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I think you should consider sentry legs.

I think sentry legs are what you want.

Look deep into yourself.....Open your mind.....

Bend to my influence....

Tell me what in the hells 'Baba Yaga Mini' means....

What can I say? *Way* more paint in this blog than mine. And looking great too!

Sageheart - Thanks man!

Hadouken - Nearly had me there - until I looked deep into myself - that freaked me out a bit and woke me from your cunning spell Baba Yaga is a Russian witch who roamed around in a cottage with giant chicken legs

Arakasi - Don't I recall at least one unit of boyz from early in your blog? I only have 1 finished unit - the deff-dread. Plus 8 assorted grots, 1 tankbusta, 3 boys and a painboy. Can't even say the rest are all base coated as they nearly all have several areas of black primer showing Oh, and 1 completed servo-skull, although tbh that hasn't actually been varnished yet. I have this terrible habit of getting to around the 80% finished mark and then spying some shiny bit of plastic that needs turning into something else..

Ahh yes, I thought it rang a bell. There was the thing with the mirror and the comb and the other thing. And the girl. Named Sasha, IIRC. Also, my spells tend to break once someone realises they're looking inside themselves and starts wondering how their eyes managed to twist that far backwards. But they usually faint. The power is strong in this one.

That's the one - although I can't recall the girl's name, and that would probably change depending on which version, which translation etc. etc.

So a little bit of work done, not much as I was kinda flitting between the workroom and browsing through Dakka. I've discovered Dakka is just as good at causing procrastination as inspiration, actually probably better Although if anyone asks I'll maintain that it was just too cold in the workroom to stay there - winter comes early when you live on the water as you have a huge heat sink a foot or so below your feet .


Just need to finalise weapons really - rather than magnetise this one I've gone for plastic tubing attached to the body and smaller tubing attached to weapons. What I'm still ruminating on is whether to have a single grot working a console behind the pilot or as an actual gunner - or even two gunners.


And then there's the eternal question of the buzzsaw..

I like the idea of mounting it on the side but not sure if that makes the kopta a little long and unwieldy, although obviously unwieldy isn't always a bad thing with orks Will almost definitely be going for a horizontal blade if it's arm mounted as the vertical just didn't look good at all. Looks a bit neater (I know, I know, not quite the right word to use around orky-tek) on the sentinel's blade mount but that leaves the issue of what to do with the side mount then - unless I go for one servo-grot gunner and the other weapon mounted on the side? Hmm, might have to mock up that version too. Quite like the 2 blades mounted underneath but they seem a little small for this particular body. Also contemplating a windshield or similar in front of the pilot.


And a quick concept shot for a small 'kopta, possibly a bionikopta

No worries about where the buzz-saw goes on this one Used to be the ride for one of my dark eldar - haemonculus I think, haven't looked at the codex for so long I can't recall who it was or what the ride was called now.

Buzzsaw 1 or 2 I like best, as it just kinda... works. Sides, less figurin out for the mekboy how to halfway reasonably connect power point A to power weapon B. Now, I'll be first to admit orks have quite the tendency to go around their elbows to get to their heads (not sure if that's the right wording of that analogy), but that doesn't always have to override simplicity unless you decide it's just good time to have the buzzsaw swinging randomly from the port, hanging on only by some wires (not a bad idea, actually)

Loving it! I prefer the first buzzsaw too, and agree the one with two small buzzsaws looks a bit weedy. If you prefer this though - just make the saws bigger (encase them a little in the front if they look too big - probably look better that way too...) Does this mean I need to strike Landspeeder style Deffkopta off my list?

Hey,

I think two grots. One for each gun. As for the buzz saw....the first one. The idea is just so preposterous that an Ork mech would love it and come up with it.

They are looking good with paint on too. I like the vyper body colours as they are. I've always thought that wraithbone would be the same colour all the way through (you just sing to it in a certain way and it grows orange for example). So maybe some dirt on top but not chipped with metal underneath. Maybe some oily streaks on top or where the eldar tech meets the ork tech? Have you used Vallejo - Model Colour - Smoke? It is great for the oily look.

Cheers

Peter (one of those people who insists painting is part of the hobby )

I vote for 2 gunners

I'm gonna cast my vote for two gunners. The more grots the merrier, I say.
I think if you turned the first buzzsaw blade sideways... vertical at any rate, it would look more appropriate for digging into tanks. I like the round saw horizontal, too though. Still a tough call, I'd say.
The Bionikopta is cool. No question about the buzzsaw there.

First time I have looked at this thread and there is some crazy cool stuff here.

You have got one nutty bad dok on the pay roll dont ya.

As the book says...

"Bad Doks never ask for payment but the price for seeking them out is high."

I think the top two buzzsaws ruin the orky zen sorta thing you have going. Orks are meant to be ridiculous, but ork models still needs to be somewhat symmetrical and have a balance and even distribution of pieces. I think that either of the top two would ruin the model. That said, the third option is still a bit weedy, albeit better placed.
So.
Maybe if you beefed up the Lego chainsaws a bit, or changed them altogether other than placement.

Also, I think you should do something wild with the grot. Could he not contol both guns? Through some bionic attatchment? Now I have this Image in my head of a grot in one of the battlewagon/tank/vehicle 'hatch thingoes' with a machine gun barrel sticking out of his mouth and an ammunition feed going fom his neck to his shoulders and out through his hands into slots in the Kopta. Maybe the guns could be automated and you could have the grot sitting on that oil barrel with a (I want to say auspex but I know that's not right.).

Or whatever.

Lord Kaesar - I like the idea of a buzzsaw just hanging from some wires, probably not on this one but idea is stored away - thanks. Actually that's just reminded me of a time when I was back with my folks and heard a chainsaw going out the back somewhere early on a Sunday morning - obviously not the best time to hear that - and when I eventually looked out my window to see what was going on there was a chainsaw hanging in a tree a few gardens down. Just a bit of rope tied to a branch and the 'saw, the guy was down below doing something else with the 'saw just buzzing away. Hmm, pointless story, sorry.

Arakasi - Thanking you! The 2 buzzsaws is off the list. And no, I still expect to see a landspeeder 'kopta from you sometime (after the swap stuff and the twins for yourself obviously ). How could 'da Dark Angelz' not have a Deffwing Deffkopta looted from the humie Deathwing after all?

PDH - Keep meaning to try some of the Vallejo paints, but never seem to get round to it. I generally use a mix of inks and Johnson's Klear varnish for oil-type effects, but need to expand my repertoire a bit. Thought it was going to be wraithbone - think what I might try is just lighter colours where the wraithbone's been damaged, then a bit of oil and stuff. Think you may have a wait for some more of the p-stuff though, kind of feeling a few modelling ideas coming through at the moment - and they're probably going to be slow coming, hectic few weeks at work coming up.

Rose - vote noted

GG - ditto Yeah I thought that one would look OK vertical, but something was a bit off when I tried it - going to model the actual connection so it looks like it rotates and probably put the saw just off of horizontal.

Stump - Thanks, and welcome to the surjary If youse takes a numba da dok will sees ya soona dan ya finks...Hurr,hurr.

Hadouken - 'GrotSnot, da anasfetik pleeze, we'll show him whos ridikulus' Wow, didn't realise I had an orky-zen thing going, thanks man. I feel there should be a certain sense of asymmetry going on with Orks, but yeah, I hear what you're saying. One of the choices was to have the grot controlling both from a central console type thing, hadn't thought about perching him on the barrel though, although spookily enough I did 'sketch' one out at work today doing just that for the multi-grot bike idea initiated by crimsonmicc! And 'da ammo-feeda' servo grot has also been filed away in da dok's planning place.



Thanks for the feedback guys, the 'final' (who am I kidding ) decision is a bit of a mix - always good for Orkses says I. Think it's going to be the second buzzsaw, with the balance helped out a bit by removing the gun mount on that side (luckily enough that one is only blu-tacked in place not glued like the other side) and having the left hand mount carry a twin-linked weapon. This also means if I want a KMB on ther I dont have an empty mount. The servo grot is going to be at a central console type thing behind the cockpit with a bio-mekanikal link to the weapon mount. Or at least that's the plan today And can anyone tell me why I keep making swappable models when I don't even play anymore


OK, update time, short but hopefully sweet - the cyboars: (riders are dummies to show placement and overall composition)


Had to change the gun-mount idea here as I came up with a cunning plan for the transition between boar and engine, and once it was in place and I was happy with it realised I couldn't go with my original idea. However I like this better anyway so all good there Still needs ammo-drums attached and bit of tidying up on the swivel point and a bit of work around the head and the join 'twixt cy- and -boar.


Took a while to find the right bits for the weapon mounts here, but very pleased with what I ended up with - the guns swivel at the moment but I have plans for ammo-feeds ( figured i'd better put them in after you put them in your Scorpion class 'kopta Arakasi ). They're not in place as I'll probably do the P-thing first and they're a bit fiddly to hold in position with blu-tac - a bit fiddly testing the fit to be fair Although I only tested one, can't find the bit I want for the other at the moment..

Kept getting distracted by more cy-boar and bike thoughts as I was working on these, so a few more soon possibly, need to get some of the older boar kits for some I think. Also need to get a load more snotlings/grots/goblins as I can't get some of the poses I want for the bike idea without a lot of sculpting using the ones I have, and my GS-fu really isn't up to decent anatomy yet.

As always, thanks for looking.

See what I mean about orky zen? You sub-consciously (or maybe purposefully) attached the top gun up so it was lined up straight down the centre, and the side-guns are both similar in silhoutte, are an even distance from the boar and with similar swivel-joints. The hinds of the boars are near-symmetrical also. And yet you have maintained the perfect orky look and the pure, primal awesomeness which radiates from these boars is ridiculous. I think I foresee a trade of some sort in the future.....

love the cyborgs

I think you just convinced me to buy a box of the new boar boyz. I love the bionic eye you've got started on the boar.

I'm looking forward to seeing how that saw looks.

Poor things... thats some abused boars!

Look great tho!

monkeytroll wrote:... And no, I still expect to see a landspeeder 'kopta from you sometime (after the swap stuff and the twins for yourself obviously ). How could 'da Dark Angelz' not have a Deffwing Deffkopta looted from the humie Deathwing after all?

Because it would be a Rav'nwing Deffkopta looted from the humie Ravenwing after all Sadly, someone suggested a Warboss Biker/Landpseeder a la Sammael conversion which may just have to override the Deffkopta idea... (who am I kidding? In addition too...)

monkeytroll wrote:... the guns swivel at the moment but I have plans for ammo-feeds ( figured i'd better put them in after you put them in your Scorpion class 'kopta Arakasi ).

Yes you better!

Looking good! I have the new boar boyz myself, though no plans for "warbikers" from them... I'm also waiting on a FW order of Grot assistants myself to add to my grot bodies for conversion purposes... But still - the only way to improve your GS-fu is practice practice practice! Keep up the good work.

Looking good! I believe the boars will make splendid bikers; will you be adding handlebars or reins? Handlebars coming out of the boar's ears would be fun

Spiders. Why? They just have too many legs for one creature.
Bit of a non-sequitur I realise but just had the bejusus scared out of me as one seemed to just materialise on my keyboard whilst i was typing. Some damn chaos manifestation I'm sure of it.

Hadouken - Ohh definitely on purpose in this case As we're dealing with creatures here there's a limit to how lobsided things can get, with the purely mechanical creations there's more room for manoeuvre. Although it is asymmetry I'm after not imbalance, and there are some definite asymmetrical plans in the file As for 'the pure, primal awesomeness which radiates from these boars' all I can say is wow, thank you, that's far higher praise than I was expecting man. And moving on to the trade, I'm guessing that's not the very near future you're forseeing... I'll be up for it but my speed and the fact that as I type I can see 5 unfinished, no, make that 6 unfinished objectives and I know there's at least one more on my work table, well don't expect anything in a hurry But, yeah tradings cool, I know Arakasi will agree and I really enjoyed doing the 'rheen for porkuslimes Deathwatch, working for someone else helps you up your game a bit. I hereby encourage all reading this to go cast there eyes on such threads as these:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/305404.page

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/311282.page

Sageheart - Thanks man!

GG - Thanks, sorry for making you want to spend money, peeps keep doing it to me though

Tortured-Robot - Thank you. Well it's possible they were injured boars that Upzag and Grimsnik decided to help out.



Possible, but not very likely

Arakasi - D'oh. Blame a bad wiring job on the new rekognishun cirkits the Dok just installed. I'm pretty sure there'll be plenty of GS practice in this project, but I'm also aware that if I start by trying to create some of the stuff on the grots I'll end up with arms that look like twigs. I could try to use bioniks for everything I want to change but want a bit of flesh in there. Hmm, actually hadn't really thought through some of the comedical aspects of using bioniks for some of the stuff...Heehee, oh sorry..Hurr hurr.

CK - Thank you. Possibly reins on the one with side-dakka, that depends on what i decide to do with the driver. there will be reins and handlebars on future editions - had considered handlebars in place of ears, but actually coming out of the ears - love it, that will be coming, thanks


edted for spelling

Chopping away at some more boars at the moment, not really worth showing any progress just yet though. Been messing with a krootox body for another bike too, figure there may be a few squig-bikes as well as the cyboars. Although a boars head looks ok with the krootox body so may just be another boar that the dok got his klaws on a while before it got cyberised. As I have nothing much to show thought I might throw up a few of my doodles - not pretty as they get done over lunch on those occasions when I have nothing to read with me, really just concepts I might forget as I can't put any plastic together at work



And I've not blanked out the numbers as we moved premises to another county beginning of the year and these are old pads

I'm glad you can draw better than me.

I like the ork with propellor-hand and machine-dun feet. I also like the grots.

People Say orks will take over the world others say robots will. No body said anything about Cyborks.




Great job on the conversions

Hadouken - The prop-handed ork became the first bionikopta, although that's not to say he won't get used again, Upzag and Grimsnik do love to re-cycle, it's very green after all (sorry, couldn't resist that one )
The grots are my take on bomb-squigs for the tankbusta's - well, probably, unless I come up with some squiggy ideas

Lighting Frog - Thank you. The fact is those who do say anything about Cyborks tend to wake up in 'da surjary' with a host of different body parts to those they had earlier


So, a few more cyboars have been spotted roaming around behind 'da surjary' - lots of fun was had with cutting fingers, supergluing fingers (managed to do each hand once), supergluing plasters to fingers, etc


Old lead boar who has been floating around the dok's place for a while waiting for a set of wheels to replace the back legs he lost in a horrific clipper accident Decided he only needed one wheel so underwent a radical rear-ectomy using clippers - really must replace my razor-saw sometime. Like all the current batch weapon mounts will be decided after some riders have had what little common sense they had knocked out of them by the dok, although this boars still a bit dopey after his anesfetik and is plodding along quite sedately




This one however is a bit more awake, and probably a bit peeved that no decent front feet have been found for him yet. Also needs claws put back into place on one rear foot, a bit of gs to tidy up the joints, and the head's only tacked in place for now, haven't made a final decision on how that's going to turn out - may wait till a volunteer to ride him's been found, as that may determine whether he gets handlebars/reins/some other control system.





This guy was one where a bit of planning would have been an idea First thing done was front wheel. After that I realised I hadn't fully test fitted and putting the head in meant the upper jaw was brushing the wheel. Swapped the head for one from the older boars with a bit of chopping arond the neck area - lot of GS work to be done around there. Then noticed I hadn't put the suspension in. Had a couple of attempts at wrapping it with everrything in situ - fairly obviously that didn't work so had to remove the wheel and put the wire in place. Putting the wheel back I noticed the suspension pushed the forks out a bit from the wheel, so had to add another section to the hubs. Good times Back wheel went through a couple of phases - was going to be a track-unit, but decided the plasticard track I built was a bit small for this guy. Was a trike for a few hours (onlt tacked in place while I did some other stuff) then decided it would be the bike-boar and was about to chop up the rear end to fit a medium orky wheel there when I spotted a marine bike and chopped that instead. Had a few attempts at the plating around the jet before this version, although I'm now thinking I should really have waited till I knew what the weapon mount will be...




And finally for now this fairly placid fella will get one of the bike dakka mounts, but will probably get a head from the new boars - or most of a head anyway

Thanks for looking

edit: And I know I should be out doing something other than playing NeverWinterNights and messing with toy soldiers on a Saturday night, but as I have a sore throat I'm staying in drinking hot lemon and honey and eating Green & Black's ice cream

Fantastic work! Have you thought of giving some of them scopes for eyes? And I must say that this is one of my favorite threads, so much creativity...

The one wiith the four mechanical legs, have you thought of putting a gun barrel coming out of his mouth?

Cool new cyboars. I essentially love the tracked cyboar, just inching along. The body fits so nicely with the bike seat, too.

The boars are really nice. The one rearing up is my favourite.

Thanks for showing off your cool stuff.

Peter

Cheers guys, I'll answer properly at a later date, posting from work at the moment, having a few issues with internet and other stuff at the moment. Probably won't get to update for a week or so.

GWARRR!!! UPDATE!!!
Hahaha....I'm finished now.