BobPanda Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 hi there. i recently ordered 8 warthogs from macfarlanes' halo3 series1 - edition. the reason was, that i was still searching for a wheeled, fast looking crosscountryvehicle as a landspeederreplacement for my planets local defensetroops. --- i already started converting the first one, but of course it's still extremely wip. ... , but i think you'll get the idea .... :lol: - http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1333.jpg http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1329.jpg http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1328.jpg http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1327.jpg http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1325.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fylth Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Very nice conversion work, more pics soon I hope :lol: -Fylth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Stabby Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 It looks awesome so far, but im wondering...where can you order them warthogs from?, wouldnt mind making some of them myself ;) Great stuff. -Sgt Stabby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherDamascus Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 aah, the amount of times i wanted to do this! i just couldnt find the right scale! then along came BobPanda ;) these look amazing, dude :) keep up the progress on these, i have a feeling they'll look chief-tastic :P where did you get the macfarlanes warthogs? i wouldnt mind getting a few myslef, now that ive found them in a 40k-ish scale :) best of luck with the project, <<Damascus>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobPanda Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 some of them -3- i got from an ebayshop. another 5 from a german internetstore which sells cinema-fan-articles. .... so depending on your homecountry, i'd try ebay first. 11€ each for europe and 13$ for the u.s. should the prices at the moment ... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanyPrawny Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 It looks more like a puma! :D looks fantastic mate. When I first read the title I thought it said landraider so when I looked at it I almost fell over laughing but now that I've paid some attention I do realise it looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobPanda Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 i started with the second one .... ... http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1336.jpg http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1335.jpg http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1334.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master SFDRF Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 very nice looking. Kudos to u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venrake the immortal Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 i love this, awesome idea. but i have one thing, on the first warthog driver he doesnt look exited enough to be driving a warthog he needs some kind of ork speed freak emotion or action. he looks like hes going for a sunday drive to get his shopping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Emperor's Champion Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Good to finally see some real badasses driving a Warthog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyner Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 They look ace! Get some paint on 'em! Is the passenger gonna be sat down normal or like how the passenger does in halo :rolleyes: I dont have a pic of it atm though. How much converting needed to be done to the warthogs apart from removing the minigun? (love those things) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Angel Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Finaly, A marine Driving a warthog, insted of some Master cheif. So, how does it hover? are you planing on painting over the hog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad king George Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 ive seen a actual version of this at my local but its a guard one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brother Hastatus Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Nice! After finally getting an Xbox 360 and Halo 3 last week, I really like the warthog. They look so cool! The Space Marines fit in really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeke Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 how did u do the legs inside of the 'hog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasarcq Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 "Hey Griff, how 'bout Chupa-thingy? I like it. It's got a ring to it." Nice work too. Have you thought about auto-cannons? or missile racks, or are they going to be as is. Either way they look sweet. It looks like you used assault legs on the gunner, but I'm guessing you had to use a saw or something on the seated marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NemFX Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Make sure to name one Puma ;) As a thought though, you could make one doing a Dukes of Hazzard jump and have the gunner guy with one arm up, like the marines from Halo. I love the Warthog. Always makes me hum Steppenwolf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Fire Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 They look nice. I'm not a Halo fan at all, but the Warthog works pretty well in this application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubbynz Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 great idea the marines fit surprisingly well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobPanda Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 Nice!After finally getting an Xbox 360 and Halo 3 last week, I really like the warthog. They look so cool! The Space Marines fit in really well. i used the lanspeeders seats n' legs. simply unmount the complete warthog with a screwdriver ... this can be done very easy, because the only thing slightly glued is the windowsection. than cut the landspeederpart to fit exactly into the cockpit from below. depending in whar angle you want the marines to sit in their seats you might will need to cut something from the landspeeder part's downside or otherwise the warthogs bottom plate might no more fit correctly. the gap between the the landspeederseats and the warthog can be filled with instruments or display according to your individual preferences. the most complicated thing is to find different realistic arm positions for all 8 warthogs, that i'm about to build ... . but to build a copy of one i already did would take me about 15 minutes, because imho it is very easy todo and there are not many things that need to be done at all. the hardest thing is to get enough of those damned landspeederparts without buying one landspeeder for each warthog-conversion ... ... with the next one, i'll try to make enough photos for providing a short tuturial what patrs to cut and glue where ... ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMullet Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Very nice, but they need a spanish servitor/marine a stereo that is stuck on and a guy shouting "BOW CHICKA BOW WOW"... only joking. I like them very much. what is the overal cost of making one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobPanda Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 well in germany, where the warthogs are relatively expensive it costs at least the following: - warthog: 11€ - heavy bolter: 50cent - marine + arms: 1,50€ - landspeederseats: 2,50€ - driver and copilot: 2€ - he prices for the bitz are avarage prices, when buying the bitz seperately. if you buy a landspeeder instead you'll also get all bitz needed, but the reargunner and with the speeder. the additionaly vehicleequipment available depends on your bitzbox. than take the bitz needed from the speederkit and sell the remaining parts to e.g. a friend. - in the end you'll end up with almost the same cost as when simply taking an ordinar landspeeder instead of converting the warthog. but hey ... :P ... this project's not about saving money, but about buiding a cool looking and unique army ... :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobPanda Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 and this time the copilot's the chillin' one ... :( - http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1348.jpg http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1342.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venrake the immortal Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 i dont think putting arms around eachother is allowed in space marine fluff. but its starting to come together somthing i would love to see is the passenger holding a flag just like in CTF, with either halo marking or your squad markings. if your going to use it for a game you could always magnetise the arms to swap between boltgun and flag but honestly it wont matter because you cant use the boltgun anyway :confused: quick edit: if you do try make a flag make sure hes waving it around like in halo :P edit 2: and halo warthogs are known for flipping crashing jumping spinning. you should consider some kind of jump or ramshackle. if you got halo3 go play it and see how hard it is to drive a warthog smoothly and you will see Thanks and good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobPanda Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 some more .... - http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1368.jpg http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1369.jpg http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1370.jpg http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w313/BobPanda/buggy/DSCN1371.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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