When I started renovating this model it looked very
shabby but I thought that this would be real fun.
I have done a lot on this APC: coverplates for the
tracks, rings around the laserguns in the rear,
shovel/ram, missile, tank commander, HMG and a
lot of other details. With my selfinvented camo I
have named IG camo 2.0 I really like the outcome of
this renovation. On one picture you can also see
my other out of the box-build Chimera and eventhough
the coverplates for the tracks with scratch-built
bolts I think the both blend in quite nicely.
Looking forward sending these vehicles out on a mission
on my next gaming-session. :)
A friend offered me a second hand Basilisk for only 8 Euros
and eventhough some parts were missing (elevating device) I
thought it was a bargain because I saw a great deal of
potential in this model.
One thing I don´t like with the original GW-design is that
the rear compartment is to open.
If I would be a gunner at the artillery or a spoter I would
like to have some kind of shelter.
I have looked at german tracked vehicles from WW2 for inspiration
and the finished result is quite o.k and with the lick of
paint I think it blends in with the rest.
I have scratchbuilt the sidepanels and additional frontarmour
and also cut out bolts from plastic toothpicks.
I have also added more scratchbuilt details for the elevating-
mechanism. One voxcaster and one control-device has been
added for a more technical advanced look.
Gun racks and extra helmets and bags have been hung inside
the compartment to illustrate that is being used by the
personel. Finally I have made a small platform for the
artillery-spotter to be placed on.
The camo is my own invented "IG-camo V2".
I have never tested this model on the gaming table but I
have been told that this artillery can be a turning point
if used tactical. I read this on a WH40k-fanpage : infantry
wins firefights, tanks win the battle and artillery wins war.
It will great fun to test this model later this summer.
To complete my collection of heavy weapon teams I am
missing one heavy bolter and one auto-cannon.
Looking in my bits-box I found out that I only was
missing two heads and one tripod to make a complete
assembly. The next step will be to make a foxhole
around the heavy bolter and a ruin with bricks around
the autocannon. I decided to make different bases
to be able to easy identify these figures on the
gaming-board.All the figures will be painted in my
self-invented IG camo 2.0.
Last week I bought some more figures both
for fantasy but also to use in Necromunda.
These muscle-men are bloodreavers from
Games workshop. For only 10 Euros a got
18 battleready figures.
I think these figures looks real tough and
mean and will fit in any bad-land-scenario.
They come from a easy-to-build-range and
this is not so good when it comes to make
any kind of conversion but I manage.
Next step will be to put on some paint.
To sharpen my teeth for this annual gaming-session
later this summer I have bought some sharp-shooters
with meltaguns on second hand but also some figures
to serve my Basilisk(undergoing renovation).
The melta-shooters were all sold with american GI-heads
fitted with gas-masks for the SoTR-game.
I have swapped all three heads on the melta-shooters and
I am very pleased with the result as regular IG´s.
Last but not least I bought three artillery-staff for a long
time ago together with other second hand figures but
back then I had no use for these and they all ended up in
a cardboard-storage. Now I have updated and converted
these figures and with the Basilisk-artillery the will
fit in real good.
In the next report all the figures will be painted in my
self-invented peadot woodland-camo.
