Storm of Chaos
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Storm of Chaos Miniatures
- Archaon's Horde
- Daemonic Legion
- Grimgor's 'Ardboyz
- Middenlanders
- Slayer Army

Gaming
- Sample Army Lists
- Tactics

Painting and Modeling
- Archaon
- Be'lakor
- Black Orc w/Great Weap.
- Chaos Warriors
- Clan Eshin
- Daemon Chariots
- Doomseeker
- Druchii Anointed
- Garagrim Ironfist
- Hellcannon
- Teutogen Guard

Terrain and Scenery
- Terrain Primer

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Mistakes (and Conversions) Were Made
You'll notice that the assembled Hellcannon shown here looks slightly different than the one I painted. There are two reasons for these differences. One, I did make some small deliberate conversions to my Hellcannon. Two, I assembled the parts of my Hellcannon weeks before I ever saw a picture of a completed one. As such, there was a lot of guesswork in how I assembled my Hellcannon and thus a few mistakes as well. Some of them turned out to be happy accidents; others were of little consequence. I note a few of the changes I made below.
Barrel Chains

I left off the chains that run from the two upright posts of the chassis to the Daemon's skull at the mouth of the barrel. This was a mistake. When I first received the bitz for the Hellcannon, I assumed that those chains were largely decorative, like the extra chains on the 40K Chaos Vehicle Accessory Sprue, and thus left them off. I didn't realize they served the practical function of adjusting the barrel's elevation. If anyone asks, I'll just say that the Chaos Dwarf servants of Tzeentch came up with some cunning internal mechanism instead.


Furnace Doors

I deliberately left the stoke hole doors off of the back of the Hellcannon. The skull design on the doors looked too Khornate for my tastes, and so I left the hatches off. I also clipped off the door hinges and filed those areas smooth.


Wheels

There should be four pairs of wheels on the Hellcannon model. I mistakenly left off the second smallest set of wheels. At first, I thought they were an optional replacement for the second largest set of wheels. I think my model looks fine as it is, because with a normally assembled model, one can barely see the set of wheels that I left off. If you want to do a Slaanesh Hellcannon, six wheels would be perfect, as six is the sacred number of the Dark Prince. Tzeentch's number is nine, which like my number of wheels, is a multiple of three - so it kind of works. Okay, I'm stretching things. It was a snafu, pure and simple.


Chaos Stars

I left the large Chaos Stars off of the largest pair of wheels. This omission was deliberate. I liked the details inside the large wheels so much that I didn't want to cover them up with the big Chaos symbols. The Chaos stars are also fantastic bitz that I'm sure I'll use for a standard or some other conversion at a later time.


Restraining Chains

Because I left the Chaos star hubcaps off of the large wheels, I decided to attach the side restraining chains to the front of the Hellcannon chassis instead. This decision required me to file off the two rings that hang from the front ends of the chassis and attach my restraining chains to the single loops that remain.


Crewman with Pliers

I initially made a mistake when cleaning my crewmen. I thought the flames coming off the skull held by the Chaos Dwarf with the pliers were flash and immediately set about filing them down. About halfway through, I realized that I was filing down flames. I covered up my blunder by building up some exaggerated, serpentine flames to replace what I'd filed off.


IntroductionAssembling the Hellcannon
Painting the Hellcannon Painting the Crew
Creating the Scenic Base
Mistakes and Conversions