Scratchbuild Pre Heresy LandRaider

[milb]

moin

Some months ago I started to build a scratchbuild pre heresy LandRaider or at least what I think it should look like.

It\'s not about building a cheaper LandRaider it\'s only about building the LandRaider that want to have.

I\'ve started with the side parts:

Here\'s the concept I drew...

I hope you like it.

 

[rosac]

which chapter will it be for? (please say pre heresy world eaters, please, please!)

 

[milb]

Dunno which chapter I choose. First I thought about Marines Exemplar coz I allready painted some minis in their color theme. But this chapter is not old enough to have pre heresy tanks or other stuff.

I have to check the IndexAstartes articles first...before I can make the final descission about the chapter.

 

[Jericho]

Wow, that\'s gonna make for a gorgeous tank! Currently I\'m plasticarding the main body of a Dreadnought conversion, it\'s a fraction the size and it\'s giving me trouble. Your design looks a lot better than mine too

 

[milb]

Hehe...I\'m also planing to do a Cybot out of plastic card (not the whole thing, but the armor plates for sure^^).
Hm...till now I don\'t have any troubles, but they will come when I start to do the detail^^.

BTW: Pre Heresy LandRaider maybe isn\'t the right description for this project it\'s more a kind of mixture between the old LR model and the new one.

 

[jester of death]

hey

that looks pretty sweet. way more effort than id be willing to do.

anyhoo...

pre heresy chapters
Dark Angels
Ultramarines
Blood Angels
Imperial Fists
Raven Gaurd
Salamanders
Space Wolves
Iron Hands
White Scars
Lunar Wolves/Sons of Horus
Emperors Children
World Eaters
Word Bearers
Death Gaurd
Night Lords
Thousand Sons
Iron Warriors
Alpha Legion

those are the 18 chapters from before the heresy.

hope that helps


JoD

 

[milb]

Thx Jester! Got this List here...somewhere.
ATM I\'m thinking about the chains. The idea behind the chains of the new LandRaider is pretty cool (you know...emperor and the council of terra (or what ever it is named in english)), but it isn\'t really funktional. The tank couldn\'t break on concreted roads and other surfaces. So I decided to use chains which are more like the ones the german Leopard has.
Here\'s a pic:

Those brownish cubes are made of rubber (or something similar).
What do you think?
P.S. OMG! I need to make 100 single chain parts for the whole tank.

 

[Humblesteve]

Is your pre-heresy chaos or SM? That would change alot of what your planning. Rubber would look cool, but it just doesn\'t have a 40 chaos feel. What about something that looks like ice/snow tires? The studded ones, functional and a little more detail.

 

[Ebonbuddha]

You know there is an old land raider that would help you alot. It would be what the pre-heresy landraider would look like.

 

[milb]

Ehm? You guys read this?

Originally posted by milb
BTW: Pre Heresy LandRaider maybe isn\'t the right description for this project it\'s more a kind of mixture between the old LR model and the new one.

There\'re exactly three LandRaider Models, the old one from 1988 the Epic LandRaider and the new one from 2000.

Pic of the chains...

I decided to make somthing simple coz I need 100 pieces of it.

 

[emopainterguy]

Have you thought about using a press mold for the chains/track? It could save a lot of time making hundreds the of the buggers...

 

[DaN]

As you need so many, can\'t you make a mould of said track and cast in hard rubber/soft plastic...?

 

[milb]

@DaN & emopainterguy: That\'s exactly what I\'m planing to do^^.
@Humblesteve: It\'s a SpaceMarine LandRaider. I\'m not that big chaos fan.
@Ebonbuddha: Which one do you mean? I only know the three LandRaider versions a listed before.

Think even those undetailed chains (I\'ll sculpt some details on it) will look good if they\'re painted and covered with mud.

 

[Undave]

Might I recommend Amazing Mold Putty as it\'s soooooo easy to use as is the casting resin on the same page.

 

[jester of death]

@HUMBLESTEVE: there is no chaos pre heresy.

there was only the 18 legions of the adeptus astartes ans during the horus heresy 9 of those turned to chaos.

though there were imperial gaurd landraiders pre heresy. that wouls make an interesting GD entery for you MILB.


JoD

 

[milb]

GD-Entry? Thought about that...but I think this year won\'t be possible. Dunno if it\'s the best idea to enter GD with a scratchbuild LandRaider^^. GW might be pissed coz it\'s cheaper then buying a original one.

 

[Jericho]

As long as there\'s no parts from any other manufacturers they can\'t complain Might make you enter Open Category tho.

 

[DaN]

@ Jester of death : Not strictly true - wat you MEAN is, there were no Traitor marine chapters pre-heresy...

Chaos has been around a LOOOONG time, and even the youngest chaos deity - Slaanesh, has been around the block a few times

But I reckon those chain links will look fine.
There is always the option of finding a tank kit of the same scale to steal the track from.

 

[jester of death]

@ dan: yeah i know, but humblesteve was referring to chaos marines ( i assume) and i was responding to his referal. if that makes sense.


JoD

 

[milb]

Here\'s a pic of the scale. It\'s much bigger than I thought.^^

Haven\'t done that much. Just assambled the last supports for the chains.