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Ramos’s Steam Punk Mechanical Spider Transport

By Rob Baer | October 31st, 2011 | Categories: Chaos Space Marines, Conversion Corner, Conversions, Malifaux, Painted Figure Showcase

Well it’s Halloween so I wanted to show off this spooky crazy Steam Punk Transport. YepImadork made this to carry around Ramos and his crew for games of Malifaux, and it’s a pretty sweet conversion!

Jump below for a closer look.
The conversion itself is pretty basic, but it’s just done and themed very well, I think. The colors all complement each other, and allow the conversion work to shine through
First off he just took a cheap train from the hobby store, and added a few sets of Defiler legs.  Then he added some piping, a exhaust stack from Cities of Death, and a skull from the Ruined Temple set for Fantasy to the front.  
If you look close you can also see some Necron green rods. He actually hooked them up to a battery later on so they glowed!
Next he enlarged the pilot area to accommodate this robot’s benefactor; Ramos, and his motley crew of Arncanists.
In the finished pics below you can see he did a good job with all the little controls’ doo-dads and whatnots in there.
After he was done with all the assembly, he primed it and painted brass and metal where it needed it. In between the legs he hand painted on wood grain, which looks amazing IMHO.
Anyone else think of this when you saw it, lol? Check out the three-sixty below, with WIP shots.

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About the Author: Rob Baer

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Rob Baer

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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.

Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls. 

Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at the Las Vegas Open, each of which attracts thousands of players from around the world.

 

Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the 2011 Adepticon 40k Team Tournament. He was even featured for his painting in issue #304 of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf Magazine.

With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.

While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.

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