Hey, Dakka! Here's what i've made with plastic clay:
- Mekboy. This was actually the first attempt to test if it works at all cause it's written that i should bake the plastic-clayed stuff in the oven at 130 C; but
atm my oven ain't working so i've used a microwave with a minimum of 140 C - that still worked. Also, the holding part was made of clay in the first place but as i found out - it's quite fragile when the parts are too thin. So, i used metal instead.
The wrench is made by my gf cause she was curious and the wrench turned out to look great!
- Lil' lobba. Having no experience at using plastic clay, the process took like 2 evenings to make the first lobba (it also took 2 for the 2-d one)! I used metal wire as a carcass for the rod that connects wheels. I wanted to make it look as if it has a crack that's been pulled back together. But i don't think that it went too well - hope that the paintjob will fix it! The gun has a loading end at the back that uses a lock to be opened and closed manually. Though, it's just aestetics and ain't movable. The gun turned out to be a bit too small =(
- Mono-tracked lobba. I wanted to create a big gun on tracks. Tracks apeared to be a pain to create so i've decided to make it a mono-track instead! Will make the barrel rotatable later - don't have the right tools
atm. I've used nail polish to make a solid fuze out of a woolen string.
- Sliding lobba. The idea is that the angle of firing is changed by sliding the barrel back and forth on the mechanism. The metal bit is a handle that fixates the sliding part. It's all immovable due to super-glue. And it requires to be made in metal not to break, so it will do as it is, i guess.
- Lobba Kegorn. My favorite one! I've actually managed to make a working mechanism that utilises the principle of it's
irl counterpart - Mortar Kegorn - that used a fixed ammount of possible angles of firing.
One grot pulls out the fixator, another grot adjusts the angle and the first one pushes the fixator back. Mek shouts at the nearest grot cauze dat's how stuff's done in ork society.
- Lobba that was hit by a couple autocannon rounds. It's also rotatable and utilizes a mechanism with which something like an anchor connects to the chain. Basically, an immovable metal rod that goes through a horseshoe-shaped metal part weld up to the barrel. Hard to see on the picture but it's quite simplistic.
- The whole battery, mek and happy grot guners - they wouldn't need to be any closer to the frontline than they'd wanted!