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Hey people. I've collected a lot of gubbins and loads of dakka over the years, and I want to put them to use on my new Ork army.
I want to scratch build some Killa Kans, but I dont have one to reference.
Are the ones in the latest Ork Codex about to scale? They have one standing next to a Dredd on page 78. If so, than a pill bottle would be a great starting point.

Any thoughts? Ideas?

How big is the pill bottle? it should be just fine, I have seen people use shotgun shells, film canisters, and everything else imaginable to make kans.

Roughly 3,5 cm diameter, 4,5 cm height I'd guess. I can measure when I'm back home.

 Kosake wrote:
Roughly 3,5 cm diameter, 4,5 cm height I'd guess. I can measure when I'm back home.

This is about right
I have a kan pack at home that I use literally as spares and parts to build other orky goodness. The body height is about 5cm. Ive seen people use:

Old style GW paint pots

camera film cans

Toilet roll tubes

Glue sticks

In reality so long as it has the right sized base you cant really go wrong for kans I say take your pill bottle and just go for it! You wont regret it, i could scratch build and convert allllll day with orks. They allow so much room for creativity without needing to bre rpecise in any manner

Cool, a film case and a cut down pill bottle will be perfect. Thanks all for your opinions

Always, killakans can be made from anything, very versatile unit to scratchbuild. Another reason green iz best!

Yes, they don't even have to have legs - I've made grot tanks that were the right size (including base size) and weapons to count-as kanz. You could also do wheeled or hovering kanz - so long as they're cool conversions and you remember to explain that they count-as kanz before each game, no one's likely to complain.

When I was scratch building my Killa Kans, I used 3/4" PVC couplers for the body. They worked really nicely until I stalled out. You can get a 10-pack for ~$2.50 at Lowe's or Home Depot. Something to consider.

The above two suggestions are great ones
Infact, almost all plumbing pieces are great for orkiness!

Never thought of combining a kan with a grot tank?! great idea, I mean I often make my BW's able to become Looted wagons and trukks for versatility, will defo think bout that Kan grot tank idea.

I take blood pressure medicine (and man, have I needed it during some 40K games!) and have an excess of pill bottles strewn about. Thats what gave me the idea, and me fellow boyz haf come thru. Yer all wurf yer teef!!