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@ Warboss_Waaazag: Those are both great idea's, but from reading the previous comments its sounds like the Ork Tank Catapult is the favorite,
and I'd have to agree.

I love the idea of a contraption that can launch tanks across battlefields,
it's a one of those crazy inventions that only an Ork would dare to construct .

now i am thinking of that a-team stunt with that flying tank...

Insane

Well, it looks like the Tank Tossa wins out. The idea is to have it throw functional tanks, not broken ones. I'm wondering if I should design the ammo (I.e. the tank) specifically to be hurled. Your comments seem to indicate "Yes".

You need at least a tank tossa loading zone. Right next o the giant spatula that the gargantuan hops on

what about a giant slingshot and an army of grots that pull on the giant rubber band?

I'm going to build a giant pnuematic catapult with a hand for a cradle and massive spherical battlewagon for ammo.

Well, this is going to be gloriously bonkers

 Warboss_Waaazag wrote:
I'm going to build a giant pnuematic catapult with a hand for a cradle and massive spherical battlewagon for ammo.

sounds cool...and...

Little more paint, this time with gun retracted and silo up.

Lovely hazard stripes! That high-pigment yellow is the best paint they've made! Usually though you need a brighter yellow on top of it, but that looks good!

Think I may have goofed up my paint job. Tried different washes, now it looks like a rainbow on the tank. Will try later to save it. But adeptus battle grey with asurman blue wash is sweet in my opinion .

Wow, I cant believe your painting things already, that was fast

@ Theophony, looks great so far, very industrial.

I think I’ve been bitten by the comp bug... If it is still possible, I’d like to join in too.

Time and skills permitting, I’ll try to turn this:



Into something resembling this:



(I’ve had that cannon-to-be piece and a minidome camera cover lying around for a long time, just waiting for an excuse to be turned into something more useful, and the idea in this comp is too good to be passed over)

Nice concept art!

@ Littletower: Well the Competitions running until the end of October, so you've got plenty of time,
so if your still up for it, I'd be keen to see you bring that piece of concept art to life .

I wish you luck, and welcome to the competition.

@Warboss_Waaazag: Thank you
@hk1x1: Thank you, and thanks for running the comp, I’ll try to be up to it.

I couldn’t squeeze much time for the important things during the week (real life kept getting in the way); I only managed to do this:


Did get to properly start the build today, though, the cannon and top piece are beginning to take shape:







I hope to get some more work done tomorrow, updates will follow to show progress (if any!)

That looks AWESOME. Brilliant work.

Nice big Zzapper!

@Camkierhi: Thank you.
@dsteingass: Thanks. If I’m not mistaken, it was you who first mentioned the possibilities of the dry wall mesh tape, so thank you for that, too.

Short update: Added some detail (Mostly, a rear vent on the gun cover), more than a few rivets (in due respect to the competition sponsor), and primed (not because it is actually finished, but I’ve found it helps bringing the different parts together and giving a better view of how the finished piece might actually look like when finished).







To come next, the building to emplace the gun on.

I have an update on my project.

Submitted for the approval, of the League of Extraordinary Riveters, I call my project...

The Devourer Hives



Thoughts and opinions are always welcome.

Promising start.

Did you use any PVA on the toilet roll? Or just water.

Actually, Skalk Bloodaxe came up with 1001 uses for the Drywall tape, he gets the credit there

XxWeapon- very nice! I've never used that mesh for it's intended purpose before..Looks great!

 Camkierhi wrote:
Promising start.

Did you use any PVA on the toilet roll? Or just water.

Just water for now. Once it dries I'm gonna put some "SECRET INGREDIENT' on it to get it to stand up to the ravages of age and play.

And thanks DStein, it works pretty well, but you need gloves, its got kinda sharp edges.

cool work weapon prime!

and little tower.... wow... looks awesome!...did you use a bottle of superglue for that gun? clever idea!... and that half sphere looks brilliant...

and since i am atm working on a grot plane... by all means... keep these punched scraps of plastic card... very useful... if you want... go have a look at my flyer gallery...there you´ll see i used these as a means of extra armorplating!!!

I might try something that is not a domed laser gun.

@dsteingass: Credit where credit is due, thanks a lot. So far I’ve used it only for plated flooring and an attempt at a wire fence, I’ll have to either think farther outside the box here or make a better use of the search tools in the forum…
@Viktor: Thanks for your comments. Actually, the barrel is (was) the handle piece of a broken balloon hand pump, formerly used to inflate twist balloons. I thought the shape might be useful sometime, and the comp’s theme reminded me to dig it up. The gun cover was part of a mini-dome security camera (Not the one I originally posted, though, that one ended up being too small), with minor add-ons.
I’ll save the punched scraps, possibilities for plating or embankments come to mind.

ah... a ballon pump.... now that is a truly nice idea!!! i will remember that for future ideas! scale always is hard to imagine when we look at these pics...

Rightly so.

Scale shot (Quick phone pic, for size reference only!):