Post by Fabricator General on Aug 3, 2007 13:08:11 GMT
Hey folks, with all the recent fuss about Apocalypse I thought I'd get in on the action by building myself one of these here things:
So, I got out some defiler parts and a saw and set about it. This is how far I've got..
The first thing I did was saw the defiler chassis straight down the middle and widen it by about 15mm, using some plastic girder as a spacer and then gluing plates over the gaps underneath to add strength. I then used other defiler parts to build the following:
As you can see I've used the turret top, hatch, and some other parts to create the main body and reactor housing. I have also built the hellmaw cannons underneath using the havoc launcher cradle and the heavy flamer parts from a baal class predator.
As you can see I have yet to add the main cannon, this will be going straight on the front as per the picture at the top.
My next job was constructing the tail and the fearsome scorpion cannon mounted on it. I was really unimpressed with the use of the reaper autocannon and wanted something more menacing for my own model, and so using a few unused predator lascannon barrells, CSM gargoyles, some defiler leg armour and the big whirly flail-thingy mounting, I created the following:
As you can see, the gun is a hell of a lot meatier than the one from the book and actually looks like it could spit out 7800 rounds/min ;D.
So, thats about as far as I've got at the moment. My next job will be to add to the rear of the chassis, specifically the mountings for a third pair of legs, with some appropriate plating and ornamentation,and then to atach the tail to the back of this new piece. The there will be the matter of ading the main gun, which should be as easy as stickin on the turret front and taking care of any gaps. After this it should be just a case of sticking the legs and claws on and adding some more iconography (I've ordered the FW Khorne etched brass sheet). I hope to stick up some more pics as the project progresses, but in the meantime, let me know what you think of it!
Cheers.
So, I got out some defiler parts and a saw and set about it. This is how far I've got..
The first thing I did was saw the defiler chassis straight down the middle and widen it by about 15mm, using some plastic girder as a spacer and then gluing plates over the gaps underneath to add strength. I then used other defiler parts to build the following:
As you can see I've used the turret top, hatch, and some other parts to create the main body and reactor housing. I have also built the hellmaw cannons underneath using the havoc launcher cradle and the heavy flamer parts from a baal class predator.
As you can see I have yet to add the main cannon, this will be going straight on the front as per the picture at the top.
My next job was constructing the tail and the fearsome scorpion cannon mounted on it. I was really unimpressed with the use of the reaper autocannon and wanted something more menacing for my own model, and so using a few unused predator lascannon barrells, CSM gargoyles, some defiler leg armour and the big whirly flail-thingy mounting, I created the following:
As you can see, the gun is a hell of a lot meatier than the one from the book and actually looks like it could spit out 7800 rounds/min ;D.
So, thats about as far as I've got at the moment. My next job will be to add to the rear of the chassis, specifically the mountings for a third pair of legs, with some appropriate plating and ornamentation,and then to atach the tail to the back of this new piece. The there will be the matter of ading the main gun, which should be as easy as stickin on the turret front and taking care of any gaps. After this it should be just a case of sticking the legs and claws on and adding some more iconography (I've ordered the FW Khorne etched brass sheet). I hope to stick up some more pics as the project progresses, but in the meantime, let me know what you think of it!
Cheers.
