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Battle Report photos
This shows the chaos right wing (from the tyranid lines). The dreadnought "KILL ME" is about to charge the carnifex. The landraider and supporting terminators contemplate their next move.
So close...must charge.
On the other side of the field, the dreadnought Death Comes prepares to administer more twin-linked heavy bolter loving. In the center, the gutless and feeble berserkers are running for their miserable lives. On the left, The Claw and his goons are debating who they hate more: the termagants...or the berserkers!
That's right, run away you punks.
Death Comes experiences the sublime joy of a target-rich environment.
An overview of the battle.
Still more tanks - and aircraft!
Here are additional tanks, rounding out the collection of conversions. First up is a chaos rhino made from the hull of a Patton M-47 kit. As you can tell, I used some GW parts to give it a more standardized look and the paint scheme is a little less crazy than my other chaos stuff. Those vehicles were designated for the Khornites,while these belong to the undivided rebel marines. So while I keep the red paint job, I also use it as part of a camo scheme.
This next one is another chaos dreadnought armed with twin heavy bolter and power claw.
Here is a chaos predator, with autocannon and sponson-mounted lascannons. As you can tell, the sponsons are actual GW stuff, as is the "halo" on the top. The majority of his tank comes from the same M-47 kit I used for the rhino above, plus some Chimera parts. The turret is the cab from a 1900s roadster.
One final detail: the silverish roller on the front is the drive wheels from that M-47 and they actually rotate.
Now it's time for some Imperial stuff. Here is my most recent creation, a Leman Russ Demolisher using a M8 howitzer hull as its basis. The M8 is a Stuart that was modified to take a 75mm howitzer in the turret, which was open-topped. I used plastic card to close the turret up and then added more plastic as additional armor. Finally I bored some holes in the side for sponsons. The sponsons are the hardest part of converting tanks into 40k and that's why I went with ball joints rather than casemates.
Here are some metal tanks from Battle Honors, together with a Griffon converted from a Chimera kit. It is quite clearly not open topped.
Lastly, here is a Lightning Strike aircraft made from an A-37 Dragonfly kit.
Tanks, tanks, tanks
This is an Imperial Guard Hellhound made from a Canadian Kangaroo (a Sherman with turret and upper hull removed) and various GW parts. A standard Predator and space marine sergeant are provided for scale.
Here is a chaos land raider and the box the bulk of the vehicle was made from: a self-propelled 155mm gun.
Here is a Basilisk that uses the 155mm gun from the previous model. It was built on a prime mover chassis, box shown in the background.
Chaos dreadnought
Here are some pics of a scratch-built chaos dreadnought.
