sbarnby71

I convert everything, even down to 3rd party bits, they get converted too. But for me it would be the new SW Logan Grimnar, it's pretty much too perfect so I won't buy it, cause it will mock me with its perfection.

Cost of everything has gone up, my first 2 bedroom house, £34k, that won't even buy you a decent car these day, my first decent car cost me £1,200. The detail in the models has gone off the charts in that time, I would say any decent painter would be spending a lot more time on a single mini now, than back then, so count the increase in line with how much time/fun you get painting (if painting is your jam). No-one sniffs at paying through the nose for the latest iPhone, or Galaxy, life is more expensive and companies set their price point based on what customers will pay, if it's too much, then they lose customers, there is a lot of business savy goes into pricing, you can't just go I'll charge £100 per model, they're addicted to the plastic, they will sell their grandmothers to get the latest Lieutenant! Just wait for the UK Budget in a few weeks and see how expensive things are going to get. I maybe forced to start eating my grey pile of shame!

That dude with the bolt rifle, the armour & bolt rifle detail are gorgeous! I might as well just have my monthly salary paid directly to Joytoy!

Got some of the new Primal Hounds Expansion pieces and did a quick update on a Push-Fit Terminator. Everything fits nice and snug and apart from the Raven looking the wrong way for this pose, I think it works well.

https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-primal-hounds-expansion-694864

Could go way off the reservation and go with Necrons, those puppet war heads makes me think of Cyber Bounty hunters, that might look very cool with a small kill team force, if you could get some dual holstered pistols or give them double barrelled shot guns. Another idea would be Imperial Agents and create an Inquisitor and their warrant, I think you could use any base models you wanted and give them a cowboy slant with hats and stuff.

I don't do much with metallic other than trims, but these do look good. Do wonder what the shades would look like over none metallic as I'm liking they can be thinned with water.

I've seen scale creep in the waves, the standard troops are getting bigger. They are getting taller, by maybe 1cm and just chunkier, the chest is bigger, the leg armour is thicker, you can see from this side-by-side. The things that don't seem to change is head/helmet, backpack, shoulder pads, hand and weapon size.

Yeah loving that aggressive pose, slash you in the goolies and shoot you in the chest!

I like the Vambraces painted up as leather, that's really has left me with a wow, that works so well.

I've had both ends of the spectrum with Etsy sellers, one who would not print even though I owned the files (Primal Hounds) and another who actually did some customization on a business licensed design, removed axe heads, added pin holes which I don't think they're allowed to do. Just got to ping them and see what they say. I would imagine the biggest fear for a seller is someone might be trying to trick them into breaking their business license to get them shut down.

Yeah check what they can do, sometimes they may not print if they don't own the files, you know because of private vs business usage and even though it maybe a one off print for you, it's still business usage.

Ah sorry dude, not had any experience of US 3D print companies. Maybe worth a question on the generic forums to see who has used people more local to you?

You can always just bling your dreds, here's one I did a few years back, he was never meant to be Bjorn, but there is a lot of nice flat plates to work with on the Redemptor.

I agree the Levithan is more rounded. One option might be to make some green-stuff moulds from the Panels you want and before they're full cure, superglue them to the Levithan, this should allow you to create a bit of a curve that might be enough. Or take a mould just of the detail from the panels and use that so it's more like a raised details you get on a shoulder pad.