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Got some new Frankenstiens from my workbench!

Plagueburst Crawler conversion! The official model is pretty derpy looking to me, and like all 40k tanks, the stupid thing is backwards. So I flipped it around, replaced the GIGANTIC mortar with a more sensibly sized sawed-off Basilisk cannon and gunshield. Looks more like a Stug style assault gun now, which I think is cool.


Mega Kill Drone which I'll be using as a Heldrake. Again, official model is pretty darn goofy. Never liked the robot dragon and it's giant gaping butthole. Also I feel like the model really doesn't fit the rules in 8th edition. It's not a jetfighter anymore, its more like a flying dreadnought. This feller is a knight carapace with stormwolf engines, an idea I totally ripped off a way cooler conversion.


And a couple Nurgle Blightspawns I hacked together from the Blight Kings kit and random other stuff.

This stuff is awesome! I was thinking of turning the crawler into something for my wolves. You're an inspiration to spend money I don't have, haha.

The first conversion I love! It looks much better than the burst crawler (the crawler isn't a bad model, just a bit meh).

I wasn't sure about the second conversion but after you've explained that it's a GIANT plague drone I love it.

Nice conversions all round, now get them on the board and show those damn loyalists what for!

These are sweet! I particularly like the crawler - heaps better than the original model imo

Superb - both are far better than the actual kits. I too was kicking around the idea of a modified model to serve as a Heldrake...but I don't know if I'll bother with it. Great work - the Crawler is soooo much better.

Amazing builds, congratulations. I am looking forward to seeing them painted. Do you plan on masking the vents at the rear of the stormwolf engines ? Since they are guns now, they don't need that right ?

Amazing work on both - will have to steal!!!

 KernelTerror wrote:
Amazing builds, congratulations. I am looking forward to seeing them painted. Do you plan on masking the vents at the rear of the stormwolf engines ? Since they are guns now, they don't need that right ?

I'm not sure I follow? The stormwolf engines are still engines. The front of the drone is that first shot (the round bit will be a creepy googly-eye), and the Heldrake is rather pitifully armed (the little nozzle at the bottom is it's Baleflamer). I wish it had giant cannons though!

 McGibs wrote:

 KernelTerror wrote:
Amazing builds, congratulations. I am looking forward to seeing them painted. Do you plan on masking the vents at the rear of the stormwolf engines ? Since they are guns now, they don't need that right ?

I'm not sure I follow? The stormwolf engines are still engines. The front of the drone is that first shot (the round bit will be a creepy googly-eye), and the Heldrake is rather pitifully armed (the little nozzle at the bottom is it's Baleflamer). I wish it had giant cannons though!

I used a plastic tube of a till receipt roll to form this gun:

 McGibs wrote:

 KernelTerror wrote:
Amazing builds, congratulations. I am looking forward to seeing them painted. Do you plan on masking the vents at the rear of the stormwolf engines ? Since they are guns now, they don't need that right ?

I'm not sure I follow? The stormwolf engines are still engines. The front of the drone is that first shot (the round bit will be a creepy googly-eye), and the Heldrake is rather pitifully armed (the little nozzle at the bottom is it's Baleflamer). I wish it had giant cannons though!

Silly me, forgot it was a helldrake and thought these were guns, my bad !

 McGibs wrote:
Got some new Frankenstiens from my workbench!

Plagueburst Crawler conversion! The official model is pretty derpy looking to me, and like all 40k tanks, the stupid thing is backwards. So I flipped it around, replaced the GIGANTIC mortar with a more sensibly sized sawed-off Basilisk cannon and gunshield. Looks more like a Stug style assault gun now, which I think is cool.

I like that more than the original model. Now with the new silhouette it looks like a Sicarian variant