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A little painting progress. The yellow is more of a dull mustard colour in person.

Some work on buggy number two, as I haven't been in a painting mood lately.


What happens when you have a bunch of magnets and an opened box of super-sharp knife blades together in a drawer? A terrifying trap for unwary fingers, that's what.


Oh, and thanks for the comments. LOL Monkeytroll.

Thanks for the comments. My "drawer ornament" was in with a bunch of tools I don't use on a regular basis. It didn't draw blood, but one of the blades did slide under my fingernail just enough to get my attention.

Got the exhaust done on the other side. Just a few more details and this one is ready for painting.


The front glyph plate, bumper and weapon mounts are all magnetic.

Buggy number 3. Still lots to do - finish the exhausts, mesh windscreen, moar rivets.


And of course, thanks for the comments. Keep 'em coming.

After a long bout of the winter blahs, I'm finally painting again.

Here we see Overlord Silk keeping tabs on the progress.


Concentrating on getting the inner components finished so I can do the final assembly.


Just before Christmas I received a package. In it was 30 lbs. of plastic goodness.


They're Makitainers, and I pledged entirely too much on their Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rolljordan/maki-games-high-quality-modular-wargaming-terrain?ref=nav_search

When built, they're pretty close in height to the old Necromunda bulkheads.


The details are nice, and they're quite sturdy, however many of the pieces need some work before they'll fit together properly. I was hoping that they would just click together like Legos, but such is not the case. Still, they'll make nice scenery. When I get around to assembling and painting them.

Some work on my civilian vehicles using the Heller 1/43 scale Citroen 2CV kit.

Thanks for the comments. I probably should get shares in Heller, as I own 7 kits (2 Citroen 11CV, 4 Citroen 2CV, and 1 Renault 4CV) and I want moar.

Some progress on my Deathskulls buggy. Driver added.


I like how the squig juice thruster bottles came out.


Not sure why I painted the dials. They won't be very visible once the buggy is assembled.


I guess you can see them a wee bit from the back.


Stowage.


Door added.


Getting there. Once the glue on the door is dried and I do a few touch-ups on the inside of the shell, it's time for final assembly and final paint touch-ups. Comments welcome.

Thanks for the comments.

Deathskulls buggy finally assembled. A few more touch-ups and I call it done.


I still have to paint the headlights. Not looking forward to this part. I'm fairly sure I saw a quick tutorial somewhere on this site on how to paint headlights, but my search-fu is weak as I can't seem to find it.


Have to fix the gap in the bottom door hinge.


I dusted the wheels and bottom portion with grey chalk to show dirt picked up from traveling the ash wastes.


Comments or hints on how to paint the headlights are welcome.

Yep, that's the tutorial I was thinking of. Thanks.

After staring at the results of a google search on round headlights, I decided to try that method but using white. I like how the big one turned out. The small one could use some more work. Thoughts?

A little from column A and a little from column B. I painted the headlights white, put a horizontal grey band across the middle and a little bit of yellow in the bottom left. The top half got a grey wash and then a dab of white in the top right. Then I gave it a wash of watered down Runefang Steel to give it a bit of shine.

Did this a while back using MSpaint and forgot to post it.

Took these photos a while ago but never got around to posting them. I just finished sealing it with Army Painter Quickshade and will post updated pics later.

Thanks for the comments. Here's the buggy after being brush painted with the Army Painter Quickshade varnish. Next up is to spray it with a matt varnish to get rid of that shine and maybe add some chalk dust weathering.

Finished pics of the looted buggy can be found here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/657524.page#8003969

So I'm waffling between standard and clear bases. Thoughts?

So instead of painting these two buggies...



...what do I do? Start building another one.

Littletower wrote:

 Zogg wrote:
So instead of painting these two buggies...

That is the true way! May you never run out of ongoing projects!

I don't think there's any chance of that happening anytime soon.

shasolenzabi wrote:Been a while since my last visit. I feel like I fell into a orky version of Mad Max,,,with cats involved!

The Road Warrior was definitely a big influence on my builds. And having recently seen the new Mad Max, I'm very motivated to build more.

lone dirty dog wrote:Yes why finish a project when you can start another one

Exactly! And why start just one when you can start five?

A wee bit of progress on four of my warbuggies (with Supreme Overlord Silk resting in the background).

A bit more progress...

Buggy number 4. I'm going for a hot rod look. Still a lot of work left to do on this one.


Buggy number 5. This is a bare-bones buggy. I'm thinking of having the exhaust pipes sweep up and act as railings for the gunner.

Kiblams wrote:These look fantastic! I really need to start building the trukk conversions I have planned, only once the fort is finished though!

Thanks. Your fort is terrific and I look forward to seeing what you come up with for the trukk.

Camkierhi wrote:Excellent stuff bud, I am not a mega fan of the ork trukk, but the kit is brilliant for conversion as you are demonstrating.

Cheers. I'm not too keen on the stock ork trukk, but I think it looks pretty good when lengthened. And you're right, it has huge possibilities for conversions.

And now, mag wheels for the buggy pictured in the background.

Making some slow progress on buggy number four under the keen gaze of Velvet. I really need to clean up my workspace.

Thanks. Yeah, that bin has been claimed by my thugs... er, cats. Speaking of them, here is Silk looking at me like I owe him money. Must be feeding time.

Some more progress on buggy number four. There's a magnetized spot on each side for clan icons. Even the driver's head is magnetic. My plan is to have several generic buggies that can be used for any clan just by swapping out the icons and driver's heads, and to build one buggy specifically for each clan, like this one: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/657524.page











I still have to build a stowage rack for the back, and then this one's done. C&C welcome.

Thanks for the kind words. Did a wee bit of painting this weekend on buggy #2 and some clan icons. Still a lot of work left to do.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Not 100% on why you are worried about changing clan icons. I think of ork armies as a mix up of the whole lot anyways.

The plan is to use these in GorkaMorka, and to have several generic ones that can be used for any clan, rather than building three or four buggies for each of the six clans. Years ago I had come up with rules for each clan in GorkaMorka by combining bits of rules I found scattered throughout the interwebz and adding my own stuff. Unfortunately, shortly afterward my computer suffered a catastrophic failure and both hard drives were pooched. The cost for someone to attempt a recovery was at least $500 per hard drive, and I don't know which one my rules are on. So the drives sit in a box and wait for me to win the lottery,

Thanks EDC. I agree there's a lot of great conversions on Dakka that provide me with a lot of inspiration.

A wee bit more painting on buggy #2.

Cheers Cam. They're even more matte in person. The camera seems to add more shine to the model.

Some more painting done. The wheels still need a lot of work.


I like the effect of the wash of Vallejo Gunmetal Blue I used on the exhausts near the engine. I don't know why I insist on modelling the steering gubbins.


The headlights need some more work.


C&C welcome.

Thanks for the kind words.

The buggy is nearly done, I just have to finish the wheels and do a couple of touch-ups. Until I get around to doing that, here's a taste of things to come. The start of an elite guard for guilders and an armoured car for Necromunda Arbiter games.

Yes it is, and you betcha.

Here is an early concept that I did a while back.

I finally finished buggy #2. Now I just have to wait for the weather to warm up so I can open the windows while I paint on some Army Painter varnish.






And a couple of shots of my two completed buggies.


C&C welcome.

It begins...

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Camkierhi wrote:Intently watching....

Oh and second buggy is amazing bud, love the whole thing, those exhaust pipes kinda steal the show a bit, they are superb.

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Next up on my painting list are probably some boyz and one of the four trukks I have primed.

hk1x1 wrote:Always wanted to do a Taurox conversion myself, so it'll be interesting to see where you take this.

Looks like your off to a good start .

Based on your current Knight project, I can see you doing some kind of mechanicus vehicle with lots of attachments.

Ruglud wrote:Ooh yeah. That's one model I fancy kit bashing as well to try and improve the 'off the shelf' version... Seen some really good versions elsewhere so the pressure is on you now (sure you're up to it though )

Yeah, the base kit is pretty fugly, but it has a lot of potential. Will you be doing an Ork looted version?

Why build one when I can build two? One will be a guilder armoured car, and the other will be for Necromunda Enforcers.

So I had cut off part of the track guards on one of the rear sections, and I don't even remember why. Obviously an idea that I abandoned. Since my current build uses the full width of that piece, I had to reattach the cut off bits. Luckily, I had a package of .015" strip styrene that was the same thickness as what was cut out by the razor saw. The lesson from this, make sure you're fully committed to a build before cutting anything.



And some other parts of the build...