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KV-2 conversion

Wow, soviet love my friend. I wanna see more of your army now. How did you get the rivets?

Comrade, I made little "snakes" with green stuff and chopped them up. There was a thread on that a few years ago I think.

Looks great!

Thanks! They are Tamiya 1:48 KV2 turrets by the way, with 40k weapons and tons of rivets.

What did you do with the KV hulls?

Nothing whatsoever.

i loves it!

Hmm the amount of Americans with communist avatars is... odd... but don't worry my avatar punches all of yours in the face.

On topic: Those tanks remind me of the Allied Medium tanks in Command and Conquer red alert.

They look cool!

How do you know those are Americans with communist Avatars?

Could very likely be 'Reds' on this board too

Would be inclined to say that the stars and stripes to the right of their usernames would be a big enough clue, J_O.

What are you guys talking about? This hammer and sickle is just the logo of the Democratic party.

They look like bobble-head versions of a Leman Russ.... Just kinda looks too big and silly. B+ for effort, but a D+ for end result.

Ohhh Man! Im loving this. As I am a soviet fanatic...

Now im beginning to rethink my imperial guard ideas.... now we just need some T-34's

Союз нерушимый республик свободных
Сплотила навеки Великая Русь!
Да здравствует созданный волей народов
Единый, могучий Советский Союз!

I like them.

Although I'd use them as demolisher's rather than standard leman russ.

Also like the snow camo paint scheme. Very rough and ready.

To go a step further you could take a pic of your upper half in a suit, crop/alter with picasa/photoshop and print it out and stick it on a banner ala the communits parades with giant pics of their 'dear leaders'... A guy did it att one of the USGTs about 5 or 6 years ago and it looked ace.

Wow...those are awesome! Show us some WIP pictures!

Waagh Gonads, something like this?

Sorry, Malika2, didn't take any WIPs. it was very straightforward though.

Skinattittar, I am actually kind of ambivalent about the proportions. They look better on a Chimera body, more like the real KV-2, but I don't know if I could sell that as a Demolisher.

Soviet army huh? You might want to look into the Russian models from Darkson Designs: http://store.valueweb.com/servlet/darksondesigns/Categories?category=AE-WWII+Miniatures%3ASoviet+Faction

The Psi officer would make a great psyker or commissar with some minor conversion work.

very cool . i like it a lot . ive always have been a big tread head . great work .love the white wash!

Sonobovich wrote:Waagh Gonads, something like this?

Thats pretty much it exactly.

love that KV-2 turret on the Russ chassis... gonna have to try that myself, it makes a great looking Demolisher

Thr33ifbyair wrote:Hmm the amount of Americans with communist avatars is... odd... but don't worry my avatar punches all of yours in the face.

Just a reminder to check under the bed, comrade.

I really like these, the whole blocky and large turret with the rivets remind me of soviet tanks like the t-27 and t-37, i like them, very lumbering and industrial. Would be interested to see what you do with any other armour in your army.

Those look super!

The winter camo especially is very fine looking, really close to the russian/ german winter camos from WW2.

Excellent stuff.