Griffons

After last night's gaming session, I realized that what I need to compliment my mostly-infantry army is the long arm of the Artillery. Being broke, I desperately looked around for something to sell... and came across my two rhinos for my space marine army. Space marines not being my favorite army, I decided to steal an idea I saw on the Dakka Dakka forum: I was going to use them to convert them into Griffons!

They would very much look similar to the old M113 mortar carriages used by US troops. I set to it, first stripping as much of the old set as possible before cutting the top hatch free. Luckily, I had still held on to the old turret collar bit, and was able to put that in its place. A bit of PVC pipe later and... presto! I also used some plasticard to fashion a bit more coverage over the gaping hole. These two mortars will make a nice addition to my army, providing some much-needed long-range fire support.

I'll probably run them as having enclosed crew compartments, since that is only logical with this configuration. I sill need to mount some hull weaponry, but I am sure I have some heavy bolter hull weapons lying around here somwhere.

No more gunline stalemates for me! I still have to paint them up, and I'll probably add some pretty stuff, but I'll keep you informed.

Until next time,
FP135