so I got the first scout-biker done:
rather pleased with the result on this.
I was not 100% looking forward to doing these but found a way to do it that got a great result with very little effort.
The incrusted dirt (most obvious on the wheels and lower bodywork) was done with a steel-legion-drab wash (as was done on the f302 fighter-interceptor in my royston rifles thread) in the recesses. then the dark mud over this. it creates the dried mud/dirt in the recesses and fresh dark/wet stuff on the prominent edges, just the effect I was after and not an airbrush in sight!
the fact that this wash also can pass for rust helps too as it makes it a go-to effect for bare and painted metalwork on vehicles with almost zero effort required, just judicous use. dont slap it everywhere! its not a nurgle bike afterall LOL...
the head was a conversion I'd meant to do a while back. *essentially a proof of concept that a good scout helmet can exist without being too similar to guard or enforcer bits.
I had originally intended this to be used on one of my foot-slogging scouts but never did use it as I felt it was odd with just one of them having one and I liked the other heads the rest of the squad had.
however, since Ive made the bikes, I felt it makes more sense using it here as; helmets and bikes, it just goes...
I chose to do the seat in a cracked red vinyl and the gascan in yellow as I felt it added a bit more life to an otherwise monochomatic model...
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Finding a good scout helmet design...finding good heads for scouts has always been an issue in the community. simple use of stormtrooper or cadian heads always leaves a sour taste in the mouth, as its such an obvious thing.
good conversions should not look like conversions. they should look like official releases.
so, for a bit of difference i chose an IG tank crew head as a base.
the one with the 'shades' on was the obvious choice.
the removal of the guard 'logo' and the addition of the vented top crest and the furrowed 'brows' and this helmet looked like a lightweight version of an astertes helmet, specifically designed for the scout program.
The altered eybrow line and top-crest just scream spacemarine helmet to me but the open face and side details (with the mic-pickup etc...) and the lower-tech chinstrap tie it in with the scouts a bit more. its not a 'true' astartes helm, but it is a carapace armour helmet that is designed by the same artisans and, as such, shares similar design elements.
kinda looks like the rt-era guard helmets a bit (only us old-uns will remember those) which were little more than a beakie hemet without the beak.
