So Ive been doing ALOT of work lately on my Orks, adding new units, building big ass vehicles and such, so I figured, rather then fill the painting and modeling section with all my WIPs I should join the band wagon and do a blog. So this blog will hopefully keep me on track and help me to remember to do steady work on my boyz, Im one of those guys that starts about a million things and finish maybe 12 of them

Da Burna Buggy
So first Ill post something I threw together here about 20 minutes ago. Dunno if Im going to add anything else to it, but Im sure I will. Its what I call a burna buggy (skorcha upgrade) I have 2 land speeders that Ive had sitting around in a junk pile for years, and figured what the hell, lets add some skorchas to my already heavy vehicle selection. So to start things off, I present to you the current Burna Buggy numba one

Ok so I threw together another BurnaBuggy yesterday, so I could use 2 plus a squadron of rokkit buggies against some nids. Ill say, against squishy targets, these buggies are great for supporting a trukk mobs assault. Then later that night I used them against some Chaos, and they didnt fair so well, they burned up about half a squad and then the Champs plasma pistol took them both down. But they looked good anyways. But I did change the tube placement on the first buggy, it looked weird sticking out the side so far, so some new cuts and an adjustment and it looks better.





Also heres an update on my trukks Ive built out of old ass rhinos. I wanted them to look like they were rhinos at one point, but I didnt want to do the typical *heres rhino, now it has ork things on it, now its trukk* I still need to paint some of the plates yellow so it matches the battlewagons and my overall color scheme.



to this

cool stuffs, what are the wheels on the burna wagons from?

The fronts are from a dollar store toy that was like an offroad truck thingy. You pull back on it and it races across the floor. Sadly, I havnt been able to find that anywhere for about 6 months, which sucks because the wheel size was PERFECT for 40k. The bigger ones in back are another dollar store find, I can still find those, but as you can tell, they are rather large and only really appropriate on a buggy, as buggies tend to have larger wheels on the back.

So Im now set on trying to find a replacement of the front wheels, I used them from bikes, to cannons to these. Oh well

Neat conversions, its amazing how good dollar store stuff can look

Nice conversions. I really like the landspeeder buggies. I think the tank could use some more armour plates though, in between the cockpit and the tread casing.

Consider those looted. They are fantastic! I have been looking for a way to make good looking buggies and you have done it, great work.

Nice stuff.

Like the burna buggies - but they're both too similar

Also like what you did with the rhino, but think it needs something more at floor level between the cab and back.

Yea I could put some plates in between the cab and the tracks, at least on the others as they arnt even painted yet. That one will just stay that way. The buggies, will look a tad different once I add some personal Orkyness to them. The way I see it, if an Ork can afford a buggy/bike/trukk whatever, they are going to add stuff to them that says "Dis iz me, an dis iz howz I krump fings" So yea right now, they are similar, but thats because its landspeeders with tires and Orks in the pilot seat, not to much to make them different currently


Thanks for the comments so far

Ok so I decided Im going to be an Ork Nob for Halloween, and was sick of working on the typical Ork stuff, so the other day I built a full sized Power Klaw. Im going to add some "rivets" and paint it up eventually, but heres some pics so far. The first one, my daughter took it as I was being stupid with my son, so thats why the weird ANGRY face






Ok so till next time, enjoy the pics!

Hehe, awesome Klaw KC, will be following this thread for sure.

That is absolutely brilliant!

What'd you use for it, foamcore?

Does it work?

lol No it doesnt work. Sadly, I wish it did though.

Foam core, hot glue, a gak load of measuring and a little Ork nob for inspiration

lovely work KC.

PK for the win!!!

nice buggies too.

Has anyone gotten to make any saves against it yet?

Ok its been awhile since Ive done anything. Family, get togethers, Health junk, you name. BUT Last weekend I went over to the giants house, he has a range set up over there and blew the gak out of some stuff. So I was staring at the pile of shell casings and whatnot, and had a thought, 12 gauge shells would make a great platform for some killa kans. Its perfect too, because for some reason Im a big fan of the old school Kans that looked like they were made from a trash can or a big ol water pipe.

So anyways, I spent the week throwing ideas around on how I should build them. I looked all over at $ stores and the like for legs and bits and whatsits. I couldnt find legs at all.....so I looked for wheels, I have a perfect set, but its the only set and I want to cast them so I wont ever run out, and Im making 9 Kans so that was a dead end. Then I remembered seeing someone on DAKKA make some Kans with crab looking legs, so I gave it a shot and thought, hell some armor and itll look great.

So, I gots da Meks ta'geva an banged sum metal scraps ta'geva and had maself a great time!

Im planning on magnetizing the DCCW as well as the guns I build. That way when my opponent scores a weapon destroyed, I can just pop the arm/weapon off AND be able to use different guns as well. Versatility folks! So the first pick Im just holding the DCCW up so you can get an idea of it, still think I might put some cables going from the body to the legs, but I dunno yet, that might make them too busy looking






And a size comp of my round Dread and my BigChoppa Warboss.



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Cutthroatcure wrote:Has anyone gotten to make any saves against it yet?

You kidding? Inv saves dont exist yet

Looks good + cheap = win

I'd say some cabling for the legs would be good, shouldn't be too busy and will help to break up the shape a little.

Yea now that Im looking at the pictures, it doesnt look so bad, I bet the cables would look great on there, sides I have to wire in the rokkits on it anyways. So now that Ive got the base idea down, time to pump out 8 more

OOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooook well the misses wanted to watch some chick flick she got for herself, which left me with 2 decisions, force myself through another chick flick, or get off my ass an GET TA BUILD'N!!!!!

So dats wut I did.

Mashed some more scraps together to get the 2nd of 9 built. Im wanting to make sure every Kan is very individualized, so stretching that over 9 Kans will be tough, but this is the start, so its easy. I gave this lil fella a wrecking ball. Still plan on magnetizing the weapons but for right now, Im just using the pin method minus glue to hold these on. I have to say, this one Im really digging, it was also much easier/faster to build, as Ive got the concept down, so the guess work is pretty much gone.
Anywho, enjoy and C&C as always.





If you look hard on this close up, youll see some rivets, most of mine are from some clear container, so they are HARD to see unless its painted


And lastly, its a bit blurry but you can at least tell the weapons are off, so I wont be forgetting any weapon destroyed on these

Im reely liking dat kan.
U shood enta it inta u-no-wat

*scratches 'ead* Wez kan put KANZ in dere? *grins*

Wez kan poot anyting verkle related dere!
Dem buggys an' battle wagons too!

Well kount dis BigMek in den! Mes'aged on ya writey fing

Hah. Stelf rivets. Not even Snikrot has dose.

I'm diggin the kanz. The spider like legs are a fun looking idea. Nice stuff so far.

Thanks for the compliments folks. Ive decided that once I build the 3rd kan, completing my first Squadron, then Ill paint them all 3 to completion. That way we can all see the detail and what not.




I still hate this moticon I figured it would of grew on me by now but nope.....and Im seeing it everywhere

Well Ive been busy once again, building the last of the first squadron of kans. I had an idea of doing one with a spy scope kindda deally, and since Im an Ork and build like one....well why have one, when I can have three. So that was the premise anyways. I just turned on some Misfits (fething LOVE this band. Just got into em, so check em out) and banged some more metal plates ta'geva!




I think the engine housing looks a bit tiny, so Ill add some junk later before I base these fellas.



AND the trio.

The first one, my daughter took it as I was being stupid with my son, so thats why the weird ANGRY face

Yeah it does look like you're getting into character a little early...I didn't realise Halloween called for Method Acting

Great to see dollar store randomness - this is why you have to love Orks - you couldn't do this kind of thing with any other army and get away with it. Sadly I don't have anything like a random dollar store near me Anyway, great conversions, can't wait to see them with a lick o' paint - subscribed

That kan looks great!

I really like those Buggies KC. What is it about that damn shape that makes such a great buggy? Seriously, the last 2 tabs I closed before coming to this one had Land Speeder Buggies as well, and all in different flavors. I'm really digging your Kanz as well. You've seen from the Ork Vehicle Comp. that I'm building a squad of my own. I have to say, I was stuck on what to do for the arms. Then I saw yours. Do you mind if a borrow your sprue arms idea?

Also, what are you doing for bases on those? Since mine are all from scratch, I'm missing the bases and yours look perfect. I was planning on just getting some from eBay, but 3 bases for $4 multiplied by the 11 60mm bases I need for my army equals more than I've spent on anything else for the army....

Thanks for your answers, and keep us posted with updates.

Jon

Firstly - Hurray a subscriber Well I promised once I got the first squadron done Id paint them up. So I might prime them tonight, if not tomorrow, which means Ill probably start painting tomorrow as well. So stay tuned!

Secondly - Landspeeders just look fast, and when you stick wheels on them, they get that "racecar" stance. Perfect platform in my book And of course you can steal the sprue arms, I use sprue for all kinds of things. But when it comes to arms, make sure you cut equal lengths and glue the fat sides together, that will give you the proper thickness.

The bases oddly enough I got from playdoh cans. A dollar store sells some cheap ol off brand, and its almost exactly the same size. The only difference is the playdoh lid is a little thicker then a dread base, other wise they are the same size, so its perfect.

i subscribed as well

Ok then let me try that again
Hurray subscribers! There its plural

OKidoki, time ta kick dem grotz in ta gear, an while Im tossin dem around, might az well dip em in da paint kanz firstly. Dat way dey can paint da Kanz while Iz toss'in kanz

KingCracker wrote:OKidoki, time ta kick dem grotz in ta gear, an while Im tossin dem around, might az well dip em in da paint kanz firstly. Dat way dey can paint da Kanz while Iz toss'in kanz

Yo dawg, I heard you liked kanz....

But seriously, thanks for letting me snag your ideas. My own squad of Kanz and both of my Dredz have been on hold while I tried to find some appropriate plastic stock for their DCCWs. I really don't know why I didn't think to use sprue. I can't wait to see some paint on your Kanz. Maybe it will kick start me into finishing mine.

Jon

*bows* I do what I can. Dont feel bad, most people dismiss the sprue as just throw away. I never toss my sprues away, Ive got one of my AOBR boxes packed with sprue


Well right now the bases are drying in the sun and nearly down, so Ill be putting some paint to kanz here shortly. Ill go out and take a pic of the bases so far.....so uh...brb I guess




Ok dead camera, so Ill post that in like 2 hours lol

Ok well this one will be short and simple for now. The camera died, and to kill time while it charged, my nephew and my son and I played a 3 way 1k point game, so that killed all my free painting time, but it was super fun. Anywho, based and black under coat. As your reading this, Im outside painting these little buggers.....so wish me luck, as Im not completely sure where Im going with the paint other then metal/rust/yellow

Well Ive realized, these are the FIRST vehicles I actually painted without using a spray can to make things easier. Yikes. Im alot better at painting Nobs/boyz and the like then vehicles

They are mostly done, Ill add a few tid bits here and there like "Oomie sploder" on a rokkit and things like that, youn know general touch up, but I spent a good chunk of the day taking these guys from black base to what they are here. I was going to try and use some bright yellow oil paint on the yellow....but the tube I bought is MIA so oh well, moved on for now.

Enjoy

I think why I love these kanz so much is that they remind me of the 50's style robot from the old movies.

Well hell yea, KC. Those look great! I hope mine turn out that well. Keep up the good work.

Jon

Dey reely good!

I'm with schank on this one, B-movie orks FTW

Oh cool, they do look like that dont they? Now I need that one instrument, they made the monster movie sounds with.....the name escapes me. You know that one that does the ooooOOOOOOooooooooo oooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo oOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooo!!!! DUN DUN DUNN!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kindda thing

Ill do that while playing, to distract my opponents

Theramin. Awesome instrument. A good player can make it sound like a violin, or even a piano, I hear.

You could put the theramin inside a gargant or stompa, then whenever you moved nearby units you'd get weird noises

At least, I've heard they still work inside thin containers...may not be actual fact though.

Theramin! Thats what it was Yea.


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Alright, worked on a FlashGit + runt today. Enjoyed it, and so now, I update so you can enjoy it!

Ok just hitting this up, since when I posted the picture, apparently I did it too soon. So there ya go

Classic Kans there KC, I'm loving the retro feel you found there, plus it looks like the Mek let his Grots put them together on the fly, which to me is even funnier. Love them.

Obviously good work on the Flash Git, but I might have seen him before.

Thanks for the compliment on the Kans. Oddly enough, I wasnt even going for that feel either, they just kindda went together that way. Im thinking on the next batch, I might turn that 50s monster movie dial up a tad. Add some cool 50s tech or something


And uh yea.... where would you have seem the Git before I wonder ........... We seriously need an Orkmoticon that scratches his beard. Hell even just has a beard. Off to nuts and bolts I thinklol

I like 'em both!

Love the Flash Git and ammo runt. That ammo runt conversion is awesome. Simple but brilliant.

What Schank said... wrote?

Also, I like the one handed shooting/aiming. It really sells that Flash Git style.

Thanks all for the comments. I figured my blog needed some painted works on here, everything until the painted kans was just WIPs, and looked a bit drab in here. Dunno what the hell Im going to start next. I might bang out some more kans, as those are pretty useful to an Ork shooty horde, like I seem to play alot. But Im not sure yet, I could work on finishing those burna buggies, or get off my ass and buy some magnets and finish building my SkullHamma. Decisions decisions

I need to get something rockin though, Im gunna have a couple boxes of Lootas/burnas dropping on my door step in about a week

Ok so did yet another repaint on my army colors. The previous colors just took me WAY to long to get anything done, and they werent very BadMoonz looking. So I went with black boots/shirts and dark grey pants with the usual yellow accents here and there. They still need to be based but Im done working on them for right now (mainly I need to get more basing material)




I think they turned out well enough. I have to remember not to get overly picky like when I paint Nobz and HQs, which is hard. And finally a sneak peak at my custom character for our Killteams. We all decided we needed to make a SC for KillTeams that fit in the rules but was special. Ive worked out some rules for him but they are somewhere in the proposed rules section and Im to lazy to dig em out. Im pretty much done with his skin tone and the rifle, but his cloak is just pissing me off. Ive whited it out a couple times so far, nothing seems to be working Maybe some camo or something? Anywho here it is thus far, I present

Da Grot Snipa

Looks like a fairly quick scheme for the boyz, possibly a bit more yellow needed? I'm thinking maybe do a few more helmets yellow just to help ram home that Bad Moon Bling factor Looks good as is though

Like the sniper, camo sounds good for his cloak, what where the 2 schemes you already tried?

Do some helmets in Gold instead.

Gold helmets? That just doesnt make sense, Flashgits maybe but not boyz. I plan on adding some checks on the helmets as soon as I get one of those super thin marker/pens, as my hands arnt nearly steady enough to pull that off. So Once fully completed and based their will be a tad bit more yellow and the bases to help make the colors pop, but as I stated earlier, I dont want to over due the stuff on the boyz, because it takes me so long to paint anyways, and I like running alot of shoota boyz. So half a day to get 10 fully completed times how many boyz Ive got left



On the snipa, Ive so far tried solid colors. So really I think its just the solid colors not doing it. I might try tiger stripe camo. Ive never done it for one, and I think it would just look cool and be Orky having tiger stripe camo in Urban settings

Sakura Pigma micron pens. Just the job for those pesky checks

Tiger stripe should be fun.

Yep, those pens are what I was thinking of as well. It took me long enough to get the yellow on their, Im sure as hell not gunna screw it up with black paint

Today I have a bday party, so sadly, no work today. Tomorrow though, I think Im going to work on my DeffJets (koptas) and finally get them completed and painted. And MAYBE while those are drying I might do some work to my burna buggies as well, those look awfully dull and in need of more Orky.

Till then folks

Remember, Bad Moonz like Dags better than Checks, though. So tiny triangles are more Moony.

Thats true, and those are easier to actually paint. And I put dags on the back plate of one of the boyz in that mob. And to do those I dont need a pen

Now thats feedback I like folks, helpful, useful and easy to accommodate

Loving your custom B movie killa kans
There's some real love gone into the building of those things...

I'm also considering robbing your idea of 40k ork as a halloween costume, my only worry is that my son already loves my orks and I reckon if I'm not careful I'll find him painting himself green and saying I'z, diz and waaagh alot.

although he'd probably fit right in with the hoodies around here

Lp

Wow, awesome work KC.

You can tell you put a lot of love into your models and I love it. Definitely a big inspiration for making my own custom models.

Subscribed!

Thanks fellas. I started doing some paint work on my Deffjets today, but then I got a package in the mail and to my surprise it was a bunch of lootas/burnas! So obviously I had to stop painting But I dont think I have any plans tomorrow so Im sure Ill get back to working on the Jets tomorrow.

Steak - That name makes me chuckle. And from Michigan no less

All pics look really good. I like the Burna Buggy.

Well thanks. Ill be working some on the Buggies today when letting my Jets dry. So they will get the treatment thats for sure. Stay tuned

Steak need update!

Ok so I decided Im done with painting (mainly since my primer I use is empty) so I got a little work time in on doing some more work to my Skullhamma. Ive only managed to figure out what Im doing for the engine and got it on the Skullhamma, and some card around it, not to special and not worth pics I think.

BUT!!!!!!!!! I did get my GrotGuided Missiles(supa Rokkits) themselves done, and I really dig how they look so far. Ive got a pretty good idea on the launcha stands so thats mainly just waiting for me to get my rear in gear on those. They will stick out the sides of my Skullhamma and look pretty sweet, so finally its max size will be finished, minus the random exhaust pipes, but those dont really add bulk to a vehicle all that much. Anywho, without further ado

Some lovely supa-rokkits, might need to loot that idea for my stompa!

Thanks, I was going to add more bombs/stick bombs and whatnots but after I got everything into a pile to start working, I then realized just how small those barrels are Oh well, still highly explosive me thinks

Those are seriously cool super rokits. That is how super rokits should look, the ones that they give you on the stompa kit are just pathetic in comparison to those.
very well done sir *pats back*

while i remember what happening with the life sized power claw you where making a while back? have'nt seen it around and it was looking sweet befor.
keep up the good work

Excellent supa-rokkits KC Those are boss.

Nice use of bits. Are those clipped rivets/nails and .22 cartridges for jets?

Yes indeed they are, nice eye there Monkey


BigFish - I havnt really worked on the PK in awhile. Ive been busy doing other things, and trying to get my army where I want it. Its still in my garage next to the game table, so we can all marvel at its awesomeness. Someday Ill get the itch to finish it. And thanks for the compliment on the rokkits, its always an honor when someone says your conversion is better then GW stuff

I absolutely love those grotckets! they look awesome! great use of bits too, the super glue cap works a treat! i can't wait to see them with some paint on them! they're just a damn fun looking model KC well done dude!

go on,....paint!

Theyll get some paint once I get the Skullhamma finished, but many thanks!

Those are awesome!

Ok got a big chunk of my Skullhamma done. Its nearing completion. I would have it all done and built by tonight, but I decided to make some different looking TL rokkits for the sides of the Skullhamma, and the ammo magazines are proving to be a.....headache lol. Anywho, bad lighting and so on, but youll get the idea anyways. Enjoy!

Dat's well 'uge!

The grot rokkits really steal the show, though.

Still armor plates to add, exhaust and over 9000!!!!! rivets

But Ill agree, those suparokkits turned out WAY better then I had hoped. Sometimes Gork-N-Mork shine on a lowly Mek. Thanks for the comments

:O thats almost the same size as my battlewagon with super kannon... (i could use it as a skull hamma )
cools.
what are you going to do with the other gun bits (that hold da gunz)

Well the dealy on the top is for the cannon upgrade, because I figure, why not take a fething kannon! Ammirite? Just under the suparokkits Im putting the TL rokkits, its a free upgrade over bigshootas, its kind of a no brainer to me. They will be sponson like and look like flakk cannons, but count as the TL rokkits. Thats it for the weapons. You CAN take a total of 3 suparokkits, but 1) I ran out of room, and 2) I have this weird thing about odd numbers


But yea, if you stretch the LR a bit, you can get away with it being a skullhamma, really they dont have an actual model for one, so the sky is the limit as far as that goes, but make it around a baneblade size and you should be good. Mine is only only a little shorter then a baneblade but it makes up for that by being really tall and just as wide. So yea, make a skullhamma! Id enjoy seeing that build for sure

Dude, your stuff is awesome and that Power Klaw is EPIC!! Much respect on that!
MAOR pics of it! I'm afraid I must insist.

mmmh....looking at your shot, the only thingh you have to work is a good support for the two side plates (can't see them well)

Finnlock - Its getting colder outside, so Ill have more days of sitting around bored coming, so Ill get more work done on the Power Klaw for sure. Just be a patient beaver, hell I waited for your blog to get where it is

FAntasyBob - yea the main supports are there, obviously, as those sections are a bit heavy to just be floating. I plan on adding a couple more to each side for looks mainly, but also for a tidbit of more support.


I bought more superglue (thanks to the wife and her shopping trip) so I can get back ta werk'n! Why I cant just pop rivet everything on for real I dunno, maybe I should get wif sum uva meks......an we'z werk on a smallifyin machine? So yea, next few days something will happen for sure. Possily today, depends on if I want to clean up my yard or not

As always KC, your work is awesome. I love the originality in your stuff. You make Da Boyz proud!


Got a few questions for you.

1.Do you make a sketch at all of the stuff your going to kustomize or just kinda wing it?
2. What do you use for all of the rivets?
3. Is the skullhamma an apoc only unit?
4. Mayonnaise or Miracle whip?

Well many thanks, many thanks!

Got a few answers for you then

1. My drawing skills are on par with my sons, and he just started 1st grade if thats any help But Its a little more then winging it. Ill get a rough idea of what I want to pull off, then literally just get a pile of bits and random bobs together and have at it. It helps to be free flowing when doing Ork stuff IMO, because sometimes something wont fit or work right or a plan just crumbles, and saying screw it Ill go that way then, leads to a better over all model.... sometimes. Other times Ill just hack something vital off and say, ok, its screwed beyond repair, lets put it back together.

2. I have a small hole punch I got from the craft section at the hobbylobby. Then I normally use that clear hard plastic that you can buy bakery cookies in from the grocery store? Ill cut the tops/bottoms off of it if its flat, sand it down (it helps with glue adhesion) and space out, while punching them out by the hundreds

3. Yes its suppose to be APOC only, but IMO, its really pretty balanced for its points cost. Like anything if your friends/opponents are ok with you using one in a normal game, then youd be fine to use it. Its around 400ish points depending on upgrades, has 3 structure points, so its tough, and can do some damage, but really, it has that famous weak Ork rear armor, so a smart player, or hell a lucky player even, would make you a nice 400pt crater

4. Mayo. Definitely

Heresy! Miracle Whip is the only true white deli spread!

Me no like either

Those are pure epic. That skullhammer is amazing. Cant wait to see it painted. Again awesome.

Grot rokkts are very awesome.

No WAI! Miraclewhip is only good in......deviled eggs......deviled eggs has that right? Either way, thats it. Mayo all the way. Im starting a mayo only convention....just you wait!



Well as far as whats left on the Skullhamma, Ive got to finish work on the counts as TL rokkits, Ive got the gun barrles mocked up, and Ive got an idea of where I want to go with it, but the thing thats really biting me in the ass, is the ammo magazines. Im wanting to have magazines on each barrel that has the ammo inside exposed, and so far....they just arnt looking the way I want. Might start over on those or something.

Anywho, after those are sorted out and I get them working on a swivel, adding some random sheets of bolted on metal and general Ork stuff, the exhaust, and lastly Id say 100-200 rivets and itll be ready for a base coat! Man itll be nice having a cannon that isnt see through

Might want to check out Primarch_of_Mechmarines' thread & Skullhammer/battlefortress/whatever. He's got some pretty keen ammo hoppers on his cannons.

OK! The only things left to finish on this puppy are to stick the ammo mags on the one side of the TL rokkits, and I MIGHT add some random Ork junk around the sides of the platforms that hold the suparokkits, not sure yet but either way, theres only about 5 minutes of finish work and its time to prime my Skullhamma! So yea, tons-o-pics

i really like the side gun things..... what are they??? (gamewise)

Im going to play then as TL rokkits, as its hard to tell scale wise since the rest of the tank is huge, but they are pretty large, so making them the standard BigShootas seems way to off lol.

fair enough, i thought they looked quite cool

Pretty cool One minor suggestion though: most ork guns seem to be reinforced or have some kind of muzzle flash enhancer; smething I'd consider for the sponsons - even if they'll be firing rokkits! Anyway, lovely work!

Man, that thing is shaping up pretty nice. I really want to see it painted!


Also, to those that were arguing, mayo was the correct choice. It is clearly superior, it goes on everything.......except dessert.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Pretty cool One minor suggestion though: most ork guns seem to be reinforced or have some kind of muzzle flash enhancer; smething I'd consider for the sponsons - even if they'll be firing rokkits! Anyway, lovely work!

Yanno what, thats a pretty solid idea and that would take me all of like 2 minutes to pull off, and best of all, I have tubing that fits right snug over the sponson tubes I used as well. I like where your head is at


And yea, Mayo does go good on more then just a sandwhich. For example, french fries, that stuff is just delicious on french fries



OH YEA!
Click on the animated WAAAAGH! DAKKA link provided and check it out. Something pretty neat going on and ALL of DAKKA can contribute! Pretty damn fun. And if your smart, youll join da Kustum Killas!

I'm a bit of a Flash Git, but I think I've got more Tankbusta in me than anything else. Pity you have to be a DCM or Mod to be a Mek. I Lurves me some Kustom mega Blastas.

KingCracker wrote:And yea, Mayo does go good on more then just a sandwhich. For example, french fries, that stuff is just delicious on french fries

QFT

KingCracker wrote:OH YEA!
Click on the animated WAAAAGH! DAKKA link provided and check it out. Something pretty neat going on and ALL of DAKKA can contribute! Pretty damn fun. And if your smart, youll join da Kustum Killas!

AH MAH GAHD! Thats awesome. Im going to commence work on a loota immediately! (sorry KC)

Wow, youre truly the king of converters!

Wow, its been.......too long since I did any Ork mekin. So lately Ive been in the mood to get some things done. And I figured Id tackle making an Ork Flakk trukk, since flyers are going to be a major thing in 6th, and if I decide to actually play 6th, Ill need SOMETHING to take those hookers down in a blaze of glory, and what better way then a cool ass Flakk Trukk?

So long ago I made 4 trukks real quick for a game. They all pretty much looked just like this one here




See, nothing too crazy and rather boring. But since I pretty much, NEVER use trukks anymore, besides a random Nob/Meganob bomb in a trukk. So I figured Id make 2 anyways, into FlakkGun trukks. So I took it apart some, and so far just have the basis of it plotted out, but so far, a huge improvement me thinks





Ill be working more on this fella over the next few days, so at least, you lot get to enjoy some Orkyness.

Oki Doki. So I banged out a little more on this Flakk Trukk before I had to mow the yard. What do ya think of the progress??






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Now Ive got to add a few odds and ends to the truck itself, like doors and exhaust, but Im mainly trying to figure out what to do for the FlakkGun. Ive got some random ideas, but I guess we'll have to see where they go.

Nice! I really like the half trakk look, definitely a serious improvement over the original. Looking forward to seeing the finished product-- With a few more bitz here and there like you said, that thing will really look awesome!

Especially with a big ass flakkgun on the back! Also for that, it's relatively easy to find TL autocannon turret bits on ebay, you may want to try that. With a little modification you can stack em side by side, then just worry about the seat for the gunner and all that.

Yea its true I could find bits but Im a cheap ass for one, AND I prefer to build everything. Its challenging

OK got some more work done. Basically its doors and then a gak load of rivets and the trukk itself is finished. So I had an idea for the Flakkguns and wanted to bang them out while it was fresh. This is ma progress

EPIC!!!!
How in hell did I miss this?
Subbed... and waiting for moar!

Thanks man, Ill keep it up for sure

really want to see how this looks painted up, but at the moment im just amazed at how you did this with the most random stuff. Always cool on here and glad to see your back

Thanks Mr Fish. It is nice to actually be getting some things done for a change. I plan on shaving the fronts of those "bullets" to somewhat of a point before I call them done. Also I have to build things out of random cheap junk, because I own a house and have 2 children, so my free money doesnt exist, pretty much its hey Ive got 3 bucks and REALLY want to make an Ork bomma

Some nice conversion work in here KC, very Orky indeed!

Well I figured Id take a break from the Flakktrukk for now, as I need to think more on how to mount the guns to the trukk. I got lucky and found a neat little swivel base from some lego thing my son had long forgotten about and its PREFECT for sticking 4 guns on, not to mention I can still get away with sticking a gunner in the middle.

The last few days though, thanks to 6th edition, Ive realized Im going to be taking a Bikerboss once more as well as a bunch of MANz for some MegaNob kick. Ive already got a counts as MegaBoss, but Ive decided Im going to take a biker boss and a MEga boss with some MANz to see how they do. Sure I might go back to a BigMek w/KFF, but since the cover save is only a 5+ on everything, Im not so sure its a must have anymore. So far, Im thinking Ill have a Bikerboss, Megaboss with 1 or 2 units of MANz, and some burnas as well, mainly because they are only more badass now then before. So 6th seems to be REALLY shaking things up from 5th, my beloved rokkit buggies, arnt so awesome anymore, so those will probably be shelved for at least till the new codex (Praying to Gork that its a good dex )

What about the viewers out there? Whats on your workbench since 6th has left everything on its head

I'm still painting the remaining three bikes ( five already done)
Then I'll turn to the 'alf truk for my shoota boyz and then the two deff dread with sentinel parts in It.
Basically I'll go ahead as planned and not caring much about the new edition...

I am working on repainting my boyz. They where evil sunz. Now I am going with Bad moons. I was planning on getting several meganobs and with 6th that confirms it. I will be making me some new trucks. The only ones I have now are the old "Gorka Morka" style.

That truck looks incredibly orky man, good job! As you say It just needs a few more rivets to be perfect, so hurry and glue them on and sow us a few pics!

Biker bosses rule in 6th ed? Awesome! haven't had a chance to look through the new rulebook yet.... how fitting that I'll be getting back to my scratch biker soon

Yea bikers are pretty badass now mainly because you ALWAYS use their modified toughness even for ID. So yea, Nob bikers wont die from missiles and other str8 weapons, and the bikerboss is T6, so you can now laugh at dreads as you give them the equivalent of a PK anal fisting. ALSO they changed how you assault vehicles, I dont remember it exactly as I only breezed through my brothers book the other day, but basically there isnt a 6 to hit when they move X inches. I THINK it was something like a 4+ is the worst to hit, I cant remember exactly but yea you can now assault vehicles and laugh.

So yes, Bosses on bikes is where its at. Speaking of, Ive been working on mine and heres some pics. Im wanting to add some edged to the rear of the bike, it gives me somewhere for patch panels and rivets, and obviously thats always a plus for Orks. But I feel like its still missing something other than that. Ideas?







And for cheap and fun, I decided to make meganobz from AOBR nobz. Since they are cheap obviously. So to do it differently, I decided gak loads of armor plates and big ol shields would do the trick. Still working on these guys as well, but they are pretty much there other then the shields I think

On the Meganobz- I think the shields just need to be thicker- that is, thicker material. What they have there looks alright... FER A WEEDY BEEKY! You need Slabs! Chunks! Plates of metal that they ripped off of a Land Raider with their bare Powerklaws!


And the Bikerboss looks flash, man. That Powerklaw is just ace. Needs more trophies, though, and I think what he's missing is something on the front to let him RAM stuff.

Yea the boss does need more trophies, but Im kindda scratching my head at the moment as to where to put em. I dunno, Ill mess around with some ideas and see what comes about. I personally think Bosses need a gak load of trophies just cause they are the head honcho.

That huge power fist on the biker boss looks kick ass! However, I'll have to point out that there are still mouldlines on it

Putting shields on nobs is a great idea, but yes, you need thicker material.....

Well holy gak.........there IS still some mold lines on it....and under the klaws....what a gakky spot to forget to demold lol. OK Ill have to get creative on how to fix this problem. Also looking at the shields, they do look a bit thin, see what I can do about that, even if I have to just rip them off and redue bigger ones, thats fine, as its only 2 shields so far

I'd rip them off and make a few identical ones. I guess if you glue three of them on top of each other you're fine

This is brilliant stuff, KC!

The rust on the warboss is very well done. Is it bad that I saw the clear gubbin on the front, and thought it was his epic shot glass? Its 10:45AM here and I'm already thinking about starting the July 4th celebratin' early!

For trophies you could give him an epic pole on the back of the bike, you know, for impaling crap.

I need to see that guntrukk all riveted. And that cattle catcher thingamabobber on the front is great, really ties it all together.

Liking the mega nobz look but i think they need some more daka as the slugga's are a bit weak

Well Im thinking of running them with combi skorchas, so they should all get those in the future


Hmmm......a pole on the back? Thats making me thing flag pole..... of some kind. I might be getting an idear!

Try to give hin a nice flag or banner in the back of the bike, It would give the whole mini some movement.
The flag from the fantasy boar boyz should be perfect or the skaven doom wheel one...

Oki Doki. Well I hashed out my Warbosses trophy rack. Its a bit hard to see everything since its all black, but Im sure you can make it out for now anyways. Also better shots of his robo arm of doom!!! And for kicks, I decided to work on the last 2 Deffkoptas that he is going to be riding with into battle, when these are done, Ill have 5 built. Only problem, is now Im going to rip the rokkits off the other 3 I made previously, and swap those with the stock TL BigShootas. Im thinking 15 TL str5 shots will do a number on a unit before they assault. Also Im adding 1 buzzsaw into the group, so they can at least do some damage when they get stuck in.

OK enough rattling, heres some pics





And the "koptas"





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P.S,

On the bosses banner, I plan on panting it all SM looking, but make it just nasty looking, and then graffiti something over the front like ZOG OFF or some other typical Ork thing

How did you make the Turbine for your deff koptaz? I've been wanting to make some turbines for some nob bikers (in my quest to play units which will infuriate my opponents and make them not play with me ever again).

Biker boss and koptas look freaking bangin!

Goresaw wrote:How did you make the Turbine for your deff koptaz? I've been wanting to make some turbines for some nob bikers (in my quest to play units which will infuriate my opponents and make them not play with me ever again).

Well the turbines were much easier then I thought, thankfully, because the last time I tried turbines on something else, it looked horrible. But these are the end of the Krazy glue brand tubes, the "rotor" inside is the end of missiles Ive had laying around. But those would be as easy to make as a glass of water. Some tube, little fins from plasticard and something roundish for the top of the tube. So basically, make a tiny missile and presto, rotor. Then the exhaust parts is just random tubing.




And thanks for the comments on my work so far. I seem to have a knack for converting deffkoptas, into deffrandom flying vehicles of cool stuff

Really love the koptas, the camo paint job looks good as well

Oh no Im repainting them. They were something else entirely. So that paint will not be there once painted. I loot in the truest sense of the word


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OK took a group photo of the koptas mob and the boss together to keep my spirits up! Basically, I just need to make 5 TL bigshootas and then add rivets like a mofo to the 2 I just recently did, then I get to send everything to the painting block. Luckily 3 of the koptas are primed and rusted a bit. Granted I paint things in white now, but oh well, Ill just paint the skin white and go from there. Enjoy

I guessed that the painting would disappear, but still... I like that camo scheme!

Well thanks for that I painted those waaaaay back when I just got into Orks, and wasnt sure what exactly what klan I was going to go with, so I tried pretty much everything. Eventually I settled on BadMoonz and havnt looked back since

Keep up the good work KC.

Many thanks Shadowbrand! Glad to see that your rare posting was used in my thread

Hey there KC, been a while! Da Waaagh!!! is lookin' gud!

Why thank you kind sir. I think Today Im going to see about getting some painting done. Though for that, I need white primer. Heres hoping, because Im getting sick of building things right now, and my finger tips would appreciate the break

BY THE NINE!!!! er..............GORK n MORK! While being a tag along at a hardware store today, I actually found some FLAT yellow spray paint. Best part is, I think its close enough to a respectable Badmoons yellow! And its only $3ish. Now Ive looked on and off for MONTHS for something like that, becuase Im a cheap ass and dont like paying full hobby price for my hobby and never found it. But today.... PAYDIRT! Even if not, I know of a can of gloss yellow that is eye melting yellow, that I could simply matte varnish it, which even then all together its like $7 for the yellow and matte varnish.


Just wanted to share the news. Also, been painting today, so I should have some lootas and some former AOBR boyz turned shoota boyz ready to go here soon.

Well, Ive decided it was time to get some paint to brush, and started the other day. Foolishly I had a couple different minis in various stages of paint, and figured "I know! Ill plop them all together and finish them all up....AND! Ive got a couple shootas in white primer too, lets get them on the table" Idiot. It was grueling to say the least. But Ive got a boat load of boyz really close to completion, and the rest of my lootas mostly painted as well AND I added some color to my BikerBoss and his entourage of deffkopptas. What was I thinking.


Anywho, they are all based, just need a highlight on the bases to make the "ground" pop, and a very few odds and ends like tubes on some lootas and such. But Im sick of looking at them currently Pics

Ive decided that Im going to name my WAAAGH! something along the lines of "Da Ghostas" Or "Da Ghosta Klan" Anywho, you get the idea. So some random boyz Ive painted a white skull on their faces and such to give them that look. So you can really zoom in and see a couple with em anyways.


And heres what Ive been working on as far as the boss and his kopta buddies


And the trophy rack for my boss. I think it REALLY turned out nicely.




So let me know whatcha all think. And which name sounds better to you lot? Im kindda leaning to Da Ghosta Klan, but Im not sold yet

WOW nice work! They look amazing all together on the table. That yellow is really solid! The skull face paint is really cool.

And yes, that banner will strike fear into the hearts of your enemies. Nice yellow dags on the edges!

Yea I was pleasantly surprised on the banner as well, Im normally not good with free hand anything. But apparently Ol shakey didnt bother me this time around

Though Im thinking of repainting the head and driving arm of my boss, they just dont look that good. Infact, Im thinking of swapping heads as well, Ive got another head that would look the tits on there and is already panted nicely. Im not sure though if I want to go popping parts off this late into it. AND its got a helmet so Im not sure how the iron gob would look on there. Something for me to stir over today I guess.

Really liking the biker boss and the koptas! Good job!

Thanks Mr Merlin (does that avatar ever get full?)



Anywho, I caved in and swapped the heads, so now I HAVE to repaint the one arm. Oh well, itll look better in the end anyways. So now the boss has a helmet and some horns as well. So his head is incredibly killy Ill do some painting later and post an update Im sure.

That boss of your is dead killy lookin! I really like your kopta konversions. That WAAAGH is getting big. Man, tho- epic bike/kopta squad!

Yea do the maths on a 5 kopta unit with just the TL bigshootas AND a biker bosses dakkaguns. It pumps out some pretty impressive fire power, AND they are T5. I threw in a buzzsaw for good measure, its going to be a sumbitch to take out for anything MEQ or less

Well I got the new head on, and started on repainting the driving arm. So a little bit of an update, but lookin pretty good me thinks

Rusty and awesome, keep up the good work

Well, its been a few months since Ive done anything, so here I be, pulling triple shifts in the MekShop. Some folks in our group finally got some fliers, and I figured, no self respecting Mek would be in an army without some of his own! So I took some measurements and went ta werk!


Started with the usual pile of Wutz itz...


Banged out a basic design.




Went through a few boyz before finding one that could handle it


And then went ta werk puttin on DAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKA and some paper thin sheet metal.......er armor









So really Ive just some more metal plates to add on, put a sight on fer gud shootin, and a few odds and ends to spruce it up a bit more and itll be ready for some paint!

now, lets see this bad boy base coated . looking good as always

I plan on it. Ill finish the plates tonight after my sons cub scout meet, and then tomorrow Ill see about actually finishing it off. Ive already got some idears for the Blitzabomma I plan on making as well.

Looking sweet so far Where did those yellow 'turboprops' come from?

The lid to these. I saw them and instantly thought "My kids need to eat a bunch of apple sauce, because those are parts of a jet turbine"

Well it seems Mr and Mrs Mott seemed fit to decide that we couldn't be trusted with pouches over here, just tubs and jars

Guess that'll be me examining all the pouched food I can find in my local supermarkets.

Wow KC! if i've ever known a true MeK it's you! that looks excellent for a scratch built Dakkajet, I wouldn't even know where to start with something like that! how do you seal it before paint? speaking of paint... get it...on...the....jet....now~!

monkeytroll wrote:Well it seems Mr and Mrs Mott seemed fit to decide that we couldn't be trusted with pouches over here, just tubs and jars

Guess that'll be me examining all the pouched food I can find in my local supermarkets.

I wouldnt be too surprised if its an American only thing. We are called slobs for a reason

nerdfest09 wrote:Wow KC! if i've ever known a true MeK it's you! that looks excellent for a scratch built Dakkajet, I wouldn't even know where to start with something like that! how do you seal it before paint? speaking of paint... get it...on...the....jet....now~!

Trust me I plan on it. Thanks for the huge compliment! I finished doing the base up today, and letting the glue dry so its nice and solid. Then Ive got about 400 rivets to stick on there and then its prime time! Get it?! Prime! Time?!? Yea, it was a bad joke. Anywho, usually I just give my scratchbuilds a nice coat or 2 or primer and then go to town on em.

So tomorrow rivets, and primer. Maybe even some paint, though Im probably going to work on repainting GrotNob for your paint comp!!!!!!!!!! EXCLAMATION POINT!!


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Small update.


(its still drying, so pay no mind to the white glue)




Rivets and paint ladies and germs. Rivets and paint

OK threw some primer on there, first coat anyways, and you can REALLY see what is on the jet now. So enjoy

Wow, really like your DeffFlyingMachines and your inventive use of whatever you seem to come across to make good looking Orky machinery. Nicely done.

Thanks for the compliment!

I present, da runtiest uv da runts! Da brainyist uv da brains! Da wrech swingin, energy slingin!

BigMek WhirrlyGig!!!!

Great balls of dakka! Thats a cool bommer

That's a quality backpack you gave Whirrlygig there

Dakka jet is still looking cool now it's been undercoated.

And for those in the UK who may have been wondering, Ella's Kitchen smoothie pouches have those cool little tops Your children need the fruity goodness

TaWaaagh wrote:Great balls of dakka! Thats a cool bommer

Its a DAKKAjet, but many thanks. Im planning on building another one similar to it, but as a bomma version.

monkeytroll wrote:That's a quality backpack you gave Whirrlygig there

Dakka jet is still looking cool now it's been undercoated.

And for those in the UK who may have been wondering, Ella's Kitchen smoothie pouches have those cool little tops Your children need the fruity goodness

Thanks! Ive used SM backpacks for my SAG Mek I made as well. Ive found that they just seem to work for me, and since the backpack is a power plant for the Marine, I figure, why wouldnt it work for an Ork? Im sure they upped the output by hilariously dangerous levels and go on their merry way!


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Oh yea, I also used the Jet for the first time last night in a game. Totally forgot it was there on turn 2, and then 3 it came in in a weird angle to shoot a Harpy from the sky, and it was such a weird angle, I just had to turn and burn back into reserves, I won the game the next turn before he came back in Sooooooooo it worked well-ish

Bahaha that grot mek is awesome, very well done

Sounds like a fairly typical ork pilot, too busy strafing everything off the battlefield to get on with the proper job

WhirlyGig is sexy...

Great work here! Subbed

lovin this, he's so cute and killy

Many thanks everyone!!I| Im painting some things currently, so there will be an update soonish

OK, well Ive been working on a totally different way of getting yellow on things, and so far, its really turning out nicely I think. Still very much WIP obviously, but I think the yellow on the Jet is done, though there is 1 spot on the right jet turbine that just isnt taking yellow in a small spot. Im going to continue to try and get that more yellow then orange, but so far, its just not taking it for some reason Oh well (you can see the spot just infront of the pilots head in the first pic)
C&C folks?!?



And naturally, the sun bleached out the paint in these last 2, but you still get the idea. The first pic is what the yellow REALLY looks like in person. *shakes fist at sun*





AND heres a look at the repaint of GrotNob for Mr NerdFests painting comp. Ive got the yellows on em, and Im still debating weather to to try OSL on the klaw or not. I dunno, it wouldnt be hard to paint over it I guess. Thoughts?

Dont mind the white on the turbine cases, I goofed up pretty badly so those are getting the repaint treatment Anywho, Im taking a break and figured Id post some updates.

nice painting! grot nob warms my heart.

GrotNob warms everyones heart.

Ive chipped the rest of the panels on the Jet, and have since repainted the turbine covers solid white. So now I can start the fun process of trying to match those colors back up...yippie!! Next though, while the white is drying again, Im going to be rusting the metal in the paint chips and adding rust streaks on the jet! Pretty stoked

Paint chipping on the jet looks really good, did you base white then fill in silver leaving a white line around edge?

GrotNob is a little sweety isn't he?

Jet is looking cool, lovely yellow you got on it there

Oh hes a sweetheart alright

OK Ive got the entire plane chipped. It looks pretty damn cool with all those chips in it. So next will be rust and rust streaks, and hopefully I can color match the turbines, I think I can, at least close enough. So if I keep it up, tonight the Jet itself will be done. Then its just the pilot and the base and Ill check this fella as done

So while attempting to finish painting my Jet and an entry for a painting comp, I worked on BigMek Whirrlygig. Here ya go to hold you lot over until I get the jet fully painted


Close up of the skull eyepatch






C&C folks
KC

Love the eyepatch!

what brand of weathering powder are you using for your rust? or is it a home brew?

looks good

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sir william the bold wrote:Love the eyepatch!

Hey thanks, its probably my fav part of the mini

skyfi wrote:what brand of weathering powder are you using for your rust? or is it a home brew?

looks good

Thats just old fashioned paint work, thanks for that compliment

Basically I prime everything white. black wash the metal parts, then heavy drybrush boltgun metal over that. Then mix up my orange "rusting paint" and dab it on where I need it to go. Then Ill go a slightly brighter orange here and there for some detail. Thats pretty much it. I could do a tutorial on it I spose

Pretty darn tootin' fer a little fella ain't he?

Good job KC, he certainly looks the part, and quality eye-patch

the grot mek is well done!

GrotMek looks really good. The rust, the skin tone and the eye-patch... Good job. looking forward to the jet.

Great work

 Dr H wrote:
GrotMek looks really good. The rust, the skin tone and the eye-patch... Good job. looking forward to the jet.

Well you dont have much longer to wait. I have to paint the window and the rest of the pilot (I have his skin done) and the jet is finished. So make sure you check back ya?


And thanks for the compliments everyone

Ive seen a few people make Ratrod trukks and what not, and always thought, how awesome. So I decided, since Im redoing my buggies, I have to have at least 1! that is a Ratrod. Soooo heres what I bashed out and in primer. Note the rear wheels are not on permanently yet, so if they seem off from one pic to the next, that is why.

Enjoy!
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Love the ratrod, KC! Great build, nice wheelz, and rivetz! Count me inspired, I'm gonna have to make one myself sometime....

This buggy is in the paint shop right now. I ALMOST have the yellow right on the boddy. Then its paint chips, rust, and the cool car club logo that every ratrod seems to have on its side somewheres. Still kicking names around like
Wheel Bustaz
or
Rokkit Poppaz

Something like that.

I apologize if this was asked before or already answered but where did you get the wheels for your buggies?

Well the giant rear wheels are easy. I get them from Family Dollar, though Ive seen these trucks in other dollar stores. Anyways, the big rear ones are from a "rev and go" type truck toy. The fronts, have become tricky. A few years ago I could find tractor toys and smaller truck toys that had a couple different sized wheels that were just PERFECT for the front wheels. Now no matter where I look, I cant find the right sized wheels. Soooo luckily I have a couple wheels left that I plan on casting next year around tax time. So if your interested around that time, I could sell ya some

Wow, dollar store toy trucks. That's a fantastic idea. I'm trying to custom build some Ork Kannons and need to find some decent wheels to start as a platform. I used the wheels that came with the model gun I used as a base but they don't look very Orkish.

Those rear thick wheels you were using look like they would be perfect. I probably won't be able to wait that long lol, but thank you for the fantastic idea. Dollar store toy truck wheels it is!!

Thank you! Great work btw, love it.

I dont think the wheels I have on the back would work, because they are large, Im talking slightly taller than a Space Marine on his base, and nearly as wide as a space marine. But still, dollar store it up, you might find a gold mine. My only suggestion is if you find tires you like, buy up whatever they come on in bulk, because dollar stores are notorious for not selling things very long. Again, thats how I ran into the problem with the front tires I need. Ive used them from everything from buggies, to kannons to bikes, but now Ive only 1 set left and cannot buy them



Thats a sweet kannon you made BTW

Hrmm, yeah. I guess I'll have to gauge the size when/if I find something.

And Thank you!

That buggy looks great KC, nice job man!

I like the fact that the boyz built it as a ratrod then decided to just stick some dakka on the roof - car surfing with extra boom

Nice gun Gylen, you could try adding some plates to those tyres, or maybe even just a line of rivets around them - that should orkify them nicely.

Sooo, Ive been working on 3 more buggies, and decided they should look like Tek's. Those pickup trucks with big ass guns on them you see in 3rd world countries. Anywho, paint, wheel size blah blah bah





Tis a bit taller then a SM. So...yea big ol tire






Thanks for lookin!

 KingCracker wrote:

 Dr H wrote:
GrotMek looks really good. The rust, the skin tone and the eye-patch... Good job. looking forward to the jet.

Well you dont have much longer to wait. I have to paint the window and the rest of the pilot (I have his skin done) and the jet is finished. So make sure you check back ya?


And thanks for the compliments everyone

Wherez da jet dood?

Cool buggies!

Dakka stopped telling me when you post updates. That ratrod looks awesome! And the other buggies too for that matter!

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Welp its been awhile, and mostly because my camera took a pooh out of the blue leaving me no reliable way to take pics. Avatar720 and I were chatting and spit balling some ideas for a special character that would be myself in 40k. They got so good, that I HAD to jump into making the guy, and so far, I frigging LOVE it. Obviously I didnt get to really take WIP shots of Cracka being made, but hes at a near complete state, and really only needs green stuff work done and thats it. I have to fill in 1 wrist, his reposed leg, his neck and build his beard!!!

So really not TOO much work to be done, and figured Id show you lot where hes at currently. OH yea, Im also tossing around the idea of taking a grot and making it carry a crazy shoota/bigshoota for his, since no matter where I put the shoota on him, it just looked too busy.
Any ways, enjoy! and as always C&C folks!

Quality job there KC! Can't wait to see him get his beard

Nice job on the fist/claw..looks bonza mate.

Hey thanks MrMonkeytroll!

i like the ork alot, just feel like his pointer should be straighter.

Well it was originally. The problem is, when "Awesome Action Pose!tm" had his straight finger pointing way out into the sky. Sooooo at DAKKAjets I guess So I bent it down some so its pointing ahead, instead of up.

Its a very cool ork indeed. The sword is really cool, looking forward to seeing it green stuffed up

Looks pretty cool, the detail on the claw is neat.

Well Ho-lee-karap! I took a good long break from the boyz and 40k in general. Just needed time to collect my thoughts, and take a breather from the hobby. So I figured what better way to jump back into the swing of things, then with a scratch build project! Im going to end up with a pair of Stompas once Im done with this whole she bang, BUT while I was using my heat gun to shape the PVC into a stompa armored skirt.....well the blasted heat gun went nuclear and blew up in perfect Orky fashion. It was glorious. I ended up being able to shape 1 of the Stompa fronts. It doesnt look like a bunch of work, and really, I should of taken more pics of the build, Ill do that on the second one. Anywho, heres where the spanna boyz and meks left off for the day.

From the basic concept we got the feet, ankles knees and legs together and positioned.
The front armored skirting in place
the "chest" section
And the basic part of the back wrapped.

Now nothing is finished yet, as Im going to rough up the feet and other edges, add a crap load of armor plates and rivets, build a head, engine w/smoke stacks and the weapons. So tons to do, but at least we got a solid start, and something for the boyz to work off of. Now, its not at its full height either, the "chest" section will have arms coming off it, as well as shoulder mounted platforms for guns and whatsits, and last but not least the head of course. So what youre seeing is going to have a head attached plus all the gubbins to add some inches. So itll definitely be the size of the GW stompa. Anywho, without further ado.

Some Goff rockas and Sgt. Shotgun for scale.

Finally, I was waiting for something good around

Ahh Selv thanks for stopping by. Just a warning I probably won't get much done this weekend as I have a ton of plans to keep me away from my boyz. But I have several things in the pipe line to produce.

After this stompa I'll be building some grot tanks, then a second stompa, painting some boyz as well (no surprise there right? ) as well as finish of my custom Warboss Da King Cracka and paint. So that's a decent list to chew in for the time being

Plenty of time and other awesome stuff on Dakkadakka to watch and comment, I can wait

Good start and nice to see some more love for your orks.

Dude, you're building a Stompa! this is gonna be GOOOOOOD! seriously of all the Orkish Warlords i know you have to be the best one for scratch building Ork vehicles! :-) I was simply astounded by the look of your planes and truks before so you can count me along for the ride on the Stompa! will it have a rather impressive scrap metal beard!?........ yeah it will.....

Hmmmma scrap metal beard would be most epic.... but it might look out of place on a Stompa, so I'll agree to at least give it a try try thanks for the wicked compliment there, I'm now blushing and smiling like a girl


I'm working out in my head how I want the TCCW to look build wise, still not sure if I'll go giant robo klaw or saw. What I'm thinking though, is make the shoulder section from sprue so it looks like weedy bars and pipes, but have several of them coming together with hydraulics and such to make the arm/shoulder look solid as a whole. Make sense? Any who, long day, I'm beat

Yeah i think I know what you mean, like some scaffolding bars in a skeletal frame driven by pistons and hydraulics when viewed from a distance it follows the impression of a large robotic musculature! ..... is that about right?

robotic metal beard! like it's spot welded on the sides but hangs low on the jawline with a grot hangin' off!


BRING IT!

I've been thinking on the mighty metal beard, and maybe something like a giant iron gob, but upside down. That might just work. Again, I'm getting a little agreed of myself as I hasn't really got to the head yet.

But yea, seems like we are on the same page for the shoulder/arm section.

Indeedy reedy! I didnt forget about you lot. Ive had the Meks working on the Stompa pulling double shifts, its a slow process getting all that junk together that a Boss needs for his Stompa to be built. So I have a bunch of WIP pics of the progress so far. It might not look like a whole bunch, but sometimes my methods take time to figure out just how the hell Im going at it.

The guns arm. I plan on adding all the shooty goodness that a Stompa packs on this side. Thats the plan anyways. I thought it would be cool looking if it looked more like a crane than an arm, or just giant guns welded to the side. So Im going to have pullies and such with braided wire so that it looks like the cannon will move up and down crane style. Itll be cool when it gets to that point. Anywho, heres where we left off.










So thats it for this round. Im going to bulk out the shoulder section and reel section where the two come together and add just some random I beams and such to make it look like ti wont fall off when fired. Also dont forget that the head is still not on it either, so that will get taller. And the "rugged metal" sections on the back of the gun is pretty much what Im going to cover this beast in when I get to that part. Still a LONG way to go, but the journey has started, and this WAAAGH! is only getting bigger

Good use of sprue and nice rough metal plates.

I feel sprue is a wasted material otherwise. So thanks for the compliments. Also, keep in mind that most of this songs is still just roughed in. I'm planning on sing a metric crap load of little details once I hit that stage.

There is no end to the many uses of sprue, it's so useful in modelling.

and I love little details. Look forward to it.

Nice progress so far KC! but please don't tell me that's your dining table? :-) I like the pulley idea, should look suitably different and Orkish when you flesh out the shape!

Nice so far! Never tried scratch building something as big as a stompa before, good luck to you! As others have said, love the pulley idea. Are you gonna add a belly gun?

Ahhh thanks all for the comments! Yes, UNDER my home made work station is a rather pretty and very clean dining table Ive just learned that the only way to be a successful Mek one needs mountains of trash to spark the ol brain pan. If I were to put everything on my plexiglass sheet the mess goes away quick. Because my wife would murder me if I did THAT to the table


Anywho. I was mocking up the cannon and thought....."fudge me....this is looking like a fishing pole trying to lift up a concrete sewer line" so I ripped stuff off, clubbed a couple meks for being "big dummehs!" and had them re work a few things. Heres where we are at currently.

*Made in MekTown*







THERE! Now THAT looks like it would raise and lower a big ass cannon -o- doom eh?! Yea, I thought so too. I also think it shows a little more clearly how Im going to wrap the cables and such, as described to me by the BigMek in charge of da build.
"Ya seee Boss, we'z put da cablez'N fings around da BIG spool on da bottum...it go'z back 'N up to da uda spooly fing, den over to da BIG spooly fing on da front, and den...well....its makes da Kannon go "uppy downy" all klever like!"

So there you lot have it! Im still planning a bit o beautification to it and all that, but thats basically what itll look like minus the cable and the gun and all that. Hope that holds everyone over till the next time I crack the whip and get the burna boyz and mekz a choppin and weldin.


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 Big Mek Gobsmasha wrote:
Nice so far! Never tried scratch building something as big as a stompa before, good luck to you! As others have said, love the pulley idea. Are you gonna add a belly gun?

No belly gun on this guy I think. Im thinking maybe on the next one. Not really sure as I dont exactly have er....uhm....well the exact rules for a Stompa. And with the brand new APOC rules just coming out, Ive only seen briefly on an iPad that was being shared by several people I wasnt able to really see what I can legally do to one other then the stock version. So this guy will be a stock Stompa.

 KingCracker wrote:
Ahhh thanks all for the comments! Yes, UNDER my home made work station is a rather pretty and very
No belly gun on this guy I think. Im thinking maybe on the next one. Not really sure as I dont exactly have er....uhm....well the exact rules for a Stompa. And with the brand new APOC rules just coming out, Ive only seen briefly on an iPad that was being shared by several people I wasnt able to really see what I can legally do to one other then the stock version. So this guy will be a stock Stompa.

I happen to have the rules for the stompa (apoc book) and you are right, a stock stompa can't have a belly gun. They have a datasheet in a white dwarf somewhere (I have it) and perhaps on the internet, which is for a 'kustom stompa', which can have tons of options, like the belly gun and deff arsenal. Or......http://www.the-waaagh.com/forums/?showtopic=44935

Edit: oh and the krane looks much better

Ahh cool. PM the WD article if you find it and can, Id love the chance to make a crazy stompa loaded with guns everywhere


and many thanks on the crane

Crane arm is looking good and I like the head stand-in

Man looky here, 3 days in a row of solid work. Im enjoying this cooler weather, its making me a productive git!


Now, heres a kannon lads!







My problem is.......it might just be paint, but the damn thing looks kindda.....empty if that makes sense considering its sheer size and all.
But yea, missing something....maybe cables and detail and whatsits but what do you lot think? Theres got to be something I can jam on there that will bring it to life. Really all thats left for that side is running the crane cable, and filling out the shoulder section which I have to wait till I get armor plates that high up the body.


"Weeeelllll..*hocks and spits* now DAT is a moighty fine lookin kannon der Whirlygig....moighty fine indeed." The King Cracka smiles a golden toofed grin
"Uh tanks Boss! We 'ad sum small er... problems gettin da fing all up in the air an all....only lost er....uhm...BigMek WhirlyGig counts slowly on his tiny gretchin hand .....LOTS!"
"Ya well, dont matta much ta me, s'long as its good an STOMPY!"

Are you thinking the gun arm needs something? or the body? I have an idea for the body :-) howzabout a storm boy spread eagled splatted onto the main body? you could sand him flat to fit nicely against it as it his rokkit pack hurtled his frame with great force onto the big guy! as for the arm? hmmmm maybe some cables hanging loose and some wrapped with multiple bits of tape and rope to hold them there? you could use it to add some detailed bulk to the gubbins?

Definitely cabling and little bits and pieces.

Think about how they'd fix bullet holes- just slap a random scrap of metal (random thickness as well) over it, and bolt, rivet or weld it on. They'd have "Fidly Bitz" all over for makin'the gubbinz go and moniterin' stuff. So maybe a bundle of branching wire going out to the barrel end, and spread around everywhere- held down with little strips of metal slapped over them.

HMm random patches would certainly help. And you fellas made me have an idea. On the platform I could build a control panel with the wires coming out from the bottom going everywhere. The I'll have an excuse to buy a box of grots to add a few here and there, checking it and doing general.... gretchin things.


And the Stormboy idea is a great one... ignoring the fact I actually don't own a single Stormboy. That is a great idea though, and would at loads of character to boot. Gonna... I'll have to think on this one.

CHEERZ LADZ

You know all a Stormboy iz iz a Boy wiff a Rokkit strapped to íz back...

Yea, but I'm short on boyz too I was actually just chatting with my brother about how I need at least 30 more boyz. The Woe of every Ork player

But it's still a great idea, and I'll see what I can come up with.

SO! Its been about a weekish Id say, though its hard to tell, as my grasp of time is pretty fracking terrible. To me, a story beginning with "The other day" could be 2 days ago, or 4 months ago. It happens.

Roight den said da King Cracka with a gruff voice, and an itch on his backside, Wut was all da commotion bout get'n me out ere?
Boyz and Gretchin alike scurried away not wanting to take a back hand from da King Crackas mighty robotic fist.
Well Boss! I'z sum news fer ya! BigMek Whirrlygig said excitedly hopping down from a random workbench
Gazing questioningly at the little Bigmek, ............Yeaaaa? bellowed King Cracka. You know wut time it iz Whirrlygig? Dis betta be good, 'er yer gunna wish a Rokk landed on me, on da way O'ver 'ere
With a grin as big as his face could muster, Ooooh yes yes yes Boss! Dis i'z gunna make you'z a HAPPY Boss! Happy indeed!!! Whirrlygig then proceeded to run past Boss King Cracka, and into the open area of his Workshop.
WE'Z GOT'Z A TITAN WEAPON BOSS! A PROPA STOMPY ONE TOO! The BigMek grot said in a voice so high, it hurt KingCrackas ears







Annnnnd the "bicep" of the TCCW






So here I am. Im still working on connecting the two together and then jamming it onto the Stompa in such a way that it stays put. Im keeping the Klaw part the way it is, so that I can open and close the Klaw, you know, for that added "EAT THIS!!" effect. The bicept will go skinny part to the shoulder, because Im going to add hydraulics on either side attaching that to the shoulder joint. Im also going to be adding hydraulics here and there at the other joints and on the klaw as well, but sadly, I only have larger tubes, and no amount of digging allowed me to find anything smaller to make them out of. So Ill have to add that to the shoping list. But there you have it, just imagine gears and chains and cabling and such on the arm, and then tremble! TREMBLE at the might that is BigMek Whirrlygig!!!

Enjoy lads and lad-ets

Good job. Pretty mean looking claw. Look forward to seeing it complete.

Login the progress on the Titan weapons. Your making the inner Ork In me try to come out.

Lookin' good dude! if you're looking for tubes and bits I got this lot for about $25 from ebay, if you want I can either send you the seller details or send you some pipes if you only need a few lengths? :-)

OK Boss! Let me show ya what we'z got fer you'z shouted Whirrlygig from the top of the Stompa chassis.


First we'z had to make da Klaw part uv da arm so it wuz one smashy fing!! Not ta mention build da er.....bendy part? Whirrlygig squeaked


Dat was da easy part Boss! I know'z dis will be EXTRA stompy too, kuz it squished lotz of boyz and o'ver grots gettin da smashy part up on da Stompa!
Uhh...... King Cracka uttered but Whirrlygig kept rattling on ignoring his Boss.


And here we are'z now Boss! Da smashy bits are on, da Kannon is in KABLOOEY! stage, ready fer blow'in fings up good 'n propa! I'z even reinforced da Smashy part so'z it can smash even betta too'z!


Whirrlygig pushes some buttons on a console to show King Cracka that everything works so far...
Erm...dats noice an all Gigs....but I'z dont fink da Klaw is big enough....can you'z stand next ta it so'z I can compare size wize?! King Cracka said with a devilish smile
Oh uh...suuuuuure Boss! Whirrlygig said excitedly, scampering over to the mighty Stompa Klaw.
Just then, King Cracka punched a big red button marked "!!!Dont press dis!!!" and the massive Klaw sprang into action snatching up WhirrlyGig!



HEEEEEYY!!!!! LET'Z ME OUTTA HERE!!!! squealed Whirrlygig
Next toime Mek......dont wake me'z from my nap, unless dis fing is good and stompy! Zoggin Grots Chuckled King Cracka, smacking a couple laughing boyz across the shop on his way out.





Until next time! Enjoy

Yessss! that is going to be on the Gallery front page when it's finished I just KNOW it! looking suitably awesome dude!

Well thanks Damo I certainly would love get another model there, it becomes an addiction I think

I've got several ideas for the engine compartment and if they work out the back is going to look cooler than the front. Also I've been pondering how to do the MIGHTY BEARDED STOMPA HEAD and I think I've got that figured out as well. It needs to be epic, because the head will easily make or break the entire build. Cheers

Stompa is coming along nicely KC - the 'Kannon 'n Krane Kombo' arm is amazing - I may need to borrow this idea...

As for the Shovel Klaws, nicely done...

Athankya good sir. I'm currently working on the engine and it's compartment. I don't want to say to much, as at this point I may still say screw it and try something different. But I think it's coming along so far. The idea is certainly a tricky one anyways. Stay tuned.

Kc this is turning into one of my favorite orky threads. Especially love the Ork speak. That steam shovel arm is looking as gorgeous as any Ork weapon can

Well Im glad youre digging the current little story mode for the updates. I thought itd be a fun way to do my updates. I was chuckling to myself the other day thinking about the current format, I think it was caused from the hot glue fumes, but thinking how I would do that when painting boyz and such. That would be interesting little dialog methinks

Anywho, I actually tossed this together fairly quickly this morning, all before I had my breakfast, which shocked me as everything else has taken pretty much most the day to get to where they were. I blame that on the fact that Im truly scratch building here, there isnt a single premade part on this sucker, and that can at times, take some real head scratching. Im not knocking guys that kit bash, because Ive seen some REAL impressive kitbashes, but I tip my hat hands down, to fellas that take piles of sheeting and junk and go "TADAAA!" Im thinking Im keeping up some what with some of those builders that I aspire too. At least enough to say "yea that doesnt look like poop run over twice" Ok the update, because my stomach is on frigging empty and KC needs some grub. Enjoy ladz and lad-ets


Welding showers the shop with glowing orange hot sparks, smoke fills the air with grit, banging hammers and spanners (because those make good hammers too) reverberate off the walls, and BigMek Whirrlygig scratches the top of his head with a grease soaked wrench, eyes glazed over in thought.
ALROIGHT DEN! King Cracka's voice booms. Show'z me whatcha got den Whirrlygigs, I'z got'z grots ta eat, and Humies ta beat
Whirrlygig finally snaps out of his concentration. Ahh Boss! Good ta see ya. Yer Stompa is get'n close'a ta bein com....komer....err...jobz get'n done Boss! Whirrlygig snaps his fingers
Good, goooood, show me whatcha got den! King Cracka slumps steady but slowly around the shop looking at various vehicles and weapons being worked on.
Well! I'z got da engine a roar'n Boss! It'z a good un to be sure! I had da Burna Boyz strip dis out of some Humie flyin fing. It went REALLY fast, so I thoughts, why not stick it in da Boss's Stompa! Whirrlygig smiled so large his head nearly folded in half.
Not only dat Boss, but we'z got it mounted, and itz runnin da WHOOOOOOOOLE Stompa on its own. Whirrlygig's arms stretched out and slowly fell describing the word "WHOOOOLE" for added effect
Power'z everyfing too! And currently'z da Boyz are rough'n in where da bullet bounce'n metal whatsits go! Whirrlygig said approvingly to himself, arms folded across his chest looking like a glowing gleaming Gretchin that owned the world. Not realizing that King Cracka just rolled his eyes and walked away to do what Bosses do best, Kill things and eat.










The engine compartment top is just sitting there. Im leaving it unglued until I get that part painted, because theres so many nooks and crannies theres no WAY I could paint that. Sooooo theres the profile and its roughed in form. Next time, Ill bang on a metric crap load of panels all roughed up and good lookin like on other spots. THEN I can finally fill the rest of the stompa with panels, and then its time for some head. After that joy, Ill probably work on building the head So panels, panels.......and panels, head, random guns to make it legal and paint. Look at that, Im probably half way there-ish

Cool. Nice work on the engine and quite a unique design (I've not seen many rotary piston engines on models, even on Ork stuff).

Yea I chose that type for a few reasons.

They are REALLY efficient in the real work. WAY better power ration than typical car engines
I have also never seen someone do a rotary engine, and thought it would add to the cool factor
It simply cool to look at. All those vents and such. Ive always been a fan of the look of those

Definitely cool, but gonna still be a bear to paint.

I dont think itll be too hard to paint the engine bay. Im going to try a few techniques new to me on the rest of the Stompa though, and that, will be tricky and tough. So Im hoping it really turns out how it looks in my head. Im going to do the salt and hairspray method for rusting and such along a crap load of the seems in the panels. Then Im also wanting to try my hand at weather the main color to look like its worn off over time showing metal underneath as well. So its going to be a fun yet really tough time painting the REST of the Stompa as its going to be totally new to me. The engine, thats just going to be strait forward weather and grime

Welp, Ive added some armor to the back section around the engine bay. Nothing really worth taking pictures of, but figured Id keep you all in the loop. Also, thanks to Viktor Von Doom, Im itching to take a break from this Stompa for a bit, and build a giant Robo Squig! So...lets see if I get that motivation or not

Cheers ladz

If you do you need to get a giant bipedal walking toy to motorized it.

Hmmm............ that really isnt a bad idea, and I live close to a bunch of dollar stores full of those things. Theo....youre brilliant

I am an Ork genius, my I.q. Is in the tens

Do yo have any old Ork trukks, like from gorkamorka ? I need sprue pics of the driver for.....posterity

Believe it or not, but as Ork as I am, Ive only really been playing them since AOBR launched. Im sure youve tried it already but I googled a few images and a GOOD shot of that is hard to find.

So I decided I needed to take a break from the Stompa, I was getting burned out a bit, AND Im running low on materials, and I dont want to be half way through a major part of it (since Im nearing the really cool important parts of the build) and run out. So while rummaging through Viks blog, they were yapping about squigs, when an idea popped into my head. Why not make a robo squig! So at first it was just that idea, then it turned into making it usable so building it like dread sized so I could use it as a counts as dread. THEN! my brain kicked into turbodrive, and said "Duder....seriously, build a Mega Dread sized Squig, and use that as a counts as MegaDread!!!"


So thats what Im doing right now. Itll be fun me thinks Nothing too crazy or epic right now, but it shows you where I start, and what I typically start with on my scratchbuilds. This is basically how I do my thing folks, piles of random junk, containers of junk, junk made from junk with a splash of junk....and a TERRIBLY crude drawing

Enjoy


This is the tip of a drinking cup my son had, and I hated cleaning the damn thing out....soooooo its going to become the body of a MegaSquig


My awesome art skills, put anyone to shame Im sure, But this is actually my size comparison chart. I made one for the Stompa and DAKKAjets and so on as well. Its so while Im building, I can hold parts up next to the drawing and see if Im close enough or WAY to big.


Pile -o- junk as promised


Next to my dread, that is bang on the same size as a SM dreadnaught. And where Im at so far, a very basic rough in for the mouth/front of its head. I wanted to get this a little closer to finished so I have a better idea on how/where to build the legs up.







Now, some ideas as to where Im going with the MegaSquig.....or MekaSquig rather Anywho, Im wanting it to be in mid stride, so one leg will be off the ground and the other will be supporting the entire model. Im putting the supakannon on its back, as you can see in the AwesomeArttm as well as the big shootas on its belly/underside. I think that would be a good spot for them. Im thinking of adding another bigshoota as well as the megacharger. Rounding its points out to 200pts. Not to mention the MEgacharger just sounds like sopmething a squig would need, regardless if its a small face bitter, or the size of a dumptruck

Till next time ladz and lad-ets

Thanks for the sprue pic kc .

Also I'm so glad that you put the gun on top and not below as that would definitely be more slaanesh especially with Damo running around here.

Yea, I dont like to encourage Damian, he has enough crazy going on in his head, he doesnt need me adding to it

I figured out real quickly, that the kannon needed to be on the top for the simple fact that it would look weird as all get out running, with a giant cannon tucked between its legs. Also, its a smidge shorter than a MegaDread, and putting the cannon on top adds a few inches to even it out.

Oki doki, so I worked more on the face, and its getting there, It still needs eyes and nose work, and possibly a robo tongue, though thats still up in the air. It would look cool though, I was thinking of having it swinging out the side of its mouth flapping in the wind like a dog though Im not sure how the hell to make a robo tongue TBH.

Anywho, the teef are done for sure, and youre really able to start seeing the face show signs of life. Im wanting this MekaSquig to look like a giant dog chasing its tail, as far as how it feels. It wont literally be chasing its tail, but I want it to have that kindda....dumb look, mentally of course Basically say "DAT LANDRAIDA HAZ YER BONE SQUIGGY! GO GET IT!!!" and off it goes OK enough yapping.

Face coming together.


More piles of junk. This is how I like to work with all things Ork. Its just random left overs, that I grab up and see if itll fit. This turns into...





And the final mouth






As always, I enjoy some comments and back and forths!
Cheers ladz and Lad-ets!

May I have a McAwesome with a side of fun thanks Mr KC! ....

... Certainly, drive through and pay at the next window, that will be 23 Teef...


... Dammit I only have 12 Teef, looks like I better grab a small McSnotling burger but hold the loincloth it gets caught in my teeth!

Looks interesting, I'll be keeping an eye on this.

 nerdfest09 wrote:
May I have a McAwesome with a side of fun thanks Mr KC! ....

... Certainly, drive through and pay at the next window, that will be 23 Teef...


... Dammit I only have 12 Teef, looks like I better grab a small McSnotling burger but hold the loincloth it gets caught in my teeth!

See you need to dip your hands and feet into Ork land a bit more often. When Orks run out of teef, they just punch them out of the nearest Ork. Which in this case would be the poor lad manning the drive through window






Thanks for the compliments so far gents. Im actually going back to work on it again, the itch is just hitting me hard right now. Also, a fun side note, at its current state, the MekaSquig is the perfect size for the head of my stompa. So crude drawings of dimensions are in order

i'm diggin the mek-squig KC.

i have seen some killa kan sized ones done up nice, but not one this scale

I have to say, when one is not used to building frog legs... it's really weird doing. I've got one leg mostly done, just have to put the foot and toes on. Just taking for ever I'm using a picture of a T-rex running to figure out the leg structure.


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i'm diggin the mek-squig KC.

i have seen some killa kan sized ones done up nice, but not one this scale

Yup MekaSquig is going to be a big one for sure. Tomorrow I'll toss in some minis for scale.

KingCracker!

I am doing my Big Squig as well. Beautiful project. Unfortunately ... I know it will take me ages to finish that... ...

All I created at the moment - is a basic shape.

Just look below. I know you'll know where it is going.



Outer layer - plasticard (+heatgun) It is wide as dreadnought base. Bottom circle - one way hatch. That protruding thing at the back - it is a main block for V-8 engine

Cheers

Squigs and v8's, can't go wrong with that combination thanks for sharing, I love seeing all things Ork, come together

VEry nice work on the squig, it kinda reminds my of the head of the gargant POX did a while ago. Quite curious as to how your going to approach doing the legs but im sure it will be awesome.

 bigfish wrote:
VEry nice work on the squig, it kinda reminds my of the head of the gargant POX did a while ago. Quite curious as to how your going to approach doing the legs but im sure it will be awesome.

bigfish.

Ring around hatch, and two hinges (left, right) for 2 jointed legs.
Cheers.

Greetings there gents and germs! I did some work on the MekaSquig this morning, and Ive got to say, it was easily the hardest part of the damn build.....the legs! I had a decently good idea of how to go about it, but once I got to the end, I had swapped the positions of the legs, changed how I was going to have it end up pose wise, and now Im going to have to add some rumble and pipes and such to the base for the other foot. With the materials I had on hand, and how I build the MekaSquig in general, just wouldnt allow me to pose it how I had originally planned. Oh well, itll still look pretty sweet once finished me thinks, and itll add some umph to my base, as Ill be honest, Im typically a lazy base builder

Anywho, progress!




Playing with the Deffdread



I have the shotshell under its mouth to prop it up. The poor fella needs its other foot and the ruble and piping I was talking about to support the weight. It sags a good inchish with out it right now, and I dont even have a supakannon on his back yet Oh well, lesson learned, next time I try something crazy with a pose, Im building the leg supporting the weight it a steel rod through the base, and into the main body









Annnnnnd putting these up Ive realized I put the leg together incorrectly, the one that is off the ground. Oh well, I think a quick reposition of that leg will help me a bit with the ruble and junk. Soo Ill look at that as a pro

Enjoy ladz and lad-ets , remember to always think big and build bigger!

Impressive build you have there.

Just a thought; how about adding some/many pistons from the body to the legs? This will fit the Orky look and may help strengthen the joint and it won't sag so much.

I plan on adding hydraulics to those very spots, so that will help, but then I'd still have to rip the entire leg apart and redue how it's done just for that extra strength. Instead, I'm going to just pose the other foot on top of some rubble and that will fix the problem.

Speaking of foot I tore off the other leg and reposed it the correct way. I feel like a total bonehead for missing that the though that happens. I realized after posting "the grot with the golden gun" that I forgot to paint his teef. Anywho, more tomorrow, because this build is cruising. Also, I think I've figured out how I'll do the flappy robo tongue, and give it a try after the other foot is attached.

Well I didnt get any work done yesterday, and probably wont today, because we are selling Scout stuff with my son, and so my free time is pretty much there. So just letting you lot know, Ill try and work some magic in the next few days anyways, with some more MekaSquig goodness.

Cheers till then

Alrighty, I decided today I would do some work on MekaSquig. And work I did Got him attached to his base fully, and he is standing on his own feet with no slop in it what so ever. Im totally confident that I can now add the cannon on his back as well the tail and last few armor plates. So yes, happy happy happy


Now what youve came for, make sure you leave some type of response dag nabbit! *shakes fist*


Easily the size of a Megadread without the mighty back kannon







meow.......er?..... confused, the mek inside bangs on the control panel with a wrench
RAWR!!!!!! MekaSquig lets out a mighty, deep, smoke filled roar





Enjoy lads and lad-ets

I'm diggin it!

I understand your pain on the wire in the legs.

I usually find the strongest wire hanger in house and use it as armatures for my squigs. sometimes this proves to not be strong enough, if you look at my latest squig you commented on he is leaning a bit already >.>

might have to give him a cottage roof to step through similiar to how you've propped yours up.

I had been hot gluing my wire hangers into the foam balls then building up around them with milliput, so unsure of how to advise you how to do a connectino that would have the strength you seek going into plastic/hollow cavity. in past using plastic golf balls as squig boddies I greenstuffed the hanger into a spot and glued crap around it but never had enough weight on those to test anything worthwhile


edit: interested to see where you put the operator/driver too. Doing it warhammer online style in the mouf? or inside the brains? Just had thought of the dude having an outhouse for a "hat"... call him gak for brains~

I use hotglue for the vast majority of my big projects, its just so cheap and works really well. I hadnt thought enough on how it was going to support its self, I figured the leg would be enough. Over time though, the weight really piled on. If I do that again (which why wouldnt I make a cool model?!) Ill make sure the leg that is contacting the ground, will be built around a metal rod of some kind. One strong enough to hold several pounds even. Oh well, not a huge deal.


As far as a pilot.....erm....I hadnt thought of one? I was just going to add a tail the guns and a tongue flapping in the wind. Although......you might have just given me an idea for one.......hmmmmm Ill go play around with this for a bit and see if something pops out


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 nerdfest09 wrote:

LOL nerdfest hilarious, needed that picture this morning.

I vote YES on the outhouse hat great work so far KC, you need tank tracks for a tongue

Good work KC. Congratulations on 10 pages of Orky goodness.

 KingCracker wrote:

As far as a pilot.....erm....I hadnt thought of one? I was just going to add a tail the guns and a tongue flapping in the wind. Although......you might have just given me an idea for one.......hmmmmm Ill go play around with this for a bit and see if something pops out

How about a small squig on a makeshift treadmill in the mouth, with servos attached to his "head"! then put a grot on the cannon on top to give it that multi-orkish team to operate such an exquisite piece of machinery!

OOOOOooor, you could have a grot with a joystick hanging around it, kinda like a kid with an R/C monster trukk!

More ideas to come later if needed...

I had a cool idea for a pilot, and it just wasnt working out. Im sure if I actually started with a pilot in mind, things would be different, but since I didnt, it just looks kindda thrown in and I dont want to rebuild the entire jaw just to say cool, a pilot. Im still not sure what/how Im making the tongue, I think next time Ill jump into that whole shebang and see what I come up with. Thanks for all the compliments and such everyone, really warms a Meks heart strings

So today we worked on some GUNZ! Yea, you know, the important part in Ork Kulture. I made sure they are nice and LOUD! DAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKA

Anywho, for realz, Supakannon, and 3 bigshootas. The Kannon moves up and down and stays in place rather well, and the pair of Bigshootas swivel in place as well.

Pics and stuff






And lastly, I want some ideas for the eyes. I have been scratching my head big time on this part. I THINK I want to make one of them a blob of lens/roboeyes but thats really it. Thoughts? I need to get this part done for sure next time because....well it cant see and no eyes makes it look completely unfinished. So bang your heads against something hard until good idears plop out ladz!

Cylon eye?

is that a basalisk turret on it back there? (also looks really good)

it needs angry eyebrows, for sure!. I think eyes like this would work:

http://www.irondogstudios.com/images/tater/tater-concept12a-bg.jpg

specifically the glowing green eye's brow.

I also think the cutout other eye with the void (as if something inside was peering out would be cool. also a spot to put a gretching hanging out throwing a grenade or something

 bigfish wrote:
is that a basalisk turret on it back there? (also looks really good)

The back half yes I've had that thing for a decade now.


I like the angry eye idea, that adds instant character. Maybe I'll put some big bolts and such to hold that on too. My current problem with adding bodies and hanging grots is that I'm pretty much out of extra bodies to do those things. And I've got a pretty tight hobby budget currently, though I did have a job interview yesterday so that might change


Cheers

It needs goggles like the minions from despicable me. They can be bolted on, and then it needs a windshield/eye wiper.

Hey... now that is a good idea. Very not bad Theo, very not bad. I might just give that a try tomorrow and see what I or together.

Well I think Ill do some work on the MekaSquig tomorrow. Theres a couple things I need to do to finish it up, its actually closer to finished than I thought. That makes me excited because after the Squig....its GROT TANKS!

Well, the MekaSquig is pretty damn close to completion. I was thinking about working on some more things today when the wife showed up and handed me 3 bags of cheap ass pens and said "Here, they were cheap and figured youd use them for something"

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And I figured hey, I should start some Grot Tanks! Because they seem like a pretty good unit, and look cool, and shoot well, and.....and...why not?! So I bashed this little fella together. It didnt take TOO long. It would of been a good 30minutes quicker had I known how to do the tank treads the way I ended up doing them. So figuring that out took some time, but after that it was cake.

As always enjoy and C&C and all that jazz




The individual treads took some time but wasnt too bad, considering I think that really made the tracks.

Love the grot missile launcher, the pen tips are great looking on there. He better fire salvo as he's not lasing long enough to get three separate shots out.

Nice work KC. Cool concept.

Thanks ladz! Yea, the secret to grot tanks, is the secret for most Ork sumfings, too many to shoot down

Looks like an Orkish version of that movie Wall-E lol! safe to say that's a pretty damn cool little tank dude! :-)

Well the Commander tank isnt finished yet, but its pretty close, antenna and such and of course the guns. But he looked good and figured, why not Sorry for the weird color tone....Im not sure why it did that.

Why yes...thats a megaphone





FORWARD YA PANZIES!!! WE CANT LET DA BOSS DOWN NOW CAN WE'Z?!?!



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 nerdfest09 wrote:
Looks like an Orkish version of that movie Wall-E lol! safe to say that's a pretty damn cool little tank dude! :-)

Yea, Ive tossed around the idea of making an Orky WALLE for a Kan or something. Who knows, Im rather sporadic at times

Boss KingCracka was busy looking at maps and star maps scratching his chin squig pondering his next move for more destruction when a sudden, high pitched yell shook him from his concentration.
GROT COMMANDA SIR GROTINGHAM THA 3RD RE-PORTIN FER DUTY SAH!!!! Sir Grotingham the 3rd then saluted as stiff as a board, looking as professional as possible. One arm strait by his side, the other up, bent at the elbow with a thumb stuck into his ear, fingers sticking strait up above his head.
KingCracka was jolted, knocking over random things from his desk. He looked down at this pint size Gretchin, and what he saw was rather odd, even for a Grot. He was slightly tall for a Gretchin, well dressed in a crisp clean uniform, that was clearly taken from an Imperial Officer from somewhere, the blood stained bullet hole saw to that.
Er....who are you'z again? KingCracka said puzzled, still trying to figure out just what he was looking at.
GROT COMMANDA SIR GROTINGHAM THA 3RD! SAH!!! KingCracka covered his ears and winced at the sheer volume of squeekyness.
You'z dun hav'ta but KingCracka was cut off mid sentence
IZ HERE TA RUN YER TANK SQUADRONS! SAH!! Grotingham saluted again, his heels clicked so hard together it echoed in the Bosses tent.
ILL KEEP 'EM IN TIP TOP SHAPE, SAH! WONT TAKE NO GUFF! WONT TAKE NO PANZIES EITHA, SAH! YOU'Z'LL HAVE THA ROUGHEST TOUGHEST ZOGGIN GROTS IN THE TIRE UNIVERSE SAH!!!!!!!
Then Grot Commanda Sir Grotingham tha 3rd saluted once more, stuffing his thumb into his ear, fingers strait as nails, spun in place, and marched out of the bosses tent, making sure to whack some confused boyz who were curious what all the commotion was in the bosses tent.
GET TA WERK YA LOUSY GITS!! DOUBLE TIME DOUBLE TIME MOOOOVE IT!!!!!!! squeeked the Commanda kicking the other boy in the pants.
King Cracka just scratched his head in total confusion. E'z got guts dats fer sure

Your stuff continues to awe me.

lol, really good.

and the tank looks good too.

Thank you thank you. I really appreciate the compliments folks

I have another tank built and I'll post some pics tomorrow while I work on the 4th tank.

Cheers

Yea so I lied about updating yesterday, Im a jerk. I did spray these suckers and here ya go. Im really thinking about painting these guys up and then working on more. Granted 3 is the minimum to make a unit, Im going to have the squads bigger preferably just cause.

Enjoy!



Size comparison with my IG Commander(still WIP paint wise)



And the 3rd tank all on its own (the turret moves and comes off)







Thanks everyone!