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That is awesome. Though the sketch of the boss made me think of hellboy though lol

Well, I had a chaos banner that didn't have any icons on it or whatever that I was going to use for the Biker Boss. I was going to have it trailing behind him. Unfortunately, fate (or chaos) seems to have intervened, and my prospective banner has been lost (presumably to the warp).

Instead, I guess I'll aim for the more ambitious 'make yer own dang banner!' method, and melt some styrene.

In the mean time, I have been doing banner designs. I'm going to end up texturing the detail I want on the banner with styrene because I am a pretty rubbish freehand painter. The upside to plasticarding my own details on (in a fashion similar to what the Cadia banner has, for example) is that painting and washing will be real easy. The obvious downside is that I have to cut fiddly styrene that small! But, sacrifice I'm willing to make at this point. Since he's a boss, the banner can be pretty big anyway.

Here's my banner design that I'm liking right now:



The sides of the banner would correlate to the biker boss himself, so for example the bionic mek-head side would be on his right (which is his entirely cybork half) and the fleshy part would be on his left (which is his still-orky half). I'm considering replacing the fire on the robot half of the banner with lightning bolts, instead - might be a bit more appropriate, and the angular design should help differentiate the two halves of the banner better.

Anyway, my rough plan is to cut out a banner from thick-ish styrene, and then get really thin styrene and cut these 'details' out. I'll then glue them on, and once both sides are on, I'll hold the whole banner over an open flame, cross everything but my eyes, and see if I can bend it all to look like it's flowing in some sort of breeze. I tested this a little bit ago with an aquila I cut out for a different project, and some other thickish styrene, and it seemed to work okay - the styrene pops up in places where air bubbles get trapped beneath, but it's quick to melt back down.

Wow that is truly impressive. I have never seem anyone photo an entire scrath project like that. You should make it into a tutorial for people to follow.

Wow, you win a pack or Morleys. This is out of sight!

Here's the two sides of that banner, rendered in thin styrene.



Now to fashion the banner itself, and get things bending.

Very cool job on the 'TeminOrk'!

put swords out the sides of the wheels to cut off limes I think it would make it look more deadly to the other player

I'll be...

WAAAAGGGHHH!!!!

This thread has been inspiring. I don't think I've ever seen any of your modelling threads before, but I"m going to look em up right now.

CENArtDamage wrote: but I"m going to look em up right now.

Amen to that. This is such an awesome thread! I wish I could be that good!

Death Gear wrote:put swords out the sides of the wheels to cut off limes

...then, give him a Margarita maker.

...or some salt and a shot of Tequila.

Eric

Great to see some updates to this thread. The only thing I would say is that the lightning on the banner could be a bit more angular rather than having curved edges. Great work though - keep those updates coming.

it looks fantastic. great work ein. i'm looking forward to the cybork boss!

is it a chopa

Aannd here's a banner.









It'll get some more work, don't worry - I just figured I'd prop it up on there to get an idea of what it looks like. I will probably bring it a mm or so closer to the bike by shortening the pole, but that shouldn't be too big of a deal. I also need to work on the area where the banner joins the pole itself, and the edges of the banner as well.

Still, I think it's neat.

Holy mother of wow-beans, that's bloody awesome!!!

Can you do a tutorial on how to make wavy banners like that please? Like, what glue you used and what you used as a heat source, That's one of the best banners I've ever seen!!

Very nice 'completeness' to the model now that the banner is on. It looks very good. I agree that I'd love for you to do a tutorial on the wavy banner please? Or a video posted on your website if you get the inclination? Just noticed the bionic foot of the nob - cool. Where did the powerfist come from?

Inyoka: The power fist is from the GW Direct-only Ork Waaagh! Banner Nob. I hacked the banner off, and used the pole he was holding as the base for the handlebar.

Got a teeny bit more done for tonight. I added a 'patch' to his back - just an evil sunz icon from one of the old warbikes, filed super-thin to fit comfortably on his back in that relatively open space back there. I also plugged the exhaust pipe end onto the tube sticking out of his arm, and added the opposing handlebar.





I probably won't be able to do too much more for the next few days because I have an exam coming up, and right after that I am hosting a wargaming event which I need to prepare stuff for.

When I do come back to him, I will be working on both ends of the bike. Up front, the bike's getting some more detailing, riveting, and maybe some brake lines to help fill in the dead space behind the forks a bit better. In the back, I'm going to be piling stuff up around the canvas roll, including a grot hanging off the back for dear life.

Then I need to base him, and then I need to maybe cast the head up so I have a spare to tinker with. If I can get a good copy, I'm going to drill the bionic eye out and light him.

put swords come on just put tham thar it would be awsom i could just see it driving throu lines of IG

You realize the bike already towers over the normal guardsman, right?

I think he'd just run right over them, given it's size and weight.

Its coming together nicely, cant wait to see the boss on it lol didnt finish the thread Looks great

Flamin skulls I was told there would be flamin skulls

Are you willing to sell this awesome piece of art or to possibly make another warboss on bike to some specs (how i would point him up for example)? I absolutely suck at conversions of this level of detail/skill and would love to have a biker warboss added to my army/collection. If so how much would you want? Either way you are a genious and great job!
thanks
~tony~

I like how one side is ork and the other is cyork
that is cool for a scratch built model.

Death Gear wrote:put swords come on just put tham thar it would be awsom i could just see it driving throu lines of IG

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So, what does that say in English?

Death Gear wrote:put swords come on just put tham thar it would be awsom i could just see it driving throu lines of IG

MagickalMemories wrote\

So, what does that say in English?

He's right. Death Gear, it looks like you're from the U.S., so would you please be so kind and try to write better sentences. It's really no fun trying to decipher your posts.

[/ polite grammer trolling]

After a lot of consideration, I've decided I'm not going to be lighting the rider's bionic eye. It seems like a monumental amount of work for a rather minimal effect, and I run the risk of ruining a lot of sculpting work if I drill into the body and hit part of the armature. Similarly, wiring the LED up would require me to thread cables down through his body, through the seat, through a tire, and to a battery and switch in the base, all of which would tether the model together and prevent me from painting the still-removable rider and bike separately, which I think is a huge sacrifice. Also, if the LED ever burned out, I'd be pretty much screwed in terms of replacing it, because lights that you put in a mini like that are usually unretrievable. All in all, it just doesn't seem worth the trouble when I can just paint a red glow on the socket around his bionic eye, which would then be a permanent effect and not something I'd have to turn on and off.



I threw some brakes on the bike. While this may seem entirely unorky, I felt like I needed some sort of extra detail on the bike up at the front, and the hanging cables were a quick and easy way to fill that space a bit. Plus, it makes his bionic hand look a bit more integrated with the bike. I also added 'eyes' to the face that was made by the front fender and forks which will serve as square ejection ports for spent ammunition. You can sort've picture him firing the guns off and watching the shells spray up and over him to his left and right, out of these holes. I considered using the 'ejecting shells' bit from the ork boyz sprue, but it looked a bit cluttered, so I will probably just paint the interior of the eye-frame black and leave it at that.



The grot hanging on the back was also just loosely pinned on. He's a bit tiny and I don't know if I like his presence that much; I was initially thinking of more of a 'mechanic' type grot presence, to keep the bike constantly running, but there's no room on a snotling that tiny to put any sort of tools. He may get goggles - I tried sculpting a pair earlier and botched it, so I peeled 'em off.



I riveted up a couple spots, and I think I'll be piling a couple more things up behind his seat, by the base of the banner and bedroll. Since Wazdakka has stikkbombz, and I will be using this guy as a 'counts-as' Wazdakka, I will probably chain a few upright against the banner pole, and I may make a spare 'ammunition clip' for that big ol' gun he's hefting around with his left hand back there. Part of me is concerned that it looks like there's nowhere for him to actually holster that thing on the bike, but I'm probably overthinking things, as most Games Workshop models have weapons with no visible holsters. I wonder who has the free hands to actually open doors in the 40k universe.

Anyway, is this done, aside from a base? I'm not sure. I keep looking at it and I can't quite decide.

you...keep...improving!

I dont know how, but you do.

Nice work, please keep it up.

I would really like to tell you something new about your work, but you're still mostly awesome. Even awesomer (is that real word?) then before actually.

I'm really not sure how you could improve that modell. The guns look a but too smal for the amount of firepower they can put out, but I suppose it will look much better with some ammuntion hanging/flying from the slots on the side.

The grot is too small for the modell though. I can hardly see him.

great jumping bananas! that is supremely awesome! Im wanting to make the whole lower jaw of my warboss be mechanical and seeing some of the things youve dont on this one gives me idears. nicely done ein!
Also Im a big fan of ahnolds so you deserve more thumbs up lol