Gunwagon Conversion 1.0

- UPDATED 20 APRIL 2004 - Bob and Gooba managed to steal a nonstandard 'umie transport, and are turning it into a gunwagon.

If you have time and the inclination, feel free to , check out the rest of the site too - including the ork army list, and the other conversions.

Now on with the da show!

	The basis for this model is an Armorcast Scarab APC; resin model. It is the right scale (28mm), and has some nice molded details. The price (Ebay) was right too - $14.
	The first thing was to mount a gun - and that required cutting down the commanders hatch. Note that everything you hear about resin is true - so how can I emphasize this..DO ANY CUTTING OR SANDING OUTSIDE, AND WEAR A MASK. The dust created is one of the worst things you can imagine. It's almost enough for me to swear off working with the medium.
	With the top flattened, I drilled a hole down the middle for turret to spin in.
	The turret itself was easy - that's a 25 mm round base, a weapon shield from a land raider side sponson, and an ork kannon.
	I started added a few small pieces of gubbenz. I sort of want this one looking "new" - mostly because the model does have a lot of nice detail already.
	I mounted the plow blade from the Imperial Guard accessory sprue.
	I needed this vehicle to be open topped - especially when the TVRs become law in the 4h edition. I could have cut into the model, but again, the dust is so bad, I decided it was better for my health to build it up instead. I am hoping these "Screen doors" will be acceptable to other players as an open top.
	Put together and ready for priming.
	I did add some minor battle damage to the vehicle.
	Primed and ready to paint.
	Here's Gooba next to it for scale. I'm not sure on what to use for the crew yet.

Painting...

My first step is a blood red "camo" - shamefully blood axe - that is applied in a random and (at least to an ork's eye) pleasing pattern.
And than a heavy boltgun dry brush over everything.
Followed by a heavy home made rust wash - part chestnut ink, part brown ink, part tin bitz, part water.
I than go back and pick out details on the model
Followed by another light dry brush of boltgun
and than a weathering dry brush (rust in the form of brazen brass, fortress gray, and terra cotta)

Not too bad for two hours of painting - after all, I need it playable tomorrow night. I don't care for the skull glyph on the front. It's just too busy. and I think it will have to go. Oh, and of course, it needs a crew!