Like a lot of long time ork players being drawn back to 40k by the new codex, I'm in the seemingly never-ending process of updating my army. I've also just recently decided that I work too slowly to justify making threads for each new unit or addition to Waaagh. Hence, this "kitchen sink" style thread. This will serve as my place to post a handful of works in progress, half finished conversions, and facelifts of older models in hopes that the peer pressure cultivated herein might actually push me to finish them! I might even be caught throwing in some of my army's backstory and character fluff, if I ever have a particularly slow day at work.
Without further ado, the goods:





You might have seen these girls before, they're my answer to Deff Koptas. You can read about their construction here.







This gnarly fella is Big Mek Deezull, Chief Spanner of the Waaagh. He never wades into battle without his trusty mek's tools. An unfortunate accident involving an arc-welder and a less than empty gas tank left him with considerably more room for the mekgineering worky bits.





This is the humble beginning of Warboss Teek, "Da Bullgod" in his warbike riding incarnation. Some fidgety dremel work and some "convincing" with a pair of pliers and he's set to straddle a smoke-churning, high octane squig-fuel burning war machine. Also present are the first few bits of the dead rippy power klaw I'm building for him.





Finally, the start of Warboss Teek's ride. I've mated the rear portion of the old ork buggy with the bike front end of the old wartrakk. I've also extended the front forks a bit with tubing, which should come as no surprise.

I'll wrap up this first installment with the obligatory glamour shots:

Looking excellent so far, Teek! Your conversions are most orky and top-notch. Deezul's head looks familiar, is that from the Meganobz minis?

I don't know....I think Big Mek Deezull could use some more tools.

Nah, these look great. After being a big fan of your Deffcopter thread, I look forward to following where Warboss Teek is going to go.

Love it!
Well, ok, in an effort to be useful, the warboss's bike maybe could be longer so it looks more solid. But then I don't know exactly the proportion compared to him, so it might be fine.
Definitely top notch conversions! Can't wait to see them painted.

looking pretty bad-ass!

love the big mek. looks a lot like what I had in mind for my Painboss.

the bossbike is looking a little bit small IMO. but that may be only because mine's so big

Wehrkind wrote:Well, ok, in an effort to be useful, the warboss's bike maybe could be longer so it looks more solid. But then I don't know exactly the proportion compared to him, so it might be fine.

Yeah, it looks a little stunty to me right now, too. But then, it might be just right with the warboss on the model...

Thanks for all the comments and input so far!

Grimteef: Yep, Deezull's head is from the meganob model. I liked the huge toothy sneer, and the bionic eye fit the character. Also, it was a surprisingly easy fit on the Grotsnik torso.

Now that I look at it, the bike does seem just a hair too stubby. Here's a shot with the boss body astride for scale:



While I'm fairly happy with that, it puts his face really, really close to the handlebars, a problem compounded by the fact that I plan to make them apehanger style bars. Enter MS Paint!



That shows the basic angle I'm thinking for bionic right arm and massive klaw left arm. While that works, it's a bit visually tall, the eye is too often pulled vertically. I can offset that with some big chunky rear fenders (which I was already planning to add). I need to score a set from the old buggy, those would look perfect and would mate with the axle I'm already using. That still doesn't completely fix the face/handlebar clearance, and so, enter Photoshop!



In this one I just stretched the bike "frame" by a little over 1/8", and the overall change to aesthetic is pretty solid. After making this image, I've been toying with ideas as to how to pull off the actual stretch with plastic card and pins, it shouldn't be too violent of a surgery. I'll more than likely be attempting that sometime tonight.


As for that power klaw in the ms paint picture? It's shaping up well! The current total is 22 individual pieces, I wouldn't be surprised to have that double before she's done. But it's looking dead killy if I do say so myself!

Sweet! I think stretching the bike does exactly what it needs to make it look more right for what you're doing. I think before that it looked a little disproportionate and unbalanced. And that Klaw is great - gubbinz here we come!

Here she is after some preliminary stretch work. I'm really happy with just how much is added with the rather minor length increase.



I plan to greenstuff some of the smaller gaps and sculpt that middle section of the saddle to match what have now become the ends. Also some of the card bits still need a bit of filing to sit flush with the existing detail. It's about halfway there. Here she is with the boss body for scale.



Next up are apehangers and big exhaust stacks. I'm also toying with the idea of a front fender, something grand and imposing, but I've yet to come up with anything I'm totally in love with just yet. Ah well, what else are slow workdays for?

Well then, I've had a bit of fun with some stuff that is green. Here's the current state of affairs:



Here's the trike with a shiny new saddle that just happens to help cover some gnarly cuts made for the stretch.





Da Boss got some new shoes! (I had it mixed up, waste not, want not!)





Here's Da Boss astride the trike, she's a good fit!



But wait a tick, what is that heinous green nub? Surely the Dok hasn't been "experrymentin" on Warboss Teek in his sleep? No, that wouldn't be proper, it has to serve some kind of purpose...







Yeah, that'll about do it!



So that's where the Biker Boss stands so far. I've also just gotten my hands on some slightly used IG sentinals, going to bash those into a few Killer Kans next time I catch a spare minute. More delicious Waagh-ness to come! For a closing shot, the Boss as he rides into the sunset:

Awesome work. The klaw details are perhaps the best bit so far, if only for "He's doing that?" value.
Keep it up!

sweet sweet sweet,... the klaw is just tits!

can we see a closeup of the new bits on it? What was the final piece count?

Heh. I love the execution of the modeling, but the klaw looks so big, it looks like it'll pull him off the side of the bike. This may seem kind of dumb, but what about Warboss Teek being chained to his bike, to keep him from coming off - a sort of Orky Seatbelt if you will?

yeah, i like the seatbelt idea. make a grot holding the chain down on the back of the seat.

The Gorgull wrote:yeah, i like the seatbelt idea. make a grot holding the chain down on the back of the seat.

Heh - or a nice bitey squig for the buckle!

You know, as un-orky as a seatbelt sounds, I really, really dig the idea of a tiny little squig for the buckle. As I make more progress I'll definitely try to incorporate something like that. I've been mucking about creating apehangers for the bike as well as a cybork arm for the boss to reach them. I'll get pics of those when they're at a point that I'm happy with.

For now, fun side project distraction!

I've acquired some secondhand sentinels, and I figured it was about time Deezull got his hands on one. Some serious orkish surgery resulted in a much lowered cabin stance, mold line removal, and some rather chunky orkish flavor added. The massive jaw plate is fast becoming a common styling cue throughout my army. It's very much in the infancy stages, but it's beginning to show promise as a Killer Kan. It's even been given a rather unfortunate nickname by my fledgling Tau commander roommate. He took one look at it's squat frame and dubbed it: "The Waaagh Frog"



Great. Nothing inspires fear in the hearts of man like a trundling mechanical amphibian...

Anyways, more to come!

Interesting that Tau would refer to someone else with the "frog" title.

Very cool conversion though. Going to throw anything over the top of it or just leave it open?

The sentinel looks cool. It reminds me of a squig kinda, but with long legs.

SoG

Ooooh, mega-cyber-Squig!

Nice.

Some grisly trophies hanging off that thing would realy adda bit more Orkiness.

Heh. It'd make a nice pet Squig for a Stompa!

Stormtrooper X wrote:Going to throw anything over the top of it or just leave it open?

I've been debating on what to do with the cabin. I either go with an armored top, or leave it open and model 2 grots fighting over the controls.

While it would be very characterful to do the grots, I'm leaning more towards the top. Especially with the majority reaction being that it resembles a squig. That's sparked a few ideas on how to handle a metal top, and really nail the robo-squig flavor.

So yes, I plan to make it closed top, full-tilt robo-squig, I've just decided.

Now to figure out how to model armaments... if I articulate the jaw, that could be the dread ccw, then I'd just have to stick rokkits/kmb mount somewhere.

Thanks for all the great input so far guys, I'm glad you're digging the progress! More Biker Boss work this weekend, hopefully.

I don't care who you are thats funny! Good work teek love it.

Well between a batch of exams, a birthday, and snagging copies of DoW: Soulstorm and Smash Bros. Brawl, work table time had all but dwindled in the last week or so. But I sat down yesterday and knocked out some apehangers, now the boss can steer his wreck!




New bars, all kinds of fiddly tubing work, some fat-fingered greenstuff work, and copious amounts of glue...





Da Boss trying them out, (with no arms, even). I plan to work on his cybork arm now that I have reference locations for both shoulder and hand grip.

I'll leave you with the angle the beakies will be staring down... eventually...

I think the front forks should be even longer! And the back wheels even bigger. It's a lovely looking model, but with Orks, OTT is good and you've done suitably OTT with the claw.

I love the claw, I also love that it is the dominant feature of the model. Can’t wait to see it painted up.

Mini-update! I've done a bit of work on the cybork body wysiwyg, he now has (most of) a right arm.





Ahh the joys of paperclips and styrene tubing. Still WIP, there's a good deal of cleaning and glue removal to do, and I'm testing a couple different methods for making fingers which is proving to be exceptionally fiddly. Here's a close-up:



A hand, fingers, and of course greenstuffed shoulder musculature is all forthcoming.

Hm. Not to cheat you out of the joys of constructing a nice fiddly Cybork hand, but what about just using a SM biker hand and bulk it/widget it up with some GS?

Looking better, I can't wait to see the final product.

Finally got a night off from studying to get more done on the Waaagh!




The Squig-Kan got a paperclip roll cage, giving me framework to add my armor plating over. I'll get back to him later down the line.

As for the Boss, Migsula mentioned bigger wheels and really, what could be better? I'm working on it, and in my searching found a 4 dollar tractor toy at Target that granted me no less than twelve of these babies.



I'm still working on prying the hubs off the toy's metal axle. Otherwise I can just scrap some hubs together. Either way, it's an idea I'm definitely toying with, pardon the pun. Onto the boss: I've devised a somewhat simple solution to my custom hand dilemma. Since I plan to paint boss and bike seperately before final assembly, I've sculpted cybork fingers wrapped right around the throttle.



I've also added headlights, although I'm not in love with the middle one. Ideally I'd like to use the same tank accessory floodlight that I used on the Fatboy Jetbike, but I only had the one. (more than once I considered nicking it from the Choppa and performing some reconstructive surgery there...)



Here's the arm, with the back of the palm attached. I plan to add some spikey bits to that thin strip, to make it a row of built in knuckledusters. Now when sat upon his ride, the Boss' arm becomes complete!





With that fire stifled, I turned back to the power klaw, "Da Kan Opena". It needed juice. It just so happened that Big Mek Deezull had just the thing, the power supply to a humie lascannon. After watching "dat zappy fing" blow one of his favorite trukks into scrap, Deezull decided he needed whatever it was that contained such power. He personally ran over, beat the crew into paste with his spanner, and promptly nicked the gun's "juice box". Some orkgineering and a healthy amount of profanity later, the Boss has his very own super-charged power klaw.






So there you have it. I wish I had more time recently to devote to the hobby, but I figure slow progress is better than no progress! Finally some glory shots of the work thus far. (Ignore the front wheel falling off, it was never glued on to facilitate painting, and I only noticed the gap after taking my lights down... )

I really like the additions to the biker boss - his augmetic hand turned out really nicely! The exhaust pipe and lascannon battery on his back look great. I'm eagerly anticipating where the Squig-Kan goes!

so, which legs did you use for this? just the standard warboss ones?

I really like the apehanger look. how did you get the bends in there? I have tried other ways to do apehangers and yours put my pathetic attempts to shame.

With The Weapons on Squig-Kan, why not the eyes?

Actually, eyes were exactly what I was thinking, at least for a rokkit launcher. Here's the body thus far:



I plan to pull a more squig-like "tail" of sorts out of the back a bit, still need to do a bit more sketching first.



That recessed front panel will soon have a hole punched through it, with a rokkit "eye" mounted in place. The sloped panel will be fitted with a viewing slit for the grot pilot. More to come on this mekgineering monstrosity later!




Now for my labor of love, the Deff Koptas. Well, the Deff Choppas. Nothing said "Ork jetbike" like a lean chopper with jet engines and fins bolted on a bit slapdash. I started a P&M thread on them prior, but figured threadomancy would be a bad idea, so I'm moving their progress here.

They're (just about) done! I say just about, as I'm sure seeing these pics on the forum will find the thirty four remaining flaws to fix. I got a bundle of new biker plastics from Neal, and set about hacking them into suitable "Gork's Angels" for the Waaagh! Lots of cutting, pinning and greenstuffing later, I've finished them. Here they are, in all their bow-legged, flying base-d, and screaming fast goodness!





"Da Fatboy", complete with buzz-saw, and handy goggles to keep 'umie, beakie, and panzee bits out of his eyes. Note I finally decided to jack his headlamp for use on the Biker boss.





The first Deff Choppa, I can't tell you how long I've been looking for the perfect use for that WHFB orc head. I love how it fits on this one.





Low and long, raked out beyond belief. I went with this head for the blatant (and unplanned) similarity to the dual headlight setup.



And finally, the obligatory glory shot:

Those are beautiful, mate. They're going to look amazing all painted up.

Thanks for the kind words!

two_heads_talking wrote:which legs did you use for this? just the standard warboss ones?

I really like the apehanger look. how did you get the bends in there?

The body (legs/torso) is the regular Ork Warboss model, the one with the attack squig. I cut his loincloth mudflap out with a dremel, and had to "convince" the legs to fit around the bike. I ended up using his regular head and most of his left arm, in the end.

When I do framework like that I use a paperclip inside the tubing to give it some rigidity. A couple seconds over a candle to soften the plastic and you can then bend the clip underneath into any shape you like. It's not a perfect science and takes some practice, but once you get the hang of it,, you can do just about anything with it.

I SO can't wait to see those babies painted up! Remember... Red Wunz Go Fasta!!!!

I just have to say that I still love those deff choppas. I can't wait to see them get a red paint job going on.

the rigth one reminds me of a podracer from Star Wars I

They all look very good but the third one looks excellent. I'm always keeping my eyes open for good jetbike models - of which there are very few - and I wish I could find a load like your #3 biker. Damn.

- Salvage

I struggled with a body for my Biker Boss. in the end I just used a plastic Nob torso, metal Warboss arms, and hoped for the best. The addition of some shoulderpads and green stuff certainly helped!

Those jetbikes are awesome! They make me think of Lobo's bike a bit :p Anyway cant wait to see them all painted up

Sublime work! i love the hover-bikes. And the warboss is cool too!
The sentinal with a ork gob - GENIUS

'Ere we go, again! I'm going to blow the dust off this thread and get some new photos up. My workload lately has been relentless, but I've still somehow managed to get some hobby time in, so let's get right back to it. Though I never really consider a project "Done" per say, I definitely do hit a "Done-ish" point where I want to stop before I add too much and muck up a project.

The Biker Boss is pretty much done. I added some exhaust tips, studded his cybork knuckle-duster, and finally got the proper headlight on the bike. Really all that remains is modeling some kind of dakkaguns, but I'm debating how to do that in a way that doesn't detract from the chopper lines of the bike.







Also teetering on the precipice of "Done" is the Squig Kan. I've overhauled the teeth in the gob, added a hatch for the grots to use, magnetized the weapon mount (rokkit launcher in place in these shots), and finally added an exhaust system to help solidify a squig-like profile. A few more rivets and it'll be ready for paint.









Working on the Squig Kan and reading mauleed's kan army list got my gears turning on making a heap more kans. Who wouldn't love a wall of trundling orkish machinery barreling forward into the fray? I snagged some old bits and tossed together 'Thumper', a true kan. See if you can guess what represents the dread ccw!







I'm still trying to figure out how best to bulk out the hip joints, right now they still feel a bit naked.



Finally, my perpetual monthly vow, the Lootas. Though I haven't done much with them (I like the models stock, myself, which is really rare) I'm including a group shot just because I managed to survive those mold lines.





Here are the few, the brave, the somewhat simply converted. Still WIP, but progress nonetheless. I'm quite fond of the destroyer boy, kudos to Ein for being the original inspiration for that one.







There you have it! Still slogging away on the army whenever I can find the spare minute. Slow going, but I'm having fun, and isn't that the point? Summer time = paint time, we'll see how that goes soon. C&C welcome and appreciated as always. Finally, for the sake of getting a thumbnail on the front page, the glory shot:

Teek, I love how the Squig Kan is turning out and the collection of Lootas is hot. Maybe it's just the photos, but I'm still feeling like Bike Boss Teek's bike is too short and squatty - not nearly low-slung enough, IMO. I think it looks kind of out of place compared to the sleek lines of the deff choppas. Don't get me wrong - you know I love your conversions - the execution on it is great...it just feels like the proportions are still a little off for my taste.

Oh


my



GOD.

Those are some of the best ork conversions I have ever, ever seen. I love the death-choppas. That has got to be the coolest way of representing that unit.

Bravo, sir.

fantastic. This is great inspiration for my own list

thanks

Time for a quick WIP teaser. I've finally taken knife to plastic in the name of the Deff Dread henceforth affectionately named "Lemmy". A tip of the hat goes to Lemmingspawn for inspiring me with some great concept art and an incredible large scale version.

I've scaled it back down to roughly standard Dread size (height-wise at least, it's a whole heap wider). In keeping with my army's Roadwarrior-esque, GorkaMorka mob turned Waaagh theme, I stripped down a hotwheels toy truck with a slick hotrod roof chop to serve as the backbone of the model.

Very much WIP shots follow. I've got a long grocery list of bits to add, engine, exhaust, hydraulics, cabin plating, big stompy feet, and big killy backhoe buckets, just to name a few. But for now, here's a peek at my progress on "Lemmy" thus far! Enjoy, and as always, c&c is more than welcome!

LOve everything you've done here inspirational stuff . Nice deff kopta konvershun . I had my DKs as flying surf boards , with surfa orks , but I'll have to tweek them now for the latest codex.

Very inspiring!

A bit more progress on Lemmy to share!

I've added hydraulics to 3 of the legs. Haven't done the fourth yet as it will be raised, but I'm not sure how high just yet.





I've slightly raised the cabin position, to give it a more "rearing back to strike" pose.

(Note: "Rearing back to strike" beat out "Pointing and yelling on top of skulls" by the smallest of margins...)



I've also put a bit more work into the Dread CCW for the ole boy. True to Lemmingspawn's concept art, backhoe buckets!



It's been a labor of love. Right now it's fully articulated, and actually operates as a normal backhoe would. It will eventually be mostly fixed as a tabletop model, but I'm very, very tempted to model a larger one in aluminum and motorize it! But I digress...

Behold, articulation!




That's it for now, I'll leave with a parting glory shot for the front page:

Managed to get a heap of detail work done on Lemmy. Added a handful of hydraulics, teef, rivets, and worky bits like a stonkin' huge engine. I'm aiming to combine the flavor of Lemmingspawn's concept art with raw, badass Peterbilt power and my obligatory Hot Rod styling.

I figure it's about 95% done, and pics might help me narrow down the final touches needed. Left on my list:
-Plate up the baby side windows
-add a bit more flash to the rear end, tow hook maybe?
-finish stabilizer feet (how stompy?)
-build under-slung turret for armament options (I've placed a magnet in the chassis behind the front bumper)

I've included a primed shoota boy for scale. As always, C&C welcome!









From the scale shot you can see it's a bit bigger than most dreads and a beast for TLOS, but really I could care less!


Finally, the glory shot:

that is insane. your plastic card skill are brilliant
truly inspiring! keep it up man

-Develain

Lookin' good, Teek! It's really coming together!

You're a crazing one Teek. Awesome conversions and can't wait to see da mob once you get a chance to paint them up too.

Brilliant in my books.

teek, i dont think there is anything here i dont like, love the squigkan, might have to "borrow" that idea
and credit where its due, the warboss klaw and bionic arm are ace, amazing work.

Thanks for all the feedback and kind words! It's huge to know others out there in the intarwebs dig what you're working on. It definitely pushes me to keep working, which is always a good thing.

Few things, I'm currently painting. Broke out my old grotz (based on the old WHFB night gobbo plastics) and started experimenting with some new washes, some new vallejo and reaper stuff. Iffy, if you're reading this, I'm in love with Payne's Grey thanks a million for the tip. It's been eventful, I should have painted pics soon. I'm also currently sketching up some ideas for cybork nob bikers of doom, and if I can manage to get the particular bits I'm after, it should work out very well. More to come, thanks again guys!

Well, Teek, I gave in. Between your awesome conversions here, Lemmingspawn's, and GrimTeef's, I've started myself an Ork army. Bought two boxes of AoBR and traded away the marines for more Orks, and supplemented it with two new Trukk boxes.

Now, I'm coming back to comb your posts for some inspiration on where to go next with the army (and if you don't mind PMing me with any sample army lists you could recommend, it'd be appreciated!).

Thanks!

First off, welcome DBM and Grey Deff to the fold, seems the wonders of AoBR brought a lot of folk over to the Green side. Where they belong.

Construction on Lemmy continues, I'm finishing up a few turret weapon options before he sees a paint booth. Also began paint on the Deff Choppas, more to come on those soon.

For my September vow I wanted to paint an entire unit. It was an experiment in new methods as I haven't painted a miniature in roughly 7 years, so bear that in mind. I managed to paint up 20 gretchin (WHFB night goblin conversions) to a solid tabletop standard. I used a speed painting method that was the result of tips from both Ifurita and Lemmingspawn. Yes they need a Runtherd, but I have plans for him in the works. They also need another layer of highlights to really be up to standard, but I'd put em on the table as is with no regrets. Here you go!

Amazing plasticard work in that "Lemmy" of yours!

Azmo

Remarkable

I may be a little late, but would your warboss' trike have a handlebar for his power claw side?

I would imagine an ork boss choppn' it off after it got in his way.

Why thank ya for the welcome to the green side ^_-. I need to get a blog up for mah boyz here soon!

Do I really need to say what an accomplishment in plasticard your deff dread is? Or how good the wee gits look?

I didn't think so ^_-.

That Boss klaw is beastly and I luvver his bionik arm! Consider it looted!

- Blackbone

Dormant thread, arise!

As per my January vow, I've started painting the Deff Choppas. Please keep in mind, what follows are Paint in Progress shots. I've still got a lot of work to do, highlighting the black bits, picking out details, and a mile and a half of weathering. PIP. Enjoy.

Bloo wunz go fasta!

Hawt, brother! Do you use an airbrush to get that nice fade on the blue?

im guessing that deff dred is based off this?

Really good job on those deffkoptas, those blue flames look surprisingly good, consider that idea looted
Cheers

Interesting hover bikes idea, great converions.

Death By Monkeys wrote:Hawt, brother! Do you use an airbrush to get that nice fade on the blue?

Im 110% sure that its not airbrush, just good fading technique

All and all, brilliant stuff! Ive been waiting to see these bad boys in color and im super happy that you continued the biker theme to the actual scheme aswell - If you really want to rip it, make an orkish "biker gang" out of them by painting the heraldics and name of the gang on the back of each riders coat!

I instantly needed to hear George Thorogoods "bad to the bone" after seeing dem lads in da kolor!

DBM: no airbrush work, just careful brushwork and 8 or 9 different shades of blue.

Krieger: Yep. Lemmingspawn posted the pic and built a counts-as stompa, it inspired me to have a go at the design myself.

!?: thanks!

Innom: Good to see you back on the boards again man, I was hooked on your Lilliputian project. Still hoping you get back to it at some point. I've painted a Deathskull glyph on the back of one of the jackets already, and I'm definitely looking at making "club" jackets for the boys. I'm leaning towards a skull and crossed Pistons, a more gearhead version of the Jolly Roger.


As for the bike boys, I'm still working on a few minor things. Looking again at these photos has helped me spot a few spots that need some touchups. Also, the front canard teef on bike #1, I can't decide whether to paint those the main flame blue, or the high contrast yellow. Thoughts?

My other January vow was to convert two of my old, Gorkamorka-era trukks to better match the (amazing) new kit. To fit with the theme of my army, I decided to go with utility construction trucks for inspiration. WIP shots follow.

The first is becoming a dump truck, as nothing says "open-topped" like a big old dump truck bed. Here I've stripped the old trukk model down to chassis, and begun building off with plasticard. The front lip of the bed is the old trukk's bulkhead plate. I wanted to keep a visual cue, something quickly recognizable from the old plastics.





Still to come: gun turret, wheels and fenders, and the requisite fiddly little details and rivets.


Next up is my wrecker. Or, will eventually be my wrecker. I've mated two trukk beds and elevated them to get the ride height. I've also stripped the front end to make room for a more Peterbilt looking scratchbuild. Here's a very early WIP:



Craptacular mspaint image below shows where I'm going with this one:



I plan to throw on several railings, roll bars, and skid plates to give the lads something to hang on to. More to come as I make progress on these. Plans for next month are to finish these two trukks, base and seal the Deff Choppas, and if I have the time, make a Rat rod with the new trukk kit...

Great jetbikes sir!

The flames on the deff choppas look great! Just like a Harley (I assume that's the look you were going for)

Thanks guys! Glad you like them!

Some progress on the wrecker to share:

Amazing. wich is, coming from you, not that amazing.

Wow

Great conversion!

Tossing an update in here to show progress on my (over ambitious) February vow. Work has continued on the "Wrecker" old-school trukk upgrade. Cab details have been added, the boom started, wheels and axles added. She's got a ways to go (roll cage, hand rails, copious detailing, etc.) but it's finally starting to take shape.


Full on shot, she's coming together!



Detail of the Boom controls. Joysticks will get greenstuff knobs soon.



A bit more eye level. Starting to feel the attitude I'm after.



Ramming Speed!


Hopefully my next update will include both trukks done. C&C welcome and appreciated as always!

Your conversion skills are the highkicking shezznit! I am truely jealous. I have faint suspicions that one of your parents has a green skintone, am I right?

These are absolutely jawdropping.

Would kill for a step by step on some of the pistons.

As always great work you crazy mekaniak!

Question, are you planning on making them ramshackle style orky at all? Or is that in the copious details phase?

Teek, as always, it looks great. But particularly after seeing Dave Taylor's Munitorum truck, this doesn't look especially orky yet - heck, I'd be proud to use that with my IG. What are the plans to orkify it?

Thanks guys!

Fear not, a great deal of Orkification is coming. I've never been big on the "ramshackle" look, but I'm all for brutal, crude but effective additions. Teef, plating, spiky bits (Ben Hur chariot spikes, anyone?) and dakka are coming soon.

Teek wrote:Thanks guys!

Fear not, a great deal of Orkification is coming. I've never been big on the "ramshackle" look, but I'm all for brutal, crude but effective additions. Teef, plating, spiky bits (Ben Hur chariot spikes, anyone?) and dakka are coming soon.

Can't wait to see it!

Well, March has been busy, but I've managed to get a little hobby time in.

The Wrecker Trukk is now mostly orkified. I still need to do something with the roof of the cab, like floodlights or somesuch. Enjoy!


Wheel guards, exhaust stacks, plated doors.



Iron Gob!


Tow hook, good for bringin' scrap back to the fort...


3/4 shot, showing most of the roll bar assembly



That's where she stands for now. I'm moving in a week, so hobby time will disappear for the next month or so. In the meantime, I'll continue working on concept art for my monowheel bikers, three battlewagons, more night grots, Wazdakka, a Warphead, another Biker boss, stormboys, and possibly a skullhammer. Basically enough projects to hold me over until Armies on Parade at next years Gamesday!

What does it count as a trukk with wrecking ball?

Those are some fantastic scratch builds. The jetbikes are a fantastic concept, the whole rocket bike idea works really well and is actually very Orcish.

wonderful work.

I love the pipes on the hood and the diamond plate front bumper is perfect! I think the back side panels could use some more rivets. Looks too clean and humie. Spectacular detail, though, on the storage units on the sides!

How did you build the jet engines? I really like that style of Trukk although I brought mine from Ramshackle. The warboss is awesome. What are you using as the main material just plasticard or styrene as well.

Now that's what I call an Ork Trukk! Far closer to the namesake than the Games Workshop version.

Thanks for the comments and compliments!

@goffnob: Just a Trukk for now. In game I run my trukks very lean, basically just one weapon to eat "weapon destroyed" results, and RPJ (Bloo Flame Job?)

@Gundam-Mecha: Thanks, I'm glad you like them!

@DBM: You're definitely right. Looking at the pics now, I agree the back end is still too clean. The storage is a bit 'Umie too, but in paint it will see some bullet holes, as well as freehand graffiti labels like "Dakka" and "Spare Choppas" etc. The back though, I'm trying to figure out. Some rivets, perhaps some spikes like those on the front wheel guards? I just want to avoid slapping some large panels back there. It will look dead orky, but I fear it will unbalance the model as a whole. Thoughts?

@Llamahead: The jet engines from the deff choppas were hacked from old Robogear kits. Styrene is my main material (plastic card is sheet styrene), in various sheet thicknesses and tube/I-beam/channel sizes. For really thin bits like the hinge plates, I use disposable plastic dinner plates, hence the pink color.

@Dobie: Thanks! It's a bit bigger than I had planned, but I'm totally happy with it. Soon I plan to start a Rat Rod with the new trukk kit, so I'll have a solid side by side comparison, hopefully they mesh well.

That's excellent, I'm a big fan of that style car/truck as well.

I've been lowering and lengthening out my trukks and I definitely look forward to seeing what you have in store for your Rat Rod.

Hey, it is a wrecker, right? Here's a couple thoughts:

1) Put some spare tires on each side over the wheel well.
2) Trophies - it's a wrecker, so theoretically, it should be able to drag wrecked vehicles off the battlefield. Why not put some trophies on the sides and back - maybe like a small pile of Necron legs in the bed along with some SM shoulder pads. Put some IG turret hatches on the side. This shouldn't just be scrap, this should be some trophy scrap!

Trophies! That's perfect. The army is a bit lacking in the trophy department, and I really like how that jives with the whole feel of a band of orks scavenging the skid for scrap.

This is why I dig posting here on Dakka. Sometimes you spend so much time on a project that you get tunnel vision, and outside input is always of great value. Thanks again guys!

Well, Summer has come and gone, and I've been bitten once again by the hobby bug. Bitten hard, it seems, as I've developed hardcore gamer ADD. Far too many project ideas swimming around my head, I've been sketching like a mad man.

Luckily, I've also been working! First up is 'Da Wrekka Trukk'. The rear was looking a bit too clean, with straight even lines. I've tried to break that up a bit by adding a few minor armor plates. If I can get my hands on some good scale jewelers chain I'll add it in bundles here and there, but for now I'm content to say she's ready for paint.





Next is the Dump Trukk. I've gotten a bit more structure work done, detailed the bucket interior, finished the grill details, and added a big skull glyph, fenders, and a magnetized front ram. She still needs some solid orkification, which I'll get to as soon as I stop flitting from project to project like a buzzer squig hopped up on pixie sticks and amphetamines...

But I digress... the dump trukk, so far:





I've also slapped together some Tankbustas! I abhor the stock metal models, I think they just look a bit naff. So I built myself some custom 'bustas. The previous ed. Ork codex had a small bit of concept art next to each unit entry, and the picture for the Tankbustas featured an ork in cobbled, scrap armor plating and a metal blast mask covering his face. I love the sinister feeling it gave the tankbustas, akin to a pack of predators hunting much larger prey.

I grabbed my old tankbusta unit, dipped them, and cut them into bits to use in the new versions! I'm clinging to the hope that some plastic reincarnation voodoo helps these reborn tankbustas with their aim. I wanted to include lots of different style rocket launchers, from the over the shoulder 'Stinger', to modified shotgun looking hand cannons, to the smaller rocket-pistols on the GW models. I'm particularly happy with how the drum-fed grenade launcher style gun turned out, personally.



I'm fiddling about with a Tankhamma conversion as well, more to come on him later.

Finally a Battlewagon! The imperial landraider has long been the go-to for ork looted b-wagon conversions, so I figured I'd have a go. I started with a used landraider I snagged dirt cheap from a friend. To get the shape and overall look I'm going for, I shortened the track sections. It was involved, but not nearly as nightmarishly difficult as I had expected. Some fairly simple greenstuffing in the gap coupled with some love from a flat file, and the joint is smooth and I suspect easily disguised with paint. I've loosely mated the tracks with the current battlewagon cab section. I like the strong, stout feel and overall shape so far.



The plan is to build the transport platform off the back, and plate some ramshackle "sponsons" on those widened side ports. I picture orks hanging out the side, yelling and firing big shootas as this beast trundles forward, belching smoke from several giant smokestacks.





That's it for now. I'm playing about with several more ideas at present, like a High-Tech Warphead, Iron-Eagle Zagstruk, some Kommandos, even a Stompa project thus far dubbed "Operation: Lose the Mumu". Until then, enjoy the pics, C&C always welcome and appreciated!

Love the custom 'Bustas and your plan for the Battlewagon is white hot - can't wait to see where you go with it!

Usually I'm very "Ugh, more plasticard stuck to 'looted' ork vehicles" but that Battlewagon is ace. Hats off to you sir.

Thanks guys! Re: the Battlewagon, I'm stuck on two points.

1. The battlewagon front ram attachment points. The cab features those two circular mounting points for the beautiful stock toothy front ram. I gotta file them down, hide them, or re-purpose them. The easiest route would be to file the down completely and just plate over it, but I'm not sure if there's something more glamorous I could do. What do you guys think? This flows into...

2. The front ram. I want to add a nice front ram, or a zoggin' huge prow. The stock bit from the battlewagon kit is a beauty, so I don't want to fall short in that regard. I can either use it as a base and beef it out to fit the larger stature, or I can scratch build something else in a similar fashion. To fit in with the rest of my army, a large toothy maw is necessary, but other than that I'm open to any and all suggestions.

Super plasticard skills ( im jealous xD )

yeah those bustas look good

Teek you harness some great skills but I have to point out one thing. The tankbusta's with the ninja turtle like mask headband absolutely brutal man. I think those are by far the coolest thing ever done to an ork.

Teek wrote:Thanks guys! Re: the Battlewagon, I'm stuck on two points.

1. The battlewagon front ram attachment points. The cab features those two circular mounting points for the beautiful stock toothy front ram. I gotta file them down, hide them, or re-purpose them. The easiest route would be to file the down completely and just plate over it, but I'm not sure if there's something more glamorous I could do. What do you guys think? This flows into...

I say either razorsaw/file them off or use them as a connection point for some big loudspeakers and/or spotlights.

Teek wrote:2. The front ram. I want to add a nice front ram, or a zoggin' huge prow. The stock bit from the battlewagon kit is a beauty, so I don't want to fall short in that regard. I can either use it as a base and beef it out to fit the larger stature, or I can scratch build something else in a similar fashion. To fit in with the rest of my army, a large toothy maw is necessary, but other than that I'm open to any and all suggestions.

I say you go for a zoggin' huge prow - like, think a gigantor cattle guard like on old-fashioned steam engines - something pointy and toothy and triangular.

Teek wrote:That's it for now. I'm playing about with several more ideas at present, like a High-Tech Warphead, Iron-Eagle Zagstruk, some Kommandos, even a Stompa project thus far dubbed "Operation: Lose the Mumu". Until then, enjoy the pics, C&C always welcome and appreciated!

Very nice. I like how all your vehicles have a very unique look to them. Are you sure you want a front ram for your Battlewagon? Because it looks like great opportunity to put a giant meatgrinder-like deff-rolla in there.

Here's a pic of my High-Tech Warphead:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/8083-.html?m=2

That's awesome, I dig the warphead! I found some concept art a long time ago featuring weirdboyz covered in capacitors and copper plates, etc., and lately I've been collecting the bits I'd need to do the idea justice. I've always liked the idea of a high tech ork psyker, using mekboy know whats to harness Waaagh energy. Big Waagh battery! If Gamer ADD consumes me, I might get started on him sooner than later.

The plan for the battlewagon ram is to magnetize it, so I can hot-swap a deffrolla or ram depending on the list I want to play.

For what it's worth, a google image search for "train snow plow" gave me all kinds of reference images for a large, brutal, angular ram. Progress pics coming when I get home.

The original concept art was what inspired me to do make this guy in the first place. That, and I don't like the regular Weirdboy.

Really Nice Warboss Trike there

Well, that puts my conversion skills into perspective !

lol, i need to invest in some plasti-card ...

Super fast update, complete with super crappy lunch-break photos!

Tankbusta with tankhamma, very very WIP.

Needs: greenstuff neck, armor plating, tank bits, and of course the business end of the tankhamma, which I'm working on.




I've decided that gamer A.D.D. isn't necessarily a bad thing. I'm hopping from project to project like a madman, but in the end it's a hobby, so why not work on whatever you feel like working on? I'm dying to start the warphead, and paint the tankbustas. More to come...

Me like.
Very dynamic. The stick is a tad too long imo.

Anung Un Rama wrote:Me like.
Very dynamic. The stick is a tad too long imo.

"Some men are longer then others." ~Braveheart

Impressive as usual Teek. So what godforsaken bludgeoning object will be placed at the end of the pole?...giggity...

Thanks for the compliments! I agree the handle is a bit long at the moment. I plan to shorten it once I have a hammer head, but I figured cutting it longer to begin with gives me flexibility when I eventually detail it.

As for the beating end, here's my train of thought:

A simple rocket on a stick (while undeniably orky) seems a bit daft to me. One attack and you're spent (and nearly dead, also undeniably orky). What I have in mind is more of an impact hammer, where the ork loads a rocket into the back, and on impact the detonation drives the hammering force through a custom gnarly, meat-tenderizer style hammer face. Similar to a powder-actuated nail gun, a device that drives cement nails with a charge similar to a .22 caliber bullet.

I'll update when I get some more progress shots.

Did you use toy chasis's as bases for the truks?

Been thinking of doing a similar cab design for my army but have been daunted by the prospect of building it all from plasticard..

@ShotgunFacelift:
Both trukks are built up from the GorkaMorka-era Ork Trukk kit. The only toy bits are the yellow plastic on the dump trukk. The bed and both front wheels were salvaged from a clearance bin toy truck. Dump trukk rear wheels from a John Deere toy tractor. That, and the red and black cable reel on the wrecker, it's an old hose reel from a Lego kit. The rest is either plastic card or GW bits.

Tankbustas!

They need a great deal more work, black needs highlights, metals need washing, entire models need weathering, etc.
Painting has been a nice change of pace, it's let me really stew up other ideas for the Warphead, Stompa, Kommandos, Stormboys...

Ahem...

***Paint in Progress***












I'm trying not to use too much yellow, to keep it as a minor accent. Likewise I'm trying to keep the blue flames a very strong visual component withing overdoing it. Like I said, they still need a great deal of work, but I was quite pleased with the progress thus far, and wanted to share it!

Dude you got some skillz!!!! Seriously, Im loving all the conversions in this army, makes for a really unique force, as all Ork forces should be, sadly though you don't see it too much these days. :(The blue flames look sweeet. Some really good work here.

Teek your blue over black theme on the busta's is quite crisp. I don't see any real faults at all. Beautiful work my friend.

I have seldom ever literally said WOW im impressed. Orks have so much potential but often they fall to the wastse side much like people putting 430 skulls on a 40mm base for a chaos termie with 74 spikes comming out of him. You too something simple minded did some really resoute work to it and without overdueing the model themselves made them ...well WOW. Honestly great stuff and I definately look forward to seeing more of it. Also on a side note thank you for have some dsolid painting skills. Not trying to sound mean but their are people out there who do amazing conversions and then just such horrible paint jobs and well it hurts my eyes. With you I did not have that problem what so ever so thank you sir.

Good god man! Ive just read from front to back and am completely blown away. You sir, are an Ork master
How long did it take you to blend the blue in your flames? And 8 or 9 colors? You obviously mixed those right?

OMG !

I really dig those flames. Very good paintjob. And I like how the whole unit is tied together by the mask theme.

Keep 'em coming.

Incredible.

I'm currently in the planning stages of an ork army and you sir, have inspired me greatly!

Fantastic work!

Cheers,

Jack.

The TankBustas look sweet!!

Keanu_Reeves wrote:Whoa.

o_o

Whoa indeed

It's on a whole new level now, isn't it. Those conventions are impeccable and oh so orky!

How did you do the exhaust pipes on that bazooka? I didn't think the plasticard tubing would have kept that shape so peaceably.

Amazing work. I can't wait to get run over by yer WAAGH!

Thanks for the compliments guys! I'm glad you like them so far!

@KingCracker: I used 8 or 9 hand-mixed shades on the bikes as I was experimenting to get the fade I wanted. On the Tankbustas, I only used 5 colors. I figure on smaller areas, with smaller flames, fewer colors would blend fine. I'm using three Vallejo blues in the flames, though my paint shaker has long since rubbed the names off the labels. I'm starting with (if memory serves) Royal blue, blending through a mid tone, and ending up with Intense Blue.

@The Good Green: For pcard bending, be it sheet or tubing, a bic lighter or candle is my best friend.

Washed and based the lads last night, so just some weathering and a lick of paint on the base and they're tabletop ready. Pics to come!

This may be thread nercomancy, and I take full credit to doing it, but i really want to see more of this blog!

Cheers

LFF666

Very Nice work
Keep it coming

Time for my monthly update!

I finished the basing on my Tankbustas, but their clothes are still too clean. I'll throw a picture up after I weather them a bit. I didn't manage any progress on my Tankhammer boy, as I've been consumed by my new Weirdboy project.

I wanted a Weirdboy in my collection for the modeling opportunity and to spice up smaller friendly games. Problem is I really don't like the current model, nothing about it works for me. The head is ugly, pose is wonky, grot minders are meh, and those perfectly straight chains? Blegh. So the stock model is right out. However, I stumbled on a great stock of Ork concept art. This same collection led to Ein's stompa, as well as untold hundreds of other projects I'm sure. The art can be found here. Three pictures in particular caught my fancy, which I've taken the liberty of hosting here (with proper credit given).







The first is a mekboy, covered in fun worky gubbins. The other two are hi-tech weirdboys. The theory is that these weirdboys have covered themselves in batteries, capacitors, and brass plates in order to help control and store Waaagh energy. The very concept is unbelievably cool. A weirdboy turning himself from a loose cannon to a supercharged... erm... loose cannon.

So I set about pondering and drawing and digging up random bits.

The plan is to do a single, Hi-Tech Weirdboy covered in batteries and weilding an exceptionally complicated staff, flying just above ground. He'll be suspended upright, arms out to his sides, and head facing the sky, screaming. I'll use lots of loose, dangling cables and wires to acheive the flying look, and all manner of bits and pieces to build the rest of the detail. Right, plan sorted. Off to the races!



To start the head, I've combined the Black Orc Boss and the plastic mek head from the Loota/Burna box set. I special ordered this head in particular, as it has the most gnarly grimmace/scream expression, and to me epitomizes "old, angry ork" like no other.

So the story goes: this weirdboy began his career as any other Waaagh-channeling weirdo, until a rather unfortunate 'Eadbang left him on the Mad Doc's table. The doc managed to hammer all the squishy bits back in place, and reinforced matters with some steel plating. Knowing that the power seemed to concentrate there, he added some worky bits to help prevent any further 'eadbanging activity. The Weirdboy noticed the effectiveness of the "worky gubbins" and decided if something works, then even more somethings should work even better. The end result will look something like a cross between all three concept images listed above.



To get a more realistic "suspended in mid-air" pose, I hacked up one of the plastic nob bodies. Re-positioning the legs, as well as sliding the torso further back on the legs help give a more natural look, as if he's simply hanging in mid-air. I also chopped the boots up a bit, to add an arch to the feet and give them a more relaxed look. Some greenstuff work to blend things together, and that's where we stand.



For his left arm, I wanted something relatively simple, just a plain arm throwing the horns as a means of directing a Waaagh-fueled blast. I started with an old metal nob slugga arm, hacked off the unimportant bits, repositioned, and sculpted two new fingers over some very small pins. It needs a bit more GS to smooth the palm, and some overall filing, but I'm happy with the look thus far.



The last shot is just a quickie WIP, to show the look coming together. His right arm is just an old metal nob choppa arm, repositioned and drilled out to support the upcoming staff. This project really has my creative juices flowing, so I hope to make fast progress. I've got all manner of plans to add bits and bobs, so once I'm done with the general body shape I'll set about adding a copious amount of detailing. That's it for now, stay tuned for more. As always, C&C welcome and appreciated!

nice. would like the second wierdboy the most, he looks awesoem

Cheers

LFF666

Very, very cool stuff. My vote is for the second of the two Weird Boyz you posted. That's some awesome concept artwork! Some is better than others - I thought the bikes were kind of goofy, but I particularly dig the Mekboyz with the V-8's strapped to their backs. I'll have to remember that when it comes time for me to make one.

Great stuff. Givin' me too many ideas. Thanks for doing a WiP blog.

Agree with your sentiments regarding the GW weird boy. Thankfully weird boyz are not a priority for me right now - but that concept art is awesome and I am looking forward to checking out the rest (time permitting!)

I think the word you are looking for is supercharged capacitor? (can't help but think flux capacitor - even though this has nothing to do with time - maybe a flork capacitor?)

I'm using that same mek head (all of it rather than part of it) for my current Big Mek WIP - mainly because the head bitz match the kustom force field bits (I've also detached the side of the kff and attached to the back - hoping to give the kff a more 3d feel). I also use a new nob body. After thinking they were a bit restrictive to work with, its amazing what a few cuts can do (my big mek is striding - but is still waiting on green stuff to patch up the rather large holes...)

Anyway - loving the WIP, can't wait to see more. As much as I love looking at completed models - I think watching them come together is a lot more worthwhile - and you get to see them completed at the end too! So thanks for making the effort! (and *much* better photos than mine - though I am hoping to rectify that soon...)

superb, truely awesome
and youre gonna put lotz o gubbinz on him i hope ?

Cheers

LFF666

Looks great. The concept art was, what inspired my Weirdboy as well, but it already looks less cool compared to what you're off to build there.

Utter genius can't wait to check out those links!

A bit more progress on the Weirdboy:



The body, after some more work. I've smoothed the hand a bit more, and filed the fingernails into a more menacing shape. The legs have the first stage of detail work, with what will become a belt of resistors on one thigh, and some funky "Waaagh-pacitors" on the other. The arms need greenstuff love, as I need to sculpt some armpits.




The start of his harness full of worky bits. To be precise, his shoulder houses a "coupla zappy bits, wiff some spinny gubbins in da middle". The back of this harness will hold several very large capacitor-looking devices.




The start of his staff. Detail work is underway, and I have great plans for the rest. I'll be doing something very similar to the concept art, with a skull hanging from a cantilever at the top of the staff. I just need to get my hands on a lego helmet...




Overall look so far, lots more detail to come. Stay tuned!

Ya ummm i'm going to have to go with the belief that you have far outdone yourself on this one cheers.

Wow, the new Weirdboy is taking shape wonderfully. I love the mid-air pose, the staff, the doo-dads, the whole feel of the piece that's starting to emerge. Well done.

Some really great detail on da Weirdboy! Love it!

I love it all! That means... I must steal it all!

ROCKIN!

That's an awesome conversion you got going, let us know how it turns out!

For some reason i think the staff looks skavenish

More progress:



The Weirdboy about 80% finished. I've got a good bit of detailing left to do, including running scads of wires over, around, and through him.




Back detail showing the spinny gubbins and the Waaaghpacitors




More back detail, showing more of the Waaaghpacitors (hardwired to his noggin!) and the shape of the staff. You can see I'm drawing heavily from the various concept images, while still trying to maintain my own style.




One last overall shot, just because I can!

Progress will probably freeze until early January, as the next few weeks get busy.
C&C is always appreciated, hope you enjoy him so far!

Simply, awesome I love the use of SM backpack vents and plasticard tube and rods - especially the rings at the base of the staff (would make for a great kustom built kustom force field methinks) - I'll be making use of that! Thanks!

Is that a skull in the helmety bit on the staff?

I can't wait to see this guy painted. The feet are a great touch.

Damn, he looks every bit as badass assembled as he promised he was going to. Which is really saying something.

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the kind words guys!

@The Good Green: Yes, there is an ork skull encased in the bastardized Librarian hood.

I managed to find a snazzy enough lego helmet and cut it into shape. Lego plastic is very soft and easy to cut, fyi, I'll probably sneak more into some future projects. I mounted the ork skull inside the hood, deciding that the skull belonged to the formor Weirdboy, and our opportunistic Waaagh-battery decided he could use it to enhance his own power.

Then things went downhill... as I mucked it up. I put in a few actual wires with rod and paperclip pieces, but the process was tedious beyond belief. My shortcut was to greenstuff and sculpt wires (seen in the preceeding photos) but I wasn't happy with the results. The GS has been mostly removed, and I'm building the wires in one at a time. Tedious yes, but I have to be satisfied with the final product.

Nothing worth doing is ever easy, it seems

Thread necromancy.., again.
That's the cool thing about having a popular blog!

Cool work but what about a grot on a chain, being hanged painfully by the neck?
You could have the chain accidentally caught on something, like his arm, to tighten it up.


Cool work so far.

P,S, can you tell me how to get rokkitz like the ones you have?

Woah
That looks sooo much better then my Techno weird boy.

Also: Lego plastic easy to cut?? They must make it out of a different material where yo come from.

Hey Teek - maybe I'm not remembering correctly, but have you done Lootas for this army? I'm looking for some ways to do Lootas without having to pay the exorbitant prices for the box sets, so I'm thinking of kitbashing some up with standard Ork Boyz and giving them underslung heavy weapons like SM Devs. I think the backpack/harness/frame-mounted Kustom Mega Blastas look kinda bleh and wanted to see what your take on them was.

Good idea.
I got a good trick I want to try. With a bit of clipping, dremel and green stuff I wanted to get some burnas and use the deth guns with a nob kit and make some of baddruckz flash gitz ! Although I want to concentrate on painting and assembling my LOTR orcs.

When will we see more to that cool looking Battlewagon of yours???

Cheers mate great work

Teek, you are incredibly talented, bro. Nice one.

You can say that again!

Thanks again guys, I'm glad you all like the work so far!

@zilegil: The rockets on the Tankbustas? Those are taken from old Robogear kits, I've just added some spikes to the nose to match the army aesthetic. "Deys arrow-dynamik speed spikes!"

@Anung Un Rama: True, I remember regular lego bricks being rock hard when I was a kid, but for whatever reason this particular helmet cut like butter. Maybe the newer sets use a cheaper/softer compound? I dunno!

@DBM: I've assembled one squad of lootas so far, and assembled them (gasp!) mostly stock. I'm not a huge fan of the bulky harness, though I do feel it helps give the weapon a "Heavy d3" look to it. With most ork weapons being assault regardless of size, the harness helps visually cue the heavy status. I can't stand too much repetition though, so I've converted up a few with various other weapons. I plan to do a second unit, but I'm procrastinating because those suckers are mold-line-tastic. In the new unit I plan to include a lot more varied weaponry, like Tau burst cannons, Lascannons, etc.

@merchant: I'll get back on the 'Wagon soon. Right now I want to finish up the Weirdboy, and I'm playing with ideas for the BWagon, a full 20 strong Stormboy unit, custom Zaggie, custom Kommandos and Snikrot, and a completely ridiculous stompa. So much plastic, so little time.

@Reecius: Thanks!

I hope to get back in the saddle and make some serious progress on the army. Adepticon is far too soon for my Slow and Purposeful working pace, so the plan is to have the army fully painted by August. We'll see!

August is a ways off, yet. I hope you can post a few pics before then.

Amazing work. Those trukks are still my favorite.

Thanks for the tip about the Rokkitz.

Hmm sounds great Teek, I cannot waite to see - whats to come

Wow, your plasticard work is amazing. That weirdboy looks absolutely fantastic.

'Ere We Go!!!



Done a fair bit more work on the Weirdboy, and I'm happy to say he's about 99% finished. I've added a central control unit to his chest, various detail "worky bits", and a fair bit of wiring. I overhauled the Staff, complete with psychic hood, and the skull of his predecessor.




I'm really very pleased with how this build has turned out. I wanted to capture the feeling of the concept art, combining raw Waaagh energy with high tech means of harnessing and using it for destruction. I plan to greenstuff a trailing wire behind the base contact, to hide the point of contact a bit more and make it look as though it's a large cable dragging along the ground.

All told, I love the final product. I'll touch up the remaining (very minor) greenstuff work, and hopefully get some paint on him soon.

My parting gift, a semi-360 view. Enjoy!

when you go all out you go all out. Amazing stuff cheers, and glad to see an update.

that looks totally badass
would love to see him painted soon

Cheers

LFF666

Absolutely awesome! Looking forward to seeing it finished!

Quite possibly my favorite model. Ever.

that poor power miner...
pretty amazing work.

Impressive as always Teek especially that lego helmet

Orktastic! A great model, now I feel bad about mine.

As I said before,

ROCKIN!

Cheers guys, glad you like him!

And now, mini update:

TANKHAMMA!



I was going for a big stonkin' hammer, where the rokkit was used as an impact charge. Designed to be reloaded and used again, for hours and hours of tank smashing fun!

i hate you teek in a your awesome sort of way

I'm sorry but that tankhammer is nowhere near big enough...


There is some seriously nice work here, once these exams are out of the way I'm gonna have to set up my blog too lol

Time to shake the dust off this and post a quick update!

The new Dread and Kan kits have hit and they are, in a word, spectacular. A joy to build, brimming with detail, and packed with extras. I liked the Deff Dread so much that I didn't feel the need to modify it too severely. Which, for me, is saying something. Also: ball and socket joints are a godsend.



I wanted to go for a dynamic pose, like he's about to grab the target with a claw and then hammer those two great drill heads into it with all the force it's pistons can muster.



I slightly embiggened the legs, and chopped up and re-posed the left leg to be stepping up on a rocky outcropping. (Articulated toe joints? I'm in heaven!) I also canned the stock exhausts in favor of some simpler ones of my own creation. For whatever reason, I really dislike the current trend in ork exhaust and mufflers, so p-card and pin vice to the rescue!

I also magnetized the fourth weapon, letting me swap from a 4 DCCW monster to a skorcha build out. I reasoned magnetizing the weapon would not only be easier than magnetizing the arm, but also provide a better aesthetic, saving me from the dreaded "magnet droop". I had to modify the skorcha a bit to make things flow, but I'm really happy with the results.



So there you go! Real life slammed my first quarter 2010, but things are shaping up to grant me a fair amount of hobby time this summer... All of which will undoubtedly be spent on my entry for the vehicle conversion contest at Gamesday Baltimore! I've been stewing up ideas for a year or two now, and this is the perfect reason to get off my duff and get to work! The whole "must be 60% GW product" rule is an added challenge, as I'm so used to scratch building my own detail, but I'm confident I can crank out something groovy by August. So if I slip back into the shadows, fear not. I'm not dead, just working feverishly on my secret GD conversion project.

That said, I will need sanity breaks, and I've got a display case full of figures needing paint. So we'll see. In any event, thanks for looking, and remember C&C is always welcomed and appreciated! Thanks!

Nice. He looks really cool with two drills, though they are a bit puny for a Deff Dread.

Really like the model; the two drills seem a tad small, but on the other hand they look like really power with those big engines behind them.

Best Wierdboy ever. Period. Fantastic work.

Just looked through all this thread and I may have to loot that Battlewagon idea. I have a spare BW cab that I need to do something with...

Missed the Tankhammer the last time I posted. Looks fantastic!

Deff Dread kinda reminds me of that bloke in Bioshock with the drill. Can't say I've ever played it, but I've seen pictures and tha dread just yellz Bioshock mining drill.... thing

Oh man! I can't believe I lost track of this blog! The weird boy and Tank hammer came out amazing. Your conversion work is quite phenomenal!

I have to say, as well, I am very happy to hear about the toe joints in the new kanz. Those kits look jam packed with treasury bitz and gubbins.

And the Bioshock guy would make a very cool conversion.

Thanks for all the kind words, guys!

@kenshin138: Thank you! I'm actually quite hesitant to paint the weirdboy, as I'm worried about mucking up one of my best conversions.

@Anung Un Rama & The Good Green: I'm glad you like him. I've had that image of a Tankhammer since the codex dropped, and I was sorely disappointed by GW's version. When you want something done right...

As for the drills looking smallish, to be honest I didn't notice it in person. After looking at the photos however, they do come off just a bit small for a dread. I could replace them with something suitably drill-esque, like drywall anchors, but I really like the detail on the kit pieces. I think I can change the aesthetic enough by flipping them so that the armor plating and exhaust are tucked away behind, revealing more of the drill thread in a front-on view. I might also space them out (just the slightest bit) from the arms, give them a bit more volume that way.

A slight tweak to the aesthetic will fix it in my opinion, as I don't need a comically large drill, just something big enough to throw a chimera track, puncture a fuel tank, or bore a hole in a rhino big enough to fit a skorcha nozzle into...

GW does seem to be hit and miss (to what ever proportion). Sounds like that should fix the drills smallishness.

Excuse the photo quality, I'll set up lights and get a nicer shot tomorrow.

I flipped the drills and spaced them out from the arms just a touch. I think it helps make the weapon itself appear larger.



*edit: much better photo now*

That really does look awesome moving that kit from my nifty to my must get at next opportunity pile! I also love Supaork the Weirdboy! Is it a bird is it a plane no its that zogging' Weirdboy again!

I absolutely LOVE your work!!!! It is so insperational and I can't wait too see more!!

Ugh I was wordering If you had painted the ork with all the wires floating in the air yet, because it looked so sensational I really like it =]

The painting bug bit because another forum was holding a painting contest for Ork Walkers. Now that the contest is over, I can post some pics!

I broke out the paints and set to work. He got the 'Bloo Flame' treatment, and I'm really very pleased with how it turned out!



I kept the base fairly simple, just the rocky outcrop and a spare gear for scrap.





I tried several new tricks on this one. I built my first wet palette, and it is simply amazing. Keeping paints usable for hours is a wonderful thing, especially when layering and blending. I also broke out the blister pack sponge for wear and tear, and I'm very pleased with the results. It's easy, quick, and gives very natural results.

C&C always welcome!

Very nice. Picks out all the detail well and doesn't seem to overload the model. Did you win the contest?

looks great i like the colors

Love it, very vibrant colours! How did you do in the contest?

Was it the contest over at The Waaagh?

Very nice. Any more info on how the blister pack sponge wear and tear went?

Teek... you are amazing, good use of lego too!

I would give you my first born for that weirdboy.

Thanks all!

@HadoukenAvenger: Yep, that's the one. As for the firstborn, I might have to pass. Probably wouldn't fit in my saddlebags, anyway...

@Sarigar, CommissarKhaine: The stars aligned and I managed to win the contest, despite having some very talented competition. I entered really to enforce a painting deadline. As you can see from the blog thus far, I paint horrendously slowly. This contest gave me a hard and fast deadline. 7 days start to finish...

In the end I think the pose and conversion work, coupled with a bright, eye-catching paintjob helped.

@Arakasi: See CMDante's excellent tutorial that explains the technique I used. I encourage everyone to try it. Sometimes these techniques are far easier than you might think, and they give great results.

Teek wrote:
@HadoukenAvenger: Yep, that's the one. As for the firstborn, I might have to pass. Probably wouldn't fit in my saddlebags, anyway...

Dude, this is a once in a lifetime offer, I don't offer my firstborn to everybody.....unless they have ice cream.

I really like the recent Dread. Awesome paintjob. Although I think the left eye looks peculiar in comparison to the black-rimmed right eye.

By the by, what is a wet palette?

@Pika_power: Thanks! Looking at it now, I see what you mean. The left lens lacks the bit of contrast that the frame gives to the right lens. I might go back with a micron pen and try to hardline it.

A wet palette is basically a semi-porous palette sitting on top of a moist surface. Check out this nice tutorial over at The Painting Corps. It's cheap, relatively easy, and you will definitely notice a difference in the working life of your paints.

I picked up some parchment paper from the local grocery store, and used a 4"x8" plastic container I scrounged up as the base. It's got plenty of space for lots of different colors (my flames can use anywhere from 6 to 10 shades of blue) and clean-up is super simple. I just replace the parchment paper or paper towels when they get nasty, otherwise it's zero-hassle. I love it, and personally won't go back to a dry palette as long as I can help it!

Now back to the GamesDay entry... (shhh!!)

Wow, some excellent stuff here, only briefly glanced over it so far, will be going over it all later

Great paint job on dat kan!

i really like you're painting especially the free hand
well done

Brilliant, you have made me want to buy a deff dread now.
Amazing work, You'v gotten' me into a mood to go finnish my scratch built warbuggy now.

Do you ever use bits from a bits site?, I just got some kanz rokkitz and a nob kombi rokkit for the TL rokkit launcher on my warbuggy from model bitz.

Whats the ork forum you submitted to for the contest?

Amazing work btw.

Love the blue. Looks crisp and clean.

Great army so far btw. I love it.

Yes blue realy goes with green and I love the over the top nature of your minis, I think you need to try some super heavies, that would be epic.

Fantastic, really fantastic. I will be coming back to these pics to reference lovely clean but worn metals and colouring

/thumbsup

Everything here looks great, particularly the deff dread and the simply amazing scratch-building details such as on the mek's staff base, and of course the tank hamma.

Awesome! Plasticard ftw!

AWSOME MAN!

Alright! Games Day 2010 has come and gone, and I'm finally back home. Whew. The blog has been silent of late as I was working on my entry for the vehicle conversion contest. Now that it's all said and done, I can share some photos! I've wanted to do a stompa for a long time, ever since catching wind of Ein's incredible scratchbuild. The GW kit is great, but I hate, I hate, I *hate* the stupid kludgy upside-down flower pot look. The gears started turning, and Operation: Kill the MuuMuu began.

Erm, photographing something this large is somewhat challenging. I'll have to find a more suitable backdrop and get a few nice shots. But for now, these will have to do.

May I present "Da Ramblin' Wreck"




I was spurred by the announcement of the conversion contest at Gamesday, recommending unpainted models (hooray!) and requiring at least 60% GW product. This meant minimal scratchbuilding, and a lot of kit bashing. In the end I'm really happy with the results. I based my design on the Ghaz model because, really, who else is a more befitting inspiration for a stonkin' huge death robot? I roughly mirrored the proportions, which meant a lot of work went into making legs. Legs are notoriously absent from the stock kit...



The arms are magnetized, and very easily swapped. This will allow me to build a lifta droppa or any other weapon variants in the future. I went with my favorite CCW, the bucket-wheel of death, seen previously on my deff kopta.



Here he is next to the Forgeworld variant model, for scale. You can just barely see the LED effect I installed in the rhino shoulder. The grot rigger is busy repairing some broken gubbins, and there are a trio of LED's to simulate the flash of welding. Video here would help, must look into that.



And here he's ready to take out Camden Yards. Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!

I'll get some nicer shots soon, to show off individual details (like the huge V8 engine on the back, the grot bomb, etc.)
As always, C&C is welcomed and appreciated, let me know what you think!

Excellent! The method for avoiding the bell stompa and not making it just a rumbling, tracked stompa has eluded me, but this is wonderful. I'm especially liking the SM bits you've added into it, as well as having little LEDs around to simulate welding. Anyway, keep up the awesome stuff

Amazing!!! What a perfect stompa for the Deff Skullz!

Very impressive!

Great thats awesome!

off topic, which baseball stadium is that? it looks like the ballpark in arlingtion Tx

Camden Yards!! Home of the Baltimore Orioles!! GO O's


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and your Stompa is ace!!!

Ahh, finally a stompa that does not wear a skirt! Excellent work there mate!

Excellent, a stompa that looks like it could actually stomp

Outstanding sir.

What won the conversion contest any ways? That boat thing? I just want to say I actually voted for your stompa at gamesday this past Saturday lol. Amazing!

Thanks all!

@Icelord: Yeah the boat thing won. They ended up giving the guy people's choice and studio favorite. I figured with the ridiculous amount of money he threw at it, he could take home a trophy. Thanks for your vote though!

Now that the contest has come and gone, I'm no longer a slave to the "Must be 60% GW product" rule. I plan to add a fair bit of detail, not the least of which being hydraulics and some armor plating to help bulk out the arms and legs a bit. i want to add a second grot bomb, and a handful more riggers climbing around. But for now, I need a break. The last three weeks before Gamseday were a bit crazy, and I need a break.

Glad you all like it! Not sure when I'll get around to painting it, but eventually it'll see my standard "bloo flame" treatment. Better photos to come sometime this week!

Impressive indeed.

wow thats an stompa love the design very orky-faced and also your tutorial for the AoBR boyz save my army cuz i bought two set (since its an evil sunz army lots of sluggas) you are a realle good source of inspiration since i have just a year in this thanks man really

While I think I prefer the traditionally more ramshackle stompas, I agree that this one looks like it is alot stompier so kudos!

Awesomeness!!!!

I feel the actual 'head' on your stompa has a bit superfluous teeth. Maybe add some slightly larger tusks on each end and maybe bulk out the jaw? I think for me it'd make the head seem a bit more Orky. That said, that miniature is totally awesome sauce!

Teek wrote:Cheers guys, glad you like him!

And now, mini update:

TANKHAMMA!



I was going for a big stonkin' hammer, where the rokkit was used as an impact charge. Designed to be reloaded and used again, for hours and hours of tank smashing fun!

All your stuff is pretty amazing but i got to ask: which set are the arms and head from?

Is this blog still alive?.. if not, then Kiour_gr should be ashamed.

Teek, I was just reminded of the plethora of awesome conversions you have done here and I had to speak out.

Next session of modeling I get, I think I'll spend with one eye on your thread.

Keep up the great work!

I can't wait to see video of that grot working on... in the shoulderpad.

Lol teek as an inspiration for all the mad doks and the meks

Nice warboss on bike!
And tankbusta for that matter too!

They might have voted for my boat, not for the cost but for the originality and percentage of GW plastic. I liked your conversion as well as the hovercraft (I voted for the hovercraft) For this year I made the large ork plane.

What the hell this blog is so old. Would love to see some updates though and have exalted this for easy access when I want to steal need a little inspiration.

Updates?

HAZZER

Love the stompa, you know you're big when you use humie metal bawksez for shoulder pads.

Please Teek..... moar Waaagh Deezul!

< thread necro > Arise! < /thread necro >

So it's been almost a decade since I started this Stompa. I've gained another degree, moved states, got a new job... life stuff.

I'll make no bones about it: this GW Renaissance has pulled me back to the table. Duncan videos, a presence at independent events like Adepticon, they're finally doing things right. So I dusted off the tools and got back to work on the big guy.

Goals: Bulk out the arms, Reinforce the Shoulders, Add Worky Bits. Done!





Used some of the leftover stompa bits, most notably the CCW arm 'bicep' is made from the normal Stompa ankles



I even bulked out the Teef - what self respecting Warboss doesn't want MORE TEEF!



Full 360 pics in the gallery.

Feels good to be back. Not sure what's next, though I've sketched out plans for 2 more ridiculous Warphead conversions.

And I've been painting Shadespire...
Aaaaand I have ideas for a Gorkanaut...
Aaaaaannnnnd Buggies, Flyers, more Lootas....

Fantastic, a master returns.

I have been through this blog so many times, so much inspirational work.

Welcome home sir.

Camkierhi wrote:Welcome home sir.

Thank you!

It feels great to be back in the hobby. I still work at a snails pace, so updates might be spread, but there's good stuff boiling around in my head.

Teek. I waited years for you to come back.

Do Orks have boomerangs? Because Teek's back, baby, like an orky boomerang! Great to see you back, when I first returned to the hobby, and came on dakka, you were a huge inspiration with your kitbashing antics. Huzzah, I say!

Fan friggin tastic.... mind blown

Amazing work on the Stompa. Just incredible. Love it.

That is a stunning build, very nice work

I love ork stuff, I'm glad Cam mentioned you on his blog. Looking forward to what you do

Stunning work, stunning return

8th ed really has brought a lot of people back.

MOAR TEEF.

Bloody amazing work!

Great to have you back! Always loved looking at your work.

Thank you all for the very kind words! I'll try to live up to them.

Mini update: threw on a coat of Primer, with a heavy silver drybrush to bring the details back out. That first coat of primer does wonders to tie all the different parts together and make one cohesive Waaagh-Machine. I sprayed on some Vallejo Silver (I absolutely love Vallejo's air metallics) to basically block out the areas that will be exposed metal.

I wouldn't even call this a basecoat, this is pre-paint. I'm blocking out areas and bringing the details back out after a solid black primer coat.



The plan right now:
- Heavy weathering and rust on the feet, working up the legs
- Alternating weathered metal panels with some black painted panels (with edge wear and tear)
- Figure out what I want to do with the shoulder Rhino. Leave it as a marine chapter? Painted over with flames? I don't know yet, but I have time.
- Grease, Oil, Soot, Dirt, Dust, you get the idea
- BLOO FLAMEZ (check previous pages for an idea of where my head is at)

That's it. Mini update. Time to get my hands dirty!

I always love how priming a modle brings it all together. Looking nice and initmidating!

This is truly a great blog full of all sorts of Orky goodness. Keep up the great work! Also, a stompa that can actually stomp is a wonderful thing!

Getting some base coats down - starting with Rust.

Before washes:




and after washes:




Even at an early stage, things are starting to look gnarly!

Looks great! Exceptionally scrappy! What's your process for rusting/washes?

Beautiful work, true master.

I'm on a total rust obsession just now, this is inspiring stuff!

Thanks for the kind words, all!

My rust recipe:

Black undercoat
Heavy Silver dry brush (I use a dark silver, P3 Pig Iron or GW Leadbelcher)
Selective Drybrush P3 Umbral Umber
Selective Stipple P3 Bloodstone
Selective Sponge/Stipple P3 Khador Red Highlight
Heavy wash 50/50 Nuln Oil + Agrax Earthshade

The “selective” layers are important. You can not be too clean, or regular, or formulaic here. The trick is to be random and organic. Heavy in some areas, lighter in others. You want them to overlap but not completely. You still want to see bits of each layer peaking out, especially the black base coat. If you cover too completely or too evenly, your rusted metal appearance transforms instead to a milk chocolate appearance.

The wash mix is equally important: Black to shade the recesses and seams, pulling back to the base coat, and the warmer brown to keep that rust alive.

Hope that helps!

Hmmm.... I myself have just picked up tools after several years away, and my plan was to do a little quiet Christy stuff...... But I keep finding old orky heroes are doing their thing again......feel the mekboy jumping inside

Obviously, I'm loving this big guy

Quick update:

Gorkanauts suffer from the same problems as the Stompa - Stompy doesn't have to mean Dumpy!

I figure if my Stompa is modeled after ole Ghaz himself, then he should have a proppa attack squig. I give you: The Squiganaut!
(very very early WIPs, framing out the structure first, and then I can go bonkers on fiddly detail work)

That thing looks like a giant Mouser from TMNT. I love it.

Saw this just after you posted it, still agog with how solid it is. Brilliant turn finding the face in the knight's carapace! Lovely raptor claws as well <3

- Salvage

This is wrong. This is wrong, and an offense to all that is good and ho

DAT MOUSERSQUIG IZ MAD TEEK. MAD TEEK IZ NOW ORK FOR "AMAZIN'".

--B.

Now that is marvellous, in idea and execution

Quick update for #wipwednesday

Got a second leg built out - both legs have 1/8" brass rod run throughout for strength. Makes for great structure, but hugely complicated the build process.

Also started shaping up a little Squiggy tail, courtesy of a drop pod.





Need to sort out basing, pose the legs, and finish out the toes on the second foot. Then it's detail time! Spikes, exhausts, armor plates, more exhausts... it's going to be glorious!

Cute but terrifying, just as it should be! The proportions are just right, and the use of parts is genius.

Time for another wednesday update:

Mouser ripped through his latest chew toy, and is toying with whats left. Thanks Imperial Guard!



Balance is proving to be an issue, as center of mass isn’t exactly in line with both legs. With the brass rods support and a healthy amount of plastic cement, it *should* hold up. For now, I rig supports while glue dries.





With basing situated, and the main structure mapped out, its time to jump into details! More to come...

I suspect a pair of screws, gently drilled in from the UNDERSIDE of the base would help you a lot. Then, lead weights (again, under) the base to add hidden counter-balancing.

Omg. Teek. That tank busta boy is what inspired me to make mine. I’ve always loved that conversion. I have the picture saved on my phone for reference. And the mouser. Holy hell that thing is AWESOME!!!! Glad to see you back in the orks.

Cheers lads!

@Briancj: Indeed, thanks for the tip. I’m looking at additional ways to anchor it down, like some sneaky screws and brackets.

@schank23: Thanks mate! It’s wonderful to hear that an ember from my Waaagh can start a fire in the heart of another Ork Warboss!


Small update: Let the details begin! (a.k.a - This is the fun part!)

Hips (don’t lie) have some mechanical detail
Left foot has toes and a raptor claw
Mouth has some “mouth webby” cables
And I’ve started adding TEEF! More teef coming, don’t worry









Bonus: the wood platform he’s standing on is the beginnings of my display base for this years Armies on Parade! Giving myself a deadline to get these bad boys (and various other old old projects) painted up!

More to come!

Looking ace, love the chompy bits, and the blown turret is tremendous too.

Excellent as always. Big fan of the 'mouth webby' bits - it's these details that being it to life.

Been a minute, done some detail work.



Front teef, or what's left of 'em. I figure some poor Grot bolted front teef on "ta look scary" before they realized where the bullets were coming from. RIP Teef.

Little bit more leg detail, cabling to cover up imperial skulls, and knee detail courtesy of toy truck wheels from the ole bits box.

EXHAUSTS! I picture this thing absolutely belching oily black smoke as it sprints across the field. Exhaust bits courtesy of a Knight, that new floaty Primaris Tank, and I think an old Rhino.

Tail spikes too, like an Alligator.







Gotta get the eye lenses sorted out next, then it's nearly ready to prime...

Squiggly squiggly squeeeeeee.

Err...Nice work, is what I meant.

Loving the dakka-dentistry

Oh my Gork.... "Dakka Dentistry"

New favorite thing ever, thank you!

Such great progress, really is my favorite knight I've seen

- Salvage

I really hope you don't mind, but I will be stealing many wonderful ideas here, just too much win.

@Boss Salvage: Thank you!

@Camkierhi: No worries! Lootin' is wot we orks do best!

Tiny update: Been working on a display board, for Armies on Parade - but I have managed some more detail work on ole Mouser.

Prepare to meet Mr. Angry Eyes!



Blocked out the Knight exhaust port, and added a few random tank spotlights as eyeballs. They looked good, but were lacking that little extra orkish oomph, so I did what any self respecting Mekboss would do: Slapped on some Angry Eyebrows!



I also whacked on a nose, with a suitable huge ring through the septum. Robots need noses, you didn't know?

More to come!

Looking good. The nose ring is quite amusing.

A most excellent update!

This guy is comedy gold. I love him.

That is brilliant. Although his eyes are possibly not angry enough... maybe try lowering and angling the eyebrows a little more?

Very, very cool, though.

Thanks Insaniak!

I value the input and will take a look at increasing the anger level of the eyebrows. I think you're on to something there.

oh jeeze, this makes my stuff look like garbage. Totally stealing some ideas though. Great work!

mad cool ideas here bro well done. I'm watching.