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Clang: I'll consider the 'huge front wheel' for the other nob, since I sort've got it in my head to make a mini-deathroller for him on the front.

I've been contemplating mounting guns up by the front wheel axle for a couple of the boyz, but every time I place them up there it looks a bit bizarre, and if I shrink or shorten the guns up to try and keep the bike's profile intact then they end up looking too weak to be counting as proper dakkaguns. I need to get another box of lootas so I can have one or two hanging off the back of bikes acting as gunners.

So I've been working on the Nob'z bike for a little bit today, and I've gotten it to about 90% done. There are a few things I need to continue to detail such as the long ammo feed chutes that go to the side of the gun. I would like to make the nob a proper banner so consider the current one a placeholder for now.







And one without the rider, so you can get a better look of the assembly on the back of the bike:



I need to add some battle damage and maybe some more up front, too, like headlights on either side of the forks. I'd also like to work a little more on his power fist to properly sell the concept. I think the Nob'z bike has turned out decent so far, though.

niiiiiice.

maybe the solution to the 'guns look too big to fit on the front axle' problem is to combine it with the huge front wheel idea?

I've had a little time in the past few days to put together a dozen 74x40mm biker pill bases. Thanks go again to Ozzie over at The-Waaagh.com for being so spectacular about helping me get 40mm round and square bases I needed.



What's this mean? Probably in the next week or two, depending on how my other projects go, the first dozen of my bikers and their bases will all be primed and painted. Figure I might as well do them a squad at a time.

I'm simply torn between painting them red or blue! On one hand, I'm a bit of a deffskull, but on the other my bikes need to be good an' speedy...

just to annoy you, i believe GW is about to introduce bike bases Yours look good though.

have you considered converting a new deffkopta into a bike? I reckon it'd be great for a biker boss or Wazdakka

I'm simply torn between painting them red or blue! On one hand, I'm a bit of a deffskull, but on the other my bikes need to be good an' speedy...

Why not do both?
Paint them to look like Deffskulls stole... err... looted them from Speed Freeks.
Basically, red (or mostly red) bikes with blue paint slopped over them. The coverage would be haphazard and you could even paint them to look like the (still wet) blue paint was streaming backwards as the bikes zoomed along.

Whoooooooosh!


Eric

Makes me wanna break out plasticard...good job dude, inspiring

love em, great look.
i think the new scout bikes will have the rounded cav bases with them.

just about to start an ork army, so i need as many ideas as possible

WAAAAGH!!!

They look awesome, you have some serious talent my Orky friend!

jamsessionein wrote:

I'm simply torn between painting them red or blue! On one hand, I'm a bit of a deffskull, but on the other my bikes need to be good an' speedy...

actually, they need to be red to be good and speedy!
im with magickal though, try to mix the colors.

or use mainly red, and alternate other colors for squad markings.

those bikes look awesome

GOing through a similar fetish for bikerz.
Great conversions, each one has their own look to them.

Great stuff!!! Ya almost make me want to do the same things. I like orks but no army has really made me want to make them. But lots and lots of bikers and trucks...but mostly bikers. Gotta love that!