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Ork boyz body
Dreadnaught AC
Loota head
?

2/5 - yes, Loota head and Boy body, arms and legs.

Got a stock Loota built for comparison

Looks like a Land Raider Assault Cannon- or other Vehicle-mounted AC.

I want to say Heavy Bolter body for the feed, maybe from IG? But I'm not sure.

Looks like
AC from a landspeeder
body is terminator assault cannon
bullet feed is heavy bolter.
Backpack is heavy bolter pack as well?

You guys are getting closer, maybe I'm being too picky

The Assault Cannon base - including the feed and backback - all come from the Wolfguard Terminator Assault Cannon.

The front, however, has been swapped with the Landraider Redeemer/Crusader Autocannon - the Space Marine ones just look too weedy!

The missing kit is the Nobz kit - for the guard on the trigger - though I am seriously considering cutting the whole guard/slugga down to just above the middle spike, below the useless case ejection port.

Better luck next time

Ahh, i was starting to suspect those bits, either way a well done conversion

Welp, I got fairly close anyways

Didn't realize the shoulderpad was specifically from the Nobz kit. Thought one like it came with the Boyz as well.

Looks bloomin amazing as usual, and agree with idea of loosing the slugga.

Apologies for the lack of replies - uploading these in an airport to tide you all over for the week I am away

'Ard Shoota Boy - front


'Ard Shoota Boy - left


'Ard Shoota Boy - back


'Ard Shoota Boy - right


Loota


Lootas

I love the Black Orks as Aard Boyz. Would love to do that myself some day.

Classic design for the 'ard boy, I like the way you hollowed out the shoulder pad rather than cut the arm

Nice deff-gun from the tank exhaust too!

AC Loota looks ace !

'Ard boy is nice too, but the shoota looks sooooo tiny in comparison !!

 Casey's Law wrote:
That looks amazing. I'm coming back to read it in more detail tomorrow night!

Okay so it's been 5 months, 1 week and some spare change hours but i have actually read it now. And the it in question was your write up on the GW masterclass.
If it makes up for the massive delay i absolutely loved it! I got really engrossed and was a little upset it wasn't longer. I'll definitely loo into doing these masterclasses one day.

Anyway, i'm glad you got back to Oz without a hitch! I think we actually took similar lengths of hobby break, except you had a better reason! Now try not to get eaten by some poisonous devil beast and i'll try to learn Infinity, then we can try out vassal again! (I've got a proper Infinity force arriving today.)

Well i also rather enjoyed the bat rep that greeted us on your return! Your post quality and quantity is something i'd really like to be able to emulate. I think i need a calendar to keep me focused!

The lootas are looking funky but i'm particularly interested in the display base. If the squig is still open for discussion:
I think in the first, 'too big', incarnation a section of track should have been bent/chewed under the top teeth. The tracks didn't look part of the model. For the current look of the model, i like it more but i'd suggest bits of track in the squig's mouth again. Maybe some 'paint pigment' around it's mouth when you come to painting. I just think the two pieces need to be brought together more.
I like the way he is kind of trying to get it off his teeth with his feet and tongue in the most recent version!

Anyway! Glad your back, dude!

In honour of Casey's Law returning, and a lovely, yet exhausting, day spent in Thailand (I'm here all week ), a belated catch up on some comments

@cormadepanda: Thanks.

@KingCracker: You did get fairly close indeed.

@Anvildude: Yeah, it's not actually a shoulder pad, more like a back plate? It fits in the narrow gap between the Nobz shoulderpads...

@Camkierhi: Thanks. Yes, I'm still thinking of losing the top of the slugga on the Assault Cannon Loota - maybe on my return...

@Gitsplitta: I can't even remember how long I've had that Black Orc kit for just this occasion. The two handed poses might cause me more grief though. I'm thinking Nobz with Big Choppas - I'll just have to bulk up the boots to give them Nob height - but that's a project for a far away day... I think they would look great as Bad Moonz (hint hint).

@monkeytroll: Yup - classic Good eye on the hollowed out shoulder and the tank exhaust Deffgun! The former I think was just laziness - I couldn't be bothered trying to work out what angle to cut the arm at to have it work (it will look wrong if you just glue it directly on) - so had the bright idea to drill out the existing piece of arm . Loota combines the rest of the Landraider Assault Cannon from the first with an exhaust from the same Landraider (which incidentally is also the one that makes up Morgrimm's base...)

@Yggdrasil: Thanks. Shoota doesn't look too bad in person... perhaps I need to make some of my own though (there are some good tutorials about after all)

@Casey's Law: I can't remember if its the Masterclass that peters out, or me (due to the end of a long day) I really should look to do something with what I learnt, though the cross globe move did put a bit of a damper on things... I'm glad I made it back to Oz without a hitch too. Don't worry, I survived 30 odd years without being eaten by some poisonous devil beast previously, I don't think the UK has softened me *that* much Yes, we should do Vassal/Infinity again (makes more sense now that we are on opposite sides of the world as opposed to "just down the road" ) - and I should start/continue my Infinity blog too - all in good time. Post quantity and consistency have degraded a bit as I get back into the swing of things, but I'll keep on trying to improve them and provide inspiration.

Wow - long post! Anything not undercoated is still open for discussion (and then it's open for painting discussion) - so knock yourself out. I'll have to see what I can do with more "bits of track" in various states of "chewed" - on my return...

Thanks for looking in everyone!

Aww I was hoping to see more goodies in here. You let me down Arakasi, you let me down

Depending on the arm and the pose you can get away with shaving remarkably little off the arm - PK's seem to be best for this - although we're obviously straying into nob rather than ard'boy territory now. I think I may have one instance of not being trimmed at all - although the pose helped me to be lazy there
So, yeah, for your standard shoota arm it requires either choppin' or hollowin'

Haha, yeh i'd like to start a sculpting project but i need to get some of my current stuff finished! I was watching QI recently and the stats for animals causing deaths in Australia are rather amusing. Watch out for the horses! Seriously!

My Bakunin have arrived so i'll get learning the rules so you can massacre me again!

dem lootas is interesting, bit wibbly wobbly but koo.

 Arakasi wrote:
Tip: Take pieces from the side, don't use the middle where the colours touch.

It might seem silly but that little snippet from you masterclass experience has been popping up in my thoughts now and again since i read it. Why? Well i agree and disagree. Maybe it's just how it's written but it sounds like they were advising you cut the pieces out leaving the 'stem' attached.

My advice is always to cut off in horizontal strips including the join. At that point tease out the two colours from the join, it'll be obvious where the material has hardened slightly and the 'clean' stuff will peel away easily. Okay, so it isn't a big deal but i think you'll waste a heck of a lot less green stuff this way.

Sorry, you probably know this already but it was playing on my mind.

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo,

All gone quiet here.I need my inspiration please.

KingCracker wrote:Aww I was hoping to see more goodies in here. You let me down Arakasi, you let me down

Obviously I can't post without goodies anymore for fear of letting you down! Never fear though - more goodies incoming...

monkeytroll wrote:Depending on the arm and the pose you can get away with shaving remarkably little off the arm - PK's seem to be best for this - although we're obviously straying into nob rather than ard'boy territory now. I think I may have one instance of not being trimmed at all - although the pose helped me to be lazy there So, yeah, for your standard shoota arm it requires either choppin' or hollowin'

Good to know.

Casey's Law wrote:Haha, yeh i'd like to start a sculpting project but i need to get some of my current stuff finished! I was watching QI recently and the stats for animals causing deaths in Australia are rather amusing. Watch out for the horses! Seriously! My Bakunin have arrived so i'll get learning the rules so you can massacre me again!

I have a whole lot to finish (or even start...). Luckily, no horses in my vicinity. Thankfully the dog is too slow for the roos. All my Vassal stuff seems on hold recently...

cormadepanda wrote:dem lootas is interesting, bit wibbly wobbly but koo.

Thanks. More work to do, but postponed for now...

Casey's Law wrote:

 Arakasi wrote:
Tip: Take pieces from the side, don't use the middle where the colours touch.

It might seem silly but that little snippet from you masterclass experience has been popping up in my thoughts now and again since i read it. Why? Well i agree and disagree. Maybe it's just how it's written but it sounds like they were advising you cut the pieces out leaving the 'stem' attached.

My advice is always to cut off in horizontal strips including the join. At that point tease out the two colours from the join, it'll be obvious where the material has hardened slightly and the 'clean' stuff will peel away easily. Okay, so it isn't a big deal but i think you'll waste a heck of a lot less green stuff this way.

Sorry, you probably know this already but it was playing on my mind.

I think they were describing it how you thought. Maybe they have a financial incentive to see more GS? I find I cut across the entire strip, then slice either side of the middle (rather than tease apart) - but each their own

Camkierhi wrote:HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo,

All gone quiet here.I need my inspiration please.

Terrible isn't it? So a belated update, just for you (and KingCracker).

So, where was I? Holiday was great, but that isn't hobby related, so moving on... Ran out of time to finish the new list (you all guessed that was coming right?), didn't end up playing the combined game anyway (one of the guy's couldn't make it) so it ended up just slice'n'dice and me - Chaos vs Orks - 1000pts - our own variation of Da Dark Vengeance Weird battle, but I'll save that for a write up...

In the meantime, I have returned to the Warboss. Some slow progress on wheels throughout the week ended in reasonable progress today, so I present to you said progress for your discerning appreciation, inspiration, constructive criticism etc I may even have some notes...


So here is the base level. As you can see, some wheels have been added, as well as the broken track. Gaps have begun to be filled with GS or plasticard.


Here with the Attack Squig.


And with the top on.


From the top, showing the exposed insides without the bases filled in on top.


With the bases filled in.


From the side, all together.

Catchya!

Soooooo pretty!

Yeh sorry about the random greenstuff rant, just got lodged in the old noggin.

THANK YOU,

Brilliant, you see you have inspired me already,

Love it.

Looking good! I love the build up of the base in the pics, too. Happy to see you back at it. How is everything settling down?

Very nice work Arakasi... that'll be amazing when complete!

@Casey's Law: Well, it wasn't entirely random, it was sparked from the blog. Feel free to rant on anything in the blog

@Camkierhi: Thanks and cool.

@The Good Green: Thanks. Everything is pretty much settled, just need to get my hobby back on track...

@Gitsplitta: Thanks again - if I count the number of times you have said that for this project, what would we be up to now?

Meanwhile, some more progress (yeah, shocking I know!)


I think we are just about done on the inside left...


And with the top on...


Angled better to see the mass of piping above the door...


Some additional detailing on the other side - the track cover, the light and the hatch. I'll probably still add some more here (maybe the smoke launchers and antenna...)

Oh - you may have noticed previously the tracks all now have little teeth for added detail (and as a bonus, one of them on the squig sits neatly under his toe) - is this enough or do I need to add to the sides as well? (I figure the answer is yes - add to the sides, given I've been putting it off expecting it to be quite fiddly...)

Catchya!

OOOoooOOOOOOOoooooOOooOo!


That looks rather promising! And your boss is fething epic Hammers make the inner smash gak in me smile

I can't possibly comprehend how awesome this is going to look when it's done!

Also, if it pleases you, your post has inspired me to break out the old minis for the first in a long time.

Not your fault, I just have to come up with something more original to say!