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I wanted a couple Ork Killa Kans squads to fill out my army. I've seen them used to good effect in the past and they'd go well with a armor heavy army list. I didn't want to buy them at $25 each, nor wait for the new plastic kits in March, so I'm giving it a go. I was also inspired by a Dakka thread here that I can't find right now with crabby legged kans. I like that look much better than the GW's very static looking legs.

Well, here's my progress so far. Lots of detail work left to do!

Making six at once is a heck of a lot easier than building six individually. I think the quality also goes up as you have a change to refine your techniques as you go.


Side view so you can see the three legged look that I'm going for.

I like this robot-looking one.

This guy has some personality too. Like a knight.

Here's a pic of the top hatch that I've done for them all:


I need s few more details for the fronts of some of the more plain looking ones. I also have more top detail work. And of course the arms and powerpacks on the back. The powerpacks will be a bit challenging. Still not sure what to use.

For the arms, I'm just going to be installing magnets for now. I'll work on the arms when I'm done with all the bodies. Prolly be finished with the bodies next week sometime.

Any feedback or ideas are welcome! I'd like to paint them up similarly, and need ideas for the paint schemes as well, though that's a ways off. Oh, and the maybe bodies are made of PVC, anyone have tips for painting that? It's lightly sanded, but that's it. Not sure if I'm gonna have problems with it.

Great work!

I was the one that had the crabby leg kans. I must say yours look way better then mine. I have got to seriously break down and by some of the small plasticard tubes.

I like the way they all have their own look. After seeing yours mine kinda look dull and like they came off an assembly line.

You are making me want to redo mine. Curse you and your out doing me.

I'd like to know what you're using for materials?

I agree, those look very nice. Im seriously going to have to build me some kans. Ive read ALOT of battle reps and seen them do rather well. Anywho, nice work

Stump wrote:
I was the one that had the crabby leg kans. I must say yours look way better then mine. I have got to seriously break down and by some of the small plasticard tubes.

Yeah, Stump! I went looking in the gallery for your pics and your thread and came up empty. Your stuff is awesome.

I now have a huge collection of the styrene tubing. It's real cheap, maybe $0.40/tube and goes a long way. I pick up ~$5 every time I hit up my FLHS, and now have maybe too much. They also have styrene I beams and C beams and L brackets and stuff. Great when you're bodging stuff together.

Stump wrote:
I like the way they all have their own look. After seeing yours mine kinda look dull and like they came off an assembly line.

You are making me want to redo mine. Curse you and your out doing me.

ha HA! We challenge each other and make awesome stuff. AND don't have to pay the GW tax just to play. We win!


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KingCracker wrote:I agree, those look very nice. Im seriously going to have to build me some kans. Ive read ALOT of battle reps and seen them do rather well. Anywho, nice work

Last time I played, a 35pt Kan insta-killed my 140pt mega armor warboss. I was not pleased. The I2, S10 DCC weap is awesome. In CC, I'd bet they'd chew through terminators pretty easily. Esp considering their cost. They can run during shoot. And the Kustom Mega Blasta, while a bit spendy, is an awesome add-on, esp considering it's Grots driving the thing so it's BS3. That's as good as it gets for orks!


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Dashofpepper wrote:I'd like to know what you're using for materials?

Dashofpepper, The main body is 0.75" PVC pipe, sanded lightly and cut into lengths. Those are standard 40mm terminator bases there. I'll take so pix so you can see scale tonight. The rest is just styrene tubes/rods and plasticard. The 'face mask' section is .4mm (i think) styrene sheeting, and the thicker is 1mm. The 1mm doesn't really bend, so you can't get it to stick to the arc of the PVC. But the 0.4mm works fine, if you pre-bend it a bit.

BloaterPaste wrote:Yeah, Stump! I went looking in the gallery for your pics and your thread and came up empty.

Yea, my stuff got moved to another forum. It is in the blogs now.

Here is the WIP on the kans and the 2 dreads I am working on.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/273250.page

Maybe the dreads can challenge you to out do me too.
Although I hope not I do not want to redo the dreads too.

Again I will say those kans are looking good.

Can you give me the site you use to buy the tubing and I-beams and such. Also the sizes you used.

Size is one of the main reasons I have not ordered anything like that. I am not sure of sizes to get.

I am about to try my hand at some looted vehicles and I would love to have some of that stuff before I get started.

They look great so far, BP! I dig the tripod crab-leg look, definitely looks more ambulatory than the stock GW model.

Looking forward to see how you handle DCCW and gun mounts. Keep us posted!

Stump wrote:
Yea, my stuff got moved to another forum. It is in the blogs now.

Here is the WIP on the kans and the 2 dreads I am working on.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/273250.page

Maybe the dreads can challenge you to out do me too.
Although I hope not I do not want to redo the dreads too.

Haha, awesome! I love the walker legs. Looks like an overdone AT-ST or Ed-209. Great look!

I got a boxed GW Deff Dread for xmas, and built him recently. I didn't customize the body much, but I did built two DCC weaps and two KMBs for it:

Counter-rotating grinder.

Massive drill.

This one was a modified KMB from the Lootas/Burnas set.

This one started out as some Tau weap, and quickly went south from there.

Stump wrote:
Can you give me the site you use to buy the tubing and I-beams and such. Also the sizes you used.

Size is one of the main reasons I have not ordered anything like that. I am not sure of sizes to get.

I am about to try my hand at some looted vehicles and I would love to have some of that stuff before I get started.

Well, I get my from a local hobby shop, so I can test fit pieces before I buy. The problem is there's an outer diameter for the tubes, which is generally labeled and standardized. But the inner diameter is not as obvious, and not often labeled.

At my local shop, they have a display of Plastruct stuff. It's loose pieces at <$0.50 each. That's generally my best bet cause I can ensure that one rod will fit in another tube. I know you can order directly from them, and their catalog is great. But you need to order a lot for them to ship to you. You're better off looking for a local dealer in their stuff. Here's their website: http://www.plastruct.com/ And here's their dealer page: http://www.plastruct.com/Pages/USDealers.html

The Styrene sheeting that my shop has is from another company, that I don't remember off the top of my head. I'll post this afternoon with that info. They also sell bags of tubes in labeled sizes. So, like I bought a bag of about 8 1mm styrene rods that I used for the this sections of the hydrolics and rivets. That pack was about $3 or so.

Those weapons look awesome on the dread.

I have not gotten around to trying my hand at altering the weapons too much.

As for the tubing. I can not find anyone locally that sells the stuff.
It would be way better to be able to get my hands on the stuff and fiddle with it to check sizes.
I guess I am gonna have to just buy some different sizes and hope the sizes work out.

I think the second kmb started as a burst cannon but im not sure about it, and i think the kustom dread weapons look awesome.

These are Great looking Cans.

They look awesome. I just wish more people would use the Gaze of Mork on their kanz though. The auspiciously raised eyebrow is hilarious.

Stump wrote:
As for the tubing. I can not find anyone locally that sells the stuff.
It would be way better to be able to get my hands on the stuff and fiddle with it to check sizes.
I guess I am gonna have to just buy some different sizes and hope the sizes work out.

The other company is Evergreen Scale Models. Here: http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/

The have a package of rod and tubes that has a couple misc sizes, that mostly fit within one another. A quick google comes up with a bunch on online retails. In fact, here it is: http://www.mainlinehobby.com/google.shtml?popwin.shtml?P*c0269_231.jpg?269~231-fr~EVERGREEN%20SCALE%20MODELS~2.99~2.99~ALL~269-231%2011/32%27%27%20STYRENE%20TUBE%203%20PIECES%2014%27%27%20LONG,%20EVERGREEN%20SCALE%20MODELS

Wow, long url. Anyway, it's good stuff. Hope that helps!

Thanks for the info Bloater.

I am gonna get me one of those Misc packs in a couple of days and see what I get.

Here's an update on my progress. I'm just about done with them now. Since last posting, I've:

Detailed the fronts of all of them, giving them some personality and uniqueness.
Finished detailing the tops of them all.
Build the power/smokestack assemblies for the rears of them all.
Installed the magnet and housing for the arms on them all.

Group shot.







You can see the top detail better here:


And here you can see the rear:


So, what remains is further detail on the rears, and that about it for the body section at least. Next big step, arms.

I thought it would be fun to use the huge volume of bitz I had to make my killa kanz. I have a squad of 3. Here's 2 of them

I just love the way those have turned out.

I think you took my idea and perfected it.

Again, bravo.

toymaker wrote:I thought it would be fun to use the huge volume of bitz I had to make my killa kanz. I have a squad of 3. Here's 2 of them

Hahha, nice looking! Great work! I'm trying to stay away from bitz for this build. I use 'em for the KMBs, but that's about it. Hopefully. =)

My first Dread Close Combat weap for my kans. SCISSORS!

BloaterPaste wrote:My first Dread Close Combat weap for my kans. SCISSORS!

LOL, love it. Great work!

Hilarious scissors So far looks very good, I wonder how they will look fully assembled & painted!

Excellent work so far. A consistent look, while still all being unique.

And I love those scissors...

Paper people, watch out!

A painboy killa kan! Awesome!

TOO CUTE ,

best / most creative / well executed killa kan i have seen!

The kans are winners!

Lovin that chompy bit boss!

Here's last night's work. Each of these choppers is taking about an hour and fifteen minutes to complete. Just about the length of a Dr. Who episode on Netflix. =)




Inspired by this SRL contraption:

Does their weaponry give them "preferred enemy" to Paperhammer armies?

Love the new claw! Keep up the good work!