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ive been asked to start a blog, i've never done anything like this before in my life.

i would love any tips on any part of my models, but please understand i have never played 40k, and i know im not a good painter.

this is one of many scratch built vehicles i have, every thing is made from plastic card apart from the tracks and wheels,

























For Thor665 -there is a hole in the model where the fuel tank is and the back of the rockets are, thats where i put a bar to attach the wings, i use plastic tubes, but if i was going to do it again, then i would of used brass, place a large one in the hole, so that a smaller one can slide into it, make it a snug fit, this all so help with painting, you can still remove the wings, once painted, then glue in place.

also another tip, i love DeffKopptas as a model with loads of conversion aspect's, the model it self is well bad, so when i use one, i try to use all the bit that i take off it, as my bit box is not very big. when you come to make the rotor blades, trim off the ends, so it does look like it will lands and not F**k up the blades on landing, coz there are loads of models out there that look awful and a small touch like that makes all the difference.









This Looted wagon is one of my fav's, i love the Iraq Style Bar Armour, all made from plastic card, it touch some time making, but i think looks the bizz, the twin DakkaDakka's on top and ment to be Heavy, like the heavy bolter that comes with the model, this was made from scratch to. love it.

Fantastic stuff love it!

Thats some really ncie stuff you got there! I've seen the battlewagon in the gallery earlier and was amazed then: the rest of the stuff is just sugar

I'm a huge fan of making the deffcopta into a prop plane as I've toyed with trying to do a biplane before - any advice with how you did your build of it? What worked well, what didn't?

Some fantastic stuff in here. I really like your landship/battlewagon.

Thor665, you answer is on my blog, feel free to ask more, i'm here to help


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here's another Looted Wagon/Tank hahaha

A truly orky vehicle

i wanted to make a tank, but had no wheels or tracks left and GW has stopped making them, so i went with a looted style vehicle and made it from a rhino, i thought it went well, there are some things i might chance next time i make this, we will have to see.

Who told you your not a good painter? Your an excellent painter/ designer/ scratch builder/ Converter/ Genius Big Mek

Thanks Optio

Amazing work!

"Im not a good painter"...

Riiiigggghhhhttttt.....
Excellent work

Wow. This is truly some of the most amazing, inspirational scratch built stuff I have ever seen. And that should mean a lot, because like any inspiration-hungry mek out there I have spent hours scouring the internetz for scratchbuilds...

I am definitely subbed for more. Your painting is fantastic too. And, I really like your homemade big shootas- would you consider selling some?

i made this yesterday and today, just need to paint it now. some times i think why hasn't GW upgraded the Buggy they do, but when i make stuff like this, i think can they do better ?

Absolutely brilliant builds all around.

I'm going to say it, you are the best ork painter\builder in the game. All hail Wazzoo 2000!!!

...Of course it just my opinion, but if anyone else comes close post it.

thanks for all the nice come backs guys, my head is super big now hahaha

here is my Zapper, i copyed this from a model i saw on here, hope you like. i still need to finish this off, the driver and gunner need painting and the hole thing needs touching up.

Now look at that! I browse the blog page, find an intersting title, go there...... and find these awesome conversions i have already seen in the gallery a few days before. Looking at the creators' profile page a few days ago, I discovered that he has not yet started a blog. I pm him and tell him to start one, but then i forget about it because im visiting denmark with my family.
Now i get bored, start dakka, and find this blog! what a coincidence!

Really awesome models here, im sure gonna copy some of these ideas!

I LOVE that looted Russ. Although in the truest sense you can never have enough, but I believe it's Dakka is... adequate.

hahaha thanks mate, i did take your advice and start one, i forgot to PM you and tell you, but hay, your here now, and feel free to copy away, just make sure you show me your results.


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here is my Jet fighter, the launcher is magnetised and fits on a GW truck, i will post when i stick the wheels back on it and paint it.

Everything I have seen is pure gold!

Looking at my recent attempt at scartch building and painting though, I've come to the medical conclusion that your almost annoyingly modest!
Mind, better that than the otherway round

Wow some flippin' amazing things in the blog. Honestly I don't think i've seen many conversion better done.

I'm always on the hunt for converting materials and the like. Could you let me know where you get your textured plasti-card from? Please

i get ALL my plastic card and plastic tubs from my local model train shop in York, but i've also got some from a Flying model shop in Leeds, i dont like buying it Online, as i like to see the stuff befor i buy it, like some of the card, the really thin stuff to the thick stuff, i like to see what i'm working with.

just google "model shops in ......................." (you Local town) and i bet you get about 4 or 5 you had no clue were there, then ring them and ask if they sell it, then bob's your uncle, your working with plastic card you wanted all along.

I actually do have an uncle named Bob. Funny how that works.

Anyway, sheesh, you leave wazzoo for a few hours and here he goes and posts a bunch more finished masterpieces....

Awesome work.

My only question is, are you casting those trukk wheels yourself or getting them from someone?

Cause I wants cheap trukk wheels.

So much converted orky awesoness. I especially love those aircrafts

too Matphat - the GW ork truck is a very good kit, loads of stuff on it to use in conversion and scratch building, so i there for do not encourage anyone yo copy GW stuff, as they get very funny about it, yeh you can buy them on ebay, but for the price they sell them for its not worth it.

i got a casting and moulding kit on Monday, just to give it a try, lets put it this way, eBay no longer has my business when it come to wheels, but ill always get my Deffkopta's from there, rule of thumb is never pay more than £3.50 inc postage for them and ill never run out of wheels again.

Absolute beautyful and perfect models! The painted ones are looking better than the original forge world stuff.

Really good scratchbuilds, Do you generally have a plan before you start because it looks like you do a lot of pre-measuring and cutting of the plasticard before assembling the basic framework for your designs, Very rarely see so much precision in orky builds.

i never plan anything, i see some thing i build it, i like some thing i built it. its all in my head, i can sort of see the finished model in my head and then that's my goals, some times i base my models on real vehicles, so that makes it easy for me to make them, but other than that, its all in my head.