Caleb Dillon, Author at Spikey Bits - Page 4 of 5

Everyone and their battle-brother wants to load up on Gravity guns these days. Here is how to do on on a budget without buying bits from a third party vendor. Yes, there are some great bits out there, but this is a DIY article.

Burn baby burn! How to make those engines pop on the table!Hey guys, Caleb with White Metal Games here. I recently had a chance to work on a Storm Eagle for a client. Like it’s baby brother, the Eagle has some impressive looking Vtrol engines on it with some kicking afterburners! The client expressed an […]

For such an popular model in game, it sure wouldn’t kill GW to have a farseer on jetbike model! Guess we’ll we’ve have to improvise.Hey guys, Caleb with White Metal Games here, with another fun conversion. This time, a farseer on jetbike! With the exception of the Chapterhouse Farseer on jetbike compatible kit, I don’t […]

That is the question. So . . . what’s the answer? Greetings fellow wargamers! Caleb with White Metal Games here. Recently I was sent a Stormeagle by a client with the desired goal to magnetize all the options available. No problem. As as studio, I have to be willing to magnetize options for clients. It’s […]

Ladies and Gentlemen of the court! I object!Greetings fellow wargamers! Caleb with White Metal Games here. So I was chatting with my buddy the other day . . . well, truth be told I was losing to my buddy the other day . . when he brought up the centurion, spec. the devastators. You know, the model […]

You may remember the article I did back in early summer about putting legs on a Lord of Skulls and making it walk. Well Caleb from White Metal Games made his version using some alternate plastic legs that once chaosed up I think will look great. He just did a video showing of his conversion, and […]

Like the Joker said . . . “If you’re good at something, never do it for free.” Hey, if it works for the Joker, it should work for miniature painting/commission services. The trick is how to you determine if someone is indeed GOOD at something. Good is such a speculative word. Maybe what I look […]

Greetings everyone: I was going to post an article today about the differences between blending and the more common wet blending. I wanted to talk about this because although wet blending is a very common technique, no one out there (on the forums, etc) seemed to be talking about just basic BLENDING. To be clear, […]

Greetings fellow wargamers! Since the release of the Khorne Lord of Skulls about a week ago, the internet has been a buzz with conversion gossip. The kit is just ripe for kit bashing, and like most enthusiasts out there I couldn’t wait to get it on my workbench. In expectation of the release, MBG over […]

 Time is money, after all, or so they say.So I’m a power tool kinda guy. I like anything that saves me time. Most power tools that I use run less then $150 bucks and for the time they save me I feel that purchase price is generally well worth the time saved. And if time […]

Greetings fellow wargamers! My buddy Spence recently acquired a Wraithknight model for his Dark Eldar/allied Eldar army. I mean, how could he resist? At nearly 9″ tall, this model could punt a carnifex like a football. In a rare shift for GW, the kit contains 4 different arms to explore all the different options for […]

Greetings fellow wargamers! What do you do when life gives you lemons? Make lemonade. So what do you do with GW gives you a plague drone? Easy, you make a fly prince of Nurgle! For the most part, this was a no nonsense conversion, simple and direct. We swapped the standard wings with the fly […]

Greetings fellow wargamers! Since the Balrog figured was released by GW post the LOTR release, it’s always been one of those figures near and dear to my heart. The Balrog itself is intimidating enough. The figure is posed mid stride, fire literally marking it’s passage. And for $50 some odd dollars, even by today’s standard […]

Greetings from Terra! I have an extra special treat for your today, fellow wargamers! By now I’m sure most of you seen the concept art for the Golden Throne from the inside cover of the 5th Ed. 40k rulebook. If not, then just follow the link!  This art was so icon, so inspiring, that I […]

Greetings fellow wargamers! I’ve been playing Tyranids a LONG time, and by a long time I mean since the mid 90’s, back when the 2nd edition codex first reared it’s head! I can still remember that purple binding! I’ve been in love with the Great Devourer since it first began its consumption of the universe. […]

Greetings fellow wargamers! When GW first released their Blight Drones at the release of the Chaos Daemons codex, I knew there was conversion gold potential in the product! My mind was swimming with visions of Fly Princes of Nurgle, Beasts of Nurgle, Spawn, and Drones! I was struck by how similar the basic shapes of […]

Greetings fellow wargamers! A few months ago the conversion bug bit me and bit me hard. I had purchased the FW Blood Slaughterer of Khorne on ebay, which comes with several extra bits. I thought about using them on a Daemon Prince or Helbrute, but I wanted to do something a bit more grande and […]

Insects have always been a prevalent theme in the world of Nurgle. Normally flies are the name of the game, but I’ve never felt like it was mutually exclusive. For many years I’ve been experimenting with the form of the Preying Mantis, using it for models such as Daemon Princes or the like.Often when a […]