Post by essoq on Jan 11, 2012 22:47:04 GMT -5
One of the things I've been enjoying most about starting to play and collect in 15mm is re-purposing old models from my collection. As soon as I started building a Federal army from Khurasan, I remembered this old "Ape Suit" I had from the brief time Mongoose did their Starship Troopers game and miniatures. It didn't take much imagination at all to envision it as a big mech for my Federals and Gruntz games.The original model had long, clawed arms, but for 15mm it really needed big guns instead. I searched through my 40K bitz, but nothing fit the bill. Then I recalled seeing alternate Space Marine dreadnaught arms from the Polish company, Puppets War. www.puppetswar.eu
Sure enough, perusing their website found me a great set of Walker Gatling Gun arms. My biggest concern was the scale - would they be too big or too small on the ape suit? When they arrived I was pleasantly relieved to find them pretty much perfect for what I was wanting. The only alteration I had to make was to widen the shoulders a little because the guns hit the upper legs of the suit. This time the 40K bitz box paid off, and the conversion was done. The only other thing I changed was replacing a Khurasan gun turret from the Heavy Armoured Wartruck model for the original on top of the suit. These photos are of the rechristened "Lancer" mech - the paint job is far from done but most of the model is base coated. The mech stands right at 3 inches tall. I also magnetized the arms so I can switch them out if I want to try others.
Brent
Sure enough, perusing their website found me a great set of Walker Gatling Gun arms. My biggest concern was the scale - would they be too big or too small on the ape suit? When they arrived I was pleasantly relieved to find them pretty much perfect for what I was wanting. The only alteration I had to make was to widen the shoulders a little because the guns hit the upper legs of the suit. This time the 40K bitz box paid off, and the conversion was done. The only other thing I changed was replacing a Khurasan gun turret from the Heavy Armoured Wartruck model for the original on top of the suit. These photos are of the rechristened "Lancer" mech - the paint job is far from done but most of the model is base coated. The mech stands right at 3 inches tall. I also magnetized the arms so I can switch them out if I want to try others.
Brent
