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A huge chainsaw arm is radically more awesome than a lance, and will also be able to just massacre any tree that it bumps into. =)
That is an idea I can fully support. My disbelief is now thoroughly suspended once more.

Oddball-commando mix... So he's like a walker-obsessed, relaxed killing machine that likes to tell everyone to chill out and feel the vibe? I like it! I can picture him covered in blood and gore going "You're ruining the vibe man!"

Can't wait to see the greatcoat guy, and chatting here again is sort of kicking me into wanting to finish that gs leader of mine and get working on more stuff.

Muahahahhahhahh, my evil plan is working! Ahemm, I mean, oh that´s nice, glad to hear you are feeling inspired.

You nailed it with the Oddball-commando description, very good.

Got some pictures earlier, of the new huuuge chainsword, it is starting to come together, still figuring out what to do with the gun now, and the best way to make a shoulder for the arm.

Also, getting really hooked on the whole vehicle construction business, it is such great fun! I´m currently drawing up plans for two more vehicles, not sure who is gonna use them, but I just have to. Semi-inspired by some stuff from a comic called "Wake".

Amazing work really keep it up. love to see more.

Over and out Avach

The sentinel looks ace and the jungle fighter is certainly a charcter i would not want to meet down a dark alley.

wicked awesome

Thanks for the kind words guys, really helps to encourage me.

I´ve gotten some more work done on the walker, apart from some GS work it´s ready for baggage and quirks now. After some brainstorming with my sister, I will be adding some small fun details to the build, which may include fuzzy dice, cupholder, a dog, loads of bags and boxes of loot and other stuff.

At the moment some of this stuff is just tacked on. I´m considering paint schemes now, and the favorite for now is old industrial yellow (like you might see on industrial machinery), with some hasty camo painted on, and armor plates in rusted iron.

C&C welcome.

The positioning of the chainarm looks wrong. It interrupts the flow of the model. The position looks dynamic when the rest of the model looks static.

I see what you´re saying, there is a reason for this however. While I was experimenting with poses, I foun out that if I didn´t do something a bit dynamic with it, the joints in the shoulder wouldn´t be obvious.

In hindsight I wish I´d done the legs a bit more
dynamically. However, they´re stuck on pretty good, superglued to aluminum rod that threatens to snap if I try rearranging it... :S

I did some GS work last night, added hydraulics and such, and I think that tied it back into the more static look. I´ve also added additional hydraulic lines to the legs, coming from under the cockpit, to bring the theme home.

Have started on the baggage now, still considering gadgets and quirks...

Righto, painting time! Last night I gave the L.U.W. (Light Utility Walker) some basic Iyanden Darksun as a basecoat. This will be followed up with thin layers of progressively lighter yellows for the base construction parts. I will have only a very few metal bits, since it would not be practical to have bare metal exposed to jungle conditions.

I´ve tried to show some better angles of the hydraulics, so you can see where the hoses are connected. They will eventually be another color, possibly dark blue. Not shown here is the baggage and unit flag, which I´m painting separately.

Today I´ll be going out to try and find the right basis for my truck conversions, will probably make one first, and then do a second if it turns out good. I hope to have more progress pics tonight.

There's still something strange about it... maybe the armour plates in front?

The armour plates should look less out of place after painting. The idea is that they´ve been added by the driver, and are not part of the original design, and they´ll be painted to show this.

At least, that´s my hope...

Jungle...wouldn't this mean that the vehicle could better be green? Or are the plants yellow?

The stuff is great
im loving the sudden boost in necromunda acrosse the forum its a shame there isnt much Blood Bowl or Mordheim as i think they are great games
but your stuff is looking top doller
great stuff
ABH

Really great stuff,can't wait to see it finished!

Heheh, I thought you´d never ask, Malika.

The reason for the yellow, is that originally (fluffwise), this machine was intended for use around an army base, keeping back the jungle, clearing the surroundings and doing maintenance (with other arm attachments).

But "Odd" Ando Coles decided to refit it for use in the jungle. He took what was essentially a construction vehicle, and bolted on the heavy stubber and armor plating. So while it will get some detail work in green to hide it somewhat, I first need the yellow of construction vehicles underneath.

Hope that explains the idea I have for the machine.

@abhorsen and Grot Boss: Thanks for the kind words guys, I´m really getting inspired by some comics that I´ve started reading through again, picked up some more bits today, including the ancient "Ork Wartrakk" kit, and am now looking at putting the first of two trucks together...

Xanthos wrote:The armour plates should look less out of place after painting. The idea is that they´ve been added by the driver, and are not part of the original design, and they´ll be painted to show this.

At least, that´s my hope...

Okey, ignore my post then

I still think the point is valid, how were you to know what I had planned?

Anyways, got some more painting done last night, and will pick it up again this evening, when it gets colder... Right now it´s so warm here that I absolutely HAVE to go out.

As it stands now, I am in the process of shading and highlighting the yellows. I want to be pretty much done with that before I decide on other colours.

Okay, getting closer to the finished article with the robot now!

I´ve got first and second layers of paint on everything except the hydraulics, and have started on weathering. So far, just paint chips, and soot + oil stains on the exhausts and engine block. Oh, and some rather nice (I think) rust red armor plates on the front!

Anyways, I still need to do some more, but for those who are interested, I´m going with a process that´s quite close to what Grey Death described in his weathering article. Still need unit markings on the flag as well, and some sort of text on the ammo box. I´m also making an ammo hopper for two additional loads for the heavy stubber. It will sit underneath the gun itself, under the gun mount.

Still to come: The pilot obviously, as well as his coffee cup, the fuzzy dice, maybe a parsol or something added to the baggage.

And the base of course. Still haven´t totally decided what I´m doing there...

Pictures!

I like it. Very cool.

Thanks. After these photos were taken, I added text to the ammo hopper for the gun, retouched some of the scrapes on the hull and added repairs to the hydraulic lines in some places. (That is, I made them look as if they had been patched...)

Oh, and I started painting the pilot!

As for the base, I am torn between keeping the industrial theme of my gang, or going with a forest/tech mix...

Gaming is getting closer, only nine days till I go home for the summer! So expect more fluff and gaming preparations shortly.

Right, not too much progress these last few days, the weather has been too good! Even so, the weatherman has promised me rain tomorrow, so painting should be back on then.

In absence of painting, I´ve been rewriting the vehicle rules in the "Ashwastes" book, which I always felt were poorly explained. So I´m redoing them, and hope that it will be easier to follow.

Oh, and I´m designing special ammo rules for boltguns also. Really wish there was a place on Dakka for things like this.

Good times.

Okay, some more progress here, was going to do mud and grime last night, but my bestial brown had dried up! :(

I ended up starting on his base instead, decided on a bit of street since I felt like doing some GS work..

I´ve included pics of the changes that I`ve made since last time, the text on the ammo hopper, the repairs to the hydraulics lines, and such things. Also, it´s amazing how much you can see in these pictures, I´m catching mistakes that I can´t catch in real life.....

As you can see from the pics, the pilot is in, he´s mostly done but the tatoo on his right arm still needs a little work.

The base will be grimed up appropriately of course.

Looking good

Looks really good Xan.

I haven't gotten that much done, 'cause my father has so many plans about what I should do, so....

I did get myself into a little trouble painting wise. I was spraying my gang their base color, White, and when they had dried, three of them were almost ruined. The paint for some reason had dried in such a way that almost all the details were gone. I think I might have held it to close to the models.

I am in need of a good way to get rid of the spray paint, so that I can redo it. Does anyone know something really good to remove the paint???

The paint I was using is "Base Primer Matt White" from "The Army Painter"

Ask mom, she'll know how to get rid of the paint without damaging the plastic/metal. She might even have what you need. ^^

Heheh, you might be right Gerbrith.

Oven cleaner didn´t do the trick then Defcon? Hmm, must experiment when I get home...

Leaving Copenhagen tomorrow morning, going home for the summer so I´ll be out of reach at least until monday, but after that gaming will be happening, yay!

Oh, managed to get some painting time in even though it´s hotter than Beelzebubs ceramic oven in Copenhagen at the moment, and no aircon in my dorm.... :S

nail polish remover

You sure have made some awsome stuff! I can't wait to see some more

Have a nice summer time... yeah, Denmark is hot as hellfire right now... must be the global warming

I have to ask: What is the temperature in DM right now? The reason I ask is because I'm in Las Vegas and our high today is supposed to be 108 degrees fahrenheit. And that's with overcast skies.

@Nemesister: Hey, thanks a lot, will be getting more done over the summer I hope.

@Peredyne: Weeeeerrll, compared to that it´s almost chilly here, only 85 fahrenheit or so, but it´s way too hot for me, I´ve been living in the Faroe Islands for quite some years, and it wouldn´t go above 65 degrees fahrenheit most years.... with averages of about 55-60 in the summer...

So this is WAY too warm for me, not sure if I´d make it aout of the Airport in Vegas, much less across a street....

Do your paints dry if you open the bottles at all?