sabre heavy weapon platform-finalius pattern

[hendrik]

alrighty! my finals are finally over and as such i decided to give myself a little treat; two new chimeras and a second hellhound, and an additional infantry squad since one never can have too many of those. as I was staring over the sprues i suddenly noticed the heavy stubbers which i never add on my vehicles and suddenly i couldn't help but think of the sabre platforms. while a conversion with the heavy stubbers would have been somewhat easier I quickly realized I would want the autocannon variant. after some searching through my bitsbox i finally found all the parts needed and began the job of cutting, miscutting,fixing, and gluing it all together. now, 2 hours later I'm proud to present you my own sabre heavy weapon pattern, named the finalius pattern (in relation to ending my finals).

but hey, here's what you guys looked for, the pictures:




It's still a WIP and I'm currently working on the gunner,which will be glued to it once both are painted.I still need something to fill in the empty spot of the heavy bolter but don't know what to add, one of the sentinel searching lights perhaps?,
I quite like how I was able to make this thing from scratch.

Components used:
-2 x autocannons
-heavy bolter chimera mounting plate
-left over holding blocks from the manticore (only needed for the deathstrike missile)
-dozerblade hydraulics
-droppod-seat section
-missile pod backside
-2x missile launcher face protection plate.
-heavy stubber mounting arm
-heavy stubber handles
-heavy bolter ammo box-front
-extra chimera plating

all in all it was an easy conversion, planning and looking for suitable bits being the most time consuming part.

Hope you all like it!

[teku18]

That is awesome and a great use of bits. Can't wait to see it painted.

[vegna]

that looks great! also i wouldn't of guessed half the bits you used. Likewise i cant wait for it to be painted and also to see more conversions!

[hendrik]

the conversion was actually quite "easy".
you begin by making the autocannons antisymmetrical, so you'll need to move one drum feed to the other side, this is pretty much just a cut-an-paste job, and requires some smoothing of the surface with a sharp knife/sandpaper. next you connect both autocannons with the turret pannel and reinforce it with the deathstrike missile bit. you've now made the main gun.
nect is the mounting pedal. this is was made by half of the hydraulics of a dozerblade. cut to size and pin the guns to it. now mound the hydraulics on the droppod seats . this seat now forms the area the gunner will be standing upon. afterwards you pin the droppodseat to the missile pod bit (remove the smaller cirlce of this so it sits nicely to the ground. only thing left to do is adding the legs and the gunner and you're set. It's really and easy conversion once you've figured out how to place everything

[Sgt. Rock]

Brilliant conversion, man. Looks sharp as hell. Might have to attempt such a thing myself one day...

[gearboxx]

looking good! nice and original. Seems it pays to have a big bit-box

can't wait to see it finished.

[hendrik]

I finally got round to making some more pictures of the now finished construction:

[hendrik]

with the easter hollidays kicking in i gave myself a break from university today and altered the finalius pattern. the most notable change was the standing deck. here's the result: