IG artillery conversion work log

[MunDMC]

So i was in no hurry to buy two or three basillisks. Add in that i'm tired of playing with chimera hulls. Shopping for brthday presents at Toy's R Us the other day, i stubled across these, for $9.99:

http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/mundmc/066a8c2f.jpg

Why buy one when i can buy three. Here's an out-of box pic next to a basillisk for a size comparison:

http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/mundmc/196efa35.jpg

Luckily they can be disassembled with a screw driver. The vehicle is actually a tank-buster. I want it to have more of an artillery feel, so here we go:

http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/mundmc/21fb8005.jpg

Next stage is figuring out how to scratch-build a medusa cannon or griffon heavy mortar.

[PostWarFolk]

That looks brilliant. Just for fun I've been looking for a model kit to make into a deathstrike missile. Now I want to make more artillery after seeing this.

[MunDMC]

I'm new to scratch-building, so don't laugh to hard at my heavy mortar in progress...
http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/mundmc/730deb47.jpg

Lowsy picture but you get the gist:
http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/mundmc/792261fa.jpg

Finished, except for a little more mud and the barrel (which is amgnetized):
http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/mundmc/e84f3776.jpg

[MunDMC]

And here's the battery. I'll be adding some guardsmen on the platforms for scale.
http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv257/mundmc/c040647d.jpg

[Rapture]

Looks like a great choice for an alternate model.

New to converting or not, you did some good work. It looks like the tank was supposed to be made that way.

[ColCorbane]

Excellent conversion mate, simple but very effective.

[Snarf]

MMMM toys are us.... must try get there before my mates....