Talos Conversion Madness! Mostly done!!

[Lemmingspawn]

Hiya guys, looking for ideas for a major Talos rebuild. I\'ve already started with one or two ideas, now I need some assistance working out the rest of the ideas. Here\'s the beginnings of a plan:

Now, that is what I am doing to the front shell of the beast. The other plan so far is to remove the current claws/implements and replace them with insectile arms with single kinda scything talon-like extensions, sorta like the appendages on the keratis warrior backs. And there will be four on the front instead of two, positioned in such a way to both attack the unfortunates that come into contact with it and to scoop them into it\'s cavernous maw.

The 2 main issues I am having with ideas:

1. How do I design the maw? I have some ideas, like maybe a sandworm type toothed opening, but it will be hard to work with the whole machine/organic interface issue, and there\'s not much space. Or as I have started to draw in the plan, maybe just an iron gob type deal with an opening behind to intern the unfortunates into.

2. How do I rework the tail? I\'ve never liked the Talos tail. To me it doesn\'t represent any sort of wildfiring machina by any stretch of the imagination. Maerlyn has suggested perhaps using chains in a flailing type mass with the guns, or maybe more guns (splinter rifles) attached to the end of such appendages. That will be hard to make look convincing but could look REALLY amazing with the right dynamics. Or, maybe replace the current setup with perhaps a flexible cable array under the current gun system (though modified), and lean it over like it\'s seeking out a target.

SO! C\'mon guys! Give us some CREATIVE IDEAS!! Help me ge

 

[Lemmingspawn]

Other ideas on the plan are, I\'m gonna put the reaver jetbike chains hanging from the Talos, dragging behind it. Some of the chains will have victims hooked, and they\'ll be connected to the body at a couple different places from beneath.

Perhaps with the guns, I can take the original arms, remove their weapons which I was going to do, and then use the arms in the \"V\" shape from either the sides or top or maybe beneath (still undecided) with the guns mounted atop that. I suppose up higher is better for a Talos given the nature of the wildfire rules....still have to think that one out.

I\'m also gonna adorn it with various trophy racks and chaos vehicle chains and the like....but being careful not to overdo it of course...

 

[Lemmingspawn]

Hmmmm....

Been thinking on it a bit more and some more ideas have surfaced!

1. Leave the tail that exists but remove the guns, use it as a support platform to attach the drive out of a penitent engine and hardwire it more into the machine....see how that goes

2. Remove the current claws and remove their weapon appendages. Then attach them at angles to the main body, sorta in a \"v\" shape about midway or toward the back and attach a gun to the top of each appendage. The anchor points will prolly be about halfway up the height of the body and mid to 3/4 the way toward the back. Run some cabling along the arms to the guns and maybe put some sort of eye on the weapons for sighting?

3. Claws like the keratis warrior x 4 in an x around the maw.

4. Maybe remove the guy you can see who is interned into the machine already.

5. Do the ridges on the head similar to the Beastmasters arm decoration, with fleshy looking ridges in the curves and talons extending out the back of the points. And also give it a stitched together out of flayed skin kinda look maybe.

6. Still haven\'t decided fully on the mouth, thinking maybe an orifice surrounded by long skinny syringe type teeth...sorta chompy, not sandworm suckerface, and then the syringe off one arm and the drill on either side or something similar....

Any other thoughts or comments?

 

[Lemmingspawn]

Well, I\'ve done it. The talos is almost a reality well....mostly a reality, it\'s mostly finished. Just need some ideas to tweak the lil bugger. Let me know what you think and if you think I need to do anything to teak it a bit further or less....

Here\'s some pics in progress:

ANd here it is almost complete....

Just a bit of a distraction whilst I am also doing the orks and gearing up for the hordey painting!

 

[Thecadian]

really nice looks a bit like a dark elder tyranid hybrid


bring on the dark tyranids:beer:

 

[Lemmingspawn]

Well, I\'ve based it up and its ready for undercoating. As much as I\'d like to pull one or two of those heads off the spikes, I\'ll end up snapping the spike off so they\'ll have to stay. I had a go and, well, the spikes are wood and the heads are stuck on with superglue.

Superglue + Porous = STUCK FAST :s

Here is the Talos\' first victim/adversary: