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Conversions: Walking Bloodcrushers, Daemons Evolved.

2010-09-10T11:30:00.001-04:00

Check out these "evolved" Bloodcrushers models from Isotope99. The speed at which this guy cranks stuff out is amazing (I may be secretly jealous). Plus his stuff is always very well done. Kudos to Isotope99! Here's an except from his post over on Bell of Lost Souls: "I've combined the new bloodcrusher kit with leftovers from all my daemon prince conversions (and a couple of minotaur bits) to

Spikey Bits Monthy Give-Away: New Winner Attempt Number Two

2010-09-09T11:30:00.002-04:00

Seiously who wants free stuff? I've never had a harder time giving something away, especially something this cool lol. Since the last two winners never contacted me I have selected a new, new winner for the Spikey Bits monthly give-away! Spikey Bits August 2010 Give-Away Finalists MorosJosh (just josh)Brother Vizlanisam hillmanFoxPhoenix135IDICBeerctrelehebFerran

Conversion Corner- Bjorn The Fell Handed

2010-09-07T11:30:00.000-04:00

Recently I had this awesome Bjorn the Fell Handed conversion sent to me by Joe Carlson. What I like about it is that it's deceptively simple, yet has depth to it. At first glance you don't see any green stuff or card, but it still has a lot of detail that makes this model very unique. First off there is the traditional Space Wolf garb, which accents the model quite well- this is a Space

Blood Angels Stormraven Gunship MKII Finished Product

2010-09-06T12:22:00.000-04:00

I put the finishing touches on my Stormraven Gunship over the weekend, by adding some landing gear and tightening up a few details that were bugging me. When I started this project I was hoping I could make the gear long enough to touch the ground, while allowing some room for the wingtip thrusters to work. The gear also need to not be super long and look pretty mechanical, like it could

40k Apocalypse Mega Tank Battle Coverage

2010-09-03T11:30:00.000-04:00

Here are some pics of a Apocalypse Mega Tank Battle we did a few weeks ago at FTW Games. Representing the Orks/ Chaos was several Stompas and a Great Gargant (painted even!). On the Imperial side was a ton of Baneblades, and Leman Russes. Eeep! Well it didn't end so good for the bad guys, but thats okay because..... 'Orks never lose! If we're dead, we're dead so nobody cares. If we win we've

Fantasy 'ard Boyz Semi Finals & You.

2010-09-02T17:30:00.000-04:00

Well if you ever wanted an excuse to visit the home of Spikey Bits, FTW Games in Richmond Va, and play Fantasy- this may be your chance! We will be hosting the 2010 Fantasy 'Ard Boyz Semi Finals! Registration will start at 9am followed by first dice at 10am. You can call 804-464-1873 to register, as space is limited! See you then!

Chaos Marauder w/ Great Weapon Conversion

2010-09-02T11:30:00.002-04:00

Here are some more Marauder conversions I whipped up for my Warriors of Chaos army. I wanted to field some great weapon models so I could handle high iniative enemies a little better (ELVES)! All I did for the great weapons was attach the axe heads from the Marauder hand weapons to the flail hilt with a .85mm piece of brass rod. I did one up with my Chaos Flagellant Marauder conversion, and a

Spikey Bits Monthly Give-Away: New Winner!

2010-09-02T00:01:00.001-04:00

Well I didn't hear from Moros so, I selected have a new winner for the Spikey Bits monthly give-away! Spikey Bits August 2010 Give-Away Finalists MorosJosh (just josh)Brother Vizlanisam hillmanFoxPhoenix135IDICBeerctrelehebFerran Septicm1nd1essChapelBeardicus And the winner is, Moros, Septic! So Septic has a week to email me and I'll send him his booty. Mabye this I'll actually be able to

Spikey Bits New Gallery Page

2010-09-01T17:30:00.001-04:00

This is the official Gallery page for Spikey Bits. Below are the links to the galleries I have made so far. Spikey Bits Conversion Gallery Spikey Bits Painted Figure Gallery Enjoy- MBG

Dred Mob- 1850 Orky Mayhem Army List

2010-09-01T11:30:00.004-04:00

I'm still on the fence about what I'll be running at Mechanicon this year. So I tried out a Dred Mob army list today out against my Mech Imperial Guard, and it did quite well. Here is what I ran; Big Mek with Kustom Force Field Ghazghkull Thraka 8x Lootas 8x Lootas 19 Grots w/ Runt Herder 30x Boyz + Nob with Claw 30 Boyz + Nob with Claw 30 Boyz + Nob with Claw Deff Dread w/ 4 CCW Armor Plates,

40k Interview: Top GT Tread Heads - Part II

2010-09-01T01:03:00.013-04:00

This is part 2 of an interview that was started over on BOLS. If you came here from there thanks a lot for following along. We pick up with Nick starting to theorize about list design after coming back from competing in the European Team Championships. Nicholas says: Coming back from the ETC I want to scrap ever playing with Vendettas They are too much of a liability with good players. Rob

Coming Soon: Spikey Bits Online Gaming Store!

2010-08-31T17:30:00.001-04:00

That's right! We'll be launching the brand spanking new Spikey Bits online store very shortly. This way you can pick up all the great gaming items you normally want, and support the blog! We'll also have some cool "Spikey Bits" brand merchandise as well as awesome new stuff you may have never even heard of! Here is a short list of items we will be retailing at a discount in the new store.

Thunderwolf Cavalry of Khorne- Bloodcrusher Conversion Part II

2010-08-31T11:30:00.002-04:00

Okay so were back with part two of my Thunderwolf Cavalry of Khorne conversion. So now I had a great foundation to work from, and just need to add some arms and a head. I knew I wanted the model to be dynamic- either holding his weapon over his head, or swinging it to attack. Plus for the first model I wanted him armed with a Thunder Hammer / Storm Shield, (Saga of the Bear anyone?) so I had

Spikey Bits' Conversion Gallery

2010-08-30T16:30:00.003-04:00

For your viewing enjoyment here is a gallery of the conversions I've done for the blog. I'll be updating the gallery regularly with new work, as well as old work, when I photograph it. If you have any questions about a particular fig please email me and I will be glad to help you as best I can. Just mouse-over any image and use the right and left buttons to scroll though the gallery. Enjoy-

Thunderwolf Cavalry of Khorne- Bloodcrusher Conversion Part I

2010-08-30T11:30:00.004-04:00

Hey guys hope everyone had a good weekend. I myself was quite the busy beaver, and managed to put the finishing touches on my Thunderwolf Calvary of Khorne conversion. I can't wait to hit the table with it. Here is how I went about making it. When I began the project I started from the bottom up, and by that I mean I started with the mount before I got to the aesthetics of the rider. I knew

Spikey Bits Monthly Give-Away: Island of Blood

2010-08-28T11:30:00.007-04:00

We're back with the Spikey Bits Monthly Give-Away for September, and this time it's an Island of Blood! Here's how it works; on September 29th I will select a follower of Spikey Bits at random to win an Island of Blood box set. Obviously friends and family of myself are excluded from winning, so don't worry about that. Plus there is, of course, no purchase necessary to enter. Well that's it. So

Conversion Corner- Plastic Abaddon in Terminator Armor

2010-08-27T18:00:00.002-04:00

My buddy Joe Carlson came up to me at Games Day last weekend with this very nicely done Abaddon conversion using his pewter bits with a new plastic terminator. I had to take a few pics of the mini so I could share with you all! Get Featured! If you have a unique conversion and would like to share with all the Spikey Bits readers, please email me rbaer0002@gmail.com and we'll see what we can

Buy Sell Trade- Miniature Market September 4th

2010-08-27T11:00:00.000-04:00

Just a reminder our Miniature Market will be next Saturday Sept. 4th at 11am. It also happens to be the same day the new Warhammer Fantasy 8th Edition Box Sets go on sale. So there is two great reasons to come up (well three if you count swapping out your High Elves or Skaven models for even more swag). Either way it should be fun. If you missed the last one you may want to try to stop by

Your Move: Daemons Vs. Space Marines Answer

2010-08-26T17:30:00.001-04:00

Okay we all had some time to think about it. So here are the moves you can make to achieve victory over the Space Marines. Daemons Are Scary The biggest hurdle to winning this game is the rhino lurking on the left. It's unassuming but it can single handily keep the Daemons from winning. Why? Well it can tank shock those infantry units off the objective. So keep that in mind for now. Another

Games Day Golden Demon 40k Winners Video

2010-08-26T11:30:00.000-04:00

Here is some HD video of the Golden Demon winners at US Games Day 2010. Pretty amazing stuff. Congrats to all!

Spikey Bits Monthly Give-Away: Bloodcrusher Winner!

2010-08-25T17:39:00.001-04:00

The appointed time has come, and we have a new winner for the Spikey Bits monthly give-away! Since I have a few more followers now, I had to change up how I selected a winner this time. What I ended up doing was select a finalist at random from each page of followers, and then selected an overall winner from that group of finalists. Spikey Bits August 2010 Give-Away Finalists MorosJosh (just

Hobby Basics: Orky Vehicle Warpaint

2010-08-25T11:30:00.000-04:00

This is a quick and easy method I use for the white warpaint on my orky vehicles. The base coat is a foundation color, which is great for going on over the blue paint of the hulls. Now you don't have to get all fancy and neat and stuff, cause it's the grots that are doing the painting after all. :-) Step One Slap on some Adeptus Battlegrey in basic shape of whatever you want. Here I'm painting

Games Day 2010 Forge World Coverage- Display Cabinet.

2010-08-24T16:00:00.002-04:00

Here is some great coverage of the painted / display model Forge World Cabinets that were at Games Day 2010. A lot of these models were the ones from the Imperial Armor books, and the FW website as well. Very cool! Revising come back soon. Am I the only one that gets all excited to hobby, after seeing stuff like that? -MBG

Thunderwolf Cavalry of Khorne- Bloodcrusher Conversion WIP

2010-08-24T11:30:00.019-04:00

I had been thinking about making some "Chaotic" Thunderwolf Calvary models for awhile now. When I saw the preview models for the Bloodcrushers a few weeks ago, I knew I'd be adding some "space wolf lords" to my Chaos army. So I just got some of the new Bloodcrushers and started converting them up. Here is the work in progress so far. These are the bits I picked out for the project. I'm not

Spikey Bits Monthly Give-Away Drawing Wednesday

2010-08-23T20:00:00.001-04:00

Man time flies! In two days, August 25th to be exact, I will select another blog follower at random to win this box of brand new Bloodcrushers of Khorne. All you have to do to enter, is be a follower of this blog! -MBG