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For a while ive liked the concept of 40k transformer models (40k vehicles that transform into robot forms ) and so ive finally decided to indulge my nerdy desires and start designing hopefully 12 models

40k Autobot style models
Land raider- Optimus prime, painted in Crimson Fist scheme
Predator- Ultra magnus, painted in ultramarine scheme (see what i did there?)
Rhino- Bumblebee, painted in Imperial Fists scheme
Leman russ- Ironhide, painted in a DKoK scheme
Exorcist- Wheeljack, painted in a Order of The Sacred Rose scheme
Hammerhead- Powerglide (Thanks for correcting me H.B.M.C), painted in a Fal'Shia scheme
Fire prism- Skyfire, painted in an Aringhe scheme

40k Decepticon style models
Monolith- Megatron, painted standard necron black and steel
Ork trukk, warbikes and buggies- Devastator (anyone familiar with transformers will know what i mean), different colours for each vehicle
Ork FightaBomma- Starscream, painted silver silver
Chaos defiler- Bonecrusher, painted in the Krypt Keepers paintscheme
Ravager- Skywarp, painted standard DE purple
Carnifex- Bombshell, will be painted in a splinter fleet of HF behemoth's scheme (purple carapace and the rest black)

So good dakkites i come to you requesting opinions, idea's, critisism and worship
For those interested my Zork blog will hopefully get started next week by the way, i get paid friday so ill be buying the final supplies needed for my first unit on the weekend .

This is has the potential to be the coolest thing I have ever seen. I wish you good luck. I know I will be following this.

Reminds me of Orkimus Prime

Monolith Megatron

So will you be doing autobots or decepticons first?

Elnicko5 wrote:This is has the potential to be the coolest thing I have ever seen. I wish you good luck. I know I will be following this.

You said the same when i first conceived the zorks... tis a good sign about my level of awesome

metallifan wrote:Reminds me of Orkimus Prime

yes that model was a big inspiration in my desire to build a fully transforming 40k model

WarMonger33 wrote:Monolith Megatron

So will you be doing autobots or decepticons first?

well im starting with Megatron since the monolith boxy shape and lack of many features seems to be quite forgiving for the novice 40kformer modeller

i guess from there ill just do whichever model strikes my fancy

i really want to do a valkyrire transformer at some point too but for now ill just stick to the list i have

Valkyrie one would be immense, if you did that you would simply be the most awesome person on the globe...

Sounds like a really fun project get planning mr and lets see them on Dakka !

Wolf wrote:Valkyrie one would be immense, if you did that you would simply be the most awesome person on the globe...

Sounds like a really fun project get planning mr and lets see them on Dakka !

First things first im going to be drawing alot of designs for the joints and other transforming mechanisms
its rather complex art you see and i wont have the large influx of money needed for MegaCron (TM thomas joynson 12/8/2009 www.dakkadakka.com) until november anyway :L so these buggers are a while off yet.

Until then feel free to suggest things and offer paint job idea's (the rhino HAS to be imperial fists ) and get your weekly hit of corpsesarefun based talent on my Zork blog, a zombie ork army lead by necromancer grots!
You simply cant make this up folks! oh wait... i did

LoL I would love to see your drawings and so on, they will be really interesting to see the concepts that will be used or not in some cases.

Colour schemes, I would just suggest following the actual colours of the Transformers themselves, unless you want the closest possible 40k scheme ?

Well there's a guy in WIP making a Baneblade transformer...

http://z11.invisionfree.com/Work_In_Progress/index.php?showtopic=5287

Wolf wrote:LoL I would love to see your drawings and so on, they will be really interesting to see the concepts that will be used or not in some cases.

Colour schemes, I would just suggest following the actual colours of the Transformers themselves, unless you want the closest possible 40k scheme ?

well optimus will either be ultramarines or crimson fists (blue and red), bumble bee will be IF cos he is yellow, ironhide will be black so i need to find a black IG paintscheme somewhere, not sure of wheeljacks colours and the same applies to skyfire and windcharger.

MegaCron will be painted in standard necron black and silver (same as megatron) with a giant crystal in his chest somehow , devastator will be a variety of colours as he is in transformers (different colour for each vehicle) starscream will be silver as in the movie as i dont like his normal scheme, bonecrusher i dont know the scheme of and skywarp is standard DE purple anyway.

so in answer to your question im doing both really

Fluffwise, it would be very amusing to build what appeared to be a Marine/IG army but then transformed to show it was really a disguised Chaos robot army.

If these models will actually move to demonstrate their transformation, that will indeed be a whole lot of work.

Whipped these off over the last couple years, prolly gonna do Sunstreaker/Sideswipe next as paired Falcons.. Jetfire, BB and Grimlock are workable, Megatron less so, Prime as a Land Raider is too Obvious not to do, but I've been hung up for a long time on doing it, because I'd want to do a matching Ultra Magnus as a T-hawk transporter/Raider Pair..





http://lanceradvanced.deviantart.com/art/Jetfire-40K-Color-61371501#



http://lanceradvanced.deviantart.com/art/Megatron-40K-Color-37061605

This means Shockwave's the Pylon...



http://lanceradvanced.deviantart.com/art/Grimlock-40K-24130284

Others..
Slag -Hellhound
Snarl -Hydra
Swoop - Vulture
Sludge- Basilisk



http://lanceradvanced.deviantart.com/art/Bumblebee-40k-57830129

A freind of mine did this a while ago with a Rhino. It was very well thought out and actually transformed. quite a feat of mechanical genius, Good luck.

Lancer that Megatron monolith picture was another of my big inspirations with this project
im honored you posted in this thread.

@gob smaka get your friend to post it on dakka so everyone can drool and i can steal how he works the transforming mechanisms

corpsesarefun wrote:Hammerhead- Windcharger

Why Windcharger? Windcharger couldn't fly. You sure you didn't mean Powerglide?

H.B.M.C. wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:Hammerhead- Windcharger

Why Windcharger? Windcharger couldn't fly. You sure you didn't mean Powerglide?

To be honest with windcharger and Skyfire i chose them for the names
if anyone has better ideas for which transformer for the models then feel free to say suggest them, as well as any idea's on how the hell a Nid 40kformer could work.

Insecticons as Tyranids!

Bombshell... uhh... God what were the others... ah, yes, Shrapnel and Kickback.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Insecticons as Tyranids!

Bombshell... uhh... God what were the others... ah, yes, Shrapnel and Kickback.

how did i not think of that...

Carnifex into one of the insecticons, its so obvious

EDIT: damnit as well as a valk transformer i want a drop pod transformer too :(

Drop Pod = Cosmos.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Drop Pod = Cosmos.

It must be done!
such a long list of 40kformers... so little money...

great idea ..

corpsesarefun wrote:
if anyone has better ideas for which transformer for the models then feel free to say suggest them, as well as any idea's on how the hell a Nid 40kformer could work.

Take a look at the Beast Wars stuff for Ideas.. Waspinator, Blackarcana, etc...

Oh, Ravage/Ravager...

on a more practical note.. I half thought about building up Grimlock, but in the end decided not to, given my limited budget and time... but I did get as far as realizing that some of the mid sized gundam kits, (esp the early series) would make for good parts, particularly the hips/thighs arms and feet... other than that I'd sugggest building your parts, then recasting any complex ones so they're solid resin blocks that won't come apart at the joins when the figures are transformed..

One building posibility is to make them up, so that they can be taken apart, and put together in robot and vehicle modes, rather then fussing over an actual tranformation sequence.. My Megatron design in particular would amost have to work that way, mostly to allow one to compress the core down to torso size, and get the risers to the back...

Second idea, is to look at some designs that came out between Beast Wars and Armada, where they practically become "shell-formers" there's a core robot who's half folded up, and then the car parts are articulated shells that fold away to expose the robot inside...

I would rather have them physically transform but if i cannot i will try your method of deconstruction
although your casting of difficult parts and gundam kit peices are VERY good idea's and i shall have to use them
nid transformer is already done though, H.B.M.C beat you too it

corpsesarefun wrote:nid transformer is already done though, H.B.M.C beat you too it

So I saw, I mostly making the suggestion to look at how they'd engineered the Beast Wars insects and others where you had a organic outside over the robot inside...

Skyfire should totally be a Valk.


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H.B.M.C. wrote:Insecticons as Tyranids!

Bombshell... uhh... God what were the others... ah, yes, Shrapnel and Kickback.

Not forgetting Venom, Barrage, Chopshop and Ransack

but if skyfire is a valk who can be the fire prism?

I'd vote for keeping the Imperials as the Autobots, and everyone else being Decepticons.

I can see Starscream as an Eldar Falcon, Thundercracker as a Wave Serpent and Skywarp as the Fire Prism.

Rangerrob wrote:I'd vote for keeping the Imperials as the Autobots, and everyone else being Decepticons.

I can see Starscream as an Eldar Falcon, Thundercracker as a Wave Serpent and Skywarp as the Fire Prism.

but eldar and tau are good guys
orks, DE, chaos, nids and crons are the eeeeeeeeevil ones

Some actual WIP models (ideal) or if you must: design drawings are needed. Until then this is all just hot air...

CT GAMER wrote:Some actual WIP models (ideal) or if you must: design drawings are needed. Until then this is all just hot air...

well as i said the modelling will start in november (when i next get money) but until then i will be updating this thead with designs and concepts for approval, im just getting all my idea's cemented first.