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Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

I was thinking a flamer would be a shew in for the weapons upgrade, but then I realized, the kroot would eat the fallen warriors raw. I can't imagine they would take the time to build a fire, and their bird-ish heritage is more inclined to raw foods, be they vegetable or animal. Soooooooo- I'm thinking plasma. I don't want to go with meltas because Gutsnik is looking for parts, not melted metal. He wouldn't want them to be using that kind of weapon at all, though I'm going to give the sarge metla bombs, for emergencies.

I need to get a little candle set up on my desk to work with them. Using a lighter is kind of ridiculous... a bic anyway. Any the gas fumes are not good for the anything.

   
Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Your reasoning makes sense, though I think with any of the special weapon options you're going to end up with "fried enemy". An oil lamp might work for you, and it's a little more secure than a candle.

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Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

ooo- thanks for the tip

   
Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA


Swap out the helmet for a bucket of shrooms. Pretty simple. I just wanted to get it on paper, so to speak, before I forgot. Thanks for being patient with me.



*edit*
Also- I want to thank DakkaDakka for providing this fine forum and gallery where I get to look at all the minis I've uploaded into your gallery and figure out what I want to do to them... with them... hm... what I want to make. Thanks, keep up the good work.

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Made in us
Sureshot Kroot Hunter





I really like the middle one the helmet with the big nose is cool looking.
   
Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

Thanks, that guy is for the planetary bombardment. He's also a base for the counts as tech-guard grots I'll be working on soonish.

I threw together another mock up for the grots working the bar, which will be part of Al'Rahem's platoon. They are mostly old night goblin parts, with bits of flora from a bunch of different sets.

Here's the first mock up:

   
Made in be
Liberated Grot Land Raida






Belgium

Looking good . A bucket of mushrooms would fit the bill, maybe with a small squig hidden inside?

A Squeaky Waaagh!!

Camkhieri: "And another very cool thing, my phones predictive text actually gave me chicken as an option after typing robot, how cool is that."'

Meercat: "All eyes turned to the horizon and beheld, in lonely and menacing grandeur, the silhouette of a single Grot robot chicken; a portent of evil days to come."
From 'The Plucking of Gindoo Phlem' 
   
Made in fr
Longtime Dakkanaut





Chaumont, France

Love the Master of Ordnance with his radar, so characterful!!!

Also like the last one, but... Is he trying to tickle a carnivorous plant?

My WiP -affiliated Traitors - War on Tranch : Renegades
The World Tree's offsprings - Various WIPs : Skavens, Tzeentch & Nurgle CSMs, Marine Swap
My first tutorial - Object Source Lighting
What will I achieve in 7 months? : Radio Omid is online

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Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

@Yggdrasil
He's plucking a bit of it for some grub. But he's cultivating it too, so he's not gonna rip it outta the ground, just yet.

I can definitely hear him saying "gichy gichy goo" though. lol

@CommissarKhaine
A squig small enough to fit in a bucket full of shrooms might be a bit outside my range at the moment, but I like your thinking. Maybe I'll have to figure a squig in there some other way, a bag full of squirmy snakes and squigs maybe.

   
Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

Quick update on a bit of unpolished rubbish.


Mock-ups for the Saloon Platoon, Al'Rahem's. I figure they would be the ones dealing with more of the poisonous fungi and plant life, so why note night goblins as a base. Besides, these older night goblins don't fit in with the new ones at all... (imo) There's an objective marker thing behind them and the spear will be gone... there may be one or two spears in the platoon (for probing those deep dark holes in the ground). At any rate, they'll all be carting or collecting plants and animals. I picked up a pack of lizard swarms the other day for some poisonous critters.

I will have to be sparing with the night goblin bits, though, because I want to use them for the tech-guard as well, and I've only got one box.

Sorry to say I haven't gotten anything more done on the objective markers. I've been swamped since last wed. :\ I threw two of those guys and the objective together last night before bed.

Anyhoo, I hope to have some more time to work on this stuff when I'm dead.

ps: I got a template ready for the mopeds. I just need to cut them all out and start carving away and adding bits. I'm gonna use the round fantasy shields as wheels.

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Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

I just love the look of those figures!

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

Thanks.

I think the Saloon Platoon will have the most varied look to the troops, because I'll be using night goblin, goblin wolf rider, and catachan bits. We'll see.

   
Made in gb
Fixture of Dakka





6 foot underwater

Saloon platoon looking good so far.

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heretical ramblings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/302773.page
imperial preachings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/303365.page
Da Waaagh-ky Races : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/325045.page
Briancj: You have the Mek Taint, MT, and the only thing we can do is watch in horror/amazement.

 
   
Made in be
Liberated Grot Land Raida






Belgium

Looking good! I really prefer the old night gobbos; they looked more fun then the new ones.

A Squeaky Waaagh!!

Camkhieri: "And another very cool thing, my phones predictive text actually gave me chicken as an option after typing robot, how cool is that."'

Meercat: "All eyes turned to the horizon and beheld, in lonely and menacing grandeur, the silhouette of a single Grot robot chicken; a portent of evil days to come."
From 'The Plucking of Gindoo Phlem' 
   
Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

I would agree with that, Khaine. They retain that humor the green skins used to have. Now they are all blood and murder. They had that before too, but they also had ridiculous and silly. Do you remember the Mad Boyz Mob? Craziness!

Thanks Monkeytroll. I hope to get a few more stuck together this weekend. That and paint at least the one marker that doesn't need any green stuff. I can't find my stash!

Also, I want to make a note about my modeling plans. More for my own sake, so I don't forget it. I'm going to model the Mek Shop after a gargant or two. Sort of two gargants joined at the shoulder. With two "heads" on the top of the structure, one being Gutsnik's office and the other being a control room for the siamese gargant. In the middle of the heads will be a tower for a Mega Force Field or whatever you want to call the force field for the building. At either end will be big crane arms. So, yeah... gargant(s) coming to Bigtoof. Keep yer earz to da ground!

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Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

Good News: I found my GS! and set up my hobby station again. Proppa! And the Sewer Rat markers are base coated/primed at this point. I'm really wishing I hadn't glued the ork into the pipe... marker B. I'm thinking it would have been better to not glue the head and bolter in too, but that's not as much a bother. Also, once I figure out the shadows things should be a bit easier.

Gutsnik has half a backpack now. I'm pretty happy with it at this point... tho it is clearly lacking the other half. Diced up some lootas gunz. I'll throw some pics up when I find the camera... in the mean time, sleep!

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Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

I found the camera so here are some pics of the half a backpack I managed to get on Gutsnik's back the other night. I hope you like it... let me know. Unfortunately, the Tau aerial on his bionic eye was too fiddly for the backpack, so it will be reattached later, iwth a very small pin.






There is the other half, which I plan to make a servo-arm of some sort. And there are all those wire input sockets that need to be wired. The piece on the back, with the meter, I am thinking of putting it on the side of the tank on the bottom. Easier for a grot assistant to read, more room for a large servo-harness, but this looked better for now.

What do you think Dakka?

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Made in gb
Ragin' Ork Dreadnought






Albany, Australia

Very promising!

   
Made in us
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Excellent work GG!

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

Gitsplitta's Unified Painting Theory
 
   
Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

Thanks! All the bits came from one Loota gun and a burna's gas tank. It was fun reorganizing the details. Now to figure out what to use for the servo component.

   
Made in nz
Nurgle Chosen Marine on a Palanquin






Whangarei , New Zealand

I like the Grotsnik, thats sum nice cuttin and snippin!

Sorry my Ork speak obviously needs work

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I tend to glue metal models with a combination of BSI cyanoacrylate and my tears of frustration.
 
   
Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

harhar, yeah I have trouble with the ork speak some times too. It's a mood I have to be in.

Thanks. I think he's coming along well. I cut of the ammo drum on his hip. It seemed in the way with the back pack on. Now I have room for a ton of wiring to go into his gun... he's getting a new gun, or a lot more on that one. we'll see.

   
Made in gb
Fixture of Dakka





6 foot underwater

He's coming along nicely there GG. Moving the meter part down will be pretty cool and should fill the gap nicely, but if you kept it up you could have a grot hanging off part of the servo-arm trying to read it

cyborks & flyboyz : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/300067.page
heretical ramblings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/302773.page
imperial preachings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/303365.page
Da Waaagh-ky Races : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/325045.page
Briancj: You have the Mek Taint, MT, and the only thing we can do is watch in horror/amazement.

 
   
Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

I've nixed the servo-arm for now. Looking at him it would make him quite lopsided, I think. If I could reverse the power source bits it would work... but I can't, so that's where it's at.

I'm thinking about a tool cabinet or something, maybe a scorcha tucked in there somewhere. Maybe a perch for his favorite runt to keep an eye on the worky bits of the pack. Of course there will be plenty of wires too.

I've also got some more painting done on the Sewer Rats and one kommando. I'll post some pics when I've got a bit more done (hopefully monday)


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Here's why I tossed the servo arm for Gutsnik:

I was gonna use that bit from the kopta for the base of the arm, but with his PK it's just too much on one side, I think. Maybe a thinner arm would work, but I dunno.

What do you think?


Here's a shot of some of the Moped bodies I have cut out:

I still need to cut them down to the final shape and round the edges... before I can start adding things to make them a bike. I've got the chain from the kopta propeller on two of them now, just to see how it look, and I like it so far.

And just because I was taking pics, here's one of my desk with the sewer rats and a kommando:


Anyhoo, let me know what you think of the back pack: Is a servo arm on the same side as his PK too much?

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Made in fr
Longtime Dakkanaut





Chaumont, France

Sorry Workbench, but I don't see what you're asking about... I don't see no servo arm on the mini... Is it supposed to be folded, on his left shoulder? Or is it just another part you plan on fitting?

Anyway, some clearer pics would be welcome!

But the model if really fine already, his backpack is awesome!!! (I always have problem when assembling some ramshackle backpack, so seeing some that well-executed do make me want to say AWESOME!)

My WiP -affiliated Traitors - War on Tranch : Renegades
The World Tree's offsprings - Various WIPs : Skavens, Tzeentch & Nurgle CSMs, Marine Swap
My first tutorial - Object Source Lighting
What will I achieve in 7 months? : Radio Omid is online

"Squat Hulk- in space no one knows you no longer exist." - Gitzbitah
"Now you're just being silly, everyone knows red paint tastes fasta." - monkeytroll
"Both servers are on different continents so space meteors or thermonuclear war will not be enough take out dakka hopefully." - legoburner
Please remember to tick the "Disable Voting" box, if the pics you are uploading do not deserve votes (ie. early WIP, blurry pics, batreps, ...) Thanks in advance. 
   
Made in gb
Fixture of Dakka





6 foot underwater

Think it would depend on the configuration of the servo-arm. If you used something like the tech-marine arm folded in on itself it would be OK, or maybe if it was angled across to the left it may work. Would be a bit much if it was just going straight out from the base though. Just my tuppence-ha'penny's worth
Good to see the kroot mopeds taking shape too

cyborks & flyboyz : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/300067.page
heretical ramblings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/302773.page
imperial preachings : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/303365.page
Da Waaagh-ky Races : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/325045.page
Briancj: You have the Mek Taint, MT, and the only thing we can do is watch in horror/amazement.

 
   
Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

Yeah, the servo arm would be hard to see... cause it's not there. My plan was to build it stemming from the Kopta bit on his right shoulder... that little peg sticking up. I think if it was a tiny arm it might work, but what would an ork be doing with a tiny servo arm. Besides, he already has a DDCW for a hand. So, it might turn into a comm satellite... maybe.

Thanks for the (AWESOME), Yggdrasil.

I'm pretty happy to see the Mobile Kroot finally coming underway too. I feel kinda rediculious for not figuring it out sooner. I've got ref. pics of mopeds, I just needed to shrink them down to scale and print. Oh well, live and learn.

   
Made in fr
Longtime Dakkanaut





Chaumont, France



Ok I do get it now... Well, a huge servo arm would be quite Orky, even if it appears that HUGE!! (Also, I didn't buy AoBR, so the scale of the Koptas' "arms" is quite obscure to me...)

But a satellite dish would be nice as well, it's already so nice on the grot!

Cheers,

My WiP -affiliated Traitors - War on Tranch : Renegades
The World Tree's offsprings - Various WIPs : Skavens, Tzeentch & Nurgle CSMs, Marine Swap
My first tutorial - Object Source Lighting
What will I achieve in 7 months? : Radio Omid is online

"Squat Hulk- in space no one knows you no longer exist." - Gitzbitah
"Now you're just being silly, everyone knows red paint tastes fasta." - monkeytroll
"Both servers are on different continents so space meteors or thermonuclear war will not be enough take out dakka hopefully." - legoburner
Please remember to tick the "Disable Voting" box, if the pics you are uploading do not deserve votes (ie. early WIP, blurry pics, batreps, ...) Thanks in advance. 
   
Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

Ok, I think I've got a good idea for the backpack. I'll do a satellite and an interface console for a snotling running around on Gutsnick's shoulders. Something like a small keyboard and a screen. The snotling will get a tau hat of one sort or another. I will have to redo his gun though, I want it to look more like a rail gun.

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/101-200/walk156_P-3C/images%20Mike%20Block/P-3C%20Comm%20Station.jpg
http://www.vummf.org/slideshows/pcf/pcf11.jpg
http://zorconsword.blogspot.com/2009/10/tau-objective-markers-showcase.html

I'm thinking a Tau drone for the satellite and some IG vox bits for the console. Maybe even a servo-skull-esc hookup for the tau drone, so it's hoovering over Gutsnik and his snotling helper.

Yeah, Tau drone attached with a big cable to the backpack, which will have a console for a shoulder mounted grot to work. Yeah! and I'll do a few different drones for different options, skorcha, rokkits, KFF, and what ever else I can come up with.

I found a list: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Drone#Command-link_Drones

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Made in us
Renegade Kan Killin Orks





San Francisco, CA

Not much of an update - I still can't find the camera... :(

On a more productive note, Gutsnik's pack has come a long way. I've got the beginning of a crew deck and a stand in for the tau drone. I've started on the exhaust pipes too. He's gonna get one coming out on either side... so for. Right now I've got three snotlings on his back too! One is holding on to the cord powering the drone and another two arguing about where the dot on the radar screen is... or something like that.

Also, I found a sweet references for some IG Naval buildings to stand against Bigtoof:
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=128048

   
 
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