Chimera Armored Car Conversion

[Scott]

Hi Guys and Gals,

I have copied this in the Imperial Guard Board as well, but I thought that it would be cool to share this guy here...

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

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

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

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

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,

Scott

[Scott]

Just added some more pics of the progress in the Imperial Guard Board.

Cheers,

Scott

[Scott]

Hi Gang,

With the Warhammer Campaign kicking off and me trying desperately to paint my orcs and hjave fun with it, I have now slowed down on finishing the Chimera.

However I love this thing and as I need 3 more for my Guards Army and the fact that I have now been commisioned to do one for another player, you will see more on this.

I want to do a sort of step by step photo shoot and kit bash log here in the forums. So, if you want to be able to do one yourself or, you just want to see how someone goes about doing a conversion like this, stay tuned. It will happen before Summer.

Cheers,

Scott