Scuzzie's Conversion Thread ~ 10 May 16 ~ Cypher

[Secretpaintgeek]

Wow! My mind was blown at the techmarine then i saw the landraider and went into cardiac arrest :P Amazing! To say i'm envious would be a understatement. Fantasic work as always, I just cant imagine what you'll produce next

[Greyall]

Allow me a tear, brother...

[Smurfben]

Wow, what a cracking landraider! It's nice to see you giving the Sororitas some attention! Please don't judge me if I decide to have a go at a similar vehicle in the future :) I just love those exit hatches so so much! I....must....replicate :p

[ChaptermasterDemon7]

*Sees the Chaos Sister Land Raider approaching. Runs and hides from the confession mobile*

 

*Body is then crushed under the Confession Mobile's treads.*

 

This thread has all kinds of awesome in it. I really love the bikes and the land raider... Even if it is for the heretics :P

[madscuzzy]

@secretpaintgeek - TBH, there shouldn't be anything to be envious about (although yeah, while some people will be envious of my buddy, I like to think of it as mutual.. benefits.  I can emotionally blackmail him in the future! mwahahahaha).  But I believe anyone can really do these, if they are willing to put their mind to it.  I know back then when I started, there were a lot of things that I wouldn't want to do, and would like things done fast... that there were shortcuts to achieving success.  Sadly, there are none.  It is all about sitting down and doing the work.  The shortcut comes in areas where you know how you yourself can work better, but there isn't an 'easy way out'.  All rivets have to be individually chopped, glued and pasted on.  In this form of modelling, I utilize a lot of putty and sanding to get the 'perfect' finish... but that is my process.  Other folks like say, subtle discord, can do up a finish without sanding like I do.  I can't cut a perfect line with a knife, and so I work with what I can and how I can.  I may be slower, but as long as I can achieve the result I want, I don't mind (of course I will always try to find a better way to do things, but that's my journey.)

As for what is next... hmmmm well... I do have a lot of projects in my head.  Right now I am working on a Reaver, but that's not really conversion work, so nothing really new to see.  XD  Perhaps my knight, or thunderfire.  But I do have my Eldar Valkyrie to do, my ork vehicleS, my tau suits... yeah... busy long long (considering I only churn out 3-4 pieces per year?)

 

@darth mustard, reckoning34 - Thanks!

@greyall - sure... would you like to collect that tear for any particular ritual(s)?

@smurfben - Oh no worries.  Honestly like i said, I can't claim much.  Not all the designs are original.  The arrow stairs was my buddy's idea, the sides were... well, google images is a good source of inspiration/reference.   My only real input is implementation and details.  I would love to see yiours though!

@chaptermasterdemon7 - so who's the heretic?

[madscuzzy]

Hey... so yeah, new updates!  Kinda decided to work on a Librarian version of the big bike.  Most of you know how the main bike body was built by now so I won't be touching the core much... just the additions...:)

 

I wanted to give the bike a psychic hood... so here it is!

 

I started with making a form out of epoxy putty to build over.  I figured I could carve down the curved shape easier than forming it entirely of pla-plate.  

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/1.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/2.jpg

 

Skinned it with thin pla-plate.

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/3.jpg

 

I added a thicker stripe of pla to help add depth to the curve.

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/4.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/5.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/6.jpg

 

The strip was smaller which allowed me to create a chamfer out of epoxy putty.

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/7.jpg

 

Stay tuned...

 

 

 

[Blissful Brushes]

Those bikes are awesome. That techmarine bike has provided me with the perfect answer to my conversion beamer conundrum, though I'll be solving it in a slightly different way to you. Awesome though, absolutely stunning.

[Skrundle87]

I'm a bit late to the party but those biker conversions are fantastic especially the tech marine, nice work!

[madscuzzy]

Thanks!

 

@Blissful Brushes:  I wanna see!

[madscuzzy]

More details to the bike psychic hood!  Added a trench to put some pipes in later.  Needed a trench in the body to fit the disks.

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/8.jpg

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/9.jpg

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/10.jpg

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/11.jpg

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/12.jpg

 

 

[Dark Rage]

Always some great conversions, I'm wondering do you plan on adding some kind of psychic weapon to the bike similar to how you did your conversion beamer on the tech bike.

[madscuzzy]

Nope... no plans for that.  IMHO the itself should be quite iconic and I don't know of any psychic weapons marines have access to.  If it were a GK however... but they don't have bikes...XD

[madscuzzy]

More updates!

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/13.jpg

 

I had to remove the side disks as I had to get the hood to fit at a nice angle with a test rider on the bike body.  The angle I originally had it at wouldn't fit the backpack.  :(

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/14.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/15.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/16.jpg

 

[Brother Melice]

Updates! 

 

Changed the body for something simpler...

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/1.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/2.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/3.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/4.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/5.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/6.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/7.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/8.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/9.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/10.jpg

 

Winged eagle in detail

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/b1.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/b2.jpg

 

Went for an 'armoury' style bike with a servoarm assist.  Not really legal, but he is packing...XD

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/b3.jpg

 

More detail to the turbocharger

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKII_WIP/f1.jpg

This is MAD!!!

 

you stuck a drossel air intake for the manifold on a BIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[madscuzzy]

Is that what it is called?  I've always just assumed it's an air intake.  There is actually one on the MotRW Jetbike, but it is quite recessed, so I can't see how it would work.  I just raised it by making a new one... in a design I like.

[Brother-Chaplain Kage]

 

This is MAD!!!

 

He is upfront about the madness... it's in his name, after all.

[Brother Melice]

that is a drossel system air intake for a supercharged engines, that utilize mixed compression system. Usually found on Hot Rods

[madscuzzy]

Hot rods are awesome.  :P  Always loved the look!

[madscuzzy]

Worked on the libby!

 

I carved out the trim on one side and flattened the other.  One thing I like about marine bikers is that the legs are actually larger than the typical, so there's always material to work with.

 

The collar is made from pla-tube.  I built up the sides to create a more encompassing hood. 

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/18.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/19.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/20.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/21.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/22.jpg

[AJB2K3]

Loving that bike!

[madscuzzy]

Thank you :)

[Biohazard]

Loving all these bikes. The Libby is coming along great, really like the work on his hood

[madscuzzy]

Libby itself is more or less done... might add stuff on it a bit more later... The eagle head annoys the hell out of a buddy of mine.  He finds it silly.  I can see that but it's... so cute...

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/23.jpg

 

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/24.jpg

 

Added more detail on the bike hood.  It felt plain behind and I felt it needed something more... techy... as it is a giant hood after all.
http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/25.jpg

 

Randomly added chains to a book.  Not sure where this would go... maybe the sides?

http://scuzworks.com/SL40K/WIP/LandTrain_MKIV_Libby_WIP/27.jpg

[One-eye]

If there isn't a word to say madness and skill at the same time, I propose Madscuzzy for it.

This libby is awesome, and the bike maybe even better. The amount of dedication and work that you put in this single mini is impressive.

 

It would be truly inspiring if not way beyond my skill :)

[daemonclaw]

i love your attention to detail like the sword holders