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Im withholding judgment until it is further along. Looks promising though.

Got more done yesterday, worked on it for most of the day, actually. Its so relaxing, just kicking back and building something. Even caught up on a bit of Anime (yes, ladies and gents, I am a nerd), and rediscovered Mushishi and Kino's Journey, both of which I would recommend even to someone who isn't into anime. Kino's Journey is especially good for this, as its a very relaxed yet philosophical story.
But I digress, I wont make this into a rambling about anime, its time for 40k!




And a detail shot of the roof and hood:


The storm bolter will likely stand as a big shoota, with weapon swaps available, of course. The Whirlwind/Razorback bit will be where the "Speshul Gear" will go.
Today Im hoping to get the crane sponson done, and maybe the back panel. I have a Devilfish back hatch prepared for it, so I need only really fit it in and fill the rest of the panel with gubbins.

And more progress today!!

Firstly, I played with my airbrush, painting the Pulsa Rokkit from so many months ago:
Not much to show really, Its... Red



The Junka on the other hand has gotten a few more bitz on it, as well as the crane for the most part is done.



I dont know if I should put a big shoota/gun mount on the crane turret. I need to fit 3 on here, so i dunno where I can put em.

C&C Wanted and always appreciated!

You're models are great. Can you put up a picture of the ard boyz when they're painted, i'm doing the same thing and i'm curious to see what other peoples looked like

Many thanks moonshine!

The 'Ard Boyz outta the Black Orcs, Right?
To be honest, I had sorta forgotten them
They had seemed rather large (very close to Nobz) and I didn't know if the project was worth it. I suppose, though, it wouldn't hurt. Theyre already half-way done anyways so why not finish em?

My concept was really just to beef up some boy slugga arms with greenstuff, and use the swords and ccw's that came with the Black Orcs.
For the two-handed ones I used the 2-hand axes and such and just gave them a sidearm from the ork Runtherd sprue.

Ill be sure to post a picture of them when they're finished. Ive got a couple projects goin before that, but definitely keep an eye out here!

I agree the black ork kit is fantastic for 40k. the two handed weapons are great for making tank hammers and the head can be used all over the ork army. I thought they were too big for ard boyz aswell but if you stick a nob in the squad they don't look so big. I hope you finish them imo it would take orks a while to save up for ard armour and whilst saving up they get bigger. The rest of you're stuff is awesome btw, definatly the re-insperation i needed

Orky teck is so fun to work with, anyways great Pulsa-Rokkit

Many thanks btemple0! Ill have it painted up soon, definitely stick around!


Progress on the Junka continues!

I took away the Storm bolter on top, and instead replaced it with a Mek- essentially the "Kommanda" of the tank! I figured it would help in distancing the model from being confused for a battlewagon.
I wanted a Cybork arm on him, as what sort of Mek wouldnt have a bit of "speshul upgrades" on him?


Also, I Built a Deffrolla for it- Removable in the case that I want to take a plain old Ram instead:


Finally, Ive started work on the KFF option for it- Still needs plenty of Orky TLC:

I had a thought on this a little bit ago...

What if I took Tau Drones, and looted them, then put them on thin wire so they're "flying" around the Junka? This could stand in for the big shootas/etc.

What do you think? Would it look silly?

Could look cool. I say go for it
btw awesome stuff here. consider me subscribed!

Spikey spikey rolly rolly!! LOVE the spikey spikey rolly rolly deffrolla!!

Im not dead!

Contracted a bit of Nurgles rot, but I seem to have made most of a recovery (Id like to thank the local Painboyz for the recovery and limited dental work)

So yes! A week of Strep throat and a week of the flu really killed my hobby time, including work on the Junka. I have, however, managed to get some work done on the turret-mounted SAG. Still a WiP, and needs a great deal more worky bitz and power gubbins, but thanks to a buddy of mine, Ive got a good selection of power bitz!







Future plans on this guy are gonna have to be pushed back- Im goin to a tourney here around the end of the month, so I have 3 weeks (prolly less) to get a bunch of stuff built up- Including a completely scratchbuilt Kustom Meka Dred!
Updates soon!

You doing the "Hobbiest Event"?

SAG is looking good!

I think so. Its at the Comic shop Plus (or something, sorry) in Newark. My buddy signed me up a little bit ago (hes chaoticenforcer on here) and i kinda didnt pay it much attention until now.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/350072.page
I kinda went under the whole "AAAAAHHH!!!! BY THE EMPEROR'S GOLDEN CODPIECE I HAVE TOO MUCH WORK TO DO!!!!" recently...

My list i built (asking the TO if its an ok list to run) requires me to build an ungodly number of brand new kits, and I have none of them ><
This includes the aforementioned Meka Dread. To this point I only have the main shape of his body and a foot. yes. A foot.




I got a loooong way to go O_o

I'm trying to talk someone into going with me. If I can, I will be going to that one as well. I went last year and had a blast, though got the 2nd lowest sportsmanship score, I was trying to be friendly as well. Guess winning 2 games with dark angels doesnt help.

Yeah man i definitely hope to see ya there!
Hehe itd be pretty cool to meet up with the face behind the name! Definitely let me know!

And so Im free!
School is officially over (except exams on Monday *groan*), so now its time for a little 40k!

Work on the Meka Dread progressed slow, due much to constant school and essay writing, however I did manage to get a little bit done on it:




Hey look! Its now a foot tall.
Get it?
hehe "foot".... erm.... Ill shut up now.

Work on the Meka Dread continues!

Nothing to show for it yet, however while waiting for glue to dry, I looted a sentinel I happened to have lying around.
For the most part Im done, though battle damage and perhaps an armor plate or two more will be added. Ill need him as a Killa Kan in 2 weeks, and I need to build plenty more xD




The one question I have, is How should I "orkify" the chicken legs?

Needs armour plates/glyphs! You could probably use shoulder pads on the toes - but you might need something bigger for the legs. Maybe some more pistons?

Looted Sentinel/Killa Kan looks great so far, maybe beef up the legs a bit, as has been suggested.

Such creativity! All of your models are stunning and full of small details that really set them apart from the crowd. Looking forward to seeing the meka dread complete, it looks like a really promising build!

Cain

Arakasi wrote:Needs armour plates/glyphs! You could probably use shoulder pads on the toes - but you might need something bigger for the legs. Maybe some more pistons?

More Pistons, More Armor, definitely doable. And I never thought of using shoulder pads on the toes!
Ill have to see what I can rig up. I have a feeling the main body will look more complete when I put on a CCW arm and the Grotzooka, but the legs'll need a bit of tlc from my Meks.
Although the Meka Dread is causing a bit of a stir with my Mekboyz, so I dunno how much work Ill actually get done on this lil guy!

Boyz "R" Us wrote:Looted Sentinel/Killa Kan looks great so far, maybe beef up the legs a bit, as has been suggested.

Many thanks!!
And think, I was gonna try to make this into a Deff dread! That is, until I saw the weedy little chicken legs ><

Commander Cain wrote:Such creativity! All of your models are stunning and full of small details that really set them apart from the crowd. Looking forward to seeing the meka dread complete, it looks like a really promising build!

Cain

Thanks Cain, I really try to make my army stand out. Details have become my favorite part of 40k models, and I usually end up spending many hours on something that really is insignificant (for example, most of the detail that im putting on my Boyz).
Definitely keep an eye on here- the Meka Dread will grow!

Progress on the feet continues!
While I was studying for Stats and Geography exams tomorrow (I look forward to neither of them ><* ) I managed to put more detail on the feet. Their main structure is done, and I managed to work out a piston system for the "heel". I need to swing out back to Hobbytown to get more sizes of tubes, then Im gonna build pistons for the toes. I think I have a concept of how to build the legs too- Sorta loosely based on how the legs are on the SM Dread.
This project is nuts (easily one of my biggest scratchbuilds), but I think I might just be able to get him done for the 26th!





Well, Im back to studying- Thanks for reading!!
-RA

Coming along nicely, good luck in those exams! You are not the only one who should be studying

Great stuff as always, looking forward to seeing what comes from those feet. What kind of paint job were you thinking for it?

Looks very promising (and i wonder how everyone makes their plasticard look so amazing!), good luk on you Stats exam, it has to be by far the worst subject!

Finished my Geography exam in 45 minutes (so easy). Missed a couplea questions, but I got an essay back from the professor- one I completely BS'ed- and I couldnt believe my grade. 9.5/10

Now Im stuck here for 5 blasted hours until my stats final. Its such a waste of time ><' I shoulda brought something to work on....

@Cain: Much appreciated! (now go study!) *ahem* I mean go paint some minis! For truly that is the path to enlightenment!

@rockystop: Thanks man. I have high hopes for this beastie. No clue on paint scheme quite yet- I dont even know what the final model will look like yet xD
Ive no clue how im gonna paint any of my walkers (save for one, Gurren Lagann Kan!). I guess Ill have to see how things roll out for him.

@a small waagh: I dont know whats worse about it: the math parts or the fact that a good portion of the first half of the class was remedial math >< People raising their hands about FREAKING PIE CHARTS!!!!
I did a good deal of number crunching, and so Ive figured out I only need a 50% on the final to get a 70% on the class.... and the final is 30% of the grade
So Im pretty happy. Ill do my best, but I like having that safety net!

Are you on break next week, or did you already have it? Anyways, remember that you have to get everything at least primed for the event, so get crackin!

@WM360 Yup yup! Im on break all next week- so after tonight, Im gonna be completely free!! (for 2 weeks, at least).
And yeah, I remeber that. Its gonna kill me if I cant get my stuff ready in time.

Man I knew I shoulda brought something to work on ><;;;

So I suppose Ill put up a counter to track progress:
T-MINUS :: 11 DAYS

I have to get a few things done as well. My goal is to have even few models on the table this time then last, which was 26 total. I think I have 20 this go around.

T-MINUS :: 6 DAYS


And the pressure is on here at Asura's Workbench! With only 6 days to go before the tournament, there is still much to do!

==> Build Meka Dread (legs built)
==> 9 Deff Dreads (one partially assembled)
==> Finish building 10 Killa Kans - including Custom Grotzooka arms (supplies collected)

So as we can see- LOTS to go yet!

Progress continues at a great pace for the Meka Dread, and now it stands on its own two supa-stompy feet!


A comparison shot.




closeup of the upper legs


Detail shot of left lower leg and foot.


Detail shot of base- the best use for Tau