There was a demand for a step by step tutorial on how I built my "battlewagon to flakwagon" conversion.
So here it comes.
1. Starting point
2. Cut off what you don't need (I keep the skull and spikes for my chaos warband, stay tuned for those conversions :-)
3. I started with the front bumper, a piece of sprue cut the the right size to extend in front of the wheels. A bar of plastic sheet and teeth cut out of plastic sheet, with small bolts fashioned out of the same plastic sheet.
4. The bed is simply a flat piece of plastic cut to shape. What I find to really emphesize the orkiness of the vehicle is if you chip the edges of the plates (look at the front plate of the wagon).
5. Add small strips of armour plating to the side of the flatbed. be sure to leave gaps and keep the sides uneven in both height and slant. I left a small hole in the armour for the smoke stack. I also used the same metod of chipping the sides of the individual plates.
6. Add supporting bands cross the armour on various places. A thin strip of plastic and 2 small pieces of plastic makes the effect really nice, for quite small work.
If you stop here you would have a much nicer battlewagon than what you started with. I will do another tutorial on how you can embellish this further to make a really nice battlewagon.
but next is the tutorial for the Flakgun to be mounted on the wagon.
/staffan
