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Made in fr
Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator





Amiens -France-

Hi everyone!

Sometimes you work too much on the same subject and you need to take a break. For the last two (nearly three) years I've been working almost exclusively on converting and painting Chaos Space Marines, leaving my other armies on the shelf.

Last year I found some interesting deals for AOBR orks on ebay and decided to get a holliday army I'd leave at my parents place to play with my nephews when I get back in Picardy (yep, I'm a Picard).

The next step was to build some decent Ork terrain, so I grabbed GWs Ork barricade, some sprue, plasticard and bitz and made this:





It was easily made and fun to build, so I started to think of building something bigger when something popped into my mind:


I had already thought of rebuilding necromunda terrain with plasticard (like dsteingass is doing in his awesome thread:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/399826.page) so it would probably be a good training.

Using my ebaying skills I found some necromunda plastic elements and went to the nearest scale models shop to get as much plasticard as they could sell (that was easy, they're rather poor on plasticard).

After asking for pics and measurements on a french forum I finally had everything I needed to start building the fort last week-end.
Here are the first results so far:





I hope this thread will be useful for all those who are willing to build some classic Ork terrain or to bring Gorkamorka back from the dead.
If anyone needs more detailed info, I'd be glad to help

A la prochaine!
Joe




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Made in se
Repentia Mistress






This is as promising as your avatar is awesome. Which is very. I, also, have been interested in the idea of constructing orky terrain for my ork army but I have never built terraint at all. So I'll happily follow this.

Benny Harvey RIP 
   
Made in fr
Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator





Amiens -France-

Thanks man! Building Ork terrain is a lot funnier than imperial buildings IMO (and easier too ).

The measurements I've been given are divided into sections, each being detailed in order to build the fort clockwise.
For those who are interested, here are the measurements used to build the gate (using metric system and no weird medieval measurement system ) :

-two side pilars 2cm x 2cm x 9cm, each having a 7cm slot centered on one side (which will be the external side) and running from the floor

-the top is 13,5cm x 2cm x 2cm with a 9cm slot centered on two oposite sides (to allow the door to slide within)

-the door is 9cm x 12cm

The Necromunda wall element can be glued, but I prefered to build a removable junction as shown on the pics above. It fite the 7cm slot perfectly.

By the way, I'd be grateful if anyone having the original fort could post pics of it, (these pics are difficult to get on google and I have to work with the info I have and the commercial pic previously posted).

BTW if someone wants to post an equivalence of the measurements in any other system, feel free to do so (I'm totally unable to do it myself)

Cheers!

Joe


 
   
Made in gb
Sneaky Kommando





Interesting project!

I've been working on Orky buildings myself, also for Gorkamorka.

I've been trying to find a quick and easy way to make them out of foam board and papiermache. So far I'm quite pleased with the results.

As for the original fort, I have one but not here in Edinburgh. When I visit my parents either later this month or near Christmas I'll see about getting some measurements for you.

 
   
Made in us
Flashy Flashgitz






Underneath your painting desk

This looks like it'll be a fun ride! I'll follow along, maybe even start some of my own.

Goldakka's Waaagh!!: 5000 pts

Take a look at my hobby progress: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/395637.page



 
   
Made in fr
Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator





Amiens -France-

Thank you guys!

@Fox Box: I really like the classic look of your ork buildings, it reminds me of the 2nd ed days

This project is progressing faster than I expected, and I think I have done a third of the whole building.
An important note at this stage of the project: Everything I've shown until now seems too plain for an ork building: that's normal I'm still in the cutting/test assembling phase of this project, so don't worry, scrap plates, junk piles, glyphs and even a squig-hound doghouse are planned .

Here are the latest pics:
1st floor section:

1st wall section:

mock-up:



I've also cut the 2nd wall and floor sections.
This sections are dscribing a 45° angle with the necromunda wall that ends the 1st section:


I hope I'll be able to make more this evening.

Cheers!

Joe



 
   
Made in fr
Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator





Amiens -France-

Hey there!

I've made a lot of progress this week, and the Gorkamorka fort is on a good way!
I've finished the general building work, and still have to add scrap metal, a watch tower, cover on the 1st floor, a squig doghouse etc...

Here are some pics:





Here's also a pic of the weirdboy I'll soon work on (I have to make a GS sleeve on his left arm)


What do you think?

Joe

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Made in us
Flashy Flashgitz






Underneath your painting desk

I'm loving how this fort is going together! Very nice so far. That wierdboy model is interesting... what is it?

Goldakka's Waaagh!!: 5000 pts

Take a look at my hobby progress: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/395637.page



 
   
Made in fr
Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator





Amiens -France-

Thanks Sentinel.

The weirdboy is an oop weirdboy model from the early 90s. I like the imperial commissar look.

 
   
Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut







Oh Too Cool man!! I can't wait to see more. I totally forgot that GorkaMorka came with that cool fort and Necro Bulkheads. See it is a lot easier to do than it looks isnt it?

"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut





44.328850 / -73.110190

I'll be back, busy at work right now but subbed and looking forward to being part of the conversation. Great work so far!


 Gitsplitta wrote:
That's.... dirt... Skalk. Actual dust. (09/08/2021)
 
   
Made in fr
Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator





Amiens -France-

dsteingass wrote:Oh Too Cool man!! I can't wait to see more. I totally forgot that GorkaMorka came with that cool fort and Necro Bulkheads. See it is a lot easier to do than it looks isnt it?


Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:I'll be back, busy at work right now but subbed and looking forward to being part of the conversation. Great work so far!


Thank you guys.

The main difficulty was to work without a proper visual support. I had measurements, general instructions and 5 pics (commercial pic included). Otherwise, it was an easy job, quickly done. Now that I have built the general shape of the fort, the funny job will start, orkifying the whole stuff.
The walkways are the next step.
Since I don't have textured plasticard for the floors, I'll glue some pieces of the plastic net the shallots are sold in:

and add a plasticard frame with flat rivets on it.
What do you think?


 
   
Made in us
Flashy Flashgitz






Underneath your painting desk

I think the grocery netting will work really well. Don't get all tied up about measurements and such, they are orks after all!

Goldakka's Waaagh!!: 5000 pts

Take a look at my hobby progress: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/395637.page



 
   
Made in gb
Sneaky Kommando






Carmarthen, UK

Don't stress about the measurements. The original fort was a really awkward shape and too big in some places making it rather difficult to use on a 4' x 4' table.

"Inspired by" will probably get better results than "Plasticard version of", if you understand what I mean?

 
   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut





44.328850 / -73.110190

Ok, I'm back!

The core structure looks absolutely perfect and is going to be 100% WIN for the base of your project. You have a lot of options available to you right now, even more so than Necromunda I think becasue (I feel) there has to be some sort of continuity and symmetry. When you get into Outlanders stuff that changes of course, but for the majority of the Underhive there has to be some sensibility to it becasue it was once the center of Imperial society.

I had an idea that I was looking up for you and then it changed a bit and stuck me that I can do this as well.



Self-adhesive drywall tape! Will glue very easily, and look at the squares! Turn them on angle and you have faux diamondplate!

I'm going to try this on my Necromunda stuff at home because it just happens that I finished a drywall project the other day and have tape to spare.

I think it's great that you're doing this project right now, the timing is pretty awesome and the crossref between threads is going to help everyone.





 Gitsplitta wrote:
That's.... dirt... Skalk. Actual dust. (09/08/2021)
 
   
Made in us
Flashy Flashgitz






Underneath your painting desk

Skalk that is an awesome idea! Man, the more I read this thread the more I want to make my own orky fort.

Goldakka's Waaagh!!: 5000 pts

Take a look at my hobby progress: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/395637.page



 
   
Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut







The tape is a great idea!

"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
Made in us
Fresh-Faced New User






That tape is a fantastic idea, thank you for sharing!

   
Made in fr
Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator





Amiens -France-

Thanks for the replies guys!

@Skalk:Thanks for the tape idea! I'll try to go as soon as possible to the local hardware shop








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Here's the first test with grocery plastic net:



What do you think?

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Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut





44.328850 / -73.110190

I think wait to glue it until after you try the drywall tape. The plastic on those mesh bags you are using doesn't stick to hardly anything very well and you might be disappointed. I tried the drywall tape on a few things tonight and wish I had tried it years ago. It is pretty awesome and works great!


 Gitsplitta wrote:
That's.... dirt... Skalk. Actual dust. (09/08/2021)
 
   
Made in us
Lone Wolf Sentinel Pilot





The rarefied atmosphere

really awesome work. what is the thickness of the plasticard that slots into the necro terrain?

The USS Orinoco was a Federation Danube-class runabout that was in service with Starfleet in the late 24th century, attached to Deep Space 9. It was outfitted with a sensor pod.

http://orinoco.imgur.com/ 
   
Made in fr
Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator





Amiens -France-

@Skalk: I'll try to find some drywall tape today, I can't wait to try it.

@Orinoco: The best thickness is 1mm, but 1,25 is fine too.

When building the fort "cabin" I used 0,5 (or 0,75 I'm not sure) and tried succesfully to bend plasticard to a 90° angle without breaking it and without any reinforcements required, using a technique to fold paper and cardboard which is basically pressing the plasticard instead of cutting it, following a line with something pointy but not sharp (I think it's also used in scrapbooking but I don't know much about it)

This way I could build it with a single piece of plasticard. I think it's particularly appropriate to build things like the dome/shaft entrance for necromunda. I'll try to post pics for those who might be interested.




 
   
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Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut







If you have good, heavy pliers (no grippy teef) you can bend it with those too, it works like a miniature metal brake press. I like the mesh idea! There has got to be a way to make that stuff stick, there just HAS to be.

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"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
Made in fr
Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator





Amiens -France-

@Yggs: Sorry, I promise it won't be too hard to follow

@Dsteingass: Pliers? I'll think of that! I'll make a test with PVA glue to stick the net flat on a plasticard surface.

 
   
Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut







Ya, I used my new pliers to bend the plasticard around the center pipe on my latest Necromunda tower. Not 90 degrees, but it works. It would probably work even better with a bit of heat applied.

"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
Made in fr
Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator





Amiens -France-

In fact the technique I've used only works with reasonably thin plasticard (less than 1mm). I'll try the pliers next week, my father must have the right kind in his toolboxes. Is it how you've bent the doors of your tower?

 
   
Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut







Yes sir!


Automatically Appended Next Post:
I think I bought my pliers for $5 or so. remember no grippy teeth! The grippy teeth will leave an imprint in your plastic.

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2011/10/19 13:32:48


"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
 
   
Made in fr
Sadistic Inquisitorial Excruciator





Amiens -France-

dsteingass wrote: remember no grippy teeth! The grippy teeth will leave an imprint in your plastic.


Understood


 
   
Made in us
Longtime Dakkanaut





44.328850 / -73.110190

When I'm bending large pieces of plastic into angles I immerse it in hot water first to slightly soften the plastic. Hot tap water will work fine, I haven't found it necessary to boil water.

I've also found this trick works well for creating "damage" like dents, impacts, etc.

For tight angles, try to keep it in the same form until it completely cools to prevent "springback". Sometimes I will exaggerate the bend a bit so if it "springs back" it will still be closer to the desired shape.



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