Sonic dreadnought conversion ideas

[Jamesb_05]

Here to do what it says on the tin really, anyone got any ideas I can shamelessly steal and take for my own?

[hushrong]

One idea I had was to get something like speaker mesh to cover the business end of an ectoplasma launcher from a forgefiend. Been humming and hawing over it to use as a blastmaster for a helbrute. Just cut out a small piece and try to fit into that mouth opening, the jagged teeth holding it in place and figure out how to mount it to a helbrute.

[MDops]

The mesh seems like a good idea but would use the missile arm as a massive sub woofer Edited December 5, 2017 by MDops

[hushrong]

That actually sounds rad.

[Maschinenpriester]

I made two from.the brutes plasma cannon. i cut the middle.part out, and inserted two long tubes and added some hoses and a mesh in the mouthn with greenstuff. Going to post pictures tonight, when i am back from work.

[Filkarion]

I wanted to try it out and, for the sake of simplicity, I just added the chaos "open weapon mouth" in chaos vehicle sprue to the DV Hellbrute's Melta

 

Not the best conversion but superfast

[Sception]

large daemonically mutated & ornately adorned amps rising from the dread's back & replacing the arms.  A ripped-open, exposed front chasis revealing the zombified upper torso of the husk of a noise marine entombed within, all mechanically & daemonically wired into the interior.  The 'pilot' is playing a multineck guitar which is in turn wired into the dreadnought's systems

 

concept art (please forgive quality, I'm working with a track pad here)

 

[Sception]

alternatively, the same exposed zombie playing instrument concept, but instead of guitar & amps it's organ keyboard & pipes, possibly incorporating SoB Exorcist bits

[hushrong]

alternatively, the same exposed zombie playing instrument concept, but instead of guitar & amps it's organ keyboard & pipes, possibly incorporating SoB Exorcist bits

I'd actually like this if they could make the pipes similar to the old Noise Marine champ who had the leering faces/ organ backpack.

[Lords of Preyspire]

You’ll need to find someone to part with the forge fiend back pipes!

[hushrong]

That'd work. And then cram in a few more pipes with plasticard tube and cut out faces using something like a soldering knife/tip. Probably just add some clamps with rivets to the piping and find something to give the tops a 'crown' like the forgefiend exhaust pipes.

[Kierdale]

Here’s mine. Still WIP:

It has a single blastmaster as that was the old armament. Likely I’ll just say it’s bloody loud rather than add a second barrel to twin link it.

[Filkarion]

...then Kierdale arrives from the land of the rising sun and shows us how to do a proper job

 

Edit: to make my comment a bit more useful...where did you pick up that missile launcher from?

Edited December 7, 2017 by Filkarion

[Kierdale]

...then Kierdale arrives from the land of the rising sun and shows us how to do a proper job

 

Edit: to make my comment a bit more useful...where did you pick up that missile launcher from?

Not at all! It’s just one idea. :)

 

The missile launcher is actually the one from within a drop pod. I’m glad to hear it’s not immediately recognisable.

I really must get back to that model and finish it.

[Filkarion]

 

Not at all! It’s just one idea.

 

 

Jun one _ very cool_ idea! I will soon convert something akin thanks to you!

 

Seems i finally found what to do with a half destroyed dreddy and the Heldrake hind legs

Edited December 7, 2017 by Filkarion

[Sception]

Kierdale's looks great.  But if I might offer a few humble suggestions:

 

Edited December 8, 2017 by malisteen

[hushrong]

Kierdale, that sonic dread is pretty rad! I kind of echo malisteen in bulking up the blastmaster a wee bit but you have made a damn cool dread.

[Maschinenpriester]

Here a bit delayed as promised a picture of my two Hellbrute- Blastmasters:

 

In my Opinion the big advantages of using the Plasma Connon are:

 

- The Helbrute Plasma Cannon does not work for me in 8th

- Its all magnetizable easily with the test of the parts - as I tend to magnetize all options

 

Besides I also converted myself a sonic weapon for terminators, maybe that is some inspiration too:

Kida stole the Idea from Kieridale, who was using it for a sonic landspeeder if I remember correctly.

I use it as a counts as heavy flamer / autocannon - depending what i want to play. ;)

 

 

Hope it helps. I am sorry for the :cussty Phone pictures. Constructive critizism is also always welcome.

I documented the production process, but somehow the pics got corrupted >.<

Edited December 8, 2017 by Maschinenpriester

[Lords of Preyspire]

I love the huge terminator one! Fantastic. Can we have a sonic club page on the same vain as the chooooom crew?

[hushrong]

The terminator one is epic! I also need to use those green stuff pipe rollers. That adds so much to the weapon.

[Sception]

That terminator conversion does look amazing!  But if I could, again, make one or two tiny little suggestions:

 

[Evil Eye]

I'm using an old metal Broadside Railgun as the basis for a Blastmaster. It's attached to one of the Dreadnought weapon mounts (my Helbrute is based on the Venerable Dreadnought kit, back from the days of Ferrum Infernus Dreadnoughts being things) and I've sawn a Daemon Prince head in half to act as a starting point for a "muzzle gargoyle". There's also some other miscellaneous junk added here and there, notably a Tau shield generator and a circular bit from a Chaos Bike, along with some Plasticard, It's far from finished but hopefully it'll look the part.

[Kierdale]

:D

I’ll see what I can do about bulking up the blastmaster on my dread.

As for the pilot carrying a guitar...perhaps not this time. I’m tempted to do some kind of tank with a sonic weapon (performer) on top sometime though.

 

And Maschinenpriester’s terminator there is exactly what I want to do for my Obliterators, with different kinds/mountings of sonic weapons, with plenty of tentacles. Put the ‘flesh’ into ‘flesh weapons’.