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Well, camouflaging that monster would be rather pointless...

But then, IG camouflages EVERYTHING, pointless or not.

Forget trying to hide.... this behemoth needs to announce its presence to the enemy!

Weathered Chrome!!! .... just for a wee challenge!

Well weathered Chrome seems to work for Luteus Vexant (My Warlord) but the grey seems apropos for a very small mountain.......

Painting the Super Baneblade:

Today I bit the bullet and began painting my Super Baneblade. For those of you unfamiliar with this project, a bit of history. My son and I many years ago were novices in the FW genera of Wargaming hardware so as usually the case my son began collecting Leman Russes and other IG equipment which he and I painted in the popular OD Green and Beige of the Imperial Guard. The Leman Russes looked to me like archaic WWI British tanks with a few turrets so to not take over his projects I started shopping around for a more challenging model to build. It was then that I clapped eyes on the recently introduced Baneblade; it was love at first sight...... until I saw the price!

Not being a millionaire or likely to win a jackpot lottery as I don't buy tickets I thought that it might be fun to try scratch building a Baneblade. I'd never really done any serious scratchbuilding in styrene before but I have built a few "Plank on Frame" sailing ship model hulls with reasonable success. What really started me was finding IBM Ribbon printer cartridges were wonderfully adaptable to making a solid hull framework. At that time I also began a Lucius Warhound because..... well because I'm certifiably crazy but we needn't go there. Well to not make a long story too long I began building the hull, turret and tread housing and had just got to a point where it was beginning to look like a Baneblade when I won a bid on ebay for a derelict Baneblade for a hundred bucks. When it arrived I found my scratch effort was in pretty good proportion but almost half again bigger than the standard FW model.

 The_Blackadder wrote:
Well weathered Chrome seems to work for Luteus Vexant (My Warlord) but the grey seems apropos for a very small mountain.......

Having skimmed through this awesome thread, I was going to suggest battleship grey, with full on hull numbering and everything. Because if this behemoth doesn't count as a land ship then I don't know what would!

Wow thanks for the reply, I've not seen you here before so welcome aboard and you echo my thoughts precisely; when a tank is this big, camouflage is superfluous.

My Baker's Dozen Of Super Heavies:

While I'm at it and feeling ambitious this might be an opportune time to finish off the derilicts I've acquired over the years.

All the tanks you see here were purchased on ebay over the past six years in various states of disrepair. I broke them down into their component parts cleaned and refurbished the parts and primed so they are ready for reassembly

http://i.imgur.com/idojgO4.jpg


Some of them need scratch built parts to complete them and one needs a turret; I'll make that into a recovery vehicle.

http://i.imgur.com/PU4Pajn.jpg


Now for a bit of a guessing game. Aside from the obvious Land Kreuzer one of these is entirely scratchbuilt except for a few bitz and one is a rebuilt Armorcast Baneblade built to look like a FW model; can you find them?

That's quite a collection, Blacky.

To the untrained eye (I've not seen one of these kits in the flesh/plastic) they all look like kit models, even the obviously larger one we've seen built here.

Well done.

 Dr H wrote:
That's quite a collection, Blacky.

To the untrained eye (I've not seen one of these kits in the flesh/plastic) they all look like kit models, even the obviously larger one we've seen built here.

Well done.

BTW All these are the FW Resin models excepting the Land Kreuzer.

 The_Blackadder wrote:
Now for a bit of a guessing game. Aside from the obvious Land Kreuzer one of these is entirely scratchbuilt except for a few bitz and one is a rebuilt Armorcast Baneblade built to look like a FW model; can you find them?

Time to demonstrate my detail obsession with these tanks: the Stormblade third from the left in the back row is either the scratchbuild or an Armorcast Shadowsword converted to have the Stormblade's gun, and I think the Baneblade on the far right in the front row is the other one. Also, I am impressed with your patience in salvaging these things. I have noble ambitions with the ones I own, but they're so intimidating to think about!

Edit: but apparently the guessing game was a trick? That Stormblade's top hull and gun are definitely a conversion, if nothing else.

That is one beefy looking beast. Love that bulk of superheavies you've managed to build up.. Salute to the Treadheads!

 Peregrine wrote:

 The_Blackadder wrote:
Now for a bit of a guessing game. Aside from the obvious Land Kreuzer one of these is entirely scratchbuilt except for a few bitz and one is a rebuilt Armorcast Baneblade built to look like a FW model; can you find them?

Time to demonstrate my detail obsession with these tanks: the Stormblade third from the left in the back row is either the scratchbuild or an Armorcast Shadowsword converted to have the Stormblade's gun, and I think the Baneblade on the far right in the front row is the other one. Also, I am impressed with your patience in salvaging these things. I have noble ambitions with the ones I own, but they're so intimidating to think about!

Edit: but apparently the guessing game was a trick? That Stormblade's top hull and gun are definitely a conversion, if nothing else.

No trick but a complete departure from the Baneblade formula in that the superstructure it entirely faceted from sheet styrene.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/210995.page

http://i.imgur.com/XgiaADd.jpg


But you are the one I am searching for. I can demonstrate how to break down a salvage these resin beauties to give them a new lease on life if you're willing to take the gamble I can supply step by step how to disassemble these models; let me know.

 The_Blackadder wrote:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/210995.page

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I had thought it was only the top section that was scratchbuilt, and you did the whole thing! Consider me impressed (again).

But you are the one I am searching for. I can demonstrate how to break down a salvage these resin beauties to give them a new lease on life if you're willing to take the gamble I can supply step by step how to disassemble these models; let me know.

I've actually got a couple of them (Baneblade and a Shadowsword with the interior detail kit) NIB, they just have So. Many. Wheels. The Shadowsword is #98 off the production line so it's actually a good cast with no real fit issues, it's just such a slog getting those wheels and tracks cleaned up. The salvage guide might be useful on the poor Stormblade that seems to have been built by someone who thought that glue was paint and the best way to make the engine section fit is to hack off parts of the lower hull. I bought it because I wanted the plasma gun as a weapon swap option for my Shadowsword, but maybe someday the poor thing will get some repair work.

You, sir, are completely and utterly insane.

Well done!

I look forwards to seeing the monster with its final lick of paint standing ready to defy the Emperor's foes.

 Peregrine wrote:

 The_Blackadder wrote:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/210995.page

...............I've actually got a couple of them (Baneblade and a Shadowsword with the interior detail kit) NIB, they just have So. Many. Wheels. The Shadowsword is #98 off the production line so it's actually a good cast with no real fit issues, it's just such a slog getting those wheels and tracks cleaned up. The salvage guide might be useful on the poor Stormblade that seems to have been built by someone who thought that glue was paint and the best way to make the engine section fit is to hack off parts of the lower hull. I bought it because I wanted the plasma gun as a weapon swap option for my Shadowsword, but maybe someday the poor thing will get some repair work.

I would kill for a Shadowsword interior kit (Well probably not but I DO COVET ONE) I probably could scratch build one by now but it would be nice to see what they consist of as a basic model template I do have a rebuild thread somewhere on Dakka but it has been fallow for lo these many years for lack of interest:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/241594.page

Which you are welcome to reply to with questions and building tips because everyone has problems with resin kits and a round robin discussion of technics is to me a lot more fun than the actual playing of the game. So I'll reopen the thread and you can post some images of the spots that are giving you trouble.

 The_Blackadder wrote:
I would kill for a Shadowsword interior kit (Well probably not but I DO COVET ONE) I probably could scratch build one by now but it would be nice to see what they consist of as a basic model template

You're not going to want to pay what I'd want for my spare set, but I still have everything NIB so I'll get you some reference pictures of all the parts.

I think I can wing it scratch building but it would sure be nice to see the individual components; thanks.

Great work! And all super heavy vehicles are just awesome!