Can I Turn My Favourite Piece Of Warhammer 40k Art Into An Actual Miniature?

[@Bannockburn1981]

The artist is Pedro Núñez

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Amazing - pinning this for others!

[@bigdragon4986]

Really great conversion guide, though I do think a hooded head would really tie it all together. Maybe you could get one from bits resellers?

[@cat_or_rabbit]

I’ll probably pick up another veterans kit soon(ish) where it has the hooded head I want - for the time being this will do blutacked on

[@DarkHelmet-n8l]

This is amazing! Your channel 100% deserves more recognition. Bravo, good sir.

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Appreciate it! It’s been a great ride so far and I’m really proud of the community I’ve built up on KZbin, here’s to many more videos!

[@scrantonwut]

Always loved the DA Librarian black and white, where it has all the lightning whipping about

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Ahhh I don’t know that one

[@erih2934]

I saw the thumbnail for this video a bit ago and it was a great inspiration for me as yesterday I ended up by mistake with 2 models of this lieutenant. I was never a big fan of the model itself, but I turned one into my custom captain and the second one - inspired by you - became a version of the cover marine :) I had to use the candles with sword from the veterans on the backpack, but otherwise I think its close enough. Thanks for the idea!

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Thanks! And glad it inspired you to make your own! I think looking at the art and bringing those pieces to life In Our own way is a great way to really personalise our armies!

[@stevenpritchett4933]

Can’t wait to see him painted up.

[@cat_or_rabbit]

He’s a couple away on my list but soon!

[@Psilocybear]

Excellent kitbash and explanation of everything, end result looked fantastic!

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Thanks! I do hope everything was understandable - I did find I struggled to explain how I pinned the left arm together - it took a few takes!

[@xcumulusx]

funny i have it on my desktop to, nice video !

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Great minds think alike is all I’m saying here ! (It’s a great piece of artwork too!)

[@chrishomenuk15]

You have truly have out down yourself this time. What an amazing kitbash👍

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Thanks! It’s something I’ve wanted to do for ages - as with most things it’s finding the time.

[@boozeybatman]

Yes you can lad!

[@cat_or_rabbit]

5 months down the line, there’s bits of like to change on this guy, I might have another crack at this in the future

[@carvereppel9783]

I love that you added one torch on the battle pack when the art has two ,because some art work for minis don’t correspond to each other very well some times love it man

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Although I did have two - it just looked a bit too big and a bit comical if you will, campaigning for smaller sconces as we speak 😂

[@joke_d]

This kitbash really inspire me to make my something similar with the LT Zakariah kit, which I've been planning on getting for a while. Sadly I do lack the brazier back thingy so might have to skip out on that one.

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Hey! Really Appreciate it - I’ve got spare brazier of you need? Message me your address and I’ll Pop it in the post

[@joke_d]

@@cat_or_rabbit haha thanks for the offer but I'll have to turn it down! Maybe if I was for the UK but alas I'm not, so it'll probably just be a unnecessarily big hassle.

[@VivaLaJam26]

This is a wicked kit bash, would love to see it all painted up! With regards to those winged helmets you showed, I would definitely recommend a really thin layer of plastic glue over the winged parts. I found that they would snap so easily, but with a thin layer of glue, they feel a lot sturdier.

[@cat_or_rabbit]

I will be soon! I’ll pop some pictures up on here when I’m done or for any wip pictures head over to my Instagram Also cheers for the info about the 3D printed bits - need to look into more bits!

[@maniaxter206]

This conversion is sick. The whole sword mod with the pinning was unreal and I'm so amazed at your skill with this

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Appreciate the kind words, things like this are not as difficult as you might think, just a bit of patience and care, and anyone can do this

[@maniaxter206]

@cat_or_rabbit you are welcome. The only kitbashing I've ever done is change a helmet from another model but one day I hope to do something as sick as that

[@cat_or_rabbit]

@@maniaxter206 sometimes - and if you look at how I did my veterans all it takes is a few bits and a head swap to completely change the look and feel of a miniature, it doesn’t have to always be complicated conversation

[@maniaxter206]

@cat_or_rabbit aye, I want to get some BT sword brethren and make them into dark angels. Maybe I'll use your amazing pinning techniques

[@cat_or_rabbit]

@@maniaxter206 sword brethren make great models for things like dark angels and imperial fist - they make good stand ins for Bladeguard etc

[@paulofreire7520]

Looks pretty cool. Great job! 👍🏻

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Thanks!

[@mitch3384]

That head may not be 100% what you wanted, but it looks bloody good. Wish my head looked like that.

[@cat_or_rabbit]

I’m ok with it for now, but will probably change it later on.

[@illgasu]

green stuff a hood

[@RenMomoDotPog]

I doubt you'd want to, but if you look up "eternal pilgrims" for 3d print or one of the sellers, it's all conversion parts for Dark Angels/Black Templars. no bodies, legs, the stuff that makes the actual minis, just shoulder pads, helmets, backpacks, etc

[@cat_or_rabbit]

No I’m all for 3rd party bits of they fit in well, I will check these out, nice one!

[@SethDrake150]

Loyalty is it's own reward

[@cat_or_rabbit]

For the emperor!

[@ondarkendwings]

Id love to make a piece inspired by 40k art. I always considerer doing the Canoness John Blanche piece. Great work :) nice to see your kitbashes.

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Should give it a go, this was a lot of fun to do and something I’ve wanted to do for ages

[@bloodspatteredguitar]

I'm realy enjoying your conversion adventures. I'm working on a Consecrators army- DA successor who use heresy era kit. Do you have any ideas for converting Primaris marines into any of the old armour marks? My first thought is modelling mk4 knee pads and leaving it at that, but I'd be interested in your approach.

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Thanks! I haven’t dabbled with older Mk armour (aside from firstborn stuff) although I should probably grab some as they scale a lot better now. Let me pick some up and have a play around

[@GromusPrime]

3:58 That sounds extremely painful, what the hell.

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Google that on your work computer

[@joseale2310]

How the actual fuck were you able to drill the sword handle like that. If I try I just fricking ruin the sword! That is impressive!

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Take your time, make a small mark in the middle using a hobby knife then, using a 1.00mm drill bit slowly let the drill do the work, for the first couple of turns, make sure it’s not come out any sides or anything, once your about 4-5mm in your good to go, just work slowly and keep checking

[@pvhep4036]

Awesome! Love that artwork too, or better said, that particular Dark Angel. Can you do a Primaris Ezekiel? It is my favorite Dark Angel, and he doesnt have a proper sculpt. Cheers!

[@cat_or_rabbit]

There’s a few I would like to give the primaris treatment too - Ezekiel / Asmodai being on my radar, if I can, I will

[@pvhep4036]

@@cat_or_rabbit Oh heall yeah! Those two are superb! :)😎

[@pierre7125]

Great video, thank you for putting together! I am amazed how easily you manage to drill: would you mind sharing the reference of our tool? (With mine, it’s a workout to drill just about anything …)

[@cat_or_rabbit]

I’ll see if I can find the link to it (I think I got from Amazon) if you watch my how to drill gun barrels the principal is exactly the same - make a mark with a point on a hobby knife then just drill - there’s a fair amount of wiggle so don’t always worry about it not being dead straight.

[@kinzer69]

Think I have this stl sitting in my collection 😅

[@cat_or_rabbit]

What?!?!?! Can you let me know what the file is called, or where it’s from?

[@tommy1273]

Original art is surely a Salamander? 😀

[@cat_or_rabbit]

😂😂😂

[@MrRoman0629]

Really cool kit bash! Please use a cooler looking head. The head piece is too plain for the body!

[@cat_or_rabbit]

I know the head I should of used - but as I said it’s either £22 for the kit (you only get one in the box) or take it off of the mini I had used it on, which I probably wouldn’t do - I’ll get round to it eventually and pop some pictures up as an update

[@MrRoman0629]

@@cat_or_rabbit £22 is a lot for one head piece. Do you have access to a 3d printer? Plenty of options for Dark Angels out there all fairly cheap.

[@boozeybatman]

But I presumed you were going to have a hood on him???

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Didn’t have a spare one - and liked the knight style one

[@boozeybatman]

@cat_or_rabbit I would of left him headless until you had one. You did so much painstakingly accurate work on him though and looks fantastic but that artwork which is one of my faves too. Looking forward to seeing how you go with this.

[@theylivewesleep.5139]

If that’s you favourite 40k art then you have bad taste.

[@cat_or_rabbit]

Lol

[@ondarkendwings]

Bad taste, one of Peter Jackson's great early horror movies ❤