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I fixed Chaos TERMINATORS while Kitbashing an ENTIRE Emperor's Children army (+Sonic Dreadnoughts!)

Xander's Arcane Study

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In this video, my brother and I go head-to-head in a competition to create the best Sonic Dreadnought. Since Games Workshop failed to supply us with one, we each use our own kitbashing approaches to tackle the problem.

I also explore the history of approaching the hobby on a budget and kitbash everything to have a retro vibe! Oh, and I kind of FIXED Chaos Terminators along the way. ;P

Sit back and enjoy this long-form content featuring Warhammer 40,000’s most debauched representatives: The Emperor’s Children and their Noise Marines!

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Music from Forgotten Worlds and Crue Ball for the SEGA Genesis c/o Zophar's Domain:
https://www.zophar.net/music/sega-meg...
https://www.zophar.net/music/sega-meg...

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Building on a Budget
1:18 - The Promise of Plastic
5:14 - Modern Pricing
7:57 - Kitbashing: Digital vs. Physical
8:33 - The Deep Lore
14:34 - Kitbashing the Sonic Dreadnought
17:06 - Kitbashing Heroes
20:46 - The Horus Heresy
24:12 - Brother vs. Brother
28:33 - Deciding on a Colour Scheme
30:18 - Adding It All Up
31:10 - What’s the best deal you ever got on Warhammer?

20 Comments

@bernardcornellisvanmeijere4375 4 weeks ago Pinned

Both kitbashes are baller, but I got to say that the Traditional one edges out the win for me.

@PraetorGix 4 weeks ago

Your Saturnine noise termies and your brother's 3D printed Sonic dread are by far the best conversions in this video. Amazing job!

@toblexson5020 3 weeks ago

I do have to oppose the use of AI for any creative work and research. It's being pushed to reduce the need for individual thinking, and to water down the skill and cost of human art. It's not a tool to help us, it's a tool for creative-less people to find ways to make more money from us and exploit artists further. The attitude of the AI 'art' community is enough to demonstrate the contempt they have for artists. To paraphrase batman, it is a tool of our enemy and we don't need it.

@brody2588 4 weeks ago

Might be the definitive Emperors Children video of all time. Our legion needs more kitbashing videos out there.

@ratz9387 4 weeks ago

The quality of these videos have been really great, keep it up man. Can’t wait to see more kitbashing!

@alamutwaenre6373 4 weeks ago

The terminators are magnificent! I love how the saturnine termies look without those bulky shoulder pads.

@Pizaz0 1 day ago

This is so great!!! Can’t wait for the painting update

@yeahnah3erter 4 weeks ago

Love it. Your conversions bring the spirit of chaos back

@AlehandroUshkov 4 weeks ago

And the goat cooked again! Stunning kitbashes all around. I am absolutely enamored with how unrestrained your conversions feel - most people I see tend to stick to simpler, less ambitious bashes, but your stuff in particular always feels like seeing an artist who knows his bits box and is absolutely willing to pour its contents onto each other until a beautiful mess is achieved. Bravo my guy!
P.S. The traditional dread is superior IMHO in all aspects except the right arm - one simply can not outdo the double hell-guitar XD

@iJasko 4 weeks ago

What an epic video! Both Dreadnaughts are awesome of course, but for me the traditional takes the cake, even if the Leviathan is one of the best base models I've ever seen. The real stars of the video have to be those Terminators, though. Dear God, they are beyond awesome. Excellent work.

@MentoliptusBanko 3 weeks ago

Beautiful kitbashes...and amazing EC army as a whole. And thanks for the model history info too.
The music in your videos is spot on and I really like it (it brings back nice childhood memories of old old games)....and it somehow resonates with the noise marines and sonic weapons ;)

@djon_85 4 weeks ago

Was looking forward to an upload. Made my day :) Love your work brother.

@thesampsonite 4 weeks ago

Watched every minute of this! Might even watch this all again, really inspiring stuff, great skills indeed my good dude!

@Batlord_Carcas 3 weeks ago

I enjoy both Sonic Dreadnought Dreadnought kit bash designs as they are very amazing!

@evankitch269 4 weeks ago

Banger of a video, this scratched a certain kit bashing itch

@tpmjg 4 weeks ago

Those terminators are absolutely stunning, can't wait for the next installment!

@wideboyrob 3 weeks ago

Such a great video - thanks for the retrospective and great work on the new creations. Looking forward to seeing the paint job

@MoKoLoKo1997 4 weeks ago

Man, what an amazing video. Great idea, amazing kitbashes, and neat editing. I just suscribed and looking forward to see more like this!

@CaptinCrofty 4 weeks ago

Awesome video format and all the conversations looked so good!

@LorgarsFinest 4 weeks ago

This was a dope freaking video! 🤘 Mixing lore video with conversions, storytelling, and general nostalgia really did something for me! Instant subscription right there! ❤ Can't wait to see more, so from a fellow chaos (albeit a Word Bearer) player in Scandinvia: Rock on my chaos brother! 🤘🖤