*Squeek*
Just time for a quick update and some pics today...
After finishing my Gutter Runners/ Night Runners, I was torn between starting to paint up x20 Stormvermin and doing another warmachine. In the end I decided to do a warmachine. Although I like the SV models, I don't have enough of them to be really effective at the moment and I wanted a break from doing units of rats and do something that might be (relatively) quick.
So, the other day I started out with the new Warplightning Cannon/ Plague Claw Catapult box. Inside are the parts to make one or the other, but it occurred to me that it must be pretty easy to make it "dual use", as I had done with my Screaming Bell/ Plague Furnace conversion.I got some comments that I could have used a much simpler approach for that conversion, so this time I tried to make things simpler, and I think I have found a way to do it.
I'll post a full entry once everything is painted-up, but I can give you the idea here.
Firstly, you'll need to clip away the wires on the front of the Warplightning cannon. Then, attach the Plague Claw Catapult basket to the back of the WLC arm.
DO NOT GLUE THE FLOORBOARDS INTO PLACE ON THE FRAME YET.
Put the whole assembly in the frame first (there is a "tall" frame configuration and a "low" frame configuration - use the "low" one.)
Make sure you don't glue the axle in place.
File away a small curve in the floorboards of the frame, so that the whole unit can rotate freely.
Finally, attach the floorboards at the "front" of the model. If you do this and you DON'T GLUE THE CREW IN PLACE (I put them separately on bases) you should be able to rotate the whole arm so it is either pointing "Forward" (towards the spikey front of the unit) as a Warplightning cannon (with the PGC basket facing downwards) OR "Backwards", (with the PGC basket facing upwards.) as in the photos below.
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| Warplightning cannon mode... |
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| Plagueclaw Catapult mode... |
...Clan Skryre is CUNNING yes-YES?
*Squeek*
Very nice work Squeek! The one thing putting me off from buying the WLC/PGC kit was the fact that I wasn't prepared to buy two to get both models. You may have solved my conundrum!
ReplyDeleteHey wicked nnice idea!And it totally fits the ways of skavens .. lol i love it!!...
ReplyDeletei occurs to me that also a double downwheel-warpfire cannon could be done...skeeek!!
Though I would probably buy 2 kits, I have to agree its efficient in order to save money, and very very skavenish.
ReplyDeleteShendar
Thanks for the comments all! I reckon it is pretty Skaven-like...
ReplyDelete...it'll probably explode the first time I try to use it in battle!
;-)