yet another WIP mechanicus blog

[PedroKantor]

Hey noticed a few others posting photo's of their own Mechanicus armies.. so thought I would throw up a couple pictures of mine.. very WIP... but excited about moving forward with em.
First up is a couple photo's of my Mechanicus Manticore (started this before i saw the new models coming out :( ) oh well i like it..

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[PedroKantor]

next up are some veteran Skatarii. I decided to go with scouts with green stuff cowls as my veterans as i didn't really like the conversions most other people have done (ie high elves and guard mixes) pretty stoked on em. I also make a green stuff mechanicus stamp that i've been stamping on everyones shoulder pads... not the best but still pretty cool i think

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[PedroKantor]

finally a picture of my first lascannon heavy weapon squad

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these guys are going to be awesome I think. Now that i've actually started a post, will try and keep motivated to continue my work.. have tons of servitors in various stages of conversion and painting. about 20 more scout Skatarii veterans in various stages. Just purchased 7 sentinels that i am going to convert into knights. will post more as i things come together.
Cheers,
Eric

[LadasN]

Great work man, keep it up! I really like the veterans and manticore.

[PedroKantor]

hey i want to ask folks for advice...
starting to work on my 1st sentinel (aka a knight) and want to put weapons on both sides.
i green stuffed the right panel to minic the left one (so it looks like it fully armored). was just re-reading mechanicus and the nights in there sound like their weapon are mounted on actual arms... was trying to figure out what would best work for those arms... i have some crisis suits and thought their arms might work, but its too... small... i think. Also put a dread on arm on it and it looks better but its not really an arm. So any thoughts from folks as to what I could use to make arms (maybe similar to titan arms?)

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[PedroKantor]

here is another photo of some close combat servitors... not sure what i would run them as... maybe as electropriest (count as arco-flagellants although i don't see too many folks running them these days) or perhaps just warriors or henchman for a inquisitor???
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[person person]

Nice mechanicus army, full of awesome conversions.

What are you using for the treads on those heavy weapons?

[PedroKantor]

Nice mechanicus army, full of awesome conversions.

What are you using for the treads on those heavy weapons?

there a rapier laser destroyer (from Rouge Trader and 2nd edition) and a lascannon sponson from a predator... if anyone out there has any rapier laser destroyers... i need some and have $$$$

[PedroKantor]

oh man.. almost there... Although its killing me... just cut the FW CCW arms apart from a Dread I recently built and painted... http://2ndcitywarzone.blogspot.com/2010/04/more-crimson-fists.html
but this is totally what i am after with my knights (count as sentinels). need to buy some primer asap so I can get this painted up and posted for reals... let me know what you all think.

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so stoked!!!

[Sitnam]

I really like the skitarri you made. I wish I had the skill to use greenstuff

[PedroKantor]

I really like the skitarri you made. I wish I had the skill to use greenstuff

thanks... will post a couple step by step photos of how I made them soon. The green stuff part is really easy actually... im just learning how to do it too!

[Lord Azaghul]

This stuff looks great man! Simply fantastic! Keep it up.

[The Mighty Git]

Nice work! Good use of the Necromunda figs.

[PedroKantor]

hey all... finally completed my first prototype Mechanicus Knight. Unfortunately, my camera is being lent out to a friend, so the photos are crappy camera phone photos... but couldn't wait any longer ;) should be getting it back this week at some point and will post some proper picts.
anyhow, here you go

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[jhendy]

i like the sentanl/knight miny titan thing

just one little thing wouldn't a armered sentanl have worked better if it's sposted the knight miny titan thing

[PedroKantor]

just one little thing wouldn't a armered sentanl have worked better if it's sposted the knight miny titan thing
Thanks!
For sure it would have.. but i ended up buying a bunch of the scout sentinels from a friend so don't have the upgrades... i did some conversion stuff to the pilot too so kinda wanted to show that off... not much really, just a hard wired connection to the mantifold from the back of the pilots head, and the head is actually a scout landspeeder storm head. Will probably keep an eye out on ebay for the armored upgrades and pick some up if they're cheap enough. Also, finishing up the Mechanicum book and at one point one of the Knights has a 4 meter power sword... think my next one is going to be armed with one of those :D

[jhendy]

cool thats fare enough and that sounds awsome

[PedroKantor]

Here is my almost complete lascannon heavy weapon squad... still don't have my camera, so excuse the blurriness of my camera phone.. next up (well shortly) is my first complete Russ... its 90% painted and converted up... looking good IMO. Also 2 squads of veterans (complete with special weapon servitors) almost done too, just have to high light some more before posting... so enjoy!!!

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[PedroKantor]

Well... this russ has a long way to go still. but this was my first attempt at free hand art on a vehicle... it stiill a little bit 2d but i like it and i think it has potential! as always appreciate peoples comments

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will post more picts of the Russ when its complete...

[SombreBrotherhood]

The organic skull is a little bit smiley, but I like it! I give it an A b/c the radial symmetry on your cog is purdy danged good. Also, your sentinels totally make me think 'pew-pew' sounds, which is a good thing.

[rshort]

Nice work. I'm making a Blood Angels based Mechanicum strike force. How did you make the "green stuff stamp" for the scout shoulders if I may inquire....


I bought a manufactorum set and carved out the Adeptus Mechanicus symbol and made a mold of that, its good for vehicle sides but I'm looking to make a smaller one...

Thanks!

[PedroKantor]

Nice work. I'm making a Blood Angels based Mechanicum strike force. How did you make the "green stuff stamp" for the scout shoulders if I may inquire....


I bought a manufactorum set and carved out the Adeptus Mechanicus symbol and made a mold of that, its good for vehicle sides but I'm looking to make a smaller one...

Thanks!

sorry for the delay in getting back to you... been busy with projects...
so the green stuff stamp was made directly off a landspeeder pilot Space Marine Mechanicus shoulder pad... it did take 3 trys to get it right, but the 3rd one works great.. pretty much the same angle as the scout shoulder pad.. still needs a bit of trimming after drying, but works great..
Still don't have a camera but have some major updates to be posting to this army soon.. just finished a pysker battle squad.. repainted my knight (sentinel), have two full veteran squads with chimeras... so i am thinking i am going to have to borrow someones camera just to stay updated!!!!

[PedroKantor]

yes... as i mentioned my camera is still out of action.. but wanted to post a recent conversion.. can't really use this in my AdMech army... but always wanted to try a master of the forge on a bike with a conversion beamer... so here is my recent conversion

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originally, it was a RT or 2nd Edition Chaplain on a jet bike... but cut the top of the Chaplain and attached a tech marine body on it.. can't see it in the pict but he has a power axe in the right hand... the servo harness is straight from a tech marine... with a communications tower from GW's Bastion scenery cut and converted to be a the beamer... I used 6 layers of green to emulate a power build up in the beamer itself... sadly you can't see any of the subtle highlights...but soon i will be in camera action again!!!

[Kelbor hal]

Semper Mechanicum man! That stuff is literally ace, you make a venerable tech preist cry. I may have to use that technique for some Skitarii. ;)

[PedroKantor]

Hey all... got my camera back and some new models to share... first up my pysker battle squad (which I totally borrowed the idea from someone else's Mechanicus Army here). Not very exciting really, but they're done.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4787941815_7639b7ff3d_b.jpg

Next up is going to be some special character or HQ not sure what yet. Its was a steel legion officer (OOP I think). I cut off his right arm and gave him one of the necromunda power claws (counts as power fist) and cut off the bolt pistol and give him a plasma pistol. The power pack was just a modified Mk II or Mk III space marine backpack... with some mechanical additions. added a green stuff cowl and extended his coat to make a robe of sorts... Think it will paint up nicely.

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continued...

[PedroKantor]

next up... I was really not liking the panel markings of my first knight, so switched that to a white and black striping to make it stand out a bit more... this is also going to be the markings on my tanks and vehicles.. white with a black diagonal stripe. anyhow here are a couple new photos...

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Just ordered more dreadnaught CCW arms from forgeworld... so should have a couple more done in the next month or so... don't have a photo of it, but for sure my next one (which is almost done) is going to be armed in one arm with an shortened autocannon and the other arm is a crazy huge chain sword i made out of 4 space marine chains swords, cut and modified to look like one 2 meter one... it looks awesome I think.

This next guy is going to be my lead knight I think... It looks slightly weird at this point in the modeling process, but I have high hopes for it. At this stage, it is basically composed of 2nd edition IG sentinel legs... a 2nd edition SM landspeeder (with heavy flamer) as the body.. 2 necromunda modified pilots... 2 IG sentinel exhaust stacks... I think I am going to try and add some sort of missile firing thing (perhaps from a whirlwind?) on the very top... still very much a WIP

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it looks a bit awkward still... ha!

continued...

[PedroKantor]

Just got my FW dread arms last night.. so put together my new knight with a CCW and autocannon... very work in progress...
I know sentinels cant have CCW.. but eh i think it will look cool and thats all that matters...


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[PedroKantor]

Im back... Although I think this is the last time I am going to be reviving this thread... Those of you who have liked some of the stuff I've done can follow more at http://2ndcitywarzone.blogspot.com/ where i will be posting every now and again...
First up, my newly painted AutoCannon CCW Knight. Really happy with how this one turned out... Still need to work on making each unique in some sort. Probably unique numbering or identification... but heres a couple picts.

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Next up,
I recently bought one of those out of print Adeptus Mechanicus Skulls set of 9 metal mini's and have been painting them up. Probably to be used as a command squad and HQ.. As some of you may notice.. i have yet to be able to paint eyes at all!!! not sure why they are so hard for me, i found a couple tutorials online too and still just no good at em... but practice practice practice...

HQ
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#1
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[PedroKantor]

some more

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Alright Thanks BOLS readers!

[Vorlon]

Well..in my humble opinion....you have NAILED the look of the blessed servants of the Omnissiah. And those sentinel conversions are the icing on the win cake. great work!