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i need some advice, ive bought myself a small eldar army and have begun building them. The problem is i had a theme in mind but ive been to afraid to possible break my models by converting them to fit the theme i want.

Ive even bought some green stuff (never used it before)

Id like to know how to get over the fear of ruining your models so i can get to work converting my army before i end up building them all up like normal eldar units.

Oh and the theme is a small eldar force have to survive night after night of attacks by corrupt and demons, on a warp storm protected world. I wanted it to almost feel medievil, or evil dead with demons possesing the corpses of the towns people on the planet and such.

These eldar themselves will be damned and corrupted.

Go buy some cuticle snips and files and clippers and lighters and razors and glue and greenstuff and such.
Take five basic models and defile them. Take one and try and evenly cut it apart at every joint and then put it back together.
Learn what your cutting implements do. Practice on sprue if you dont want to ruin a model.
But you can learn more by mistakes than reading.

What I would suggest for medieval is Hirst Arts castle molds. Cast em up, break em down and do dark blues as the theme of the army with reds as the color of the castle stones.

If you're really desperate, I'm always willing to talk shop for conversions. I can walk you through pretty much anything.

I am not the best for advice here, but when I really want to do something I just go for it, bc if it break it, it can just be glued back the way it was, by simply putting it back in place and glueing, so don't be scared bc if you don't like it you can just make it the way it was.


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Doomthumbs wrote:Go buy some cuticle snips and files and clippers and lighters and razors and glue and greenstuff and such.
Take five basic models and defile them. Take one and try and evenly cut it apart at every joint and then put it back together.
Learn what your cutting implements do. Practice on sprue if you dont want to ruin a model.
But you can learn more by mistakes than reading.

What I would suggest for medieval is Hirst Arts castle molds. Cast em up, break em down and do dark blues as the theme of the army with reds as the color of the castle stones.

If you're really desperate, I'm always willing to talk shop for conversions. I can walk you through pretty much anything.

Yea he posted this as I was writing, his sounds better go with that lol.

Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Basically, using Green stuff and starting up converting your own models is both fun and greatly rewardning. Its been already pointed out of course, but there's only one way to learn - practice.

Get some dirt cheap spare models from a friend, gaming buddy, local hobby store etc. That way you have a couple of models to practice on.

Making terrain and/or strategy or board markers is also a great way to learn! Who cares about a box of ammo placed weirdly if its half-buried in sand anyway right?

Another great way of getting the basics down, is to do what most gamers do with it to begin with - fill in mold lines and gaps in models.

Try some of these ideas And You Shall Know No Fear!

If you are new to converting/modifying models I would NOT start with greenstuff.

Instead I would start by doing "kit-bashes" in which you mix parts from various kits to make customized/converted models that fit your ttheme. This is far more user-friendly to beginning converters/modellers, though it isn't the cheapest option.

For the project you describe i would add parts from various chaos, skaven and Dark eldar kits to make the Eldar look corrupted and more dark age.

Some simple head/weapon/torso swaps would go a long way, and some spikes and skulls on bases, etc. could play up your setting.

Just something to consider.

Plastic models are fairly resilient and easily restored. Just go nuts and have at er. As mentionedabove, stick to kitbashes and limited rebuilding. the only part you need to be careful with is not to overdo stuff. Work slowly.

Another helpful thing is to find that online retailer that can get you a LOT of stuff and or for cheap. There's a discount game store in the states run off of ebay....

but, seeing as youre in the UK.... maybe Maelstrom games might be the way to go.

And don't worry, even ruined models have a use. If the model is irreparably damaged, hold on to it. You might need a corpse, or your skill could improve at a later date, not just to restore the model, but possibly outdo what it was originally.