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italiaplaya wrote:Good work on your army though, I like it.

Haha, Jeeze. You finished a second already? You cruised through that. Good work indeed. I have been so slow lately.

NakedBatBoy wrote:

italiaplaya wrote:Good work on your army though, I like it.

Haha, Jeeze. You finished a second already? You cruised through that. Good work indeed. I have been so slow lately.

Ya so much for that, I had to get back on my daemons again since i changed up my list a little (being my main Tourny List). Had to put the orks down for a while. I was half way done with a 3rd trukk though haha. 1 more to go and a battlewagon.

Well here they are. I may have to make another one depending on how the army plays.

They are not all identical are they?!?

Oh dear god, they'd better not be....

I'm impressed man, You did those fast and they look good! I personally would have made them a tad bit more individual (putting the driver/guns on different sides for some of the trucks, switched out one of the drivers with maybe a warbike driver or another orky unit to make him look like he's doing some other orky business.. etc, Idk, I don't have another trukk yet personally. ), but I see that you made the engines all look different and that's cool. And in a way I like the more regimental look. It almost makes your army seem like it might be more individual in that way... That or you have a really Nasty/Big Warboss pushing those Boyz in line! Thanks for sharing, I'm glad I inspired.

Also, I have a question for anyone who might know.. maybe I'll search the forums later.. for a long time I was working on making the turret for the big shoota on my trukk able to rotate (like I did with the ramps) by not gluing it in place, but still having it secured onto the trukk itself. I though it would be cool to be able to rotate it, but eventually it was just a hassle and I glued it. Has anyone successfully made other moving parts that originally were'nt intended to move on the model? Is there a good easy/effective way to do it or is it something you just have to tailor to whatever you're specifically doing and possibly build up your own little rotating area for it?

Also, I've been in Cali with the GF all month, but I'll be back home tomorrow night, and then I can post some of my test paint job on my orks..

Have to say that your Plog is very impressive. Love the scratch building and conversions on those Orks.

Alrighty, well here's a little squad I just pumped out this week. I've been meaning to make them for a while now really. I bought the bits on ebay months ago. I still have to make the nob and Orc Warboss (that I'm gonna turn into a Weirdboy!!) Even though I'm much more into modeling than playing, these guys will either be used as either Madboyz (to accompany my Weirdboy), Kommandos or just normal Ork Boyz depending on what I'm feeling like.

Bitz Used: Orc Boy bodies, Orc Boar Boy Arms (I liked the look of the armor on them... but boy was it a hassle to make the weird shaped stumps on the boar boys arms fit nicely with the regular flat orc torsos...) and Heads (mostly), some Black Orc shields and arms, general Ork bits to make them more modern.

So here they are:


As you can see I made a shield from scratch..

In this picture you can see that the shield is indeed recyclable! (I made it by cutting up an old gift card.)


I really like the look of them. What do you think? Are there any suggestions for how I might make them better?

Very characterful! Drill those barrels?

Subscribed. Those trukks are pretty sweet and I like the boyz too. Fun looking bunch, and they bring extra toys.

Nicely converted.

Arakasi wrote:Very characterful! Drill those barrels?

Awesome idea. I had thought about doing that myself, but then the idea slipped away. Would you by chance have any drill you would suggest? I'll start looking around for nice little hand drills.

Wow nice conversions are tghey all form ork boyz frames eg like the arms?Also nice trayinds "coff" lizzards "coff"!

Also, I have a question for anyone who might know.. maybe I'll search the forums later.. for a long time I was working on making the turret for the big shoota on my trukk able to rotate (like I did with the ramps) by not gluing it in place, but still having it secured onto the trukk itself. I though it would be cool to be able to rotate it, but eventually it was just a hassle and I glued it. Has anyone successfully made other moving parts that originally were'nt intended to move on the model? Is there a good easy/effective way to do it or is it something you just have to tailor to whatever you're specifically doing and possibly build up your own little rotating area for it?

you can make the turret for the big shoota rotate, you just have to be fiddly with it and it does make for a tight fit, here's a link showing a kustom kreation of mine. If you look closely in the different pics i set it up so that the turrets were facing in different directions in each shot to prove that they rotated. there was nothing special done to them other than i made sure that only the top and bottom of the turret were glued to each other, this allows the plate to spin in place before it's glued to the trukk. once the plate is glued onto the roll bars it will be the bucket portion of the turret that rotates instead.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-39343-14084_Wip%20Scratchbuilt%20Battlewagon%20Bus.html

SebastionSynn wrote:

Also, I have a question for anyone who might know.. maybe I'll search the forums later.. for a long time I was working on making the turret for the big shoota on my trukk able to rotate (like I did with the ramps) by not gluing it in place, but still having it secured onto the trukk itself. I though it would be cool to be able to rotate it, but eventually it was just a hassle and I glued it. Has anyone successfully made other moving parts that originally were'nt intended to move on the model? Is there a good easy/effective way to do it or is it something you just have to tailor to whatever you're specifically doing and possibly build up your own little rotating area for it?

you can make the turret for the big shoota rotate, you just have to be fiddly with it and it does make for a tight fit, here's a link showing a kustom kreation of mine. If you look closely in the different pics i set it up so that the turrets were facing in different directions in each shot to prove that they rotated. there was nothing special done to them other than i made sure that only the top and bottom of the turret were glued to each other, this allows the plate to spin in place before it's glued to the trukk. once the plate is glued onto the roll bars it will be the bucket portion of the turret that rotates instead.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-39343-14084_Wip%20Scratchbuilt%20Battlewagon%20Bus.html

Yeah, I had mine setup like that similarly, and for a while, it worked fine, but it wasn't really as strong as I would have liked (as the glue kept not being enough to hold it together, and it separated again and again. Maybe I should have setup a strengthening bar in the inside of the turret to fix that.. Next time!

Thanks for the response on that. Your battlewagon conversion is really great. Makes we want to scratch-build my own. I especially like your idea to have the chains connected to the boarding plank (and back door) as a way of lowering and raising the plank while still inside the wagon. Excellent idea! But really, that whole thing is just exceptional! The amount of work you've put into it is definitely apparent and worth it. The custom engine with the operable hood is sweet too.

In other news... sorry for not updating in so long. I can't find the charger for my camera battery. Life has also just not been leaving me a lot of time to model lately, but I have been doing a few things..

1) Kustom Buildin some Big Gunz out of random bitz for funziez.
2) Learning how to actually play 40k (as I never really played before), reading ork tactics, getting my butt kicked in games vs space wolves, trying lots of orky strategies, winning a few games vs some weakling eldar. The boyz are teachin me how to waaagh!
3) Priming a bunch of guys (as we've finally had a nice sunny day - as opposed to rain) here in seattle)
4) Playing pokemon black/white with my girlfriend.. and catchin them all!

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HAZZER wrote:Wow nice conversions are tghey all form ork boyz frames eg like the arms?Also nice trayinds "coff" lizzards "coff"!

No I made those older (medieval) looking conversions from Warhammer Fantasy Orcs/Orc Boar Boys/GS. I spend a lot of time mixing and matching models from different sets, as it's more fun for me that way, even if it's not that noticeable.

lovin the new boyz, very original. especilly like the spear ones. keep it up

Yeah, I had mine setup like that similarly, and for a while, it worked fine, but it wasn't really as strong as I would have liked (as the glue kept not being enough to hold it together, and it separated again and again. Maybe I should have setup a strengthening bar in the inside of the turret to fix that.. Next time!

the problem i have is the gun, it keeps busting off where it glues onto the pintle mount. one solution to your problem might be to take a very thin piece of plasticard scrap and glue it inside the bucket on the armor plates where the two pieces meet each other. this way it would still rotate, would not interfere with the placement of the gunner, would be hidden from view, and would provide a much larger area to glue to.

Your battlewagon conversion is really great. Makes we want to scratch-build my own. I especially like your idea to have the chains connected to the boarding plank (and back door) as a way of lowering and raising the plank while still inside the wagon. Excellent idea! But really, that whole thing is just exceptional! The amount of work you've put into it is definitely apparent and worth it. The custom engine with the operable hood is sweet too.

thank you very much, the compliment is appreciated. and your right, it took awhile to figure this thing out, over 6 months before the build was complete, and it's still not finished. i need to add a few more armor patches to it, and a load of rivets. i am not looking forward to that process, regardless of whether i use a hole punch or plasticard rod, it means screwing around with teeny tiny fiddly bits and making sure to place them properly. and then there's the converted goblins aka sqeeky Ork students to finish, and a team of Blood Bowl Orks as well. i've already decided to have "Los Orkales County Skools" down the side of the thing, so the Blood Bowl Orks will have to be painted in a Los Angeles color scheme.

at any rate, keep up the good work. Dakka Dakka!

bigfish wrote:lovin the new boyz, very original. especilly like the spear ones. keep it up

Thanks mate! I like the spear look a lot too! I bought extra spears for the Savage boys I'm gonna make too. I just think spears and gunz is a good look.

SebastionSynn wrote:the problem i have is the gun, it keeps busting off where it glues onto the pintle mount. one solution to your problem might be to take a very thin piece of plasticard scrap and glue it inside the bucket on the armor plates where the two pieces meet each other. this way it would still rotate, would not interfere with the placement of the gunner, would be hidden from view, and would provide a much larger area to glue to.

Yeah, that will definitely happen on my next trukk!

thank you very much, the compliment is appreciated. and your right, it took awhile to figure this thing out, over 6 months before the build was complete, and it's still not finished. i need to add a few more armor patches to it, and a load of rivets. i am not looking forward to that process, regardless of whether i use a hole punch or plasticard rod, it means screwing around with teeny tiny fiddly bits and making sure to place them properly. and then there's the converted goblins aka sqeeky Ork students to finish, and a team of Blood Bowl Orks as well. i've already decided to have "Los Orkales County Skools" down the side of the thing, so the Blood Bowl Orks will have to be painted in a Los Angeles color scheme.

This sounds super cool, and I'm very excited to see the progress. I didn't see that you had a thread with this in it. I would love to see you with a blog so that I could follow along with your progress!

Also, I just took on a boy for boy swap on the Great Marine Swap thread... and it's my first time doing this kinda thing, so I'm excited! I would be down for swapping with anyone else too if you're interested. (Well, within reason, First come first served! )

This sounds super cool, and I'm very excited to see the progress. I didn't see that you had a thread with this in it. I would love to see you with a blog so that I could follow along with your progress!

well, there's three reasons why there is no P&M blog on this thing,
one, it was built to the stage you see it now, long before i found DakkaDakka. two, i don't have any kind of a decent camera to take WIP pics for the blog. three, until recently no one has commissioned me to build another beast. and almost the same thing applies to the new commission as it does to the original one, and that is again i don't have access to a decent camera except for once a week. you can see the new one in the commissions part of my gallery. However, I'm sure that my next few projects will keep you more than interested what with building a unique Looted Drop Pod, a Supa Landa, a Supa Fighta Bomma, and a Battlefortress, but before i begin i HAVE to get me a decent camera.

LOL, while i was re-reading my post down there i suddenly imagined a pep squad type deal, where the football players (Orks) are sitting in the back of the bus, and the grots/goblins are in the front being abused. makes perfect sense since grots are used as meat shields by Orks. Gonna have to draft up some new rules and pts cost for this thing to allow me to carry two units in it. At any rate, once i get a camera there will be plenty to amuse the members of Dakka.

Ok, I borrowed my friend's camera. Here's a quick update of my Ork Boy I'm planning to swap with Killamop

My thoughts while making this model were that this Ork Boy-soon-to-be-nob just went head to head with a CSM and as he was charging in, the Marine just grazed the left of his face and blew off his ear with his Bolt Pistol. The shot was cushioned by the Boy's shoulder pad. Once the Boy made it into melee he took revenge and sliced off the horn of the Marine... and eventually hacked into and through the neck of the Marine. Once the head tumbled onto the ground, he decided to take a better look at his former foe, so he stabbed the end of his choppa into it.

Here's a normal angel of the model, to give you a sense of it's dimensions (sorry it's a bit dark)


Here's the view at his face of him glaring up at the Marine's head. You can kind of see the burnt mark into the side of his face, the missing ear, and the bolt pistol's hole in his arm pad.


Back view


And a closeup of the base.. it's a bit hard to see what it is, since it's transparent plastic, but it's bricks, and then either I can fill in the upper part to be like a sidewalk, or - as I was originally thinking before i experimented with creating bricks foe the first time - some sort of grating with clear gooey liquid below it..


Also, ignore the green on the arms, the upper torso was from an old model I took apart.

Suggestions and Critiques would be appreciated.

["Oi boss, I'z gots dis fing youse wantid, now wot?"]

No Ork boy should be with out his very own bloody head on a choppa... or the end of their shoota... or just a severed head as a friend to talk to.

Hehehehhe... you guys are great!

Also, you'll be happy to know that I used a soldering gun to melt a hole in the back of the head, to make the marks on the ork face and armor, and to create the brick pattern on the ground.

Outstanding! Yours is looking good man. I'll photo it when I get home. Its gonna need some serious work to match you.

I'm glad you like it. How do you want the base? With liquid, like it's grating over liquid, (either redish, blueish, or green) or cement, as if it's a sidewalk?

I was sure I replied to this... liquid sounds lovely

Great conversions -some of them are so small, it's mind-blowing!

Killamop wrote:I was sure I replied to this... liquid sounds lovely

Alright, well I'm trying out this suggestion of just using elmers glue as a water effect (using your model as a test - sorry! - but that's what the unit swaps a re good for too!) so we'll see how it works.. If it's not good enough I can always just cover it up and go the sidewalk route if needed.

smurfmaster wrote:Great conversions -some of them are so small, it's mind-blowing!

Thanks so much! I'm glad you're noticing them! (Sometimes I worry that the minor tweaks I make wont even be noticed... but then maybe that's ok, since a lot of this is really just for my own enjoyment anyway.)

Very cool work throughout,im going to use your lighter method to give my sons nids a more organic look.
cheers.

Ok, so I painted a bunch last night. Hopefully will get a chance to paint a bit more tonight as well. I, for the most part, finished painting the model for my ork boy swap, and also painted up 5 of my black orc nobs, but want to finalize them more before posting their pictures. So, here are the pictures... (Choppa is not attached for shipping purposes.)

Here I am holding the choppa on. I made the gore trail from the head by melting some plastic and then painting it.


Here's a closeup of my attempt with elmers glue as a water substitute.. I painted the base green then made layers of glue dry, then did an ink wash on the top with green... not sure that I like it at all..


A view of my try at bricks and the head again...


and a view of the boy'z glare!


What do you think? Suggestions are more than welcome!


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shingouki wrote:Very cool work throughout,im going to use your lighter method to give my sons nids a more organic look.
cheers.

Thanks, I'm glad I got the message out about fire use. Thank Psyker_9er for giving me the idea though.