Dark Mechanicus project - Something binary this way comes...

[Excessus]

I seriously hope that's it's OK to snag a few ideas from here and there, since you have single handedly inspired me to start a dark mechanicus detachement to my chaos warband...

[Trysanna]

I love the hell out of that Forge Fiend. The best part are the use of the arms from the Forge Fiend kit! Love it. Keep it up, I cannot wait to see what you pump out next.

 

-Tarvik

[Tarok]

The amazing just keeps getting amazinger! Can't wait till you start painting!

[GuitaRasmus]

Thanks a lot! I am really enjoying this project too, and use pretty much every spare minute on it. :)

 

There won't be any paint on them before they're all done, though... I've decided to build the entire army, and paint them all afterwards - I'm going to use a lot of airbrush, and batch painting will save a lot of cleaning the airbrush between colours.

[GuitaRasmus]

I messed around in PS with my army list, just for fun:

 

[eetdestroyer]

Brilliant stuff man. I feel, to be more thematic, 8 plague marines (assuming you'll be converting them in the same vein as the lord) would be more "binary", and since 8 is a 3-bit number you won't even end up displeasing the Plaguefather :P

 

\m/

[GuitaRasmus]

Thanks! Actually, there's a very pragmatic reason to why there are 6 models in that unit - they're going to be based on the FW thallax cohort, and they are sold by packs of 3. ;)

[Dark Apostle Thirst]

Everything here... so amazing... o.0

[Dragonkin Arenis]

These are beautiful conversions, sir! I especially love your Hellbrutes!

However, my smallest niggle with your Forgefiend is the fact that his kneepads are on the wrong legs

Other than that, if your Death Guard are anything to go by, this is going to be good!

Stellar work so far, sir! Eagerly awaiting more!

[GuitaRasmus]

Thanks a lot. :)

 

I've played a few games, and I feel like I wanted to change up a few things - this is the new list:

 

 

So these questions remain:

 

1) How do I make an awesome biker lord that looks great with my evil wheels?

 

2) I'm going to use Thallax cohort for my noise marines - what do I about terminators then?

 

Any inspiration, links or thoughts are welcomed! :)

[Blckbuster]

I had always wanted to do wheeled centaurian cyborgs for iron warrior bikers

[Excessus]

If I were a Dark Mechanicus forgemaster I would choose to levitate...if nothing else than as proof of my superior technical knowledge! :)

[Preston10K]

Amazing, just purly amazing! I love all of the minis! Your builds are well thought out.

[Artemid]

Could you make a Lord who has somehow merged with his wheel(s)? Maybe he's fused into his bike, hovering or stealing a Necron Destroyer platform kind of thing isn't a bad idea, or something more along the lines of Axel from Twisted Metal, but suitably Chaosified?

 

http://coffey.polygonized.com/picture_library/AxelA.jpg

[YoungWolf7]

I would go with an over the top version of your monowheels to keep the theme going. Have the Lord fused into the cockpit.

[Xin Ceithan]

Glory to the dark Gods! I loved your DG stuff but these are simply beyond words...

The hell squid and the mono wheels are simply brilliant

[GuitaRasmus]

Thanks a lot guys!

 

 

 

Man, this bike lord is a difficult concept to pull off - I've made a VERY rough mockup, and could really use some opinions - am I on the right track, or should I go another route?

 

 

[Aqui]

I like the large wheel concept, but not sure of the "side car". I was thinking something more of a Chaos version of:

http://www.hasbro.com/common/productimages/en_US/e5e7a7595056900b10e5b133bee2ffe7/E6080EB95056900B109739CF5C0332EB.jpg

Or

http://www.geekalerts.com/u/Officially-Licensed-Star-Wars-Hailfire-Droid-RC-Vehicle.jpg

Still, you did say it's a very rough mock up, so I'll see what it looks like when you've refined it

In any case, I love everything you've done so far

[YoungWolf7]

Now that I have a better sense of scale I can see your difficulty. Having a wheel on either side with him suspended in between would work better, although the side car concept is definitely a unique vision. Having two wheels angled like the Hailfire Droid would allow a better view of the Lord for viewers (and make it easier to paint!)

[PassionFruit Power]

use what I am going to use for a biker lord, its very big and very awesomehttp://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440111a&prodId=prod1870062a

[Captain Cirrius]

It's very possible that this is the concept you already had in mind, but the first thing that I thought of was that the wheel was somehow an extension of the champions body. I sort of imagine that, through a gruesome combination of chaotic mutation and mechanical augmentation, The champions arm has been somehow fused with massive wheel. Idk, just a thought. There are plenty of routes you could take.

[Artemid]

use what I am going to use for a biker lord, its very big and very awesomehttp://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440111a&prodId=prod1870062a

 

While it's a very cool model I don't think it would fit with the Dark Mechanicum theme at allllll.

[Mors Vincit]

Have you thought about something like the terminator motorcycle

That would look cool.

[WarlordEXE]

what did you use for the legs on the hellbrutes? I've been meaning to convert mine into a chaos contemptor and you definitely got the look going with those models.

[Ch@oZ]

Well, You could go the monowheel route- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:One_wheel_motorcycle_Goventosa.jpg, a mid-turn/slide position would be very dynamic. On the other hand the bike he's currently standing on would make an awesome chopper, two front wheels included.