u/Calipso_etereo

Hey! Need help identifying this Space Marine kitbash.

I can’t fully identify this model. My first thought was some kind of Bladeguard Veteran or Lieutenant conversion because of the shield and overall look, but the weapon doesn’t really match anything I recognize. Maybe it’s a full kitbash using multiple kits?

Does anyone know what this model is supposed to be or what kits the parts come from?

Seller listed it as a “Lieutenant”, but I’m trying to figure out what kits the parts actually come from. From what I can tell it might be mostly Assault Intercessor bits with maybe some Bladeguard/Lieutenant pieces mixed in?

The shield especially is throwing me off. Does this come from an official model or is it a full custom build?

Included the extra bits picture too in case it helps identify the sprues.

Te armé algo más natural, medio emocionado y agradecido como alguien entrando al hobby por primera vez. También acomodé algunos nombres y términos para que quede más claro para la gente del foro sin perder tu forma de hablar.

Hoy terminé mi primera miniatura pintada en toda mi vida y honestamente estoy re orgulloso jajaja. Nunca había tocado una mini de Warhammer antes de hace unas semanas y terminé completamente absorbido por el hobby.

La mini empezó siendo una de las figuras demo/de introducción que me regalaron en el local, pero le terminé haciendo un kitbash (creo que se dice así?) usando piezas sobrantes de mi Combat Patrol de Death Guard. Básicamente agarré una mini simple y le fui agregando partes, detalles y cosas mutantes hasta convertirla en algo mucho más “Death Guard”. De paso aprovecho para preguntar si esto sería legal para jugar o si las minis demo tienen alguna restricción rara.

El proceso fue muchísimo más complicado de lo que imaginaba, pero también muchísimo más divertido. Hice la imprimación y la dejé secar unas 24 horas porque tenía terror de arruinar todo antes de empezar. Después mandé base negra con Abaddon Black, más tarde pincel seco blanco para marcar volúmenes, y ahí recién empecé con el Death Guard Green y los detalles. También usé Screamer Pink mezclado con blanco para los tentáculos y Baltasar Gold para las partes metálicas/bronceadas. Después fui limpiando todas las zonas donde me había pasado con otros colores porque me di cuenta rapidísimo que pintar miniaturas es básicamente corregir errores durante horas hasta que mágicamente algo empieza a verse bien.

Lo último que hice fue los huesos/calaveras en blanco y después les mandé muchísimo Agrax Earthshade. Cuando digo muchísimo es MUCHÍSIMO jajaja. Ahí medio improvisé porque no entendía bien cómo se usa. Lo dejé un rato, después saqué excedente con el pincel y esperé a que secara. Honestamente no entiendo todavía cuánto tiempo hay que esperar entre capas o cuándo exactamente retirar el shade, así que cualquier consejo con el Agrax me serviría muchísimo porque siento que lo usé completamente a ciegas. Igual me encantó cómo quedaron los huesos con ese tono medio marrón sucio después del Agrax.

También quiero agradecer muchísimo a toda la gente que me viene ayudando porque entré a este hobby sin entender absolutamente nada. Entre consejos sobre pincel seco, cómo usar una paleta húmeda, respetar tiempos de secado, imprimación, diluir pinturas y hasta qué pinceles usar, siento que aprendí una locura en muy poco tiempo. Empecé usando pinceles baratos 00, 0, 1 y 4, y recién ahora entiendo por qué la gente dice que un pincel bueno cambia todo.

En el local también me están teniendo una paciencia infinita. Literalmente ya me regalaron como 10 Infernus Marines demo para poder armar un escuadrón y empezar a jugar más seguido, así que estoy re agradecido con toda la comunidad porque hasta ahora la experiencia fue buenísima.

Todavía tengo dudas con la peana porque la textura que quedó parece piedra y no sé si pintarla o dejarla así. También me costó muchísimo llegar a algunas zonas de la mini sin manchar todo alrededor, así que si tienen consejos para pintar áreas difíciles o para limpiar restos de pegamento sin destruir la mini los leo totalmente.

Voy a subir fotos de todo el proceso porque honestamente me hace feliz ver cómo pasó de ser una mini negra horrible a algo que realmente parece una mini de Warhammer jajaja. Sé que está lejísimos de estar perfecta, pero para ser la primera miniatura que pinté en mi vida me hace muy feliz cómo quedó.

Y nada, gracias posta por toda la ayuda y cualquier consejo es más que bienvenido porque claramente recién estoy empezando.

Today I finished my first miniature ever painted in my entire life and honestly I’m ridiculously proud of it lol. A few weeks ago I knew absolutely nothing about Warhammer mini painting and now I’m completely obsessed with the hobby.

The miniature started as one of those free/demo introduction minis I got at my local store, but I ended up doing a little kitbash using leftover bits from my Death Guard Combat Patrol. Basically I took a simple model and slowly turned it into something way more disgusting and corrupted looking. Also I wanted to ask if this is actually legal to play with or if demo minis have some weird restriction attached to them.

The whole process was way harder than I expected but also way more fun. I started with primer and let it dry for about 24 hours because I was terrified of ruining everything immediately. Then I did an Abaddon Black base coat, followed by a white drybrush to pick out the volumes before moving into Death Guard Green and the details. I also used Screamer Pink mixed with white for the tentacles and Balthasar Gold for the bronze decorations. After that I spent a good amount of time just fixing all the places where I accidentally painted over other areas because I quickly realized miniature painting is basically making mistakes and correcting them for several hours until somehow it starts looking good.

At the end I painted the skulls and bones white and then absolutely drowned them in Agrax Earthshade. And when I say drowned I REALLY mean drowned lol. I kind of improvised because I still don’t fully understand how shades are supposed to work. I let it sit for a bit, removed some excess with the brush and waited for it to dry. I still don’t really understand the timing for shades or how long I’m supposed to wait between layers, so any advice about using Agrax would genuinely help a lot because I feel like I used it completely blind. Somehow the bones ended up looking pretty cool though with that dirty brown aged effect.

I also seriously want to thank everyone who has been helping me because I entered this hobby knowing absolutely nothing. People have been giving me advice about drybrushing, wet palettes, thinning paints, respecting drying times, primers and even explaining brush sizes and types to me. I started with cheap 00, 0, 1 and 4 brushes and now I finally understand why people say having one good brush changes everything.

The people at my local store have also been incredibly patient with me. They’ve already given me around 10 free Infernus demo marines so I can build a full squad and start playing more often, which honestly made me appreciate the community even more.

I still have no idea what to do with the base because right now the texture kind of looks like stone and I’m not sure if I should paint it or just leave it like that. I also struggled a LOT trying to reach some areas without accidentally painting over nearby details, so if anyone has advice for painting hard-to-reach spots or cleaning leftover glue without damaging the miniature I’d really appreciate it.

I’m going to upload pictures of the whole process because honestly it makes me really happy seeing how it went from looking like an awful black blob to something that actually resembles a Warhammer miniature lol. I know it’s nowhere near perfect, but for my very first mini ever painted I’m genuinely happy with how it turned out.

Anyway thank you all so much for the help so far and I’d love to hear any advice because I’m very clearly just getting started.

Today I finished my first miniature ever painted in my entire life and honestly I’m ridiculously proud of it lol. A few weeks ago I knew absolutely nothing about Warhammer mini painting and now I’m completely obsessed with the hobby.

The miniature started as one of those free/demo introduction minis I got at my local store, but I ended up doing a little kitbash using leftover bits from my Death Guard Combat Patrol. Basically I took a simple model and slowly turned it into something way more disgusting and corrupted looking. Also I wanted to ask if this is actually legal to play with or if demo minis have some weird restriction attached to them.

The whole process was way harder than I expected but also way more fun. I started with primer and let it dry for about 24 hours because I was terrified of ruining everything immediately. Then I did an Abaddon Black base coat, followed by a white drybrush to pick out the volumes before moving into Death Guard Green and the details. I also used Screamer Pink mixed with white for the tentacles and Balthasar Gold for the bronze decorations. After that I spent a good amount of time just fixing all the places where I accidentally painted over other areas because I quickly realized miniature painting is basically making mistakes and correcting them for several hours until somehow it starts looking good.

At the end I painted the skulls and bones white and then absolutely drowned them in Agrax Earthshade. And when I say drowned I REALLY mean drowned lol. I kind of improvised because I still don’t fully understand how shades are supposed to work. I let it sit for a bit, removed some excess with the brush and waited for it to dry. I still don’t really understand the timing for shades or how long I’m supposed to wait between layers, so any advice about using Agrax would genuinely help a lot because I feel like I used it completely blind. Somehow the bones ended up looking pretty cool though with that dirty brown aged effect.

I also seriously want to thank everyone who has been helping me because I entered this hobby knowing absolutely nothing. People have been giving me advice about drybrushing, wet palettes, thinning paints, respecting drying times, primers and even explaining brush sizes and types to me. I started with cheap 00, 0, 1 and 4 brushes and now I finally understand why people say having one good brush changes everything.

The people at my local store have also been incredibly patient with me. They’ve already given me around 10 free Infernus demo marines so I can build a full squad and start playing more often, which honestly made me appreciate the community even more.

I still have no idea what to do with the base because right now the texture kind of looks like stone and I’m not sure if I should paint it or just leave it like that. I also struggled a LOT trying to reach some areas without accidentally painting over nearby details, so if anyone has advice for painting hard-to-reach spots or cleaning leftover glue without damaging the miniature I’d really appreciate it.

I’m going to upload pictures of the whole process because honestly it makes me really happy seeing how it went from looking like an awful black blob to something that actually resembles a Warhammer miniature lol. I know it’s nowhere near perfect, but for my very first mini ever painted I’m genuinely happy with how it turned out.

Anyway thank you all so much for the help so far and I’d love to hear any advice because I’m very clearly just getting started.

Today I finished my first miniature ever painted in my entire life and honestly I’m ridiculously proud of it lol. A few weeks ago I knew absolutely nothing about Warhammer mini painting and now I’m completely obsessed with the hobby.

The miniature started as one of those free/demo introduction minis I got at my local store, but I ended up doing a little kitbash using leftover bits from my Death Guard Combat Patrol. Basically I took a simple model and slowly turned it into something way more disgusting and corrupted looking. Also I wanted to ask if this is actually legal to play with or if demo minis have some weird restriction attached to them.

The whole process was way harder than I expected but also way more fun. I started with primer and let it dry for about 24 hours because I was terrified of ruining everything immediately. Then I did an Abaddon Black base coat, followed by a white drybrush to pick out the volumes before moving into Death Guard Green and the details. I also used Screamer Pink mixed with white for the tentacles and Balthasar Gold for the bronze decorations. After that I spent a good amount of time just fixing all the places where I accidentally painted over other areas because I quickly realized miniature painting is basically making mistakes and correcting them for several hours until somehow it starts looking good.

At the end I painted the skulls and bones white and then absolutely drowned them in Agrax Earthshade. And when I say drowned I REALLY mean drowned lol. I kind of improvised because I still don’t fully understand how shades are supposed to work. I let it sit for a bit, removed some excess with the brush and waited for it to dry. I still don’t really understand the timing for shades or how long I’m supposed to wait between layers, so any advice about using Agrax would genuinely help a lot because I feel like I used it completely blind. Somehow the bones ended up looking pretty cool though with that dirty brown aged effect.

I also seriously want to thank everyone who has been helping me because I entered this hobby knowing absolutely nothing. People have been giving me advice about drybrushing, wet palettes, thinning paints, respecting drying times, primers and even explaining brush sizes and types to me. I started with cheap 00, 0, 1 and 4 brushes and now I finally understand why people say having one good brush changes everything.

The people at my local store have also been incredibly patient with me. They’ve already given me around 10 free Infernus demo marines so I can build a full squad and start playing more often, which honestly made me appreciate the community even more.

I still have no idea what to do with the base because right now the texture kind of looks like stone and I’m not sure if I should paint it or just leave it like that. I also struggled a LOT trying to reach some areas without accidentally painting over nearby details, so if anyone has advice for painting hard-to-reach spots or cleaning leftover glue without damaging the miniature I’d really appreciate it.

I’m going to upload pictures of the whole process because honestly it makes me really happy seeing how it went from looking like an awful black blob to something that actually resembles a Warhammer miniature lol. I know it’s nowhere near perfect, but for my very first mini ever painted I’m genuinely happy with how it turned out.

Anyway thank you all so much for the help so far and I’d love to hear any advice because I’m very clearly just getting started.

Hey, I’m pretty new to Warhammer and Kill Team, so sorry if this is a basic question.

I’ve been offered a Gellerpox Infected set (and possibly some other Kill Team boxes) for really cheap, and I’m trying to figure out if it’s actually worth picking up. From what I understand, these are mainly for Kill Team, but I’m more interested in eventually playing regular Warhammer 40,000. The thing is, I couldn’t really find proper datasheets or clear info on how (or if) they translate into 40k.

Can these units be used in 40k in any viable way, like as part of Chaos Daemons or Death Guard, or are they basically locked to Kill Team? Also, in general, are Kill Team boxes a good starting point if my goal is to slowly build a 40k army, or should I avoid them and focus on proper 40k kits instead?

I don’t mind using them as proxies or for casual play, but I’d like to know how “legal” or practical they are in standard 40k. Thanks!

I’m from Latin America, and getting into Warhammer here is noticeably harder compared to other regions.

It’s not really about lack of interest (there’s a growing community, local stores, painters, and even small tournaments) but the main issue is accessibility. Prices are high, availability is inconsistent, and most people rely on imports or resellers just to get started. In other regions, there are partwork-style collections run under license by companies like Editorial Salvat in collaboration with Games Workshop. These collections slowly build armies with miniatures, paints, and guides, making the hobby much easier to approach for beginners. That model already exists and works in several countries, so it’s not something hypothetical.

Here, that kind of entry point simply doesn’t exist, and it really shows when trying to bring new people into the hobby.

👉 https://c.org/vsRQmzQZ2P

Just sharing this as a perspective from outside the main markets; curious if other regions have similar experiences with accessibility.

Vengo a pedirles ayuda con algo bastante simple pero que podría ayudar mucho al hobby en esta parte del mundo.

Meterse en Warhammer en Latinoamérica suele ser complicado, no porque no haya interés, sino porque empezar es caro y poco accesible. Mucha gente quiere entrar, pero el golpe inicial de precio y la falta de opciones más “amigables” hace que se quede en el camino.

En otros países, Editorial Salvat saca colecciones por fascículos que básicamente solucionan eso. Te dejan empezar de a poco, con miniaturas, pinturas y guías, sin tener que gastar todo de una. Son, literalmente, una puerta de entrada al hobby. Acá no existen, y se nota.

Si algo así llegara a Latinoamérica, no solo ayudaría a los que ya estamos, sino que permitiría que mucha más gente se meta. Más jugadores, más jugadores pintando, más mesas armadas, más comunidad en general. Es de esas cosas que hacen crecer el hobby de verdad y generan un cambio importante no solo en la comunidad de warhammer sino en la comunidad de rol en general.

Hoy en dia esto y muchos otros productos de estas editoriales no estan llegando, porque creen que no hay mercado, pero estan terriblemente equivocados, los argentinos reciben muy bien los productos de salvat, incluso fuimos campo de prueba para varios coleccionables o armables importantes que llegaron recientemente a esta parte del mundo.

Por eso armamos una petición para ver si se puede empujar un poco la idea:

👉 https://c.org/vsRQmzQZ2P

Si te parece que algo así sumaría, una firma o una compartida ayuda bastante y no te toma mas de dos minutos. Y si tenés alguna idea de dónde más moverla, también viene genial para poder llegar a muchos mas usuarias.

También estamos enviando mails y mensajes en redes a Salvat para que se den cuenta de que hay interés real. Incluso varios locales ya se comunicaron con ellos, pero todavía no hay respuesta. Hoy es por esta comunidad, pero mañana puede que vos necesites el apoyo de la gente, y ahí van a estar para bancarte. Hagamos que esto genere un cambio real.