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i've seen a few folks mount them on cannon carriages etc and was hoping to see what some of you have done for suggestions.
i really like the look of a guard HW on a cannon carriage but i'm not too sure i like wooden cannon wheels.

suggestions?

What about the 'ork wheels' (i.e. the plastic or metal wheels that come with ork big gunz)?

syr8766 wrote:What about the 'ork wheels' (i.e. the plastic or metal wheels that come with ork big gunz)?

those would be outstanding syr but unfortunately i havent been able to find them in a bits form.

GW not do a bitz pack with them in?

If you've not seen them yet, I'll have to point you all over to Col. Gravis' brilliant conversions for his Praetorian IG force.

http://colgravis.blogspot.com/2007/04/pre-blog-completed-work-lascannon.html
http://colgravis.blogspot.com/2007/04/pre-blog-completed-work-gatling-gun.html
http://colgravis.blogspot.com/2007/04/pre-completed-work-autocannon-batteries.html

this is what I did, following his example:


more of them here:
http://warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=139629&page=2

edit: the galloper gun carriage is oop, the sprue with the ork iron wheels as well as the one with the wooden spoked wheels is no longer available as bitz and the sentinel assault gun used in the Gravis Pattern heavy bolters isn't avalable any more.
sigh..

lol... i could shoot you Zem...
here are the wonderful conversions, exactly what i'm looking for but oh... you cant get any of the pieces anymore!
lol...

thanks though, they are wonderful as is all of your stuff.

Thanks!

They used to sell the stuff as bitz, and since at least the wheels came on a sprue of their own they shouldn't be too hard to do again..

I'd recomment writing a nice, polite letter to GW, asking for those bitz you'd like to be able to buy again - enough people asking for the same bitz will surely get them higher on their 'to do' lists...

I have been buying the Ork Lobbas as cheaply as I can from e-bay and online retailers. Build the model - the lobba itself and it fits a heavy weapon perfectly. Plus you now (if it was a complete set) have ammo grots for your orks! Or trade bait for a buddy.

I came across these

on wookiehole.com I was thinking of using them for mine.

You really want wheels?

Because the ork wartrakks back end is perfect for mounting a heavy gun.

@anfie - those are great, thank you... a little spendy at the qty i will need but i may have to bite the bullet.

@goffnob - cool idea. know where i can pick them up as bits?


thanks heaps all of you guys!

Sorry usernamesareanoying, Idon't know where to find them as bits although the ork wartrakk boxed doesn't cost that much, If you know one of those sites were they sell cheap warhammer or warhammer 40k then you can get them at a really good price and you'l even have some bits leftover which you can use or sell.
Like the front of the wartrakk it isn't too orky you could perfectly use it for something imperial.

I agree with goffnob and that a ork (skorcha,track or whatever it is) would do the trick

yep. I think I'm going to have to pick up some tracks as well to keep my heavy weapons teams in theme with my mechanized play style.