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this is my Ork War buggy / truck Tutorial, I've tried to keep it simple for all you big kids out there, you should be able to follow this no probs, if you can't you need a new hoby

the first pick is my tools as always, you need good glue too, NOT GW GLUE, there are some very good glues out there, i use Humbrol poly cement, it comes out of a needle point almost, it rocks

Next you will need a GW Deffkopta, buy them from eBay, don't pay more than £3.50p for them, thats postage too, this guys is where i get all my stuff from http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/the-bitz-store/?_trksid=p4340.l2559, make sure your Deffkopta is not built or stuck together, it makes life a whole lot easier.

you will need to cut the model up like ive shown with the red lines.

all the bits left put in your bit box, you never know when you need some crap for your basing.

next are the wheels, you can get these from eBay, more a GW model or mould your own, up to up, i'm not here to wipe your ass.
i made some discs, this is just to give me some support at the back of the wheels, this is made from normal plastic card

i then made the bars that the wheels go on, you wont really see this as it will be under the vehicel, and i normally cover it in mud anyway.

sit the Deffkopta on the bar to give you an idea what its going to look like, at this point you can still change things if it looks crap, so dont glue, anyway its not going there.

now we build up the front of the Deffkopta, mate it look abit like this, it dosn't have to look great as a Ork skull symbol will be stuck on it, ive put a big tube cut in half there to, this is there to give it more strength when i stick it to the wheel bar.

this picture shows what the wheel bars look like, i sit them on my table and moved them around till i like the size, then i make the bars marked with the red line, these are like girder's, i got them from a model train shop, you can buy big and small, as i said before, this is the underside, and wont be see, but do what i've done if only for the strength of the model.
the big red arrows are showing some supports that are there for mud guards that i was going to put in later, but i didn't.

now sticking time, stick the front down, well easy, the back is different, you will need to make up some sort of support like i have, stick the model down first, then build up around it and make sure it straight, then leave to dry, 2 hours or so, MAKE SURE IT STRAIGHT.

once dry, i then build up the strength of the model, putting more beams in, plus it looks good

and again here, dont go over board with them, too many may look silly.

this is a good time to fill in any hole that might be there from cutting up your Deffkopta, or like me, put some more armour plates on it.

now we are going to make the suspension, this is easy, dont panic, garden wire is your friend, go buy some, its kool, get some plastic tube or brass, drill a hole, stick it in the hole, twist, hay we made a spring, trim, bingo.

cut to size, mark a little support and stick.......well easy

do both sides

now we going to make it look like it can steer, again, this dosn't have to look great, i will probable cover this area in mud

follow what I'm doing, build it up with card and tubes


ok, the bits that are marked are struts that will support the mud guards.

now make your mud guards out of flat plastic card, just bend it to shape, take you time, get it right, don't forget to cut out holes for where the springs will sit next to, marked with red rings

bang on some armour plating, mark it look abit of a mess, this is where your off cuts come in handy (never chuck anything away)

make a skull symbol, draw it first then cut out, don't forget to make it a bit rough, if you struggle, copy a GW one or go to your bit box.

stick it on

make the back flat bed, dont stick it down yet tho, we are still building it up

these bits and supports as i wanted my one to be big big big

now stick it down, at this stage you should be thinging, do i stop, and make it a flatbed, or keep building it up, what ever look your going for keep at it or stop

i built up my sides

and put some armour plates on it

add the roll bars, easy to do, just build it up

bang some armour on it, make sure the ork can see out, it will look crap if he cant and you wont like the 10 year old telling you at a games one day.


making rivets, start with small square

stick them on, randomly and in places that look like a rivet should go

cut some suds

stick them on, also stick some on where you havn't put squares, its all orky

looking good


hope you like, i will paint and post at a later date.

since i can only exalt your blog once, ill exalt this now.

You are badass!

will definetly try this at home (i dont live in denmark)!

One of the best ork tutorials I've seen. Very impressive!

I have to ask, how do you get the ideas for this?

Subscribed it for later your work is tops mate really good, The only down side is ……. do you have to make it sound so dam easy ……..

How fascinating to be following links from other hobbies of mine (F&H) and be coming across another forum I frequent. Indeed!

(Is Rocco aka Hendricks for the record.)

Very nice though those tiny rivets would drive me fething crazy trying to pick them up or glue them as I am an abnormal mutant with fumbling fingers.

Really like that buggy, especially the detail at the front!

Keep up the good work!

DarkStarSabre wrote:
Very nice though those tiny rivets would drive me fething crazy trying to pick them up or glue them as I am an abnormal mutant with fumbling fingers.

hi mate, good to see a F&H'er on here, the rivets are easy, i pick the up with the tip of a brand new modelling knife, you just need to touch them with the very shape tip and bingo, your off.


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finished Buggy / Truck








I love these Buggy Trucks, Brother and Sister truck haha



hope you like

fething awesome ……. I hate you and envy you at the same time, just amazing work really impressed and the paint job is tops.


I will copy and create a load of these thanks again for sharing the build

you could cast kits and sell them, your work is truly outstanding!

This is truly an outstanding piece of kitbash and scratch build. Exalted.

Casting a kit would be very hard to do, and i like the fact that every model i make it different from the first.

as for selling, everything has a price hahahaha !

wazzoo2000 wrote:Casting a kit would be very hard to do, and i like the fact that every model i make it different from the first.

as for selling, everything has a price hahahaha !

I would be careful casting due to copy right you don't want GW jumping on you, but selling them I could be interested

hahaha yeah, very true, GW hate people copying there stuff, thats why i would never do that !




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price wise if i was to sell, think of it this way........

6 hours on each buggy truck ic painting (take off 2 hours if you dont want it painting), £10 per hour for an artist is cheap when you get a one of a kind model. matts not in the price........

what would you be willing to pay ?

i'd rather try to build them myself....

but i bet you can make a lot of money on ebay with these!

it would be interesting to know what people would be willing to pay tho

Bad thing to ask as I am a cheap bastard LOL……. so you are asking the wrong person

hahaha

Ask around and look at stuff other people sell, that might give you an idea plus what you feel you deserve for creating them

Plus I expect a large discount for the marketing research and financial advice …….

well, I'd say 70 punds is reasonable, maybe more, not sure.Look at it this way:
If you comission someone to build an paint a gw trukk, you have to pay the trukk (20) and the assembly and painting, wich would be another 30. But you build the whole thing yourself, and its unique, so id ask for some more....

Best way to find out is ebay I'd say; just try it, id say!


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looking at the truk again, i think you could charge even more.... you dont really find that kind of work anywhere......

Those look proppa!

Nice ramshackle look and attention to detail.

That's just... damn. You just became my hero.
where/how did you get that texture for your armour plates? I need lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of that...

Any particular online stores you get your textured plasticard at? I'm loving the diamond plate pattern and am in the preliminary phase of designing a Stompa.

I think you find he has mentioned on several occasions," his local model railway shop" read the thread ……..

this would be the one week that I'm off from college, the one place that it's easy to go into my local model shop and pick them up.
Is it illegal to commit Hari Kiri because you can't be bothered to go into town just to check a model shop for shiny plastic things? I hope not.

adrenaguy wrote:this would be the one week that I'm off from college, the one place that it's easy to go into my local model shop and pick them up.
Is it illegal to commit Hari Kiri because you can't be bothered to go into town just to check a model shop for shiny plastic things? I hope not.

Well, just do a search online, however the last time I did it was cheaper to buy it from the US than over here, and yes even with the postage cost work that one out.

You know if you could find some one with the equipment and tooling for producing this stuff, they would make a mint the amount of people always looking for this stuff is unbelievable .

lone dirty dog wrote:I think you find he has mentioned on several occasions," his local model railway shop" read the thread ……..

Yeah I saw, but I figured I'd ask anyways, maybe hoping someone might chime in with any reccomendations. My LGS only has non-textured and I wasn't able to find much at the other smaller shops. =/ Hobbylinc has a nice deal but I've never heard much on their services.

Warpseer wrote:

lone dirty dog wrote:I think you find he has mentioned on several occasions," his local model railway shop" read the thread ……..

Yeah I saw, but I figured I'd ask anyways, maybe hoping someone might chime in with any reccomendations. My LGS only has non-textured and I wasn't able to find much at the other smaller shops. =/ Hobbylinc has a nice deal but I've never heard much on their services.

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If I am not sure about using some one I goggle it and check, if there is bad feedback you usually find it, good feedback not so much …… It might help

Those buggies look huge! How well do they scale compared to the GW buggies?

this reminds me of Gorkamorka!!!