Khemri models are a pain in the rear!

Sallacious · Post by **Sallacious** » Mon May 31, 2004 7:38 pm

Wow!

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.

TiMuN · Post by **TiMuN** » Mon May 31, 2004 9:31 pm

Try adding some scaled shoulderpads, (as an excuse to use some greenstuff to put those bones together!)

Khaine · Post by **Khaine** » Mon May 31, 2004 11:09 pm

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.

Majortusk · Post by **Majortusk** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:56 am

best bet is to get the plastic regiment skeletons, and just use the add on metal bits that you get with the khemri

Odin · Post by **Odin** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 6:32 am

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.

lineman · Post by **lineman** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:30 pm

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?

Majortusk · Post by **Majortusk** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:23 pm

why not? it just wont have the absolute look of khemri.

Sallacious · Post by **Sallacious** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:41 pm

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

Ewan · Post by **Ewan** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:18 pm

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??

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.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:49 pm

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).

Blammaham · Post by **Blammaham** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:14 am

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.

Sallacious · Post by **Sallacious** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 2:29 pm

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!

Melifaxis · Post by **Melifaxis** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 7:21 pm

Yes, yes they are a pain in the butt

m0nty_au · Post by **m0nty_au** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:55 am

If they are causing you THAT kind of pain, maybe you should try a different method to get those brown tints.

Grasshopper · Post by **Grasshopper** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 8:53 pm

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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