BRASS SCORPION CONVERSION & tutorial

[Fallen_Angel]

hello all. as you may know from my CSM gnoblog i am making a brass scorpion of khorne, here is my progress so far (still waiting for defiler no.2)

stick together the legs and claws as normal (there should be 6 legs and 2 claws when you finish, but ive only got 4 legs)



and the body


stick the battle cannon and the face together


and then saw half the back off, like so:


saw off the two front pointy bits of the body, so the front is relatively flat


glue the top of the defiler torso on top of the body and add a hatch, then glue the cannon onto the front


glue the heavy flamers onto either side of the body


cut the havoc launcher in half and add one of the ends (sawn in half as well)


glue the havoc launcher and a leg/shoulder plate onto the back of the body


at the end of tutorial 1 your scorpion should look like this



stay tuned for the next bit soon!

[Reg06]

Nice tutorial so far.

[BlughTheIronMaw]

Awesome! Makes me want to start my CSM army sooner...

[Wildcard]

I don't play 40k yet - I've not got my eldar finished - but I did pick up 2 defiler kits at gamesday in order to build this model as I just love the idea of it - great tutorial so far, I'll be watching with interest

[Reg06]

Oh man Wildcard, you've got the itch, BAD. When you start buying models from armies you don't play, you know there's no turning back.


Says me with my half converted defiler (cause I thought it was a cool model) and unpainted unit of Teutogen Guard (cause they're so awesome looking).

[Wildcard]

and unpainted unit of Teutogen Guard (cause they're so awesome looking).

I've got some of those hanging around here somewhere too......

[Fallen_Angel]

well heres the rest of it.

glue the other body together and cut off the section with the last pair of legs and glue it onto the back and cover up any gaps with plates/gs.

then cut off one of the front claw joints and stick it on the back

now make the claw arm but without the two claw bits

here you may have to improvise. i used two predator sponson lasconnons with the CSM gargoyles but you may not have those so i suggest using the autocannons in the set.

now add plating

you should then have this:

click all the joints in and add any symbols onto it.

and here you go!



the finished thing.

[BlughTheIronMaw]

Thank you for making that incredible decision for me, World Eaters it is! LOL

Seriously though, that is really awesome work, I'm dying to see it painted!

[Reg06]

Awesome job Fallen_Angel, maybe I'll save my one defiler until I can get a second.