WH40K: Maxmini Siege Guns - mostly painted

Here are the Siege Guns with most of the painting done.

I usually paint track pieces separately. I put them on double sided tape on a bit of board. I spray with Citadel Black and then Tamiya or Mr Colour Gunmetal. 

The vehicles are undercoated in Citadel Black, then Tamiya Light Sand. The tracks get glued on, then I go over them with paint markers for weathering. Silver paint marker for wear and tear, and various mud and dust colours for dirt. It's not precise, and it won't win any modelling prizes, but it's good enough for the table top. 

When I was building these kits, I accidentally dropped one of the guns, breaking the resin in a couple of places. Luckily I found a couple of the small fragments and glued them back on. Superglue (cyanoacrylate) adheres to resin very quickly, which is tricky if you are trying to adjust the placement of pieces on a model, but it is a very strong bond. Once painted, the join is hardly visible. I couldn't be bothered repairing the handle on the breech, because I expected it would just break off again during game play. 

WH40K: Maxmini Siege Guns

Maxmini are a Polish company making good quality resin figures, weapons and parts for conversions, for fantasy and science fiction wargames. Coincidentally, some of their parts fit neatly to Games Workshop's line of Warhammer 40,000 toy soldiers and models.

Their Siege Guns really caught my eye. They would be lovely substitutes for Medusa self propelled guns, but with your opponent's permission they could also be substituted for Colossus or Bombard mortars.

Picture of assembled Siege Gun with sandbag scenery, from the Maxmini website.

There is a nice review of the gun, showing the components, at the Bell Of Lost Souls website.

The guns and other bits are nicely moulded. There was a little flash, but hardly any airbubbles. When mine were delivered, they were missing the little wheeled ammunition loaders, but the guys at Maxmini were very apologetic and immediately sent replacements. Thanks guys, great work!

The guns are about the size of the GW Basilisk pieces, with much shorter barrels.

The models come with sandbag emplacements (three pieces of resin) which have been temporarily placed in the Terrain bits box. I assembled the guns and superglued them into the Chimera chassis, with a few extra bits such as ammo boxes, backpacks and communicator parts from the bits box.

This is what they look like attached to GW Chimera models:

(Apologies for the mobile phone photos; the next ones will be better. Promise!)

WH40K - Catachan Vehicle Conversions

Recon Buggy - I know, it looks like a Warthog from Halo.


Almost everyone does this to a Space Marine Speeder. I used the dozer blade supports to make the suspension. Couldn't think of anything to cover the engines at the back. Perhaps they are for Super Rocket Turbo Boost Mode. I know, it looks like a Warthog from Halo.

(Link to discussion of converted Speeder/Buggies in Work In Progress)
Jungle Tank


Armour is useful in the jungle, as the Australian Army found in Vietnam. This is a Chimera, with about 2 cm cut from the rear half. The main armament is an autocannon, making it a sort of Salamander Scout vehicle, with a turret and enclosed rear. There are a large number of packs and other items stowed on it, including a mortar. The idea is that the Catachan troops leave excess baggage on the vehicle, retaining only what they need for immediate survival.