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insaneume - thanks, I keep meaning to add more fluff, but, err, keep forgetting

neil101 - well, according to Upzag that'll be GorkaMekka

So this was the original idea I had regarding the piranha :


Not really the same as Peter Perfect's Turbo Terrific, but with the right colour scheme and a number I'm thinking it'll pass. I'm thinking that I should be going for the general feel rather than a close fit in most cases.


And some quick WIPs of GMS swaps (taken with flash so a bit meh)

monkeytroll wrote:
Hadouken - go on, post something on your blog, you know you want to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryjF-I4jzZQ&feature=related#t=03m20s

Stars. Can't do it.


Not today.

Here is what I'm doing for monkeytroll in return. Almost done but not yet. I added a slight touch of cyborkiness to the model with the choppa for the lower part of the arm so it would some what tie into your army.

Your a cybork master. Your conversions keep getting better and better.

you painted him so fast, i haven't even primed my version, i'll get mine painted this painted this weekend

monkeytroll wrote:
So this was the original idea I had regarding the piranha... Not really the same as Peter Perfect's Turbo Terrific, but with the right colour scheme and a number I'm thinking it'll pass. I'm thinking that I should be going for the general feel rather than a close fit in most cases.

Too clean - gotta Orky up those clean Tau lines. Wasting a perfect opportunity here!

lol. I did say that was the original idea I had, showing where I would go with that concept as opposed to a copy of the actual vehicles

And when have any of my initial concepts ended up with no modifications on the way

Although that particular one probably won't get as orkified as you'd like, the Turbo Terrific does have cleaner lines than most of the others This is more a homage to the cartoons than a real army.

I did play briefly with using various races to portray the different racers, but think it'll be funnier to use all orks.

True - I guess I jumped in too fast - the idea just resonated with me (why?) so I got a bit emotionally involved

Ummm... never?!?

I did think a few would be hard to do justice - especially as Orks - but the Turbo Terrific wasn't one of them...

Still - no time to act on my ideas myself, so I'll just have to live precariously through you! I know you are up to the task

Well, the race-car stylings of the pirahna was what hit me when I started getting the bits out of the box, but I was never really happy with it as fitting with the rest of the cyborks, and it was only when Da Worky Races (still playing with the name there) burst onto the scene that I felt I had a home for it. If I suddenly hit upoun something closer to the TT I may throw it back into the ideas box, but I'm thinking that it'll probably be the first one to get built as there's a physical concept for it already, as opposed to the mental concepts (hmm, apt choice of words there I feel ) I have for the otheres. Obviously Dik Dastardork and Grottley are of major interest (i've started a bit of messing with Dik's head, not sure what the best way to do the 'tache is) but will probably leave those for a bit in order to do them justice.

Thanks for your faith in me, but I'm guessing it's going to be a long haul I really do need to get some actual units finished with the cyborks so I feel I'm making progress, so there'll be a lot of to-ing and fro-ing for a bit - well, guess that's not news to anyone

monkeytroll wrote:...when Da Worky Races (still playing with the name there) burst onto the scene...

Wait, wait, wait. This is happening?
This is really happening? Like, for reals?

...

Sweet .

That Speedster is looking nice and fast.....that needs to be painted very very red!



As for the Sageheart's boy with chain maul...I really like it even more so painted.

Peter

So I think I got it now

6: Da 'Umie Surplus Speshul - Looted Leman Russ

3: Da Prof - Looted valk, or a deffkopta, have a good idea for the deffkopta but don't think I can resist a pink and white valk/boat weld.

4: Red Mork - Deffkopta (da Red Kount could stand in, but think'll it'll be another)

7: Da Grot Hill Mob - Trukk ('driven' by grots)

2: Da Kreepy Two - Skorcha with a dragon-squig, although it's style would better suit a trukk I want to use the dragon

1: Da Squig Bruvvers and 10: Da Buzz-Toof - run as killa-kans

5: Penny Pitfighta(Kompakt Pussy-squig), 8: Lazee L & Scaredy Squig(Armageddon Judda-Bug), 9: Peter Perfork(Turbo 'Triffik) and 0: Dik Dastardork and Grottley(Da Mean Mashin') - Warbuggies

Klones of Dik & Grottley will appear in Da Vultur Squad of deffkoptas, along with Zillee and Klunk, and I guess there'd better be an objective marker of Yanka Dooda Squigeon

Pretty ambitious and it's going to be slow progress

seeing as thats 10 vehicles with individual character and a squad of copters then we shouldl forgive any slowness.

If only they paid us for this kinda thing - I'm sure it would come together quicker

I'd share the task if I thought it would actually make it move along any faster (hint - it wouldn't, because I'm slower! - and if monkeytroll wanted my assistance of course!)

weety - nah, if they paid us it would turn into a job and thus boring

Arakasi - don't worry, I'm sure your advice will be valuable - not least for keeping me on track You'll be glad to hear the Turbo 'Triffik has evolved somewhat - more a valk jet engine with wheels now.


BT should be out to look at my connection over the weekend, so hopefully some pics then.

Just realized how sweet your name is...

Worky Races, well this could get a whole lot of awesome in here!

Yeap.

Yeap.

*Takes a sip of beer*

....

Yeap.

Its an idea whose time has come.

*drains whiskey bottle and throws through window with a satisfying smash*

teehehehe... wokey races - its the canine testicles

I didn't understand one bit of that, weety.

*Drains a bottle of vodka* *falls over dead*

*Drains out a glass or two of gin*

I made...FIFTY Fu**ing...volauvents *burp*

I'm kinda worrying about how off topic this is getting

^^^^
This guy....He's the guy!...No, wait. That guy was cassandra. This one's the OTHER guy....The one with the....The pastries...



I lOvE yOu, MaTe!!

*Slump*

Jeez, leave a thread untended for a few days and when you come back it's filled with wino's (Lights large herbal cigarette to cover alcohol fumes).

Well, nice Mr BT man came on Saturday, couldn't find my boat and went off again, so I'll try again on Wednesday, which may mean I get a day of modelling in, bonus.

You may be surprised to learn, that whilst I've had trouble accessing t'internet I actually have done fairly little P&M work, lots of cooking and eating and stuff instead

I may try uploading some stuff from work if connections not sorted in a couple of days.

cooking and eating? might be related to all those herbal cigarettes. I look forward to seeing more cut and shut work with your orks.
(takes massive hit from bong).
Oooohhh yeahhh...

This is really painful, taken about 5 attempts to start a reply, feth knows how many times it'll drop out whilst I try to move a couple of pics across

So, couple of updates on 2 of the GMS orks (flash photo's I'm afraid)



Sage need bit of work on the tracks, the weapon and some wirinig and the base. schank needs tidying on the tubing and the rokkits.

Tiny bits of paint applied here and there, Da Red Kount just needs some wiring and I think that's it. 'Speeder kopta has pretty much all but the cockpit itself blocked and highlighted and undergoing weathering. Need to paint up a console for the weapon-grot and actually produce some more weapons other than the buzz-saw, which can be mounted in 2 places now.

And rough concepts for Da Turbo 'Triffik and the convert-a-car





Turbo Triffik pretty basic idea there. It has had the last part chopped off and I'm working on a cockpit area to go there, and an area for the exhausts and extra intake to go. There'll be a few plates over the front section, leaving areas of the jet exposed. Thinking about those plates led me to thinking of making some really crumpled sheets of metal panelling, not neccessarily for this model, using bent sheets of wire mesh as a base and gluing lots of small bits of plastic over it, far more time consuming than using heavy cardboard and pva glue , but I might look into it, bare mesh could be left near edges , think it might look pretty interesting.

konvert-a-kar might have to try quite hard to see my vision behind that plastic and blu-tac Thinking the 'keel' of the boat could be formed extending along the line of the valk nose possibly.

Think of these as 'rough sketches', except I've sketched in blu-tac and plastic So there's a lot of room for changes, and I feel feedback is going to be a big part of this project. I'm still unsure about where the balance between Orky and Wacky Races actually is for some ideas, and how much to change is going to vary a bit I think. And when I have a better connection I'll start a new blog for these guys I think - try to keep 'em out of the Dok's way

Love the rocket car.

monkeytroll wrote:This is really painful, taken about 5 attempts to start a reply, feth knows how many times it'll drop out whilst I try to move a couple of pics across

Hahaha, come over here and try to play on Xbox live for more than ten minutes.






In all seriousness, though: I kicked my cupboard door in.

It makes me want to hurt people.

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ha ha love it nice one mate!

have wires come out of where arms should be into various spots along the engine and GS sparks in his eyes.