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Hello, I would like to show you some of mine miniatures and I would ask you to put there some of your own miniatures resembling something or somebody from real-life or pop-culture.
Well, maybe except TR8-TOR because it seems that every second Marine player has one.

There are mine. Some of them are rather obvious, others may not be so easy. I'll leave you a hint. I also have 3 more, ready to be painted.
Lets see who recognise them.
Models are 40kyfied, of course but thats understandable.

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Some hints would be nice.

I have absolutely no idea who any of them are meant to be.

Can't recall first one, last two are easy.

Medic and Engineer from TF2. (Red Team)








A lot of the concepts behind some of my tanks have an origin in some video game weapon idea or some crazy thing like it. Even if the end product is not identical its there in spirit at least.

Kirrov Reporting!

Tesla tank

Tank Destroyer?

Nice RA2 theme if so!

Hint: the first one comes from 7 book 8 movie series. He was a good character and he died during second half of the series.He was also a teacher.

As for your 3rd pic, a PlanetSide Vanguard tank came to my mind, but that's not PS3 only game.
Since I never played anything on a consone, I'm worried that I'm clueless. Hope somebody else gets it.

Steve Austin.
Egon from Ghost busters.
One of those construction guys from Fraggle Rock.

No one will ever guess the mysterious origins of these conversions.




[spoiler]

Unfortunately I don't have pictures, but a friend has a trio of baneblades with unique crew. One has a couple of fellas with a bbq grill, tank girl commands the second, and Don Quixote, along with Sancho and Aldonza, ride around in the third.

Engine of War wrote:A tank design from an old PS3 Multiplayer only war game.

Tiny Tank? ...ok, that was a PS1 single-player only game...

Hawky wrote:Hint: the first one comes from 7 book 8 movie series. He was a good character and he died during second half of the series.He was also a teacher.

I can't think of many 8-movie series, much less ones based on books, except for Harry Potter I guess. I don't really know Harry Potter very well, so... Dumbledore?

Badablack wrote: No one will ever guess the mysterious origins of these conversions.

First one is Tom Hardy, second one is Nicholas Cage?

I'll answer it. The Chernovan tank from Warhawk.


I do hope one day to build Tiny tank and the Vanguard tank from Planetside 2 though. Just haven't done it yet.

Ah... when did pop culture become 'reality'?

I was going to post my Griffin pained up like the American Kestrel, but it seems to be very... out-of-place with what's already posted.

 Badablack wrote:
No one will ever guess the mysterious origins of these conversions.

Bane and Ghostrider?

 Vulcan wrote:
Ah... when did pop culture become 'reality'?

Edited for you...

 Hawky wrote:
real-life or pop-culture.

I want to imbed all the characters from "Kelly's Heroes" into my 40k Imperial Guard, then in my "Bolt Action". (Not real life but close!)

Kelly's Heroes must be where GW got the inspiration for all their special space marine characters to not wear helmets.

Scratched a giant Starcraft itch a few years ago. Still need to paint most of 'em

Do you believe in magic?

TF2 Pyro Tank

This topic is right up my street since I've been doing quite a few Ork conversions to pop culture over the last year or so.

I won't post names, will be interesting to see if I've done well enough so people know who they are without me telling you. Hope you enjoy them.

I could recognise only Rork2-Dork2 and Mr. Yorkda
And Santa SMAWs of course.

The first two and a Wookie and Han Solo? I guess. I'm not that good in SW universe.

P.S.
My first miniature is a younger version of Alastor Moody. Bionic eye and leg, blonde hair and ever-angry expression. (My fav. character. The only one.)

Oooh, I think I've seen your Argh-too-dee-too before, but I hadn't seen the others! Loving "Luke's" farmboy haircut!

I am already loving this thread.

Here are mine.

Starting with the oldest from before my dakka days.

oooooh, that Prism Tank is awesome! I want one too.
Do you actually play it, or it's just a decoration?

Axton and Krieg ale also good.

Only played two games of 40k in my life. I am more the building and converting type.
Even if I did play any of them I have no idea on how to stat the Prism tank without my opponent screaming about it being OP as all hell for his lighter infantry, given its in game capabilities.

Well, you could play it as a Leman Russ Vanquisher, Tunderer siege tank or Destroyer tank hunter.

 Hawky wrote:
I could recognise only Rork2-Dork2 and Mr. Yorkda
And Santa SMAWs of course.

The first two and a Wookie and Han Solo? I guess. I'm not that good in SW universe.

Soul Samurai wrote:
Oooh, I think I've seen your Argh-too-dee-too before, but I hadn't seen the others! Loving "Luke's" farmboy haircut!

I'm glad you where able to get a couple, I've spoiler the answers for anyone interested in who they are meant to be.



Great Work Korbenn
I can get most of them I think, Fav is the Dead Space Isaac, very good attention to detail.

That Pyramid Head is amazing.

You can also tell I've been playing way too much Overwatch recently, as Zero (?) from Borderlands 2 was instantly just "Oh, that Genji looks sick". It does that to you.