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Made in us
Been Around the Block





So I have a scratch built ork Battlewagon from when I started playing 15 years ago before battle wagon models were a thing. It was super outdated modeling, and the GI Joe treads I used are still great, so here's some progress on updating it. This is the original build.




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Ripped the crooked back off to update it. GI Joe treads underneath still golden.




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Here's the back deck getting built out with panelling. Much better than the tagboard. I used cosplay plastic sheeting as the base.

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Made in us
Been Around the Block






Dry fit ork truck walls in place. Have them removable, so 'ardcase will probably be stripped down to the bed panelling, with a roof over the forward compartment, or killkannon turret.

   
Made in gb
Leader of the Sept







Original looked pretty good. The new one looks awesome. Keep it up.

Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!

Terranwing - w3;d1;l1
51st Dunedinw2;d0;l0
Cadre Coronal Afterglow w1;d0;l0 
   
Made in us
Been Around the Block





Got the truck rollbars on there. Ended up with a pretty tight dry fit on the back walls, not sure if I'll even need magnets.




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The mini gun big shoota was made of toothpicks, so the ends didn't feel very gunbarrel-like. Drilled and cut some plastic and ones, feels much better.

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Made in be
Liberated Grot Land Raida






Belgium

Definite improvements here. Nice work!

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
Been Around the Block





Rokkit and mini gun magnetized. 2nd big shoota poster tacked on just for fun. Cupola shoota from when twinlinked was a thing, need to add rotation grooves. Lots more work to be done.




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Need to hinge the rear hatch, luckily jet engines still look good.




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Here's the Kanyon side. Need to magnetize the Kannon to fit Zapp gun or Lobba, might change placement to a turret on top, make this a claw/wrecking ball mount.

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Made in us
Been Around the Block







Made a jagged metal mouth grill over the original cardboard one. Used cosplay plastic. Great stuff, cuts almost as easy as foam core, but with smooth sides. Perfect for chunky ork teeth. Trying pure acrylic rivets. Acrylic paste, with a tiny bit of matte medium and water to make them circular. Have to paint them up to see how they are, but will save me hours riveting the treads.





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Front grill, and big shoota from the original build I fixed up. Had some from boyz, but liked the scratchbuilt original. Lol hopefully this whole thing doesn't look like a pile of junk when I'm finished, or at least it looks like an orky pile of junk.

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Made in ca
Stormin' Stompa






Ottawa, ON

I'm enjoying the teeth bits. Certainly adds that ramshackle orkish feeling.

Ask yourself: have you rated a gallery image today? 
   
Made in au
Screamin' Stormboy




Australia

Fantastic work so far. Can't wait to see more

Never challenge an Armenian to a game of chess. 
   
Made in be
Liberated Grot Land Raida






Belgium

I like it, nice big shoota!

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
Been Around the Block





Here's the opentopped build so far



Here's the 'Ardcase upgrade





   
Made in us
Been Around the Block





Magnetized Killa Kans. Made the gun arms stubby mounts, ala classic Killa Kans. Waiting for the codex for clan colors




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Grot Backpack converted to ammo runt. Only downside is he's almost as tall as a boy.




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the boyz




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Got a fun project to finish before a Sunday game.


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For next Sunday’s game. Fun project.

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Made in us
Been Around the Block





made some progress. Didn't like my wheel, so making it more like the trukk wheels.



And a look at maybe where I'm going

   
Made in us
Been Around the Block





Decided that build was too ambitious for a game tomorrow, so slapped some pieces on a boyz bike. Have to get back to the other later.

   
Made in us
Krazy Grot Kutta Driva





First welcome aboard. The whole model's concept is great. I love how your truck walls won't need magnets. It shows a solid design on your part. The kill kanon looks like it will really blend in it the vehicle. The overall orky feel is wonderful. I really like the grot standing inside the left tread. Little touches like that make a model. Good luck with it. I'm subscribing to it.

 
   
Made in pl
Been Around the Block





Battlewagon makes an impression. Good work
   
Made in us
Been Around the Block





@Pointer5 Thanks! Had to take the grots out temporarily, but they’ll go back in as I finish it.

@Myszopek Thanks!

Had a game with it, so primed it up and attached some close combat weapons. No turret for the points I had, and some blue tack . A fun test run. Ran it ‘Ard case style.







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Made in au
[MOD]
Making Stuff






Under the couch

That's a cool looking wagon!

 
   
Made in us
Been Around the Block





Thanks Insaniak! Love your armor conversions. Here’s the primed opentopped setup.




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Ran out of stormboy packs for my old nob. Scratchbuilt time! Found one pack bit, straws and plastruct.




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Presta valve cap for the vernier area.


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Got a great deal on Zagstruk. No slugga arm or head though. Another fun project. Here’s some greenstuff conversion and plasticard on a nob arm. Still need a bayonet.




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Fun to be had! Remaking stuff that already exists lol.




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Made in us
Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon





Hererford, leo

Love it, subbed.

 
   
Made in us
Been Around the Block





Thanks! Lots more to add.

Here's the rear hatch under construction. Always planned on having it hinged ever since I saw a Landraider years and years ago.




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A little crooked, but it's orky




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More on the way when I have time. Here's my Banner nob.




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Zagstruk still in progress too. Need to make him a hat and an eye






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Battlewagon opentopped with turret




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opentopped with rokkits and big shoota cupola (added functional looking tracks fro the guns, instead of straight into the dome)




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'Ardcase with turret




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'Ard case side view. Need to add the Grot Riggers back in the tracks.

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Made in us
Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon





Hererford, leo

Not sure why but I get strong retro vibes from this wagon, good work.

 
   
Made in us
Last Remaining Whole C'Tan






Pleasant Valley, Iowa

Very awesome project.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.

 Flinty wrote:
The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
 
   
Made in us
Been Around the Block





@stonned yeah based on Adrian Wood’s 3rd ed codex battle wagon originally, very classic. Thanks!

@ Ouze thanks!
   
Made in us
Been Around the Block





Finished up Zagstruk's hat, mighjt have to do a detail pass with more yellow greenstuff.

   
Made in us
Been Around the Block





The final hat. Got the blue tack out of the eye lol.

   
Made in us
Been Around the Block





The funniest part is I actually had two of the metal Zagstruk right arms with the sword.
   
Made in us
Been Around the Block





Amost finished my big mek on bike build. Got a fixer-uppa arm on it, a magnetized KFF, magnetized CCW arm, flippable welding mask, switchable KMB with the claw end arm, and a few more parts. Still needs the cow catcher over the front wheel, as it's pretty back heavy, and I need to make a shokk attack gun to hook on where the KFF sits, since they can't be taken at the same time.











   
Made in fi
Foolproof Falcon Pilot





Finland, Espoo

Impressive conversion work all around!
I like how you build your models in a way that they can be fielded with different configurations.

I actually just finished a Big Mek conversion using that same old Wartrakk. Interested to see what you come up with it if you get back at it.

   
Made in ca
Fixture of Dakka





Surrey, BC - Canada

jseverin,

That is a lot of conversions.

Cheers,

CB

   
 
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