How to Customize ANY Warhammer or D&D Hero

[@Gundumb_guy]

I’m really liking all these kitbashing videos. I don’t think you see enough people doing it imo.

[@Bonesawisready926]

For real, you got Pete the Wargamer, but he's the only one I've come across who regularly does conversion vids.

[@cory7328]

For Kill Team kit bashing really makes it your army.

[@YOOT_JJ]

@@Bonesawisready926 I know some other conversion youtubers, fairly indie. I’ll send a link in a sec.

[@YOOT_JJ]

@@Bonesawisready926 kzbin.info This dude has a fair amount of both painting and conversion videos. I especially recommend his Blood Angels Praetor video.

[@egnaroelprup]

It's a now neglected part of the hobby that is so rewarding to do, sure it can be expensive but going on from what Jon says, every purchase can be ultised for another project, it might be years down the line but that's how bits boxes are born Go to a discount store and buy a plastic hobby organiser, they're intended for screws or fishing tackle but it's a small box with tiny compartments that's fantastic for holding mini parts, even stuff you cut off, something you hacked off of a model can be reused later on something completely different Just try to hobby saw or cut off with a hobby knife as often as you can, snippers are the easiest sure, but snippers tend to destroy the thing if you have to be aggressive with it

[@rezavojdani5908]

Tip from my own kitbashing experience: Using sprue-goo to secure two pieces of a weapon together is fine, but nowhere near as good as the original bond or pinning. If the weapon pieces are too thin for paperclips, use sewing pins to for pinning; they have a small diameter and really bend resistant.

[@gangrenemccluster7680]

Glad I read this, was just looking for a way to reattach the little pole on the back of my old Helbrecht model

[@Meglelelo]

This advice is a godsend. I've been bashing my head in trying to fix my Chameleon skink from the underworlds box. It was damaged during play and the blow gun was destroyed. You've saved me $40 for my favorite model.

[@egnaroelprup]

I just have a reel of thin metal wire (got it off my mother lmao) that's used in jewelery making, the added bonus is if I stick a bit of blue tac on the top of the reel, it's where the model can sit while I wait for the pin to finish drying Also if you're on a budget, I can't recommend milliput enough, it's dirt cheap, it's brittle when dry sure, but if you mix together some greenstuff and then mix that into some mixed milliput you can get much more mileage out of your sculpting material whilst giving the milliput some much needed flex and strength

[@eastoforion]

sewing pins is a great tip, thank you!

[@DragonSickness]

Jewelry wire and sewing pins are just fine but if you want the ultimate strength and thinness get some insect pins from bioquip. 0,00 and 000 size are good. Super thin but strong. They're for pinning tiny insects in collections.

[@kookieslayer]

Certainly want to see that model painted. A warband would be great too !

[@hillmath9059]

That way you have something to bring to Kill your friends with @miniac.

[@ionminiatures]

“There’s no rule that says a human man in female plate armour can’t wield an Elven Sword!” Pure gold right there!

[@HiatoPDSS]

I mean, there's the rule that an armour has to be made for you, so you'd have to adjust it. But does anyone even use that?

[@GermanNightmare1976]

6:24 FTW

[@gtmaster342]

i wanna see this paint job! them smooth silky blends plus that edge highlight will be *chefs kiss* perfect

[@cory7328]

I think AOS has surpassed 40K is quality so sculpts. High fantasy just ticks all the awesome boxes.

[@lexamex3526]

This is probably because more people currently play 40k so Games Workshop has less time to spend designing the models. Because they need to rattle out so many so often

[@crips2668]

The enthusiasm and joy that Jon brings to the hobby always excites me to go hobbying myself and try new stuff. This and his hilarious humour made me join his Patreon. A great community for every Hobbyist who wants to support Jon a little more. Sneaked that advertisement right in like the great Maestro himself ;)

[@beauwolfe3746]

Please do the rest of the warband! We need more conversion/kitbashing content on KZbin!!

[@Cody_GG]

Yes! Absolutely do the full warband!

[@sleepyracoon4811]

A full painted warband sounds great !

[@stwill939]

100% should do the rest of the warband and paint them up!!! Gotta get that video done!

[@MisfitHobbies]

Just started collecting spare bits from kits, this video was super timely and that custom mini looks amazing

[@ThomasGallinari]

Most exciting and rewarding part of the hobby IMO

[@DamienWise]

Impressive kitbashing! I love how you totally customised the look of the miniature and made it the perfect representation for the character.

[@MarauderPixie]

I actually came to the hobby via 3D printing and had the same ideas about bits for scatter quite a while ago but never got around to do it. This video really gave me the motivational and inspirational kick I needed and as the last few seconds are playing, I'm already rifling through my STL collection. :D Thank you! And of course, a kitbashed warband video would be absolutely amazing! 😁

[@TimHendrikx]

Yesss. She looks so cool. Customise the rest, I would love to see them and get inspired. Enjoy the weekend!

[@UllyrWuldan]

Lmao, this has quickly become my favorite painting channel.

[@thomasgross8289]

I'd love to see you do a whole custom warband!

[@JamesEarlCash]

If you guys are looking for additional heads, check out "The Unlawful Bunch" kickstarter campaign. As far as I know the dude behind it will release the files on MMF soon. I printed some of those for my space marines and they look great. A lot of variety

[@domagojkrizic9572]

Would love to see a custom warcry warband!

[@osburnsourcelighting313]

Yeeeeeeeeees! Kit ish the rest of the warband! I'm excited to see what this will look like painted!

[@exodus146]

Thanks for all the uploads man, you've inspired me to hobby harder lol

[@DoubleAvids]

I only play DND so It's great to see a Kitbash for something I do

[@HallofCraftVids]

Lets gooo notification clubb

[@wowman100200]

A build/paint video for a Warband would be a great idea!

[@cheesecat150]

Seeing a whole war band would be cool

[@bobbyfasciano4137]

I did this once for a D&D character, and was thrilled with the results. Bought a small halfling, and used green stuff to put a top hat and mustache on him, as well as a few other bits and bobs. It’s one of my favorite miniatures… and I got to use it maybe 3 times before he died. Oh well… time to paint another one!

[@liberalhyena9760]

There are large halflings?

[@samuelbroad11]

@@liberalhyena9760 runeknight?

[@fallstar7013]

Awsome as always man, make the warband!

[@brendanarmstrong7802]

Normally, I'd complain when a kitbash video ends without at least a nice unifying coat of primer. But honestly, this already looks so cohesive that it might as well be a single kit. Great job!

[@brianlambert8999]

I am really enjoying the kit bashing you are going hope you do more of them.

[@figment5872]

I dont like lore, i dont like lore...anyway lemme tell you about my DnD campaign with my hobbit vampire with diabetes.

[@benjaminjack867]

Kitbash!

[@markhickson9087]

Looks great, though I'm less convinced by the back. However, all together I think the "new" miniature looks amazing. I look forward to seeing it painted up.

[@miguelsimarrogonzalez2128]

0:52 this is probably the best paint job I've seen in a long time. Simple yet effective, and with a lot of character. I don't quite like those flamboyant "things" people like to paint just to impress. Paint jobs should be smart, not complicated. I like your style very much, sir

[@bensnod9159]

Quite the contrary to the bit, I'd be down to hear more about your D&D character.

[@joeythegoth]

You mean use your imagination and creativity 😱

[@aaronhoes]

Loving the recent kitbashing. Always unique and fun to see how it turns out. Hopefully we see it painted some day.

[@Bluecho4]

1) Sometimes, kitbashing isn't just desirable, but essential to having a complete model. I purchased an old metal Archon model for my Drukhari. I got it cheap, because it was missing the claw hand. In order to rectify this, I cut the power sword blade from the modern Kabalite Warriors kit, stuck it to a spare arm from the _old_ (3e) plastic Kabalite Warriors kit, and stuck that on. (I had to use these different parts, because basically all versions of Kabalites wield their melee weapons left-handed, whereas the melee arm that was missing from the Archon was right-handed). In the end, it turned out pretty good, and let me get a vintage metal model for way less than its complete version would cost on the secondary market. 2) In addition to custom bits sellers, one can always pillage bits from cheaper plastic kits. Particularly Historicals, as you tend to get A LOT of everything. Bodies, heads, weapon options, etc. Perry Miniatures is a great company for this, not only because of all their kits, but because they sell some sprues separately. So you can spend just a couple dollars for a sprue with tons of weapons and a few bodies. 3) Remember that if the model you're creating is a monstrous abomination, it doesn't matter what parts you use. If you've got 30 sword arms left over from a historical barbarians kit (that you naturally used for some Chaos Marauders), just glue them together into a sword-wielding arm spider. Make for great Chaos Spawn or other mutants. Maybe stick a dozen human heads, or one or two horse heads on there. When mutations or whatever (think a necromancer stitching together spare body parts into a zombie monster/Frankenstein) is involved, nothing is off limits.

[@BananaPeelEuroTrash]

Kitbashing is an essential part of the hobby for me personally and you did a great job explaining and thus hopefully getting others interested in this often overlooked but super satisfying part of playing with tiny plastic figures!

[@sobit]

Jon, please, I *need* to know where the mini of your current dnd character is from

[@rhag1394]

More customisation, please. A full warband of these platethieves would be awesome!

[@astrozombiac3535]

Nice hero rock

[@colerape]

Yes! We want a new warband.

[@ggadmire]

John: “oh no GW lore” Also John: “so let me tell you about my character’s backstory” 😂

[@richardokeeffe8375]

Great stuff. Did I totally miss the intro changeover?

[@dredsirius]

An extra way I found that is really great for customizing minis is adding Trophies to the bases of my models. My Killteam had a skull or piece of enemy equipment destroyed for every big match up we had. Specially against the filthy Tau! It helped get more of a story goin on for my minis as well as adding "that touch" to make them Mine.

[@codybadger5320]

Yo, how or where did you get your d&d model you showed in the intro?

[@DCAMM720]

I personally enjoy that female armor SHOWS that it's female armor. In some fictions, female warriors prefer it that way so that everyone knows that they are indeed female. If sisters of battle were just regular power armor with girlish heads put on, they'd be boring. It isn't' sexualizing anything to have breast armor.

[@liberalhyena9760]

Students of Madonna might disagree with your last point.

[@sebastien9193]

Hello: ThankS for thé video. Yes I want to see your customize warband !

[@Elvings92]

Kitbashes are always so fun because it's your own unique creation. I have a custom unique Kroak

[@aegishjalmur123]

It looks super cool hahaha

[@angrycrusader7047]

There's a dnd like 40k game called "wrath and glory" and you can be pretty much anything, from scum, to space marine, to eldar and orks and it would be cool to see what you'll create for it I love your content and I've always thought of doing something like this for a dnd character that I'd create

[@theherald_o]

Alright, but where did you get that D&D model for you character? Also, I love minis and I would love to kitbash my D&D character's mini but I actually never approached anything like this... Is it even doable or is it better to start easy?

[@noamkorb-patti9197]

where did you get the mini at 0:52? it's very cool and would work great for my dnd paladin.

[@jiro4x642]

Found it! It’s Captain Kelian Durak

[@noamkorb-patti9197]

@@jiro4x642 tysm I've been looking for it for weeks

[@CaptainNavE]

I don't understand why your D&D guy is making female armour, when he's crafting it himself. Couldn't he just make it to fit himself? Is he using it as a disguise?

[@ratman505]

Converting is the best thing about mini building. I recently started making my first Kill Team, Chaos Legionaries, from a box of traitor marines. Since I couldn't for the life of me find a Balefire Acolyte model anywhere, I decided to just make one of them a psyker with some exchanged parts and some fire made from green stuff, similar for the Anointed/Possessed. It really is great fun

[@foozoi1379]

Ninjon using green stuff... IMPOSTER!

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@Menhtrol]

I suddenly had this strange urge to subscribe... So i did 😁

[@KelRiever]

Conan, who wears next to nothing as depicted in most art, is offended that you called sexualized armor stupid.

[@DRUNKENxLAMAS]

MAKE MORE (kitbashed) MINIS

[@GreySlayer_]

Kitbashing is probably one of the coolest parts of the hobby imo.

[@skinnerboxx1945]

Haven't see those 'basing bits' you're showing around the 7:30 mark - can you post a link to the studio (ideally with a referral link-back in it)? Excellent content as always!

[@spacemarinebob]

forgot to add the epicbasing link into the description

[@justinskol597]

What is the model that you use for your D&D character at the beginning of the video?

[@Vallarthis]

I love kitbashing videos. It combines a whole new level of creative possibilities, with the subtle joy of two unrelated things fitting together perfectly.

[@egnaroelprup]

Or making something completely new and weird using an existing thing or rules as a backdrop Last night I finished building a chaos helbrute with 0 parts from a helbrute, its the nurgle blight hauler (using the main body, the legs for an upper arm/shoulder and the missile launcher for a face) a penitent engine (arms, sarcophagus and greeblies), bolters from the shipping container terrain sprue, and the legs from the reaver scout titan of the titanicus game and some chain I'm in love with it and can't wait to do a second one that iterates on the first idea

[@Fire_Surfer]

Yes definitely make a warband like this

[@juliehamel8330]

A tip when working with epoxy clays, i always keep little silicone molds handy to stuff my leftover clay in so nothing goes to waste. You can never have too many tiny skulls.

[@ravensoulmetal8466]

I always use green stuff world roller boxes and turn the spare clay into tubes or tenticles.

[@lukedon1549]

Seeing a follow up would be amazing! I love kitbashing and seeing this made my heart fill with pride! Keep up the amazing work

[@familieversteegh1712]

I like the model. Well done. This week I kitbashed for the first time using an Iron Golems warband to create some Sigmar Golems with some Stormcasts bits. Was lots of fun.

[@JakeDogg-RIP]

Number 1 NinJon! 👌🔥🔥🔥🥰🐶

[@GooglyEyedSkull]

Aaaah, the classic skeleton horse back pack.

[@IshanDeston]

Don't use vaseline.. its a pain to clean... use Nivea (or any other mostly waterbased cream) instead. The water will evaporate and the residue will not cause paint chipping and the like. Also since its water based and greenstuff doesn't stick to water, it will keep your tools (and hands) from sticking and is so much less of a mess.

[@vidi5086]

Be ready to see a tons of copies of your unique model next week 🤣

[@longrdp]

May their course in the Path of the Eight-points stay lethal and true, with not a wandering or straying footfall laid. Unlike that sword... Kidding! Love the kitbashes, and definately would like to see some custom Warcry! You're doing excellent quality work with unique ideas.

[@dad.hobbies]

I probably learn more from Jon than I do any other content creator. There may be better painters out there but I don't think there is anyone who I find an easier time following along with.

[@seanmcgrath2049]

I see those Epic Basing plants in there! I just printed some myself and holy crapbaskets are they detailed. With my Mono X 6K you can actually see the little bumps on the central part of the flowers where the pollen is, or.. stamens. Whatever those things are called. Printer was worth every penny, I am blown away by how fine the detail is. Edit: Aaaaand after unpausing the video you mention that they're from Epic Basing like four seconds later :\ so much for my eagle-eye cred.

[@mattthedm1455]

Would be great to see an entire warband painted up

[@cityonahillterrain]

Sex is cool but finding the perfect part in your bits box just hits different

[@loupiscanis9449]

Yes to the Warband . 🐺

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

1:01 What model is that?

[@odeegrotsniffer4166]

MORE WARCRY PLEASE!

[@Pholhis]

Loved this. Really inspiring, and helpful.

[@marine3250l]

I never thought of using vaseline with greenstuff tools, thanks for the idea!

[@bnanaz]

Guys a genius

[@kalisthenes6650]

I use water. It’s not great but I don’t really know the best way to clean Vaseline off a model before painting.

[@marine3250l]

@@kalisthenes6650 yeah I knew about water, never heard of using other materials though

[@dmssp1988]

10:00.. yes you should

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Jon . 🐺

[@stevmeyer2043]

9:49 Hmmmm, Less "Conan Narrator", more Prof Dungeon Master's Deathbringer. Totally here for it.

[@Boodoosh69]

SLAY THE GREY! remind me what your video has just done Mr Ninjon, it has created more grey! talk about mixed messages, this miniscule Rabbit brain is very confused ...... Fab video though ;) and yes mod more Warcry models and paint the grey out them on the channel ...... please?

[@boris_bulletdodger9109]

Positive comment

[@FenrisSkarn]

Great initial miniature for your DnD character (I believe it is "Captain Kelian Durak" from the game Confrontation, by Rackham). Great customization of the new mini too.

[@ovan2190]

I just got into kitbashing and currently have two ideas I'm working on. This helps so much in making kitbashing feel less intimidating, because even though I have my ideas and a plan it feels intimidating just to start

[@BananaPeelEuroTrash]

It might take some time to really get the hang of it at first so please don't be afraid to experiment and sometimes even start over again! If you do it often enough it'll become second nature :)

[@ovan2190]

@@BananaPeelEuroTrash Thank you Mik, I appreciate the encouragement. I still consider myself new to the hobby after starting with putting minis together in '20 and only starting painting last year so every new step is a bit intimidating. So hearing that really helps.

[@angelsoffurtitude]

Should have been titled "How to Customize ANY Warhammer or D&D Hero if you have a TON of spare sprues lying around or have an expensive 3D printer". Because at that point it'd be IMMENSLY more expensive to make a custom miniature than just going with the basic.

[@chester1882]

PLEASE JON PLEASE do a painting video of this bash!

[@MrWhateva10]

Whew, been a while since I've looked at how badly GW is abusing their fans... $98 for a two sprue 10-pack, and $70 for a single character model? They must be sat back wondering how far they can take it at this point.

[@DFloyd84]

When you're cutting up stuff for kitbashing, keep Daryl away from the circular saw.

[@MentoMoriMinis]

Man kitbashing is cool. Great video! The back plate throws me off visually. Primer will probably pull it all together.

[@Itchyfishy12]

Can you do a video converting Lauka Vai into a “normal” vampire and not some double-torso monstrosity.

[@johncollins7555]

What is the model you talk about as your character at the 54 second mark? Thanks. Found it ...Captain Kelian Durak, Confrontation Miniature

[@wizardjian]

Ninjon- *builds dope female platemail model* DM- the master smith shows you his finest work. *pulls out bikini armor* Ninjon- guess I'm going to go find some anime figurine .-.

[@bladerdj3503]

My first willing Kitbash actually was a headswap this week. I wanted all characters from Xandiers Truthseekers to have a free head. My archer now looks so much better imo.