Praetorian Guards Chimera Armored Car Conversion

[Scott]

Hi Guys and Gals,

Many of you have probably either overheard me talking about this or have been directly assaulted by my little scheme of converting an entire Praetorian Imperial Guard Force into a sort of British Colonial Army c. 1900's Earth.

My plan is to put all of these Pith helmeted, fancy-pants, stiff necks in khaki and see what they can do on the 40K battlefield particularly against Horde armies (like the Mahdists and Fuzzy-Wuzzies of Omdurman in the Sudan about 1896).

Seeing Chris Parmenter's Finished Guards Army and talking with Greg about his themed army has only made me all the more inspired and this project is actually starting to build a head of steam as it were.

With this in mind, I thought i would share with you gents my first proto-type Chimera Armored Car. This is a conversion that I must repeat no less than three times and I definitely made some mistakes with this first proto-type, but I have learned from them and will put two more together faster and with better lines here in no time.

I have included a couple of pics here and will be adding this project to the galleries in Hand Pict Studios special projects soon.

Please bear in mind that this AC was supposed to sort of resemble the Armored cars of WWI and WWII giving the Sudan Themed Imperial Guard Army that keenly British Colonial feel.

Enjoy...

[glow=blue,2,300]Still a work in progress[/glow]

[glow=blue,2,300]I Can't Wait to Finish[/glow]

[glow=blue,2,300]Rear Details[/glow]

[glow=blue,2,300]Detail[/glow]

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,

Scott

[SenatorGregory]

SCOTT that is freeakin awesome, i am very very impressed and excited to see the finished product. I love the turrets with the heavy shootas in them. Awesome.

[Scott]

Thanks Greg,

I can't wait to see all three finished myself...hehe

But in the mean time I will post pics as I move through to finishing the first one.

Here are a few shots of the Car with base coat of Komando Khaki mixed with a little Bestial Brown. I will finish the base coat camo tonight and post more later.

Meanwhile enjoy...

[glow=blue,2,300]Front Base Coat[/glow]

[glow=blue,2,300]Top Right[/glow]

[glow=blue,2,300]Length and Imperial seal on Storage Hatch Doors[/glow]

'Til Next Time

Scott

[SenatorGregory]

That thing is sooo cool. They paint job is going to be awesome. Are you going to have some sort of dozer blade or similar attachment on the front? I noticed some sort of apparatus there.

[Scott]

Hey Greg,

Thanks for all of the great compliments. I am having fun with this one.

Dozer blade or spikes area posssibility however this guy is quite a bit longer than a normal Chimera already so perhaps just for show but not in game.

Here are some more pics

[glow=blue,2,300]Front Base Coat[/glow]

[glow=blue,2,300]Top Right[/glow]

[glow=blue,2,300]Length and Imperial seal on Storage Hatch Doors[/glow]

'Til Next Time

Scott

[Warrior Ryka]

Wow Scott. That is sweet.

[Scott]

Thanks Ryka!

You are exalted in my eyes.

See guys that was easy...hehe

Cheers,

Scott

[SenatorGregory]