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Khemri models are a pain in the rear!

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 7:38 pm
by Sallacious
Wow! :o Those Khemri models are really annoying to assemble. A friend of mine bought the team and a booster pack. We put the skeletons together and they took for freakin ever. Not only that, after we assembled them, we played a match. I touched the head of one of the skeletons and he broke in half. It was a great for a good laugh, but damn they suck as far as breaking apart. We pinned the torsos together but those lil weak arms! Anyone have suggestions that will make them stay together better? We used GW super glue.... it sucks! Takes too long to cure.

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 9:31 pm
by TiMuN
Try adding some scaled shoulderpads, (as an excuse to use some greenstuff to put those bones together!)

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 11:09 pm
by Khaine
I used extremely small pins to keep the arms sturdy. It's a total PITA but it's about the only way to keep these not very well designed khemri together. I also put the shoulder piece on all the models except for the blitz-ra and thro-ra. Other then that it's just patience... I found that the GW glue wasn't to bad but if you want a good bond try a product called "Zap-It" It's made for thing other then mini's but any hobby shop should have it. Just be careful because the bond time is -5 seconds and it's a strong bond.

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:56 am
by Majortusk
best bet is to get the plastic regiment skeletons, and just use the add on metal bits that you get with the khemri

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 6:32 am
by Odin
Sallacious, Give me a call the next time he is going to come over and i'll bring that new "super" glue i have that is psycho amazing! unless you already have them glued.

If not, let me know, and i'll bring my glue.

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:30 pm
by lineman
I have a question, hope it is OK to post it here :) . Do you think that the skeletons and mummies from the classic undead team can be used as Khemri skeletons and mummies?

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:23 pm
by Majortusk
why not? it just wont have the absolute look of khemri.

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:41 pm
by Sallacious
I agree... I feel.. .Whatever works, use it!
Mummies are mummies and they are close to the same size... same goes for skeletons! Knock yourself out... not literally of course :wink:

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:18 pm
by Ewan
I had to resort to using the "old style" mummies to boost my Khemri team as i couldn't manage to order the actual Khemri mummies seperately from G.W online store (u.k) :-? They look ok but are slightly smaller than their Khemri counterparts.
I know this has already been answered on an other post but why!!! why!!! did Fanatic make the decision to release such a fiddly build team?? :evil:
Bloodbowl probably has more "hands on" time per figure than most other games yet they release this!I have been modelling for years and found them fiddly to secure - pin-vice etc so I can only shudder at what the less experienced thought.

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:49 pm
by Colin
You missed all the discussion when the Khemri first were released. You could do a search for it, but I will give a brief overview. The origianl idea was for Phil Bowen to sculpt some sprues to use for converting the plastic skeletions, but the prohibative cost of casting plastic (resin, whatever) it was decided by the powers that be in GW that the parts would be cast in metal and be released as a complete team. And yes, they are a pain in the ass! I still haven't gotten around to finishing painting mine (and I bought them as soon as they were released, without knowing about all the fiddly parts of course).

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:14 am
by Blammaham
Try a LITTLE bit of white glue mixed with the GW super Glue ( white glue on one side super glue on the other). It reduces the curing time to seconds and forms a much harder bond. Sounds funky but it works and thank god I have never even touched a pin and the hundreds of models that I have, have NEVER broken.S.

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 2:29 pm
by Sallacious
Cool Blamm!! Thanks for the info! I'll give that a try.

Oh, we are all meeting on Thursday nights now, so if you want to play some BB, gimme a call!

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 7:21 pm
by Melifaxis
Yes, yes they are a pain in the butt :D

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:55 am
by m0nty_au
If they are causing you THAT kind of pain, maybe you should try a different method to get those brown tints. :o

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 8:53 pm
by Grasshopper
Sallicious,

I took my smallest drill bit and put holes in the "shoulder" of the arms, and then took my needlenose pliers and squeezed teh arm nubs on the torso into pins. Same idea with the legs. Only time they fell apart was when Melifaxis' lil snotling picked up my mummy and 'bowled' over my team.

They're still together though.
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