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The Bead Marines were a feasibility experiment I was doing to see what 
materials are possible to be used with GW bitz.  

As I was running out of plastic legs, I used either molded green stuff 
epoxy, or sculpted and superglued the tree sprue materials to make 
rudimentary legs. These types of legs I have tried with previous chapters for "squad 
stuffers" or bulking troops.  Later after I ran out of spare torsos, I 
experimented with various other objects, but I finally settled on the use 
of plastic Necklace beads from the craft store.  As you can see here, all 
the minis use bead torsos and legs mostly of green stuff.  The bases are 
from steel electric circuit box knock-outs.

The Blood Angels captain was a character mini made from a Bead, green 
stuff, steel disc, and various GW Blood Angels Bitz. The cape was made from 
carefully-folded clear plastic packaging material.  I went through further 
steps of using neo magnets for the shoulders and weapons arms.  It is in 
all honesty a semi-passible character mini. Bead marines are probably 
optimum for just plain troop minis.

So guys, If you have lots of excess bits, no need to throw them away.  Just bulk up 
your squads or reserve troops with bead marines.  These are not intended to 
replace official GW minis, but to maximize the consumption of a Modeler's 
or converter's excess bitz pile.  You probably wont be able to use them in 
GW-sponsored tournaments, but at least they shouldn't be a problem for a 
game between two friends.

JD
Image size
3264x2448px 3.24 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot S5 IS
Shutter Speed
1/6 second
Aperture
F/2.7
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
80
Date Taken
Feb 13, 2016, 11:26:21 PM
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