199 Hydra from Aegis Conversion Details

WOO-HOO! IT'S HALF TERM!

That means I've a week off and - hopefully - some fine weather in which to take photos of my army for 'Post 200'.

In the meantime (and somewhat anticlimactically) here are my notes and annotations for converting the Aegis defence line autocannon into a relatively convincing Hydra. I'll mostly let the pictures do the talking.

First, pre-planning in my Fifth Book of Arcane Scribblings. Some of you have seen this before: it's the exercise book into which I vomit all my hobby thoughts by candlelight late at night as Mrs. Drax dozes next to me. Bizarrely, these particular pages read anti-clockwise [ignore the stuff top-left!]:

Now all the constituent parts:

And the end product - albeit still not quite finished (I've not had the energy to paint of late):

See y'all next post!

- Drax.

198 Hydra - Almost There!

Hey, All,

If you caught my last post, you'll know that I decided - on something of a whim - to try to make a quick and simple conversion of a Hydra from the 'Aegis' defence line, using as few other components as possible. Here's what I've got now (NB: the hull is that of my Wyvern):
I have to say, I'm pretty chuffed with how it's turned out. From this:
[image stolen from www.dakkadakka.com]

Through this:
And this:

To this:

Other than the Aegis kit, I used a Bic Crystal biro (pen) the hatch from a vehicle, two bits of plasticard and four paperclips. I'll do a 'how-to' in the near future if there's any interst, as I kept some pics and I made some sketches.

Any thoughts/advice, please?

- Drax.

PS: Today, I went along to a GCN gaming club. Scary. Only one more post before the group shot now, too!

197 Mortars (and infantry company) FINISHED!

Yup - I've done. I'm actually finished.

All of my basic infantry models are now finished and I am officially in the 'mopping-up' stage of my sprawling old Imperial Guard army. All that remains now is a few odds and ends.

Right, there's no need to prattle on about them - I did them, they have the half-base-experiment-thing which was an absolute pig to do (and not recommended), and I took very little time over the painting. C'est tout.

Look out for the tiny scrap of transfer/decal paper which found its way onto the models for the photo shoot:

There are two more posts before the big Post 200 Group Shot, and I'll try to get more finished for that, but just to keep you with me, here's what I knocked together yesterday...

Wow. 'Finishing' is an incredible feeling.

- Drax.