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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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Small update.


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




Rivets and paint ladies and germs. Rivets and paint

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

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

Thanks for the compliment!

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

BigMek WhirrlyGig!!!!

Great balls of dakka! Thats a cool bommer

That's a quality backpack you gave Whirrlygig there

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

Bahaha that grot mek is awesome, very well done

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

WhirlyGig is sexy...

Great work here! Subbed

lovin this, he's so cute and killy

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

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



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





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

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

nice painting! grot nob warms my heart.

GrotNob warms everyones heart.

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

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

GrotNob is a little sweety isn't he?

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

Oh hes a sweetheart alright

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

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


Close up of the skull eyepatch






C&C folks
KC

Love the eyepatch!

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

looks good

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sir william the bold wrote:Love the eyepatch!

Hey thanks, its probably my fav part of the mini

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

looks good

Thats just old fashioned paint work, thanks for that compliment

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