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

i have considered the daka issue and although i could put more gunz on, the super kannon is a ord wepon so i cant shoot anything else anyway, the current bigshooter is just for when the super kannon is destroyed.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Nice defrolla!

thank you



now with bolts

You know, bigfish, your conversion work is getting better by the day. Or should I say Orkier? That battle fortress is a beast. I really like how you have room for Orks to stand. Adds to the realism.

bigfish wrote:

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

i have considered the daka issue and although i could put more gunz on, the super kannon is a ord wepon so i cant shoot anything else anyway, the current bigshooter is just for when the super kannon is destroyed.

No self respecting Big Mek would say that. The more dakka the better.
It looks awesome where it is at and you don't need to change anything but if you want to make more dakka maybe you can put a couple shoota boyz next to the big cannon to give the appearance of more dakka. They wont add any more weapons to BW in a gaming sense. The BW also needs more grots hanging off the sides and some ork glyphs to give it more Orky character.

40kFSU wrote:You know, bigfish, your conversion work is getting better by the day. Or should I say Orkier? That battle fortress is a beast. I really like how you have room for Orks to stand. Adds to the realism.

I have to fully agree. Your conversion are evolving into better carfted and thought out pieces of work. And the speed in which you do it in. I hate you for that.

I'm just slow i guess.

40kFSU wrote:You know, bigfish, your conversion work is getting better by the day. Or should I say Orkier? That battle fortress is a beast. I really like how you have room for Orks to stand. Adds to the realism.

Thanks man, always nice to see comments from you one here

Flying Pooo wrote:

bigfish wrote:

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

i have considered the daka issue and although i could put more gunz on, the super kannon is a ord wepon so i cant shoot anything else anyway, the current bigshooter is just for when the super kannon is destroyed.

No self respecting Big Mek would say that. The more dakka the better.
It looks awesome where it is at and you don't need to change anything but if you want to make more dakka maybe you can put a couple shoota boyz next to the big cannon to give the appearance of more dakka. They wont add any more weapons to BW in a gaming sense. The BW also needs more grots hanging off the sides and some ork glyphs to give it more Orky character.

i was thinking about painting ork letters on it and not having so many glyphs on this one, but i will add some now just for you (if i dont or you dont see them in the next pic just say and i will sort it out)
not sure if i hav anymore orks to hand i can add really i will look into getting some grots though.thanks for the con crit

schank23 wrote:

40kFSU wrote:You know, bigfish, your conversion work is getting better by the day. Or should I say Orkier? That battle fortress is a beast. I really like how you have room for Orks to stand. Adds to the realism.

I have to fully agree. Your conversion are evolving into better carfted and thought out pieces of work. And the speed in which you do it in. I hate you for that.

I'm just slow i guess.

yours are awesome anyway (and not that slow), i am good with tanks and walkers and big stuff but your kustom warboss puts my 40mm modeling skills to shame
and anyway its not that hard to make orky stuffs



SO


"Oi Boss, Boss, Bo..." before grup could finish his last word he was set alight by the Mega Mek's burna and turned to a molten pile of sludge, "WHYAT IZ IT YA RUNT!!!!" the mega mek screamed at the pile of molten ork on the floor. It seemed that the boss had started to lose his mind after the months of tyranid presence on his world, just as the Mega mek lent down to scoop up and taste what melted grup is like a grot flew threw the open window hole and landed on the floor just to the side of the Mega Mek. The grot burst into a high pitched sqweal of words as soon as it had landed and it took the Mek by surprise at first before he heard a word he could recognise "Gribbly's".
The Mek took the grot by the throat and roared into its face "WHERE!!!" the grot struggling to breath pointed out of the window hole that it had been thrown through a few moments age. The Mek looked out towards the horrizon, and a grin stretched across his scared blue face "Get Da Ladz Tagetha, We Got A Fight A Comin".... when there was no reply from the grot in his hand the Mega Mek instantly prepared to rip of its tiny little head, unfortunatly the little zogga had went blue and died already, the mega mek tossed the crushed corpse onto the pile of ork on the floor and then prepared for some propa crumpin.

i have done a battle report... it is from a while ago but check it out (the fluff is from the Bat Rep)

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/398459.page#3346375

thanks

Luvvin the work on this.

The walkway area on the top (as already mentioned by others) really makes it work well, rather than looking like just a Land Raider with stuff on. OK it is but you know what I mean.

Hope you don't mind, but one thing is not quite right to my eye ( No no the Dakka) and I would like to make a suggestion.

It's the 'brackets' for the deffrolla, they are just a bit flimsy looking and could do with something more substantial like an I beam or some such to 'beef them up.

Apart from that the whole thing is awesome though.

Viscount Vash wrote:Luvvin the work on this.

The walkway area on the top (as already mentioned by others) really makes it work well, rather than looking like just a Land Raider with stuff on. OK it is but you know what I mean.

Hope you don't mind, but one thing is not quite right to my eye ( No no the Dakka) and I would like to make a suggestion.

It's the 'brackets' for the deffrolla, they are just a bit flimsy looking and could do with something more substantial like an I beam or some such to 'beef them up.

Apart from that the whole thing is awesome though.

looking at it just now i am seeing what your saying and i will set on beefing them up asap.. (so probs tonight now)
and thanks for your kind words


FLYINGPOO SAID THERE WAS'NT ENOUGH DAKA FOR HIM!!!!!!

so i added some...
(and somemore character )



twinlinked rokits?.... "really but why" all will be clear soon viewer dont worry



"a kannon and some super rokits, but why" wait viewer all will be clear soon...



"a skull and a hammer...... ooooooh, i get it now"

well done



comments please everyone

(just incase someone did'nt get it, it is now a skullhammer battle fortress with 2 super rokits, twinlinked big shooter, twinlinked rokits and a skullhammer kannon (and a smaller kannon too)







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check out this battle report please
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/398459.page

Nice on-the-fly conversion! No true Mek finishes a job to the original specification!

Ha LOL. Good to see your my constructive criticism the right way. It looks awesome now! Just needs some paint!
Great job!

Battle-wotsit is looking real purty now

lindsay40k wrote:Nice on-the-fly conversion! No true Mek finishes a job to the original specification!

yay im a real mek

Flying Pooo wrote:Ha LOL. Good to see your my constructive criticism the right way. It looks awesome now! Just needs some paint!
Great job!

indeed, maybe a few more bolts and a bit more bulking up first though. just to be safe

monkeytroll wrote:Battle-wotsit is looking real purty now

thank you



Right so i am going to go to the local gamesworkshop again.... 2 times in 2 weeks :O its like its a hobby or something.
anyway i will see what i can get done painting wise and i might take some pics too

sees yas latars

So i went to my local gw and got owned. i was fighting a nurgle chaos marine army in 1500 points and it was just one thing after another. i took pictures and was going to make a battle report but tbh i dont think i have enough pictures and i cant remember everything that happened, so i am putting them on here instead.

setup



first turn





2nd turn?



3rd turn?



battle wagon 1 is destroyed



battle wagon 2 is destroyed and things move

turn 4



termies come out to play


orks die dread charges

turn 7

everything is dead



and that was that.... was totally mushed into orky bits, i think i really needed my battlewagons to survive and they just did'nt :(
maybe take 2 kff meks not time instead of a waboss. anyway i did some painting too.


first nova marine (and i just relised i missed the hand... )



and some progress on the boyz



thanks for looking

Looks like you need some ligt support to bubblewrap your battlewagons? Or was it the vindi that did you in?

As for the orks: love the skin, and the guy with the pickaxe is pretty cool

CommissarKhaine wrote:Looks like you need some ligt support to bubblewrap your battlewagons? Or was it the vindi that did you in?

As for the orks: love the skin, and the guy with the pickaxe is pretty cool

what can i use as light surport though? i was using a looted wagon which was terrible and a unit of 8 lootas and they were totally ineffective as well (the vindi did nothing really, just kept getting the kff saves when ever it shot at me)

and thanks


So i am joinging this waaargh daka thing tat is going on... so i am making a cyber grot for the cyber grot mob that is being done.... (was making it before anyway and figured i could kill 2 birds with one stone )

onto wip pics



comments please

thanks for viewing

so i finished the making side of my cyber grot... and really enjoyed it. i can see why people spend the time to do each model now so intensly. hmmm i think cyber grots are going to be something to keep in mind for the future.
pic below:



and a size comparison with the grot bot



comments always appreciated and thanks for viewing

Nice little cyber-grot you have there bigfish, love the 'headphones'.

And I also like those nid axes

Looking nice - whalemusic360 started a thread for the cybergrots btw!

Very creepy cybergrot there. He kind of reminds me of something from a twisted Alice in Wonderland. That long arm dragging a knife that s too big... the tilt of the head...

Also, the extra cords coming out of the back of the head are super cool and "in-character" from a mechanicus angle.

Nice cyber-grot. Those oversized farnkenstine bolts are funny as hell.

First of all

another battle rep, small one just for fun. link below, check it out if you can.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/400048.page#3375028


Anyway.

monkeytroll wrote:Nice little cyber-grot you have there bigfish, love the 'headphones'.

And I also like those nid axes

thanks, i was trying to do the whole representing yoursef through the model thing i saw somewhere (i think on gits blog?)
and i am glad you saw them as headphones, when i was doing it i thought it was'nt obvious enough. so thanks for that

CommissarKhaine wrote:Looking nice - whalemusic360 started a thread for the cybergrots btw!

thanks, i joined it

The Good Green wrote:Very creepy cybergrot there. He kind of reminds me of something from a twisted Alice in Wonderland. That long arm dragging a knife that s too big... the tilt of the head...

Also, the extra cords coming out of the back of the head are super cool and "in-character" from a mechanicus angle.

thanks, i was going for a kinda hair like look with them, like they were connected and now they have fallen out. (leading to the mental face expression )

schank23 wrote:Nice cyber-grot. Those oversized farnkenstine bolts are funny as hell.

thanks man


i will post a proper update soon with progress and pictures see you soon

(and thanks for viewing)

MY WARBOSS/ KAPTAIN BADRUKK COUNTS AS NEEDS A NAME!!!!!



so he was sitting on my desk just looking at me with such longing to be finished i just had to do something with him. So i have added the new twinlinked shoota too the power claw as well as armour plates leading from the gun to the back of his armour/ fuel point, and then i added some more armour plates to the exposed bits on the sides of the main gun torsoy bit (also referd too as the crotch cannon)
oh and added the slugga with sight.

still needs some work but i just want to have something to paint after the next batch of boys i finish to keep me motivated to keep painting, and at the moment he seems like a good thing to keep me on track.
one last pic just to show him of as he is at the mo.



Oh and i also added a button onto the torso that will be painted red... as all meks creations should have a red button

thanks for checking in

update

finished the tyranid killers all apart from putting th grass on there bases (same as the marine killas)



started on my waaargh banner barer in the Nobz unit



started on the warboss/ badrukks leg armour



and i based schanks trade kinda (just needs grass)




And thats everything for now.

thanks for viewing

Kap'in Grabbit Pirat?

Bigfish, I have to agree with other comments; that your conversion work keeps getting better and better.

I've been busy with school, so I haven't been on a Dakka for while. I went back and reviewed your earlier work; which by the way is quite good, but your newest work is ever better.

Now I'd say that's a fairly serious crotch cannon he's sporting there

Hey every army need a crotch cannon.

Those are looking great Bigfish. I need to start work on your doc again now that I have got caught up a bit. Added a 'urty saringe to his cuttin arm. Just trying to figure out how I want to do the other arm.

Nice work bigfish The looted landraider is awesome!!

As ever you never cease to amaze me with your conversions all I want to see now is a warkopta you hopefully will convert (pretty please with a cherry on top with a side order of Chuck Norris).

Keep up the good work.

hi there, so i have'nt been o here for longer then usual. started college and have been doing arty stuff all the time so hav'nt had a lot of tie to really get stuck into anything new. untill earlyer today

Matt.Kingsley wrote:Kap'in Grabbit Pirat?

naaah i want something with more of a narrative feel like "gorak the grabbin pirat" or "jaga da daka lord"

you know something with some orky class

Grass4hopper wrote:Bigfish, I have to agree with other comments; that your conversion work keeps getting better and better.

I've been busy with school, so I haven't been on a Dakka for while. I went back and reviewed your earlier work; which by the way is quite good, but your newest work is ever better.

thanks for the kind words. I really like it when people say that i ave improved as time has gone on, kinda just because that was always the aim of having a project blog. thanks for the comment

monkeytroll wrote:Now I'd say that's a fairly serious crotch cannon he's sporting there

"Hey every army need a crotch cannon"

schank23 wrote:Hey every army need a crotch cannon.

Those are looking great Bigfish. I need to start work on your doc again now that I have got caught up a bit. Added a 'urty saringe to his cuttin arm. Just trying to figure out how I want to do the other arm.

im sure w/e you come up with it shall be awesome as anything. and thank you

tipios wrote:Nice work bigfish The looted landraider is awesome!!

Thanks

happygolucky wrote:As ever you never cease to amaze me with your conversions all I want to see now is a warkopta you hopefully will convert (pretty please with a cherry on top with a side order of Chuck Norris).

Keep up the good work.

out of what though? and do i really need one?
i had an idea for a warkopter a while ago made from a eldar falcon with orkyer wings.. but i just dont really need one and i dont have the money to make it at the mo... although if something comes along that i see and think hmmm i could do this. i will take the chance, but untill then no warkopters are planned.

oh and thanks




OK onto progress, its small but it is all i managed to get done in the small space of time i had.

BASING AND GREEN STUFFING LINES....(i know i know not that interesting)



so i based:

A big mek

4 nobz/ flashgits

my waaargh daka grot

20 shoota boyz

and 10 komandoes

and i also green stuffed some lines, why is that important i hear you ask?

because then i can make bolts and finish my battle wagon and warboss/ badruk convert and get to painting them.

so today was basically a big step forward to being ready to do proper stuffs at later dates.




Thanks for all the great comments and sorry this is'nt a super exciting update but next time willbe more progressful

thanks for viewing

Gorgrab da' dakka grabbin' pirat lord?