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Converting orcs

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:18 pm
by graeme27uk
Having been inspired by some of the brilliant orc/ork team conversions out there I am in the process of thinking of doing my own.

However, I was wondering about bionik orc/orks.

Would guitar wires make good pipework? Or is it too flexible and springy?

How would you make it stiff?

Re: Converting orcs

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:03 pm
by Darkson
graeme27uk wrote:How would you make it stiff?
Mod says: Watch it everyone... :wink:

Re: Converting orcs

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:50 am
by nazgob
I can only offer you the advice I got when I started making my Puggy:

LUBE YOUR TOOL!

apparantly, vaseline is the best option. :roll:


on topic, aper clips would possibly work.

Re: Converting orcs

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:49 am
by apothecary
guitar strings too floopy (this thread is an innuendo nightmare), like nazgob says paper clips are good, stiff enough to support and flexible enough to tweak if you want to change the minis posture/stance as you progress. You can buy modelling armatures from some companys (will help a lot with scale and proportions, remember 1mm out on the mini will equate to disproportionate limbs/body) think tritex games may be a place to look for them

Re: Converting orcs

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:49 am
by Grumbledook
guitar strings work fine, been using them the last week on my new nurgle team

Re: Converting orcs

Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:02 am
by AfroCelt
reaper also sells packs of male/female/stick armatures to build your greenstuff around. Good luck!

Re: Converting orcs

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:32 pm
by Buggrit
Have a feeling that Hasslefree do armatures too, along with various head/face packs too.

Re: Converting orcs

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:18 pm
by smokingmonkee
There's a company that makes pewter cables you can bend scaled for 40K. I can't for the life of me find the link I had anymore.