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i am not that frim with orks... is a deathrolla nothing but a steam roller? then i think spikes are not needed...

i plan on getting me a bit of plastic tuibing to build something bigger that the recent builds... and yep, rubberbands for the win... you can use plasticglue and they dont react to the glue...! and well there are so many ways to get a riveted look... using pins is just but one way... we riveteers use many different methods to achieve the same look...and i wouldn´t want to call any of these easy or cheap... no way... it needs full concentration and a mind that doesn´t get bored too easily after numerous repetiions of the same action!^^

I wont presume to know a lot about rivets The pins just felt 'easy' for me. I cut all my rivet-pins while watching The Big Bang Theory. Perfect

The deffrolla is a steam roller kind of thing, yes. Lots of good hits for a cheap price... if the dice gods are with you!

ah... a good way to make rivets...^^ and that show is quite good too^^

and thanks for the info !

Good Deffrolla man, but at least a couple of spikes just to make It more menacing should go on IMHO

The deffrollla looks brutal! As Selvaggio said, a couple of spikes would'nt look wrong on it, but on the other hand the "plain" look is really cool as well! I'd propably keep it that way if I were you....

Hmmm yeah... spikes or no spikes. The idea is that it will be able to roll. If my plan works that is. With spikes it wont work for sure.

But then again; the plans are constantly changing True BIG MEK style.

hmmmm...if you really want a moving piece...than go for it... i like peeps that make "interaktive" models... if you do that i keep my lid shut on spikes^^

If You put little spikes in let's say three rows all around the perimeter It should roll anyway eheheh

hmmmm allright! I'll have a look into it. But first I'll keep building in hopes of it ever getting done at all .... ^^

Deffrolla looks good so far! Interesting method for rivets--what do you do with all those pins afterwards? Haha


As far as the spikes go, I'm confident that you could make it look good either way. And just as an idea, if you want roller to move but still have the menacing look of spikes, you could build a housing out of the normal plow that comes with the battlewagon that extends over the top of the roller with spikes on it that point out in front of it. Sorry, it's kind of hard to describe what I mean, but what I'm imagining is sort of the way the front of a snowblower looks, only with a deffrolla instead of an auger.

Awesomesauce wrote:
As far as the spikes go, I'm confident that you could make it look good either way. And just as an idea, if you want roller to move but still have the menacing look of spikes, you could build a housing out of the normal plow that comes with the battlewagon that extends over the top of the roller with spikes on it that point out in front of it. Sorry, it's kind of hard to describe what I mean, but what I'm imagining is sort of the way the front of a snowblower looks, only with a deffrolla instead of an auger.

oh ooookay. got it. errrr

Anyways! Yes I get it; I will spike it up! Don't know how yet; but if you all want spikes; then spikes it is.

I don't own the BW kit, so not sure what Awesome is talking about... but I'm sure I'll figure something out. But first a good nights sleep /byebye


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Here is a how I do my tracks Wazzoo2000.



Its not really brain surgery. But functional anyways. I'm sure you can use this for wheels as well. Hope its useful

nice idea! (and nice look too!)

i recently did mine out of coffey stirers...cut up and glued on a strip of thin styrene:

Thanks Yours look great as well. Looks perfect for a chain-choppa of some sort. (Sorry, can't see the size on your pics - so I'm guessing its a weapon)

ahhh yeah very simple but will look very good at the end, nice one m8

today i used these small tracks...:

again kool

thanks mate^^

That reminds me of Roborally

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/prod/roborally

What will you use it for?

don´t want to derail this any further... but it will be a HQ unit for my self made robot army... a cross between a medic and a techpriest...still wip tho...

and the link was nice and a bit funny^^

Tonight I got some minor updates done on the Battlewagon. Finished the extra tracks underneath and started to build up for the 'cab'. The foam is doing a stand-in for the cab atm.

I think I also finally decided against the spiked deffrolla: I don't want it to be 'sitting on top' of the tabletop. This way it looks like its for real.

interesting structure... done that way spikes wouldnt make any sense... instead they could ruin the model... the way the inner tracks look i would definatly consider to scratchbuild the outer looted ones too... a totally scratchbuilt is for my opinion always bteer than a kitbash...

how will the "cab" look like? will this look as a whole more like a


which would be a good idea in my opinion...tho that might give you some armor issues perhaps...

hahaha excellent picture Viktor!!!

My model started out as a looted wagon. The current plans for the outer tracks is to cover them with the same stuff as the inner. To make it larger and more beefy.

At this point I see what you mean... a 100% scratchbuildt model would have been nice. But if this ends up anywhere near to what I have in my head - then I'll call it 'scratchbuildt' regardless

oh... it is still a scratchbuilt even if you have some GW parts on it... the rules to name any model are not really strict i gather^^

and i think using that embossed PC as tracks will be good for the look... even if we are talking orks here... a human eye likes a bit of consistency every once in a while^^

Ok, now I got It and agree on the "no spikes"!
Great traks, I'll steal It from You in change of my moving boarding plank

This battle wagon is going to be epic Awesome work

Thanks Selvaggio and BF

It will take time tho... First I got gretchin to finish, and then there is a handfull of other mobs.

Nice work, love the defrolla!

Cheers

Great start on the wagon, now finish it!

It will take some time to finish. But I did get some time last night. Hacked, sawed, glued and generally abused some plasticard:



The deffrolla, cab, flagpole and extra armor are all detachable for easy transport.

Next step is to 'ork it up'. There will be more armor plates and I have to figure something out for the corners, so that it does not look so 'square' ...