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*Keeps flame of the thread alive*

Woah, I want to do this - BAAL STYLE

I will look in to my bitz box and find those land Raider Flamestorm Cannons.

Vivé la Revolucion!

This is the first time I have seen this and it Kicks ! Consider this idea completely used.

Kinda cool looks a lot like a sentinal.

Hi all, just a quick update to let you know I'm still working on the article...it's a lot more work than I first thought and I want to get it right. I will let you know the moment it is up.

Building the Predator rekindled my desire to build and document the Whirlwind Walker, however, it's a bit pricey at GW's inflated prices these days and I am really in two minds as to whether to go forward with it. Would the community be interested in such a project?

I reckon I can do it for £60 / $88 (yeah I know...like I said, pricey, and that's after a 20% discount) - I would need to buy a Whirlwind, Dreadnought and Sentinal kit (the original also used the engine grill from a Land Raider but isn't absolutely necessary)...but I guess the real question is, how many of you out there could afford to build it even if I produced a guide? That in turn would limit the value of the guide to the community.

Cypher

The models are awesome, but its not just about being able to slavishly follow your instructions. Seeing as the models are rather unique a full guide to construction would be of enourmous value to the community in sparking other ideas in other people

A lot of stuff goes for cheap on ebay these days. I personally would be very interested. Tell you what, post some more detailed versions of the missile launcher variant online after you write the initial guide and we'll see if we can make sense of how to build one after creating the original without the need for a guide. If not, we can get a bitz drive going, which I would contribute to for sure. I was thinking of ditching the dreadnought parts and putting the rocket pods onboard the predator style sentinel, but I haven't got a really good look at the dreadnought one just yet so reserving judgement, it's a cool model nevertheless. And btw, take your time getting it right


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Orinoco wrote:A lot of stuff goes for cheap on ebay these days. I personally would be very interested. Tell you what, post some more detailed versions of the missile launcher variant online after you write the initial guide and we'll see if we can make sense of how to build one after creating the original without the need for a guide. If not, we can get a bitz drive going, which I would contribute to for sure. I was thinking of ditching the dreadnought parts and putting the rocket pods onboard the predator style sentinel (maybe using a valk cockpit, go all madcat from battle tech style), but I haven't got a really good look at the dreadnought one just yet so I'm reserving judgement, it's a cool model nevertheless. And btw, take your time getting it right

Awesome. Might want to place in the "Painting and Modeling Tutorials" forum?

Very cool mini. My 2 cents, try to get rid of any gaps between parts with some green stuff.

OoieGoie wrote:Awesome. Might want to place in the "Painting and Modeling Tutorials" forum?

Very cool mini. My 2 cents, try to get rid of any gaps between parts with some green stuff.

Nope, this is right where it's supposed to be...it's not a tutorial, just a discussion. As for the gaps (I am assuming you mean on the main body) they are an intentional part of the look I wanted. Thanks for the praise though.

Just incredible! fantastic! very original.

BAD COPMPANY!!! (click to enlarge)

Epic

When do they get Titan support?

Flinty wrote:Epic

When do they get Titan support?

Aww, please don't tempt me Flinty...I got enough to do as it is.

I am really feeling these for my AdMech force... though I will need some mroe detailed instructions if I am to slave some pilots into them...

Which pieces go where and where I am to buy cheaper kits from Australia... other than M-bomb...

Also, where did you get the AdMech symbol on the leg of one?

AvatarForm wrote:I am really feeling these for my AdMech force... though I will need some mroe detailed instructions if I am to slave some pilots into them...

Which pieces go where and where I am to buy cheaper kits from Australia... other than M-bomb...

Also, where did you get the AdMech symbol on the leg of one?

I am still writing up the article (seems to be taking forever ). The basics you will need are a Sentinel and a Predator. The AdMech symbols are cut from the engine block component of the Land raider.

Those look awesome!

Literally hugely epic. Maybe not overly urban though, apart from for huge boulevards or something. Remind me of those horrible moo-ing organic tanks in MGS4.

Let's see more!!

sA

I see that and all I can think is "Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply"....

Brilliant model though. Thanks for the run-through.

Lexx wrote:I see that and all I can think is "Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply"....

Brilliant model though. Thanks for the run-through.

They are a bit bigger than an ED209.

I keep looking at the dreadnought conversion walker and think true scale dreadnought. With a bit more bulk on the legs and making the whirlwind arm a bit more like the existing dread arm and scratching a powerfist... hmmmm.

Can't wait for the tutorial!

Do you think you could post up pics of the painted autocannon pred?

Cool conversions. How did you come up with the idea, or did it just roll out of your sleaves?
I think it's allso a good idea that you made more of em. It might sound logical, but I do think that just one of them would look off next to an ordinary dread. or pred.

I might use some of this too, when making my killa kans!

Its pretty cool, im not sure if it's been answered, but where do the metal pilots come from?

Thanks for the comments guys. I will post up when I have painted the latest edition. The article is coming...I am really sorry for the wait but it is coming...work, wife and family keep getting in the way though.

I think these would be a bit TOO big for a truescale Dread and you would need a lot of armour on the legs to stop them looking too spindly. The whole reason mine have lower leg armour was to tie them in slightly with the look of a Titan, to stop them looking like 'chicken legs' and to provide armour for the hydraulic's (fescalized portion).

The idea for these came from my long time love of BattleTech Mech Warriors - Vultures and Madcats...awesome, also the movie, RobotJox...classic cheesy giant robot film.

The metal pilot came from the metal MKII land Speeder. I was thinking that if folks didn't want to try and scratch build a plastic pilot as I posted up earlier in this thread, maybe the gunner from the plastic Marine Attack Bike would work...I don't know, I haven't actually got one or seen one (my attack bike is the old metal one).

Anybody think this would work?

Maybe you should make a land raider version too

The Ghoma wrote:Maybe you should make a land raider version too

No, these walkers are specifically versions of the smaller tanks that have no troop carrying capacity or heavy recoil weapons. This was a deliberate decision on my part...I didn't want troops carried by walkers and heavy recoil weapons like the Vindicators main gun would mean a severe lack of munitions storage on a walker.

Ok Dakkites, sorry for the wait but I am proud to announce that the article is now available for you to view .

All feedback welcome.

I would really like to see how you guys get on with this so please post up your efforts on this thread when you have time.

Have fun.

Cypher

No orks will be looting thus masterpiece on my watch, all though the chaos version would look awesome, just one question, for chaos would the pilot be insaine?

Epic win is a term that springs to mind, these are just awesome!

That is very very well written. I look forward to digesting this in detail when I go home this evening. Thank you very much for this, Cypher. I love doing stuff like this.


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Back in the day this is the kind of stuff which made white dwarf amazing to read.