I've got to admit that I've always considered Centurions to be absolutely goofy-looking. However, and I'm happy to say, you've turned them into something that actually looks great!
Thank you mate! Yes they certainly had a goofiness about them! I did the best I could whilst keeping things fairly simple! 😅 thanks for the kind feedback 🙏
Yes I know what you mean - I considered the custodian guard swords but they are quite unusual - I may revisit it though! Thanks for taking the time to watch and share your thoughts mate 👍
Thank you so much for doing this! I've only seen one other upscale video and it was very vague about the details, but basically the same idea using green stuff and plasticard. I've got 2 kits on the side waiting (also with Gravis heads) until I figure out my final plan. This was a great help to see it played out. Thanks!
I’m very glad if anything proves useful mate and I really hope whatever route you take with your own centurions ends up great! Thank you for taking the time to watch and provide feedback, it is much appreciated 🙏
Really cool mate, I converted mine a while ago with spare parts and also did the legs, but this is way easier and looks fantastic, awesome as always brother 👍
Thank you brother - it’s pure laziness that prevents me from doing anything more complex! 😄 I’d love to see how yours turned out mate - did you do a video or was it a personal project?
@@maddokminisHaha, I get that. They turned put great either way man. It was a personal project. I can take some foto's and send them to you. Do you have fb or Instagram?
@@alrethianscraftsbattles yeah I would love to see them! - I’m not on insta or facebook sadly! I do have an email address in the main channel description - no pressure at all though brother would just be interested to see your take on them! 🙂
For my centurions, I essentially took your aggressor fix and reversed it, giving the centurions back-attached belt feeds for their heavy bolters (I used spare resin ones from the heresy to get exactly the right bend) which fits with their massive bulk. I also gave them an aggressor style hood cowling to really complete the ~starcraft~ heavy armour look, and added a MK VII style gorget with greenstuff to complement the added helmet height and really sell the "massive frontal armour" style. Admittedly they did basically end up looking like a different kind of terminator, almost a saturnine pattern.
Sounds awesome 👍 photos of projects always welcome via my email in the channel description! The primary thing that bugged me about the originals were the proportions! 😱 thank you for watching mate and for sharing your insights 🙏
Very very good! - im just about to start on my own centurions - also going for a full crest on their helmets because - centurions, gotta look centurion :D Like the subtle conversions, that actually makes a lot of sense.
Thank you mate I really appreciate the positive feedback. Yes there are quite a few of these chonky boys! 15 in total! That’s why it took a while to get the video out 😅 thanks for the support brother 👍
@@maddokminis I was really surprised how well the changes you made worked. I never really had a problem with the centurions and the way they looked other than the fact they looked slightly goofy but your ones look a lot better
@@maddokminis Welcome. Thanks for the idea of making them taller. If I ever get any I want to make it so I can swap their weapons, and making them taller will certainly make them more imposing.
i've seen a lot of centurion fixing videos and they all bring good ideas this brings unique assault drills and they are amazing now i want to build the kit and do the drills thanks for sharing, love it
No problem! The nice thing is that you can definitely get better sized (smaller) drywall anchors than the ones I used - which would make for a much better looking conversion! 😅 thanks for taking the time to watch and comment 🙏
I've converted heatherly with my centurions as well to where I have a knight squad done up one with a halberd one with a sword and shield and then one that has a fail mace use a lot of grey knights, dark Angels and deathwing night bits for them great video keep it up
Thank you mate , I’m glad you enjoyed it. One thing I’ll say for the centurions is that they are a pretty decent kit - I mean they are quite easy to convert and tinker with 🙂 I do like the sound of your knights 👍 thanks for tuning in brother 🙏
Wow! I like the original Centurions, but these are nice conversions. Especially like the way you fixed the heavy bolters, because i also felt the drum-magazines were handing way too close to the ground!
Also, i definitely need to look into Zinge's flexible ammo belts. I recently did a trial order from them of some wrapped wires and studs and despite being completely scalped by the customs with their taxes and 'administration' fees, i'm definitely wanting to make another order of some other stuff
Ladies and gentlemen, this distinguished man thought that we wouldn't notice yet another interesting and helpful video, hah. Ngl, thank you for the amazing content, it's wonderful 👏☺
Outstanding work, Mate! Those screw anchored versions would be ideal on an Imperial Fists Centurion; since they are masters of siege warfare. I really like your choice of color scheme, as well. Cheers!
You are very kind good sir! 🙂 thank you for the positive feedback and I’m glad you liked the drills! 😄 the colours of my homebrew chapter are quite basic but easy and quick to paint up! Thanks for the support mate 🙏
7:50 That is the money shot right there! Looks so much better like this! Those oversized drills remind me of the "Big Daddy" from the video game "Bioshock".
@@maddokminis Thank you for making the video. I have seen others converting the Centurions, but they usually lengthen the legs. Your method seems simpler, easier, and looks very good!
Those Knight versions look fantastic, it would be great to have them actually weilding a huge sword/axe/mace in the powerfist hand (as silly as that sounds), the shield being underslung looks spot on though.
Thank you - I did attempt this but it was a bit beyond my skill level as not all the fists are actually closed meaning some work with green stuff would have been needed. Thank you for taking the time to watch mate 🙂👍
I've had the idea of doing the astartes in this unique under armour as a seperate troop. Effectively cutting their legs out the armour and fitting them with replacement torsos and arms to look like they had to abandon their suits.
this was a great video to show how to mod the Centurions, especially the comparrisson with the modded and the original one side by side. I feel the same with them being to short for the armor, and will most likely do the same mods you show here. I just wanna mention that a link to the Zinge Industries page with the flex ammoband might help others also. :)
Thank you 🙂 I’m glad you liked the results. It sounds like you are on a similar wave length to me with regard to the centurions! As for a link, I actually bought mine years ago on eBay. I’m never sure whether or not to include product links as some people have complained to me about not being able to order from their countries. One guy even got really annoyed with me because his malware kept blocking him from a website I linked 🤷🏼♂️🤣 thank you for taking the time to watch mate 🙏
I really like (and have done the same) conversion that Jay ovr at Eons of battle did with his Centurions in his "FIXING the Most HATED Space Marines" video. Its alot more work than this and I can't really recomend it to everyone, but I really do think its the best way to fix the unit and makes them truey massive. I play mine as agressors on 40mm bases. Your method is quite a nice middle ground in terms of the effort needed, not exactly 20% 80%, but definitely alot better than the default way of assembleing the unit :) Really like the default heads they come with tho, really uniqe to the unit. Oh and btw, if you want to reduce how much the miliput "slips",, just pin the parts in place! Means the joint will be alot stronger and should more or less stop it moving around.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts mate. Yes I saw the video you mention and they are very nice but it was way too involved for me personally (especially as I had 15 suits to do) I thought about pinning but in the end decided against as it just added another step and I had lots of them to get through 🙂 thank you for tuning in brother 👍
Really like this conversion! As someone who both loves and hates the Centurion design, I feel like it really helped. It's still distinctly a Centurion, but many of the issues have been greatly reduced - and without an excessively complicated set of modifications. Regarding the milliput, have you tried mixing it with Green Stuff? I find that combination works really well - as a gap filler, adhesive, and even for casting duplicate parts if you've got any Blue Stuff (or its equally good no-name versions) for casting molds.
I haven’t tried it although I have heard of the technique - I should probably give it a go sometime 🙂 thank you for the kind feedback. It sounds like you were in a similar place to me with your thoughts on the centurions 😄 glad you enjoyed the video mate and many thanks for taking the time to watch and comment 🙏
@@maddokminis Well, true thanks go to you for making it! The knight build, in particular, is a standout! It actually makes me tempted to return to my old Grey Knights army; though, for the sake of sanity, I should probably stick to my ongoing band of renegades xD
The Centurions are actually are my favorite Space Marine Model except maybe the Apothecary Biologis. I even got 5 Boxes of them right here on my desk ;D Im interested in what your ideas are so Lets see. Edit: Very inspiring! The Drills are a Bit goofy but I think that actually makes the better. The assault cannons are just Chefs kiss! I actually have a nice Idea what im going to do with my leftover drills from the Kit. An Iron warrior Maulerfiend Conversion with the Drills in its mouth
Sorry just caught the edit - that sounds like an amazing use for the leftover drills mate. I’m glad you liked my take on things - even if the drills are a little over the top! 🤣 thanks for watching 🙏
@@maddokminis Oh and im sorry I forgot to answer! There isnt an apothecary centurion even though that would be badass! I just wanted to say that my favorite Space Marine Kit is either the Centurion Assault Squad or the Apothecary Biologis as seen in the Leviathan Box
🤣 yeah sorry about that - I have a bit of a slow turnaround for making videos! 😅 hope you like them mate and many thanks for watching and commenting! 👍
Regarding the first mod: Centurions are just additional armor a SapceMarine put on. So what you did with the height modification is sawing a Space Marine in half or better stretch his abdomen about a meter :D Nonetheless, I love the weapon modifications! As I am planning to get a squad of Centurions for my Death Watch, I may adapt some of your mods for them as well!
To be fair the firstborn don’t really have abdomens! 😄 I am merely providing a valuable service to the imperium by supplying them with one! 😉 seriously though, the new proportions make me so much happier 🙂 I do hope some of the weapon stuff is useful to you mate and thank you for taking the time to tune in! 👍
These are way easier then the way I've been doing them lol and they look pretty good. I've been like removing the chest launchers to narrow the chest, using old terminator legs and adding armor over those and making like servo arms for counts as hurricane bolters. And making them have five fingers. 😂
Wow! Hats off to you for the commitment brother 🫡 as you’ve figured out I’m all for keeping things simple! 😅 thanks so much for watching and sharing your thoughts 👍
@@maddokminis I overdid them lol... I saw the idea somewhere a while ago. Then decided to make some gun harnesses. But I definitely am having a hard time wanting to finish my squad of 3.
Definitely better heavy Bolter. I'd wondered about a belt feed running behind the model to it's back but outta my conversion league. Edit... just watched the rest of the video. Off to Zinge I go 😂 Also Pity the legs aren't posable.
People do some crazy conversations with the legs but it’s far too much effort for me!! 😄 I hope you get on well with the Zinge belt feeds 👍 thanks for watching!
So for me I prefer the original ..the ones that look like they are meant for first born space marines ..it being an exo suit and not another power armour trying to emulate a shiny lanky human shape ....whilst i think those variations could be good for a primaris version ....I won't be converting my 21 centurions. I've seen conversions like this before for them but I'm always happy to see any variations ..just ...you've also now got a stretched marine in Mk7 or 8 power armour ...in the back
I've found that the sisters of battle paragon warsuits kit has some really nice swords. They scale well with the new terminator models, so may work with the centurian kits? While I like the centurian models, I struggle with the arms - the powerfists with underslung weaponry just look too cartoony. If you were going to replace the arms, what kit would you consider looking too?
Oooh that’s an interesting idea about the swords! I’ll have to look into it 🙂 I do know what you mean about the original arms. As for what could replace them I’m not sure 🤷🏼♂️ maybe some combination of terminator and kataphron sevitor arms 😬 thank you for taking the time to watch and comment 👍
Even vanilla Centrurions, while somewhat goofy, still look less silly than Primaris Aggressors and Inceptors, in my opinion. I don't know what one would have to do with them to make them look good.
Well, if you haven’t already, you could always check out my videos that attempt exactly that! Can promise you’ll like them but you may get some entertainment! 😄 thank you for tuning in! 👍
@@maddokminis just watched it! Still not too happy with the whole design idea, but it's already miles better than whatever GW managed to come up with. But Inceptors may be the worst offenders. They're just too chonky and silly to be flying. Maybe if they had regular jump packs... still, their guns...
I wonder if you could get a better close combat weapon for one of these out of the ambot kits, or if one of the genestealer kits has a better sized drill. I've always disliked the implementation of the centurions, but they almost feel like the old space marine/rouge trader/space hulk through second or third ed descriptions of terminators being something that you drove more then wore "bipedal tanks" as a sort of a small end of the demi-titans like the grey knight Nemesis dreadknight. I can imagine trying to do a conversion with this the ambot and the DK to try and make something that looks more like an oversized terminator, maybe with some 3d printed upscale terminator shoulders and a normal size terminator head.
A chain sword would look awesome but most would be coming up too short I think. Maybe some of the bigger double handed ones would be ok! Thanks for watching 🙏
I dunno, the centurions seem quite new to me! I still remember the monopose frowny boys from the second edition starter box!!😅 tbf the centurions may be for the chopping block soon! 😱
Being perfectly honest, no they're still unsalvageable. The work you put in is impressive, and i don't wish to take that away from you but there is just something so very un-space mariney about them.
How can you fix what is already perfectly? Jokes aside it’s much more believable than a space marine could properly fit in yours which is my only problem with this kit.
The mould lines on that model are terrible. I didn’t think those kits were that old. But that amount of mould line mashes me think the mould is completely clapped out.
Some of them are pretty bad! Although I’m not actually that bothered by mould lines which is why you’ll generally spot them on my minis. I can only bear to devote so much time to tidying them up! 😅 thank you for watching mate 👍
This whole idea of people trying to make a genetically bulky human ..look the same as a regular everyman escapes me ... If you use the lore from their skeletal and muscular structure ...and understand how that would make a human look ...add the extra organs and black carapace ..fused ribs ...they would look stumpy ...because it's the opposite of tall and skinny ....with thicker bones,more cord like muscles .. I understand the need though ...with the size of terminators now ....
I’m a physical therapist so I’m afraid I can’t look at the stumpy firstborn without sniggering! 😄 more than that though, it’s just about being happy with your own miniatures - the old ones bugged me so I changed them 🙂 thank you for taking the time to watch and share your thoughts 👍
