The Warforge Miniature Modelling and Conversion

Rolling thunder

These Kanz are born out of a simple concept that came to me when Cities of Death was first released and there was a stratagem for 'Wreckers'. The concept's really pretty simple: Take Killa Kan, subtract legs and power klaw, add wheels and wrecking ball, arm with demolishing rokkits, and you've got a handly little piece of armor to hunt hard targets with. Obviously they work the same as any normal Killa Kan would, as these modifications are purely visual (though I would love a 'wheels' upgrade that would let 'em move 12"), but the mental image of a Killa Kan rolling up on an enemy and spinning it's wheels in opposite directions to hurl a giant wrecking ball around at them was enough to see to it that the models would get made.

The first kan is a bit of an experiment in placement, but I think it worked out pretty well.

 

I grabbed a drill and a small bit and hollowed out a hole straight through the lower body where the legs would normally attach. After that, I grabbed two wheels off a Trukk and made a styrene 'dowel' between them for the wheels to attach to. The wrecking ball went on the side of the Kan without too much trouble, though the chain suspending it had to be shortened a bit because the Trukk kit it came from sits substantially higher off the ground. A Trukk front intake covers the front side of the Kan nicely, and dramatically changes the model's 'face'.

Since I didn't have any proper Rokkit Launcherz, I went ahead and made my own out of the spare shells you get in the Baneblade kit. They have two fuses sticking through the blast plate, and a grot from the warbiker kit sits behind them with a torch or flare in hand, ready to ignite them when a good target presents itself. I am fairly certain the 'flame' is just a hacked-down topknot from a Chaos Space Marine's head, but it sure beats sculpting!

The engine on the back had to be pared down a minor amount to allow wheels sit sit on either side. I added an exhaust pipe from a warbike on the model's left side to cover up the area that got chopped.

With this model reasonably done, I've now got to make a second and third for the squadron.