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Could we have a close up of the "window" of the whirlwind pattern walker? Is there a "dead" marine in there?
Really like these a lot.

jackanory wrote:Could we have a close up of the "window" of the whirlwind pattern walker? Is there a "dead" marine in there?
Really like these a lot.

Here you go...



...the Whirlwind is actually piloted by a living Marine, I just painted him that colour to make it look like he was bathed in the glow from various instruments and screens in the cockpit.

Orinoco wrote: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.

Glad you like it Orinoco...was it worth the wait?

Cypher871 wrote:As for 'Anus', yeah I will take the hit on that (even my wife took the p**s)...but just for the record it says Arius. I also spelt Phoenix wrong on the the other Predator A bit of a touch-up required on these two methinks.

http://www.morscher.com/3r/fonts/fette_deutsche_Schrift.gif

I use that if I ever want to write something clearly on my vehicles

Hi everyone, does the article I wrote look ok in your web browsers (i.e where there are 3 photo's next to each other do they all fit or does one drop to the next line?)...I am looking at it on my work laptop from a site now and it doesn't look the way I intended it to.

Also, does my Avatar show?

Cheers

Henners91 wrote:

Cypher871 wrote:As for 'Anus', yeah I will take the hit on that (even my wife took the p**s)...but just for the record it says Arius. I also spelt Phoenix wrong on the the other Predator A bit of a touch-up required on these two methinks.

http://www.morscher.com/3r/fonts/fette_deutsche_Schrift.gif

I use that if I ever want to write something clearly on my vehicles

Wouldn't that make it harder to paint on a model? I found it difficult painting letters clearly and thinly enough which is why the R and the I look more like an N. Granted, if I had put a little more space between the letters it would have been better.

Awesome work on the article. Those Mech Preds are cool looking. The Pics came out greats and the way you wrote the article was very clear.

Good Job Cypher.

These are cool. If GW actually made walkers like this, I might want to play Marines...

Great work. And I like the green-light Marine in the cockpit. Great lighting work.

Madman49 wrote: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?

For chaos they would be daemon possessed or have a pilot like the penitent engines of the SoB...

Thanks for the comments guys.

Skarboy wrote:These are cool. If GW actually made walkers like this, I might want to play Marines...

Great work. And I like the green-light Marine in the cockpit. Great lighting work.

Skarboy, don't be put off just because it's a Marine conversion...do what Orks do best LOOT IT!

Personally I think that this conversion could see legit use in any Marine, Ork, Imperial or Chaos army. Tau and Eldar are already masters at utilising bi-pedal war machines and would see it as clunky and Tyranids...well they'd just eat it.

Article is pure win. I'm working on doing a walker using defiler parts for the legs and stuff. Possibly the next step for your tech chapter would be a walker like that?

Orinoco wrote:Article is pure win. I'm working on doing a walker using defiler parts for the legs and stuff. Possibly the next step for your tech chapter would be a walker like that?

Yeah, I thought about it for a while as a troop transport option but dismissed it as not really Marine enough. It would be great for Chaos though.

Very cool! I like the idea behind them.

Cypher, I just gotta say your modeling skills are incredible. My mind is just swimming with the possibilities for my chapter specifically that I'd never even considered before... Wow. Thanks.

Thanks guys...keep your eyes peeled, as the article for the Predator's is seemingly a hit I have decide to bite the bullet and do one for the Whirlwind too. I am just in the process of purchasing the bits I need. It won't happen for a while yet mind.

I also have an idea for a Rhino/Razorback 'SkyHook' or 'Dropship' transporter (I haven't decided on the title yet - both terms are pinched - Skyhook is the name from the CIA's Surface To Air Recovery System - STARS and Dropship refers to a retailing practice of sending items from a manufacturer directly to a customer ).

This will be similar to the Thunderhawk Transporter but smaller and not of the same design...I think the Thunderhawk is butt ugly...I like being original so I will have to put some serious thought into it. The Valk will be providing various bits like the engines and wings but it will be styrene card for the most part I reckon

So awesome.
Hope you don't mind I'm so going to use this as a base for a super heavy sentinel (counts as a Russ of some sort)