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 Dr H wrote:

 Peter Wiggin wrote:

 Dr H wrote:

 Peter Wiggin wrote:
HR Giger tank huh? I dig it!

Thanks.
In memory of one of my favourite artists. RIP HR Giger.

Hehe, wrote a term paper on him last year. One of my all time favorite artists as well. His conceptual work on the original Dune series was amazing.

Yeah, that would have made a awesome film (although perhaps without the worms giving blowjobs to giant penises ). I really like his Biomechanical work and the New York landscapes. Just the level of detail is incredible. And then trying to recreate that, in-scale, on my tank, really gave me a whole new respect for his work.

I find Giger and Lovecraft to be a bit of an influence on my own art as well. I REALLY like that dozer blade.

Thanks. That is one of two dozers I made that will fit the tank (I still need to finish the other one). They were quite difficult scratch-builds.

Also, here is an overview shot of my current project. All conversions, though half a dozen are just simple weapon swaps. Click and zoom for a better view.

Good work, I have had a peek at the early stages of your blog a while ago. Good use of parts from other races/models.

Werd, thanks man! I'm hoping to have everything tidied up (minus bases) on this batch pretty soon. The converting is far more enjoyable than the painting, at least for me.

Using fleshborers for csm guns is a awesome idea, very cool

I just finished this largely scratch-built Navigator mounted on a walking life-support throne:



The head is entirely sculpted. You can see more shots and lots of process (as well as the rest of the Navigator Household in my P&M thread. The giant head project starts on page 5: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/120/584689.page

Brilliant! That is so bloody grimdark and i love it!

So it's MODON?
(Machine organism designed only for navigating)

 weirdingway wrote:
I just finished this largely scratch-built Navigator mounted on a walking life-support throne:



The head is entirely sculpted. You can see more shots and lots of process (as well as the rest of the Navigator Household in my P&M thread. The giant head project starts on page 5: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/120/584689.page

Looks like something plucked straight out of Frank Herbert's "Dune" series. Outstanding man!


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 bigfish wrote:
Using fleshborers for csm guns is a awesome idea, very cool

TY man! They're also a very easy swap.

How about some Tau?

Hoping to see more conversions out there dont let this thread die.

tyranid parts, a few hours and green stuff...
more here:http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/613779.page

I'm currently working on some servitors for a Squat Engineeseer. Here's a WIP one, a Squat Sgt and a finished one together:



And here's a Squat with a close combat dog :

Chaos termie conversions.

latest couple:

 Inso wrote:
I'm currently working on some servitors for a Squat Engineeseer. Here's a WIP one, a Squat Sgt and a finished one together:



And here's a Squat with a close combat dog :

Ok, those are pretty excellent.

Are they for a re-skinned IG army?

They'll be loosely linked to Imperial Guard but there will be differences in organisation. I just want a Squat army

Wow that's awesome. I don't supposed you'd care to share your technique for converting squats?

Work continues on my scratchbuild Chaos Jetbike. This will be my best conversion by far once its completed.

That jetbike is awesome.

Why did I not think of a Jetbike for my Chaos Biker army Lord..... Ah well a Chaos Steed shall do instead. Don't want to be seen as "stealing" ideas.

Chaos ogre standard bearer. Made purely so i could try some freehand

 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
Chaos ogre standard bearer. Made purely so i could try some freehand

o.O

Dang, thats some freehand alright!


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 johnscott10 wrote:
That jetbike is awesome.

Why did I not think of a Jetbike for my Chaos Biker army Lord..... Ah well a Chaos Steed shall do instead. Don't want to be seen as "stealing" ideas.

Please steal the idea! Rip and run, bruh!

The core of the bike was made with the two arms off The Cthonian model from the Sedition Wars boxed set, and frankly at $30 I think the box was worth it just for this one conversion (plus you get like 50 pretty decent mini's if you don't mind cleaning up some tough casting flash). One arm was flipped upside down, then they were pinned together. The engine section is an unmodified jetpack from the Chaos Raptors sprue. The rider is mostly Raptor parts, but uses the legs (modified with Raptor toes) from that stupid looking plastic Space Marine trike kit. The handlebars were also sourced from the trike kit. Rat jaws were sourced from this rat I found when "reclaiming" an empty lot in the West Oakland ghetto. Lot was converted to a garden, the bones (along with a cat skeleton) were soaked, stripped, and bleached by hand.

I really wish I'd put the "face" shoulder pad on the arm holding the force sword, but plastic cement has already set and not sure I can safely pull the pads off. :/


Here's the last one I did before buying a pin vise. Possessed Terminator Lord using the Termie Lord kit, Reaper Bones Giant Spider, parts from a Tyranid Gargoyle sprue, and bits from a resin Hive Tyrant & plastic Carnifex. It was a lot of fun to build. One of these days I'll get around to finishing the paint, maybe even try to make a base for it. I have mixed feelings about it, if I'd pinned the model it could have had a way more dynamic pose. I'm not the worlds hottest painter, but I really enjoy making monsters.

 karlosovic wrote:
Wow that's awesome. I don't supposed you'd care to share your technique for converting squats?

It is just a case of taking one of the old plastic Squats, gluing the head to the body and the body to the base. I then sculpt on a suitable beard/hat (if required) and drill/pin some brass wire on for arms. If I can find the sort of hands I want to use in plastic, then I'll pin them to the ends of the wire and fill in the wire with more sculpting. Add weapons of choice .

Ah right, lol. It kinda looked like parts from a catachan sprue

 karlosovic wrote:
Ah right, lol. It kinda looked like parts from a catachan sprue

the arms are

The Squat with the dog has catachan arms (from the original plastic boxed set). The squat with the Hammer has a Squat hand, a converted Catachan hand and the gaps between the body and glove filled with green stuff and sculpted on. Each of the Squats will have a different combination of arm parts/sculpting, depending on the position I want them in. Many of the Squats I am working on will have fully sculpted arms.

The dog is from Mantic Games .

this is my Vulkan He'stan conversion for my storm wardens army he was made using parts from the forgeworld praetor set, mk IV armor set, GW grey knight bits and some greenstuff [url] http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/636365-.html

Excellent work everyone as always, just so inspirational.

Now not my best but I have to share, a small conversion....



Oh and a little more converted...



Keep it coming guys, you inspire me to greater things all the time.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Excellent work everyone as always, just so inspirational.

Now not my best but I have to share, a small conversion....



Oh and a little more converted...



Keep it coming guys, you inspire me to greater things all the time.

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Hehe, thats awesome dude.

Is it wrong to want to motor boat those?

 tomcarter wrote:
Is it wrong to want to motor boat those?

Yes, seek help. Immediately.

My mutant Sarpedon of the Soul Drinkers. Legs are tyranid pieces that I made one drunken late night. Used the DV librarian because that's what I used for the non mutant version of him. Staff is from the chaos terminator sorcerer with an eagle in place on top. Ran him for the first time with "counts as" having a jet pack with my vanguard vets. Rolled 1s the first two turns when rolling for deep strike. Then I came in and scattered in a bad spot, then wiped out before I got to use him.

My completed renegade assassins