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[Mostwanted]

 

No chance they're the Land Raider doors, which are slightly bigger and had the same icons?

That's possible :)

No. The Landraider doors have 3 hinge points and the Rhino doors two. The doors for the Stormraven have also got two hinge points.

[FishFuzz99]

Invictors are a model that despite their crunch abilities, I simply cannot live with myself for using them due to their looks. 

 

The war suits? Totally agree, don't think I could ever build one due to that model. The exposed pilot and that ridiculous giant robot pistol, ugh.

Maybe I'll attempt a kit bash some day with more dread parts.

[Zephaniah Adriyen]

 

Invictors are a model that despite their crunch abilities, I simply cannot live with myself for using them due to their looks. 

 

The war suits? Totally agree, don't think I could ever build one due to that model. The exposed pilot and that ridiculous giant robot pistol, ugh.

Maybe I'll attempt a kit bash some day with more dread parts.

 

Use a Redemptor body and Invictor limbs, it should line up okay and look like a faster, lighter, stripped-down Redemptor Dreadnought.

[Indefragable]

 

 

Invictors are a model that despite their crunch abilities, I simply cannot live with myself for using them due to their looks. 

 

The war suits? Totally agree, don't think I could ever build one due to that model. The exposed pilot and that ridiculous giant robot pistol, ugh.

Maybe I'll attempt a kit bash some day with more dread parts.

 

Use a Redemptor body and Invictor limbs, it should line up okay and look like a faster, lighter, stripped-down Redemptor Dreadnought.

 

 

It's always yet another project to do, but I don't care enough to do this one. I find the concept a little ridiculous as well, even for 40k, and the crunch doesn't do enough for me to do it.

 

But that's just my tastes. 

[Xenith]

 

Invictors are a model that despite their crunch abilities, I simply cannot live with myself for using them due to their looks. 

 

The war suits? Totally agree, don't think I could ever build one due to that model. The exposed pilot and that ridiculous giant robot pistol, ugh.

 

 

@Mortarion made an excellent Flesh Tearer conversion swapping the fist for a circlar saw and mounting the heavy bolter on the wrist. More sensible. 

Edited May 11, 2020 by Xenith

[Karhedron]

Use a Redemptor body and Invictor limbs, it should line up okay and look like a faster, lighter, stripped-down Redemptor Dreadnought.

Good plan. To save cash, I wonder if the Easi-build Redemptor would make an adequate donor?

[Xenith]

 

Use a Redemptor body and Invictor limbs, it should line up okay and look like a faster, lighter, stripped-down Redemptor Dreadnought.

Good plan. To save cash, I wonder if the Easi-build Redemptor would make an adequate donor?

 

 

That still involves buying 2 dreads to make one.

 

Any chance a cut-down spare sarcophagus from the three we get in the furioso kit could be mashed into the pilot compartment in the Invictor?

 

EDIT: The Stormhawk Interceptor armoured canopy might make a cool jury-rigged pilot compartment for the invictor. 

Edited May 11, 2020 by Xenith

[Karhedron]

Shapeways offers some alternatives. More than bits from eBay but less than a cost of a spare Redemptor.

 

https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace?type=product&q=War-Suit+Headpiece

[Xenith]

 

 

EDIT: The Stormhawk Interceptor armoured canopy might make a cool jury-rigged pilot compartment for the invictor. 

 

 

Shapeways offers some alternatives. More than bits from eBay but less than a cost of a spare Redemptor.

 

https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace?type=product&q=War-Suit+Headpiece

 

They beat me to it. Look ace though. Like a Battletech mech.

 

[Spagunk]

ALong that lines, I know the redemptor has the extra front plating for the sarcophagus. Does anyone know if those pieces fit at all on the invictor?

[Majkhel]

ALong that lines, I know the redemptor has the extra front plating for the sarcophagus. Does anyone know if those pieces fit at all on the invictor?

I can only tell that I've seen THIS - conversion by SufficientAnonymity. 

[Spagunk]

That conversion is much better than just straight rollbars. Seem like only the main plate fits though.

 

Still seems worth it though.

[Jolemai]

New Unit of the Week entry:

• Mortis Dreadnought

[dread05]

I have a question, Im thinking of building a devastator squad with 4 heavy bolters and I'm looking for different models. So far I have one from the devastator box, one from sternguard and one from the BA tacticals. Any ideas where to find a 4th unique one?

[Karhedron]

Go old school and a get a 1st/2nd edition metal one.

 

[dread05]

there are the ones in the burning of prospero but I cant find any atm :/

[Mostwanted]

I have a question, Im thinking of building a devastator squad with 4 heavy bolters and I'm looking for different models. So far I have one from the devastator box, one from sternguard and one from the BA tacticals. Any ideas where to find a 4th unique one?

I love this set from forgeworld. Got a Heavy Bolter in that.

 

https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Space-Marine-Heavy-Weapons-Set

[Spagunk]

I have a question, Im thinking of building a devastator squad with 4 heavy bolters and I'm looking for different models. So far I have one from the devastator box, one from sternguard and one from the BA tacticals. Any ideas where to find a 4th unique one?

There's also the one from the finecast vet. sprue that I can't seem to find online anymore. The one that has combi weapons, dual claws and stuff.

[Jolemai]

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/363882-the-lockdown-painting-challenge-2020/

 

LPC is open!

[dread05]

On the invictor topic, I'd really like to see one built using this thing 

 

https://images3.sw-cdn.net/product/picture/710x528_30491043_16266889_1580328360.jpg

[Klod]

So I want to pick up Eliminators some time soon, and as far as I know, the Codex does recommend the use of camouflage and repainting the armour when necessary. I mean cmon, you can wear a fancy cloak all you want, but if your armour is red you're gona be spotted a mile away.
I heard that some Chapters, like Imperial Fists, shun the use of camo. Blood Angels are not the biggest fans of sneaking and hiding either, but needs must. What I'm looking for are any mentions of BA repainting their armour in the novels/codices/etc.

Edited May 16, 2020 by Klod

[Panzer]

Yeah the Codex Astartes recommends repainting the armour to fit in the environment just like the T'au do. Also recommends changing heraldry etc. to confuse your enemies.

Blood Angels are mainly about the shock&awe but that doesn't mean we aren't using more sneaky approaches at times too though.

[Jolemai]

Outside the use of camo cloaks it's rare tbh. The desert camo armour pattern the Salamanders used (image from the Rogue Trader era) and a BA Thunderhawk which had a light grey lower hull to aid concealment when landing (Imperial Armour volume II second edition: Warmachines of the Adeptus Astartes, page 126) are two examples in the literature. Edited May 16, 2020 by Jolemai

[Klod]

Yeah, I was thinking about painting the armour in some kind of desert patern.

[FormelyKnownAsSmashyPants]

When I get around to doing my devastators I'm gonna use two from the BA tactical squad, two from the devastator squad, two heavy flamers from the BA tactical squad and two from the sternguard squad. Then I'll just do four each of the other weapons from the devastator box. I'm going to magnetize the legs to the torso, which will have the heavy weapon arms permanently attached, and then magnetize the heads to the torsos.