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Hi,

Does anyone know of a good tutorial or technique for re-positioning space marine arms?

I am trying to put storm sheilds on my thunderwolf riders but the are that is supplied in the box forces you to put the sheild in front of the riders face, wich looks a bit daft, so I need to change the positioning a bit, most likely at the elbow.

cheers

If you cut out a wedge in the elbow joint you can bend it into whatever position you want and then fill it in with greenstuff. Honestly if you google it I'm sure you'll get like 50 tutorials.

Thanks for youe reply. I have looked on the wb allready but only found ones about re positioning the shoulder.

In regards to youe answer, do you mean tocut the wesge from the inside of the elbow or outside?

I can only think of cutting on the outside but im not sure what to do about the elbow pad.?

Coyotebreaks wrote:Thanks for youe reply. I have looked on the wb allready but only found ones about re positioning the shoulder.

In regards to youe answer, do you mean tocut the wesge from the inside of the elbow or outside?

I can only think of cutting on the outside but im not sure what to do about the elbow pad.?

Cut it off if you need to to do the repositioning. I typically just cut out that wedge in the elbow as well, reposition using a pin to lock the 2 sides in place, then greenstuff over the open elbow area where the pin is now exposed. Re "sculpting" in the ribbed elbow crease area is pretty easy, just smooth a lump in to the right shape, then use a blade/similar sculpting item to rock across it and create the indentations.

If I had to cut the pad as well, i just cut the pad off and resculpt one (it's much easier than it sounds, since it's essentially just a flat metal plate over the back of the elbow).

Cutting a wedge from the inside, so the armor and fold in the same direction as a normal one.

Yeah, if you are any good at modeling, I would suggest cutting it up and using GS.

You don't even really need GS for most Marine arm repositioning. Just cut at the join between bicep and the piece the shoulderpad fits over, then reglue in the position you want.

I've put some arms over a heat gun at low heat and then WEARING GLOVES bent the arm how I saw fit. It works pretty well if you dont want to cut anything. Worth trying as I had some success with it. Just make sure you dont go overkill on heat and wear gloves or you'll feel the burn so to speak.

cool,

cheers for the info. Will pluck up the courage to have a bash

thanks

Even if you file down the shoulder a teensy bit (or a lot, ive taken the bolter-holding arm and filed away half of the arm-end shoulder so that the bolter was pointing forward) It all gets covered by the pauldrons, so the lack of filling-in doesnt show.

Cutting with a good sharp knife caaaaaan be an option. I'm not 100% on what is being done, but if it's just an arm with nothing to slash off from it before twisting or turning parts, then careful application of knife at the seams (wrist cuff, below and above elbow joint, etc) requires nothing more than patience and control of the knife.