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These are brilliant I especially like the Korps Grinda CCW!

Fantastic work they've got such character!

Last night's CCW took me a bit longer than the others. I went for a lot of detail. And, if anything, I did too much and too neatly. I built the head of the hammer first, and it's very neat and clean. It could almost me an SM hammer or something. The 'technology' around the weapon is pretty orky, though. A rocket powered hammer. Rocket on the far end, shooting the opposite direction. So, it would speed that thing up and smash it into the enemy.

Yes, I think about these things too much...

This one took me more like 2 hours. I need to speed these builds up...

After I took these pics, I went back and grabbed a ball bearing that I lewted from work, and installed it in the arm joint, so the assembly will spin more freely. It's actually kind cool.

I went for a lot of detail. And, if anything, I did too much and too neatly. I built the head of the hammer first, and it's very neat and clean. It could almost me an SM hammer or something.

NEVER! Banish those thoughts, brother. Your builds are great, and your details are what make them really stand out! In a world with way too many sub-par ork "conversions", we need more people that think about what they are building, functionality of the weapons, and overall aesthetic.

Orks are crude, but they're not simple. They're effective. Brutally effective. Their gear does not have to look as it if was cobbled together by mentally challenged chimpanzees, though tons of people still cling to that very school of thought. Your average, run-of-the-mill ork focuses on not much more than squeezing a trigger and swinging a choppa, but there are meks building teleporters, motorcycles, trucks and wagons of all sizes, stompas, protective force fields, even weapons that send living creatures through the warp itself to emerge inside the target! My army is my own personal crusade against the image of orks as imbeciles, and you're doing a fantastic job going against that grain as well.

Don't let anybody tell you your work is "too clean", as a paint job can always add some edge to the final appearance. If all else fails, you can go back when the job is done and add some battle damage, or paint the hammer to look like a recently looted bit of thunderhammer/power weapon.

Keep doing what you do!

I agree with Teek.

Great looking stuff. I love the look you are getting for these kans.

I dont feel like they are too clean at all. I have already said this once but your kans are inspiring me to redo mine.

I wonder...if I just made 6 more and kept the 6 I have, is 12 Kans too much.

Keep up the great work. I can not wait to see these fellas all painted up.

Thanks for the encouragement! You're totally right about the detail. I never thought to intentionally craft SM or other types of weaps, just to show them lewted on an ork model, but that's a great thought. Opens up all kinds of avenues for creativity. I always like the thought of Chaos lewting SM and then having that lewted by orks. I'm gonna do up a tank like that some day, but for now I can leverage that same kind concept as I complete my kans.

And I also agree with the Teek regarding the detail. Meks are the /artistes/ of the orks. Mega geeks, who love nothing more than complexity. So, more detail could never be bad. =)

Stump, I'm planning on a "Tin Tide" deployment option, fielding Mek, Thrakka, 9 Meganobz, 9 Kans, trukk, deff dread and a small boyz mob. That can all be fit in 1500 pts, and would be one hell of a surprise for anyone expecting to be fighting a green tide, and one hell of a tough Ork army. So, no, 12 is not too many. You need to have choices of the prettiest model to bring. You know you have your favorites... =)

I am imagining that rokkit on the hammer going all the time.
I could see it about to shake the Kan apart.

That rokkit propelled hammer is so rad! I agree completely with Teek as well. That army sounds like a great shock to any squishy players!

Last night's build was a giant, ornate can opener. Idea behind it is that the rear portion pumps up and down rapidly, causing the who mechanism to pivot on the attachment point. Making it crank up and down in a vaguely can-opener-style action.

Lol, dunno if that would actually work, but it's powered by the WAAGHH, right? =)

Love it.

I always liked the one metal GW tankbusta with a 2handed rokkit launcher. The rear of the stock is a huge can opener. You've taken that to the next level. Totally sweet DCCW, keep up the great work.

This is great stuff!

I am losing my desire to make 6 more as I feel I can no longer hold a candle to your orkyness.

These are f'in awesome. I'll probably just wait for the plastic kans in March, but these truly make my orky heart sing. Keep it up, man.

I think I'm gonna have to adapt this to a power claw for one of my nobs. SOOOO nice!

I love the scissors! Classic! Those are truly some awesome creations.

I love these guys - the crabby kans are really ork feeling.

I got quite a bit done over the weekend. Finished the last two Dread CCWs, and built two KMB/Burnas. The CCWs are very successful. I'm not so sure about the guns. Building guns is new to me so I don't really know what the important bits are that make it look like an excellent gun... I'll figure it out.

This one was based off of a mining drill bit. I'm real happy with how accurate the bit portion came out. It was a real fiddly assembly, and



Next is the saw arm. At first I was just going to do a lawnmower blade type thing. But I went in more of an angle grinder/rotary saw direction and am happy with it. This one has a /great/ profile.



So, that does it for the Dread CCWs. I've built six, for my six kans. Now on the the KMBs.

Here's the first one. The mounting mechanism is a little long, and the gun itself is a little large for the scale of the kans, so I'll have to make later ones a bit smaller. But it turned out ok. Not great. Just ok.



Here's #2. I don't love it. But it'll do the job:

Simply awesome stuff!

Here's the last two days work. This design was based on a aircraft radial engine powering some kinda of electrical zapping bolt at the 'umies. Powered by a collection of ambient WAAGH energy.

Love everything you've done so far! i cant wait to see these painted!!! Keep up the orky good work!

So awesome! i wanna make some too. The crab legs are inspired, i always added tracks to mine, i will have to give Killa Krabs a try.

The weapons so far look great, nothing's too big for an Ork!

Great work, can't wait to see them painted!

Lemon

Man, I can't wait to see 'em painted either.

It's been a fun project, but I'll be happy to have it done. Just three more guns and I'll be priming.

...note to self, buy more primer.

Two more guns for today's post. One more left and I'm done with construction!

I wasn't /real/ thrilled with my first attempts, but I'm like how things are turning out now. I build two 'rail gun' inspired KMBs this time:



And the second:

Man, these are gonna be some mean looking kans.

Great work on those shooty bits.

SWEET.

Love 'em all. Scissors are epic.

Splendid work. The can-opener is brilliant. I've been holding out and hoping for plastic kans, but if that doesn't work out I'll definitely be borrowing some of your ideas!

And here's the final one, based on an old timey insecticide sprayer.





Next up, paint!

LOL

He needed a CCW fly swatter of some kind

Maybe a grot hanging on to the outside, with a fly swatter...

Great work. I can't wait for your next update... PAINT!

Stump wrote:LOL

He needed a CCW fly swatter of some kind

Oh man, you're SOOOO right!


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I couldn't help myself. The idea was too good to pass up. Especially when applied to Mr. Old Timey Kan.

BEHOLD!

The ULTIMATE ork Weapon vs 'nids!

The ULTIMATE BUG KILLER!




Really, next up, painting.

BloaterPaste wrote:

Stump wrote:LOL

He needed a CCW fly swatter of some kind

Oh man, you're SOOOO right!


Automatically Appended Next Post:
I couldn't help myself. The idea was too good to pass up. Especially when applied to Mr. Old Timey Kan.

BEHOLD!

The ULTIMATE ork Weapon vs 'nids!

The ULTIMATE BUG KILLER!


Git over here ya git soze I can swat yas




Really, next up, painting.