Plague engine (renegade guard) fleet.

ruffian4 · by **ruffian4** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:07 pm

POX be with you!

Mass production of the plague cult vehicles has begun, first up 3 (of 4 or 5) chimera’s, plus 2 hellhounds.

The track sections, built along the same lines as the plague tower… so garden trellis bodywork, lollypop stick stuff and cork rollers.

This time, I wanted tracks, so some fiddly arsing around with some car body filler mesh…

Lesson learned.
The tracks would be a pain to paint once arsembled, so some black undercoat on those “difficult to reach areas.”

Interior sections, with a 45 vs. 45 degree angle to offset the “wedge” of the track sections.

Barbed wire added to front of chimera’s (undecided about the hellhound, with the rhino front).

Track sections (fully painted) added to the hull and track guards added.

Well, that’s all so far folks!

Over the weekend, I hope to add some nurgley stuff.
I bought some green stuff today plus some… ahh but that would be telling now!

killmaimburn · by **killmaimburn** » Sat May 01, 2010 8:36 am

Inspiring stuff as always.
Might have to chop up my cork, (i'd been saving it to make plinths out of..but not had 2 minutes in 4 months)

mattjgilbert · by **mattjgilbert** » Sat May 01, 2010 9:06 am

Looking very good. What is the barbed wire made from?

ruffian4 · by **ruffian4** » Sat May 01, 2010 9:53 am

This is the Russel Grant method of barbed wire construction...

Telephone wire and garden pea.

I didn't steal the idea from here at all...

http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/infopages/page389.html

ruffian4 · by **ruffian4** » Fri May 07, 2010 1:31 pm

Got some green stuff and nonsense done.
3 chimera's and 2 hellhounds are virtually done.

Some sandbags have happened...

Tentacles and green stuff nurgley bits (hellhound in the middle)...

Tentacles are go!

Yucky stuff.

Next up, is to scuff the "lollypop" planking and to add some tech bits and symbols.

I have made a start on the first (of 2) russ, slightly different design, though some bits have disappeared into the "system."
Also, I'm starting to stink about some artillery pieces, but unsure just what or how at the mo.

mattjgilbert · by **mattjgilbert** » Fri May 07, 2010 4:05 pm

Nice GS work. What are those tentacles made from?

...and you need to finish the Super Suduko X

ruffian4 · by **ruffian4** » Sat May 08, 2010 10:38 am

Help me Matt! It's torture! Eeeeek!!!

99p kids toy!

Will get on with the russ in a bit...

I have a plan for the arty section now and will make some "deadnoughts" (sentinels) too, I think.
Anyone have anything to say re armoured vs scout?
I can't see the point of the v expensive armoured variant at all, except the plas cannon???

killmaimburn · by **killmaimburn** » Sat May 08, 2010 10:50 am

That IS NOT a childs toy.. thats the most awesome sex toy I have ever seen ...I showed a lady the pic and she laughed like sid james,went red, job done.

ruffian4 · by **ruffian4** » Sat May 08, 2010 4:48 pm

Sid James? Wow!

Not much done due to the rugby, but here is a preassembly of a russ.

The deathnought is going to be way too big, I think. :evil:

ruffian4 · by **ruffian4** » Fri May 21, 2010 3:18 pm

Chimera XOLOTI and hellhound MANGE are done!

Barbed wirey bits...

Size comparison...

They seem quite a bit larger that the standard chimera, but are basically the same, just the forward part of the tracks are longer.
Height is virtually identical.

I have the chasis painted for 2 more chims and a hound, so with a bit of luck, will get them done over the weekend.

timewizard · by **timewizard** » Fri May 21, 2010 4:17 pm

I like them alot! Great scratchbuilt models. The tentacles came out looking really good, quite different ffrom the 'day-glo' green they originally were.
Like how you did the tracks as well. So they really didn't need hundreds of individual track links after all, did they?
Good work, looking forward to seeing the rest.

mattjgilbert · by **mattjgilbert** » Fri May 21, 2010 4:21 pm

Good work - I agree, the tentacles do look good

killmaimburn · by **killmaimburn** » Fri May 21, 2010 5:33 pm

Sensuous,
If i was being silly nitpicky it seems you have some barbed wire in front of a heavy bolter.. can that be moved down, or should it be snapped and torn up with bullet fire?...
just don't let the rats get hold of this one (has the plague tower recovered from its devotion to the rat plague or was it destroyed by its corruptor?)