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Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Machinator wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:By the way, might I suggest you drill out your guns, Machinator? It'd be a great touch to a brilliant piece.

Which guns aren't drilled out? Did I miss one?

I'm pretty sure, or atleast it looks like it from the pictures, that the main cannons aren't drilled out.

Thats prob for structural integrity reasons with the resin.

wolfshadow wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:

Machinator wrote:

Darkvoidof40k wrote:By the way, might I suggest you drill out your guns, Machinator? It'd be a great touch to a brilliant piece.

Which guns aren't drilled out? Did I miss one?

I'm pretty sure, or atleast it looks like it from the pictures, that the main cannons aren't drilled out.

Thats prob for structural integrity reasons with the resin.

Yeah there are limits to how deep I can make it before I start running into casting issues. Drilling it out now would probably destroy the piece due to the size of the bit. However, it should be less noticable once it's all painted up.

This stuff is awsome.

Also, just painting it inside black should look great. No need for drilling.

Well this is all suitably impressive. It's a wonder I didn't find this thead before. I am very much looking forward to your next tank!

Just made a small indent then, and color it black... It wont reduce the integrity of the model (I think), and still give the illusion of depth...

The cannon already do have a small indent. Painting the inside black would easily solve the problem.

Hmmm...
Its Sunday, I hope to see some of thease posted on Ebay

I got one of my clanmates drooling over the thought of your Big Yellow Taxi, and he intends on bidding. So please post a link to the acution if it comes up.

OK guys, the "fellblade" parts are up on my eBay site. Just follow the link in my sig.

which turret is for the baneblade chassis? is it the medium or the large one?

I think both the medium and large, with the small turrets being the sponson top turrets.


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Edit: Ouch... going to be a bit before I can think about doing a fellblade. $57.50 for the parts I neeed for my version that I want to build, without the Baneblade kit., without the Oppessor pattern tracks that I'd like to use.

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:which turret is for the baneblade chassis? is it the medium or the large one?

The Heavy Turret is what I used on the Blood Angels Fellblade, the Medium Turret is on the Imperial Fists one, the Light Turrets were used on the sponsons.

That is super crazy man!! Awesome skillz. I love it!!

Machinator, any news on when the 'Big Yellow Taxi" is going up on Ebay? I have at have a friend whos interested in bidding. He's young, and has more money than brains. I think you'll like him. :-)

wolfshadow wrote:Machinator, any news on when the 'Big Yellow Taxi" is going up on Ebay? I have at have a friend whos interested in bidding. He's young, and has more money than brains. I think you'll like him. :-)

It's actually almost done, I'll probably have the final pics up tomorrow. My plan as of now is to have it up there on Thursday so stay tuned!

Great work Machinator, you certainly have a lot of skill with both construction and painting. Thanks for blogging your work, it's a great inspiration!

Cheers,
Imp.

Love the turrets and cannon barrels. I'm tempted to get some to turn into a Skullhamma kannon for my Orks or for some more gunz for the Stompa I still need to put together.

DiscoVader wrote:Love the turrets and cannon barrels. I'm tempted to get some to turn into a Skullhamma kannon for my Orks or for some more gunz for the Stompa I still need to put together.

Yeah, it's good ork material.

The Imperial Fist Fellblade: Iron Breaker

The Fellblade is one of the most ancient war machines available to the forces of the Imperium. Much like its other heavily armed brethren the Fellblade bristles with potent weapons capable of laying low the most powerful of foes. However, what makes the Fellblade most dangerous is not its formidable guns or massive treads, it is that this hammer of mankind lies within the hands of the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines.

Once a common site along side the elite of the Emperor during the Great Crusades there are but a scant handful remaining amongst the original Legions. However, in the midst of these few are the Fellblades of Renown, artifacts of war that rise up like gods above the titans. One such as this is the Fellblade of the Imperial Fists known in antiquity as the Iron Breaker.

During the time of the Great Crusade is was common amongst the Astartes to modify and sometimes completely rebuild their Fellblades in the never ending quest to forge the perfect war machine. The Imperial Fists were no exception and it was the Master Techmarine Olivander Stormhammer that created perhaps the most well known of these reinventions.

Constructed during the siege of the fortress world of Stratovaust the Iron Breaker proved invaluable against the untold thousands of bunkers and the kilometer of trenches and barricades that surrounded them. The massive siege cannons turned the ferrocrete defenses into powder while its bolters shredded all those foolish enough to stand before it’s might.

At the conclusion of the Ullanor Crusade the Iron Breaker accompanied the Imperial Fists and the Emperor back to Terra where it was placed in the arsenal assigned with the task of protecting the Imperial Palace. Here it served faithfully during the Horus Heresy being one of the few recorded vehicle to have participated in the Defense of Terra and survived to this day. Soon afterwards the Iron Breaker served again as a mobile stronghold against their traitorous brethren, the Iron Warriors, during the assault on the Eternal Fortress on the world of Sebastus IV, known as The Iron Cage.

Tales are told of whole worlds surrendering at the sight of this enormous war machine as it represents the might the Emperor can unleash against his foes through the Imperial Fists. A veteran of over seven thousand battles the Iron Breaker has the distinction of being the only Fellblade to have remained in active service since the awakening of its machine spirit many millennia ago. So successful was the Iron Breaker that centuries later the Adeptus Mechanicus adopted the design for the Imperial Guard naming it posthumously after its creator, the Stormhammer.

So it's finally finished and will go up for sale on Thursday. I even made up a unofficial set of rules for it found here: http://www.docstoc.com/docs/64193858/Imperial-Fists-Fellblade-Iron-Breaker

But enough of that for now, here are the pics!























Now onto the Dark Angels Fellblade....

The weatheing effects on the treads are amazing, and the well constructed very nice joints make it look as if was all resin, congratualtions on a great job!

I love the mix of weathering styles. Gives it a nice, gritty feel, much like a WW2 model piece, instead of the sometimes cartoon-ish 40K sometimes seen. Good stuff!

Giant yellow tank, sooooo pretty!

Great looking Fellblade, here's to the next one!

Great paintjob. Like your take on the IF yellow. My favourite part of your fellblades are defo the tracks/bogies. I think it makes it look very imposing, as if the tracks are not in the slightest bit a weak point in the armour.

Brilliant work! Lots of dakka in this thread

Excellent!

Excellent work on the Fellblade! I love the color yellow you chose. The severe battle damage and worn look of the tank is indicative of the age of this behemoth! The weathering on the tank tracks is also fantastic! Its important to convey the idea and image that this tank is a relic and you definately captured that! I also like the really bright blue lens on the manholes, makes for a nice contrast. Incredible work!

-- Im glad to see you combine shipping. I am going to be buying your items within the next month or so. Are you planning to cast any more turrets? My concern is you seem to have a limited number of the small ones and I want to make sure I get them as well. Look forward to doing business with you on ebay friend!

Thanks Element, I appreciate your comments. I'm quite happy how it turned out too.

Fear not about me running out of parts. I plan to make a second mold for the Light Turrets as I expected them to be popular. If I happen to run out before the weekend just be patient, more are coming

Fantastic work on the weathering! The banana space marines would be proud

I like how it does not just look like a regular BB, you have really made it look space mariney. Great job!

Never been a big fan of the IF colors/look but you have made me a believer. Your weathering and wear and tear effects lift this amazing model above and beyond! Beautiful piece!