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I have a squad of Tankbustas that are about as much Bic Pen as they are GW model

 adamsouza wrote:
I have a squad of Tankbustas that are about as much Bic Pen as they are GW model

Biro's head's make a pretty good shell ...clever, I never would have thought of that!

 thegreatchimp wrote:
French studio called Warhead http://www.gowarhead.com/

Sorry. No.

Warhead is a Finnish 40K gaming group/club in Pasila, Helsinki.
You just popped my vein by calling them French

 Tigramans wrote:

Sorry. No.

Warhead is a Finnish 40K gaming group/club in Pasila, Helsinki.
You just popped my vein by calling them French

Ah shucks! Don't know how I got my wires crossed on that one :( Correcting now....

 thegreatchimp wrote:

Ah shucks! Don't know how I got my wires crossed on that one :( Correcting now....

Much obliged. Pride restored.
Thank the Emperor I'm not a Dark Angel.

 Tigramans wrote:
Much obliged. Pride restored.
Thank the Emperor I'm not a Dark Angel.

I hope you repair that popped vein!

 adamsouza wrote:
I have a squad of Tankbustas that are about as much Bic Pen as they are GW model

I am thinking of a second busta squad, well i know what il be doing cheers for the input Adamsouza

I have a few that really worked well and turned a lot of heads at the local store (and cemented my rep as a nut...)

First of all, Aegis Line MK2, instead I made my own out of Sculpy, it fits my aesthetic better then GW's and can be modified for scenario games.



I also found a way modify the Taurox to make it look cool - its the same size and everything I just took a page from the Buffel APC used in the Brush Wars.

 mad_eddy_13 wrote:
I have a few that really worked well and turned a lot of heads at the local store (and cemented my rep as a nut...)

Good take on the Taurox, that's a gun-truck if ever I saw one! Looking forard to seeing this finished. The original GW model is a good concept but I feel the model is just badly proportioned, and those minit track units just don't cut it.

Nice aegis line too, the sandbags are fairy universal objects i.e. it will mesh well with most battlefield. I like the GW ones too but straight metal walls can look out of place on a forest or wilderness board.

I have mixed feelings about the Stormraven. It's no FW Fire Raptor, but its not as ugly as the Stormwolf either. Kind of "has potential" to use that cliche. Anyway someone did it a favour, lengthening the wings and slapping on a pair of tilt-wing type engines like those on a V-22 Osprey. Not a dramatic make-over, but it suits the vehicle in addition to broadening its profile. I'd definitely buy one of these:

As for the Stormtalon: If you're not going to put legs on the thing, (see page 1) do the next best thing and give it some decent wings, as opposed to the the stubs that the model comes supplied with (seriously when I saw the stock model it reminded me of the vehicles from my 1990's GI Joe collection) These conversion look pretty sweet though. Proof that the "blocky flyer" aesthetic can actually look good with a little tweaking.

One of my issues with the SR was the stuff up top. Removing the upper air scoop (which serves no purpose) and making a low profile turret helps make it look a little more air worthy.

I feel the dreaddog, would be awesome as a forge fiend in a CSM army, with a few spikes, remove the space wolve feel of the head, and replace it with like a giant skull, or the forge/mauler fiend head

I like the Knight Titan models well enough, but this takes it to a whole new level of cool: "Hab Block Heavy Demolition Servitor". Shoulders replaced with more angular ones, less armour and more exposed workings and wiring. The main gun has been switched to the carapace, and it really suits the model. The idea of a giant construction bot being pressed into combat service is novel and brilliant, and lends some credibility to the use of big smashy close combat weapons.

Solar Shock wrote:I am thinking of a second busta squad, well i know what il be doing cheers for the input Adamsouza

That's awesome. Let us know how they turn out.

Trash Bash Bits Kickstarter posted an update with all scrathbuilt stuff https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/847163926/trash-bash-bits-sci-fi-doors/posts/1196213?ref=backer_project_update

My favorite was

 thegreatchimp wrote:
I like the Knight Titan models well enough, but this takes it to a whole new level of cool: "Hab Block Heavy Demolition Servitor". Shoulders replaced with more angular ones, less armour and more exposed workings and wiring. The main gun has been switched to the carapace, and it really suits the model. The idea of a giant construction bot being pressed into combat service is novel and brilliant, and lends some credibility to the use of big smashy close combat weapons.

Reminds me of the 'Heavy Metal Kid' demolition robots in Judge Dredd Robot Wars

 prowla wrote:

Reminds me of the 'Heavy Metal Kid' demolition robots in Judge Dredd Robot Wars

Were the robot wars anything to do with the ABC warriors, or different timeline?

Totally different story. Robot wars was when the robots in Mega City1 revolted/malfunctioned and started attacking the fleshies. ABC Warriors was totally different story. Miss reading 200AD :(

 Januine wrote:
Totally different story. Robot wars was when the robots in Mega City1 revolted/malfunctioned and started attacking the fleshies. ABC Warriors was totally different story. Miss reading 200AD :(

Ah right. I stopped reading it around 1994 myself. Slaine ftw!

love this thread, but i would love to see more of t´some of the models... so it would be nice to see some references, tags or where to look for further input of the makers of these awesome models...

thanks in advance, cheers, vik

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
love this thread, but i would love to see more of t´some of the models... so it would be nice to see some references, tags or where to look for further input of the makers of these awesome models...

thanks in advance, cheers, vik

Hiya Vic, glad you like the thread. You're right it would be helpful to have a link. Most of the pics I've posted to date were taken straight from my hard drive - I'd downloaded them as visual references for my own painting and modelling -so unfortunately I don't have the URL's handy. Though you'll find them easily enough by just running a search for say "Wolf dreadnought" or "Stormtalon conversion" either here on Dakka's P&M blogs or on Google.

For any I post up in the future I will try what you've requested. I'm not too knowledgeable about the workings of the site though, so can you tell me how you go about doing this please. I attempted to link a few pictures in the past, using the image tag button but it just included the URL to the page, it wouldn't display the actual image on my post. Advice appreciated

Cheers

Sean

 thegreatchimp wrote:

 Januine wrote:
Totally different story. Robot wars was when the robots in Mega City1 revolted/malfunctioned and started attacking the fleshies. ABC Warriors was totally different story. Miss reading 200AD :(

Ah right. I stopped reading it around 1994 myself. Slaine ftw!

Slaine was THE dude!!

I saw someone convert a DV Helbrute into an Ork Deff Dread. It was perfect.

 thegreatchimp wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
love this thread, but i would love to see more of t´some of the models... so it would be nice to see some references, tags or where to look for further input of the makers of these awesome models...

thanks in advance, cheers, vik

Hiya Vic, glad you like the thread. You're right it would be helpful to have a link. Most of the pics I've posted to date were taken straight from my hard drive - I'd downloaded them as visual references for my own painting and modelling -so unfortunately I don't have the URL's handy. Though you'll find them easily enough by just running a search for say "Wolf dreadnought" or "Stormtalon conversion" either here on Dakka's P&M blogs or on Google.

For any I post up in the future I will try what you've requested. I'm not too knowledgeable about the workings of the site though, so can you tell me how you go about doing this please. I attempted to link a few pictures in the past, using the image tag button but it just included the URL to the page, it wouldn't display the actual image on my post. Advice appreciated

Cheers

Sean

ooh .... i do that a lot too... didn´t knew you posted these from your own harddrive/ aka inspiration galllery here on dakka...i see...

my initial impulse to come out of lurking was the "Hab Block Heavy Demolition Servitor" which is litterally mind blowing...


the model (acted upon your suggestion...) is by the way from scrunty... and in the gallery link below he also shows WIP pics of that titan...
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-52734-39948_Constructo-bot.html

To compliment the Backwards Leman Russ reference, I thought I'd show you guys my Backwards Leman Russ Vindicators.

It's a really simple conversion actually and the Vindicator bits are a good match with the Leman bits.

Oh speaking of dread dog from the last page


its way cool
edit: Not by me

 Big H wrote:
Backwards Leman Russ Vindicators.

Love it, it looks superb!


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 Desubot wrote:

its way cool

So damn good! Also is it just me or do Khorne daemons (of all sizes) look better with black skin than red?

amazing stuff here. I really like the first predator. Very sobre but great

While I love the "Mad Max / post apocalyptic hillbilly" look that gives Ork vehicles their charm, I find some of them are too ramshackable and/or badly balanced and/or sprawling to be taken seriously. I prefer ones that are solid and practical looking like trucks. This "Mega Truck" pretty much sums it up. Mean and tough looking, and still 100% Orky. Made by extensively converting an M1078 armour cab kit.

Link to modelling blog here: http://www.xhorikwar.blogspot.ie/

Woah, some inspiring stuff here, especially love the 'Heavy Servitor' Knight conversion, and the Brazen Bull of Khorne