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2018/02/03 00:46:59
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 2nd: tankbusta aka robochicken :))
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Gargantuan Great Squiggoth
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Brilliant idea, sorry stealing this, though got to say masterful building, the legs are fantastic, and agree the shield is inspired.
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2018/02/03 13:27:29
Subject: Re:A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 2nd: tankbusta aka robochicken :))
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Wow, super cool vehicles! But MasterBlaster is top notch!
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2018/02/03 14:06:58
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 2nd: tankbusta aka robochicken :))
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Some groovy scratcha-mechanizations going on here! Shield is 100% Original, and 100% Fresh
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"dave you are the definition of old school..." -Viktor Von Domm My P&M Blog :
It's great how just adding a little iconography, and rivets of course, can make something look distinctly 40K-adamsouza
"Ah yes, the sound of riveting.....Swear word after swear word and the clinking of thrown tools" "Nope. It sucks do it again..."- mxwllmdr
"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
"I think rivets are the perfect solution to almost every problem"- Rawson
More buildings for the Building God! -Shasolenzabi
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2018/02/04 02:16:41
Subject: Re:A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 2nd: tankbusta aka robochicken :))
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Great idea CommissarK, what would they have looked like if you had cows in the yard?
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2018/02/04 16:53:54
Subject: Re:A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 2nd: tankbusta aka robochicken :))
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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Schank23: thanks. Had to look that up, watching TMNT has been a while, but I see the similarity
Camkierhi: we don't steal. We loot! Feel free, your blog is always an inspiration to me as well, so I'm happy to give a little back. Really looking forward to your take on these guys!
b-tone: Thanks! That's only page 2 or 3 though, so you still have some fun things to see
dsteingass: Thanks . Felt the need for some plasticard work, and these guys fill a fun niche in my army
Yorkright: I guess my bikers would look a tad different in that case
Since you all like the doomchickebns, here's two more!
Group shot of all three:
The two new guys:
And I upgraded the pistons on the legs a little. Hard to see, but I tried to add to the worky bitz:
I also got the old trukk out of the freezer , breaking him into useful bits for future use:
Those crew will be fine grot pilots with a head swap, and I'm sure all the other bits will se some use too .
Enjoy the pics!
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A Squeaky Waaagh!!
Camkhieri: "And another very cool thing, my phones predictive text actually gave me chicken as an option after typing robot, how cool is that."'
Meercat: "All eyes turned to the horizon and beheld, in lonely and menacing grandeur, the silhouette of a single Grot robot chicken; a portent of evil days to come."
From 'The Plucking of Gindoo Phlem' |
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2018/02/05 15:03:28
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 4th: more robochickens :))
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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They're clankin' ridiculous. Love it
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven. |
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2018/02/05 15:05:52
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 4th: more robochickens :))
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Good choice. I assume there will be a grot gunner behind that rokkit launcher?
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2018/02/06 01:22:33
Subject: Re:A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 4th: more robochickens :))
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[DCM]
Boom! Leman Russ Commander
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"He fears his fate too much, or his desserts are small, who will not put it to a single touch; to win- or lose- it all."
Montrose Toast
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2018/02/06 14:38:00
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 4th: more robochickens :))
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Gargantuan Great Squiggoth
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Detailing is excellent, looking forward to seeing the full clutch of chickens, they will look brilliant all painted up.
Looking forward to seeing where you go with the trukk.
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2018/02/06 17:43:07
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 4th: more robochickens :))
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Bonkers Buggy Driver with Rockets
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That’s some pretty good plasticard+greenstuff building. The walker looks basically balanced and able to walk around, which is pretty difficult to do in that scale.
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40k drinking game: take a shot everytime a book references Skitarii using transports.
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2018/02/06 21:27:53
Subject: Re:A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 4th: more robochickens :))
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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inmygravenimage; thank you . I think 40K needs a bit of goofiness, it used to be an integral part of the setting that got lost a bit over the years.
Gitsplitta: Thanks . The grot controllers will be having remotes similar to the lootas, and they'll be hiding between the chicken legs (and begind the shield). Like this:
Meer_Cat: Thanks. Put some thought into them, which always helps . I'm not saying it really could work the way I built it, but it might.
Camkierhi: Thanks . Not quite your level of detailing, but that's what I like about dakka: it makes me want to improve. I'm gong to build a small squad, and by then temps will hopefully have risen to a point where I can undercoat the little blighters.
gnome_idea_what: Thank you! I too my time studying the real chicken's leg movement, and since I also play mechwarrior, I studied some animations of chicken-legged walkers. Real-life examples always help getting a good image in your mind
Nothing too spectacular today, I did make a counts-as bomm squig:
Rather small compared to the the tankbustas, but roughly squig-sized. I liked the idea of them scuttling across the battlefield, making contact with their grenades (hopefulle shaped charges )and then scuttling of again - or not
I also have two bigger drones, which might be a good base for a tankbusta nob, but I'm afraid they'll be too far removed from the doomchicken look to be easily recognizable as nobs. So I might get the nobs to actually ride the doomchickens, should give rise to a few shenanighans . Here's the drone I'm speaking of
With some 'war of the worlds' like legs and a grot inside, it could make a fine mek as well. I'll have to think this one through a bit more, but I'm surely goign to build a few ore doomchickens, so that I have a small but playable unit.
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A Squeaky Waaagh!!
Camkhieri: "And another very cool thing, my phones predictive text actually gave me chicken as an option after typing robot, how cool is that."'
Meercat: "All eyes turned to the horizon and beheld, in lonely and menacing grandeur, the silhouette of a single Grot robot chicken; a portent of evil days to come."
From 'The Plucking of Gindoo Phlem' |
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2018/02/07 11:45:59
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 6th: counts-as bomm-squig
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Fixture of Dakka
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The chickenwalkers are looking ace, CK - interested to see what you do with that last drone.
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2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG
My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...
Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.
Kanluwen wrote:This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.
Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...
tneva82 wrote:You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling. - No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... |
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2018/02/08 16:27:46
Subject: Re:A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 6th: counts-as bomm-squig
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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Thanks Dysartes! I'm inclined to use the last drone fore something else than a tankbusta, since I'm concerned it'll be unclear it represents a nob.
here's how I would add legs (I'd add four though):
Feel free to mock mu poor drawing skills, it's no better irl.
The minigun in the middle folds out, so I could seat a grot behind it, or add him on top with all kind of doodads. I think this would be more suited for a mek though. As an alternative, it would make a nice 'stage' for the (sadly damaged :() da red gobbo I got in a trade, which could act as a banner bearer, inspiring all the grots.
For the doomchickens, I made my fourth regular doomchicken, I'll probably have the nob riding his chicken somehow and add a bosspole to differentiate him. Weapon-wise he's equipped as the others, sicne I don't think adding a PK/ BC is a good option for this unit.
So, fourth chicken:
And a group shot of the work so far, with my dakkagrot standing in as a nob:
These guys are such fun to make, I think I'll make ten of them, with some scuttler-bombs to represent bommsquigs. By then the weather will hopefully have improved so I can undercoat them safely and start adding some paint
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2018/02/08 16:28:06
A Squeaky Waaagh!!
Camkhieri: "And another very cool thing, my phones predictive text actually gave me chicken as an option after typing robot, how cool is that."'
Meercat: "All eyes turned to the horizon and beheld, in lonely and menacing grandeur, the silhouette of a single Grot robot chicken; a portent of evil days to come."
From 'The Plucking of Gindoo Phlem' |
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2018/02/08 16:50:46
Subject: Re:A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 8th: more doomchickens, counts-as-something)
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Very nice CK, ten grot filled chickens with bombs. The idea of them running across the tabletop makes me smile. :-D
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2018/02/09 17:44:11
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 8th: more doomchickens, counts-as-something)
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Mastering Non-Metallic Metal
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Good work on all these little walking contraptions. Good character to them.
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Mastodon: @DrH@warhammer.social
The army- ~2295 points (built).
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Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all
Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about! |
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2018/02/10 10:10:24
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 8th: more doomchickens, counts-as-something)
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps
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Excellent idea but I most admit I was hoping the Bomb squigs would resemble more the riding rockets from Rayman.....
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"But me no buts! Our comrades get hurt. Our friends die. Falkenburg is a knight who swore an oath to serve the church and to defend the weak. He'd be the first to tell you to stop puling and start planning. Because what we are doing-at risk to ourselves-is what we have sworn to do. The West relies on us. It is a risk we take with pride. It is an oath we honour. Even when some soft southern burgher mutters about us, we know the reason he sleeps soft and comfortable, why his wife is able to complain about the price of cabbages as her most serious problem and why his children dare to throw dung and yell "Knot" when we pass. It's because we are what we are. For all our faults we stand for law and light.
Von Gherens This Rough Magic Lackey, Flint & Freer
Mekagorkalicious -Monkeytroll
2017 Model Count-71
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2018/02/14 16:10:39
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 8th: more doomchickens, counts-as-something)
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Amazing stuff, Commissar! I was sad to get to the end of this blog, but now I can follow it -- it's an inspiration for sure! A question -- how do you make your bolt-heads? I'm assuming they're made of greenstuff (since... they're green), do you have a mold or somesuch?
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2018/02/18 08:23:59
Subject: Re:A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 8th: more doomchickens, counts-as-something)
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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Yorkright: Same here .
Dr H: Thank you!
Llamahead: that's an interesting idea. never played Rayman, so I had to look it up. Maybe if I find some proper snotlings
Coh Magnussen: Thanks! You took the time to read through 50 pages of me rambling? I applaud your perseverance I used to make bolt heads out of slices of hexagonal rod with a tiny bit of regular rod on top, but these days I use the greenstuff mold from greenstuff world , who make rivet molds which are perfect for the job, not to mention their stuff is quite affordable. Not sure how much shipping to the USA would be though...
I finally found some hobby time this weekend (family stuff/budget meetings/ unexpected visitors, you know the drill) , so I can give you an almost done tankbusta nob . He still needs some detailing and gs gap filling, but that will have to wait a bit. The final model will sit a bit straighter, but he hasn't been glued on yet, adding a bit of a 'rodeo' effect
The 'saddle' is a biker seat, since I cut up the rest of the bikes to use throughout the revolution .
Missile launcher may be a tad understated though, not that I really mind, I like the cavalry feel of the model. So, opinions?
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2018/02/18 12:52:03
A Squeaky Waaagh!!
Camkhieri: "And another very cool thing, my phones predictive text actually gave me chicken as an option after typing robot, how cool is that."'
Meercat: "All eyes turned to the horizon and beheld, in lonely and menacing grandeur, the silhouette of a single Grot robot chicken; a portent of evil days to come."
From 'The Plucking of Gindoo Phlem' |
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2018/02/18 08:40:44
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 18th: doomchicken tankbusta nob)
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Screamin' Stormboy
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"And here, ladies and gentlemen, we have a grot riding a robotic chicken."
*Heavy applause*
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2018/02/18 08:41:27
Never challenge an Armenian to a game of chess. |
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2018/02/18 09:54:36
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 18th: doomchicken tankbusta nob)
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Been Around the Block
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Been following this for a while. Love your work!
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2018/02/18 10:07:56
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 18th: doomchicken tankbusta nob)
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Ride that robot chicken, cowboy! Honestly, I ca see that grot with a speeechbubble yelling yeehaa! You have to paint that cap in confederate colours
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Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven. |
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2018/02/18 11:08:49
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 18th: doomchicken tankbusta nob)
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Rampaging Reaver Titan Princeps
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Excellent be tempted to turn that Stick bomb into a molotov as well!
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"But me no buts! Our comrades get hurt. Our friends die. Falkenburg is a knight who swore an oath to serve the church and to defend the weak. He'd be the first to tell you to stop puling and start planning. Because what we are doing-at risk to ourselves-is what we have sworn to do. The West relies on us. It is a risk we take with pride. It is an oath we honour. Even when some soft southern burgher mutters about us, we know the reason he sleeps soft and comfortable, why his wife is able to complain about the price of cabbages as her most serious problem and why his children dare to throw dung and yell "Knot" when we pass. It's because we are what we are. For all our faults we stand for law and light.
Von Gherens This Rough Magic Lackey, Flint & Freer
Mekagorkalicious -Monkeytroll
2017 Model Count-71
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2018/02/18 16:40:30
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 18th: doomchicken tankbusta nob)
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Fixture of Dakka
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Llamahead wrote:Excellent be tempted to turn that Stick bomb into a molotov as well!
Looking at the first picture, I thought it was a bottle!
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2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG
My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...
Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.
Kanluwen wrote:This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.
Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...
tneva82 wrote:You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling. - No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... |
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2018/02/19 02:55:21
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 18th: doomchicken tankbusta nob)
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon
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That’s funny as hell. Great job again CK
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2018/02/19 03:12:58
Subject: Re:A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 18th: doomchicken tankbusta nob)
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Great conversion CK, I too thought it was a bottle that he was going to drink but a Molotov cocktail would be very cool.
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2018/02/20 19:03:07
Subject: Re:A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 18th: doomchicken tankbusta nob)
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Liberated Grot Land Raida
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Vallhund: it was bound to happen at some point
Drazaruk: Right back at you, I simply love your vehicles!
inmygravenimage: confederate colours sound feasible
Llamahead, Dysartes, Yorkright: Thanks, and I agree on the molotov, see pics below!
schank23: thanks, 40k needs a bit of goofiness IMO. And the grots suit that role nicely
So, seeing the comments of the good dakka,folks, I agreed with them. The grenade got turned into a molotov, I'm still debating whther to add flames or not. I also turned his sword into a sabre, seemed more fitting for cavalry
I need to gs up a few gaps, but I need to let the model rest now, before messing up the work already done. Thanks for the inspiration guys!
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2018/02/20 21:27:27
A Squeaky Waaagh!!
Camkhieri: "And another very cool thing, my phones predictive text actually gave me chicken as an option after typing robot, how cool is that."'
Meercat: "All eyes turned to the horizon and beheld, in lonely and menacing grandeur, the silhouette of a single Grot robot chicken; a portent of evil days to come."
From 'The Plucking of Gindoo Phlem' |
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2018/02/20 20:06:41
Subject: Re:A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 18th: doomchicken tankbusta nob)
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Thats what I am talking about!
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2018/02/20 21:44:40
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 18th: doomchicken tankbusta nob)
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Hah! Love the chicken-cowboy, and the molotov is great! Do you perchance have details on the chicken's foot construction?
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2018/02/21 01:07:21
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 18th: doomchicken tankbusta nob)
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Gargantuan Great Squiggoth
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Has to be the coolest thing I have seen this month, if not this year, gets in the top 10 of all time. just brilliant.
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2018/02/21 19:07:36
Subject: A Squeaky WAAAAGH!!!! (updated February 18th: doomchicken tankbusta nob)
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Bonkers Buggy Driver with Rockets
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Love the grot! The Molotov really give him the character to stand out from the rest of the chicken walkers! I can’t wait for the next update.
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40k drinking game: take a shot everytime a book references Skitarii using transports.
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