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hi all
this is my first post in dakka dakka and i wanted to show some work i did on making a custom ork battlewagon for my brother its still needs painting but here it is at the moment :

^this is what i started off with a simple toy fire engine

and this is how it ended up






any C&C is welcome

I see you're going through the same problem as I did - not getting the pictures right.
But atleast you're almost right! I believe the "Forum" text is the one to copy, not the "Dakka articles" one.
Also, welcome to Dakka ^^

thanks ill try and sort the images out


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the pictures are all sorted now so any C&C is welcome

Looks good - all I can think to add would be some big Orky exhausts.

i would add at the very least, some armor plates, glyphs and such to break up some of the lines of the original toy. otherwise custom is a very generous term to use for this...

ill see what bits ive got lying around and add some more upgrades

I think it's a great looking start, but to look 'Orky' it needs more conversion in my opinion.

Armor plates and glyphs like tarnish mentioned, as well as spikes, maybe a scratch-built dozer blade/ram (with more spikes), front window armor (maybe just armored slats, exhaust pipes like was mentioned. Maybe some careful damaging of the model to represent battle damage. Armored tread and glyph hubcaps wow improve the wheels. Try scratch-building some turrets too. This is an Ork vehicle, so none of these conversions/add ons/scratch-built pieces need to look neat or well put together. The more ramshackle looking the better IMO.

Looking good so far.

With a bit of searching you can find a lot of plasticard sites on the net. Plasticard is brilliant for ork stuff.

I'm with Tarnish - the bits fit the 40k aesthetic, but the base toy doesn't. A bit more work to disguise those chunkier, rounder, smoother elements will go a long way towards making it look like a 40k model, not a child's toy with 40k bits stuck to it. You're on the right track, you just need to go further.