Intention of the Design

Replacement of the tread-drive-unit of the Kataphron troop models. Please note, that you will still require the original Kataphron models to finish the model, because all I provide here are the legs, everything else (Torso, weapons, heads, etc.) you will still need to buy.

Motivation for the Design

The AdMech army is missing a central theme in their model designs. Some models share common feeatures, and then others totally break with it. You can break it down to "all models published in the same period share similarities, but break with the rest".

I don't like that. I like a common, central theme to an army that exceeds "rivets and pipes", and the color scheme I chose for it.

I also love the Onager Dunecrawler and its spidery legs.

Therefore, I started to think about how I can actually get a common theme into my Adeptus Mechanicus Army, and when I started building and painting the Kataphrons, I knew what I had to do.

Why is it marked "work in progress"?

You can print all the parts uploaded here, but I'm still in the process of refining the bits and pieces, so there might be slight changes in the bits, until I'm finally satisfied. First prototype prints have come out pretty well, so I don't expect many changes to come.

Update (2020-05-02, 17:04 CEST)

I've just uploaded a bunch of updated / new files, among them a totally changed shield-mount, an alternative shield, and several more changes, most notably separated legs and abdomen into multiple pieces for easier printing.

Update (2020-08-03, 07:33 CEST)

For some reason, I forgot to add the STL file for the exhaust pipes. I've added them now, and I'm sorry for the inconveniences it may have caused.

Please note before printing

Also, please note that I have provided a file called "katarachnophron.stl", which basically contains the whole model "assembled". This is for convience to take a look at how the hole model will look like, I strongly advise against trying to print that one. Please, print only the separate parts.

Some parts are borrowed

Some parts I used are borrowed from other things here on Thingiverse. That's why I marked this thing as a remix, and provided the link to the things I utilized as sources, because credit has to go to those, it belongs to.
But to make it very clear, here again:

• Legs, leg-joint parts are from Seb Theis' Sand Walker
• The skull-cog is MonkeyBob's Adeptus Mechanicus Token

Disclaimer

No copyright infringement intended. All parts are completely of my own making, created from scratch using Blender. No copyrighted product has been scanned or copied in any way. These models are for personal use only, as proxies / alternatives, and should never be sold. If it causes copyright issues, i will remove it.

Scaling necessary?

Scale should fit the original miniature, compensation for possible material shrinking during print might be necessary.

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