2010179:11
pm
Fired Up
So after a bit of deliberation, I've decided to add flames to the front torso, assault launcher positioning be damned.
I went with this style of flame because it matched the general motif that can be found on Forgeworld Salamander Rhino and Land Raider doors, which I have and intend to use with a bit of modification.
After a bit of headscratching, I've come up with something that may be an acceptable substitute for the assault launchers. I hacked the central bit of a Cyclone Launcher off, and I'm considering mounting the launchers on either shoulder to count as a sort of Assault Launcher.
It looks a bit silly because of the lack of arms, so I took two quick shots of some test arms attached in place, borrowed from my old WIP Salamanders Ironclad.
It's large, but it does sort've fit with the characteristic shape I've seen of Ironclads. I haven't yet attached them - they're just resting ontop of the torso as a proof of concept. What do you guys think? I'm giving it some thought, but I can't think of much else that'd work. There's an empty area around the hip of the torso, near the armpit, where I could conceivably mount some sort of launcher, but I haven't had any clever ideas for it yet.
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January 18th, 2010
I like this. It reminds me of some of the designs from Battletech, like a Thor or a Warhammer. (Hah, go figure.)
January 18th, 2010
yay! flames!
i like the cyclone-as-assualt-launchers idea.
January 18th, 2010
The Gap problem could be fixed by having two burning braziers hung just low enough it bulks out the frame.
January 19th, 2010
I think it looks great, good work man.
The Cyclones work, I think you should keep them, or at least the positioning and change it to something slightly different, but I like it as is.
About the gap around the waist, don’t you think that’s appropriate?
I mean, the Legion like to make themselves look like skeletons, and skeletons are pretty thin between the waist and ribs
January 19th, 2010
My concern with that area is not necessarily the waist – there’s two square indentations on either side of the torso, just above the hips, where a stormbolter and sensor array mount would normally attach, but I don’t have those bits, so I’m trying to figure out what to put there. I didn’t photograph it very clearly, which is why there might be some confusion.
January 19th, 2010
Hmm, well, since you’re planning on putting two Heavy Flamers him, or at least a Heavy Flamer and a Melta gun, why not put…
Some plasticard there, to close the gap
January 19th, 2010
If you didn’t want the missile launchers so prominent could you cut then in half and just use the top half?