Keep up the good work! Fiberglass work can be fiddly, but I'm glad that it looks like it's going well.

Nice progress pox!

So you realize that from now on, any time anyone says "Make it orky" your bike will be the first thing that comes to mind

Stick with it pox!

So much awesome! So glad you stuck with it this far. You matey, are a troopa! I want one!

Great updates Pox, I especially liked the gunners target, that is awesome all by itself...

Looking pretty amazing. I stumbled on your thread trying to find a beaky motorcycle helmet.

Good luck with your build!


Fellow rider from the Lone Star State!

I don't think I'm necessarily adding anything you haven't already heard, but this is awesome! I have only just discovered this thread and am thoroughly stunned by it's amazingness! Keep up the excellent work.

Hey all! The rumors of this thread's death are greatly exaggerated. Life has gotten in the way of progress, but alas! things are back on track. I actually have quite a bit of progress to report, hopefully I can get them all up of the next week. (Over fifty pictures worth!)

Also, thanks for all the kind words!

UPDATE!

First up, I started sculpting the side panels.





Once I got them smooth, I primed 'em.



Next, I smoothed the base for the glyph plates and drew out the glyphs.





followed by sculpting up the glyphs.



While I had the primer out, I hit the evil sun logo.



More updates to come very soon! All comments and criticisms are welcome.

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY. I'm very happy you're back.

I haven't seen much of this thread since I last posted. super happy its still going as this project just gets more awesome as time goes on. I want a bike now that looks like this.

Yeah yeah yeah!!!! Glad to see this thread is alive, Pox! Keep it up!

So glad to see you still alive, can't wait to see what happens next!

Thanks everyone! I'm gonna try and update every day this week, and get through my backlog of pictures!

I got the jaw glyph plates done. I start with the bare plates.



I then sculpt on the glyphs.





A little filing, sanding, and primer comes next.





YAY! the finished jaw. (and a small part of the horns, more on that later)



Lastly, I tape it up for the second base coat.



That brings the jaw up to the final paint job. Up next: Horns! or, how I learned that fiberglass and Bondo kick butt together!

Now this is an incredible project. I can't wait to see the finished product.

Oh boy, an update already? Man, I'm getting more excited to see this finished already!

Coming along swimmingly pox! Great progress!

You gonna put some dakka on it soon?
Side mounted machineguns haha

This makes me smile!

I'm so happy for progress!!!

Progress ho!

This made my day. Can't wait to see the completed bike.

I love that this is still going. Great progress!

Add rust effects too! please

You are one talented man, great to see you back in the saddle

You are a gifted mek, without doubt. Will love to see that project finished.

I seriously love this, but I have a question about all the clay work. What do you use to keep it from coming off?

 Lone Cat wrote:
Add rust effects too! please

... It's an actual bike. That will be ridden in streets and getting wet from rain and stuff. It'll generate its own rust effects!

I salute you sir.

Anvildude wrote:

 Lone Cat wrote:
Add rust effects too! please

... It's an actual bike. That will be ridden in streets and getting wet from rain and stuff. It'll generate its own rust effects!

So this implies that all Ork markings are made of steel. isn't it??

AntomanElven wrote:You gonna put some dakka on it soon?
Side mounted machineguns haha

I have plans for the usual side mounted machine guns and possibly a grot tailgunner. I'm trying to make a working bike first though, so all Dakka will come at the very end. I wanna ride it first!

xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote:I seriously love this, but I have a question about all the clay work. What do you use to keep it from coming off?

It's a two-part epoxy clay, it will stick to anything. (seriously, I use to sculpt directly onto glass.) The brand I use is Magic Sculpt.

Lone Cat wrote:

Anvildude wrote:

 Lone Cat wrote:
Add rust effects too! please

... It's an actual bike. That will be ridden in streets and getting wet from rain and stuff. It'll generate its own rust effects!

So this implies that all Ork markings are made of steel. isn't it??

The bike is actually (mostly) painted, I'm trying to catch up my updates. I may rust some areas later, but for now it has no rust. I'm hedging the line of style choice between "Ork warbike" and "rat bike." The compromise I came up with is "poorly painted miniature." This keeps it in the Warhamms vein, and also stays true to the rattle-can style a proppa rat bike should be painted in. I dunno, I forsee me changing it quite a lot as time goes on.

And yes, from the way they are sculpted on the miniatures, I have always assumed most glyph plates are metal.


UPDATE TIME!

Here is the front bits. you will notice the horns in different stages, ill cover them in the next update.

To start with, I bevel the edges of the teeth and add texture.



Next I clean up and round at the metal on the skull.



After that, I clamp down the teeth (and other plastic bits) and drill/bolt them into place.



Done and done.







Next I prime and paint the base color.







Lastly I tape it off for the second base color.



Now it's ready for paint. up next: horns!

I kinda wonder if it wouldn't have been easier, faster, and maybe better to have just gone online and ordered up a pair of cattle horns. Probably not cheaper, though- a quick search suggests that they go for around 100 bucks for a pre-prepped pair. dunno. Maybe if you have a local slaughterhouse or something...

They'd be hollow, so you'd still be able to run the wiring through them pretty easily.


Loving the face, though.

nice, nice, nice, nice...

To some up this post in a single word....EPIC!!

Can't hardly wait for the next update.

So insane / good. Actual keen to see what the po-po say when out and about with a grot tailgunner haha

Anvildude wrote:I kinda wonder if it wouldn't have been easier, faster, and maybe better to have just gone online and ordered up a pair of cattle horns. Probably not cheaper, though- a quick search suggests that they go for around 100 bucks for a pre-prepped pair. dunno. Maybe if you have a local slaughterhouse or something...

They'd be hollow, so you'd still be able to run the wiring through them pretty easily.


Loving the face, though.

I'm in Louisiana, so finding horns is no issue. I did actually try that at first, the problem was I needed them to be a pretty specific length, and have the right diameter at both ends of the horns. after trying to make a few fit, I gave up and just built them.

Trapthem wrote:So insane / good. Actual keen to see what the po-po say when out and about with a grot tailgunner haha

I'm not too worried about it, I've talked to several rat bike and rat rod owners. It will be interesting when/if I get pulled over.


UPDATE!

I started the horns with bent conduit, then skinned it with sticky foam and gaff tape. Once I had the rough shape I wanted, I applied two layers of fiberglass.



Once that was done I sculpted up the back of the horns and filled gaps/added detail.





Next I skinned the horns with bondo.





I then sanded and carved in the surface detail.



The bits that lead into the turn signals were too thick, so I started the horn tips by carving them down quite a lot.



Lastly, I sculpted up the "metal" tips that hold the turn signals.







Up next: PAINT!

Wow... that's choice work!

ABSOLUTELY LOVING THIS SO FAR!!!!!

If you do get pulled over, I'd be interested to know how they'll write it up.

It is a thing of beauty!

Nice work on the horns

Awesome! This is looking so badass so keen for more!!

UNREAL!!..... Keep it up

Thanks everyone!

I got a massive painting update.

Awesome stuff so far

Its red and that's good propa 'an Orky

WAAAAAAAAGH!!!!

Great stuff - paint looking fantastic

I don't think this counts as "modelling"...

Incredibly impressive.

This is coming along astoundingly. Can we hope to see a few pics of it all together soon?

Bloody fantastic mate... the red is so deep and rich... wow.

SOOO MUCH AWESOME!

loving each and every update. Keep up the good work Pox!

I want this so bad. It could be the worst ride ever, and I would still ride it every day.

Speechless. Wow. Unbelievable.

OMG THAT IS THE MOST INCREDIABLE THING I HAVE SEEN ON HERE YET
you sir are a credit to hobbiest everywhere

And I'm sure that hobbyists everywhere would agree, there used to be models of som,e of the bikes built on the series "American Chopper". I never really wanted one enough to buy one.

If there was a model of this bike, however, I bet they'd have trouble keeping it on the shelves.

If only GW could see how their Orc Warbikes SHOULD look!

I'd dare you to try and show that at a Warhammer costume party, but I'm not sure if you've got an Ork costume. If you do, or you can hire one, I'd LOVE to see pics of that!

soomemafia wrote:I don't think this counts as "modelling"...

I had originally started the build thread at www.sewsew.com, a knitting forum. (I posted it in the crochet sub-forum.) They sent me here, so I'm not sure where to take the thread from here.

Suggestions of a more appropriate forum would be greatly appreciated! (Who knew a website called "DAKKADAKKA" Was the wrong place for an Ork warbike?!?)

Deunstephe wrote:This is coming along astoundingly. Can we hope to see a few pics of it all together soon?

Very soon. I just need to get through my backlog of pictures. I should be caught up by the end of the day on monday.

Redjaw wrote:I'd dare you to try and show that at a Warhammer costume party, but I'm not sure if you've got an Ork costume. If you do, or you can hire one, I'd LOVE to see pics of that!

I do have plans for an Ork cosplay, sadly I wont be able to drive the bike while wearing it!

I'm making a Burna Mek based loosely off this pic.



UPDATE!

I finished up the build for the back half. first up I made the banner pole.





Next I finished the splash guard on the rear.





Next I welded on some pad eyes.



After that, I pulled off all the little bits and the rear frame for painting.











Lastly, I clear off the old markings on the ammo cans, and start adding proppa warhammer markings.


Thats it for tonight! I should have two more updates over the next few days. I also wanted to say I really appreciate all the comments, they keep me going. I tend to only comment on questions, but I do appreciate compliments!

I love this project. I hope you get as much (if not more) joy and happiness out of the final result as the amount of effort and work you put into it.
I'll die a happy man if I ever create something as marvelous as this.

Every time I see this project updated I get happy. I'm amazed at your dedication to such a large project!

More progress...Yay!!

More pics means more time 'legitimately' spent on Dakka at work as I show your work to some of the guys there (non-gamers/modellers, but thye think this is an awesome project )

What kind of lables do orks put on ammo cans?

Dakka?
More Dakka?

If you are going to do some alphanumeric code, it might be fun to call out some game terms. Like autocannon rounds being marked S7AP4H2. I'm not sure if you were going for that, but if you did the formatting was not one I was familer with.

Awesome stuff as always.

Can't wait to see the painted frame back on the bike. Be sure to take a photo of the whole bike, once it's back on - close detail shots are good, but I'd really like to see how it comes together from afar.

Thanks for sharing this incredible project with all of us!

monkeytroll wrote:More progress...Yay!!

More pics means more time 'legitimately' spent on Dakka at work as I show your work to some of the guys there (non-gamers/modellers, but thye think this is an awesome project )

I fully support screwin' around at work. The entire bike has been built at my job. (although at breaks, lunch, and weekends.)

Nevelon wrote:What kind of lables do orks put on ammo cans?

Dakka?
More Dakka?

If you are going to do some alphanumeric code, it might be fun to call out some game terms. Like autocannon rounds being marked S7AP4H2. I'm not sure if you were going for that, but if you did the formatting was not one I was familer with.

Awesome stuff as always.

That would have been great! I love the stat idea, I may use it on the smaller ammo cans. I actually just based it off of made-up Armageddon markings, as my Ork army is from there.

The code I used is as follows:

A47SL-----------Armageddon sector, 47th regiment, Steel legion
CP-M36---------Charge pack, Mark 36 (the type of lasgun the Steel Legion uses)
998.M41--------Start date of the third war of Armageddon

I assume my KoS stole the lasgun ammo cans. I'll age and add Ork markings later.

Pekel wrote:Can't wait to see the painted frame back on the bike. Be sure to take a photo of the whole bike, once it's back on - close detail shots are good, but I'd really like to see how it comes together from afar.

Thanks for sharing this incredible project with all of us!

I will have plenty of good shots of the bike, trust me!

UPDATE TIME!

I start by throwing on the bits.









I also got a shiny new fuel filter!



I then finished the afore mentioned saddle bags.



I also cut out an imperial eagle.









I should have another update soon. I was hoping to have more by now, but my internet is crappin' out.

If you can, I'd get my hands on some fire-retardant cloth and tie little rags of it all over the exhaust pipes later- that and baling wire, to make it look like they're held together (and honestly, to hold them together better) just by those. Maybe prevent some rattling eventually.

Fantastic progress Pox! Looking amazingly good.

Is there something you can do to the exhaust system to make it billow clouds of thick black smoke? Or do you think the authorities might have a problem with that on the road? Also, is there an upper limit to how loud a bike can be?

Stunt airplanes (and crop sprayers) use smoker oil injected into the exhaust pipes just after the engine to produce that white smoke. All you need is a little oil pump, tank, and injector. The type of oil you use will determine the smoke produced. Oils without oxygen in the structure (like motor oil) will produce black smoke.

Anvildude wrote:If you can, I'd get my hands on some fire-retardant cloth and tie little rags of it all over the exhaust pipes later- that and baling wire, to make it look like they're held together (and honestly, to hold them together better) just by those. Maybe prevent some rattling eventually.

I may add some fire-retardent cloth (like panther felt or cut-up weld pads) later, but that would be more for the pipes being so exposed. I want the bike to be very interactive, I'm worried about people bumping into them and getting burned more then the rattle. It's actually quite solid, the build was designed to only look rickety.

Nevelon wrote:Is there something you can do to the exhaust system to make it billow clouds of thick black smoke? Or do you think the authorities might have a problem with that on the road? Also, is there an upper limit to how loud a bike can be?

Now your talking! I can easily rig up a black or white smoker, I actually work in FX for my day job. It wouldn't be an engine or exhaust mod, it would be something like the guy below said, modifying it for either black or white. And yes, there is an upper limit to pipe sounds, both legally and being a good neighbor! Right now my bike is EXTREMELY loud, almost (but not quite!( as loud as a big dog. More on me being quite in this update!

Anpu-adom wrote:Stunt airplanes (and crop sprayers) use smoker oil injected into the exhaust pipes just after the engine to produce that white smoke. All you need is a little oil pump, tank, and injector. The type of oil you use will determine the smoke produced. Oils without oxygen in the structure (like motor oil) will produce black smoke.

Thats sounds about right, I figure I'll build a mineral oil smoker that uses the exhaust pipe heat, or just make a separate "cracker" that uses an air tank. I'll look into the smoker oil builds, we use a lot of those for outdoor but the ones we use are usually white smoke.


UPDATE!


I started throwing more stuff on the bike!

bags



seat



banner pole



Gob



silly chrome skull rear views and bar-end rear views



Lastly, I did fire it up, it WORKS!!! sadly, it sounds like a Gargant farting, its so Gorking loud. I threw on the Super traps, much better but still loud. I adjusted the idle, tuned down the carb jets, and ordered Super trap mini-mufflers. Hopefully I can get the sound to a decent level, the Levee police are brutal about pipe sounds. The best part is I'm sure I can get it to a respectable level, and then for shows or going down into the bayou I can throw on the rain caps for maximum pipe blasting.




Thanks for looking! At this point most of the parts are on, although the final aging/weathering is yet to come. I'll get some good distance pictures, if theres any angle you would like to see let me know and ill snap a quick photo for you and throw it into the next update. Right now I'm about a week into the wiring, easily the absolute hardest part so far.


seriously, wiring sucks.

And for your next trick, a Buggy!

Seriously, now that you've made this, someone's gotta make an Orked up Dune Buggy/4-wheeler/rat-rod. And also an Orked up Trukk.

Wouldn't blame anyone for not making a Battlewagon, though. Those things are expensive.



However... Now someone needs to make a mini of your bike.

Holy Gak, that's zoggin' amazing! Are you sure your bags won't fly out though? They look a bot loose.

But by the Emperor, THAT is a warbike! If it sounds like a farting Gargant, then it's proppa Orky. Sucks that it's gotta get turned down though! Can't wait to see a video of it in action, maybe?

Well done on seeing this through! The most awesome 40k project I've ever seen!
A far off shot with everything attached would be sweet. Just far enough so the whole bike is visible I mean.

Forgot to mention, those horns turned out beautifully.


Also, are you going to be doing anything with the... gah- the bit behind the front forks and below the triple-tree... the part that's the 'chest' of the "Iron Horse"... That bit? (zoggin' web doesn't know a good search string if it bit it)

Because right now, the bike's got a really awesome front, and a really awesome back, and a really awesome top, but the bottom is kinda lacking.

I'd also like to see you do more of the brilliant detail from the front of the bike on both the bottom (as suggested by Anvildude) and a bit on the back end.
I really have enjoyed the progress of this thread and what you've done with this bike as a whole. I would really love to see more!

And what is wrong with white smoke?

Signifies that your piston rings are done in and you're burning oil. No Ork would worry about that, at best they'd get an oiler grot to keep her topped up and carry on riding. At worst ride it 'till she blew.

Of course we're going to need a few pics of you riding it...

Haven't had a chance to read through everything, I'll admit I'm a picture whore . You do intend on riding to the local GW or game store on the release day of the codex don't you?

Wow that thing is bonkers, it must be a tad sketchy in a lean Great job sir!

My only input would be eliminating as much chrome as possible. It pulls the eye away from your fantastic fabrication and makes it seem busy. Although maybe by weathering you intended that already. I didn't get to read through every comment so I apologize if I missed anything.

 Conrad Turner wrote:
And what is wrong with white smoke?

Signifies that your piston rings are done in and you're burning oil. No Ork would worry about that, at best they'd get an oiler grot to keep her topped up and carry on riding. At worst ride it 'till she blew.

It's 'cause the Fluff specifies gouts of black oily smoke, is all. Besides- Orks do know how to take care of mechanics, and do keep their machinery in good working order- after all, a working engine is a fasta engine! They just don't worry about all those petty little 'safety' things.

 pox wrote:

THAT'S the photo I was hoping for! Looks phenomenal, keep it up!

It's so beautiful. Gork and or Mork are proud. You are da BIG mek, and I would join your Waaagh!!

1 word...... AMAZING!

This is the single most incredible build I've seen on Dakka. When are you going to stop amazing us? You're gonna have a heckuva time topping yourself this time

Please please please film yourself riding this beast. It is awesome!

Brother Michael wrote:
Please please please film yourself riding this beast. It is awesome!

I agree and it needs a shooty gun!

If you can make a helmet that looks like an Ork head then you'd be set.

The ENTIRE internet applauds you sir!


even Conan

Seriously damn good job on everything! You've brought a little more Orkiness into this world.

Holy Gork, thats a lot of responses! Thank you all for the support! I will try and respond to all the questions.

Anvildude wrote:And for your next trick, a Buggy!

Seriously, now that you've made this, someone's gotta make an Orked up Dune Buggy/4-wheeler/rat-rod. And also an Orked up Trukk.

Wouldn't blame anyone for not making a Battlewagon, though. Those things are expensive.



However... Now someone needs to make a mini of your bike.

I've been thinking a lot about an Ork Trukk, but my next big project is not warhamm related, gonna make a coffin/hello kitty rat rod for the wife so she can ride with me. (she doesn't like motorcycles.)

As for a miniature of the bike, that would be cool! I'm ashamed to admit it, but alas, I have no bikes in my current Ork army. I should build some I suppose since this bike is basically my tournament troop transport.

Deunstephe wrote:Holy Gak, that's zoggin' amazing! Are you sure your bags won't fly out though? They look a bot loose.

But by the Emperor, THAT is a warbike! If it sounds like a farting Gargant, then it's proppa Orky. Sucks that it's gotta get turned down though! Can't wait to see a video of it in action, maybe?

I will have video once its done. as for the bags they just don't have support chains on yet, will have pics in the next update.

Kavish wrote:Well done on seeing this through! The most awesome 40k project I've ever seen!
A far off shot with everything attached would be sweet. Just far enough so the whole bike is visible I mean.

I will have a full round of pics of the assembled bike next update. I'll finish the painting and aging this week.

Anvildude wrote:Forgot to mention, those horns turned out beautifully.


Also, are you going to be doing anything with the... gah- the bit behind the front forks and below the triple-tree... the part that's the 'chest' of the "Iron Horse"... That bit? (zoggin' web doesn't know a good search string if it bit it)

Because right now, the bike's got a really awesome front, and a really awesome back, and a really awesome top, but the bottom is kinda lacking.

You are right! I'm working on correcting that problem as we speak. I had plans for the dog dish, but I tossed it when I finished the carb tune up and switched to the K&M filters. (which go right on the carbs, instead of throught the dog dish air filter.)

Xendarc wrote:I'd also like to see you do more of the brilliant detail from the front of the bike on both the bottom (as suggested by Anvildude) and a bit on the back end.
I really have enjoyed the progress of this thread and what you've done with this bike as a whole. I would really love to see more!

Back end wil have to wait and see. I wanted a trophy rack, I'll see how it looks when I got the cow hide on it.

Gitsplitta wrote:Of course we're going to need a few pics of you riding it...

for sure!

Theophony wrote:Haven't had a chance to read through everything, I'll admit I'm a picture whore . You do intend on riding to the local GW or game store on the release day of the codex don't you?

yes! I also want to tour game stores. I'm in louisiana, if anyones within five hundred miles let me know and I'll come visit. As for the big plans, I hope to display it at Gamesday once the base and Dakka cannons are built.

Red Corsair wrote:Wow that thing is bonkers, it must be a tad sketchy in a lean Great job sir!

My only input would be eliminating as much chrome as possible. It pulls the eye away from your fantastic fabrication and makes it seem busy. Although maybe by weathering you intended that already. I didn't get to read through every comment so I apologize if I missed anything.

Done and done, I thing I can flat black and gloss red most of the chrome. the rest will get an aged/rusted look.

Overlord Thraka wrote:This is the single most incredible build I've seen on Dakka. When are you going to stop amazing us? You're gonna have a heckuva time topping yourself this time

Give it time. Although my next few projects are gonna be more regular miniatures, I have too many Apoc vehicles now.

Brother Michael wrote:Please please please film yourself riding this beast. It is awesome!

will do!

Jehan-reznor wrote:

I agree and it needs a shooty gun!

I will make the dakka cannons once the rest of the bike is complete. I wanna ride it!!!!

d-usa wrote:If you can make a helmet that looks like an Ork head then you'd be set.

I'm limited on how I can mod a helmet, but I have recently purchased one just for this bike.

SickSick6 wrote:[
The ENTIRE internet applauds you sir!

even Conan

Seriously damn good job on everything! You've brought a little more Orkiness into this world.

I really laughed at this post, thanks!


UPDATE TIME!

I finished wiring the beast. Let me tell you, it was by far the hardest thing on the bike to date. every single step was like pulling teeth, I had to learn quite a bit about electronics to make everything I wanted to work. I don't recommend ANYONE re-wire a bike unless you have a ton of patience. (along with google, your bike reference materiel, and at least one guy that kinda knows what goes where!)

First up, I find that I had a loose ground, and it had melted half the ground wires throughout the ENTIRE harness. here's the culprit pulled free, keep in mind I did nothing to it but pull it out of the harness. I then had to replace it, this loose ground from years ago would haunt the entire re-wiring process.



Next Up, I hooked up all the wires for both my light regulator and my new speedo cluster, along with all the new lights. (four turn signals and a headlight.)







Satisfied that I had wired up everything correctly, I then tried to test it. Nothing worked. Nothing. I then fought this stupid harness for the next EIGHT DAYS, consulting everything from bikers and builders I knew, online forums, and you tube video.

Who knew Chavs from jolly england knew so much about bikes! I learned almost everything I needed to know from horrible, glaring green neon lettering on websites dedicated to making street bikes into street fighters. It's hard to decipher the ancient internet lingo of L33T speak mixed with Electronic jargon along with what I assume is english street slang, but thats how they write it so I managed to get out what I needed to know. (I don't know english culture that well, I hope Chav isn't a slur. someone let me know.)


After days of fighting, I got everything to work, and tidied up my wiring.








Once that was all done, I could finally tune the bike! hardest part was making sure the jets were adjusted correctly, and that the carburetors were synchronized.



I love that my carburetor synchronizer is right out of the Adam West bat cave!

I also had to pull out some bits that were no longer needed. (At least I hope so!)



Lastly, completely un-related to this update, I realized I neglected to post a pic of my silly rear view mirrors. (I only showed them from the rider perspective.)




OK! so bike is fully street-legal now, just not water proof. It's storming bad here, so I'll need to wait to test drive it when the weather clears. In the mean time I'll be working on the toy lights, cutting up cow-hide to make it water proof, and sculpting up the last bits. I need to have it ready to age by friday, so I should have updates soon. (the Art dept. thats helping me to age is it leaving in two weeks, so I'm under a time crunch!)

Again, thank you all for the kind words!

F*cking awesome!
My Ork cosplay approves and the sister fo abttle wants a ride on the back!

Pulling bits and bobs and hoping that it works is just the Mek inside, roarin' to get out!

Oh good Gork, the days of L33T speak. The horror! Sorry you had to go through that, but you've got a working bike now! And Chav isn't a slur really, it's slang for teenage english gangster imitators.

Keep it up!

One of the most mightily impressive things I have ever seen and whilst it's been said many times already, this bike is awesome! I was never good at electronics so muddling your way through that and managing to get on top is very impressive to me, I wouldn't even know where to begin. Once the shootas go on, this won't pose any problems for you whilst your cycling around will it?

As for chav well, you could also use words like, lout and yob and chav would be close to them but encompassing a look and semi-culture among a minority of generally low-income, council estate residents (I believe in America you might use the term The Projects where we have Council Estates). Of course all sorts of people can exhibit 'chavvy' behaviour but it is a stereotyped term.

Been following this from the start mate, and it's turned out far better than I'd ever imagined.
I applaud you pal. You deserve some recognition for this.

GW should take note, this is stuff of legend.

thats the best Ork cosplay i've seen too!!! glad to see this is coming together for you pox

Amazing, this is just wonderful. And at the end of the day even if this wasn't 40K related I'd say it was a wonderful bike with lots of character lets see some more

Young Logan

Posted a review of one of the pics, hope it helps
By the way, what will you do after the Warbike? Make another two so you and some friends can do Ork Bike Mobbish things all day?

Side car of course!

 Redjaw wrote:
Posted a review of one of the pics, hope it helps
By the way, what will you do after the Warbike? Make another two so you and some friends can do Ork Bike Mobbish things all day?

I vote a buggy with a water cannon on the back to count as a Scorcher

Anti-Skorcha! Bonus points if you manage to get an actual Monitor nozzle from a hose engine, and a big, tow-along tank so that it can actually function as a giant fire extinguisher. Paint it fire-engine red and donate it to your local fire department!

I was reading through the thread, intrigued, and then you painted imperial markings on the amo boxes and I burst out laughing. The best ork bike ever wouldn't be komplete without some looted imperial metal boxes!

This project is AMAZING! Looks great so far! I can't wait to see how you do the dakkaguns.

Finnlock wrote:F*cking awesome!
My Ork cosplay approves and the sister fo abttle wants a ride on the back!

Sadly, it is a one seater. should that SOB wish to ride it, she simply needs a motorcycle endorsement and a prayer to the Emperor! And by-the-by, y'all look amazing

Gogsnik wrote:One of the most mightily impressive things I have ever seen and whilst it's been said many times already, this bike is awesome! I was never good at electronics so muddling your way through that and managing to get on top is very impressive to me, I wouldn't even know where to begin. Once the shootas go on, this won't pose any problems for you whilst your cycling around will it?

As for chav well, you could also use words like, lout and yob and chav would be close to them but encompassing a look and semi-culture among a minority of generally low-income, council estate residents (I believe in America you might use the term The Projects where we have Council Estates). Of course all sorts of people can exhibit 'chavvy' behaviour but it is a stereotyped term.

good to know I didn't insult anyone! As for the guns, they're not gonna really be for driving long distances, just short rides in parking lots and what nots.

Redjaw wrote:Posted a review of one of the pics, hope it helps
By the way, what will you do after the Warbike? Make another two so you and some friends can do Ork Bike Mobbish things all day?

I have a few ideas for some more fun large projects, nothing concrete though. The next few probably wont be warhammer related, I wanna make a coffin/hello kitty rat-rod for the wife, and my next bike is gonna be a WLA basket-case rebuild. Exciting stuff, just not remotely hobby related. Also, I feel dumb, I never noticed comments on pictures! at least I don't remember at any rate. I'll respond to them, it seems the criticism is more in the individual pics!

starbomber109 wrote:I was reading through the thread, intrigued, and then you painted imperial markings on the amo boxes and I burst out laughing. The best ork bike ever wouldn't be komplete without some looted imperial metal boxes!

This project is AMAZING! Looks great so far! I can't wait to see how you do the dakkaguns.

If you cant loot yer' favorite enemies gak, what CAN ya' loot?!?

UPDATE!

First off, I really hate you jerks for making me paint it proppa'. I wound up pulling all the chrome I could, painting it, and then re-assembling. it was an extra week, but worth it in the end. (except the part where I almost totaled the bike and had to re-build the engine. more on that later!)

First up, the chains that hold on the ammo cans.





up next, I realize I cant really paint the bike while its assembled, so I take apart the bike.



I then remove most of the chrome, scuff up the surface, prime, and paint with the correct temperature paint.





I sculpt up some more bits.





Then I paint them too!



Next, I turn my attention to the bike.





I start blackening it and throwing parts back on.







Much better and much improved!


I still need to waterproof the electronics and air filters. My first attempt was to use cow hide.







Not sure it fits with the aging, ill post a shot once I get to that. Anyways, thats what I got for this update.

COMING UP NEXT!

I only have an oil change and some bolts left to replace, I manage to crack the filter cover, strip the exhaust bolt going into the head, and blow every fuse on the bike at once!

Also it gets beautifully aged. As always, questions, comments, and suggestions are welcome.

So just as I was done changing the oil and replacing the exhaust gaskets, I mis-used my torque wrench and tore the bolt off going into the header. I then welded a nut onto it so I could get the bolt out, and forgot to disconnect the battery resulting in every fuse on the bike being blown.

I may have then used some bad words. All's well that ends well though, everything is fine and fixed.

UPDATE!

I bring the (mostly) finished bike over to a painter friend, she is an expert ager.





While cecile starts aging the bike, I drybrush the cables



I throw on some last minute spikes to the fork covers.



She starts with taking down the paint here and there



Then begins washing out the color and adding sun fades



In between coats she knocked out the saddle bags. My jaw hit the floor, they look so good. This is how I want the entire bike to look!






Up next: the bike becomes a rusted heap

She is doing a fantastic job. The paint job is really going to make this bike POP.

Congrats.

I think I speak for everyone when I say we need a video of just how epic this thing is when in motion and with the engine roaring.

That's really spectacular... never thought you were going that way with it (ageing I mean), but the results speak for themselves.

Absolutely stunning work all over pox

Hahaha! Looking absolutely fantastic. Totally floored.

Almost exactly a year ago I found this blog and knew it was going to be amazing and you did not dissapoint in the least.
+100 internets for you sir, you win forever

Welp. You won the internet. I give up all future attempts of winning it.

Well done man, well done.

xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote:I think I speak for everyone when I say we need a video of just how epic this thing is when in motion and with the engine roaring.

I'm still working out the bugs, but I will have video for sure once I can get a shoot set up.

Gitsplitta wrote:That's really spectacular... never thought you were going that way with it (ageing I mean), but the results speak for themselves.

I wasn't planning on having it so aged, but once I saw the ammo cans I told her to have at it. I really like the "pulled out a swamp" look.

Lastly, I'm not sure what I would do with one internet, much less 100. can I just get a gift card instead?

UPDATE TIME!

I have a ton of aging photos. some of them are in-progress shots.






















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Once the aging was done, I took it out on several cautious test drives. First up the headlight was too close to the front wheel, so I raised it up quite a bit. Second, the Iron gob on the front was too bouncy, so I shored it up with a few bars of angle iron. Lastly I finished the cow hide as to water proof it better. I also took the aging down a hair, some of the Ork markings were too obscured. I also Added the Ork mouth to the right side.

These are the final pictures for now. I still need to add all the lights, toggle switches, dakka cannons, banner, and grot tail gunner. I'm done for a while though, gonna enjoy riding it for a bit. I've already put 120 miles on it. It gets quite the reaction cruising around!












Thas it for a while, I'll answer any questions y'all might have, and of course any other comments and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks for looking!

Gorgeous.

You are my hero! You really came through on this. Fantastic.

Just wondering if there are plans for attaching dakka to it. Mock up big shootas?

Wow. Now that is stunning. You should be given a show on the discovery channel! I bet it looks really outstanding lined up with regular bikes.

Not to slight the weathering (which is very well done) but I think I liked it better clean.

Still an amazing work of art. Enjoy your ride!

Now you need a looted space marine helmet to wear on it

What a glorious machine! You are a madman sir!

Needs another lick of red paint. You should just slap some on there now over the rust and stuff.

So, how many WAAAAGHH!!!s do you get riding down the street?

I had high hopes for this project.

You have exceeded all expectations.

This is just amazing.

Nice job Wazdakka.

Love it.

Without question... that's one of the coolest projects I've ever seen on this forum. Congratulations on a spectacular project!

I encourage everyone to vote on the pics, would love to see this baby get its due on the front page!

Hooooly hell dude, this thing is incredible! Wow. Please give us a video of it in action!

KIKASS! BUT NOT ENUFF DAKKA

Seriously though, that is freaking awesome. I can't imagine the face of bystanders as you drive it on the streets.

Needz moar Dakka.

Amazing work. I want one!

Thanks everyone for the kind words! As I said before the project is not completely done, just the "I can ride around now" phase is completed. I have plans to add a grot tail gunner, and yes, MORE DAKKA! I'm enjoying my new codex and playing again, along with getting bike rides in with my buddies. I will start building again in a month or so.

I really appreciate all the responses, I'm just gonna answer a few questions.

shasolenzabi wrote:Just wondering if there are plans for attaching dakka to it. Mock up big shootas?

Yes.

Nevelon wrote:Not to slight the weathering (which is very well done) but I think I liked it better clean.

Still an amazing work of art. Enjoy your ride!

This seems to be the general sentiment amongst warhamm players, whilst rat bikers seem to like it. Most importantly I like it, so for now it stays rusty!

Theophony wrote:Now you need a looted space marine helmet to wear on it

The banner pole is removable, I'm asking around Cosplayers if anyone has spare helmets from a bad cast or earlier designs so I can make a trophy rack. Anyone on here have extra or old helmets?

Anvildude wrote:Needs another lick of red paint. You should just slap some on there now over the rust and stuff.

So, how many WAAAAGHH!!!s do you get riding down the street?

It's the reverse, I just clean off the rust mixture to expose more red. I get a lot of responses, I love when kids freak out, then I honk the clown horn and they start giggling.

Deunstephe wrote:Nice job Wazdakka.

You know, some flaming skulls would be quite easy to rig up.....

MrMerlin wrote:Hooooly hell dude, this thing is incredible! Wow. Please give us a video of it in action!

I will be working on a video this week.

Skelosk wrote:KIKASS! BUT NOT ENUFF DAKKA

Seriously though, that is freaking awesome. I can't imagine the face of bystanders as you drive it on the streets.

It gets a waaaaay bigger response then I thought it would.

Squigsquasher wrote:Needz moar Dakka.

Amazing work. I want one!

You spelled "more" wrong.


AND THATS IT FOR NOW FOLKS! Thanks for looking! I'll be back in a month or so with the upgrades!

COngratulations. This thing is freaking awesome!!!

That aging.... jeeezus... that's unreal! Your friend has some real skills.

And as for your skills... on another level!

I am super pumped to see more updates on this!

Amazing work by you and your friend, glad to see you finish it

Beyond epic work dosent even come close to credit this. Thanks for sharing the blog.

Dude, please post pictures of you riding it.

You need to bring that to Adepticon or the Nova Open.

Holy hot dayum that's amazing and I love it and I want it!

Well here's kudos for having one of the most unique projects on Dakka! Just need to get yourself some green warpaint.

Well, you win everything ever.