WH40K - Bull Grox

Here are the main bits of the Bull Grox (Baneblade recovery vehicle / engineer vehicle / wrecker):

Still not sure about the construction of the manipulator arms. I may cut them apart and extend them.

WH40K - TWTMG painting

I undercoated the Stormhammer with Citadel black and then Tamiya sand sprays. I tried to paint a digital pattern in olive and dark grey along the hull sides of the hull and turret, but it was a bit indistinct due to my use of cheap masking tape, which left a lot of 'bleeding' where the colours met.
My next bright idea was to outline the digital camouflage squares in lighter shades using paint markers, but the colours did not match the pen lids (too bright) and it was very difficult to get the pen around the rivets on the model.
So, the Stormhammer has been resprayed in sand.

WH40K - Project TWTMG 90% complete

The Tank With Too Many Guns - AKA the Stormhammer - is 90% complete.

I assembled a couple of crew in their hatches, left separate for painting. I also left the tracks off for painting separately. I also jammed several pieces of foamcard into the hull and under the (broken) turret ring. An old broken file down the middle, and now I can rotate the turret!

I added antennas and spotlights to the turret, but no stowage. The four sponsons on the hulls are standard for a Stormhammer: four twin linked heavy bolters and four lascannon. (So more fire power than four Chimera APCs in the sponsons alone!)

The rear dozer blades were more complicated to mount on the hull than I had expected. The support frames looked very long and flimsy, so I used the two spare Hellhammer guns and a lot of plastic bits to give the assemblies some bulk. The Hellhammer guns have sufficient 'heft' and resemble hydraulic equipment, so it works for me. It also leaves two small Imperial eagles showing for a bit more of a 'Guard' look.

I am considering placing fuel drums on the hull sides, between the sponsons. There is enough room, and as the idea of the fuel drums is that they are used for 'admin' moves, rather than in combat, I don't think they are too vulnerable to enemy fire. (The drums are used for fuel before the vehicle's own fuel tanks, and then dropped before going into combat.)

Next job - paint it and glue it all together. Then it's on with Project Bull Grox - The Baneblade Engineer Vehicle.

Here's the link to the post on the Librarium Online modelling forum.