First is the company captain, which started off as a Master of the Ravenwing model for the Dark Angels, most of the model is standard apart from the captain, this was a Gamesday model, which I adapted to fit, but changed his power fist to a power sword instead as it looked more dynamic in my opinion.
Next is the company chaplain, first I changed the speeder to one of my configuration speeders then changed the crew to an old sidecar torso with scanner and the pilot into a chaplain, I used a lot of chaos parts for this as they are more ornate, you may notice his Crozius Arcanum is missing in the picture but I have since found it and will add it to the finished piece.
For the standard bearer of the company I wanted to turn the speeder itself into the standard rather than adding pennants, so made some ornate vertical fins, the co pilot will be the company champion, but still trying to make him fit and look right at the moment.
A command squad can also have an apothecary in it, so I built him a special speeder with two patient cradles that could be lowered down to retrieve the wounded, and I gave the speeder a third enginge to help with the extra weight. May have to call this one Brother Nash !
Last speeder today is my favourite the AA recovery vehicle for my Tech Marines, the large wings were off of a tail from a space marine dropship, there is a techmarine to add when I find him to work the electromagnet that's retrieving the crashed speeder.
And just before I close for today, here is a picture for Simon of my home built paint racks that I made out of left over wood from the extension, yes it would have been easier to buy a pre made set, but these do the job and only cost me some time.
That's all for this post, so until next time, be safe and healthy and have fun if you can !
Cheers Dave
Awesome WH40k goodness, Dave, absolutely awesome. And great paint racks too - thanks for posting them!! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Simon, really glad to finally got them done only took 11 years ! lol
DeleteWas pleased with how the racks turned out and they work well for me
Very cool Dave, & as a carpenter let me complement you on a fine bit of woodwork :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Frank, wood is definitely not my preferred medium, as I find it very hard these days to get it to do what I want ! LOL
DeleteExcellent conversion work whilst keeping all the speeders to the same basic format(s). The blue and silver combo is very striking too.
ReplyDeleteGood to see that I'm not the only one that has very old GW paints still in use.
Thank you Joe, it's the trick with the conversions isn't it to do something new but still be instantly be recognisable.
DeleteThe hex pots were a good set of paints, the earlier round pots were even better, and can still be bought under the name Cote D Arms
The Hex pots I have are still in excellent condition after many years and I have a couple still unopened too. I still haven't found a better red or anything near as Chestnut wash !
DeleteI'll be looking out for Cote-d'arms in the future if they;re still in existence !
In the these strange times we may lose many companies. If you can find them vampire red is the same as crimson gore and bloody red is a good representation of blood red
DeleteI realised I do have some CoteD'arms paints - from Col. Bills !
DeleteOne of the two places I pick mine from, Stu is a great guy
DeleteO really liking these! Crazy sod mounting a whole company in speeders!
ReplyDeleteThank you Dai, no one has ever accused me of being sane ! lol
DeleteI have another company that will all be mounted on jet bikes as well !
Speeders look good Dave and I do like your paint racks, my paints are in a really useful box and I had to paint the top of each pot to identify them, your system is much better but mine need to travel.
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Thank you John, few down, many more to go ! LOL it's great you have a method that works for you, how we store our paints depends greatly on individual needs, and resources. I used to have all the paints laid out in draws, but found they very rarely got put away, once I'm painting at my desk all the time this method should be better
DeleteGreat work on these Dave I love all the specialist versions of vehicles what ever they are (used tro love seeing all the different versions of the Eagle transports from Space 1999, so these are a treat, cleaver the way you used the magnetic grab as a flying stand too, very neat!
ReplyDeleteNice work on your paint racks too, years ago my eldest wanted one of those GW painting stations, and after seeing the price I built him one for Christmas out of an old sheet of MDF, I think he only used it a couple of times, it's still up in the loft somewhere.
Cheers Roger
Thank you Roger and great to hear from you mate, totally agree about all the eagle variants and have tried to emulate the same idea with my speeders.
DeleteRemember how expensive the GW work station was and great you were able to build one for your son especially as he only used it a couple of times
Super looking collection of land speeders! The conversions are ace and the painting excellent!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you Iain, got a different speeder variation to show in my next post and some dropships
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