Kitbashing a Baneblade from a $17 toy

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Kitbashing a Baneblade from a $17 toy

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Күн бұрын

I got distracted from making ruins by a kitbash project that was itching my brain- I made this Baneblade (or rather its variant, the Stormlord) out of a toy that I bought at TJ Maxx. Here's a little overview of the build and a few tips and tricks that I used to get it all put together.
This tank will be part of the backbone of my (Nurgle worshipping, chaos aligned) traitor Astra Militarum army that I have begun to build. I plan on making nearly the entire army as either scratch builds, kitbashes, or at the very least conversions of existing models.
I promise, the ruins are getting embellished in the next video! I can stop myself from finishing the second baneblade bash long enough to work on some terrain!
Welcome to my channel where I am logging my efforts to increase my hobby skills as I reenter the world of tabletop wargaming. Having some old skills but little in the way of terrain and tools, I will be building up a collection over time and trying to show you how to make budget-friendly sci-fi terrain that looks good for your games of Warhammer 40k, Necromunda, Kill Team, Star Wars Legion, or whatever it is that you happen to play.

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@urzmontst.george6314 8 ай бұрын

"Took a piece of plasitcard, aka a yard sign..."You get a sub for that comment alone. Also, this is totally sweet.

@green_zebra_crafting 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@rileyernst9086 6 ай бұрын

It's always a bit iffy until that primer coat is on, and it ties everything together. Like magic. Great work.

@green_zebra_crafting 6 ай бұрын

That's so true, I've done a few conversions that I just wasn't sure about until I got that first base coat of paint down. Thank you!

@zeterzero4356 8 ай бұрын

I like it better than the actual baneblade. Nice build. Has given me some really good ideas.

@green_zebra_crafting 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

@colonelturmeric558 5 ай бұрын

Tamiya ww2 tanks in 1/32 work really well, although the king tiger ends up on the high end of the size spectrum

@colonelturmeric558 5 ай бұрын

Awesome! I made a stormlord myself from a tamiya 1/32 churchill, used the mega bolter bit from my baneblade kit sprue and a bit of plasticard to get it on the turret, then cut the engine deck out and made a plasticard firing deck with a hatch to go into the hold, and had the heavy bolters mounted in the hull and as a remote roof mount. Still my proudest kitbash and serves my ww2 commonwealth guard regiment well to this day

@green_zebra_crafting 5 ай бұрын

Love that! I'm a big fan of scale military models and I'm actually working on some 1/35 sci-fi figure kitbashes right now... admittedly they're pretty low on the priority list to get finished though. My second baneblade kitbash actually uses the same main tank that this one did, but with the top bit of an M3 melded into the hull

@Roymantic 8 ай бұрын

The melted Turret just made it more DeathGuardly

@tremolo_painter 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely - it looks like it has seen some action, and had some quick patching done to it!

@freireisender2 6 ай бұрын

...and a greater demon of fur. Nice

@patchcoatgrey3434 6 ай бұрын

All hail the greater daemon of fur

@DontRightlyCare 6 ай бұрын

Mate. I have such a passing interest in 40k, but I'm so glad The Algorithm recommended this! Keep it up, brother.

@green_zebra_crafting 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Cadiangrunt99 6 ай бұрын

I love this

@johncolvin2754 6 ай бұрын

Aghhhh fire up the mega bolter a giant chaos beast!

@Abyssinian654 6 ай бұрын

Okay, this was genius!! You have a new sub! ... also, give that greater demon of fur some pets and treats for me.

@green_zebra_crafting 6 ай бұрын

Will do, Thank you!

@hi_im_envy 6 ай бұрын

this video brings me back to being a kid and trawling warseer to see all the scratch built tanks and everything :)

@green_zebra_crafting 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I also used to dig through the dakkadakka forums a lot for this sort of thing

@rileyernst9086 6 ай бұрын

A neat conversion!I quite like the turret building technique. I imagine that foam + putty could work really well if you want a big cast style turret. I personally rescued a half converted baneblade from ebay. Then spent about the same amount of money I had saved making it into a real beast.

@green_zebra_crafting 6 ай бұрын

Yeah sometimes these projects get a bit pricier than expected, but hey at least it got you something unique instead of paying that money to get the same baneblade that everyone else puts on a table You're right this would probably ly be great for cast turrets. I'm thinking in the future I'm going to use the foam to build the main blocks of something like a leman russ and then use plasticard/printed parts/the bits box to enclose and embellish it.

@rileyernst9086 6 ай бұрын

@@green_zebra_crafting Hell yeah! My baneblade is a monster in comparison to a vanillablade. Looking forwards to seeing more projects!

@danmorgan3685 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the plasticard tip. I figure roughing it up with some really fine steel wool will allow it to take paint better.

@green_zebra_crafting 6 ай бұрын

It does help! I've started using fine sandpaper and the like for the same purpose since posting this video, it helps a ton

@bradpresley84 7 ай бұрын

Also subbing and leaving a comment for the yard sign tip alone. Sometimes youtube gives you gold.

@josephmoustakyrossketter1532 6 ай бұрын

really nice kitbash!

@samanthalacroix2687 6 ай бұрын

THE TANK ROCKS!!! I have to got a couple of those kits for my guard and traitor guard armies. I can't 3D print a Baneblade tank that cheap short of using supper crappy sub-par resin and not having a massive print fail. (never happens with that stuff) I do print a lot of my stuff but I will ALLWAYS go for a kitbash any day of the week. There is just something awesome about taking a this and turning it into a kick A that! I loved it that you said you were a kit bashing and scenery guy and not a high end painter. We all paint but we are not all master painters. Personally, I have far more fun making the stuff than I do painting it.

@green_zebra_crafting 6 ай бұрын

Yeah painting is certainly my least favorite part of the hobby, I'm always looking for the best way to paint something "good enough, quickly" so I can move on to the next game or kitbash

@swakage13x 9 ай бұрын

I use those exact nail files for my Gundam models lol Also for the damage that was done by the spray paint to the turret, Cut some Cracks or more dents into it And say it's battle damage from a previous fight

@green_zebra_crafting 7 ай бұрын

That seems to be a popular opinion about the turret. I'm really glad that I shared this because it's a fresh perspective that I hadn't considered while I was just seeing "a mistake that I made" and now I'm going to lean into the Battle damage aspect when I revisit this model to do weathering. Thank you!

@earlware4322 6 ай бұрын

@@green_zebra_craftingYeah, I learned this trick from back in my tank modeling days (decades ago now...damn I'm getting old 🫤). Anyway, as long as the damage isn't structural it can be turned into "battle damage". A little dry brush, some weathering powders and viola, one tough sob tank that survived its previous encounter with the bad guys.

@metajock 9 ай бұрын

Sweet build.

@cerisekappes580 9 ай бұрын

Looking good!!! Maybe add some weathering to make the small dent look purposeful? Looking forward to seeing more videos 😊😊😊

@green_zebra_crafting 9 ай бұрын

Good idea, some blast damage could certainly do the job and I haven't done any weathering work yet so I can make sure it blends in when I get to that point

@cerisekappes580 8 ай бұрын

@@green_zebra_crafting awesome!

@eetennak966 8 ай бұрын

Tjis is exactly what i want to see on yt. Thanks!!!❤❤❤

@Chaossidy-117 6 ай бұрын

A sub for chaos and new chaos content! Awesome job man. This video made me realize i should save my sons military toys of this size when he outgrows them, which sadly will be sooner than I probably realize haha.

@green_zebra_crafting 6 ай бұрын

It does happen quickly. I used one of my son's broken old tanks for the top part of the hull on my other baneblade kitbash

@dimensiontheprotogenuwu2505 6 ай бұрын

dont worry that can be battle damage

@benscerri6472 6 ай бұрын

Wait... The US Army officially licenses _toys_?! That's _wild_.

@green_zebra_crafting 6 ай бұрын

It's really something, isn't it? I have to assume that it's part of their long term recruiting strategy... make the army cool and fun for kids so it's easier to convince them to join up as teens. The army also used to have officially licensed paintball gun, the innards were all Tippmann brand so they were good reliable markers and you could get them at a decent discount if you didn't mind buying the version that had army logos all over it

@takedasamurai238 6 ай бұрын

epic

@joshuafrantz8306 22 күн бұрын

This man looks like he could be related to ninjon

@flindude2681 6 ай бұрын

This is a gimik joke but it is a serious good idea for any hobbyist who wants to save money.

@ChaseDaOrk3767 7 ай бұрын

I'm kinda wanting to convert a toy tank into an Ork Killtank. Also where can I find some plastic yard signs?

@green_zebra_crafting 7 ай бұрын

I get mine from walmart in the hardware department, but they're usually available in any hardware store as well. Some smaller shops have switched to cardstock but most big box stores still sell the plastic ones. At least in the US. Toybashing ork vehicles is wicked fun, if you haven't seen them yet you should look up Scratch Bashing on youtube, he does a ton of ork builds

@armin8306 9 ай бұрын

This is really awesome. I might need to check my own tj Maxx. Do you happen to know the brand of it?

@green_zebra_crafting 9 ай бұрын

I'm not sure, all of the branding just showed US Army logos so I assume they paid extra to keep the manufacturer from putting their logo on it, didn't think to check the fine print or licensing info on the box though. If I come across another I'll check the box and update

@anno-fw7xn 6 ай бұрын

Intersting video and build, but the music is a litte to loude!

@green_zebra_crafting 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I don't usually put music in and didn't think I had quite balanced it correctly so I'm glad for the feedback

@Waltusb0yuas 6 ай бұрын

Awsome

@SonySteals 6 ай бұрын

Really nice looking bash but that’s actually an expensive toy I have to admit. Including the extra stuff? Man, that’s not a cheap stuff.

@green_zebra_crafting 6 ай бұрын

Well the savings of a 17 dollar toy vs a 170 dollar official baneblade are huge even if you need to spend a few more bucks to finish it up- and having a lot of the extra bits on hand is just part of being a hobbyist anyway- I didn't need to buy a land raider for those sponson weapons, I had them in the bits box from the last raider kit I built. The one tube of modeling putty will last me probably years, the yard sale sign was 2 bucks and will be used in several projects, the foam was an offcut from making my game table, the chaos bits are again from the bits box since I've been playing chaos for years and don't throw a ton of sigils on any one model. The list goes on but this build really cost me less than 30 bucks including the materials that I'll keep using beyond this build. Not to mention, sometimes the bash isn't only about saving money- sometimes you just want a unique model.

@tabletopwarrior 5 ай бұрын

don't they have the rule that you cant use that in tournament play?

@green_zebra_crafting 5 ай бұрын

That's usually true, luckily I'm one of the dozens of people who don't play tournaments

@LordNerfherder 6 ай бұрын

I strongly recommend NOT buying forgeworld kits but buying resin knockoffs, 3d print or kitbashing as 500$ for a poor resin forgeworld kit really isnt realistic. The one I received was crooked and required hours and hours to get to a reasonable state and a lot of it had to be remodeled with greenstuff or kitbashing to even fit together.

@green_zebra_crafting 6 ай бұрын

That has also largely been my experience with any GW or forgeworld resin, sadly. But luckily the opportunities for kitbashing and modelling from other sources are endless!

@h.s.lafever3277 7 ай бұрын

thats an odd placement for those two tow hooks....

@green_zebra_crafting 7 ай бұрын

It sure is! I wish that I had a clever answer, probably something along the lines of "Don't forget that this thing is a massive moving fortress, putting the tow hooks on the far ends from each other would actually make them TOO far apart for towing normal sized vehicles, and it's ok that they're off center because the enormous mass of a Baneblade would prevent, say, a Rhino or Chimera from being able to pull it off-kilter due to uneven tow hooks" But the real reason is that I didn't really think about it while greebling lol. Paying more attention to these sort of details is a goal of mine, since it will improve my ability to make good looking models. I did make the tow hooks on the next Baneblade build a bit more evenly placed than these ones were. Thanks for watching!

@redgreen09 6 ай бұрын

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