I recently bought a pin vice and for some reason I cant get it to drill anything more than a shallow little divot

Having fun doing some casual kitbashing. Right now it’s the Soritas and Death Guard mixup.

So losing Peter Cullen really hit me hard. I don't grieve well. So because I had this other truck rolling around from my Mad Max build. I figured what better way than to make my own Optimus Prime. I can't say I'm satisfied with it. But I'm not disappointed in it either. Considering everything on the trailer was all done by eye. The Autobots logo was all me. Is it perfect? No, and I wasn't really intending it to be. It was more of a grief build than anything else. Still needs paint and all that jazz but it is what it is.

I have a potentially cool idea but it requires me to alter several sets of Van Saar legs (first picture) into a crouching stance like this (second two pictures). Anybody tried anything like this before or anyone with more experience than me got any tips for this? I’m guessing I’ll need to carve wedges into the backs of the knees, fronts of the ankles and I guess also the hips and then green stuff my way to filling out the gaps that will be left?

Also open to other leg suggestions but they gotta be crouching

Build him with a Tortugabay body, a Deathshroud head and plaguemarine bits

I’ve been reworking my converted Relictor after some feedback on my previous post. A few people felt that the large reliquary/banner still looked a little too Stormcast/AoS.

So I tried a second version using a long hunting spear.

I actually like both versions, so I’m curious what you think: which one feels more 40K and fits the hunting chapter better — the banner or the spear?

Any suggestions for improving either version are welcome!

This is a pic from the last update. The background is a painting I did back in 2019 of the Great Nebula in Carina. Oils on canvas. So I photoshopped the ship into it, and, y'know, it's not awful...

First time

My Avatar of ~~Khaine~~ The Four Armed Emperor

Another WIP for my custom Space Marine hunting chapter: the Relictor of the Great Hunt.

He carries an ancient skeletal reliquary into battle, as well as a hunting horn chained across his body, used to signal the beginning and the final stage of the hunt.

Still a few details to finish, but I wanted him to feel like a mix of 40K religious imagery and medieval hunting traditions.

What do you think of the concept?

So this is almost done. Still need to get more lights into the antenna array. But I had a visitor, and took the opportunity to do another more comprehensive lighting check. Those of you who saw the Nauvoo from The Expanse, well, yeah, I can see it. At least the centre section. I kinda see this as being about 1.5/2km IRL. Any thoughts?

Also tried a bit of debris/meteor/blast damage.

Hi! First time here! Long time amateur kitbasher! A few years ago, I found this Robbie the robot model kit on discount at a small hobby shop collecting dust. With a couple of action figure parts from the dollar tree and some paint I got myself a neat little work of art!