Millicant Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Hey there, This came up in a recent thread, and the more I think about it, I really like it! So, this has become my new plan: to convert the Javelin Land Speeder into Sableclaw for Sammael. I was hoping for some additional ideas on this front - particularly in the conversion department. There is only one major change to be made - the Lascannons have to be swapped out for Assault Cannons. I feel that the lascannon variant is probably more suited to this than the Cyclone Missile Launcher variant, due to the mounting hardware. Any stellar notions of how to swap those lascannons out for assault cannons? Or any others - where to put Dark Angel/Ravenwing Iconography so it will look grimdark but not cheesy? I will be sure to post pics when I actually begin this project. Thanks! Jordan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interrogator Stobz Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Great Idea!! I had the same one ;) so it must be good :P I look forward to your take on it as mine will be many moons away due to major financial priority change at my place :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millicant Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Well, I ordered the Javelin! Does anybody know of any existing model that has assault cannons on sponsons? Seems like a good place to start for a conversion.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pbenner Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 No sponsor Assault Cannons that I know of, but the Assault Cannons from the Storm Raven might be a good place to start for conversion bits. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhg033 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 baal predator has turret assault cannons and sponson assault cannons if I remember though they may be chunkier than you want. you could get away with the cannons from the landraider crusader or the (old) ravenwing sprue ones - the last being smaller than other versions. edit: baal doesn't have sponson AC's having just checked (sorry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Avoghai Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I actually wonder if the Assault cannons in the RW boxset won"t fit.. Other than that you still can use the kheres cannons from the contemptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 You're kit-bashing a Sammael model so I assume you have at least one of the Ravenwing upgrade sprues. There are two assault cannons on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millicant Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 I'm definitely considering the ravenwing sprue assault cannons, however I have some concerns about actually managing to convert those since the lascannon sponsons are fairly specific. I'm not a terribly competent converter but I was hoping this one would prove simple. We shall see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhg033 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 should be too bad, trim the lascannons just behind the coils then trim the barrels of the assault cannons and attach in place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvena Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 True and glue the munition mag part at the end, it will look ace ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millicant Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Ihg and alvena: I think you two are thinking what I'm thinking. Hopefully I can make exactly that happen without it looking dumb. I had been considering a much more complicated conversion but that will probably be the simplest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Sheol Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I already have a converted Sabreclaw (using a regular LS plus bits from LSV, old MotRW LS, RWCS, RW sprue) but i really like the idea to convert a Javelin into sabreclaw... I agree on using the lascannons bodies with AC barrels and magazines from RW sprue... I would also add bits from various DA sprues to make it outstanding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millicant Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 It arrived! Friday it showed up in the mail and on Saturday night I had it built. Very good kit - loved it! Here's it built, conversion mostly complete, with Sammael and gunner blue-tacked in place to test it out. What do you guys think of the following: 1) Assault Cannon conversion 2) Sammael bits used 3) What DA/Ravenwing iconography to add to the speeder? Thanks! I'll post some more as I paint it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interrogator Stobz Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Love it :tu: I've just finished (last night) a Javlin conversion of my own, love the model! Your ACs look great, I'd prefer to see Sammy bare headed but yours is cool. Add heaps of bling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Assault cannons look great - a very convincing conversion. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Avoghai Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Looking great! Would have personally glued only the AC barrels. Is their a particular reason why you've kept the rear part of the cannon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millicant Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Love it :tu: I've just finished (last night) a Javlin conversion of my own, love the model! Your ACs look great, I'd prefer to see Sammy bare headed but yours is cool. Add heaps of bling...Thanks! So I like sammael without a hood too, but he had kinda long hair on the jetbike! Not sure if I can match that... I tried to make the rest of his gear look similar - breastplate and pauldrons. Assault cannons look great - a very convincing conversion. Cheers. Thanks! Looking great! Would have personally glued only the AC barrels. Is their a particular reason why you've kept the rear part of the cannon? There is, actually! I sacrificed several assault cannons on the altar of conversions, and this looked the best. It looked silly and too small with only the barrel portion attached. Thanks for the feedback guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shabbadoo Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I could pretty much visualize what this would look like. The ACs look good with the barrels *and* the gun housing bits. Simple conversion, looks good, and (more importantly to me at least) it stands out as a piece of "ancient tech" like the Corvex is. Probably should have some more decoration in the form of a big hood ornament tome and some purity seals whipping in the wind along the sides, but not too much. Just add some of that and I would call it a done deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingDeth Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 It looks pretty good as is, sort of a "less is more" thing. I don't quite think the design of the hood lends itself well to the books, it's just covered with curves. Just a couple little ravenwing icons would cover it, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galthan Ironsturm Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Brilliant ;) Some RW bits in addition ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interrogator Stobz Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 You could bang one of the books on the hood with the spine in the recessed area and the pages on the raised bits, that would make it more 'Sammified' or is the term 'Sammilicious' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millicant Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 It looks pretty good as is, sort of a "less is more" thing. I don't quite think the design of the hood lends itself well to the books, it's just covered with curves. Just a couple little ravenwing icons would cover it, I think. This is pretty much what I'm thinking too. It doesn't lend itself well to iconographication... Or Sammaeliciousification... or whatever... :) The really sweet giant book from the Ravenwing sprue is too big. It doesn't fit or look good on the hood. I'm probably going to add a few winged sword icons, possibly even just decals, and a couple purity seals and call it good. I'm counting on the Javelin being unique enough on it's own to stand out from standard speeders. More pics to follow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interrogator Stobz Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Wise words, style without gaudiness (sp?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Avoghai Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 The other Nice add on could have been the etched brass DA icons. They are very thin hence look like originally designed with the model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millicant Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Oh that's a good idea. I wish I had some. I plan on using some decals since they are much more sleek than the fat RW icons from the sprue. Too big for this sleek black death-dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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