Hi folks,
These chaps have been pining for
attention for a long time and so after Xmas I dusted them off from the shelf
and got down to finishing their basing which was the main outstanding issue. I
got to thinking about techmarines and was inspired by looking at some of the
great conversions on the web. I had a couple of spare metal GKs sitting in the
bits box as well as a servo harness and so decided (thanks to the artwork in
the book) that the GK helms and aegis armour was more appropriate for a GK
techmarine than a standard techmarine body - besides, the brotherhood champion
(previously justicar) model is in artificer armour also. Thus I gained two
techmarines.
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| the last chaps awaiting spraying |
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| The bulk of the army |
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| The vehicles, note the stormraven still needs basing |
The first is a brotherhood champ
model on whom I simply swapped out the backpack for a servo harness and added a
small admech logo to the right pad. He's got the obligatory stThe other
conversion was a metal GK with a left
pointing arm and head facing the same way - perfect for firing a big gun. The
stormbolter 'punch' handgrip on the metal models are ideal to use as a handle
for an armature and thus I saw no reason to change anything with the left arm.
I added an eldar DA loincloth to keep him consistent with the other techmarine
and added a psilencer with admech right shoulder pad as well as a standard GK
backpack and servo skull. The end of the psilencer barrel was removed and a
generator from the old 'battle for macragge' starter set used for the
conversion beamer, the same as the one I made for the Iron Hands. The tip of
one of the shield generator vanes from the same kit was used as the barrel tip
and some offcuts from both a rhino pintle mount and the landing gear from a
stormtalon made up the left hand armature.
Job done.
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| Conversion beamer |
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| servo harness |
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