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........"Ol' Toothless" as she has come to be known is ancient even by the standards of the Imperial Guard. Retro-fitted and re-built countless times over countless centuries, the only thing still intact from the day she rolled off the production line on a long forgotten forgeworld is her machine spirit!

Rumour has it amongst the regiment, that infact her superstructure and engines designations can be traced back to the times of the Great Crusade itself and one of its many Expaditionary fleets..... however this is up for speculation. It does however still invoke a sense of pride in the regiment that such a relic of the Imperium is within their ranks.

Time has not however been kind to Ol Toothless.... retired from front line service 2 centuries ago, it is her lot now to serve the Emperor by acting as a pack horse for the regiment.... gun ports welded up and ammunition racking replaced with storage. Her once imperious outline blurred with racking and carrier spaces, she now feeds the mighty war machine she once upon a time speadheaded.

To think such a mighty weapon layed low is a travesty however would be a mistake. Numerous platoons of troopers and stranded armour units owe their lives to the venerable machine. On more occasions that can be easily counted, these trapped or cut off units have offered up prayers to the Emperor himself as they have heard the din and racket of ancient engines as Ol Toothless emerges through the heavies of gunfire and weather to re-supply them. Never becoming stuck in trecherous terrain and having an uncanny knack of absorbing shell hits that would destroy equivalent vehicles, she has endured and continues to serve, even after all trace of her beginnings have been lost in time.......

I hope you all like it... would love some C&C!

Cheers,

Nice idea but the crane assembly looks awfully flimsy as it is.

Love it!

Very cool, and not something you see every day!

That's hilarious, especially the "lore" behind the piece of junk.

I like it !!!!
Love the little history behind it too !!!

`Loving the story

Love the ww1 styling on your build and painting. The story isn't bad either.

Am I the only one who thought I would be seeing a black dragon?

Excellent execution of a creative idea! I really enjoyed the story of the tank's metamorphosis into a support unit.

Hey all, thanks so much for the comments! Really appreciate them all! Got to admit... looking at it again I think the crane could do with a rethink... so going to beef it up a bit!
Black dragon?! Lol.... sorry... over my head!
Thanks again all!

Very nice model, the story behind the model makes even better.

Just incase anyone is interested... I have had another go at the crane... over on my P&M blog.... I will put another finished pic uponce it is all done!

Cheers again,

Love the background for the model. Sounds like a fun piece to play around

Niiice. Real nice. Love the story behind it and it really does look like it's seen better days.

Very cool, the short story behind brings it to life though.

Old, rusty, bit battered but unique and creative :-)

Hey all! Thanls so much for all your comments...
I have amended the crane to give it a bit more substamce and also added a little platform over the tracks for the crane operator to stand on.

Really happy you all like the story.

Hanks again all!

Very "40K" - nicely done! Modeling is really about storytelling in my opinion.

Thanks kestral I totally agree with you.... and continuing the story of "Ole Toothless" I found this ancient pict slate showing her on campaign on the planet of "Heidrum" ........ The pict slate is signed by "Jurten Maur" and dated in M37 .... it shows her crossing the River Arteross, bringing supplies up to the Imperial frontlines dueing the pacification of a chaos cult on the planet at the time.


Hope you like it & ofcourse all credits to the original image owner.


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The jpeg file is massive... so the thumbnail doesnt look great.. but if you open the image you can see more of the details etc!

Hi All,

Late post of another pic of Ol' Toothless.....

Just because going through my gallery i think this is my fav pic.....

Cheers,

Love it reminds me of my Karl-Gerät Nr. V as “LOKI” loader.

 Sammoth wrote:
Love it reminds me of my Karl-Gerät Nr. V as “LOKI” loader.

Hi Mate,

Thanks for looking in! ... got to say... that Loki Loader is insanely good!! Really nice job!! Love the crane..... might have to swipe that idea for another project!

Cheers again,

 MagosBiff90 wrote:

 Sammoth wrote:
Love it reminds me of my Karl-Gerät Nr. V as “LOKI” loader.

Hi Mate,

Thanks for looking in! ... got to say... that Loki Loader is insanely good!! Really nice job!! Love the crane..... might have to swipe that idea for another project!

Cheers again,

Oh the model isn't mine lol. Though I have the Loki in my gallery. I haven't put together my loader yet.