Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Ersatz Imperial Guard APC.; MPC toy converted to IG APC
Topic Started: 27 Jan 2012, 12:03 AM (1,122 Views)
Brushfire
Member Avatar
Corporal
Former lurker, now a member. Got hooked on all the great scratch-built models posted here, so I thought I'd join.

Here's some photos of a conversion job I did on MPC toy personnel carrier. These toys go for $5.00 at the Toy Soldier Depot. The plastic they are molded in does not accept paint easily, but so far they have held up fine.

I started with this:

Posted Image

and made a multipupose Engineer vehicle called the "Taurus":

Posted Image

Posted Image

Posted Image

and this ad hoc APC

Posted Image

Both together. I later added a flamer to the Engineer vehicle:

Posted Image

As these are a bit oversize for 40K, I made this diminutive version with a turret ring allowing universal swapping of various weapon and comm systems:

Posted Image

Posted Image

Posted Image

Posted Image

Posted Image



Edited by Brushfire, 27 Jan 2012, 12:05 AM.
Offline
 
Spaniel
Member Avatar
Warrant Officer Second Class
They look bloody good for a cheap plastic tank, I never would have guessed.
Offline
 
DaHedd
Member Avatar
Warrant Officer Second Class
these are cool. Just like your Earth shakers.

Have you posted these and the guns on another site before as im sure i recognise them. You got me looking in the kids toy sections again. I must look a real weirdo.
Offline
 
crassius47
Member Avatar
Captain
look really good, you've done them up well and the camo scheme looks nice
Offline
 
Brushfire
Member Avatar
Corporal
DaHedd
28 Jan 2012, 09:29 AM
these are cool. Just like your Earth shakers.

Have you posted these and the guns on another site before as im sure i recognise them. You got me looking in the kids toy sections again. I must look a real weirdo.
Yep. I have them posted originally at Dakka Dakka. I know what you mean about browsing the toy sections. I also check out yard sales during the spring and summer. There is a lot of great GI JOE stuff and other toys to be had for cheap as the basis of many a stratch-build project. I also feel a bit uncomfortable when I go to the crafts sections in the sewing departments, but hey, there's great bits to be found among all those girly sparkly beads and glitter!;)

Check out the toy Soldier Depot online. Lots of good stuff there, dirt cheap.

http://www.toysoldiersdepot.com/

Edited by Brushfire, 28 Jan 2012, 02:30 PM.
Offline
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · Vehicles & One Off Builds · Next Topic »