And after a little bit of quiet, I offer proof that I have not been idle. This is the slightly WIP version of my Fire-Caste Commander. As you can see, it's a fairly heavy conversion, and, well, pretty sizeable as well. When he's finished, I'll post him alongside a regular Crisis Suit so everyone can get an idea of the size difference.
I actually have a list of inspirations for this one. The folks over at Advanced Tau Tactica have some amazing conversions up. Go check it out. For the Armored Core fans, I have to cite Noblesse Oblige and the Aaliyah chassis for the head.
The legs come from a Mechwarior Age of Destruction Nova Cat. I think it ends up looking like a heavier version of the leg that the rest of my conversions will have.
The hands, of course, were inspired by the conversion of Old Shatterhands. Knife + green stuff + powerfists + sanding = big hands for a Crisis Suit. The torso's bulked up with some flamer fuel tanks, and some marine thigh pouches on the top. There's a liberal application of green stuff and some sanding to make the chest look panelled. The side thrusters (the far outside) are taken from the back of a Mechwarrior AOD Phoenix Hawk. The extra wing-bits on those are from the Mystery Sprue.
Anyone have a clue just what this sprue is and where it came from? I'm seeing Imperial, Chaos, Tau and Eldar bits on this thing. I can't think of where I got it. I think it came in the triple-Falcon boxed set, or some such.
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That is one epicly posed suit, although from the front view, it looks rather crowded.
Anyways, I think your mystery sprue is the vehicle command upgrade kit for apocalypse sets.
Squirrel_Fish
That is the apocalypse command upgrade spure, it is actually quite valuable. Nice Tau battlesuit
Nice conversion, and love the paint scheme. Gives the squeaky clean Tau a nice gritty look.
Glad to see ATT has helped you out! You'd be surprised how many stunning conversion exist outside of the ATT-BCC! From what I can tell from the pictures, it looks like you've done a fine job... Now you'll only need to worry about TLOS issues when using it!
Damn, very much ninja'd. Ah well. I recommend using the Eldar piece for a cool Wave Serpent conversion, I plan to eventually build. I've got it all planned.
Yep - its the apocalypse upgrade spure that comes with (e.g.) the vindicator line breaker formation boxed set.
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