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I have no idea if this even belongs in this forum, but whatever, it's fun.

One of the things I got this christmas was a neat military surplus item - an ammo canister.



The first thing I noticed was that the canister's dimensions just so happened to be just about exactly the same as Sabol's army transport foam.



It fits perfectly width-wise, with a little bit of extra room at the ends that I might be able to cram a rulebook/dice/templates down. What that meant as far as I was concerned is that I had a new, fancy army transport on my hands that needed a wee bit of customization!

So, off to the drawing boards we go. A bit of heavy stock paper and some cutting, and we have a nice aquila template that I can use as a stencil for spray-painting.







I ripped out papers from the closest thing handy to help act as a mask for the stencil I cut out. What else is the Macragge book good for now, anyway? In some areas I used magnets to help hold the stencil down tight against the surface of the metal. If I'd made my stencil out of something like contact or film paper, it wouldn't have been necessary to do that part, but since mine was basically just thicker paper it would bulge up in areas no matter how hard I tried. The magnets helped me keep the stencil snug to the lid.

With the lid masked off, I grabbed a spray can of white paint intended for aircraft out of my garage and gave the top of the canister two good coats of white.







The results were pretty satisfactory. With the lid Imperial'd up, I thought it'd be appropriate to 'loot' it by slapping a big red ork glyph essentially overtop. After a wee bit more cutting, I had myself a nice glyph mask.



I had to give it a couple coats of red spray paint to get it to cover properly, since painting bright red over dark green is a bit of a challenge. Fortunately, by the end of it I had a nice, bright red color. I didn't think it stood out enough, though, so I grabbed some cheap black paint and a rough brush and set about outlining it. When all was said and done, I had myself a nice lid for the ammo canister that clearly stated my allegiance.





I'll probably add a couple more glyphs to the sides of the thing before I'm done messing around with it - I only just noticed one of the stencils already on it reads 'USA', which simply won't do in the 41st millenium!

I like it , I use mhy empty ammo boxes for my spare brass though.. but I like the Orkieness of it....

This is great! Carrying minis in an ammo box is not something you see everyday

Excellent creative use of an ammo box. Also nice work on the stencils and painting.

I like how nice the stencil came out.

What are the dimensions? It looks nice but there's no way battlefoam will fit in it, is there?

agnosto wrote:What are the dimensions? It looks nice but there's no way battlefoam will fit in it, is there?

Sabol sized Battlefoam trays will.

jamsessionein wrote:



The first thing I noticed was that the canister's dimensions just so happened to be just about exactly the same as Sabol's army transport foam.

does this answer youre question

anyways nice work there ein.
maybe paint on some bullet holes?

Nice idea! Converting your storage/model transport even! If you wanted something niddy try make an effect of claws scoring the side maybe?

Cool stuff

agnosto wrote:What are the dimensions? It looks nice but there's no way battlefoam will fit in it, is there?

I don't have any battlefoam, so I can't say with full authority, but I do know that some battlefoam is made to the same size as the Sabol foam I have, which fits, so at least SOME battlefoam will probably fit in here.

Lexx wrote:Nice idea! Converting your storage/model transport even! If you wanted something niddy try make an effect of claws scoring the side maybe?

I'm sure you could do that, or paint some ooze running down the sides from the lid.

I'm hoping to get a couple more of these canisters, because apparently they are cheap as anything if you look in the right places and I have more army than could fit in a single one of these.

Yeah try local weekend markets with army surplus stalls. Or army surplus/ex army stores. Ive a few of them myself for storage. That kind of stuff also pops up at car boot sales as well.

Nice, I like it! The red skull almost looks to hover over it in the pictures, like it was photoshopped on or something. Might have done it in a darker blue, since as I recall blue is the Ork "looting" color.

And don't forget the "contents unable if used unblessed" disclaimer!

Very cool idea, and I like that the lootedness isn't OTT, I wouldn't add much more.
Slightly off topic, what are the dimensions of a single Sabol foam tray? I looked on the WarStore but couldn't find exact measurements. I'm considering buying one and want to know approximately how much I can fit in a single tray. Thanks.

-CC

...I deal with empty .50cal ammo cans all the time (I have a good time at the range ) and yet this idea has never crossed my mind...

*calls Mk19 gunners*

I can See, the police pulling overa gamer one day.. and the gamer is telling the police officer whats inside the can....( police officer is calling the bomb squad).... Gamer looks In awe when the bomb robot comes up and sets a charge on it.... Bomb Sqaud sets off the charge.... Orks fly everywere, killing the bomb squad...... Head LIne news.....


War Gamer Kills Two police officer in traffic stop....


Sorry i just rambling but i can see it happening in the not to far future when there only war....

StarGate wrote: I can See, the police pulling overa gamer one day.. and the gamer is telling the police officer whats inside the can....( police officer is calling the bomb squad).... Gamer looks In awe when the bomb robot comes up and sets a charge on it.... Bomb Sqaud sets off the charge.... Orks fly everywere, killing the bomb squad...... Head LIne news.....


War Gamer Kills Two police officer in traffic stop....


Sorry i just rambling but i can see it happening in the not to far future when there only war....

Brother SRM wrote:
I think the best story like this I've heard was a Grey Knight player accidentally leaving his army case on the train. Some concerned citizen saw a strange black box with a Nazi looking eagle on it, so they called the bomb squad. The bomb squad detected metal in the case, so they detonated it.

Looks great, but the Ork Glyph looks photoshopped to me for some reason.

SoG

great job! nice personal touch on youR armies transportation.

Not content with just a glyph on the top of the ammo canister, I set about applying a smaller one to cover up the visible 'USA' mark on the side.





With that taken care of, I felt like I had to do something to the opposite side to balance it out, so after thinking a little bit, I decided to go ahead and try something dumb. I sprayed a decent helping of the red paint I had onto a cardboard sheet and smeared my hand right in there and then smeared it down the other side of the canister to give it that authentic 'stole from da 'umiez' look.









I think this canister's done. I bought three more after finding out how awesomely they hold the sabol foam I have, so hopefully I'll be able to fit my entire ork army into these cans. When I get the others I will, undoubtedly, be making similar 'modifications'. For now, this one's done, though.

Of course, you can't get your hands smeared in 'blood' without pausing to reflect on the awful reality of your situation:





Stuff is hard as hell to get off!

SonofGuilliman wrote:Looks great, but the Ork Glyph looks photoshopped to me for some reason.

SoG

I think its 'cause its so bright... and awesome.

That is a genius idea! I think it would look great with an IG army. My only complaint would be how heavy those things would be compared to army transport cases.

Honestly Ein, Ive always been a fan of your work, but dammit that is the coolest thing Ive seen you pump out. So much so I might actually steal the idea

Very cool case man!

I love your Orky recklessness ...using the BfM rulebook as masking paper, instead of just old newspaper, and then doing this all on a nice white carpet haha.

Great idea - it looks awesome.

Gunzhard wrote:I love your Orky recklessness ...using the BfM rulebook as masking paper, instead of just old newspaper, and then doing this all on a nice white carpet haha.

Yeah, I was laughing at that, and thought -- "uh oh, don't touch that carpet with those hands".... sounds like something I'd say to my kids.

NICE idea. I think I left an old can at my dad's house. The small one I have (200rd x7.62) doesn't fit the foam.

if i sprayed that much red paint in my house, my wife would actually give a few blood splatters to add to the side that would be from her beating me about the head and shoulder.
looks freakin' awesomE!

I think the bloody handprint is a little tacky, but it's pretty awesome that you were able to use an ammo crate for an army case. I'd hate to lug around a metal case, but I'd feel confident that my models were safe inside military steel

How much does it weigh? I have 2 of the larger 80mm grenade cases (purchased years ago with this exact idea in mind), but they each weigh about 20 pounds... empty... so I don't really use them much (besides not having purchased foam for them).

Chaos: It's impractically heavy - like, a good 15-20 pounds when empty - but I've never been one to be practical anyway. They're at least air- and water-tight, so I guess that's worth something to keep my minis dry and dust-free.

Can you see checking that in at the airport.... they would freak out...