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Incredible work on the Gorkanaut, Cam. My favorite parts are the deffstorm mega-shoota and the red skull on the belly. Awesome great unclean one as well

Very prolific, where did you get that Great Unclean One? I have been looking for alternative Daemon models.

Gorkanaut (or is it really a Morkanaut?) looks fantastic. Love the over the top guns and ammo feeds.

Delightfully grotesque GUO there

Thanks very much.

GUO is from here...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175624815373?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=DBm97GRyRIe&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=dM7XDj7qQcm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY


They have several models I have purchased. Proxy daemon Princes and a proxy Rotigus.

Lovely gooey guo papa bless!

Nice work, Cam'.

Absolutely love the Thunderhawk and Gorkonaut builds Cam. Great work! Paint jobs are aces on both too!

Thank you guys so much.

Just a quicky update...

Been working on this....


And finishing up this....



Worked on another buggy I am just finishing up. Pics soon. I often find scale creep an issue This ^ tiny buggy is actually to scale correct, were the next one only just fits on the right sized base, but looks much more "proper" reminding me of an old Bently or something. Just expressing thoughts, do any of you struggle with scale creep?

Thank you so much for looking in.

When scratch building it is always a major issue as I try to build in scale with the minis and not what reference pieces might size up to be... I always end up bigger with my builds than GW would...

Cor. Nice Reaver. And as always, your scratch is more than up to scratch

Yup, great pieces!

Scale creep is a thing: you can either build to scale or build to realistic size relationships, but almost never both.

I have never attempted anything of your level of work, so any converting I do is based upon an existing model so that defines my scale for me.

The closest I have come to a total scratchbuild was a Hydra I did and that still used a Forgeworld turret I had lying around and the outer chassis walls of a Chimera so I didn't have to think about how big to make it.

His big shoota is almost bigger than the buggy!

I guess GW's vehicles have always been too small really.

Nice Reaver and Buggie Cam
Yeah, I have trouble with scale creep too when scratch building. I've built three stompas, and each one ended up noticeably bigger than the previous. When sculpting I have even more difficulty keeping the scale to 28mm heroic.

Reaver and buggy look great Cam!

At 28mm, scale creep is definitely a thing.
I am currently making an ork boy sized bionic arm for the Boop Beep competition and although I've only cut and glued the shoulder joint and the upper arm (not even past the elbow yet), I am already in MANZ/KillaKan territory.
I tried to sculpt two bomb squigs out of greenstuff and either one could swallow a gretchin whole.
As others have mentioned, GW vehicles aren't really to scale anyway. I decided to make a truck that would actually fit 10 troops with 25mm bases, and it's the size of a battlewagon or more.
You do you, and the rest of us will continue to marvel in awe at your fantastic creations regardless of size/scale.

Nice work, Cam'.

The relative scale of things for GW miniatures is a tricky thing.
As they are designed as gaming pieces, the figures are larger for the scale so they are visible on a table and are not too fragile.
Yet the vehicles are small for the scale, so they don't take up too much space on the table.

It's just about treading that fine line of believeability. Switch off "logic" and turn on "cool", but sprinkle on the little details that trick the mind into "yeah, it works".

Everything needs to be a little chunkier to match the figures (steps/handles/details), but empty spaces (cargo/ammo/passenger bays) are shrunk to save space in the eventual model.

Thank you all so much. I hear you. Thanks.

Just drop this guy here.




Doing some odds to try and clear my mind. Then on to another project.

He looks fantastic Cam! Sweet!

Next on the bench....



Yup it's a Thunderbolt.



Rivet line detailing on wings.

This thing is so frustrating to build. Lots of angles that need to be spot on.

Thank you all for looking in. I know I am a bit crap lately but I'm going to try and get better.

That's going to be amazing.

This is a terrific build! I feel you on the angle-cutting (my secret is to measure with a micrometer, mark it with a crayon and cut it with an axe). And by golly if I ever do something a metric crap-ton of rivets again, I'm embossing them rather than glue on discs.

Rock on, man!

Thank you guys. Very much appreciated.

Primer stage...





Thank you so much for looking in.

Quick commission. Couple pieces. really cool models, only hope i have done them justice.







Thank you for looking ion and any C&C is welcome.

Nice purples there

Love those marines Cam. Great work!

Thanks folks.

Canopy going in on thunderbolt....

That's a mighty fine build.

Thanks bud.

Here's the weird "exhaust cowling" built.



Started on next wee project...


A face only a mother could love....


Thanks for looking in.

Squiggoth is looking promising. For vehicles with scale if it looks right it is right vehicles are a ariety of sizes in the real world so they shoud be in fantasy land and I doubt Orks would build anything standardised in fact I can imagine a buggie gradually becoming a truck then a battlewagon and finally a battlefortress as the crew get more successful and survive more battles....

Plane’s a real beaut’ and I’m sure it goes without saying that I’ll be keen to see how the squiggoth turns out