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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

I made the magnet panels for all the weapons, and made a set of Autocannons:



No doubt effective in game, but the front ones look too long. Plus, some close up impact might be fun... so I made different nose guns:



THAT'S more the right silhouette. I still need to tweak the Autocannons, not quite right yet, but I'm pretty happy with the stubby, old school nozzled Heavy Flamers. Pretty proud of the ignition tube, think it's spot on.

(Please excuse the rubbish pics tonight)

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 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
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Lead-Footed Trukkboy Driver





Sweden

That's looking brilliant so far! The addition of rivets will make this nigh-on indistinguishable from the FW Crassus!
   
Made in gb
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

Hope so! Rivets hide a multitude of modelling sins!

Green Stuff slathered on in a few places that need it. Now to leave for several hours until it's set enough to sand.

 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
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Mysterious Techpriest







Not much a bit of putty can't fix!

Looking pretty bloody brilliant so far mate.




 
   
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

Thank you! The putty is mostly to try and emulate the curve of some of the front plates on the FW model and blend the planes. One or two gap fills that might otherwise annoy me.

Best thing? Playing a game next week with ALL my scratch builds! Just over 2K points vs Eldar, 2118 to be exact. Charlie chose using PL but the FW Power levels are all WAY high, so I point matched instead (his 101 became 123 for me!). I'll be fielding a Superheavy Detachment consisting of Baneblade, Crassus and Macharius Vulcan. That will be assisted by two Infantry Squads led by a Company Commander, a 10-man Scion Squad in a Taurox Prime, Scion Command Squad and Tempestor Prime, and a rogue Veteran melta squad in Chimera. The Thunderbolt will provide air support and extra Dakka.

Been watching Great British Menu and riveting away...



It still amazes me how these tiny half domes just bring the whole thing alive! This really is such an odd-shaped model. I love it.

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 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
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Regular Dakkanaut






Johnny, looks like your Photobucket account has gotten too popular

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Made in gb
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

Oh I hate Photobucket so much... I dislike Imgur but at least it works. Looks like I'm switching.

Oddly, it seems like they've blocked Dakka but not YakTribe. Ugh. Many images to switch, best get on with it... thanks for the heads-up @Furiyen!

In newly Imgur-based news, I've sanded back the putty. Couple of bits I couldn't reach too well (idiot me detailing first) but I'll pop stuff over them if they stand out too much. Main aim was to blend both side panels of the cab and smooth the prow.

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 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
Made in gb
Omnious Orc Shaman





A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away...

Brilliant scratch builds on these pages. Truly impressive skills. The CRASSUS is superbly put together... Eli's templates are great are they. Have been the basis of several of my (unfinished) builds...

For picture hosting, have you considered just using Dakka's own gallery?

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Made in gb
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

Yeah I probably should do that, @Ruglud. My early pics are there. I just find it more complex from my phone.

Loving your sig!!! And finish your builds. Do eeeeit.


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Riveting progress. Almost there, then a couple of small details and she's done! I don't usually like crewmen popping out of hatches, but it seemed relevant for this assault vehicle, and the 4 close range Storm Bolter shots will be useful.




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Aaaaaand it's finished!







Magnetised options for sponson Autocannons or Heavy Bolters, and hatch closed or open with commander firing Storm Bolter.

There's a winged horse skull on the front. This is from a famous Rough Rider Officer's steed. The officer's own skull is installed above the rear door!

This may carry fewer men than a Gorgon, but at least they have a roof (honestly, one grenade or mortar could annihilate a Gorgon's passengers). Plus, it is a CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT and now I can say I own one. Feels good. :-) I am a little sad the Dracosan has no 40K rules, I really wanted to build one of them.

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 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
Made in gb
Regular Dakkanaut






Amazing work, Johnny. Now get em all painted before you start the next scratch build

..... speaking of which... hows that epic Macharius doing?!!?

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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?





Affton, MO. USA

I demand magic school bus yellow .

Looks amazing , especially how fast you've cranked it out. Well done.

LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13

I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14 
   
Made in nl
Sinister Chaos Marine






Oh my goodness,

I love your army, it's absolutely one of my favorite Praetorian armies i have seen in a while. Keep it up good sir i cant wait to see that Macharius painted.

resisting to kitbash is like resisting a nice cold drink on a hot burning day,
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Made in gb
Regular Dakkanaut




Wow! I run three of these from Forgeworld as they are my favourite looking vehicle in the catalogue.

Your scratch build is very goood as I can imagine with the curves and lines of the original it would almost be like boat building, not easy.

Well done, you have some skills fella.

   
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

TRIPLE CRASSUS, @Digits? Wow! Can I ask how you arm them for 8th? Autocannons seem tempting but can't shoot at units within 1", so for an up close and personal assault it seems like weapons that can always shoot whatever is threatening your Infantry seems best? Leave my other tanks to the heavy lifting?


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 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
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Regular Dakkanaut




I opted for rule of cool when I built them. Heavy bolters looked absolutely fine to me and make sense. They have the range to fire from turn one unlike the flames option. I do love auotocanons and use them an awful lot in my army but think they look odd on the Crassus. I don't see these as any kind of offensive weapon except they can discharge a lot of troops where you want them. I'm still waiting for my Forgeworld book to see if there is any change to them.

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Warning From Magnus? Not Listening!





Holy Terra.

Great work on everything here!

Would you mind sharing the templates for some of the tanks? I'd love to try ,y hand at scratch building but I don't know where to start.

   
Made in gb
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

Digits wrote:
I opted for rule of cool when I built them. Heavy bolters looked absolutely fine to me and make sense. They have the range to fire from turn one unlike the flames option. I do love auotocanons and use them an awful lot in my army but think they look odd on the Crassus. I don't see these as any kind of offensive weapon except they can discharge a lot of troops where you want them. I'm still waiting for my Forgeworld book to see if there is any change to them.



This image is just beautiful!!! Thank you!

The rules on what the Crassus can fire when have informed my choice, plus I agree Autocannons look odd on the Love Slug (as I'm not calling my Crassus, noooo).

 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon





Hererford, leo

Amazing work asalways, looks really good and seems like you managed to keep the designs simple enough to build fast but also retained enough detail to look quallity! Nice build.

I quite like thethe look of the autocannons, the spinaly look is quite sifi.

 
   
Made in gb
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

Thanks @stonned_astartes!

Last night saw all my creations in battle together for the first time.

The Taurox Prime was obliterated early on. Charlie identified the Scions as a threat based on previous games. Two died disembarking and the rest were cut down in short order through weight of fire.

The CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT transported some dudes into assaults down the centre of the table. It fared OK, but bore the brunt of the Eldar wrath, and was destroyed on turn 3. I guess that's its job? It had terrible Heavy Flamer rolls, and the Heavy Bolters were always at 5+ to hit as it was moving. A tricky truck to use. I misdeployed the guys inside, piling out early and into the wrong place, so they took some hurt. I should have waited it out and hopped out en massed in turn 3.

The Thunderbolt was shot out of the sky on turn 1, poor bugger. His shooting was effective, but the Eldar player was focussing on one or two things to take down a turn, and the 'Scarlet Aquila' got lit up badly. A couple of Bright Lances and he was downed.

The Macharius Vulcan made it to turn 4 before dying. It displayed a mix of spectacular shooting and bad whiffs. Dark Reapers in cover were tougher to shift than last edition! 2+ save to start from made them dig in like ticks. The Vulcan Mega Bolter then caused bugger all damage to an encroaching Falcon despite a 30-round salvo. Said Falcon then disgorged Fire Dragons that, well, I believe the term is "wrecked face". Eldrad assisted by Dooming the Mach and Guiding the Fire Dragons, psychic dickbag that he is.

At the end of the game I had an undamaged Baneblade sat in one corner, and the depleted Eldar all slowly making their way across to meet it. I misdeployed it but it still had devastating shooting. Scraping line of sight on things feels odd but then's the rules. The Baneblade Battlecannon is crazy, and it can roll a bucketload of secondary weapon dice. If I'd plonked it centrefield it would have died, but the Demolisher Cannon could have come into play too, and I needed that as Infantry get far more of a chance of a save. And Exarchs tanking with invulnerable saves is annoying haha.

Interesting game tactically. Superheavies aren't invulnerable. Shurikens scored as many wounds on them as Bright Lances (well that's an exaggeration, but shuriken did damage). This edition is super fun and challenging in that respect.

We called it a draw just after midnight at end of turn 5. He'd shot his way through 57 high toughness 3+ save Wounds, plus a bunch of squished Guardsmen. Aiiiee. I think if we'd played on I'd have lost through sheer lack of options and mobility.

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 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
Made in gb
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

Oops, I did it again...



Someone must be able to guess what this is already?

 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
Made in gb
Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot





Coventry

Good grief... That's outstanding!
   
Made in gb
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

Thanks!

A little more progress. Getting the 'teeth' to align is a lot of sanding, testing and patience.



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 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
Made in us
Powerful Phoenix Lord





Nice work as always. What is the material you're using for the actual pieces? Surely not standard plasticard, is it something alternate?
   
Made in gb
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

Just stock stuff, Elbows. Regular 1mm plasticard, aka 40,000 gauge which is cool.



Layering up the sides while I try and figure out what to use/get for the wheels. Marine aesthetic is very different to guard! More cutting / less riveting.



Can I just say how proud I am of freehanding that circle? :-D
The Flamer is just a temp borrowed from my Crassus so I get magnet polarities consistent. I'll be making twin heavy bolters and twin heavy flamers.



Think I'm leaving it there for today!

I have an ambitious plan for this chap. The hull will be painted bone white and weathered, not too many other markings, maybe some small black panels to break it up. I'm intending to magnetise the weapons, doors, front ramp and cupola hatch. Then, I'll make two sets of fittings: one for Dark Angels, which I'll paint up to be Deathwing. The other will be more teeth-and-tentacle-y for Death Guard. This should allow me to run one tank with whichever army I fancy playing that day!

Edit: I lied and did some more. Realised I made slight errors and didn't recess some door bits, but I know how to make it look decent so it's ok. The hinges will be proud but I can live with that. The bits above door I took as decoration should actually be part of the door. At least it means a simpler piece to cut, and I know how to make it look decent anyway.

So, here's where I actually left things! Made the entire power plant and bulked up the track sections. I missed off the drilled detail on inside of tracks next to hull but meh. So be it.

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 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
Made in gb
Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

Fielding my Dark Angels for the first time EVER on Friday, for a change.

My Ravenwing felt sparse, so I made them a friend...





Few bits left to do, then filling and filing, but it's serviceable for Friday's game once I make a base. I started this yesterday evening, so I've fairly smashed this one out!

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 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
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Omnious Orc Shaman





A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away...

Holy cow, you are another scratchbuilder who builds at the speed of light !! Impressive, very impressive - a gorgeous model and such a clean build

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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

Thanks @Ruglud!

The Speeder looks prettt naff tonight as I've slathered all the joins with Green Stuff, to sand/slice tomorrow.

I really want to finish the Spartan but am stuck on what to use for the wheels. Need 15mm rod or tubing and I have nothing of the sort. Anyone have any suggestions? May just need to fork out for some Plastruct rod in town; my dwindling supply of cheap Chinese bargain pack styrene has nothing that size.


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Filling and filing DONE
Detailing DONE
Riveting DONE

She's ready to prime!

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 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
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Storm Trooper with Maglight





Bath uk

where do you get the templates for these? or do you just make it up?

RIP Colour Sgt Kell. Forever in our hearts.
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Omnious Orc Shaman





A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away...

 STG wrote:
where do you get the templates for these? or do you just make it up?


These are Eli Patoroch templates, google them and you'll find several sites to get the PDF templates from, but the risk of downloading files is yours

   
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain





Cardiff

Primed!



Couldn't find any black nearby so it got a blast of grey, and I'll have to hand-coat with black.

A keen eye can spot lots of little deviations from the original FW model, a few omissions, one key piece on back-to-front, and a pile of little embellishments I added. I tend to get to 90% done then sorta freestyle from there, based on the papercraft plans and on pics from the FW site. I'm happy with the little personalising touches here.

Played two games tonight. The Tempest excelled in the first, killing Wraithguard and scoring objectives, though I discovered it's weapons aren't too well synergised with being a fast vehicle. If it moves, both weapons systems are Heavy, so -1 to hit. If it Advances, it can't fire. So it's a balancing act.

In the second Charlie make it a priority and shot it out of the sky before it could move. In BOTH games I finished deploying first but he Seized the Initiative. Both! :-/




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 Ruglud wrote:
 STG wrote:
where do you get the templates for these? or do you just make it up?


These are Eli Patoroch templates, google them and you'll find several sites to get the PDF templates from, but the risk of downloading files is yours


Yep, they're Eli Patoroch files. Adding "vk" to the search terms will find them easier, though you'll have to muddle through some Russian (I don't speak Russian, but muddled through).

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 Stormonu wrote:
For me, the joy is in putting some good-looking models on the board and playing out a fantasy battle - not arguing over the poorly-made rules of some 3rd party who neither has any power over my play nor will be visiting me (and my opponent) to ensure we are "playing by the rules"
 
   
 
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