Steam Powered Fighting Trousers......AKA Steam Exo-skeleton

[Hoplon]

 

 

[Bullshott]

Very nice work.

[Pappa Midnight]

Thank you all for the comments. I really enjoyed making this one and wasn't completely sure I could pull it off until it was base coated!

Is the new 'driver' a cut'n'shunt using another miniature, or wholly greenstuff*?

The driver uses the original mini as a basis with the following mods:
I cut the long beard right back and cleaned up the chest of the mini adding a GS waistcoat, scarf and belt buckle.
As the original pilot was a dwarf, his arms, legs and torso were too short. I cut the arms off and replaced the upper portion (above his gloves) with upper arms from a 1:48 scale tamiya mini. I lowered his "crotch" with GS to increase the length of his body. I cut his feet and foot-rests off and made some GS knee pads . There were pistons running down the front of the walker's legs which I carved out and replaced with GS lower legs and a new pair of feet.
His top hat is from an Ironclad Miniatures figure.

The walker itself has been altered by removing the arms and re-positioning them using plastic sprue. Some plastic rod was used to make the pistons.
The Gatling is from a Games Workshop Empire plastic mini.

Now I've done one it should be reasonably straightforward to do another (without a beard this time!).

Regards
PM

[Mister Rab]

The driver uses the original mini as a basis with the following mods:

... loads of detailed stuff that I sincerely doubt I could replicate ...

Now I've done one it should be reasonably straightforward to do another.

Straightforward? Yes, that's the right word 

Thanks for the explanation, though, I'm always as fascinated by the conversion process as by seeing the finished object.

[The Dozing Dragon]

Great conversion and paint job....I have a bunch of clix type minis with this sort of idea in mind.........they are all sitting in the plastic project mountain next to the lead project mountain 

[FramFramson]

Perhaps a more action-oriented pose for the next one? Maybe the automaton can be mid-step, with a high raised fist like he just completed an whopping uppercut? Or swung out wide in a sweep (might less practical from a gaming perspective).

[Barry S]

Great work as usual 

I picked up a couple of these for my 15mm VSF projectto convert as walkers. I've found some useful pieces in the range.

Cheers,

Barry

[XCIV]

Just out of curiosity...

where's Grommit?

[Drachenklinge]

looks very cool!

I am always astonished why we do not find more of these steam-things in regular dwarven army sets anayway!

great paintjob and conversion! thanks for showing!

best wishes
DK

[Geudens]

The wrong trousers...  Well done!

[Dr DeAth]

Very nice indeed

[Commander Vyper]

Nicely done Al, very impressed. There's a whole heap of Gothic/steampunkery abound now what with Westwind's EoTD rules so this would be great for a gentleman's Club exo-armoured member.

Thanks for sharing.

The Commander

[Commander Vyper]

Lovely. Truly outstanding work.  

Now where are his time travel trousers?

And his tea drinking trousers of course?

"http://www.youtube.com/v/0iRTB-FTMdk?version=3&hl=en_GB&rel=0"

[Ray Rivers]

 

Fantastic!

You never cease to amaze!

[Traveler Man]

Now that is an elegant conversion, sir!  Jolly good show!