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I... actually don't know. Help?

Okay, cool. Any idea what gun you'll be having?

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not yet, this is something I'll think about later

I still haven't found a way to make the front legs of the TRex look nice

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I... actually don't know. Help?

You could sculpt them with GS, but if that's not your strong side, you could just make bionic, metallic legs, sort of like these, but obviously larger.

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Seriously, I'm no sculptor, so the way I see it, I either find some legs that have the good length and sort of the good "pose" on other toys ...
Or I find some bits in my Stompa box or somewhere else in my ork bits that I could use to make metallic legs

My issue right now is that the body of the TRex is clearly that of a bipede, so when I play with photoshop to add a pair of long front legs, it looks awkward ...
See below.

What do you think?

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4 legs Trex: awkward or not?


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I... actually don't know. Help?

Yeah, that does look... creepy. How about making the whole T-Rex armoured up with Plasticard and Stompa Bitz, and try to blend in some mechanichal legs? I think the shape you've got going there would look great with mechanic stuff.


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I googled around a bit, and found this. NO REGRETS!

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Rambo meets Jurassic Park T-Rex and a Terminator and they have a baby kind of thing?

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Necrons

Ghost Ark / Doomsday Ark


I need to stop thinking about my TRex/Squiggoth, so here is an update on my Ghost Ark / Doomsday Ark.
From the beginning, I wanted to magnetize it to be able to switch from one Ark to the other quickly.
It's easy to find people who did such thing, on Dakka, or Youtube.
Here is what I did:

1. I wanted to keep it simple, without the need to move many parts. Therefore, I decided to keep the "ribs" of the Ark always the same way: facing down
Having them facing up looks bad in the Doomsday Ark configuration, with the cannon above the ribs.
However, it looks okay with the warriors heads down in the ribs, or above the ribs.

2. I cleaned the inside of the "spinal column" so it was possible to insert a metallic rod in there.
I use a threaded one, 3/8 of an inch in diameter. I found those at Home Depot, and they fit perfectly.
Just had to cut it the right length, about 4 inches, and sand the edges to have a nice flat surface.

3. Magnets: originally, I thought I would move the "rib cage" up and down, depending on the type of Ark I would use, so I place magnets (3/8 inch in diameter) in the "crescent" part, where the "driver" is seated.
The one at the top will now strengthen the whole rib cage assembly. The one at the bottom will hold the cannon.
At the other extremity, I also placed a magnet on the prow. Again, this was in case I would turn the ribs up/down, which I won't do anymore.

4. You may wonder why the rod in the rib, if I don't turn the ribs up/down anymore.
Well, the rod will help connect the cannon or the warriors.
So, at one end of the cannon, I have a flat 3/8 inch magnet to connect to the "crescent" and two 1/8 by 1/6 magnets at the top of the cannon to connect to the rod, through the "spinal column", which I pierce at that position.
Likewise, I pierced the sides of the spinal column 12 times, and glued a 1/8 by 1/16 magnet to all warriors so they can be connected to the inside rod.

Have a look at the pictures below. I need to finish the painting with a few touches here or there.

Comments are welcome!

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Pieces of the Ark

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Ark assembled with both cannon and a warrior, for the example


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Necrons

Doom Scythe / Night Scythe


Here is my Doom Scythe / Night Scythe.
No magnetizing here, as the cannon or the portal are snug fit under the flyer.

Model is basically done, except for the base.

Comments are welcomed!

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Necrons

Scarabs


This is another unit that I claim as finished (only so few of those!!).

Comments are welcomed!

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Evil Sunz

Dakkajet


This is my first Dakkajet, or is it a FightaBomma?
Not really sure, as I want to be able to field it as any type of Ork flyer

It's a mix of Evil Sunz and Bad Moonz colors, some Ork symbols here and there, and a decent amount of rust!

Comments are welcome!
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Ork Terrain

Here are a few pieces of terrain that I decided to build using some of the sprues I collected over the year.
I started simple: some walls, and sort of a gas depot of some sort, both Orky.

The base decor is made of pieces of foam randomly placed with white glue. On top of that, I used a mix of water/white glue/sand.
I think I first based the whole thing yellow, then I used some Agrax EarthShade. Next will be some lighter color.
The building just got their basecoat of Leadbealcher, a wash of Nuln Oil, and a light brush of RuneFang Steel.

Feel free to comment!

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I... actually don't know. Help?

Dude, how do you post succesive posts without merging them?

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I have no clue
Either because I wait enough time between each post, or because each post is long enough that Dakka does not merge them?
Or just because WAAAAAAAAAGH!!!

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Beautiful necrons! Orks nice, too. Neat terrain.

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Maryland, US

Thanks Waaazag!
I'll try to build some more terrain after getting ideas from your own P&M blog

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Ok, got some GW boxes yesterday that should help me with the Squiggoth conversion: a trukk and another battlewagon.

I have been thinking about other conversions after watching the youtube channel of Brad Hair: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSBvuVe_oJ374hooCag_YLw
Watching his videos, I found out about the Pegasus Hobbies 1/32 scale Terminator Hunter Killer Tank and the Aerial Hunter Killer Machine.
See below for pictures.

Those would be of great use for Ork or Necron conversion.
In fact, I feel like both could be used as is for Necrons, though I'm not sure what the Tank could count as ... Obelisk?? Monolith?? Issue is it does not fit the "pyramid" style ...

However, I think I could make great use of the HK Tank bottom part (the 4 tank tracks) to replace the feet of a Stompa.
And then use the remaining parts as bits for other Ork or Necron models.

What do you guys think?

EDIT: found some measurements for the HK Tank:
"Now the measurements for the model from front tread to rear tread is just short of 12 an a quarter inch.Now the width from front tread cover to front tread cover is 9 inches. Height from bottom tread to the top of the head is roughly 8, and a half inches tall."
This seems a bit large, as is, compared to the Stompa: 9" to top of head 12" to smokestacks 7" wide (bottom of skirt) 7" long (bottom of skirt)

and for the Aerial HK:
"it is roughly 12 inches long and 8 inches wide."
while the Dakkajet is 9" wide, and 9" long

So both would need a little trimming here or there to better fit the GW models, but they seem to be on the good scale.
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Aerial Hunter Killer

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Hunter Killer Tank

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Love the paint scheme in your necrons, I'm always a little chicken about making my own scheme away from the original "box art". Fantastic job. I'm not an Ork-fan really, but love the Kanz and Dakkajet

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Thanks a lot TP^DC!

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Ork

Gargantuan Squiggoth


I thought it's about time I make a post dedicated to progress on the Gargantuan Squiggoth that I'm building.
As you've seen in earlier posts, my original idea was to mix the bodies/heads of a T-Rex and a Triceratops.
However, because (1) the body of the Triceratops is a little bit small and (2) I was afraid of breaking those heavy miniatures, I decided to keep the T-Rex as provided and modify its front legs.
I thought I could just make "copies" of the back legs and put them in the front, but playing with Photoshop revealed it was looking awkward.
I then followed the advice of Matthew and SilverMK2: making bionic legs.

For that, and because I haven't really any experience with sculpting, I used pieces from the 'Orkanaut box.
Here is what I came up with:



And this is the whole beast:


Now, I want to modify the face of the T-Rex so it looks less like the dinosaur and more like a Squiggoth, so I thought about adding a couple of tusks, using the horns from the Triceratops kit.
For now, I use some glue pads to hold them in place.


Once this is decided, I guess the body will be done and I'll start working on the armor panels and the howdah.

Please feel free to post comments and advice!


Update March 23rd:
Still waiting for some feedback on the tusks: keep them or not? move them or not?

In the meantime I've started working on the howdah, using a Battlewagon kit and a Trukk kit:



I intend to have a "pilot" at the front, holding two heavy chains that will go through the holes that are usually used for the deffrolla.
There will be a big gun a the back.
My main concern now is the armor of the beast ... I really have no clue how to work on it: plasticard? Do you think that will look orky enough?

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I... actually don't know. Help?

Oh my Gork, that is beautiful.

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Looking forward to the completed Squiggoth!

Looks great so far mate

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Thanks guys!

What do you think about the tusks?

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Update on the Gargantuan Squiggoth: I started to work on the howdah
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/588540.page#7675675

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Ork

G/M'Orkanaut


I have a couple of G/M'Orkanaut to build, and since I used some legs for the Gargantuan Squiggoth, I had to find an alternative for one of them.
Since I used most of a Battlewagon kit for the howdah of the Squiggoth, I had the tracks left ... putting 2 and 2 together, I got this:






Not sure it appears clearly on the images, but the front "door" slides up/down.
Of course, you have to imagine with the head and the arms, but I wanted to glue them only after I paint them

Talking about arms, here are the claws of Mork and Gork:



And some close ups:




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I... actually don't know. Help?

That looks hilarious.

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Ork

Stompa


The latest piece in my collection is an Ork Stompa!
I've always wanted one, as I really think it exemplifies the Ork culture: a massive structure of metallic panels arranged together to look like some colossal Ork, with a giant gatlin mounted by another enormous gun and multiple rokkit on one side, and a giant choppa/chainsword on the other side, all of this with a giant belly that can contain up to 20 furious Orks!
The kit has so many options and glyphs and goblins to make the Stompa unique, I'm very happy I spent that much $ on it!

Now, I have a couple of critics:
1) the head is definitely too small
2) there should be an access point at the back of the Stompa, but there's only a very tiny door on the kit

Therefore, I decided to:
1) use the big ork face panel that can be put on the Stompa's belly as its head
2) make a larger opening at the back of the Stompa by shifting the base about half an inch lower in the back

Easier to explain with pictures:

This is the head:




This is a view of the profile, so you can see how the head is mounted, as well as the back door:


This is a zoom on the exit doors:


A goblin can fit perfectly in the door but an Ork could fit too, if I remove the base.

Comments?

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Ork

Gargantuan Squiggoth



Progress on the armor plates, especially around the neck of the beast

I got my inspiration from the official squiggoth for these plates, and use thin plasticard to be able to give them the proper shape:




As you can see, I also added some large armor panels on the side of the howdah, using the front door of the Orkanaut kit, and I changed the orientation of the howdah (back & front).

I then added details to the panels, to make them look more orky:




The 3 panels at the front of the neck are glued together, and the 2 at the base of the neck too, but I haven't glued them all together yet.
In fact, I first want to have the whole face done, and I'm still not decided on the tusks.
So here is a little test I made, without the howdah:






I used pieces from a BattleWagon and an Orkanaut there.

Comments are very much appreciated!

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I... actually don't know. Help?

Oh wow, that is awesome. Love those rivets!

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