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Like everything else made by Orks, crude fences, bunkers, and foxholes are created to "Kepp da boyz alive fo' moor killin" what I want to know is how to make these myself to use in later games. I've seen broken popscicle stick fences among other things. I want to know how to bulid high quality Ork terrain like Mek workshops or cages that will hold enslaved tyranid beasts to be used in war (part of my fluff)
If anyone has info please, I'm just dying to know

I'm in the process of making an Ork "Fuel refinery" from a few La-Choy chow mien noodle cans,some plasticard and some tubes (various sizes) and other odds and ends (sprue supports,spare bitz ,,,etc)

I've also made a few ork buldings from plasticard and sprue supports as well.

the thing with Ork structures is that no matter how run down and dilapedated they look....they still work.

I would suggest getting some 5 mm foam board and some plasticard, especially ones with a variety of textures, also get some wood strips of varying sizes. You can just make rag tad looking ork buildings, this is something i've been working on, it's collecting dust though right now since I've got other things in the making. Foam board is very easy to work with, easy to cut up with a standard modelling knife, the plasticard is also easy to cut with knives or even scissors if it's thin boards. With orkz just.

Go to a hobby store which specialises in model railways, you will find a lot of stuff to use for terrain, cheap stuff too. Get some pipe cleaning sanding strips (any diy store) as they make good mesh, also look for fine mesh too since that is also really handy for making crude terrain. You can also get some tube plasticard and cut them up and stick them to flat sheets of anything to make them look like bolts. Or model railway track pins if you want an even better looking bolt.

Yarrick's pic is a nice, simple example of the orky aesthetic. Just like their vehicles, ork terrain should look haphazardly cobbled together, but with a clear function in mind. Crude plating, shoddy reinforcements, jagged crenelations, and numerous glyph plates are always safe bets.

As for materials, foamboard/foamcore is great for blocking out your basic structures, and cardboard and/or plasticard will be invaluable for adding details. Other materials that I've found useful, which can be bought cheaply or scrounged: wire, plastic/wire mesh, popsicle sticks, toothpicks, corrugated cardboard (carefully tear off one side and you've got yourself passable corrugated metal), cardboard/steel cans and tins, disposable chopsticks (cheap to buy packs, free to grab a few extra if you eat out ), pen parts (tubes, springs, etc.), sprue bits (ground up for rubble or left in short lengths for the odd brace) and plastic gears and gubbins from old electronics, to name a few.

When constructing larger structures, it helps to plan the structure somewhat lopsided. The more unbalanced and precarious the projections, the better. If the materials can support the shape of the model, itself, chances are a mek could and would build it. If you want to make enough to cover a table, I'd suggest you start small - a few barricades, a small building or two - to give yourself a chance to feel around the aesthetic and practice construction techniques. Once you're a little more confident and you've built up your building supplies a bit more, start tackling the big, characterful projects like the mek's workshop and the holding pens.

And learn to paint fake rust. Then you can loot just about anything, paint it up as a pile of rusty metal, and it will look orky