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Hi space marine players/modellers, i was wondering if you have any tips for arm repositioning and reposing space marines? They seem a bit daunting to cut up but i definitely want some variation in the arms.
Thanks for looking and thanks for any contribution.

if you have a look at my earthangels gallery and see something that takes your fancy i am sure i can come up with an explanation as to how i did it... if i still remember^^

The one thing about SM that makes them easier to convert is all of the armour plate 'joins' - so that you can line up other parts cleanly.

Look at a SM arm.
You have the shoulder plate where the arm meets the torso.
A section between that and the elbow (upper arm).
Elbow.
Forearm greave.
Gauntlet.

Cuts can be made at ANY of these plate joins.
You can, if you know what you are doing, even cut the arm up completely, drill each section out, and re-string them to repose the arms completely.

The legs are similar, but a trifle trickier. It is possible to repose standing legs to kneeling. but will take some work.