GuruD Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Being a poor college student I sometimes have to be creative when expanding my army. So here is my WIP predator created from wood. The first step was to sketch out the top and sides of the rhino hull and use a 50 watt laser to engrave the wood. Next I used a bandsaw to cut each of the pieces out. I used a belt sander, a dremel and a file to clean up the pieces. The Laser even did a great job on some of the fine detail work. Here it is as it will be when I assemble it. I will try to post more as I go along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorgars Servent Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Congrats on an interesting and intuitive approach to expanding your army! Looking at it though the side dimensions look a little off to me but I may be wrong! curios how your going to do the turret! Just 1 Question where did you get the laser from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuruD Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 Last time I bought something that had a rhino hull was with the old version so the sides might be a little small. I used the laser at the high school I graduated from years ago. I was really close to the technology teacher after taking 4 classes from him, and so he is fine with me using his laser to work on stuff like this. I am still working on ideas for the turret but I have the pieces for two lascannon sponsons that come with the land raider crusader so I will be using those to finish it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Replica Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 hahahahaha!!! SO AWESOME! :pirate: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
templarboy Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Last time I bought something that had a rhino hull was with the old version so the sides might be a little small. I used the laser at the high school I graduated from years ago. I was really close to the technology teacher after taking 4 classes from him, and so he is fine with me using his laser to work on stuff like this. I am still working on ideas for the turret but I have the pieces for two lascannon sponsons that come with the land raider crusader so I will be using those to finish it up.My wife is a high school science teacher and wants to know where in the world you went to high school. She can't even get paper for photocopies.....let alone a LASER! The predator looks awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Brother Sargent Tiberius- Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 That is epic, I love it! Wouldn't use it against anything using flamers though. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacton Qruze Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Oh man, that's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talhydras Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Lol, couldn't help but laughing just a little... that's awesome ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Ravensong Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 ...Just watch out for termites Nids, they'll eat right through that. But seriously, that's just awesome, are you making that with a CAD program? If so you could totally just buy a 2x4 and assembly line all the rhino's you could possibly need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuruD Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 I actually just sketched it up in gimp which is a open source program like photoshop. And when it comes to pumping out 6-10 rhinos at once, yes it would be very easy and very cheap. I spent 2 dollars on the wood and got enough for 2 sets of the sides and four main body pieces. So I will probably go spend another dollar to get another scrap of wood that will let me do 2 more sets of sides and have 4 rhino hull based models for 3 dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShotgunFacelift Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 awesome project. Looks way better than the plasticard rhinos i've drunkenly produced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester_prince Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 this is awsomeness. my only concern is the paint job, how are you going to go about stopping the wood looking like.... well, wood when you paint them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL. Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 loving this!! watch out for splinters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Bloodhowl Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 watch out for splinters! And Flamers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeonic Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 this is awsomeness. my only concern is the paint job, how are you going to go about stopping the wood looking like.... well, wood when you paint them. Guessing a surfacing agent and loads of sanding. Alternately embrace the wood side and paint it as a classic retro woody truck. :) That would look stunning on the tabletop and it's not totally infeasable that some artsy marine decided to panel his rhino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL. Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 watch out for splinters! And Flamers! Id be more worried about splinters! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuruD Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Do you have any suggestions for a surfacing agent? I was thinking a thin coat of watered down glue to smooth the surface after I finish sanding? I was also thinking that a slightly thicker coat of spray paint will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestat Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 this is awsomeness. my only concern is the paint job, how are you going to go about stopping the wood looking like.... well, wood when you paint them. Guessing a surfacing agent and loads of sanding. Alternately embrace the wood side and paint it as a classic retro woody truck. :) That would look stunning on the tabletop and it's not totally infeasable that some artsy marine decided to panel his rhino. I guess the Astartes are going green! Maybe a flower/hippy paintjob would look good on it ;) But seriously, that is a very impresive lump of wood you've churned out. If only we had access to that sort of equipment back when I was at school, I would have definately taken more interest in woodwork! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brom MKIV Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Amazing! I am embarrassed to post my wip conversions now. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeonic Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Do you have any suggestions for a surfacing agent? I was thinking a thin coat of watered down glue to smooth the surface after I finish sanding?I was also thinking that a slightly thicker coat of spray paint will help. I widened a couple classic rhinos with some 1mm balsa, and all I did to get a reasonable representation of perfect surface was alternate coats of future floor finish and sanding with fine grit paper. I wouldn't paint any thinker than normal, you don't want to destroy all that fantastic detail you've worked hard to create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester_prince Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 what about covering it with paper or card then seal it with a varnish or watered down pva to seal it and give ti a bit of ware resistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuruD Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 Since people were wondering what I would do for the turret here it is. I free handed the turret itself on the band saw out of a scrap piece of wood I had laying around and the lascannons are .25 in dowels with 6 mm vinyl tubing on the front and a fine wire wrapped around the back. Mind you I do not own a predator so the turret may not be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Hunter Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 That's one of the more creative things i'v seen on any board in a while the turret looks pretty nice altho the barrels are a tad short but otherwise it looks pretty good :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuruD Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 I compared them to the barrels on the dreadnought arm and they are a little longer. However since they are just simple wooden dowels, if everyone thinks that they should be longer it would be easy for me to just cut a couple more pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeffWolf Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 wow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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