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Ok, here is what I've done so far on the Rhino Advancer. It's pretty much well on its way. The track assemblies are done, as is the floor of the hull, just waiting on some treads from Machinator before I glue on the wheels and assemble what you see in the pic. The assault ramp I'm using for the Advancer is made from using two Stormraven rear-side assault ramps, you can see some of it at the top of the photo. Once this is all done, all that's left is the front hull, which should be a breeze!



Something else I've been working away on is my Iron Hands Chapter Master/Captain on bike, but I didn't want to just use a plain old bike. Seemed kind of boring, and I know that the IHs CM build can be a bit OTT, I figured it deserved a little ingenuity. So, going back again to the good old days of Rogue Trader, there was something called a Powerboard, pretty much a hover surf board type of thing. Using this as inspiration, I built my own version (from a ton of different bitz) that could be considered more military grade! The CM himself is kitted out with two of the relics from the Iron Hands suppliment, the Ax of Medusa and the combi-melta that lasts forever (or just a plain old combi-melta if I don't have the points!). He's pretty much Kardon Stronos! I may do a Shield eternal version down the line.



Next is something cool I recently picked up. It's a so-called Adepticonstruct released in honor of Adepticon's 10th anniversary. I always thought it was cool, but had no reason to get one. But now, with the HH stuff, he makes a great stand in for a Castellax Battle-automata! As you can see, I've added some extra weapons to it!



Finally, we have an old mkI Predator junker that I salvaged off ebay. It's battle cannon was broken off ages ago I assume, but since I had a couple of the old style Lascannons lying around I decided to make it a Predator Annihilator, fun stuff!

Thanks for the update! I've never seen that Adepticonstruct before, very cool. What is that engine on the back of your IH jet bike/hover board?

Also, is there a reason you put the top hatch on the predator turret on backwards?

Hey Zuul! The engine is from the Dark Angels Landspeeder Vengeance. I just took the half-pieces and glued the two together! The bitz were pretty cheap from Bits and Kits!

That's a good question! First off, it was intentional! If you've ever seen the catalog pics for the MkI Pred that's how it is shown.
http://www.solegends.com/citcat1989/c890011plaspredator-01.htm
I've noticed, having looked through tons of old GW publications, that the old Rhino hatches could be positioned either way. Typically, you'd have the little viewport facing forward where it would act to hold the bolter in place. Other times, like with the Pred, it can intstead act as the hinge for the hatch. It's styalistic in many cases, but I tend to go with how the old official pics show!

Great stuff, the old school gear looks so cool to me, alot of the modern gear looks too much like our gear now for me. All practical and all. But the old stuff looks so much more zany. Keep it coming dude.

Wow, I salute your attention to detail dude. I never noticed that the hatches were on backwards on the old predator box art/adverts.

Thanks Camkierhi, I think so too, I love zany!

Hehe, thanks Zuul! When I got back into 40k in 2007 after almost a six year hiatus, I became neurotic about filling out my SM collection and making sure everything was "accurate!" I've still missed a lot of little things along the way, but it's sure been fun!

Little late to the party, but still wanted to say I like it all.

Tanks look great, as does the jet-board-bike, but the walker steals the show!

Thanks Littletower, no worries, the party never ends over here, hehe!
The Adepticonstruct is pretty inspired I must say!

Hey Heliodore, the next time you have a photo session you should totally take a family photo of your collection of projects.

Hehe, I've considered doing that, but I want to wait once I've painted most things. Also, I'd probably want a better camera, I've got a lot of stuff, not sure it could all fit into one shot!

I'm more or less done with the Advancer's main parts. I've had to reduce the width of its main hull so as to maintain size consistency with the MkI Rhino. Otherwise, the two front hatches would look a bit wonky on the front. I'm still waiting for the Machinator treads. Once they arrive I'll glue all the wheels in place, and I need the treads so I can determine the amount of clearence they will need, which requires the wheels to be positioned just right! Once that's done it's just a matter of glueing everything together. The interior detail is all ready to go, and will be a breeze!



Reading through my copy of Imperial Armour II 2nd Edition I learned a nifty new fluff detail that wasn't in the original edition. If you're familiar with the Sisters of Battle Immolator kit you know that it has a higher profile than SM Rhinos due to the added viewports that allow its occupants a 360 view, the Immolator turret not withstanding. According to the new fluff, this is a MkIIIa Rhino, which is favored by the SoB over the typical MkIIb, which SMs are usually associated with. Of course, it doesn't say that SMs don't use MkIIIs at all, just that they favor the MkII, so i figured I'd build one for my collection. Of course, I got rid of all the SoB iconography, mainly the fluer-de-lis symbol on the circular hatch, which proved to be the perfect size for an AdMech brass etched icon! As per its instructions, the Immolator kit can be used to make a plain old SoB Rhino, whereby you replace the Immolator turret with a cupola that uses the clear plastic circular gun shield as its hatch, which doesn't make sence, nor is it very Space Marine, so I opted to mod some SM Rhino hatch doors to fit in it. I think it's worthwhile to have some variation between one's Rhinos!

Oh wow, I didn't even catch that there was a MKIII rhino. If/when I do a post heresy marine army I'll have to roll with some of those.


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I just have to say, after seeing your Perturabo Storm Tank I've developed a bit of an obsession/white whale.

The Advancer is advancing quite well! Keep it up!

...I just realized the advancer would be perfect for a legion tactical support squad.

@Zuul: Yeah, I only caught it myself a couple of weeks ago! It's always cool to find new fluff that somehow sneaks itself into established fluff like that. I think it makes sense considering the SoB plastic kit adds an entirely new top piece. FW actually had an Immolator upgrade kit for the mkII Rhino before this plastic one came out, and it was a much simpler desighn, closer to the original MkI Immolator.

Hehe, good luck on finding one, if I ever see another I'll let you know. I got mine off of ebay. The company/ guy who made it seems to be in limbo right now. I had heard that Machinator was helping in the re-tooling of the kit for a future re-release, but that was awhile ago!

Yeah, I think the Advancer could totally fulfill some specific battlefield roles better than the basic Rhino. Maybe when FW gets to the Space Wolves in their HH stuff they might just do it themsleves!

Thanks Mythos, hope you're enjoying Philly!

Hey mate! Really cool stuff.... that Advancer is awesome.... quality build....

i have a question.... for the floor material.... is that hand done? or is is the material allready ridged like that?! Looks sweet!

Cheers

@MagosBiff90: Thanks, I appreciate it!

To answer your question, it is not hand done. I used a textured plasticard. I don't have the name of the company since I threw the packaging away, but it's pretty much this product (I think):
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/wills-box-cladding.html
The packaging, as I recall, described this texture as ideal for corrugated steel roofs and whatnot! Hehe, it would be possible to get the same effect hand done, but that would be pretty tedious. Hope that's helpful!

Howdy! It's been awhile since I last updated this thread. Had a busy couple of weeks and I lost the USB cable for my camera! Now that I've sorted things out I can post some pics of my completed Rhino Advancer! It has actually been done for quite some time!







Since I've taken these pics I've added some more rivets to the top and interior of the hull. In the last couple of weeks I've been busying myself with some terrain projects. Nothing special, just looking back on some old GW tutorials! I may post some pics once I have some more stuff built!

Great JOb mate! looking really good!

I am a real fan of those running wheels and tracks!

Great job.

Thanks MagosBiff90! Yeah, all the parts I decided to use came out really well together! So as not to take credit, the wheels are Lego wheels, and the treads I bought from Machinator!

Thanks again Camkierhi!

Can you give us a shot alongside a conventional rhino chassis?

Sure thing, here you go!

Quick update of a little project I did while back in the States! This was more of a modeling challenge instigated by AkaMythos! I was looking at the Inquisitor digital codex and saw some potential for getting some Servo Skulls into my Iron Hands army, which is pretty logical in my opinion! Instead of a human Inquisitor it was easy enough to use (fluff-wise) a returning Deathwatch Marine whose years away from his Clan has changed his way of fighting, and instead of re-indoctrinating him I can see the Iron Fathers using his new skills for the benefit of the Chapter! So, my power armored Deathwatch Marine and retinue needed a ride! The challenge then, as presented by Mythos was to make a Legion Chimera using the FW Legion Medusa kit. It was easy enough, and by getting one chimera kit and one FW Legion Medusa kit, one still ended up with one of each vehicle even though you ended up swapping a number of bits! So, here it is, only the front for now, I did change up the back hatch, but I'll put up a pic if anyone is interested. There are a coupe of other things I may add down the line like smoke launchers and maybe sculpt some detail to better connect the front hull to the main hull, we'll see!




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Oh, the only non GW/FW bit is the turret, which comes from an old 1/72 scale Stalin tank plastic kit, I wanted it to look similarr in shape to FW's Deimos Predator turret!

Looking good! Just needs a few rivets added to the plasticard strip on the turret.

Thanks, hehe, guess I'll have to do it next time I'm in the States!

Ooh I never saw that the Advancer had been completed but it looks incredible! I've wanted to see someone build it since I saw a pic of the thing in the HH artbook.

The Chimera is looking pretty spiffing as well though I think that the lasguns on the roof should be replaced with firing slits seeing as it looks like they can't be positioned horizontally due to the resin bits.

Great work as always, keep it up!

Thanks Commander Cain!

Yeah, that was something I realized as I was putting it together. It was a late night and I was kind of being lazy about it. I didn't like the lasguns in general, but I also wanted to see how it would look all together. It would be an easy thing to cut the lasguns off and make slits or drill a hole into the ball shaped part!

Yup, thanks, back to some terrain me thinks!

Awesome vehicles. I have read the entire thread. Many of those I knew about but a few even I did not.

I have a couple requests.
The first is Commisar Yarrick's Command Rhino which was seen in art form in 2nd edition. It had two heavy bolters on the top hatches and Yarrick would stand behind them in the big open hatch.

The second is two MK1 Rhino conversions from a very old WD. One had a modified front plate with almost a canopy and the other had its Bolters mounted like a sisters of battle Repressor. Have you seen these before? I believe there is a pic in the Compendium red book but there were plans in a WD.

Very nice IH / DW ride.... looks aggressive and solid!

As was mentioned previously, one little thing i would take out are the lasguns in the chimera section.... just my thought but i would just colse up the troop section in heavy armour and let the turret look after the defence .... Really like the turret though! Oh.... and the side exhausts.....

Definetly love to see more if you want to share!