What I do when on medical leave

[maverike_prime]

So I’m on a medically enforced hiatus from work following an incident involving a TV falling about 2 stories and impacting my shoulder. Now I’m a person who is simply incapable of not doing something. It’s just not in my nature to sit around and not work on something. So I got a little adventurous, pulled up some paperhammer templates I have, and am now working on scratch building a BaneBlade.

 

I initially constructed a quasi-prototype from cardboard. Not a complete model, though I may return to complete it, but more of a what tricks am I going to run into when I build this? Sort of model.

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You can see the cardboard version here. The biggest trick areas I encounters were the forward section, for mounting the Demolisher cannon and the heavy bolter turret, and the main turret base. The templates are a bit tricky to read and lead to a couple small mistakes along the way. The main turret base I just flat screwed up and assembled inside out so I had to cut that apart and reassemble it piece by piece.

 

The major problem I had with the templates is this:

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There is a massive open space between the main body and the tread housing. So that was a problem I knew to adjust for when I built the new version. So feeling a bit better informed about the short comings of the template I was using, I felt ready to embark on a bit more challenging version. So I went out to home depot and bought $40 worth of "For Rent" signs and got to work.

 

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I designed and built an updated Demolisher cannon housing. I'm planning to make it articulated so that it can pivot up and down, but we'll see how well that works out.

 

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Here's the main body with one tread assembly attached. I have a fair amount of detailing on it, but I have some plans for it.

 

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I took a piece of a City of Death sprue and attached it inside the tread housing and left one panel off to give the model some life. Since I'm a chaos player, I'm planning to Chaos-ify the tank a fair amount. Not sure if I'll go for a speccific alignment or just Chaos in General. Though I have a couple extra Blood Letters left over after I used a box of Blood Crushers for a different project. So I could model some Blood Letters riding on the monster.

[Terminatorinhell]

Now this will be an awesome scratchbuild!

[maverike_prime]

bit of an update: Second Tread shield assembly as been completed and attached to the main hull. Extended bay for main engin housing has been completed and attached.

 

I did some extra work as well.

 

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I added the adeptus Mechanicus icon from a CoD set and build exhaust stacks. I'm rather pleased with hour the exhaust stacks came out. I might try this technique on a smaller vehicle in the non-too-distant future. Perhaps a scratch built dread.

 

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I managed to install the Demolisher cannon as well. And guess what: It tilts!!!

[Brother Morgan]

Looking good so far. I'm trying to build some similar exhausts for a converted Land Raider. What is the clear plastic you used to hold the exhausts?

[maverike_prime]

Looking good so far. I'm trying to build some similar exhausts for a converted Land Raider. What is the clear plastic you used to hold the exhausts?

 

BIC pen bodies, minus the pen pieces.