around my modeling desk :pinch:

 

But then I got one onto a model. Initially when I got them in the box, I thought they'd be way to too small, but they are actually pretty damn near perfect. 

 

Here are some pics. 

 

http://i.imgur.com/zRTlVz6.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/h5CAREs.jpg

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Alright, so my Shapeways Templar crosses arrived!  So I wasted no time in cutting one off the sprue and..... Promptly lost it on the carpet around my modeling desk :pinch:

 

But then I got one onto a model. Initially when I got them in the box, I thought they'd be way to too small, but they are actually pretty damn near perfect.

 

 

 

Thanks for the pics! Mine arrive in a couple of days. Very excited to see they won't take much work. 

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I've ordered quite a few bits from Spellcrow, due to arrive today. If they are there tonight I'll take some pictures and compare them to the regular marines.

 

Saw that question a few posts back :-)

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My spellcrow bits have arrived. I'm quite happy with them, and they look good. Wondering how they handle getting painted but we'll see about that this weekend.

 

I've taken a few pictures comparing the bits to regular marine bits, and they are pretty much 100% identical in size. The helmets are a bit thinner but that's because of how they are modelled. 

 

See for yourself:

 

http://i.imgur.com/uCykp73.jpg?1

 

http://i.imgur.com/VBWR4Hz.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/4yOBTfJ.jpg?1

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You might be able to find some on Ebay from Bretonnian knights, but other than that you'll have to kitbash them together. I created a pretty sweet one from a GK lance and a power sword.  I'll see if I can find the pic

 

Edit: here it is

 

http://i.imgur.com/3vHPEpo.jpg

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You might be able to find some on Ebay from Bretonnian knights, but other than that you'll have to kitbash them together. I created a pretty sweet one from a GK lance and a power sword. I'll see if I can find the pic

 

Edit: here it is

 

http://i.imgur.com/3vHPEpo.jpg

Yeah, that looks very cool. Kinda weird that there's something called a power lance available for Space Marine factions and it has some pretty good stats for a CCW and yet ... there aren't any.

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Oh, cool, for those of us who can't paint the Heraldic cross on the shoulder pads :tongue.:

 

 

Learn to.  *idly slaps the Paddleum in his palm with a threatening disciplinary scowl*

 

Anyway, those things look a touch too thick for my liking.  But then I practice what I preach with the freehanding on half the shoulders anyway (as the ideas for individual heraldry steadily dwindle one model at a time). :wink:

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Lances!! Anyone know where I can get lances (to use as power lances for my veteran bikers)? Without having to buy a full box of models I won't need.

Brass rod + sword or spear ends? 2mm ought to do it.

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I made one with a length of sprue and some green stuff for one of the events here. It's not the prettiest, but it was cheap (free actually, my favorite form of cheap!)

 

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Sprue was a straight section shaved down to a rough spear with an xacto blade then inserted into my power drill and ran on high while holding it with a bit of sandpaper to get it smooth.

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