W.I.P upgrades to my Warlord Titans Part 1

I am a big fan of the old beetle back Warlord titans, when i first saw them many many years ago i was just so impressed with them. fast forward 25 years (DAM!) i am still a big fan but i understand that the design is old so i set out to add a few bits to up date them.

The first thing i did was make the neck joint look a bit more realistic by adding some green stuff then shaping it to look like a flexible connection. You can see from the picture below how it was and then what it looks like after.

The next part was to give the torso a bit more body ( pun intended ) I did this in three different ways. The first was use the back part of the 40k imperial guard vehicle search light. The second was the grill part from the 40k vehicle upgrade sprue. The third and easiest was the bottom part from vox unit from the 40k imperial guard infantry sprue.

Combiflamer

So this is a nice and quick post about an easy way to do a combiflamer. I stole the idea from the cover of the Nick Kyme Salamanders book Firedrake (great trilogy) all you need is a bolter and a imperial guard flamer.
The picture is pretty self explanatory, just cut the barrel off the bolter and cut the flamer barrel to what ever length you think looks right and glue them together.

Conversion Corner #1, Grenade Launcher Handle

I love converting my Models, its fun and by doing it, i feel like i am making them mine. Even if its just moving a hand or weapon about. So i thought i would start documenting one of the Funnest parts of my hobby life.

The first Conversion Corner tutorial will be on how to change the front handle of the Imperial Guard Grenade Launcher. I think the front handle on the Grenade Launcher looks weird , being off to the left side, the same goes for the melta gun and plasma gun. The only thing a side handle looks good on, In my opinion is the Flamer and the M56 Smart Gun from Aliens. OK now that's off my chest on with the tutorial.

OK these are the tools and parts you will need.



I have magnetized both arms to help me show them in place. I recommend dry testing to see if the parts fit before gluing them.

Cut the Grenade Launcher off the right hand,then Cut the left hand that's holding the handle off at the wrist.


Cut the right hand off at the wrist, then you will need to trim the back so it's flat.
Cut the top and bottom off the handle from the left hand.



The right arm:

The best way is a bit tricky,but will help in positioning later on. Drill a hole using a 1/32", 0.79mm drill bit.Into the end of the right arm and the right hand. Cut a length of paper clip about 4mm and put them back together.


You have two options on how to attach the Grenade Launcher back onto the arm.

The first is to leave the Launcher off , until you have attached both the left and right arms to the torso.


The second is to glue the right hand onto the Launcher.




The left arm:

Just like on the right arm, drill a hole in the end of the left arm and the left hand. Then cut a small length from a paper clip about 4mm and put then back together.
This will help you get the right angle, when the Launcher arm is attached.




Remember to dry test the parts first, to see how they fit. Now you can glue the right arm onto the torso and then the left arm.





Now you have a more realistic looking Grenade Launcher trooper.