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So today I jumped on the "get gak done" train, and decided to start work on my Skullhamma. Its turning out well so far, still a long ways to go, and a million ideas, but the base of it is coming together. Best part is, I have another spare LR that Ill turn into another Orky concokshun in the future, dunno what, but Im sure itll be bigger and crazier. Anywho, I lsot my camera cables until just now, so instead ofa couple updates, your going from start to where its at right now. Enjoy


*scratches ead* Hmmmmm.....der be a lot uv junk sitin round....maybe I's shud do sum tinkerin.


Shur as I's da bestest, dis ere iz one foine piece ov scrap



Seems ta be a good fit wiv da rest uv dem battlewagons, itz a biggin



Dis booma cannon'll go roight ere


Got da turrety twisty fing on jus roight


Now DATS summin do'es humies wont loike ta see dats fer shur





Well thats it for right now folks. I plan on adding some form of TL rokkits on either side, and Im sticking a kannon on there somewhere as well. Again still pretty WIP right now, Im thinking of adding a railing of some kind on the top, Or maybe add the kannon turret up on top, either way its getting bulked out thats for sure, and Im also thinking of adding a platform on either side so I can put those kool ass grot guided missiles (cant think of the name right off hand) on there as well. And lastly, Im going to build an appropriate engine with the usual Ork exhaust factory going out the back. Itll take up some rel-estate when its done thats for sure.

That poor Land raider :(

The front dozer blade looks awesome, I like the armour plates on the front too. But the turret is kind of a box right now. If you could angle the corners that might work well with the rest of the design.

Looks very Orky though!

Yea now that I slept on it, Im not sure if I like just how boxy that turret turned out. Maybe Ill redue it, Ill mess with some things today and see where it goes. Infact thats not really the idea I had in mind, so maybe Ill redue it. Again, still EARLY stages.

I agree, I like the front but not the turret box. Also looks kind of weird that there's a big gap between that and the hull of the vehicle. It looks unsupported by the frame.

Thats black heavy duty foam card, not a gap

[edit: ninja'd and proven wrong ]

I think platforms on the side will help stretch stretch the width, visually, without drastically expanding the footprint. Should help break up the straight lines of the side, as well (not to mention an excuse to model grot bombs!). Just how big are you planning to model the exhaust/engine? If this thing needs one thing at this early stage, I think it needs to be stretched out a bit longer. I'd definitely want more than a LR's length for a Skullhamma (think Baneblade size, as I mentioned in your first thread). Tweak the turret all you like, but I'd want to get my base's proportions down before I start tacking things on top.

Either way, I think I'll have to watch this sucker progress. Now back ta werk, ya daft greesy git!

I did some more work on the turret, its pretty much the same, though I did alter one corner because it kept rubbing on the front piece. But so far, the things Ive added seem to be helping with the boxy-ness of it. The engine dealy Im not sure yet, I know itll stick out a couple inches and the exhaust pipes will be there, so that matched with the grot bomm hangers itll have a pretty large foot print. Ill take more pics tonight once I figure out what Im going to do for a banna Im making.

The thing dwarfs my battlewagons and is as taller then my 2 story buildings I built for the table. Itll be close to a baneblade size once done, trust me, I wont be hiding behind anything terrain wise thats for sure

Ok I got some more work done on it. Im scratching my head on the banna, I might just leave it off, but the idea of one of them old school Ork bannas I think would be cool. Oh well, maybe during the build Ill figure it all out. But I pretty much got the top done minus random metal plates and rivets, but thats always the last step for me, as it takes forever to put a couple hundred rivets on a vehicle, specially one of this size. Anywho, here ya go folks, even a size comp so far. Enjoy

That is awesome.

Many thanks

Very nice tank. in my opinion it needs a more dakka! (not too sure where, but at least in general) also i think that a grot trying to clean the inside of the gun might look pretty good. note to self, when i re-do my old orks, make as many funny positioned / posed grots as possible

Well Im making it WYSIWYG, and as such it doesnt have a boat load of guns. Again its still early WIP, so Itll have 2 TL rokkits and probably some Ork boyz manning then as soon as I get to that point, AND Im making platforms to have those grot guided missiles, so itll have plenty of fire power on it