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He's a witch. Thy shalt not suffer and witch to live. Or something like that.

I bet thats where he gets all his conversion ideas. You know being a witch and all.

But great start on the Battle wagon. Coming along nicely.

LOL!PLog updated!

monkeytroll wrote:Nah, not convinced that's detachable, reckon that's all done with mirrors and stuff innit?

There's just one flaw I can pick in your reasoning on the size issue. If it only has to be big enough for the dakka, and we all no there's never enough dakka, surely that would mean there's never enough space

And that sounds like CK's stompa.

You should check out Commissar Khaine's Squeaky Waaagh - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/266318.page

A full-on grot army spectacular

i checked it out and it was cool , and on the battle fortress front i see your point :( i am really trying to find a way i can fit all of the daka i want onto it without making it look over crowded as there is actually never enough space

schank23 wrote:He's a witch. Thy shalt not suffer and witch to live. Or something like that.

I bet thats where he gets all his conversion ideas. You know being a witch and all.

But great start on the Battle wagon. Coming along nicely.

thanks, but i am not a witch

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cools

Slight update



To SCHANK
i based the models i am going to send you, is this going to be a problem? it only occoured to me after i had done it :S sorry if it is a problem. i would like mine to be based by you if that is alright btw.

oh and to everyone else i started painting the tyranid takers mob


daka peeps i would erm like your oppinions on something un ork related.



These are my tyranids, they are/ were my first army and i have had them for a long time. so what do you daka people think of the scheme. Because i am thinking about changing it to something else or just changing the claws, but i just can't decide. anyway there are some pics below.



i am thinking about getting rid of the white all together and i really do think the claws and hoofs and stuff just look wrong. i really like the gaunts so i was thinking about doing that sort of wash on all the carapaces but i dont know how it would look.
hope people have some surgestions

thanks for dropping in

Your Tyranid scheme looks very reptilian and natural. The orange and yellow fit in nicely and the purple is also a great contrasting colour. The white looks a bit out of place on them but it does not necessarily look bad. If you are going to change something it should be that. That being said I really like the scheme and it looks great overall. It needs no changes.

Like the look of the mono-wheel baby kan

As to the nids, I'd say keep the white, but 'feather' it into the green rather than have the hard edging, like you did on the tyrant's carapace. I think it's just the hard transition that's bothering you. But then again, I'm just guessing there - I'm a mek Jim, not a weird-boy.

Maybe a dry-brush over the claws, lighten the edges up a bit.

Don't see a need to change the overall scheme, it has a nice slimy green monster feel to it.

Wow I'm really enjoying how your progress is coming along.

Keep up the good stuff.

Oh and im liking the battle wagons But just asking here do you not like the battle wagon kit? just asking.

Ok-first: Is that unit at the top kommandos with 2 meks?

and second: if it is, I love the grot mek. The lone grot in a recycled kan suit is so badass hanging with the boyz.

As for the nids... I like 'em, but I want more "white". I'd say do the carapace like a turtle shell, but with liter colors. Not very much green on the shell if any at all.

Flying Pooo wrote:Your Tyranid scheme looks very reptilian and natural. The orange and yellow fit in nicely and the purple is also a great contrasting colour. The white looks a bit out of place on them but it does not necessarily look bad. If you are going to change something it should be that. That being said I really like the scheme and it looks great overall. It needs no changes.

monkeytroll wrote:Like the look of the mono-wheel baby kan

As to the nids, I'd say keep the white, but 'feather' it into the green rather than have the hard edging, like you did on the tyrant's carapace. I think it's just the hard transition that's bothering you. But then again, I'm just guessing there - I'm a mek Jim, not a weird-boy.

Maybe a dry-brush over the claws, lighten the edges up a bit.

Don't see a need to change the overall scheme, it has a nice slimy green monster feel to it.

The Good Green wrote:Ok-first: Is that unit at the top kommandos with 2 meks?

and second: if it is, I love the grot mek. The lone grot in a recycled kan suit is so badass hanging with the boyz.

As for the nids... I like 'em, but I want more "white". I'd say do the carapace like a turtle shell, but with liter colors. Not very much green on the shell if any at all.

thanks for the comments on the scheme guys it really helps. so i will looking into the feathering with the white to see how that will work, i will also test to see how it looks witout the white at all and then see which i prefer. and with the claws i am going to look into doing something else maybe.

The Good Green@"Ok-first: Is that unit at the top kommandos with 2 meks?"

no no it is a big mek with grot oiler but i wanted to give it a different spin. Its for a trade with schank

happygolucky wrote:Wow I'm really enjoying how your progress is coming along.

Keep up the good stuff.

Oh and im liking the battle wagons But just asking here do you not like the battle wagon kit? just asking.

no its just because i want all of the tanks to be looted or scratch built, just so they are unique and have the added deathskull vibe.

UPDATE

so i have decided to make the battle fortress into a battle wagon with super kannon instead... the base body was just too small to work with for a battle fortress. maybe i will get a baneblade and build up from there.



so above we have some pics of the exsaust pipe i added, the cool engine parts on the back, the new big shooter on the front and a small addition to the super kannon to make it even bigger.

so since i decided to have just the one super kannon fitting it on and making it move is a lot easyer, so it can now be postioned and aimed





and this is how it turns and pivits

thanks for looking

Looking good. That super kannon is great.

Todays progress



going to making the green stuff line into bolts for the battle wagon, i base coated schanks trade, i based the ammo grots and i did a wash on the ork byz skins.

bigfish out


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oh and thanks poo

bigfish wrote:To SCHANK
i based the models i am going to send you, is this going to be a problem? it only occoured to me after i had done it :S sorry if it is a problem. i would like mine to be based by you if that is alright btw.

Thats fine. I like the models to be 100% from the person I trade with. And Yes I will base yours as well.

And Awesome progress. Those nid takers are pretty cool as well.

As for the Nids. I wouldn't change to color scheme just clean it up a bit..

Those grots are lookin' mighty uppity. I love it.

And the Big Mek with oiler is awesome too. Like the mek gave his first kan to his favorite grot, who stays close incase the thing breaks down

That tank is looking good too, well looted! But I'm confused about the side-gun thing. I see the exhaust on it, but what's that black cone bit?

Battle-fortress, battle-wagon, battle-wotsit. It's looking good whatever it is

GG - I think that's just there to prop up the exhaust at the moment.

Battlewagon is lookin' good. I'd go for bigger exhausts though, orks want everything bigger and louder!

schank23 wrote: Thats fine. I like the models to be 100% from the person I trade with. And Yes I will base yours as well.

And Awesome progress. Those nid takers are pretty cool as well.

As for the Nids. I wouldn't change to color scheme just clean it up a bit..

ok cool, and awesome .
thanks and ok. (i think i will keep looking into the claws though)

The Good Green wrote:Those grots are lookin' mighty uppity. I love it.

And the Big Mek with oiler is awesome too. Like the mek gave his first kan to his favorite grot, who stays close incase the thing breaks down

That tank is looking good too, well looted! But I'm confused about the side-gun thing. I see the exhaust on it, but what's that black cone bit?

lol monkey troll got it, it was just proping it up but looking at the pic again i can see the confusion
and thanks on the grot front.

monkeytroll wrote:Battle-fortress, battle-wagon, battle-wotsit. It's looking good whatever it is

GG - I think that's just there to prop up the exhaust at the moment.

thanks

CommissarKhaine wrote:Battlewagon is lookin' good. I'd go for bigger exhausts though, orks want everything bigger and louder!

well i was thinking about mirroring the exhaust on the other side anyway but i will see if i can fit any on at the back below the other engine thing as well


so i am just going to add the bolts and the other exhaust to the "battle-wotsit" now so pics will be up soon, not sure if i am going to paint it before i put pics up of it bolted? but i will see how i feel at the time.

anyway thanks for all the comments so soon very motivating (and it means my post dont join up to each other )

byes

All da boyz are lookin' good ( ) bigfish (ya sneeky steelin' git!)

I DID'NT STEAL NOTHING YA LYIN BLUD AXE!!!!

My One Is Blue, YOURZ WAZ'NT BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAAAAAARGH

but alas i have not partaken in the stealin of anything from you matt, you must be mistaken

yeah ya hav, me line:
"Lookin' good "

ah i see, sorry but it is looted now

RAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

(lol jokes )

Im really digging your WAAAAGH! so far. So much character, and totally helps me keep up on getting my Ork projects done

KingCracker wrote:Im really digging your WAAAAGH! so far. So much character, and totally helps me keep up on getting my Ork projects done

thank you very much kind sir

battle wagon, now with 100% more impaled spacemarine



i thought it would be a good idea to finish the battle wagon befor i added bolts

i am adding the deffrolla for standard games and to get revenge if the super kannon is destroyed in apoc

thanks for checking in viewer's

BigFish Out

So tomorrow i am going to go to my local gamesworkshop (romford) and try to get a game... probs wont happen looking at my track record for going there and it being constant begginers games :( but alas i will try. so this has been the first time i have tryed getting my ork stuff into my cases and i thought it was worth bloging about it on here as i have'nt gone out of my house for a game in months (more then 6 less then 9?)



not taking the squigifant, 2 kopters, the scratch build deffdread, the scratch built kanz or the flash gits.

though the side effect of me getting my orks into those cases is i had to empty my marines out...



pictures a bit blury but theres:

25 marines with bolters
11 marines with special wepons
5 space marine leader guys (i forget what they are called)
11 termi's (including a termi captain and 2 leader guys)
and a dread with multi melta

just thought as i got it out might as well have a pic...


The last thing on this rather random post is my army list i wrote to take.

please could people give there oppinions on the list tonight and i will check in the morning to see what people are saying before i leave.

Warboss-110
power claw, twin linked shoota, cybork body, eavy armour, boss pole

in with a unit of

19 Ork boyz with sluggas and choppas and big shoota-119

in a transport battle wagon

battle wagon-125
deffrolla, armour plates, bigshoota

12 ork boyz with a nob with big choppa-92

in a

truck-55
ram, grot riggers, armour plates

looted wagon-125
boomgun, ard case, rokits

ork big mek-110
kff, burna, bosspole

with

19 ork boys-240
shootas, ard boyz, nob with power claw, rokit, bosspole

in a

battle wagon-150
2 big shooters, deffrola, ardcase, armour plates, grot riggers

deff dread-100 (as a troops choice because of big mek)
2 big shooters, grot riggers, armour plates

10 komando's-155
nob with bosspole and power claw, burna

8 lootas-120

1500 points

if i take away the looted wagon, komandos and lootas it is 1000 points

anyway, help would be much appreciated

Your battle wagon is looking ace, bigfish! I like the look of that impaled SM. Sorry I can't help you with your ork list. I dont play 40k :( Best of luck, though!

Moltar wrote:Your battle wagon is looking ace, bigfish! I like the look of that impaled SM. Sorry I can't help you with your ork list. I dont play 40k :( Best of luck, though!

thanks, i think the guts really make it pop

well i won 2 games and took some pics



army pics

The armys i beat


2000 points... i had 1500


1000 points




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made some progress on schanks models
as well btw peeps


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oh and i saw some brazen claws while i was there as well lol



they are spreading
(these ones are not as nice as schanks though)










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some painting just done



still a lot to do but meh, i have time.

did some more on the ork boyz skin and started the metals

Next time ya seez dem odda Brazen Klawz Boyz. Krumpem good for me. Stikkin boyz looted my looted mob.

But for real that awesome someone else is doing that army. If ya see them again tell the to join the site and post a thread on their army. Glad you found some games to play.

Got some more work done on my looted rhino. Added some battle damage like you suggested and some more orky bits. I'll have some pics up after i get it painted.

The new battle wagon is looking really great. Your stuff is looking really good all together like that.

schank23 wrote:Next time ya seez dem odda Brazen Klawz Boyz. Krumpem good for me. Stikkin boyz looted my looted mob.

But for real that awesome someone else is doing that army. If ya see them again tell the to join the site and post a thread on their army.

honestly i dont think they knew thats what they were doing. i asked and he said it was because his fav colors are red and blue.... but it was very quartered so ? hmmm. if i see him again i will ask though

Wazzdig Dagga wrote:The new battle wagon is looking really great. Your stuff is looking really good all together like that.

thanks



now for some bolty bits and then paint

Needs more Dakka! Although it is awesome as is. Great to see it almost finished it looks amazing.

Nice defrolla!