IG: Colossus Conversion ....yep, I did this...

 How cool am I? lol.

This took me a while, but I have, I feel, successfully created a Colossus/Medusa platform for use in my IG army.

Those of you that have just tuned in, the list is here.

You will now have noticed (oh you sharp eyed beasts you) that there is no Colossus or Medusa in that list... well, there is one of those in my latest incarnation of IG.

I decided that whilst I like the Manticore, that perhaps I needed something to easily remove entrenched units.

Those sneaky, dug in bastards that with cover...last too damn long.

Or those cheeky enough to stand on a hill top and get a 4+ cover save...oh and blow my lovely tanks away in the process *cough* Long Fangs *cough*

So what did I use for this lovely looking mo fo?
The Manticore kit was simply slid out (I had the foresight not to glue the platform that slides into the chimera side grooves down) and I created a new one from a cut of plasticard.

What followed was a several hour slog to create what you see before you.

I used roughly;

Sentinel legs - for the mortar to adust elevation...or appear to
Valkyrie landing bits and a regular infantry mortar - for the targeting reticle thingy bob on top of the mortar
Deathstrike missile with the top and bottom removed for the main mortar combined with a piece of brass plumbing pipe...
Leman Russ sponsons to form the rear housing

And probably some odd bits here and there....

To the left you can see the mess I created....I had several hundred random pieces of tank from Astartes to Tau lying around and the process took a good three hours....




This is what it looks like so I can take it apart and slide it out so the Manticore gets its day in the sun...

But not bad for a free extra choice in my army....

As for that list? well, I'll post it up tomorrow.... time for wine and a movie with the missus...