Merry Christmas Challengers! David B (25 points)

Greetings all! I hope everyone is having a grand time this holiday season. I am presenting a very humble chimera chassis from 40k as an open vehicle for Necromunda or for 40k games. I bought it used and primed at Adepticon last spring and added an Autocannon, flame thrower and plates to give it the appearance of a ramshackle salamander. I added some stowage and bits as I have been watching Rogue Heroes on SAS inception in Africa 1941.( great show and makes me remember how miserable the desert is) I dusted it in copious amounts of weathering powders to give it a hard worn look of rust and possible fire damage as well as environmental weathering from the necromunda ash waste. 

It was already in rough shape when I acquired it, so I leaned in to the lopsided tracks and only covered the most egregious glue seams.

You might need a tetanus shot if in the rear bay!

This was a fun, quick project. I got to use the army painter metallics and metallic speed paints....then cover up the bad experiments with the weathering!....and my wooden stool, it adds to the texture!

I am certain that these are lego knockoffs, but this is the intro of the fastest turn around of any miniature in my collection. Two Primaris lego Marines and a marine bike were given by my children today. A White Scar on bike and another which had plain grey armor and weapons.

 

a very festive shot in the christmas lights.

I have a lot of fanatic paints from my birthday and had to paint him as an Iron Snake. Cool and warm flesh, black and grey, ruddy browns,red, yellow, and blue triads...or mega triads as army painter has them in six shades for each chroma.

a bolt pistol, plasma pistol, a bolt rifle, bolt carbine, plasma gun, and a chainsword... I could have painted him and equipped him in most any chapter colors.

Instead I chose to freehand a snake in the vibrant blue fanatic paints

I do not have the complete line of fanatic army painter paints, but did give them a good initial workout on this and the miniatures this marine jumped in the painting queue. As an Iron Snake, I used most of the metallic fanatic paints too and they are possibly the smoothest metallic paints I have ever used. 

Quite a lot of little bits to the kit, I do not regret the time spent on them all. He will join the biker in overseeing work on the hobby desk.

I am very glad I had the time to play the past few days with the new paint. Some Swooping Hawks are almost complete along with a warcry band that were selected because of the hues that my family purchased. I would have completed them, but this little marine was just too cool not to paint up.

one Tank of dubious nature - 20 points

a not-lego space marine of the Iron Snakes....not a wargame mini so I will only claim the skulls on him which number two. One on his chest and the other on the pommel of his sword.

the tank has 5 skulls so a grand total of 7 skulls for the skull throne....er skull duel

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Welcome back to the Challenge Dave! I really like your repurposed Chimera. While rather humble on a 40K battlefield it would be quite a formidable support platform to a Necromunda gang. I love the absolutely filthy, ill-repaired and rusted look of it.

The Lego Space Marine is very cool as well (cripes, they do EVERYTHING don't they?!). I really like your repaint to conform to your Iron Snake Chapter. I also appreciate the thumbs up on the Army Painter Fanatic range. I've just sent a sample order to my FLGS. Cheers!

It would be churlish not to award points for the Lego Marine Christmas gift, so let's say 5 points for him. Added to your Chimera makes a nice 25. Great work Dave and Happy Christmas!

- Curt