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Hi everybody
I ordered a SM Predator and the new gretchin on ebay. Because... I want to make a looted tank (surprise, surprise)!
I'm going to give it a bit of battle damage and put grots all over it. But I need some more specific ideas.
Anyone got some? I'd like to hear them!

I presume this to actually play with, i.e. it will count as a looted wagon with a boomgun (and optionally big shoota sponsons)? Were you planning on re-using the existing weapons or replacing then with orky weapons/modifications?

Definitely look at how you'll equip it for gaming purposes - e.g. will it have a hard top, extra armour etc - then work backwards to model it accordingly

The new plastic grots will indeed look cool on it, even if they're just for show

well as far as damage actually THINK about how realistic and likely damage would show up on the tank. It always annoyed me when people blew chunks off tanks in just random spots. other then that good luck. ALSO enjoy putting a boomgun on there. that thing is friggin hell to any unit it hits, I know mine has been fun

Can you give the looted wagon more armor..? I thought it was 11/11/10. Or is it possible to give it more? It would be useful to give it some more armor.. Cause if i give it a boomgun it will be pretty expensive. And i don't like him to be gone within one shot...
I think i'm going to give it a scorcha and 2 big shoota. Then put 10 burnas in it to perform drive bys
So I won't give it a 'ard case.

What color is your army? What color your army is is really important for what the tank should look like.

Ol'Sarge2K, is that Looted Predator yours?

I have an evil sun's army, so the color is red

A big barrel with a grot legs sticking out as it climbs inside.

If it's red, you should have a lot of black, and possibly some black and white checkers in place on the red. I like the spikes all over Ol'Sarge2K's tank, but I would say just go with the Orky teeth made of plasticard stuck on the front of the tank and on guns.

For Grots, don't put on too many, and make them in places where you can't see all of their body, as if they're hiding [i.e. in holes blasted in the tank, although their shouldn't be too many of those; hiding behind the turret, etc.].

V0ldem0r7 : That looks to be the looted tank Ork unit from the Dawn of War II video game.

It's also an excellent source for ideas. I also must second KingCracker, I'm partial to realistic tank damage, not just cutting random hunks of plastic off for no real reason.

just do the friggin model

Wow, that was a helpful post, nice to hear your input. *rolls eyes*

I'm with Clang, think about what you want it to have on the tabletop before starting. If you're not sure about it yet, have you considered magnets?

Teek wrote:V0ldem0r7 : That looks to be the looted tank Ork unit from the Dawn of War II video game.

Oops. I've never played the game, but now that I look at the tank, it does look like a video game tank.

WaaghGorwazza wrote:Can you give the looted wagon more armor..? I thought it was 11/11/10. Or is it possible to give it more? It would be useful to give it some more armor.. Cause if i give it a boomgun it will be pretty expensive. And i don't like him to be gone within one shot...
I think i'm going to give it a scorcha and 2 big shoota. Then put 10 burnas in it to perform drive bys
So I won't give it a 'ard case.

so are you going to give it a scorcha OR a Boomgun? if you have a boomgun you can't have any burnas or transport anything in the wagon...
i can upload some pics of my looted predator if you want!
other than that, good luck.
//J

i think i'm gonna make a scorcha AND a boomgun so i can choose. sometimes transport is useful, and sometimes more dakka ^^
i'd like to see pics of your predator