Kunitsa Conversions

As promised I have knocked up my planned conversions of the Kunitsa APCs to Space Marine type tanks. I was considering a step by step guide but due to the small number of steps I will make do with just a few words and pictures.

Raw parts - you can see the limited flash on the parts here which only takes a few moments to clear up. You can also see the two turret choices you get with the Brigade models, the missile turrets of a bit plain to me but the machine guns are fine. 

Kunitsa body and  Sherhen AA turret - Razorback. There was limited filing on the top of the APC to remove the door handles, then to angle the barrels down a little bit by removing the fixing under the turret.
 

Kunitsa body and Vikhr Katyusha turret - Whirlwind. This was even less work as it just needed the turret plug removing from underneath and the handles on the top hatches filed. 

Kunitsa body and Volk Assault Gun barrel - Vindicator. The barrel needed a little work to stop it from aiming too high, but this is simply a bit of filing till the angle is right.

 Kunitsa body and Rosomakha  turret - Predator. This was the trickiest to put together, with the sponsons looking a little small and a bit tricky to get lined up. The top turret again just needed the connecting lug underneath removed to make it lie flush on the top. 

These are a dead simple set of conversions and will let me fill out my Marine armored section really easily. I have three 3rd edition Predators in pre-heresy Thousand Sons livery (more on these soon I hope) and I can now put together a big enough section to support the infantry without always resorting to Titans. 

Update on How to...

Today we have a few pictures on the Hawk Wargames buildings. Hopefully this will help keep this blog vibrant and colourful. 

I hope to do three or four more of these but I am still awaiting some fresh blades from E-Bay to make the cutting out a bit better. One thing I have noticed is that the parapet at the top of the page can be a bit of a pain to fold due to the small size and I strongly recommend trying to score on both sides. 

I also do not recommend using Pritt stick... while it keeps the card from warping when you stick a print out to the card but does not have the hold needed for the main flaps.
Once I get into these I hope to put together a few more interesting shapes and varied heights.

Now a few points on these...

• Card matters - these are stuck to old folder dividers that were kicking about work and are a bit to thin. As such they are a bit curved at the base. This can be sorted with some thicker card for reinforcement around the base. The taller the building the worse this will get
• Edging matters - worth going around the edges with an appropriate coloured pen or crayon (if the kids let you). You can see the yellow on the shorter building and the white around the corners.
• Glue matters - the taller building, made 6 months ago, has the parapet coming apart and needs to be stuck back down really. 

Overall I am very happy with these as I can, if I really want to, sit down in front of a good zombie film and knock out a whole urban areas of 8 to 10 in an evening. What takes the time is the waiting for the glue so do this the night before and leave a lot of heavy books on top. It just gets a bit fiddly with the parapets but if you keep some pegs to hand they are not too bad.

Day Two... How To Number One

Well day two and there is one update on here - How to turn the Hawk Wargames scenery to 6mm/Epic scale. Not a complicated process but I hope someone finds it useful.

I still need to get my head around the best layout for this - I was lazy and used the first blogger that Google offered (what a surprise it was there own) but have yet to work out the best way of setting up a few static pages to hold onto some useful areas such as armies, guides and all that.

Any way on to the first real post -

How to....

Convert Hawk Wargames Scenery to Epic Scale

Hawk Wargames produce a line of models, Dropzone Commander, in a scale termed 10mm. Alongside the physical armies and buildings they also have a good range of PDF files for download and these offer a very swift way to get some good looking buildings on the table with a quick bit of re-scaling. 

1. Go to the website and take a good look around
2. Navigate to Scenery and then scroll down to "try our wide range of downloadable buildings"
3. Open a few of the files (right click and open in a new window or tab)
4. Save what you like - I tend to pick on the A3 ones 
5. Print on A4 (sorry UK paper here!) and scale to fit

Nothing complicated here but hopefully this will show you a few nice miniatures, and get you a good looking city on the table in no time.