Too many tanks? Impossible!

[MrP]

I keep popping WIPs in the Treadhead thread, but I've been thinking for a while that I should really reserve that for completed AFVs. So here we are.

I present for your consideration 2 WIPs (Exterminators) and 1 PIP (Laser Destroyer).

I've a mate who utterly loathes sponsons - to the extent that he won't put them on his tanks, so I'm on a neverending quest to save my girlfriend! - no, that's not right - to fit 3 HBs onto the hull and turret without it looking too mad - partly for his benefit, and partly as an intellectual exercise. Why worry about it looking crazy in 40K, you say? 'Cause I'm an idiot!

The larger Exterminator is Big Sis, and the smaller is Little Brother. I am probably going to make the latter a 6-wheeler rather than tracked. Apologies for poor lighting. It's half midnight here. Without further ado:

[MrP]

And another four:

[thewizardofoz]

can never have too many tanks, thus the Emporer's Fist tank company (10 leman russ)!

out of those 3 tanks, the tracked exterminator is my fav.

[MrP]

can never have too many tanks, thus the Emporer's Fist tank company (10 leman russ)!

out of those 3 tanks, the tracked exterminator is my fav.

I am looking forward to the Emperor's Fist. I plan to knock up at least 20 tanks from those 10 kits! As a reward, y'get to see how the turret rotates. Dunno if you saw it, but t'other week I'd somewhow picked up the idea that DVD cases can be glued with poly cement. They can't. However, after some experimenting, it became apparent that CD cases can.

[MrP]

Big Sis is in the process of being undercoated. Little Brother I need help deciding on four wheels or six.


He will get additional setailing along the side, of course! I'm just delaying designing that till I know what the side will look like.

[scrubout]

There are never too many tanks. :skull:

I look forward to your progress in this log MrP. I also await the coveted Emperor's Fist tank company...and secretly pray they continue to produce it until Christmas (if GW knows what's best for 'em).

-scrubout

[Neighbor Kid]

NEVER ! i have 26 13 being lemans,.. and 27 when i get the bane blade... and then add 2 more cuase imma make conversions for the shadowsword, the stormblade and the super seige on i forgot which was .. sorry 30 on one takn i guess i woul say but 30 tanks i want to hve entirely =) so far using my armroed company.. i havnt lost a game in 9 games =)

[m3ntor]

I am intrigued by your brilliant CD system and wish to know more. How well does the turret rotate, and does it stay on well? Do you have a CD on the bottom of the turret itself?

And did you ever end up finishing those zeppelins?

[Marovian]

Good tanks mate, will look forward to seeing them painted up.

[MrP]

Cheers, chaps.

Nobody answered my 4 or 6 question, but I decided on 6, so a moot point.

I am intrigued by your brilliant CD system and wish to know more. How well does the turret rotate, and does it stay on well? Do you have a CD on the bottom of the turret itself?

And did you ever end up finishing those zeppelins?

The zeppelins hit a wall (no, not literally. Breathe!) when I realised I couldn't simulate the surface. However, a quick-thinking mate suggested a cheapo umbrella. I attached it, and it's been sitting about, needing more work on it. I'll pop a pic in here as soon as its gondolas and so forth are done.

You're too kind in calling the CD system brilliant, but flattery will get you everywhere! Rotation's not a problem - except insofar as it was a late addition, so the bottom of the turret is an uncircular hole half-gouged, half-drilled out of the centre. Unprofessional of me, that. Anyway, it stays on well enough for rotation, though inverting the tank will lead to the turret rapidly descending to the carpet below. I shall go get two more CD cases and see if they fit happily for rotation. If they do, then I'll be a very happy bunny.

I undercoated Big Sis, and Little Brother has had his wheel's attached. I've mainly been knocking together some flanks for him. Still WIP, so poorly held in place for the pics with tape. Very happy with the HS - which is a HS barrel, Cadian lasgun grip and butt, Cadian Heavy Weapon gunshield, and the body of a 1/35 7.92mm - I think. I will be replacing the exhausts - and probably adding some protective mesh, too. I got this off a mate as a Demolisher, and he's no fan of poly cement. So everything is superglue. Each to their own, I suppose. The flanks are also being glued together. Pics next update. Anyway, here's the latest of Little Brother:.

[MrP]

And here's Big Sis:

[MrP]

No good results with the proposed system of having 2 CD cases rotating with one another. I'll keep at it. Been doing lots more work on Little Brother. He's off for undercoating as soon as I've posted these. I'm also adding another Aquila above the twin-HB position as it looks bare. The flanks of the Demolisher whence I acquired his chassis have had a plasticard chassis added. I'm pretty happy with the engine I knocked together for that.

Little Brother:

[MrP]

And the back end of the rebuilt Demolisher:

[thewizardofoz]

these are looking better and better! keep up the good work!

[scrubout]

I love how you did the new demolisher engine exhaust, looks great, how'd you do it? Your gonna have quite the variety of AFV's by the time your finished.

-scrubout

[MrP]

Cheers, chaps.

Variety: Aye - I can't seem to stick to any one type - or even a single type of camo! I think when I finally come up with a background for my Guard it'll be summat like: "Half a dozen different regiments from as many worlds all got smashed to pieces by a particular vicious Xenos attack, and the remnants have been thrown together into an amalgamated unit for the duration of the campaign. Fighting for their lives and the glory of the Emperor and so on."

The new exhaust is quite a few bits and bobs. The circular khaki-coloured bit is from a 1/35 PzII, I think. The grey bit linking the exhaust to the hull is cut from a sprue. Y'know how some sprues (not GW ones) have circular central bits? I cut a quarter off one of them and filed it a little. The bit that separates the exhaust proper from the hull is just a small piece of that plasticard that has three sides - a sort of square U-shape, if you catch my drift. The exhaust itself is two sizes of plasticard tube. The larger I'd glued ends onto ages ago but had no real idea what to do with it - till now! The smaller I just cut at an angle and glued onto the end of the larger.

The heat cover is the thinnest plasticard available (so that I can easily bend it round the exhaust) that I laboriously drilled holes in with a pin vice. I first glued one end in place and let it dry. Rather foolishly, this was the top half. Then I glued the other half to the exhaust support. I could be keener on the effect, since the problem using such a thin material is that the pin vice tore up the plasticard and din't produce a perfect circle every time. I'll cover this up with texture when I finally paint the thing, though.

If that's unclear (or deadeningly verbose, more like!) I can take a few snaps of some of the bits to aid comprehension. I lack any more of the exhaust-size plasticard tube, but I've found a spare Russ exhaust from somewhere, so I could use that in a "how to."

[MrP]

Not much to add today. I've been spending some time painting some Amazonian Indians I got from Copplestone yonks ago. However, my experiments with gluing stuff to stuff have uncovered that mechanical pencils can be glued to plasticard with poly cement. So I present the new model exhaust for your inspection.

[MrP]

Some updates:




This little fella's been mostly done for ages. Now he's slightly more done.

[jasevx]

I like the chimera conversions, but the exterminator looks to fussy, might help darkening the stowage item, they are really bright against the green

[MrP]

I like the chimera conversions, but the exterminator looks to fussy, might help darkening the stowage item, they are really bright against the green

Cheers, old boy. I'll tone it down forthwith.