Under The Couch

I’ve never really liked selling the miniatures that I convert. So the longer conversions sit in the store, the more likely I am to just say ‘Bugger it,’ and paint them up for one of my own armies instead…

But that wouldn’t be productive right now, so in the interests of getting them out the door a little faster, I have listed my Ultramarines Captain and my latest Quad Bike on eBay. These will be my first eBay sales since 2009, and the place has changed a little since then, so it will be interesting to see how they go.

If you’re wanting to check out the auctions, you can find the Captain here and the quad bike here, both ending on the 24th of January.

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Store news for this week:

That’s right, there is (quite soon now) to be a new spawnling crawling around under the couch, and so we’re clearing out some of the stuff that we would rather not have them chewing on. So from now until the 12th of January, there is a 30% discount on everything in the online store, including converted models!

We have 3 Warhammer 40000 conversions currently up for grabs: a quad assault bike with magnetised multimelta and heavy bolter, 3 regular quad bikes, and a twin-powerfist-wielding Ultramarines Captain.

White Dwarf backissue price reduction
All of our White Dwarf backissues have been reduced to $1.95 an issue. With the discount, that brings them down to $1.37 for this week!

Citadel Journal backissues
We have added a number of Citadel journals, dating back to 2nd and 3rd edition 40K, to the store. These are strictly limited, so grab them while you can!

Warhammer 40000 Recycled Books
We have also added a bundle of second hand books from Rogue Trader and 2nd Edition Warhammer 40000. Again, these are strictly limited, and we most likely won’t have these again.

Felix and Gotrek Black Library miniatures set
And finally for this week’s updates, we have added a full set of Felix and Gotrek miniatures to the Warhammer Fantasy Rare Miniatures section. These were 40mm collector’s miniatures released as a set by the Black Library with a resin base to mount them all on. This is definitely a one-off, as these don’t pop up very often.

View all of the new store items in the Under The Couch online store here: http://www.underthecouch.net/shop
Current specials can be found here: http://www.underthecouch.net/shop/specials.php
Thanks for supporting Under The Couch.

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Under The Couch is moving, and so for this week we have a bunch of massive specials in the online store:

Dark Vengeance
The Dark Vengeance components have proved popular, but we need to clear them out before the move, so for this week (until the 23rd of September) we’ve taken 10% off our original prices on whatever is left in the store.

Warhammer 40000 Conversions
Just for this week (and probably never again!) we’re taking 20% off the original orices of the various Warhammer 40000 converted models we have currently listed. That currently includes a dual-power fist-toting Ultramarines Captain, a Quad Attack Bike with magnetised Multimelta and Heavy Bolter, and 4 light-weight Quad Bikes to round out your fast attack force.

Warhammer 40000 Recycled Miniatures
We have an assorted range of pre-loved (and maybe not so loved) miniatures in the store, just waiting for a bath in some Simple Green and a new paint job. From now until the 23rd of September, you can nab these for 30% off their already low prices.

Star Wars Miniatures – 75% off clearance!
That’s right, the discount on remaining Star Wars Miniatures singles has increased to 75%! Grab them while they’re hot… On sale until the 23rd.

Space Hulk Components
We have a few assorted Space Hulk bits and pieces left over, including a bunch of Genestealers and assorted tiles. Until the 23rd of September these are priced at 30% off.

White Dwarf backissues
Also for this week, all of the White Dwarf backissues listed in the store are 30% off. This brings them down to $3.47 an issue!

Current specials can be found here: http://www.underthecouch.net/shop/specials.php

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More Quad Bikes rumble in…

I built a number of lighter-armoured versions of my Marine Quad Bike for a tutorial for the first Auscon last year. They’ve been sitting in my miniatures cabinet waiting for paint, but with a house move imminent, I decided it was more productive to clear them out and build myself some more later. So you can find four of these bikes now in the webstore Conversions Section for AU$75 each.

As with all of the conversions listed in the store, these are a one-off deal. While I may make more Quads for sale later, chances are they’ll be slightly different since I tend to tinker with the design each time I start a new one.

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Motoring on into the webstore is the next conversion hot off the workbench: a Quad Attack Bike with magnetised heavy weapons.

Built for rugged, off-road applications, the ‘Scorpion’ Quad Attack Bike goes places the more road-styled regular attack bike shouldn’t. The model comes with both Heavy Bolter and Multimelta, and is available in the webstore now for AU$245.

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A while back I converted up an Ultramarines Captain as a part of a character trio. He’s been languishing in the limbo of my unfinished projects cabinet since then, while I tried to find the time to finish the Chaplain and Librarian.

Well, I decided he had been waiting long enough, and the other two would just have to follow along behind when they’re ready, so the Captain is now available in the new Conversions section of the webstore here for AU$225.

This will be the first of a series of conversions that I will be listing over the next few months. Next up will be something a little… faster.

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So my Iron Wolves have now seen action in 4 fifth edition tournaments, and transitioned into 6th edition with Quartermaster III. They’re still a work in progress, but for each one I’ve added a little more detail, and tweaked a little here and there to slowly get them to where I want them to be…

Here’s a more or less finished teaser of the Wolf Lord:

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So, with the new 6th edition of Warhammer 40000 introducing rules for GW’s different terrain sets, it’s now possible to include all sort of nice fortifications and other useful constructions into your games.

Identifying the different terrain pieces can be confusing, though, since GW have provided such a wide range of different sets for all of the different armies in the game.

So, here’s part one of our handy guide to identifying terrain: The Bastion

The Imperial Bastion:

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The Chaos Bastion:

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I had an idea for a small flyer conversion that quite handily uses up some old bits and pieces that I’ve had sitting in a box for a while now. Inspired somewhat by the Star Wars B-wing and the bubble fighter from the Lost In Space movie, this will be a stand-in for the new Stormtalon fighter, for my Betharin Hunters Space Marine army.

Still a WIP, at this stage still missing a tail fin, landing gear and the second lascannon:

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