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Oh no don't do that. The megatron reference didn't register a first, but now I see why you want to keep the head.

But with his long legs and finishing school posture he already looks quite human. If you make the chest smaller your going to lose the orkiness.

Have you thought of etching the perspex tube? You can get a very cool effect with light on etched perspex. I don't know where your light is but I assume its in the saucer, if you block of the saucer end of the tube so the light is shining though the actual perspex only (and not down the inside of the tube) any etchings come out very bright.

Some examples.

http://www.donnaseagergallery.com/art_of_the_book/artists/Vince_Koloski/Images/haikujourneysopen_400.jpg
http://www.artfutures.org.uk/uploadedfiles/images/110_flag.jpg

Rings/bands of light light would look very cool.

I think if I posted the picture of Galvatron from the Heart of Darkness series of comics, people would see exactly what I modeled him after.

The deal with the light is that the LEDs will be in the base, and they will shine up from under the tube.The engraving does seem interesting, the only thing I need to figure out is how to do it without ruining the tube. Wonder if there is a specific tool I need to use in order to do it. (Time to research) Thank you for the ideas, and what you said about the squig going up the tube as if being abducted, I had planned on doing that. I need to get a good squig model that looks like it's up in the air. Think I will go with green LEDs, gonna order them soon, as well as the wires, resistors, and battery. Not that I know what I'm doing, but I iz brainy.

Maybe try some springy wire, bent so you can stick it on the end of a rod (nail or something) and fit it in the tube. Put it on a drill, and presto! Rings!

Soooooooo, yeah I've been very slack as of late. I apologize to everyone who read my posts. I have recent;y started back on painting my orks. Gorkatron was knocked over by my daughter and broke. That kinda caused me to go into a slump of "why bother" But I finished 2 snakebite boyz and a Goff boy and a Nob. Not sure if I shared this or not but I plan on doing my Waaaagh as a mix of clans depending on squads. Bikers are evil sunz, and choppa boys are Goffs. Basically like it said in the book that clans will put differences aside when a Waaagh is called and they muster all they can to go to war. Anyway, I haven't taken any pictures, but as soon as I can I will. Hopefully people still care enough to check by and see what I've done.

Glad to have you back.

And now, I can't find my camera. Lamesauce. Well I guess I just have to keep on looking.

Camera found. Pictures uploading. Sleep needed.




Here are some images. When I wake up, I will think of something clever to say about stuff.



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Oh, wanted to ask the Dakka crowd, if anyone still reads this other than schank, does anyone know anything to strip super glue off a model? I have Simple Clean, which will take all the paint off down to the plastic, but what about super glue? I really wanted to redo the pose on Gorkatron. I think he needs more of a stalking pose rather than the regal pose that I have him in. Hate to have to try and pry the limbs apart and end up ruining the whole thing. That is a lot of money down the drain if I ruin it. Please someone, can you help?

Uncure should work. Just alittle on the joints and let it sit for a bit. Makes the super glue brittle. If you dont mind stipping the paint job and all. Super Clean will take everything off. But you will have to start from scratch.

Like schank said, uncure would work perfectly. But to make it look good you's have to strip the model down to bare plastic again.

Nice masks and arm-band/tattoo painting. The snake on the nobs arm is quite excellent.

I usually just pry the bits apart... but if that doesn't work it's a simple green bath and no more paint job.

masky mobs masks are truly mastered in there maskyness

(nice masks)

Thank you. Yeah I am planning on sticking Gorkatron in a vat of simple clean all the up to the leg joints. I am going to find a way to get the legs off and the arms off and reposition him to more of a stalking across the field "here I come" kind of pose. Now, I run into another challenge. A guy at the local hobby shop asked me if I could convert this
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into something Orky. Any thoughts you might have would be appreciated. I never back down from a challenge, and enjoy distorting reality to my will. Let me know what you think.

Squig. Face-eater variant, I'd say.

This thing is as big as a deff dred, problem is I already have 3. Really don't want another one. Wish there was some way to make it into a vehicle. If only I could take a Squiggoth in regular games. I would make a robo kitteh squiggoth and transport a squad of cyber grots, just to get a rise out of people.

Really big Squig? After all, who knows what really dwells in the Drops...


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And I thought it was only to be Orkified, not made into a game piece.

Baby Squiggoth! Use it as a living buggy. Or a Cyboar for a warboss.

I think you should definitely try to get as big a rise out of people as possible, with this conversion. Other wise, why convert such an item... (save for the previously mentioned challenge)

Could be a Idol of Mork (or is it Gork?), also. More of an objective then, though.

An orkhound???

The Good Green wrote:Baby Squiggoth! Use it as a living buggy

This would be cool

See for me, the pose of that things looks more Tyranid than Ork, and it looks like a Biovore/Pyrovore specifically. I think you should build it as such and give it an Ork rider. Thus, Orky looted wagon!!!

Sooooo, yeah it's been way to long since I did any real work on my orks. Playing "Space Marine" on the xbox360 will do that to you. Well here we go. I took Gorkatron (see previous posts or my gallery to see his horrible pose before) had been soaked in Simple Clean for about 48 hours. I then removed him and ripped him apart. He has been reconverted, reconstructed, and possibly reconstituted? I love the new pose and think that once he is fully painted, and has the rockin smoke effect coming out of his steam vents to give him that forward motion look, he will really knock your socks right the off your feet.

I hope you all enjoy the pics. I will really try to start working more on my armies. My dark eldar are going to be a very slow moving process, but the orks are still the army for me. As always your questions, comments, concerns, and criticism are welcome. Feels good to be back and posting. Hopefully now that my entire family's birthdays are out of the way (all 3 of us in the same week!) I can get back into it. Oh, yeah and I also got a new Battlewagon, and a Citadel Finecast version of Zaggstuk. Can't wait to get crackin on that.

wow, seriously cool pose going on there. Really like the left leg as well btw

That is awesome!!

Thanks for all the comments guys. Feels great to be back and working on something. Yeah, took a good bit of cutting and pinning to get the legs repositioned. Games Workshop didn't make the dreadknight kit easy to convert I'll tell you that much.

Frawg wrote:Thanks for all the comments guys. Feels great to be back and working on something. Yeah, took a good bit of cutting and pinning to get the legs repositioned. Games Workshop didn't make the dreadknight kit easy to convert I'll tell you that much.

Yeah it says on the box, something like 1000 poses???? jokers!

Soooooo, over on this front I have a few new pictures to post. Got a little bonus money from work and decided to splurge on myself for once and get me a box of sumfin. Picked up a unit of fantasy boar boys, which will be made into Cyboar boyz. I realized there wasn't enough snakebites in my snakebite army. I think the nob kind of sums up how the unit will look. Still working on him, and having a hell of a tough time with his PK. I am out of them, not gonna pay 10$ to bit order one, and am at a loss for scrap building something. Anyway, here he is:


You know the routine about posting. Do it as you see fit. And Schank, I swear to Gork (or is it Mork) I'll get you that damn Nob in the mail tomorrow.

Awesome. I love where you are going with this. Glad to see back in on your orks.

Yeah, I think my dark eldar are easier to work on because I'm not doing any conversions on them, so all I have to do is assemble and paint. But I love my orks and plan on building my army up as much as I can.

Powa Tusks. That is all.

I actually came up with a powa klaw, and a dakka gun for him. all conversion work is done. Painting is in progress. I will finish him tomorrow and then post pics. And Schank your snakebite Nob is in the mail, as well as an added bonus for your Brazen Klaws. "Waaaghboss Madgob sent you sumfink. He finks you can use it better den we can."

So, the Nob of my cyboar squad is finished. 2 days to complete. I honestly think I spent more time trying to figure out how to do the power klaw than anything else on the model. I am please with the overall look of the model. Although I think the snakebite symbol on the right shoulder could be better. Can't wait to field a squad of ten of these. Going to buy a box of the savage boar boys with the next paycheck and finish the other 5 of the squad. So much cheaper than buying 3 bikes at 45$ per box. Anyway, here are some pictures, you know the routine on comments. Enjoy.