yeah thats 3 built so far, i need 1 more marine one and one more dread.
these were built from card but I'm gonna try and build the next one from balsa.
I've just finished this mini, I think forum member Roll Jordan may recognise it...
lots and lots of it kera. I bought loads of it up when my local store reduced it and I've been snapping up bargains on ebay ever since.
theres still a few bugs I dont have but I have so much SST to get through I'm in no hurry right now to find them.
I'm currently keeping my eyes open for a Skyhook retrieval boat. Mongoose only did a limited run in resin at a whopping £50. luckily the galoob toy is the same size so if I can find one I'll paint one of those up instead.
Harakoni Warhawks! am attempting to build a unit of these (will count as Storm Troopers) and if all goes well I may expand to (another!) full guard army. The last of my bitz arrived yesterday so the plan is...
use a cadian body with these drop packs (yeah i know they dont look like Harakoni ones but i prefer them):
with these guns:
and these heads:
and a bit of greenstuffing here and there.
I put some together last night, heres the pics so far. need a bit of cleaning up and I'm gonna try sculpting extra armour plates on one. My sculpting skills are limited tho so we'll see if I can manage.
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edit.. update..
I have painted one of them as a test piece, I like the scheme and reckon I'll do the whole squad. I've had to make another couple of troopers as I hadnt thought that storm troopers cant have a missle launcher!
cheers! it probably would be easier to just use kasrkin HB but wheres the fun in that? I really enjoy the conversion side of it. Having an unusual army really appeals too.
actually Kasrkin = £2, my dude: cadian 90p + head 15p + gun 30p + backpack 30p = £1.65! so its cheaper (though not by a massive amount).
I have the whole week off work, I intended to get some CD work done but other than half a taurus on Sunday night I havent touched them.
I got into another Apoc scratchbuild, I keep building these things yet havent played 40k in years.
It started last year when I built this...
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Then this year I built....
Anyway this week I was browsing various forums and I was inspired to build another super-heavy. I have gotten this far in 2 days so its certaintly going together quicker than previous scratch builds.
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As you can see it is (or will be) a Thunderhawk! I tried following some templates but they werent very good so a lot of it I had to come up with from studying the blueprints in Imperial Armour.
I have built the gunship version but have added magnetic clamps to the bottom so it can double as a thunderhawk transporter. The Rhino you can see underneath is also scratch built, I need to build another as theres room there for 2!
yup, 100% scratch built... heres a WIP
I also did a russ
I'm up in Newcastle. Havent thought about commissions, the rhino took a few hours so not really worth it as they only cost £18 for the real thing.
I honestly have no idea. If it was for a mate I'd probably do it for a pint.
If you fancy a go I can provide templates.
I havent tried the pred yet but it shouldnt be much more difficult. The rhino wasnt hard, just time consuming.
check out
http://www.geocities.com/wh40kcardtanks/
they have both old and new predators as well as many other templates with instructions.
most of the files have easy instructions.
The Lightning is fairly easy to make, I havent tried the other navy aircraft but the Thunderbolt looks straightforward too.
glad you like them. Its such a good resource that site. I generally dont link to it much cos I'm worried GWs gastapo might close it down.
a little progress, I have been mainly working on that thunderhawk. I've also been distracted by some old skool chaos stuff, I'll post photos asap.
heres the thawk, I'm not sure about the lascannon wings so they may change. I affixed it to a metal pole screwed into a nut on the bottom of the model but I cant seem to keep the nut glued on (even with araldite!) so I'm gonna try and build landing gear.
thats what they all say Kera! (i wish!).
battle damage? well I hadnt thought of that, I usually add scorches and bullet holes to larger models. Its intended for my Soul Drinkers marines but I dont wanna paint the whole thing purple so I reckon I'll do it grey with purple insignia.
btw its "Starscream" (insolent carbon-based lifeform!).
Woahs, that Thunderhawk is, its, I.............I can't even describe how cool that is.......If only I could scratch build tanks/Thunderhawks/etc.
keep up the good work starscream (see, I spelled it right!)
It isnt that tricky Cryonicleech, the thunderhawk was a lot easier to build than the titans, I had some templates for the basic body shape.
the secondary small wings that are folded down with a lascannon on the end.
Warhound no2 is currently about 50% finished, this one is taking longer though as I'm using foamcore to make it stronger.
I've spent the last few nights painting Eldar (I know, I know, I need to stop bouncing around) in preperation to paint this.......
Sooooo...
wayyyy back in the day when I first discovered that iconic of games Rogue Trader (tho to be fair I dont remember anyone actually calling it by that name then) my most favourite of races was the Eldar.
My first 40k minis were the legendary RTB01 set of marines, my first full army was a genestealer cult using the rules from White Dwarf (we got chaos gifts back then dont-ya-know?) but my first real love was the Eldar.
I bought the original Harlequin boxed set and at first had a harlie army ('real' eldar at the time were known as 'space pirates' and 'space elves'). Eventually though a quite amazing issue of White Dwarf gave the rules for craftworld eldar as we know them, I dont remember then number but I think it had a green dragon on the cover.
Anywhoo, I was a massive eldar fan all the way through to mid 3rd ed, rarely using anything else. Then I just kinda tired of them, I sold my latest eldar incarnation (a proper Saim Hain force) and have since used most of the other races available.
fast forward to now (still with me? great!!) and I've got the pointy eared bug again. It started last year when I bought a load of old Jes Goodwin eldar off ebay. I couldnt help myself - I really dont think they have been bettered and the rose tinted glasses of nostalgia (along with a few vodkas) did the bidding.
I've scratched about and found a few remanents of my old army lurking in bits boxes, bought a few odds and sods and now have an eldar army ready to go. Hopefully the variety an eldar army gives in paintwork will keep me inspired to finish another army.
Heres an overall look at the army - some I have started and some still need stripped.
and heres my first finished unit - Dark Reapers!
Ok, I havent forgotten about these. I've been working away. Heres some recent WIPs, all of these will eventually get worked on some more to different degrees. I'm trying to get them to tabletop quality first though.
I keep switching beween which units I'm painting to keep it interesting.
Dire Avengers
D-cannon
Rangers
Harlequins
Phoenix
Avatar
Fire Dragon
Howling Banshees
Jet bike
What do you think? I'm really enjoying painting these, been and gotten me a codex and I reckon I'll debut them in a game this week (obv some unpainted stuff will have to be used temp.