Obliterator Counts-As: Creative Stagnation - Help!

[Akkon Sek]

So... I've been agonizing over a decent Obliterator counts-as for my renegades. So sick of Bing and Google I want to scream. Just have not been able to locate anything that is anywhere near the look I want. I do know I want to get away from the organic aspect, so no fleshy tendrils or lascannons growing out of the groin. Looking for more mechanical... droid-like.

Some rough (failed) ideas so far:

- Tau Battlesuit: Too bulky/too big.
- Terminator: been done. Looks too much like a Terminator with a metric sh*t-ton of guns glued onto it.
- Dreadnought: Closer to what I'm looking to do, but still too bulky/too big.
- Tau Stealth Suit kitbash: this one's not working out so well. Torso is decent enough, but the legs are stumping me.

I originally built two of these as a counts-as techno Chaos Spawn:



I guess it would work with ten grazillion guns stapled to it, but I am really looking for something bipedal. Like this guy, with more bulk:



Help me out here guys. There's a ton of creative talent wafting around this forum. I need at least a direction to pursue because this imagination brain fart is holding up my Orks, World Eaters, and the poor primed 'Nids collecting dust. Not to mention I haven't updated Rust in weeks.

Who am I fooling... I'll never get to the 'Nids. forget the 'Nids.

Help?!

-A

[Shadow Queen]

How about a pre-heresy drednaught?

[Akkon Sek]

<addendum>

I have seriously kicked around the idea of using the new XV9 Hazard (in modified form, of course). But its still pretty damn big.

And at ~50US a pop, not really cost effective.

If you're curious as to the "why": I've got one of those goofy "Renegade, but not Chaos" things going. So all Warped-up, fleshy and morphing doesn't really suit the theme.

Still interested in the unapologetic ridiculousness? Look here: [url]http://ceramite.blogspot.com/2009/10/background-sort-of_08.html[/url]

[Akkon Sek]

How about a pre-heresy drednaught?

You mean the Rouge Trader era beasts? Interesting idea. Can you link me to exactly what you're thinking?

[sonsoftaurus]

RT-era robots?

Epic Titan?

Sentinel with extra guns?

[Madness]

Man this idea would have been much more original a month ago, but... ogryn-based servitors?

P.S.: resculpted (partially) Necromunda scalies or Krootoxes.

[bob9801]

sounds like you said your 4th option you have a torso you like but can't come up with legs? If that is so I would go with the suggestion of an epic titan and tear the legs off it. I don't imagine they cost $700 or whatever the 40k one comes out to from FW.

[John Connah]

What about the older model oblits? While they may have lascannons out the groin they also are less organic and much more mechanical looking.
Just a thought...

[Akkon Sek]

Older model Oblits? Hmm... don't know if I've seen them.

*sigh* Back to Google...

[Aldramelech]

Goodbye