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Something that bugs me a bit about marine (and to a lesser extent guard) vehicles is their small size relative to the troops that accompany them -it's an inevitable complication from the infantry being "heroic scale".

On the other end of that scale is this mother of all super heavies: The scope of this project is as impressive as its execution is stunning. Many land raiders were harmed in the making of this...

Link to owner's gallery: http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-39358-16121_Building%20A%20Huge%20Super%20Heavy%20Tank!.html

Additional photos available on this thread: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/311736.page

Well here are some Killa Kans i made a while ago when the tombblades came out. Converted these and painted them in 2 days an im really happy with them.





I hae a big flyer to show at some point but need to clear space when i get home from work to show and it has a 2ft wingspan

Lots of nice stuff in here and makes me want and need to get back to converting.

Edit: fixed image

Stormviper. What a Beautiful hybridisation! Engines and rear wings fromt the Strormtalon kit, unclear as to whether the rest is scratch built from plasticard or from another model kit.

More detailed article and additional pics here: http://gravengames.co.uk/project-storm-viper/

Update to the conversions I posted earlier in this thread. I have completed painting my ork bike conversions. The highwheeler/choper converted from a def copta and the jet bike created from a plie of bits I picked up at a bits bazzar for a $1 or so.

 thegreatchimp wrote:
Stormviper. What a Beautiful hybridisation! Engines and rear wings fromt the Strormtalon kit, unclear as to whether the rest is scratch built from plasticard or from another model kit.

More detailed article and additional pics here: http://gravengames.co.uk/project-storm-viper/

That is a cool conversion. Seriously thinking of making my own !

 Big H wrote:

That is a cool conversion. Seriously thinking of making my own !

Me too H. Someday -I've a lot of good ideas lined up in my head. I find getting the time and determination to complete them is another story :(

"Looted" Tyranids Some of these biomechanical contraptions hit the front page a few days ago. Probably doesn't fit in with the fluff of either army as I 'm not sure a tyranid can be domesticated in any sense of the word, but I hold to it that the rule of cool overrules the fluff. What an excellent alternative take on ork war machines!

Link to owner's gallery: http://www.dakkadakka.com/core/gallery-search.jsp?p=1&u=18254&g=40131&ll=3&auction=0&unapproved=0&coolnesslow=0&coolnesshigh=10&paintjoblow=0&paintjobhigh=10&sort1=7&sort2=0&skip=30&en=&st=&utype=&start=0

Hey, if it exists, it can be looted. When in doubt, remember that if you can get enough Orks to believe in something, then said something happens. Now, where is that looted Bloodthirster when you need one.

 thegreatchimp wrote:
Probably doesn't fit in with the fluff of either army as I 'm not sure a tyranid can be domesticated in any sense of the word,

'Domesticated' in the same sense as a lobotomised, bionicised servitor is 'domesticated', though?

 Vermis wrote:
'Domesticated' in the same sense as a lobotomised, bionicised servitor is 'domesticated', though?

Can't argue with that logic...It is a pretty messed up universe. Those servitors don' have it good. Severe human rights violations right there :(

 thegreatchimp wrote:
The tall dreadnought: I've always liked the dreadnought model. I had one of the 2nd edition metal ones and it just had more character than any of the tanks I owned at the time. I might be unusual in that I actually prefer the aesthetics of the basic dreadnought to the FW Contemptor...with one exception -those stubby legs that in reality would only allow it to shuffle at best. A fair few people had the idea of giving them a proper set of pins, and when I saw these I knew I'd never be happy with fielding the stock model. Some of these converisons involve simply lengthening the legs, others incorporate the chicken-leg design seen in sentinels. All are awesome.

where did you find that DA Dread, the first in your list of photo's?

effreem wrote:
where did you find that DA Dread, the first in your list of photo's?

http://theambit.blogspot.ie/2012/05/nighthawks-rifleman-dreadnought.html

I'm thinking the base to that storm viper was based on a battle star galactica viper model.

 thegreatchimp wrote:

 Big H wrote:

That is a cool conversion. Seriously thinking of making my own !

Me too H. Someday -I've a lot of good ideas lined up in my head. I find getting the time and determination to complete them is another story :(

Ah yes , the two Greater daemons Time and Determination !

Lictor made out of extra warrior bits


Raided my local Toys R Us and found some dinosaur skeleton stuff


Turned a defiler into a dreadnaught


More pics in my gallery

I bought some DKoK autocannon teams, but found I really disliked the scale of the autocannon to the actual men supposed to operate it. There is no way two regular, normal guys would be able to cart a piece of kit like that around a battlefield, on top of all their gear as well.

So, thanks to Tamiya's 1/35 German MG team kit, I came up with a happy medium. I guess they're Heavy Stubbers now?

Dog naught takes the cake. That conversion is awesome!

 Catfish wrote:
I bought some DKoK autocannon teams, but found I really disliked the scale of the autocannon to the actual men supposed to operate it. There is no way two regular, normal guys would be able to cart a piece of kit like that around a battlefield, on top of all their gear as well.

So, thanks to Tamiya's 1/35 German MG team kit, I came up with a happy medium. I guess they're Heavy Stubbers now?

Its a little on the small side isnt it

What are you using for the sandbags. they are soo fluffy. i think im gona die.

 Desubot wrote:

Its a little on the small side isnt it

What are you using for the sandbags. they are soo fluffy. i think im gona die.

Hah, I almost rose to the bait

I'm using Pegasus Hobbies 28mm scale sandbags, they come loose in packs of ~100.

Good stuff!
Here is my Warboss on a Jet Bike:

Desubot wrote:
What are you using for the sandbags. they are soo fluffy. i think im gona die.

I don't think I've ever heard of sandbags described as "fluffy"... Certainly not when I was in the army.

Khanjar wrote:Good stuff!
Here is my Warboss on a Jet Bike:

That's pretty awesome! Though I will have to admit, I expected to see a warboss on an Eldar jetbike.

Chaos Nurgle themed raptors I did. Dead easy conversion. The Carrion wings essentially were a direct replacement for the jet packs. A little green stuff work to smooth out the feather transition and you're done.
I did these when bitz orders were still possible from GW. These models are all metal and heavy, hence the large bases.
Sold them about 2 years ago to pay for a new laptop... regret that decision.










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Well that certainly would have been easier!


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Boom Gun!

 thegreatchimp wrote:
Army of Two Dreadnoughts: influenced by the ballistic masks and shield from a certain co-op shooter; there are no words for how bad-ass I think these dreads are. Having the heavy weapon held in both arms gives it the feel of it moving like a giant soldier, and gets past the somewhat stiff and ponderous appearance of the basic model. Created by an excellent Finnish studio called Warhead http://www.gowarhead.com/

These look brilliant. i wish I still had my old csm dread now...

Kroot Scavengers:

I'm a big fan of customisation of individual squad members, and War Head Studio really hit the nail on the head here with these Kroot. From the war paint and makeshift armour to the array of weapons, there's an aura of primitiveness but effective brutality about them. It's a bit reminiscent of the kind of equipment you might see a tribesman with in colonial era America-tomahawks and clubs mixed with rifles and more modern kit. I like that some of them are wielding tools -they have primitive vehicles, so it stands to reason that some of the tribe are mechanically inclined. That skimmer is a fine piece of work too. The whole army has a touch of Ork to it, but it remains distinctly Kroot-like too -a very well thought out and unique creation altogether.

The homepage is in Finnish so I wasn't able to tell exactly what was used in the conversion process, but you can clearly see some Ork, and Tyranid bits (I particularely like the shields) as well as a scattering of imperial gear like the rifle scope and the targeter on the skimmer. True scavengers.

http://www.gowarhead.com/2015/06/i-am-kroot-scavenger-kabal.html

 bdix wrote:
Dog naught takes the cake. That conversion is awesome!

It does look very familiar...

Dark Eldar Blood Brides made from Fantasy Witches with some weapon swaps.

I finally build one of the ork-cyborg-centaur things I mentioned a while ago. Still WIP, but here is a picture:



An another one with my Painboy on bike as a comparison:



Still needs work, but it is a quite decent prototype.

Zoomeep wrote:
I finally build one of the ork-cyborg-centaur things I mentioned a while ago. Still WIP, but here is a picture:



Still needs work, but it is a quite decent prototype.

Reminds me of my Nob on bike ;




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I like to think up little back stories to my orks, as in how they think and how they unded up cyborg/mutated as they are;

Wazzdakka;



Big Mek with KFF - So one day lootin' da boss came upon dis beautiful umbrella amongst some other useful items such as his backpack. Ever since that day da boss an' his retinue have been da luckiest boyz in town, often bullets just seemed to curve around them. Ever since then da boss has always carried his mighty mighty umbrella to battle! (not realising the force field generator on his back has been silently whirring away battle afta battle )

Solar Shock wrote:

Big Mek with KFF

Hilarious and brilliant! Now I want to model one or 2 of my marines munching on a burger or an apple or something...


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Both those Ork-Centaurs are great, looking forward to seeing how they turn out.

Looks like Gork and Mork sent us similar visions.
Are there more of these kind of Nob bikerz or is this the only one you converted this way?