Cadmus Tyro Xth and XXth blog: Terror Squad

[Cadmus Tyro]

Thanks guys, here’s my next instalment. Looks like Dynats warlord trait is going to be needed! 
 

 

I really dislike the original bare head sculpt, I think the destroyer helmet looks much better! 
 

Cadmus 

[Pearson73]

That helmet works really nicely, can see one of the Imperial Fists MKIV ones suiting the model well too.

[Cadmus Tyro]

Hey all, 

found some Mkiv with shotguns on eBay and decided to bulk out my recon company. 
 

The squad was stripped, rebased and repositioned. Then I added a few equipment pouches to the packs and made some capes using the tissue method: 

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Hope you like em! 
 

Cadmus 

Edited September 12, 2022 by Cadmus Tyro

[Cadmus Tyro]

Working on a few landspeeders, these models have been in the pile of shame for a while. The idea was to bring the Mars pattern speeder into the 30th millennium without spending a fortune. 
 

I quite like the old up armoured second edition landspeeders and I wanted to try and emulate some of those aesthetics, what do you reckon:

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Rotation magnets for the win!

 

Cadmus 

[sockwithaticket]

Like the look of those speeders. They seem a less cumbersome than the standard ones.

[Cadmus Tyro]

Couple of new editions to keep the blog going:

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Cadmus 

[Pearson73]

Gorgeous!

[BadgersinHills]

Really love your minis.

How did you convert the speeders? They look lovely.

[LameBeard]

+1 to request for speeder tips. What size rotation magnets? I just had Green Stuff World pushing theirs at me, but the postage is expensive for GSW so interested in others … 

Your legions all continue to inspire.

[Cadmus Tyro]

Thanks chaps, 

I knew I should have done a WIP stage by stage guide! I was too lazy to do it. Essentially the body of the speeder is made entirely from the original speeder kit with a few small additions. The crew are just plastic Mkiv torsos and the weapons are from the pintle weapons set, which is much cheaper to obtain as all the plastic HH tanks contain them. 

I’ll try and do a retrospective build guide using model pics and GW sprue pics. You’re going to need a razor saw to make straight cuts and a nail file block to file down to a nice smooth shine. I stole my wife’s one: 

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First you need to prep the bottom of the hull to recess the rotation magnet: 

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Next you will need to prep the top plate, make the following cuts: 

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The very front piece will need the verticals details cutting down and smoothing out, remove the imperial eagle for extra marks! This is where the nail file comes in handy after some scalpel blade work: 

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The remaining two pieces should be glued together to form a new top plate: 

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Then you need to cut the vents from the top of the seats and trim the edges of them to follow the contour of the seat itself: 

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Then you need to prep the side plates making the following cuts: 

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Then you’re pretty much ready to build the hull itself. I recommend building it in one go to make sure there’s no warping. 
 

Stay tuned for part 2…..

 

Cadmus 

[Cadmus Tyro]

So, 

now you need to start adding details to the hull to make it look more visually interesting. 
 

Firstly, cover the holes where the original foot plate would be located on the side of the hull. To do this I used the heavy flamer file canister cut down:

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Next you need to add the stabilising fin, I prefer the single central fin of the 2nd edition metal speeder. It’s essentially made out of the two ends of the original “spoiler”, glued together with a bit of green stuff to smooth out the top: 

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Next you can start detailing the interior behind the drivers seat. Firstly use the grill that was designed to fit on the rear of the typhoon launcher:

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Next, start building the unit that sits behind the the seat. Start with by cutting down the back of the heavy flamer and glue it behind the seat plate: 

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Next, cut out one of the small rectangles on the original “bumper” and glue it to the side of the heavy flamer part: 

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Then you need a piece from the original rhino kit hatch, cut the small antenna off the side of the hatch and glue it on top: 

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Next bit is bit fiddly, you need to cut down the casing from the typhoon launchers, then drop them behind the seat to make the plate with the seat look a little deeper than it is: 

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You can just see it in this pic behind the antenna

That’s it for the main detailing. Next up a few extras that I added….

 

Cadmus

[Cadmus Tyro]

Finally, a few more details. 
 

The antenna is taken from the Valkyrie kit and turned 90 degrees:

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I used the scout sniper night vision goggles the finish the connecting piece on top of the hull:

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Next I adapted the comms antenna on the front left of the speeder. I used the targeter from the hunter killer missile and a variety of lenses. You can use the one from the original spoiler, I also used a lens from the scout sniper rifle and half of the goggles:

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The weapons were the easy bit. Any infantry heavy weapon can be adapted to be under slung. For two speeders I use the FW plasma cannon: 

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The other two speeders are armed for anti tank, multi Melta and two hunter killers to keep the cost down. The under slung HKs were glued together, with two targeters from the primaris infiltrator kit added: 

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And that, is pretty much it….good luck! 
 

Cadmus 

 

Edited October 7, 2022 by Cadmus Tyro

[LameBeard]

Amazing stuff - and now I see many more steps than I first realised - but so worth it!

[Cadmus Tyro]

Quick update, HSS for the XXth:

 

 

Edited November 23, 2022 by Cadmus Tyro

[ChazSexington]

Love how saturated the colour is! 

[Cadmus Tyro]

Next unit, a stolen Terror squad for the recon company: 

 

 

cadmus 

[Pearson73]

Great work on the Terror chaps, liking the capes and love how you've done the masks! 

[Xenith]

Did you ever finish off that terror squad?

[Cadmus Tyro]

3 minutes ago, Xenith said:

Did you ever finish off that terror squad?

It’s on my to do list…