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So I had another thread, but well photoshop is being a pain, so I'm starting a new one.
Naval Force of the Iron Gobbos!

Right so here is where the navy is at as of 7.13.2020



Closeups:




Enjoy reading!

Orignial thread start:
So onto Actual Build thread,
With the new Kharadron Overlords book coming out, I decided to dust off an old project, Da Iron Gobbos, aka Goblin Sky Pirates. I decided sense I am getting half of the new Aetherwar Box set That I'll run some Endriggers but I thought as goblins flying planes fitted better, so I started a test model:





Now with green stuff and base:



And where 1 is good, 9 would be awesome right?



Comments and questions welcome!

Cool looking conversion, I'd love to see more of this. The chainblades on the wings look brutal

Are you the guy who did the brilliant inflatable squig balloon Boyz?

How is that model staying upright on the base, it looks like sorcery And excited to see this army developing!

This is a fantastic concept - can't wait to see it unfold. One into nine is a big jump!

The plane and his little gobbo driver look fantastic. Rivets and all - must take a lot of patience!

Flapjack wrote:Cool looking conversion, I'd love to see more of this. The chainblades on the wings look brutal

Thanks I'd like to say it was my idea but I saw it on a scratch build video on you tube for someone's deffkopta conversion.

Eldarain wrote:Are you the guy who did the brilliant inflatable squig balloon Boyz?

No, his stuff is amazing. But I'm not a fan of that kind of thing in my armies, like I said I love his work but its just not my cup of tea.

Viterbi wrote:How is that model staying upright on the base, it looks like sorcery And excited to see this army developing!

It is the arcane art of balancing, also I plan on adding rocks and loads of weight to bases.

tzurk wrote:This is a fantastic concept - can't wait to see it unfold. One into nine is a big jump!

The plane and his little gobbo driver look fantastic. Rivets and all - must take a lot of patience!

Rivets are well....... time consuming but well it puts me in a zen like state.


Update, 2 more birds nearing finish line, I need one more propeller and lots of green stuff work to finish the pilots:








Now the real question for my third bird what special weapon, I'm leaning drill cannon (modeled as a multi rocket launcher) or a Gatling gun.


Comments and questions welcome!

The Sky Pirates look great! You're really good with plasticards. Looking forward to more of these lovely little airplanes!

These look awesome, very characterful models.

Can only second what Pomander Cask said, your plasticard skills are great. I remember when i tried to do anything with plasticard it didn't come out to great. Think I got as advanced as bolting on armour plates to ork battlewagons.

Keep up the great work.

Great concept! Excellent execution so far too.

howie wrote:These look awesome, very characterful models.

Can only second what Pomander Cask said, your plasticard skills are great. I remember when i tried to do anything with plasticard it didn't come out to great. Think I got as advanced as bolting on armour plates to ork battlewagons.

Keep up the great work.

Thanks! I remember my first foray into plasticard..... let me say it was not good. This has taken my years to build up to this kind of stuff.

gobert wrote:Great concept! Excellent execution so far too.

Thanks!

Pomander Cask wrote:The Sky Pirates look great! You're really good with plasticards. Looking forward to more of these lovely little airplanes!

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Thanks! Next after this will be some skywardens, but built as gyrocopters.

Well the Buzzz Bommbaz Squadron is taking shape got to build the pilots and gets the final props... guns..... bases dang still long way to go.






Comments and questions welcome!

Impressive. How are you making the extra (white) propellers?

 Arakasi wrote:
Impressive. How are you making the extra (white) propellers?

IF.... I was making spare propellers they would be resin cast, and mold used sucks, the shafts break off needing re-gluing and painted at times. Also I think this army is going to need somewhere around 30 of those props.

Small update, painting has begun, and well I love using the grots from the grot box, and painting has begun:

and the squadron in the process of being finished:



Comments and questions welcome!

I love those saw blade wing tips.

A very well executed design Waaagh_Baraon, they fit really well with the 40k style and match the grots.

Looking forward to seeing how your Sky Pirates progress

Dang but that's going to be a lot of planes. I love it.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:I love those saw blade wing tips.

Thanks It gives me their "close combat attack"

Midget Gems wrote:A very well executed design Waaagh_Baraon, they fit really well with the 40k style and match the grots.

Looking forward to seeing how your Sky Pirates progress

Ah I missk but my local group is AOS so I'm trying to pipe in as much ramshackle 40k stuff into fantasy.

amazingturtles wrote:Dang but that's going to be a lot of planes. I love it.

Thanks!.... A lot of planes..... a lot of painting.....

So small update, but real life aka Work has me wiped out for the last couple of weeks. Tonight I finally had the energy and drive to do something I'm not good at staying focused at painting and got the itch to build something.

I'll give you a hint its going to be a little big....

Yes that is Six mini turrets (32mm base was used as tracing piece)


Comments and questions welcome!

I find this meme oddly appropriate.

 John Prins wrote:
I find this meme oddly appropriate.

Spoiler:

Gosh its been forever sense I watched that, I loved Tailspin and yes that is totally Appropriate.



Update, more work on the turrets:


got loads more work to do, I will probably start the guns tomorrow. I'm waiting on rivets to arrive.


Comments and questions welcome!

Oooh, they look cool, will they be arming some kind of zeppelin?

I'm not sure what they're going to be but I feel pretty certain it is going to be amazing...

gobert wrote:Oooh, they look cool, will they be arming some kind of zeppelin?

Close but not that close, its going to be something big and in the air.

amazingturtles wrote:I'm not sure what they're going to be but I feel pretty certain it is going to be amazing...

Thanks!

So small update, been working on the guns and light detailing, there is one thing missing "Rivets" the bane of my existence at times but this time I'm ordering some to see if they'll work the problem is its from over seas.
All six:




they also stack....... and well the magnets in them make them stick together so so:


Closeup on one turret:


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Another one:



You can't see it but behind that plastic panel is a magnet with a hole in it to allow for pin:



Comments and questions welcome!

The turrets look great! Something big and in the air, a flying aircraft carrier?

Oooooh what are the turrets for? LandKroozer? Grot tanks? Skyship?

Looking forward to see the hull of what these turrets are going on

Pomander Cask wrote:The turrets look great! Something big and in the air, a flying aircraft carrier?

I really need to build an Aircraft carrier one of these days so no but perhaps later

howie wrote:Oooooh what are the turrets for? LandKroozer? Grot tanks? Skyship?

Looking forward to see the hull of what these turrets are going on

I like the idea of calling it a SkyKrooza


So this is my counts as Ironclad, rules wise I am running arkanauts or grudgestock gunners in it so its going to pack lots of firepower thus the extra turrets.

(also I am super tired and started cackling like a super villain at this stage)




Now for the underside, here I can show my secret method for mounting, yes that is a hole with Metal nut glued into the super structure. when I build the base I will glue a bold there thus it screws in as a super secure mounting method, used it many times.


So finish to answer some questions yes I am only using 4 turrets, the other two no clue what to do with them yet. And yes I need to clean my hobby desk.

Also whats a good ship Name, yes I am calling this class of ship a SkyKrooza but the ship needs a Proper Name, and Bismark is not one I will use she's a larger battle ship for my orks if I ever get back to working on that monster.

Comments and questions welcome!


PS: sorry about the crummy quality of the pictures, my photo box is too small and my camera was not happy with night time lighting.

The Dunk-ork.

That looks awesome! Some serious progression right there.

The old nut and bolt solution for holding it in place is pretty genious. As a plasticard creation it must be fairly light is it?

Waaagh_Baraon wrote:
(also I am super tired and started cackling like a super villain at this stage)

Appropriate response.

Also whats a good ship Name

Some suggestions:

Da 'Ammer

Irongob

'Unta-killa

Gobbla

Da Jaw

(Warlord's name)'s Smasha


it looks so wonderful.

Excommunicatus wrote:The Dunk-ork.

I like it but sadly or happily these Gobbos have thrown off the Greenskin Oppression of Da Orks

howie wrote:That looks awesome! Some serious progression right there.

The old nut and bolt solution for holding it in place is pretty genious. As a plasticard creation it must be fairly light is it?

Yes it is light, but alos very heavy for a model I do double ply surfaces, aka glue the finshed panels on a frame. Also I am using 0.60" card for a good chunk of the build so its has a good amount of weight.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:

Waaagh_Baraon wrote:
(also I am super tired and started cackling like a super villain at this stage)

Appropriate response.

Also whats a good ship Name

Some suggestions:

Da 'Ammer

Irongob

'Unta-killa

Gobbla

Da Jaw

(Warlord's name)'s Smasha


it looks so wonderful.

Thanks, I am taking part of your Suggestion, its Name will be "Da Iron Jaw" closest to Ironclad I could see, also I figured my warlord or endrinrigger's name "Screwloose"


So its been a while, I have not really been taking a break just too lazy to post to the forum, well I'm trying to fix that today.

First part: Main Gun:




And it mounted:



And now the ship wouldn't be Proper without a Bridge & Kaptain:



Kaptain removed, for showing more detailing:




And the detailing process the longest but most satisfying part of a build:




Rivet count? Not sure somehwere around 1,400 as I am almost out of my first bag of new rivets

Comments and questions welcome!

Looks amazing, what do you use for the rivets?

 ScarletRose wrote:
Looks amazing, what do you use for the rivets?

I'm using 1mm Half Pearl nailart things, I got the idea from JohnnyHell
Check out his build log:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/513429.page

So its been a while I've had some computer difficulties, but that's in the past

Da Iron Hammr is finished, the build phase:


Some work in progress stuff:







The Big "finished" Picture:


I've also started on some Goblin version of Kharadron Overlords Thunders, they're a mix of bloodbowl goblins & bits:


My Favorite guy, he rocks the Fumeagator:





And I started a new Ship:


Comments and questions welcome!