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Back in the saddle again!
Can you spot the conversions in this photo?

I wanted the Barret look for this rifle, and after carefully scratch building 3 little vent attachments for the end and shooting 2 of them across the room with tweezers, I finally have it!

I had a miscast scout, so I reshaped his head with a Dremmel and added three small styrene bits to construct my smallest conversion to date!

Just a warning- This is no longer the frugle project blog that it once was.
After reading the forums thoroughly, I've decided to invest in a few things to help with convertions. So, I've been slowly building my supply of polystyrene everytime I go to the Hobby shop -add to that; a new hobby-saw, some mold making supplies, the Dremmel I'm borrowing from a friend {$90 if I'd bought it}, the testing of every single glue and epoxy the hardware store had to offer {some returned}, two ebay dreadnoughts and the sweet craigslist deal that nearly doubled my army for $200 -and the costs have kind of ran away from me. Next on the list is a couple bottles of paint and some green stuff. I probably could make due without some of these purchases but I figured 'what the hell -I've had some of these modles for over ten years- chances are, that money wouldn't have been spent on someting that would be around for another ten anyway. Plus, everything in my life is so serious all the time, I though it was time to invest in fun for a change.


Alright, I'm done using Dakka to justify my spending habits.
Lots more pictures to come -just as soon as I get back to my pc.

Extra bits and finished paint job

I'm back from a long hiatus, the models are back out of storage, and I'm excited to show Dakka what I've been working on!

Let's get to it. Here are my Rhino resize/rebuilds:

Some photos for size comparison:

Crow's nest cupola:

I still have 3 Rhinos to finish, but as soon as I'm done, I'm thinking about closing the tops of a couple Land Speeders and changing the profile.
I was thinking Jeeps (fielded as Attack Bikes) -or something like this:

A little better one..

One with the top swept back, and a couple different wing designs:

A few more shots of the detail coming together. Just need to add bolts and do some gap filling.

My two favorite solutions for rivets; small half-round beads, and 'Lazer Bond' -a UV reactive glue that bonds in three seconds under UV light.
It's a great gap filler too!

Pretty much finished.
It has little of the same profile as the old Mark I Rhino, but since I used the whole tank, I'm hoping it will still be legal for tournament play.

From the depths of a forgotten Martian armory -a relic is resurrected, and put back into service.

The Mark I Castellan Missile Launcher!

I made a couple of side turrets for a Terminus Ultra, which can support the LC from underneath -or suspend it.

So pumped I found this. Your work is fantastic. Love the rebuilds and resizing well done brother!

Thanks for taking an interest man!
I had a big gap in posting while I straightened out my living situation -but I should be posting much more frequently now.

Nice work on all that scratch building. Love the retro crayon launcher!

 Nevelon wrote:
Love the retro crayon launcher!

Damn. Your the third person to mention the Crayon-like shape. Now I'm thinking I should definitely round them out -to make them look more like the Mark II.


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Here it is again -missiles rounded down, and painted!

Oops -forgot the attachments:

Very cool brother. Keep up the work

The Castellan Mark I is nearly complete!

Testing pics

The Mark Ia 'Vorolanus' pattern Rhino/Predator.
The parts are from a super old LR stand-in that was supplemented after they discontinued the first Land Raider -right around the time I picked up the game

Have a ton of heavy weapons to paint -along with a few more squads & characters.
I'm not a very fast painter, so, from here on, things will probably slow down a bit.

Back with more conversions!
Making a shoulder-fire Las cannon into a hip-fire, without too many extra parts.

Just putting on some finishing touches. I'll post more pics once they're painted.

Here we go!
Just one more LC to paint, and I'm done with the most (imo) ugly weapon in the Imperium.

One more pic of the two of them