| sykoholic001 | 22 Dec 2009 10:20 a.m. PST |
I'm wanting some light vehicles for my Imperial Guard squads but I'd like each squad to be different and have vehicles that fit their individual "styles". For my Cadians, I'm planning on converting some Space Marine Land Speeders into Buggies. For Bikes, they'll be getting standard Space Marine bikes. As a transport, each squad gets a Rhino. For my Catachans, I'll de-Orking some old GorkaMorka Buggies and Trukks. For Bikes, I'll be using Space Marine Scout Bikes but with the forks, handle bars, and front tire from Ork War Traks. I found a guide and template for turning an 40K Ork Trukk into an IG Truck similar to the old US Duece-and-a-Half. This will be the Catachans' transport. The Steel Legion will get a Chimera as a transport and with some tracks from the Ork Battle Wagon, I'll try turning a second "Duece-and-a-half" into a half-track for the Tallarn. However, I'm at a loss for what to use as buggies and bikes either of them. Any suggestions or ideas? |
BlackWidowPilot  | 22 Dec 2009 10:31 a.m. PST |
Go hit up your local toy stores and the toy aisles in department stores for toy plastic ATVs, jeeps, etc., that are close enough to scale for your needs. Just add bits, crew, and a new paint job and yer good to go.
Hope this helps!
Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net
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| Colin Hagreen | 22 Dec 2009 10:31 a.m. PST |
I have seen Tamiya's 1/48 Kettenkrad turned into a nice little bike for 40k… google-fu may find it for you? I think it's on this thread *somewhere*! link |
| Insomniac | 22 Dec 2009 12:32 p.m. PST |
There are these from Void: link link link link On the last link look down the page for the quads ;). |
| sykoholic001 | 22 Dec 2009 12:46 p.m. PST |
I've got three of those Quads. I wonder if Tallarn Rough Riders would work on them. |
Uesugi Kenshin  | 22 Dec 2009 12:52 p.m. PST |
The Old Crow wheeled vehicles are the perfect size for 2 or 3 man scout vehicles, or fast attack vehicles:
link
I use the Trojan, Slingshot, and outrider as Adeptus Arbites
response cars. |
| Farstar | 22 Dec 2009 2:18 p.m. PST |
I have seen Tamiya's 1/48 Kettenkrad turned into a nice little bike for 40k The Orks call it a Wartrak. For a truly small scout/recon vehicle, I'd probably convert a WWII Soviet BA-64. For something a little more general purpose, I'd look at doing horribly 40k things to a Kubelwagen. |
| chironex | 22 Dec 2009 3:18 p.m. PST |
You could also try some of the Tamiya German trucks, they do a Steyr and Krupp in 1/48. |
| chironex | 22 Dec 2009 3:19 p.m. PST |
The thing about bikes is finding someone to ride them… |
| Brandlin | 22 Dec 2009 5:12 p.m. PST |
old crow vehicles… simple practical quality |
