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a lesson I've learned playing the Greenskins: depends on how many bonus bits your army gives you. Most Space Marines, particularly Thousand Sons, and Orks give you legitimate bits *fodder* while other armies barely have weapon options. You want to make a new Ork character? steal random mechanical bitz from your bitz box to make legs since you'll probably have random heads, arms, and torsos to make the rest of it, and boom, an extra 70 points out of random bullshit. You wanna make an extra Genestealer Cultist? Buy a Necromunda gang. It's cheaper than the actual kit, but not by much. Most armies are somewhere in the middle where you can't just randomly generate a new unit, but you get *enough* bits to at least customize the ones you already bought with bits you already have.

For my own kitbashing I seek out stores that have bitz bins, and bitz lots on ebay. Typically I find I can get a ziplock baggie (~3oz) worth of bitz for 30-40$. They tend to be fully random, but searching in this way comes up with things like people trying to get rid of huge bags of bitz for pretty cheap. Then my kitbashes tend to be more of a discovery than a specific goal and I get to keep the extras until the day when I do want to be more specific.

My Wallet hurt watching this video. Great job!

I love the honesty at the end - you just do what you love, and that's beautiful <3

I just wanted to let you know this I've never seen such unique and creative models in this quantity before.

I started 40k and modeling in general less than two years ago and I’ve managed to do several kitbash/conversions already. I found a RUclips channel that had tutorials for several Necron kitbashes and was able to follow those very easily with my own little changes in order to make Acanthrites and a Tomb Sentinel/Stalker out of a single kit of Canoptek Wraiths each. I can find the channel and post a link if anyones interested. I also have done two Necron character entirely on my own. I was looking at the sprues for the Combat Patrol and realized I could make a Skorpekh Lord by cutting the legs off the Overlord and replacing them with legs from one of the Skorpekhs. I gave him a third arm by cutting the blade off of a Skorpekh’s arm and used the extra talons from the aforementioned wraith kit to make a claw on the arm and slapped an extra Tomb Blade’s gun on his other arm. Also currently finishing up the build on an Overlord who I replaced his legs with a Wraith’s tail to make a snake man! Finally I also gave my Custodes Shield Captains the ability to be run as Blade Champions. I had already magnetized them but got power swords from my friends Dark Angles bits and was able to add those to their weapon options.

I used to be torn on recast models but I recently bought 4 oop models and 2 upgrades for $70 US. The 1 upgrade on EBay is going for $150! And it’s literally the only one I could find. I’m nuts about the hobby but not that nuts

This was a really fun video. Unfortunately I’m getting the urge to buy a bunch of bits now.

Good to know I'm not the only person who deals with their crippling addiction this way.

I been collecting since 1987 and kit bashing is also my passion. etsy is also a great source for bits. I miss when GW sold every models bits out of a super huge catalog! I build a double decker snotling pump wagon as one of the things i made. I order so much the (placed my orders via phone to England) the staff all knew me when I called in! they also put in a lot of extras like two hand full of snotlings and they were really nice guys ! Sad this went the way of the dodo bird!

I recommend Archie’s forge for parts as well

great video you have a soothing voice

Man, your work is so inspiring. If only I didn't want to have a playable force asap XD

recasting is also a good way of buying resin kits

Brilliant video! Your kitbashing ideas are crazy n I love it!!! Thank you for the info on bits sites :)

I glued a skull to a Crypt Flayer’s shoulder and put Morbheg Knight heads on Crypt Guard so I’m kind of an official kitbasher now. (Morbheg Knights and Crypt Guard have perfectly interchangeable heads)

For the body of the centurion marshal maybe try the endless spells wildfire taurus or the beastman cygor head.

My boy perturabo got massacred 😢

I've heard that Bitzbox are pretty good ;)

Wooooow. These are sick

I've fallen asleep thinking about my kitbashes more than once XD

I love your work. What you do is truly inspiring😊

Your channel is criminally underrated.

Have you ever done any Night Lords kitbashes?

Aw… bits were scare. Now you ruined it for those of use who knew… 😂

I once did a cheap kitbash and would like to share my method. Buy a box of 10 gw standard sisters of battle. And a box of 20 shield wolf minatures sisters. I used the standard gw sisters box to build a superior and 9 bolt guns or 8 bolt guns and heavy bolter. I then used the remaining 12 special weapons and the machine gun parts in shield wolf minaturesbox to do 3 dominion Squads of 5. A box of 20 shield wolf sisters costs less than a box of gw sisters. Using these models with spare games workshop weapons will save you a ton of money

such a valuable video, this is rad

i got into building and painting my first army recently and was struggling with finding bit to kitbash with so this will help a ton, thanks man

15 years and you don't game? I've been in the hobby two years and contemplating doing solo games because of the itch to play some games with my minis.

I usually buy whole boxes instead of separate bits, but from the second hand market and independent stores so way cheaper than actual GW anyway. And then I mix the bits as I see fitting, like you I have a lot of projects at the same time so there's always a use for everything! Very informative video, I will check the bits stores as my method invariably leaves me with way more heads and arms than bodies to put them on.