Third time’s the charm
Another week, and I am still happily slicing and shaving my way through the Centurion kit in an attempt to build a squad of three counts as Obliterators for my World Eaters. I do of course realise that you have been seeing quite a bit of this particular endeavour, but in all fairness, it has been a rather complex conversion project to pull off.
So, today I will show you a look at both the updated models you already know as well as the third and final member of my “Behemoths”
First up, I have finally managed to find a solution for the last thing I wanted to add to my Behemoth models: the clawed feet. After having experimented with numerous options to add some claws to the Centurion feet without having the whole thing end up looking ridiculous, I tried using the claws from Warp Talon feet. And while this element was mainly an attempt to make the models look less loyalist and more brutal, seeing how those talons make the feet look better proportioned as well for some reason really was a nice surprise! So it goes without saying that I picked up that element for the rest of the squad as well.
Here are the two models you already know, complete with clawed feet and all:
These are pretty much 100% finished at this point, and I hope I’ll get around to painting one of them soon.
But, like I already said above, I couldn’t help myself and had to start working on the third model. Here are some WIP impressions:
The body came together fairly easily: The Centurions are a rather complex kit, but after putting together two or three of them, you basically know the drill — hence the title of this post! 😉 Once again, I added some additional armour plates and some sinister detail in order to make the model look like a member of the traitor legions.
I also added some chest-mounted plasma pistols at the suggestion of fellow hobbyist meade over at Dakka:
“Plasma nipples”, he called them. Some people… 😉
The next step was to sort out the arms, and I once again tried to use two different weapons in order to represent the Behemoth’s versatile armament:
A stock lascannon from the Centurion kit ended up on the left arm — and might have to be decorated with some suitably chaotic bitz. The right arm wields a Plasma cannon (converted from the Dark Vengeance Plasma gunner’s weapon and a couple of bitz).
Since the weapon couldn’t be made to use the same points of attachment as the stock Centurion weapons, I had to improvise slightly. This was also the one instance where I needed to build my own cabling instead of relying on the stock parts that came with the Centurions, and it was more work than it had any right to be. This is also why the cables turn into a horrible, spiky Talos spine somewhere along the way:
All in all, though, I am really rather happy with how these conversions have turned out: At long last, I have a squad of Obliterators that actually fits the overall theme of my army. That said, I really don’t see myself getting another box of these: The kit is great and building these models has been an interesting experience, but the Centurions as a kit are just slightly too complex for wanting to build lots and lots of them.
The next step, obviously, will be to paint up a first test model for the squad. I also really want to see one of these guys painted at last, so let’s hope I’ll be able to give you an update on the progress soon. Until then, you’re always welcome share any feedback or criticism you might have!
And, as always, thanks for looking and stay tuned for more!
October 23, 2013 at 13:52
I really like this third one! There are some nice touches here like the bloodletter head, FW dead commissar trophy and the use of Iron Guts bits as we have seen across the range of your models. I think you should certainly take pride in these as they are perfect non-daemon oblits fit for a traitor legion. I cannot wait to see them painted up.
November 1, 2013 at 15:21
Cheers, TJ! Now to work up the courage to actually paint them… 😉
October 25, 2013 at 06:39
Wow!! This one really rocks!! The third, the best! The more fully developed in my opinion, I agree with TJ the bloodletter head and banner are top notch details, I truly love the clawed feets even if I’m not fond of the lascan’ It’s a cool brutish behemot we’ve got here!!
Well done, mate! Keep on !!
November 1, 2013 at 15:21
Cheers, Keb! The Lascannon will probably receive an additional chaotic detail or two 😉
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