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This is my Clan Skyre tunnel beast, which i use as a hell pit abommination. The Tunnel beast is one of those ingenious blends of engineering and magic that only the cunning minds of the skaven engineers of clan skyre can concieve of. The tunnel beast is one of those forgotten pieces of skaven technology, much like the dreaded avalanche cannon, or the buzzsaw bomb, that was used but once, before being lost in the dusty pages of history. And thank goodness for the surface dwellers that it was, for this piece of machiery is by far one of the most devastating that the skaven have ever employued. Lumbering across the battlefield in fits and starts, (due to the erraticism of its dreaded warstone generator, and the speed with which the warlock engineer can goad its rat propulsion) it looks like nothing so much as a giant mechanical rat. though laughable when first sighted, this monstrosity will soon become the focus of every gunman in an empire battleline, as they struggle to bring down this nigh unstopable contraption. seeming to absorb every shot it takes, the heavy armour of the tunnel beast pushes forward through withering volleys of fire layed down upon it, as the frenzied rat crew (high on pwdered warpstone) struggle to pump enough power into the beast to keep it going. if the machine does suffer a blow strong enough to incapacitate it, it is only a matter of time before the skaven crew manage to crawl inside and get the destructive engine started again. if they fail at that, then it wont take long for them to rig the engine to blow, releasing volley upon volley of razor edged shrapnel. It was finally brought down in the dwarf stronghold of khaazad khan when the dwarven engineers doused it with a gout of flame from one of their fire throwers, starting a blaze in the belly of the beast that quickly grew, preventing the rat crew from doing anything to fix the monstrosity, except to pump more energy into the warpstone generator, and hope that it is kept moving.

anyway, tell me what you think, and if possible, go to the gallery and vote. Just vote what you truly think it is, I'm not asking for high votes, just enough votes so that i can stop seeing "needs 5 more votes"
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/232152-Contraption%2C%20Conversion%2C%20Engineer%2C%20Hell%2C%20Hellpit%2C%20Lightning%2C%20Pit%2C%20Skaven.html










PS: Beofre anyone starts throwing accusations around, yes I did adapt this idea from someone elses, but i did change it a lot, and just did it for fun, and my theme, so please dont flame.

Looks great only thing I dont like is the head I dont know why just dosnt seem right for some reason other than that looks great nice work.

yeah, I do agree with the head, but I tried several different conversions, and believe it or not that was the best one (at least the best feasible one) that i could come up with.

I would add something on top of the head to give it like a mechanical rat look like nostrils and glowing angry eyes maybe some head lights?

Its not that bad- but if you improved it the whole model would look much better.

Great model all around though- it's nicely shaded.

Wow I like it, fits the army background and I need a robo rat of my own!

Add some warpstone energy pipe details on the neck, maybe a warpfire thrower in the mouth? Just for aesthetic purposes.

tis cool

yeah, ok, it try fidling with the head tonight, guitar wire, headlights ect.

walker90234 wrote:yeah, ok, it try fidling with the head tonight, guitar wire, headlights ect.

Forgot to mention, I really like the idea, and the execution is pretty much bang on. I would just imagine in my head lots of warpstone generators and engine gubbins/gears/cogs.

I don't think the head itself is too bad, could do with more details to make it look more like a head. The neck though, why is it so long, its like the bastard child of giraffe/rat/trebuchet. Your on to something though and it looks SOOOOO much better than the actualy GW model

I actually love the head, it looks like a shuffle ( good for digging tunnels? )

In that case I get the long neck digging tunnels thing

Whats a shuffle?!?

A Canadian shovel perhaps?

I think the head looks good, if you shorten the neck it should be perfect.

Top notch painting squire.

Absolutely love it!
Dont mind the head nay sayers. I think it looks like this guy



and thats

lol a shovel of course, sorry brain fart.

Robotix the movie, I feel something coming back to me. I may have to go hunting a little bit of my past for a reminder

Well, it certainly is creative! Skyre has some nice background to make your own scary contraptions

Ratius wrote:Absolutely love it!
Dont mind the head nay sayers. I think it looks like this guy


lol, i can see that

thanks for all the input guys. ssadly, i cannot shorten the neck, because everything is already glued together, and it would be a nightmare to take apart.

yes, it was prigionally intended for digging tunnels, as by the name "tunnel beast" but digging them up into enemy stronglholds. so head, shovel head is quite accurate, lol

and thats

Suitably deranged. I approve.

I like it! If the head was meant to function as a shovel, it seems like it might work better inverted... but overall I love the model

It's a great model and I love the idea. I think the neck looks too long not from a artistic perspective, but from an engineering one. The neck is one long timber of wood, and the head is metal, and also intended to be used to gouge and shovel. If you could find some way of reinforcing the neck (which would also make it look wider), it would look like it could handle the strain. Otherwise, shortening the neck by one section might be plausible looking. As is, I think that the neck looks like it might snap off under "use".

@ RiTides
lol, ur right on that account, but then it wouldnt look like a rat head would it? I'm glad you like the model though, im really happy with it myself (and now i can get onto painting my 200 slaves/clanrats, oh joy!)
@ Da butcha
i have gotten ahold of 2 doomwheel axel things, which i am going to attatch to give it a more mechanical feel. you think its good?