Heavy Gear er Crisis Suits

Everyone loves giant robots.

That said... the basic crisis suit model needs some serious work.

Firstly it is missing two main points of articulation.

1. A waist.

Having a waist allows the suit to twist. This increases the posability a hundredfold.

This takes quite a bit of cutting as the upper and lower halfs of the main torso pieces were not intended to be cut through.

The two halves are rejoined by a thin plastic circle. Allowing the wait to turn.

(This suit was from my bits box and was missing feet. I had to make some new ones out of plastic tubes.)

2. Wrists.

Crisis battlesuits don't really have hands. This is a not a problem if you intend to build them as is in the box.

I am compelled to convert everything so there is no way I could leave this be.

Googling around I found that Grey Knight terminator hands are perfect for Crisis suits. Luckily I had a few lying around. I'll have to find a Grey Knight player at my FLGS who has some spares.

Note: reposing the arm at the elbow is easy enough. Just a little cut.

I had to rebuild the arm joins too. Due to breakage rather than as part of the conversion.

I also added a few extra little bits like the knee-guards (to cover damage to one of the knees) and the torso vents.

The little scanner is from a Skitarii Ironstrider or something. I wanted some kind of hand scanner...

...ended up looking like the dragon radar.

It's ALIVE... sorta

The necron pylon is a fairly recognisable structure .

In my last post I fixed the curve of the main structure. Now I need to make the base work.

I had to cast pieces from the few intact sections. I'll admit it doesn't look just like it should...

...but once it is painted it looks good enough.

It look some careful sanding and balance but I managed to retain the same points of articulation as the proper model.

I think it needs a few extra bits, but in all it is a serviceable super heavy hyper death weapon platform.

Rehabilitating the Pylon

It took some serious mad science but the pylon ring is somewhat repaired.

The main gun was missing too many major components to be rebuilt. Fortunately the Necron kits have plenty of extra giant space guns.

I like a challenge but...

This time I might have bitten off more than I can chew.

I accidentally started Necrons.

Yes that is most of a necron pylon. The massive death platform.

And yes it has been hacked into bits.

I am going to turn this pile of parts back into an acceptable pylon.

You might wonder why someone would cut up a pylon in the first place. Well the person I bought the parts from nicely answered that question by including this impressive converted flyer.

Looks like a good night shroud bomber to me.