bama, giant pushbroom had me lol! Most everything will have to be too big to haul away. This is the underhive after all. I was thinking an industrial table where materials could be set and worked on before being taken out onto the sump pit floor. I know I had seen some company make a 28mm table saw of radial arm saw somewhere. I'll have a look around to try and find it again. If not then scratch building I'll do. The table will also be a place to lay out the unconscious team player.

The first room I think I'll have to put one of Dave's awesome beverage dispensers , a lunch table and possibly a view screen/t.v.

Edit: had a great idea right after I posted. Wont get to it until late tonight/tomorrow am as we are leaving with the kids to got to the park, hen a church picnic tonight. I don hunk my idea fits the typical bloodbowl concept, but Bama it me thinking on a Different track.

i thought the giant broom was clever i'm glad you thought it was funny too

OH! how bout a drill press

Drill press was definitely one of the ideas I had too. Along with a bandsaw , and the body parts left over from the last time someone didn't throw the match .

I can't resist anymore. Since the field is only useable when the pit is drained and cleaned. To help clean the pit the workers can use.....

Wait for it.....
Keep waiting....
A Zamboni

sweet i had that line of thinking also i think it would look great
got a concept for it yet?

Oh Wow! That is fantastic detailing!

Yes, a zamboni machine would do it.

No concept yet, out at the parks with our kids. Having fun in this beautiful weather.

lol... had to google Zamboni but now I see how fitting that might be^^...

and awesome new bulkhead... the fan looks doubly sweet!

also I like the tank room... but could someone explain me the purpose of this room? are these some kind of bacta tanks or rather something that goes more down the line of soilent green?... any way... I looks splendid! I have to say it gave me some goose bumps... and I am not sweetening my talk here!

Not sure what the contents of the pumps are. Maybe some type of solvent that they use to spray down the tank. The pit might become an algae growth pit to farm algae for food. In that case it could be a fertilizer made from gangers.

Kind of like this bit. the shop takes removed parts, and sends the dumpster box for the recyclers to make the proteins into food for the colony

Gives new meaning to human protein

eat up or the sun wont shine^^

Think I need to make a outhouse next to the pit. A little graffiti saying flush twice you need to spread the nutrients. It could also be a random event during the game, someone flushes at an inappropriate time.

Eat recycled food. it's good for the environment, and OK for you.

Soylent Green, flavor varies from person to person.

Anyone here from Milwaukee? The city recycles human waste into a product called milorgranite. It's a garden fertilizer great for fruits and veggies. I personally hint it's where they came up with the slogan "the taste that made Milwaukee famous" .

LOL, well I think they were speaking of their Beer and brats

 shasolenzabi wrote:
LOL, well I think they were speaking of their Beer and brats

I think that's what their spin campaign was trying to make you believe

Quick look at zamboni pictures gives me a square box with four wheels. I may have to come up with an alternative idea. I have plenty of servo skulls that I could use. Must deliberate on that for a while.

Edit: because bama suggested it I give you the imperial push broom

And his assistant imperial bucket totter

More janitorial staff to come later.

love it! they are great

Thanks Bama, they are inspired by your idea.

My kids had a make up soccer game this morning. Had an early lunch now going back for the second game. Took some other pictures before I left.

"These are not the scrubbing bubbles you are looking for"

theo... those servo skulls are totally hilarious! great art! I love them for these will give your game a true black humour kind of vibe... the one with the rag is the best currently... he looks all dainty and I can imagine him with a frown...constantly tuting around^^...

these are just bluetacked right? base them instantly... that is the most sound servo skull idea I have seen at all...! puts a fresh meaning to the name servo skull... hell yeah... make one more...selling nuts and beer!

Fantastic cleaning crew! Really a brilliant idea!

Funny it is, yes, for servo skulls are honored dead serving past their death as recorders, analyzers, defenders. Servo janitors normally are humans who are mind wiped, cyberized, and programmed for a task for until they totally collapse a long time later on, so, servo skulls getting punishment detail is hilarious!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Funny it is, yes, for servo skulls are honored dead serving past their death as recorders, analyzers, defenders. Servo janitors normally are humans who are mind wiped, cyberized, and programmed for a task for until they totally collapse a long time later on, so, servo skulls getting punishment detail is hilarious!

Sorry realized the other photo didn't attach.


As for punishment, these guys were the top janitors in the imperium, so after their deaths they were immortalized as servo skulls . The continue to live and serve .

Vik, the one with the rag is dragging a can of disinfectant/window cleaner around with his tail. He is in charge of keeping the remaining windows, gauges, and lenses clean.

I need to make a sponge for the bucket carrier, or a partner to do the scrubbing and he just totes the bucket around. Also in the plans are a smaller broom and a dust pan servitor.

the more i see of these, the better they get^^...yeah a dustpan would be a good addition... maybe a rake or a hoover too? and if a rake... than one with a shovel too^^


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or a wheelbarrow^^

^^The possibilities are endless.

Good job Theo, fun little things.

Sorry for no new updates, I have some good ideas for the other servo skulls, but bro in law is over and were testing out the bloodbowl baseball rules he's worked on.

Hahaha, those are fantastic! And they all develop instant personality depending on their role. Great idea!

 Theophony wrote:


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Also found these guys again. They may become recruiters for talent. Also the two story tower right next to them I finished knocking out hil watching battlestar galactica: blood and chrome. Go Toasters!

What is that big dude on the left made from? His head looks like the new movies Iron Man? Neat conversions!

-C6

That is the "iron monger" armor from iron man 1. They made two versions. I have three of them and a smaller one as well. That one is the only one completed. I tried greenstuffing another to look like mark I've armor, but it didn't turn out that good, and I started to rip it apart the other day.

Thanks for stopping by.


Edit:more progress on the janitorial staff.

The window team. Squeegee and polish


Sweeper team. Brush and deadpan


Terrible picture I know , but the tile team. Mop, bucket, and buffer.

Future team members needing to be completed.
Plunger, and rolls( who carries rolls of toilet paper to the latrines)

Anybody have any other ideas? I'm thinking of a supervisor carrying a donut , or possibly one carrying the yellow caution sandwich board.

So, as I also amm aware that based upon their own description of worlds under Imperial rule, some of the other MDF cut board buildings and such would work for me

@shaso, you lost me dude, I went back to read previous posts, but I'm confused. Not hard to do as I'm making totally silly figures and left the top off my glue bottle

Since page rollover and shaso posted at same time I edited my last post I'll repost the new guys here.



Edit:more progress on the janitorial staff.

The window team. Squeegee and polish


Sweeper team. Brush and deadpan


Terrible picture I know , but the tile team. Mop, bucket, and buffer.

Future team members needing to be completed.
Plunger, and rolls( who carries rolls of toilet paper to the latrines)

Anybody have any other ideas? I'm thinking of a supervisor carrying a donut , or possibly one carrying the yellow caution sandwich board. Vik I'll try to do a shovel

Any suggestions that make it to fruition will get named after you

Also think I got an idea for the zamboni, will work on it after family movie night.

Lost you regarding servo skulls and servitors? or the buildings?


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Who needs to get run over walking across the street, when you can walk OVER the street?



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Human desert settlement


Or Orky


I would buy them once money flows again, or if need be make copies from scraps


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I also like this as one of Warmill.com's future buildings


with this attached:

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The prospective franchise operator can currently choose from:

Happy Noodle - Every noodle is a Happy noodle! A subdivision of 'Happy' Wang's Super Fun Time PLC, the Happy Noodle chain has become the largest purveyor of generic, non-specific and Actual MeatTM ​in the Human galaxy. Accusations of high lead content are entirely unfounded.
Dolphin Shack - With the advent of cheap cloning, rare and extinct animals from Earth's past have become a staple part of the adventurous gourmand's diet. Rumour has it Dolphin Shack will soon be adding Megalodon and Plesiosaur to it's range...
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I waited for a long time to post here, but I've seen this thread from the start

Everything that You made is just over the top (not the Stallone movie, but close enough ).

The serv"itor" skulls are just a thing that only great minds or totally nutters can think/do and You are one of the two (your choice )

@selvaggiosaky, thanks for stopping in , I'm both actually, usually not at the same time, but when these become reality then that is the crossroads.
@shaso, got in now. I like the mdf look, but finding that making my own is so much more rewarding, and cheaper to boot

I will have to try using the images to make some of my own.

@shaso, I know you have the skill to do it, just give it a whirl. I didn't get in on the mantic kickstarter just because I was having fun making my own stuff, and it was mor cost effective.

Also,

Three new members of the cleanup crew.

And a full squad is ready.

Didn't realize the one with the blue base you couldn't tell that he's carrying a toilet plunger

Vik is present in his 40k version with his shovel to dig through all the threads out there and find some gems .

Who else wants to be immortalized as a servo skull?

i would like to be immortalized as a servo skull that would be great. you should have a servo drive the zamboni...they all look great so far man keep up the awesome work.

Haha! THose are great! Especially the dustpan!

Thank you for that vote of confidence there Theo! The clean up crew is looking real fine! Just need a feather duster now.

I would love to be part of this squad.
They look awesome.
Can I be the hoover one?

Okay, so "dustpan Dave" is his new name.
Shaso wants to be a feather duster
And selvaggiosaky wants to be a sucker(vacuum)
After that I need more servo skulls....off to ebay.

Dusting away!

I think my favourite so far is the one with the cloth. If he's still free, give him a PhD...

iw ould like to hold the mop bucket or the mop its self

Those servo skulls are brilliant. But you need one leaning back having a smoke and a coffee.

Wild (Selvaggio in Italian) Sucker is a great name for the little fella ahahahah

*bows*
i carry a big shovel

the toiletpaper refil servitor is also a strike of genius! but i think this base then needs a toilet brush and ...er... a toilet too

also... this bunch now calls for a scenic diplay base... just saying^^

Okay, so now I'm out of servo skulls....

Here are the duster, vacuum, and a better shot at the plunger.

Working on the zamboni which will be a larger servitor.

Also stating for the record the toilet paper servitor is me... John the toilet paper roll filler, for once my wife can't complain that I never fill it

for once my wife can't complain that I never fill it

ah...the joy of marriage^^

oh and now i see dusty too...ad that vacuum is from the old times...classic!




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as for the zamboni... why not make something like these robotic vacuum cleaners that are aronud these days? :



just add some skulls... or you could even go dreadnought range for that servitor...and entombed janitor that cleans till eternity

Yep, a converted convict doomed to eternal zamboni machine duty

don´t forget about stupid polka music while doing his service

Oh so cruel is Herr Von Domm!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Oh so cruel is Herr Von Domm!

Well he's not Dr. Rainbow unicorns flying out my for a reason.

The vacuum was my attempt at a dyson. Need to add a bit of guitar wire for the hose attachment.

 Theophony wrote:
That is the "iron monger" armor from iron man 1. They made two versions. I have three of them and a smaller one as well. That one is the only one completed. I tried greenstuffing another to look like mark I've armor, but it didn't turn out that good, and I started to rip it apart the other day.

Thanks for stopping by.

...

Anybody have any other ideas? I'm thinking of a supervisor carrying a donut , or possibly one carrying the yellow caution sandwich board.

Thanks for letting me know - I might check those out!

And as for your Janitorial staff - which is, I think, the coolest Dakka project I've seen in a while - maybe you could get slightly more ambitious and make one with a vacuum cleaner?

-C6


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edit: I see you already have a vacuum. Hrm, what else then... Window wiper?

 catharsix wrote:

 Theophony wrote:
That is the "iron monger" armor from iron man 1. They made two versions. I have three of them and a smaller one as well. That one is the only one completed. I tried greenstuffing another to look like mark I've armor, but it didn't turn out that good, and I started to rip it apart the other day.

Thanks for stopping by.

...

Anybody have any other ideas? I'm thinking of a supervisor carrying a donut , or possibly one carrying the yellow caution sandwich board.

Thanks for letting me know - I might check those out!

And as for your Janitorial staff - which is, I think, the coolest Dakka project I've seen in a while - maybe you could get slightly more ambitious and make one with a vacuum cleaner?

-C6


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edit: I see you already have a vacuum. Hrm, what else then... Window wiper?

He's hard to see, but I have a guy with a squeegee for cleaning the windows and a guy with the rag and spray cleaner to assist him.

Zamboni update

Front of zamboni

Still needs lots of work and detailing. Stuck with current wheels right now, but might grab some Lego wheels.

/GASP!

Cross the Imperium and be made into a zamboni servitor for evah!

 dsteingass wrote:
/GASP!

Is that a good or bad gasp Dave? Or just because I threatened to use Lego?

Just got back from boy day with my son, looked at Legos, and cars, fun day. Little time to do some more work. Vacuum got its hose.

Like to get more feedback before I go further on the zambomi.

i think to spare dave the gasping you should use the wheels you currently use... looks quite in scale for me already... the dozerblade looks very good... if you keep that level of detail all over the build then you are golden!
i particulraly like how you used that machinespirit part on top!... that sells the piece!

the hover fella... the guitar string looks totally the part! thank the lords you seldom paint anything you scratchbuild... otherwise i wouldn´t know where to hide my face in shame

Zamboni is looking good already, i like the shape.

I think that in the back would look cool to have a basket with all the stuff that It's possible to reuse, like scrap metal, pieces of armors, etc.
The Zamboni could have a special system for saving them.

The hoover is looking awesome

You could at least use Mega-Blocs or even the Dllar General Best-lok brand I'm j/k of course

of course....of course...

Okay, Lego idea aborted, thought why not use my circle cutters right after I posted. So I used the hole punchers and cut some foam core tires. I also did a little work on the body adding detail and on the tail section. Might be able to make a wire basket for the back, I'll think about that idea. Also different head used in this picture. Might have an idea for the other head.

by the way... you need to swing the hammer to use those cutters, right?

and... is it me or was it better when sitting lower?... bigger wheels, the right decision?... ?

Yeah, I think it looks better with the smaller wheels too, just add riveted hubcaps to those wheels.

^yup... just that!

Yeah, I wasn't liking the new tires either, was thinking they needed to be larger. Old tires will go back on. What about the head, keep that one, or bring back the larger one?

I went downstairs with the intention of working on the zamboni. But you know how you see a piece and something pops into your head? Well for a lot of he wall sections I have been stealing pieces from a drop pod. Well now I have the bottom piece which has lots of detail and I'm loving the pentagon shape to it, but what to build. Well I've done. Bunch o squares and circles, how about a pentagon tower? Cutting and gluing commenced, mainly gluing my fingers, but it's better that than cutting my fingers, right? So here's the beginning of the security tower.

I will build a door on one side, and attach a hatch to the top. I figure I'll put walls around the upper part of the platform, not sure if I'll enclose it o not though. Probably not, but if I did then I could do windows all around.

Also ordered servo skulls and some other bits for builds, hopefully have them by Thursday night.

hey if you need more servo skulls i have some kicking about pm me and i can send some hobby karma your way

Hey where's dat Viper?

@shaso, it's in the cue, waiting for bits.
@bama, pm sent, thanks man!
Decided to go open top on the tower. It still needs work including reinforcements to hold the mesh on. Here's a pic, more tomorrow.

Very cool tower! you should add some thin rings around it at intervals for walkways to attach! Unless this is for the bloodbowl board.

 dsteingass wrote:
Very cool tower! you should add some thin rings around it at intervals for walkways to attach! Unless this is for the bloodbowl board.

Thanks Dave, no external walkways as this is more of a security tower. I have added a floor hatch to the top and. Doorway at the bottom as well as some more detailing, still a long way to go yet.

Loving the tower and can't really see It without a roof, I explain myself....
The possibility to mount big lights and/or guns and/or security cameras on a roof are way too good to be left alone....
Just saying

Not much to show for today so far. Lots of time with kids (it's summer after all). I did place some orders, so expect some nice supply drops next week.

@selvaggiosaky, I think this is going to be topless (calm down guys) , I'll rig up som lights below he tower, and it's not a heavy emplacement with a turret, although that might appear later.

Ok.
I'll wait untill that moment then
Enjoy the family

Robo-Zamboni and tower both looking good so far. What are you thinking for the sides of the tower?

sides need rivets

It's hard to see from the photos, I know nothing new there . But I trimmed the five corners with l channel, which will get rivets down both sides. I want the tower as plain as possible, because I'd be a terrible villain, and not give the good guys any chance of a foothold for scaling the building. I see the center column as almost solid, except for the internal ladder to climb to the top. Yes ladder, because if battle ensues we don want our guards to be stuck in an elevator listening to Muzak. Thought about gun slits along the height of the tower, but once again that would make a weak spot o be exploited. Besides, if the enemy is close enough to be handled with small arms then someone has up.

Picked up a can of gray spray paint at Walmart and used it to prime the floor of the bloodbowl pitch/sump pit. I'll need to get at least two more cans to do a second coat and be able to do walls and dug outs. It's much lighter than my adeptus standard gray, which I'm glad about, makes it look even more like concrete.

Pin insert to show where squares are, replaces the black x used in bloodbowl.

I like how the pin doesn't show when standing back from the board, but up close they are visible

Waiting to pick my son up from flag football practice. Then an hour after that take his twin sister to cheer camp. Later tonight they have another vbs. at least all of it is within walking distance of our house, I'm getting exercise. That's how this week is planned out so little spots of work between Lego, Barbie, cards, and trips to the library.

I mixed play sand into grey craft paint and rolled it on with one of those small trim rollers on my board, it gives a really hard texture that stands up to gaming without scratching. I then glued down woodland scenics vinyl grass mat on the other side of the board so I can flip it for tw different environments.

I'll have to keep that in mind for the table when I start work on it, but for the pitch I wanted the e tea cushion of the cork because your always laying models down on it and I didn't want anything to scuff them when I actually paint.

Wife gave me a few minutes of free time. So I stopped by that train shop near me...
Supply drop.

$13.92 later and I got two of the atlas train trestle, a funky light tower and a turntable for ho scale model trains that still works. Also got another tube of glue in the bag too. I'm quite proud of the hual.

Wow! They painted the plastic to look like aged wood?

 dsteingass wrote:
Wow! They painted the plastic to look like aged wood?

It's not aged wood look Dave but layers upon layers of dust , so I guess they could have "painted" it that way. If so then I "paint" more than I realize

My mind keeps wandering off track with these side projects. I found myself rooting through the bits boxes again yesterday looking for inspiration. Had to stop because what I wanted to do was going to make too much noise and wake the kids.

I have to figure a way to make a strong yet tiny (1/8") ball joint for my plan to com to fruition, any ideas?

Toy parts! Or pick any Kotobukuyu model kit

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

for once my wife can't complain that I never fill it

ah...the joy of marriage^^

oh and now i see dusty too...ad that vacuum is from the old times...classic!




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as for the zamboni... why not make something like these robotic vacuum cleaners that are aronud these days? :



just add some skulls... or you could even go dreadnought range for that servitor...and entombed janitor that cleans till eternity

Okay, quick inspiration after seeing some bits. I really haven't liked my zamboni build, just doesn't feel right, so maybe the Vikbot 2013 can be the future of zamboni technology

Vikbot looks good.

I had a think about making a working ball and socket joint. A picture says a thousand words, see below.
Probably not going to be the best joint in the world or the easiest to make at that scale, but I would think, possible.
The hole in the socket only needs to be small enough to stop the ball passing through, the larger the hole the greater the freedom of movement.

Alternately press your chosen ball (the head of a pin as an idea for that part) into two pieces of greenstuff to make two halves of the socket. Cut a groove in the edge of each for the peg that is attached to the ball...

Neither of which will be as good as you could get from a toy though...

Thanks Dr. H, that's what I was aiming for

Unfortunately my mind started to go another direction as soon as I submitted my last post. Seems the mechanicus is trying to convert me. They have a whole division of servitors trying to recruit me to develop a janitorial army . In this army they needed more firepower however so I give you Killbot Alpha.

Armed with twin assault cannons

And ready for a night on the town


Inspiration from the old warhammer 40,000 compendium


Hopefully this doesn't turn into a cohort.


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Sorry for he double post, but bit drop (window-box games on ebay, got here within two days , love those guys, they are also called black dagger games)

More servo skulls , these re new to me they come from the imperial guard stuff and from he grey knight stuff. Also got three sentinel pilots for other projects I have ideas for.

Waiting for other servo skulls to come from other bits sites and at least one other person on dakka is donating some. I think I feel the grim dark humor of the void calling for an entire army , and I feel like obliging it.

Servo Dance Party!
Fantastic bot!

Good start to the bot. What were you going to use the ball and socket joints for?

I was wanting to do ball joints on the robots shoulder and hips to make him more flexible.

Dave, now I have to order a disco ball for the after hours janitor party.

Edit: size comparison for Killbot Alpha


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Servo skull army begins. Shall I use codex:marines? Or any other suggestions out there?

Side view

The Bolter may have recoil issues How strong are the anti-gravity motors on those things anyways?

Ha Ha. Nice. You should do one literally dragging an ambitiously huge gun...

 dsteingass wrote:
The Bolter may have recoil issues How strong are the anti-gravity motors on those things anyways?

Come on Dave, your bringing reality into the mix when talking about a flying skull and a gun that fires five round bursts of .75" ammo which could only hold maybe ten bullets in the clip?

Well to get around it the servo skulls are "enhanced with extra suspensors to assist in helping to carry heavy weights "

I don't think there will be an actual army of them, although I have an offer for 50+ of the skulls from someone, this was just trying to branch out from the janitorial staff. The other idea might be to use these guard version skulls and desecrate some marines. I'm thinking of hollowing out the
marine armor and running guitar wire through the armor joints with the flexible sections removed to show the wiring. The story could be something close to. World with a limited marine presence is taken over by a rogue adeptus mechanicus techpriest. He kills the marines to try and keep his projects under wraps, and his servo skulls abscond with the armor and weapons to help defend him from the coming reprisal force. I kind of like the idea as I always wanted to do an iron hands army and have lots of bits hanging around for them.

@Dr. H, servo skull with thunder fire cannon? I may have to consider that.

Played around with one servo skull. May I present the first iron skull marine. An offshoot of the iron hands, the iron skulls continue with the cybernetic replacements, but continue to replace parts over time. As they continue their cybernetic e elocution they have learned an art of transferring their minds into the servo skulls that are common in the imperium. The skulls are able to attach and separate easily from the bodies which have become permanently fused with their armor. This separation allows the marine to escape even the worst battle damage and become joined to a new body allowing for greatly reduced attrition levels in the chapter.

The ships of the iron skulls are unlike any other imperial vessels. Though they house astartes troop bodies, they are unusually small. This is due to the skulls ability to remove themselves from the host body and travel the ship freely. The corridors are cramped in comparison, with many access points blocked to only allow the passageway of servo skulls.

More possibly later. Waiting on supply drops for the necromunda bloodbowl board.
Inspiration


Here is the first iron skull.





Unsure of color choice for this guy, as if I'm ever going to paint .

I like the look of the neck tubes!

Thanks dave they are mechandrites that the iron skull uses to manipulate the armor. Lots of artwork today. Probably wont get back to the project, but I did get a supply drop today of basic servo skulls(16) have arrive. Might do a picture later, but I'm chilling right now after mowing the lawn, weeding the garden, cleaning the house, fixing five sections of fencing, doing laundry, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Hopefully I get back to terrain next week, the order I placed will improve my work considerably, and has been on hold for a while. Called the vendor and it is being pulled today, should have by weds.

Reminds me must send galorn an order, and zinge, possibly madrobotminiatures as well .

I love the idea of the Servo Marines!

Quite like that Servo-Marine.
You could paint them as if all the armour panels were collected from many different chapters...although that would be very difficult to make look good...OR do that but make it look like they were re-painted either badly or chipping off to reveal the original colour...again may just look a mess.

As they are a servo-skull janitorial army, you could do them all really really cleanly painted as if they get touched up all the time...OR do them as if they've been stripped back to the bare metal/ceramite/plasti-metal-polymer-stuff that they are made of...

I've been accidentally collecting new 1:18 Cobra Troopers almost at the rate you're collecting servo skulls lately!

'accidentally'

Mechanical voice: "Workers assemble. Worker absentees have been duly noted and further absenteeism shall be disciplined. Remember, be productive, be dutiful."

Was playing Space Marine again while off internet access.

 Briancj wrote:
'accidentally'

They "accidentally" released a "Dollar General" line, there are like 16 of those stores around here
Then I "accidentally" found out about the 3 3/4" Adventure Team figs and got them, and now my x-acto is drooling to customize vehicles...I think I've "accidentally" found a new rabbit hole

There's a Dollar general within walking distance of my house. Guess where I'll be in the morning thanks for the tip Dave. Just back from the final vbs for the week for our kids and hung up my Father's Day present. The wife bought me a solid brass bell to mount outside and ring to call the kids in from playing in the neighborhood. It's about 10" tall and even a light swing on the clanger draws the neighbors out of their house.

I want to engrave papa nurgle into it, but the wife says


We had a huge bell in our yard growing up, and I has moved with my parents the last two houses. The thing is about 24" wide t the base and the envy of a few churches. You can hear it ringing over the traffic a half mile away. Lots of crazy memories with the bell. My nurgle team is even called the bell ringers, with the mordheim town cryer as the coach quite possibly the coolest metal figure ever made by GW.

@Dr. H, great ideas , maybe I'll have them wear orange jumpsuits/armor with yellow hands to simulate the rubber gloves. The iron skulls....."Cleaning up the galaxy one filthy xeno scum at a time!"

Next Week, Theo Scratchbuilds a USS FLAGG!


I could so do that....

 dsteingass wrote:
Next Week, Theo Scratchbuilds a USS FLAGG!


I could so do that....

Holy Dave, did you build that? if I built that I'd be broke. Because I'd have to get back into gijoe hardcore making my marine chapter look like a garage sale pick up bin.

Haha..NO, but I could start it all too easily

Except I'd NEVER buy white carpet like that..EVER

Dave you should build it but slightly taller, and make a doorway for juju. It could be both the Flagg and a doghouse at the same time.

White carpet is ridiculous. I have worked in home improvement for over 17 years, selling carpet for a good amount of the time. Though most fibers won't stain, you just can't keep light colors clean, especially with pets.

The next staff member of the league of extraordinary janitors has been assembled. I call him captain stabby.




hobbits eating all the time and leaving crumbs everywhere. But who you gonna call......

Awesome! Every Janitorial Staff should have armed security forces

If I built that, Bean would be up my butt (and on the deck) the entire time!

The Army Builders at Dollar General to look for are obviously the COBRA Trooper and Duke

AVOID any of the Movie Roadblocks except this one with the .50 cal, and AVOID any of the Movie figures with a gimmicky zip-line- Hasbro used less articulated figs in those for the most part. If you find a Joe Colton fig though, I WANT IT (2 if possible)..It's a Bruce Willis GI JOE...who wouldn't want that?

Just ran up to the local one. They had no gijoes ,they had the sets you got he jeep out of. Might o back later today. Just FYI there is a $5.00 off coupon on their website for today only. $30.00 purchase required. Might gets some jeeps for the iron skulls.

Did you look in the area with cheap carded toys? They usually have one peg, that's all

Find the marked peg!!

He checked both sections, nada. They were busy putting out paper towels and had already worked the toy freight. So maybe next week.

The peg is marked..make sure you verify the peg, and check behind power rangers

I am wise behind my ears , I know most of the basic tricks, they didn't have any, but I'll try another store today.

In the mean time the third member of he league of extraordinary janitors is almost ready, actually he's suiting up right now.

And profile

He's waiting on his human serf to carry over his armor for the right arm mechandrites to attach to.

Big servitors

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Big servitors

Big servitors with power armor.

Dave I he led three different dollar generals. All they had were snake eyes and storm shadow. I saw the sets you picked up, almost bought my own fleet to fight yours, decided my limited budget should go to my already crazy hobby. I'll keep an eye out for them though. The packages didn't even show those guys though.

Also went to the Lego store. I was highly unimpressed. One of the staff was telling a mom to buy one of the Lego Star Wars sets because it had admiral Akbar in it. His reasoning was because Akbar was also in Star Trek. Everything they had there was the same as the local toysrus store, without the sale price. I couldn't talk myself into buying anything even though they had a promo of buy $75.00 and get a limited edition kal-el minifigure.

Akbar was in Star Trek? LOL! the only cross over from SW to ST was the Breen helmets were based of the bounty hunter helmet Leia wore in RotJ,,,,,,LMAO!

That guy was a moron. No exclusives caught your eye?

None caught my eye enough for the wallet to come out. I'm still weary about spending money. Well not as much, but I spent a bit this week, we will see it come about mid week.

Honestly, as collectors, lady geek and I aren't finding much in Lego either, I suppose it's summer, light on releases. Ladygeek is waiting for the tower of orthanc kit. As far as joe goes, the DG joes are only A few repaint figs http://www.dorksidetoys.com/basic-specialty-figures/

The imperial star destroyer caught my eye, but the 399.00 price tag quickly turned my head away. I think it's because I reason with my kids...."okay for the price of that you could get 4 of those, or just one o those and save your money for x y z. I'd say I'm sounding like my parents, but you've heard of some o my collections.

Stay tuned later in the week for new episodes of C.S. . (Cranium Support Inquisitors)
Featuring Gilbert Grissly

Needs his lab coat before busting dr. H and his nefarious gang of near do wellers

LOL! I saw the challenge on Dr.H's thread.

Bring all the cleaning supplies you can, I've got the second law of thermodynamics on my side...

Hmmm, the Khadrovian special and secret services smell Heresy! Maybe if someone asked, they could have a "Shock Guards Army" as escort with it's attendant fleet to help purge and cleanse such a threat as the Mad Scientist.

Oh Oh, ganging up on the saviour of the Universe (so He believes) are we now... The Scientist knows all about these Khadrovian forces

Well, then he should know they do things Apoc scale of war

Well, remember LEGO will always hold it's value, so it'll always still be worth at least $400, and it's a helluva lot of grey parts too

Grey is my marine army color...yes, I paint my grey plastic guys grey .

My guys actually could go after Dr. H, not to get him, but to continue the clean up efforts.
Just saw man of steel. Eye dropping 3d effects, but I disliked the movie, so did my wife. She fell asleep during the last half hour. The only redeeming thing was all the mess that my servo skulls would have to clean up

Shaso, your army is to big for my guys to even clean up after. I hunk they'd all go on strike after seeing the mud work. (No I must make he little robot from wall-e just to follow our battalions around.

Also one is going to need to be assigned the duty of following the Mounted Rough Riders to clean up horse gak

 dsteingass wrote:
Also one is going to need to be assigned the duty of following the Mounted Rough Riders to clean up horse gak

Viks guy already has a shovel

Lmao theo.

I will preface this with the fact that I have only used green stuff before to fill gaps, and wasn't very good doing that either. Gil grisly now has his labcoat.


Now he must do research before planning his battle against the Army of the Second Law, and his date with lady heather . As soon as this hardens up then I can drill and attach another mechandrite to the sleeve on the left side, and possibly leg mechandrites, that really serve no purpose at all, like the glasses over the bionic eyes.

And his assistant warrick


52 more servo skulls inbound for my army I need to watch more tv to get some more Inspiration.

lol.
Good job on the labcoat.

He's too "cute" for 40k

 dsteingass wrote:
He's too "cute" for 40k

He's perfect for grim-dork 40k though, my dark comedy version.

@Dr. H, thanks, good enough for my future painting skills. I tried a pocket protector, but it didn't come out well, so redid it. Well it's what's in the picture.

Haven't watched csi since Gil left and Ted danson came aboard, not my style

Took a break from the c.s. . Crew and went back to the iron skulls. Here is the our the team member.

Not much to say about I'm except he is still suffering from caffeine addiction even though all need for sustenance is gone, he is continually feed coffee through the tube, it passes right brought him and is recirculated over and over again. There is no chemical change to the mix, but whenever the drip is taken away he gets agitated and angry.

I didn't want him to have an iron halo like the other guy so it got removed and added on to the chainsword as a spikes knuckle guard.

THAT would be a brilliant thing to have implanted!

Back in high school I used to drink way too much Mountain Dew, then cut to dr pepper after passing a kidney stone. In the last four years I e given up caffeine completely, once for thirteen months and the next time for going on three years in oct. but we used to talk a out getting a Mountain Dew iv direct line into our body.

Owch! cringing here...

First day or two was bad, but after a week everything was great. I was even taking ibuprofen every four hours before I quit caffeine, but since I stopped I haven't taken ibuprofen either. Drinking lots of water helps the joint pain disappear.

Okay, quick question. Do you like filter 1,

or setup for filter 2.


Filter two could have pipes coming in from the side and attaching to the center to feed chemicals to purify the water/waste.

Filter 2 sounds more practical that way.

Mountain Dew! Feh! Real Caffeiners drink Coffee! Now I do flavor mine a bit as they have all these creamers in the grocery store, and I do tend to make Military-Industrial grade coffee so thick you can't see thru it. It will and has grown hair on the chest!

Where's the filter going? Will it be that way up in the final position?
Added tubes/pipes does sound like a winner though.

52 more servo skulls inbound for my army

BLOODY HELL!... that is probably the biggest order for servoskulls ever since the heresy^^

the filters look very good... tho i think i must´ve overread what these are meant for?

that big robot is probably the best looking conversion of admech stuff i have seen for a while...wow!...

and your iron warrior conversion... never saw such a concept at all...but now it makes so much sense... funny no one else has thought about it yet

as for the lil comp entry?.... i didn´t really get that... care to enlighten me?

oh...and i wasn´t under a rock... nope... i was feeling a bit down... not in a mood to join in the fun here... so i kept lurking for a bit... ´m better now and joining again in the fun

Welcome back Vik

thanks matey^^

If your ever down again vik just pm me, my virtual couch is always open. I'm glad your back. I rearranged the basement a couple weeks back, and haven't been able to find my entry figure since then. I've dug through every box twice. I didn't have enough bits to redo what I wanted, so I am the biggest loser. I guess m mantis camo scheme worked too well.

Did you check behind the fridge? If you loose something it's nearly always there...

you have to use that accidental side glance... we all know that when we sob in despair and then it just happens to be there where we have looked a million times already...in plain sight there sits the wee bugger^^ (get it? wee bug-ger , ah... forgett it)
the whole RL schtick and the flyers sidetracks kinda got me out of the comp as well... but i will finish it one day^^

and... got you...

Wee bugger got a giggle vik, you and I have similar humor, I feel sorry for the rest of dakka . If I find the model he will get completed. I even checked behind the inoperable fridge in the basement. Not happy with what I found, there were bugs, but these were not stationary plastic ones. Bug spray ensued. I have a suspicion, might get an answer later this week on it. My son is spending a few nights at grandmas house, we left him there earlier when we went over for Father's Day. Good laughs and stories, and none of them at m or my fathers expense .

Finished another model for the iron skulls, but no pics of him yet. Not yet happy with him yet, and will probably get reworked.

well... seems you have a prime suspect get easy on him... i bet that IF he got it... then it is due to fame and respect of his father and his work...take it as a big compliment^^

and bugs...urgh... i am fully with you... i rent my apartment for only us four... no other guests are allowed to stay after midnight ... so i would get rid of these very fast too!!!


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..............aaaaannnd off to bed... it´s already half past two...(OMG )

Sounds like Theo needs some specialists for his bug problem

I think it's one of the neighbor kids. For the first time they were over last week and playing in the basement where we have the playroom and my gaming stuff. He was down there with the other boy and I had found some of zacks toys outside when I mowed the lawn last week, so I don't know if the kid got into my stuff. My kids know not to mess with my stuff unless they ask me first, and they are good about that. The other kid is younger than zack, but his sisters play with my girls so he comes along to give his mother free time with just the baby. I noticed some stuff moved, but nothing critical.

The bugs are limited to the basement in our house. It's 74 years old and was vacant for a year before we bought it. I've sprayed for the bugs frequently, and ri th house of their carcasses almost daily. They crawl in under the back door and usually only make it three feet before all the legs are face up. But I guess I found some of the rebel scum who escaped the last purging . There will be no more.

Purge with Fire!

The kid likely was attracted by the bright shiny colors of the Mantis warrior

Well it is one of the few painted miniatures I had out, even only partially done. The kids only four or five, so nothing terrible or mean about it, just wanted something neat I guess, if it is even him. Could be my boy who borrowed him, or I could have misplaced him somewhere crazy.

Looking for bionic bits for the iron skulls. Love the forgeworld arms, but not paying those prices for them. Any suggestions? I've seen pics o the puppet war arms and legs, but the details were too vague.should I have guys with just mechandrite arms? Or is that a cop out?

You could do like Vik has and scratchbuild bionic bits

I've tried that shaso. And some turned out okay while others not so well. I'd like to source the bits if possible, but with gw and their new rules that's gotten harder. Killbot beta is almost done, but I'm wiped out, so pics in they a.m. Might also order some more bits to make additional Killbot models. As they are large enough to be dreadnoughts I might run with more than two. Came up with a neat design for the power claws, also to be seen in the a.m.

Nite guys.

Ah, hate when the parts come out hit or miss.

Have to see the morning pics

ask and ye shall receive:

http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=80&product_id=288

this is probably the cheapest and best looking FW replacement you will get in this universe!!!...if I had the cash I would make a necron army with these... (ignoring the fact you might use necron bits for the IW idea...)

I really need to be using the desktop computer where I have everything bookmarked. Instead I use the iPad and forget stupidly. Order placed for marine sized stuff. I think the arc stuff is more human sized, but I guess we'll see soon enough .

well their stuff is neat whatever scale (human or superhuman) you want

and did you ever notice that words like "the" and so on, small innocent words gets twisted in the warp once you typed them? ... always wondered if this is due to your apple core tech

Filter 2 looks like it would make a cool-looking recessed power reactor of a giant ship or something, perhaps an objective.

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
well their stuff is neat whatever scale (human or superhuman) you want

and did you ever notice that words like "the" and so on, small innocent words gets twisted in the warp once you typed them? ... always wondered if this is due to your apple core tech

yeah, whenever I get typing on the Ipad for some reason the turns into th or just h. I watch the pad as I type and the key for the buttons shows i'm hitting them, but if I type too fast it drops letters. the other one that gets me is when I hit the a button, a lot of times it just adds an extra space in between words and skips the a. I just hate using the desktop as I don't want to walk upstairs to type a reply. my phone is actually the best out of the three, but I just hate to view anything on it because the screen is so small.

I was thinking of making the filter a side part of the sump pit. gunk goes out into that to screen the big chunks, and to circulate the waters, then it goes to the towers.

Edit: Killbot beta

More pics later, they were eaten in the warp.

With attached scorpion bolter



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Supply drop.
I wasn't supposed to get these until the end of the week, then updated this morning as out for delivery.

No not the bulkhead, it's there for reference size only.
Contents are below.

They are smaller than I expected, but I think they'll still work out .

hmm... second bot needs more angle shots to really see it completley...

and congratz for that haul... this will speed your work quite a bit

I'll try to do more pics later, having family time now.

Got another supply drop, very disappointed with it. It was from hobbyworldinc.com. Listed on the website as 200 pc per pack, but was shipped 150. Person who answered when I called said it had been changed last week before i ordered, but even my packing slip said otherwise. The product came in generic baggies that were stapled to regular cardstock, an obvious repack. He said he'd send me more, but was out of stock, finally said he'd give me a different sizes one and ship tomorrow. Also overcharged me $3.00 on shipping, calling it a handling fee. Told him I wanted to send it all back for a refund and was told no refund. Thinking of charging the order back.

oh... that sounds like these could very well travel around in a pirate ship... funny ways some business men have... how they stay in business is a mystery to me...i think the best way to a salesman is to make it easy to give you your money...not making it a hard time each time... most peeps avoid getting hurt... so it is not likley to buy from these again...but i guess you learned your lesson, eh?

Ah, straight line cuts in Theo's future.

More shots of Killbot beta, just for you vik.

Everything is still tacked together to be able to swap arms and legs around.







I need to figure out feet since I used the sentinel ones long ago.

It's quite good. But the legs seem a little short for it's height. Maybe a short dog leg section when you're adding feet?

Well armed bots!

somehow the current bot isn´t making me feel all that strong about the concept as the first one did... the big rod as hips for example...also the head (the round thing...) looks weird...and gets mistaken by the bolter setup...the only thing i am very sure about is are the arms... the big claw and the "pistolgripping melta arm" those currently sell the model... but the legs and body not...hmmm... i am a big critic today but not with much helpful ideas...darn

The part of the leg rod that is sticking out on either side will be trimmed off once everything is glued together. Basically the pegs are bigger in case I go bigger. The bolter over he head I'm not sold on either, hence the question was sent out for second opinions. I think the melta gun can be magnetized easily enough to allow for swapping of it and a heavy bolter. I have the girls signed up for sculpting classes today, so will be gone in the am, have a couple o ideas floating around for the leg extensions. I have the parts to make full sentinel legs on it, but was hoping to get away with what I had done, so the parts could be used in other models. Bit sites beware, placed a few small orders this week, but looking like more for later this week.


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Got home and had an idea to do he legs partly figured in my head. How many people like Ed-209 from robocop? Here's a quick take on the legs, more work needed, and detail.



Feet are on b.b. pellets that are atop of circle disc magnets. I will work on the toes later.

Big stompy robots are always fun, is why I got my Cron lord a Triarch Stalker, big spider of doom!

I LOVE Ed-209. Good call.

Thanks shaso, he's about the same size as the standard sm dreadnought.

Here are the finished legs, might get a few more details, but I'm happy with them currently.

Striding pose

"You now have three seconds to comply.....rrraargh!"

hmmm.... that concept for sure has way more possibilities than the one before...yes... "trousered" legs are a good way! and those pistons sell the look!
now something matching for the belly part...

You've even done Ed-like feet. This makes me happy.

Yep, he has caught the E.D.-209 legs well.

OOh Ed 209 meets grimdark - awesome idea and even better execution of said idea...

Theo, this is a top job

Second set of legs done, just like the first.

@vik, I'm keeping the center pencil thin, or as thin as it is because its smaller, because I like the concept. Makes it feel/look more non military to me, and more agile.
@Dr. H. And shaso, thanks, wanted to do even more like Ed, but decided this was close enough for imperial work.
@ruglud, thanks, I'm grim-forking up my planet one imperial sector at a time.


With these guys almost done I was thinking of building an adeptus army out of these guys as dreads, servo skulls as scouts, skull marines as marines just need to figure out jump troops and terminators.

Thinking about stealing Dave's idea of dollar store vehicles for the tanks. Saw some tanks for $5.00 which light up and make boom sounds and the lav as troop haulers.

Might have to order a land speeder storm or two as I like the look of them, and theyd make nice helicopters/ gunships.

Makes it feel/look more non military to me, and more agile.

ah I see... I can follow that now

as for jump troops.... go drones... small winged or jet propelled thingies... rather easy scratchbuild with the odd bit and some triangular PC pieces...?

also... I spill a bit of my own plans here but if you go admech...what about giant walkers?...:



turn it upside down and you have GIANT walking machine of doom...(I have purchased it for just that use will be my entry for the new comrade panda comp...)

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

Makes it feel/look more non military to me, and more agile.

ah I see... I can follow that now

as for jump troops.... go drones... small winged or jet propelled thingies... rather easy scratchbuild with the odd bit and some triangular PC pieces...?

also... I spill a bit of my own plans here but if you go admech...what about giant walkers?...:



turn it upside down and you have GIANT walking machine of doom...(I have purchased it for just that use will be my entry for the new comrade panda comp...)

Viks evil tentacle octopuss of Domm. I can see the possibilities there Vik. I have a couple walkers in mind, but not sure when they'll get here, probably not until just before the contest ends. I may just fill my fast attack slots with the land speeder storms and some bikers, then I won't need jump troops. I can use the dreads as my elites and tanks/apcs for my heavies.

do share your walker ideas mate... the one thing (ok two if you add gatlings) that i can never say no to are walkers... somehow the whole idea of a walking machine of violence is verrrry intriguing for me... so spill the beans^^

Vik, I ordered two of these guys from Paulsongames.com. They are prereleases from the mechafront game he is about to kickstarter. They are for 15mm games, but are on 60mm bases and stand 65mm tall. These are the small guys. He has designs for a quad walker in his news and rumors thread as well as on his website that will be massive.

*sighs*...^^somehow i dismissed that thread earlier on as it was only for 15mm... and i could see why it would appeal to me... no i see^^

Yeah, I originally was just following to look at designs. He had a system for robotech worked out and models designed, even pitched it to harmony gold, but the turned him down. Shortly thereafter they tarted their own ks for miniature version of robotech. I've bought some of his other models hat he made before GW c and d him, all were top notch . There's also paper buildings for the 15mm game for drop zone commander that are inexpensive and look fabulous.

Ah, converted walkers!

Not sure how much converting will be happening to these walkers, I like the storyline in his game, and the fact that regular troops don't stand a chance against the mech.

On another front I just got another set of Munda and outlanders off ebay, shipping is crazy high, but moar bulkheads.

How the hell do you get used to DakkaDakka an the iPad. I have to tap everything a few times, hoping it'll do something this try

I think it's in the settings. My fat fingers still have trouble when I'm trying to get a specific page. Pull the screen wider and fat finger syndrome disappears. Also I always view it with the screen sideways.

Stopped by dollar general today and bought a lav set. I was able to undo the screws without taking wheels off. Starting the adeptus arbites conversion on the beast.


The boxed in structure will be the access doors. The back piece by the tail will be a mounting bracket for skirting to protect the tires. I have some zinge bits inbound for this behemoth. I just can't decide if his will be a rhino, chimera, or land raider transport.

Ah, side doors for the Arbites to clamber out of.

A great start! shas, I'll mail yours out next week

Cool, and I figured since you are gonna be in NY touring Dave, LOL!

I already started removing some of the detail work, will probably strip it completely down to the frame before I'm done. I want troop carrying in the back, would like to move the turret up more, just trying to figure out how to make it more rhino, razorback or chimera ish. It's as long as a land raider ( that's what she said), but narrower. I can't think of a way to add side sponsons to use it as a land raider. Any suggestions?

too thin above the wheels for sponsons, maybe rifle ports like many APC's are prone to have.

Well, did some work before kids got up and hungry. So here's the preliminary on the lav.
Front view, not sure about the rhino visors, makes it look like Geordie laforge to me

Rear view, door not attached yet, just tacked. Will have rear bumper/ step to get into. Probably where prisoners get loaded.

Top down, like the positioning of the turret, gives room behind to have hatches/stowage, or other turret/ coms relay. The big hole is from where the turret from the tank was at, will be covered with card.

And side shot. Both sides come the same.

My, the tires alone are worthy enough to be SM height!

I like the size of the tires on it as it is, but I have some coming from zinge industries already, so this might get jacked up some. Also using this for the comrades vehicle challenge, that might get me to focus on this for a bit. Heaven knows I get side tracked easily.

now I see here a man that is even more sidetracked than me it seems

as for the tank... I think it screams chimera... no landraider ideas hit me with that shape... and go for portholes mounted lasguns!

and... what a shame to hide all that passable details with pc... but that´s just my personal opinion

Just a note to say I'm catching up but I'm only on page 13. So much awesome work.

Hence why he got inducted into the league

Good start of the building, but I feel like something is missing.
Maybe the front could have a raised driving cockpit (on on side would look cool.

Keep at It, The material and the talent is there

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

Skalk, I'm glad your back, though it means I'll get sidetracked again quickly.
Vik, all the detail made no sense to me, the gas cans were upside down , maybe that's some sort of military thing, but I didn't like it.
Sel, did a little to dress up the front, hopefully that helps, but the only asymmetrical bit will be the gun mount as you'll see from the top.
Shaso, thanks, but afraid this won't have rivets.

Still needs contour putty at the seams and a back bumper. Might make a forward under slung turret if I can figure out something cool, otherwise it's getting a ram prow.

It's gonna have to be a rhino variant, which means it needs a storm bolter somewhere. Since the rest o the army is marine based, it wouldn't make sense to be a chimera. Don't know why I didn't think about that.

More pics.

You see?
Now You have a proper front!

forget the cockpit, It looks good like this.

And keep those wheels

Wheels are looking 30-35mm in size, Rhino variant, aha. Big enough the razor back concept weapons could work.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Wheels are looking 30-35mm in size, Rhino variant, aha. Big enough the razor back concept weapons could work.

The top turret is set up for the razorback option.

@sel, I'm glad about the cockpit, wasn't wanting to tackle it anymore.

I'm using this for my competition tank, hoping it inspires me to keep going.

The book on the nose is the book of law, opened to he page that shows all punishment is dealt out in the form of death and sentenced to an afterlife of being a servo skull

Off to a good start. Looking forward to the detail work.

i stand corrected theo...

the covered up chimera stand in now looks very pleasing to the eyes

best part for now are those side hatches/doors... very well executed design! in fact... i may go so far as to say that you could do this methode for a new tank and have sponsons instead of doors at that point...!

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i stand corrected theo...

the covered up chimera stand in now looks very pleasing to the eyes

best part for now are those side hatches/doors... very well executed design! in fact... i may go so far as to say that you could do this methode for a new tank and have sponsons instead of doors at that point...!

Thanks vik, best part was it was totally accidental. It just happened to fit the doors exactly. I need to create the hinge point at the bottom for realism in my little plastic world.

Probably no progress today as the wife is off and we will be doing family stuff before it gets too hot this afternoon. I also tweaked my back last night playing soccer. An out of shape thirty plus man shouldn't try to keep up with kids that are 7-13 years old. It was great fun, but pay a is are a bleep.

I played soccer last week... afterwards I was totally ruined... had to take meds to even keep my eyes open... I really have to do something about me being as untrained and unfit as can be... so..i feel your pain .. hopefully your strained back gets better soon... or do you suspect some serious hurt there? if so... led your doc know about it... no joking... men are way too often too manly about seeing their docs...

also... yeah angles... gotta have them realism is like a drug... the more you can do on a small model the better the kick you get out of modelling, eh?

Yeah, take the day off and relax Theo

Back is feeling a lot better now. Actually did a lot of walking today which helped stretch it back out. I really think it was just the uneven ground the field was on, that usually messes me up quicker than anything else.

I'll post pics in the morning I possible, I got. Package from Galorn, the bases look spectacular, now I just need a dwarf bloodbowl team for them

ah... good news on your back then!...

looking forward to eyecandy^^

Eye candy for Vik, and everyone else.

Beer cave bases for future dwarf team.

Assorted other bases for different projects up and coming.

Really great detail in the pieces, no bubbles, and the flash that is present easily removes with a flick of the knife.

Definitely will be ordering more from Galorn/rivetzone.com, fellow dakkite and league member extraordinar.

Drooling over the bases.

They are very nice and crisp, but I'm afraid my stomach could not handle that type of nourishment, though I want to be a space marine, I cannot ingest petroleum products.

Also another supply drop has landed.

Less than $90.00

Missing rulebooks, but it did have all the counters, templates, 12 goliaths off sprue but new, 4 orlock one is painted.

Oh and 40 more bulkheads


Here is the progress on the tank


I'm taking a break for awhile, will be spectating, and trying to catch up on some threads, but I need a hobby recharge period.

Excellent haul Theo. As for the LAV conversion, seriously impressed by that

nice haul there... the tank looks very good... you gave him a soul!

does your break from hobby mean you will be offline ? or at least stying here but without glue splattered fingers?
i hope for the latter...

but i know how it feels if the mojo gets a bit used up.... have that happen to me every now and then too...good luck... it will come to you again! talent may be dormant but never extinguished!

You know what, I think we all have too many projects on the go and too many ideas for new ones, then we get burnt out and loose the will to build... As Vik says, it will return, hopefully soon, as I wanna see the tank build reach it's fitting conclusion

i never put tow and two together... but you might be on to the true aching point here... too many projects you don´t finish and you don´t get the warm feeling out of these for doing a job well done...that makes sense...so less projects and more feelings of fullfillment... sounds like a winning ticket... but i am still on the wrong train i think this will never work for me^^

I like how Theo went with the LAV knock off and made a Rhino like machine so far of it.

@ruglud, your probably right about too many projects, I need a cohesive idea of what I want to build. You guys give me too many good ideas, and I just keep running with them.
@shaso, thanks, the lav was just screaming to be more
@vik, I'll be lurking for awhile, no glue on the hands though, I need to abstain to get a fresh look at some old ideas and plan before I jump into the project.

With that being said I really like the servo skull guys, and would like to do an adeptus arbites/space Marin police force concept. I had started marines way back in he day and in the rogue trader books they had field police. I might need to get a good idea for them and reattach a marines force.

I might be commenting more, or less, just the hobby fu will slow a bit. Still looking for work in the mean time, had som leads, just not what I'm wanting, or wouldn't work for the family. I realize I've go to spend more time with the kids during the summer, and hopefully get myself in better shape while doing it.

As with everything else of mine, expect plans to change without notice .

As with everything else of mine, expect plans to change without notice

that sounds like the best chaotic concept i could think of

and

just not what I'm wanting, or wouldn't work for the family

two of the strongest reasons i was unemployed for over eight years...

and so long as we get your input on our stuff and you don´t go mad from that input... your time for hobby fu will come back... sooner than you might think^^...

Yep, is sure did need some touches worked on it

I'm seriously impressed with the LAV build theo, that's not a concept I could see in that toy, but you rocked it! Inspiration will come back soon enough

While waiting for inspiration I swung by dollar general again and picked these up. I think the missiles and cannons from the lav will become turret features for the adeptus arbites fortress. Tomorrow I'm planning on priming the first lav. The competition goes on after all.


Edit: got back from taking kids to the dentist to find another supply drop, well two actually.

Anvil industries bionics. Will look through them later, right now all I can see is tons of flash.

Zinge tires and computer panels.

Their biggest wheels are a little too small for the lav. Good thing I got one of Dave's dollar jeep.

I like those wheels though..the LAV is looking badass!

Hey dude mail me a wheel if you've got a spare...

@dave, thanks for the inspiration with your build, I will now commence with blatant theft of the idea with my own twist of course. You better get yours done quick.....who am I kidding, you've got plenty of time to beat me to the finish line
@galorn, let me see how well this conversion goes, I might have extra wheels,or if this comes out good I might need to order more, in which case ill get an extra set

Why you should never leave your vehicle unattended/ guarded in the underhive.


Here is one of the anvil legs, they all have this flash, not too bad, but needs some scrapping to get the mold line off the model. Shouldn't be too noticible once painted. The arms were perfect casts, no flash at all, or at least from first inspection.

I plan on ordering more from both guys shortly if the vehicles turn out okay.

Time for some cutting........so much for that break.

I think we should do a dollar store challenge. I know everyone wont be able to participate, but Dave's little gold mine here gave me the idea. The set was $8.00 from a national chain, I know you can order online, but not sure about international orders. How would you guys feel about something like this? We can look for a stock toy from there and everyone can get one and see who comes up with the best idea, or best execution.

Cool! That cargo part on back snaps off too

 dsteingass wrote:
Cool! That cargo part on back snaps off too

Which part snaps off Dave, I unscrewed mine, but it's still molded together. Also I edited my last post with a general question, what's your thoughts?

Easy to look around the corner in a firefight when your head is detachable

Think I'll call him heightower. Now I'll have to watch the police academy movies to make the rest of them .

More interestingly inspired stuff, make one overloaded with guns he shall be Tackleberry!

The one I got Dave was in brown plastic, went back and looked at yours and there are differences. Notably my cargo stuff doesn't come off Without a knife or saw .

But like a Potato chip,once you start you can't stop.
Second source of inspiration, other than Dave.

Where I'm at now.


Oh, and one of the sets of tires had tons of extra resin, it was planned it looks like, but now it becomes a terrain piece. No not a jersey barrier, but as the sign entering a lost production facility.

I'll have to paint it up, it's too good not to use. Also the computer console sprue I got from him has a similar pour block which looks smaller, but can go above a doorway into the building.

er... good to see you working in hobby stuff related themes again mate!

and as for the police academy stuff... no... just say no and you will keep yourself save from any related harm...although... tackleberry... he was kinda cool... the rest... best burried by millenia

an to your general question... well... honestly... yes... but...you do know how that would kill us due to postage???...but since you are up and about... i recently hinted in my thread an idea for a comp on my terms too... creating something steampunky... if someone would be interested to go with that i would start something like that... of course with an award...

oh and while i see your scavaged jeep... i need to take soem pics of some jeeps of mine... one was an ebay haul a year back and the other was from a fleamarket... both american builds... a hummer and something else...


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if you make that zinge extra resin thingy into a terrain piece like you siad... zinge should give you some free bies...!!!!

LAV is going well.
I like the way the jeep is going as well.

Good to see you embracing the use of sprue-like pour blocks for modelling use.

Vik I'm all go doing something steampunky. I went back through our thread and your hint still eludes me.

We will hold off on the competition for now then. There's plenty of them happening as it is, and Viks sounds fun to me whenever he sets his up I'm all for it .

*big grin*

ok... i need to work this out... i am sure tomorrow i can come up with a strong concept... and then...

Hmmm, some plasticard and greenstuff you could stretch the back to cover the dual wheel set up you made Theo

actually i wouldn´t go for the triple axis look...

I think he already did, hence the "stretch" body work idea

Sorry vik, triple axel it is. The rear will be extended long enough to hold the battery box. The lights are random flash bulbs that I got years ago for free. I think I have ten sets. The back cab will have a turret mount for whatever weapon system I choose. This will be the necromunda version of a predator tank.


This will probably be all for tonight. Might check in with some typing, but all glued out.

Okay, so the design wasn't working out....

I liked the concept and even liked where I was going with parts of it, but the main shell just wasn't working for me. These wheels however demanded to be used so back to bits bashing/free building instead of converting on top.

Onto the trash heap. Maybe it will become terrain

The jeep was just too large of scale for my concept. Dave pulled his idea off well , me not so much. But what I learned from it has me going on a new course.

So should I do more of a crawler

I could leave off the front axel and just use the two back axels. It could also have driving spots on front and back.

Or I like this design better

It looks more Taurus like. I can armor up the rear section more and build up the height to be more of an urban assault vehicle.

What do you guys think.

Go with what feels best to you, then you're more likely to do your best work on it.

If you want a crawler do that, but think what do you want to use this vehicle for, is it going to be a slow-moving, armoured, high-sided, bullet-magnet or do you want a fast-moving, low, light, attacking truck?

If you want a fast, Taurus-like vehicle, do the last one. Also, a thought on that concept; the original looks like a single seater, will your's be? Doesn't have to be the same, but something to think about.

Hmmm, all the similar issues with automaker design issues

i think the new design looks better... BUT i was eager to see the light effects on the earlier jeepish design too... i would just put it on the shelf of shame (mine is quite big...) for future rainy days

the new one already has lots of cool details... so is on the winning thread already^^

I would love to see the crawler without the front axle, but the Taurus is an awesome vehicle and It would be a pity not to build one...

I follow usually what Dr. H said: Do whatever You prefer and It will be better.

(if You're looking for a vote I say no front axle tough)

@vik, my shelf of shame collapsed years ago under weight, now it is a box of shame, luckily I don't have to stare at it like the shelf.
@dr. H, "I want to go fast!" So I think more tauros like will happen with front axel. single seater, how did I miss that
@shaso, don't get me going on the auto industry I am not really for unions, leagues yes, unions no
@sel, I like the idea of a gang salvaging the remnants of one of these to be a crawler, very mad max ish. But I think I'll build this as the tauros.

Did a little work on the model, pics later. I have such a headache from doing some 1:1 scale spray painting of patio furniture, headboard, and desk for my daughters room. Forgot the high you get from spray painting. And I wasn't even trying, it's just Indy enough to throw it all back into your face.

if You choose that, just go for It, Taurus style vehicle is going to happen also for my Orkz one day, I just love that model

so it is a casket of shame then

and i bet you know have a funny colored face, yes ?

Lots of roll bars for this vehicle then.

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
so it is a casket of shame then

and i bet you know have a funny colored face, yes ?

Black, blue and white, my glasses have speckles (specs on my specs ) and my hands look aweful. Still have 4 chairs, a rocker and the main part of my daughters desk to do, but hats another day. It's upper 90s here right no and between the humidity, heat and spray I'm done.

@shaso, roll bars are like safety rails in the underhive.
@sel, it really is one of there better designs.

so... for all following theo´s thread... he now looks something like this:



sorry if i am making fun of you... when you have the same work to be done tomorrow too with the same paints... there is obviously no point in really trying to get rid of the stains... as more will happen... but the urge to do just that is probably quite overhelming... and is adding to the frustration... i can relate to that... had that happen whenever we moved from flat to flat...argh^^...

That looks badass! Will you use a pipe frame?

Viktor von Domm wrote:so... for all following theo´s thread... he now looks something like this:



sorry if i am making fun of you... when you have the same work to be done tomorrow too with the same paints... there is obviously no point in really trying to get rid of the stains... as more will happen... but the urge to do just that is probably quite overhelming... and is adding to the frustration... i can relate to that... had that happen whenever we moved from flat to flat...argh^^...

dsteingass wrote:That looks badass! Will you use a pipe frame?

No just masking tape.... Oh I thought you were talking about Viks picture of me. That pic is obviously not me as he has all his hair on his head and no glasses, otherwise spot on.

I will probably be doing tubular rollbars if I can figure it out.

Edit: Today is another fun day of dropping the kids off at a VBS, then grandparents. The day is starting off with thunderstorms though, so hopefully it cools the day down and the humidity isn't a killer.

Sorry, not too much of an update.



The tauros is sitting waiting for inspiration to strike again. I did replace the undercarriage with just plastic card and square stock. If I make more of these then it will be much easier to replicate.

The lav is primed and I picked up a bottle of matte black. Not sure how that will look, but might be neat compared to regular old chaos black.

Also you can see more of Galorn's brew cave bases showed up with some tech base friends .

I have some packets to go out today, hopefully will see my servo skulls from Australia arriving sometime soonish.

Really need to get my hobby space cleared up today/tomorrow, I have been pushing that off for far too long, I think the ith in the background will get bulldozed, if only to give myself reason to rebuild it later .

yes! the LAV looks the part no all primed even!

and for me a non tidy workspace always is bearable for so long... then, when everything is too cluttered... my hobby motivation gets subzero... and i have to really kick me to get everything cleaned... but once that is acomplished the hobby mojo flows again...good to see some peeps are all the same as me^^

G.I Joes, toys, awesome robots! :-) I am going to bed now to have sweet sweet dreams..... ah thank you Dakka friends....

 Theophony wrote:
Sorry, not too much of an update.



The tauros is sitting waiting for inspiration to strike again. I did replace the undercarriage with just plastic card and square stock. If I make more of these then it will be much easier to replicate.

The lav is primed and I picked up a bottle of matte black. Not sure how that will look, but might be neat compared to regular old chaos black.

Also you can see more of Galorn's brew cave bases showed up with some tech base friends .

I have some packets to go out today, hopefully will see my servo skulls from Australia arriving sometime soonish.

Really need to get my hobby space cleared up today/tomorrow, I have been pushing that off for far too long, I think the ith in the background will get bulldozed, if only to give myself reason to rebuild it later .

Glad they got there .... sorry about the Misspack...

I'm liking that undercarriage!

@Galorn, your package is on its way also
@dave, thanks

Nothing major again, except it involves paint which with me is a major undertaking.
I present


The zinge industries necromunda terrain piece and the base coat on the adeptus arbites command vehicle.
Indeed to get the airbrush out so I can get behind the wheels, and tight areas. I have to wait for this coat to dry and see if the primer I had was bad, it's the same as I used on the tower, and it caused creaking. I've waited for the humidity to steady itself, but the tank is already showing cracks. This is why I never primed my marines.

I really enjoy this tank. I am sad I don't visit this thread often.

mate, the tank needs either a camo job later on or something like bitz on those big flat surfaces above the doors...

and that zinge block is amazing...!

@comrade, I know, I feel bad about not hitting all the threads every day. But I appreciate you stoping by and I will keep the competition thread updated with my progress.
@ vik, the adeptus need no camouflage as they will unleash the righteous fury of the emperor on every jaywalker they see. Don't worry additional bits will be added, but since I was brushing the paint on I wanted big open areas. Plus it will receive unit writing on it. And. Can't take any credit for the sign, just threw some paint on it.

Now is shaping up into a real Pat-wagon

ah ok... i can wait...^^

Unfortunately you'll have a bit of wait. I am now down to two tones of color, white and black. Yes more 1:1 scale modeling.

That's all you need for the airbrush

wasn´t there that story of a white and black marine.....

Just black and white you say...

 Dr H wrote:
Just black and white you say...

That's just slightly closer to my look than Viks picture. At least closer n size.

Today was the last day of summer school for my wife being principal. We are sitting at subway (food place, not cool underground) waiting for the kids soccer practice to start soon. I better stretch out more than last week, I want to be able to move tomorrow.

well... i cross my fingers for your back to be able to handle all of the stress...

what will your wife do from now on then?

and mind you... i once ate at subways and didn´t like the soft bread... it is so squichy that you can chew it with your gum and tongue... no teeth needed... that´s no bread mister!

Subway will toast bread now on request to toughen it up

hmmm... good point...

My back is oing good, we will see in the morning if its still good.

Subway is okay, better than a chain we had around here called mr. Goodcents. Their dough was just gooey, but I think they are out of business now.

The wife will have the next week completely off, a mini vacation the week after and up till school starts in the fall my wife if the varsity cheer leading coach for her school, so will have practices on Tuesday and Thursdays. We have lots of parks and mini trips planned around he city with pool visits o keep us cool.

Keeping cool is key in summer time! I have some cool new pics up as well BTW

Had little dreams of servo skulls flying fighter jets....not really, but Dr. H, can have servo skulls driving grav tanks o .
With my dollar store lav came fighter jets, one in each package so I have a wing waiting to do something. But as Dave pointed out previously they are. Terrible size.



The pilots are so small, how do we fix it?

Servo skulls of course , see I did have an idea.

More work obviously will need to be done, but. Think they can become landspeeders.

There's screws in the undersides holding them together at he natural weapons load out spots, so magnetic weapon swaps are a go.

Also the clear canopies pop on and off easily, so I could paint the skulls then put them behind glass/plastic. Although having them without the canopies might be fun too. Just think of h torment the little servo skulls would have from flying around remembering what it was like to have the wind rush through their hair . Not to mention the janitorial staff having to clean the bugs off of the pilots later

Who needs arms and legs if you can just wire the controls directly into the brain...

At least the Harriers have a hover mode, might have to do something about the F16 though while 40k-ing them up a bit.

That is an excellent assault vehicle you have going there. Where did you score those wheels? I am building a vehicle for my Arbites but the wheels I have are too small. All those bits and no wheels. Not sure how that happened.

Great work all around. Still trying to spend more time here. I'm off most of the weekend so there's going to be some serious modeling / Dakka time.

Yep, gotta 40K them up some, weapons, extra jets and other gubbinz

i´ll cross my finger for you and the family to have lots of fun together... the family (any family) needs these times to recharge the batteries the every day live drains...

as for the jets... hmmm... if all fails make giant parachute drop troops or hack them up a treat and make some weird kind of drop pod of them?

@skalk, they are from zinge industries, saw Dave use them, they com in multiple sizes, I used the largest 23mm. They also have separate hubs that fit them nicely.
@shaso, that's gonna be the hard part 40kifying these puppies. They are so small, and the details will just disappear.
@Vik, had a rough day with he family, drove an hour for an outing just to get there and find out they were maxed out. we drove home and now have a babysitter for the night. Tickets to a dinner show at. Fancy restaurant, should be fun. The twins have thei last soccer game tomorrow at noon, then our Thursday nights and weekends are freed up.

We're also looking forward to fair saint Louis next weekend and my b-day next Friday. I turn 39 for the first time, or is it just a woman thing where they keep repeating it?

I'm not really fond of those "normal" planes actually.
I would use them for bits probably, like the wings would work on your flying vehicles?

@sel, yeah I'm having trouble trying to fit them in.

Okay so the diner show is a burlesque show, we're In a break, but I got pulled from the audience up onto the stage in the second act.

LOL! caught into the show eh?

@shaso, yep. My wife and. We're the only two "virgins" of the burlesque show that raised our hands. I would have preferred one of the other dancers to be the one to take me up on stage, but it was a good time either way . It was fun, and. Had the first two alcoholic beverages I've had in the past three years. That Brazilian rum is fantastic, think they call it cachaca. It's distiller from sugar cane, so it counted as desert for me too.

Where I started off this morning.

Top down


Any suggestions?

maybe something like this?

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100228121960/borderlands/images/a/a0/Monster.jpg

@galorn, I was planning on being lower to he ground, but I like the look of that, thanks.

Here's where I'm at, leaving for soccer in a little bit, watching taladega nights while I was working on this , pilot will have to be Ricky bobby .


Last picture shows with turret swivel base. Think I'll keep it really low profile.


The pilot compartment needs to be boxed in more, and something needs to go up front in front of the driver. Maybe a blast shield, Los looking for engine bits.

I meant to comment on this earlier but got distracted with F1 and carving sprue...

It's looking good Theo.
I like the mud-guards and step bits and low profile is the way to go.

Building some kind of engine, if only the visible bits (like intakes and what-have-you) would be good.
and remember that it doesn't have to be an internal combustion engine, it could be a jet engine if you really want it to go fast... (although where the exhaust goes I'm not sure). Internal combustion would be simply a few cubes and wires really, covered with a bonnet who'd know the difference.

Edited to actually finish some sentences that I failed to do so first time round...

Thanks dr. H. I tried a few engine ideas, finally decided that the rear compartment could hide the engine components and exhaust system.

Here's my current build progress.



More detailing to come

Shaping up nicely there Theo!

Thanks, with all the family stuff yesterday, finally got the grill out , forgot to post this supply drop.

Hard to tell, but that's 52 more servo skulls , now just need ideas for all of them .

That is a LOT of servo skulls

The vehicle is getting more interesting with every update.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
That is a LOT of servo skulls

Your talking to a guy that was building a complete marine chapter including vehicles and what not


@selvaggiosaky, thanks, getting to a point where I'll be happy to start throwing paint at it.

Still thinking about boxing in the driver again. There just aren't any good attachment points for a rollcage. I also like the idea if the officer being out in the open, hoping little fear of his enemies.

1k Marines and vehicles? I have about just say 100 marines and some vehicles so a company is what I stopped with

Yeah I've stopped now also. 6-7 companies built, including 1st company. Not painted by a long shot, but I have enough shoulder pads to cover more than the whole chapter. I just won't toss that much more to GW anymore.

Anvil Industries?

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Anvil Industries?

I picked up Some of their bionic legs and arms.

I was a GW purist, now their more recent releases I detest. Blood angels, chaos obliterators, even the hell brute I don't particularly like. I can see where they were going, but the execution is childish. I know the theories of them shooting for a younger market, but I'm one of the old guard that got dumped in the process.

Saw some more mantic, and still not impressed enough to go with them.

Guess I'm in that place where you just model for fun , and to get away from the kids from time to time.

Yeah making Chaos Saturday morning cartoon villains is wrong of them

If they were decent Saturday morning cartoon villains then fine, but these are reject comic book artist drunk sketches that are half done. Even Eastman and laird made better looking villains for the ninja turtles when they were high. Most of he new stuff is cut and paste, how difficult would it be to make crisp details? Mark at dreamforge has done it a few times, and no offense to him, but he is small fish compared to bloated whale of GW. Bu I guess you have to be better if your the little guy, he big guys can just keep rolling out.

Edit: Kids went to sleep, so I got to do some work. Used the anvil legs and arms I ordered. These are the first two of a small group I'll try, they are on rivetzone.com bases I got from Galorn . Tell me what you think so far.




Always wanted to do iron hands, my idea of iron skulls may work in here also, or I could go traitor with iron warriors. The last idea would be military police. Basically any marines too seriously injured for frontline duty, but still functional get bionics and returned to a world that is in need of extra security. I'll think of more fluff in th am when I'm awake.

I think the build has evolved past the Tauros now, tubular frame wouldn't look right now anyways, unless it's square tube?

Thanks Dave, I don't think it's going to get any kind of rollcage now. I think it's low enough to the ground where flip over is no longer a worry, although I could be the Isuzu sidekick of its day . I'll just say I has extra suspensors to keep it stable and a displacement field that gives it it's armor value and protection , this will function as a razorback in a marine build.

Here's a picture of it with the enforcement droids (you now have ten seconds to reply)

And the convoy heads out