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Saw this and had a chuckle, especially the poster in the bottom right corner... seems you have always been famous

Clearly... An early Prophet of da Waagh.

Some good work on here and the cambulance is really cool.

Thanks 138! Yep, Cam is the best. That's the next painting project for my orks.

Don't want to get anyone's hopes up too high... but I DID pull out the Cambulance this morning for a nice, slow, detailed look so I can plan how I'm going to paint it.

The mad genius behind the details of the build is apparent upon close inspection. I am truly unworthy.

First though... I need a new lamp at my painting desk... old one burnt out & I hate painting in poor light.

Need Cambulance.


That build is amazing. You'll do it justice, for sure.

Got distracted by the fact that the lighting isn't good enough to paint by. Been playing in a local slow-grow league with my orks and have settled on a list that uses both a painboy on bike *and* Aard Boyz. I've been fielding my unit of cyber-aard boyz (built but not yet painted), but the nob I made for them has a big choppa when the unit currently calls for a PK.

So for fun this morning, I decided to allow myself to be distracted by the build of a cybernob with a PK. I had this idea for a nob that had been driven absolutely bat-sh*t insane by the amount of mechanical augmentation that he'd been subjected to. So I dug into my bits box and here's what I came up with. All he can do is scream, charge forward and rip things to shreds in a futile attempt to stop the pain.



I think there's bits from 4 or 5 different companies here. Love this build... can wait to paint this squad (first thing after the Cambulance is done).

Nice fun build there, Gits'.

Now go buy a lamp...

Very cool build Forget the lamp - build some more crazy stuff

That screaming head is awesome, where was that from?

MaxMini: Orc Tech Freaks heads

Be aware that as awesome as these look from the front, they're sculped far too deeply from back to front to fit on normal (or even nob) 40k bodies. They just look ridiculous. I think I've figured out how to use two so far. Darn shame too, they're awesome looking heads.

Now how did I not know about those

No worries on the size, when I get back to my orks 'normal' sized bodies won't be all that predominant

I found the same problem with the sombrero heads. Cool build, and I love the regular bolter arm, it justs sets off the whole shebang.

Thanks graven! Painting on the Cambulance has begun. No pics for a while though. Too much of a mish-mosh to be worth a picture.

Gits,
I'm glad to see some progress on your blog, because it gives me hope for mine!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Got distracted by the fact that the lighting isn't good enough to paint by. Been playing in a local slow-grow league with my orks and have settled on a list that uses both a painboy on bike *and* Aard Boyz. I've been fielding my unit of cyber-aard boyz (built but not yet painted), but the nob I made for them has a big choppa when the unit currently calls for a PK.

So for fun this morning, I decided to allow myself to be distracted by the build of a cybernob with a PK. I had this idea for a nob that had been driven absolutely bat-sh*t insane by the amount of mechanical augmentation that he'd been subjected to. So I dug into my bits box and here's what I came up with. All he can do is scream, charge forward and rip things to shreds in a futile attempt to stop the pain.



I think there's bits from 4 or 5 different companies here. Love this build... can wait to paint this squad (first thing after the Cambulance is done).

Maxmini head, and Kromlech treadfeet? I would love to see the parts list for this guy...he is soooooooo amazing! Great job

Looks like a Kromlech torso and a Zinge klaw.....

Thanks foto69man!


I think MT's got it...

Kromolech body & legs
MaxMini head
Zinge PK
GW arms

The base was given to me... perhaps by my secret santa (can't remember... sorry) but it's cast resin so made by yet another manufacturer. I need to get a FW bit in there somehow too. He needs a boss pole... maybe I can find a FW piece for that. Then I'd have something from just about every manufacturer!


*With luck*... I'll have a photo of the ongoing progress on the Cambulance tonight. It's NOT going to get done quickly... very complicated.

Sorry.

Love that cyber nob, going to have to have a go at these kinda guys sometime.

No apologies necessary Cam. It's a fabulous model and so well constructed by you that I can take it apart and build it piece by piece. It just takes a considerable amount of thought.


So... here you go. The last missing item on the nob, brought to you by Forge World.... (think these plates are pretty old too).

To recap:
Kromolech body & legs
MaxMini head
Zinge PK
GW arms
FW boss pole bits

Fantastic build gitz!! I wanna paint one! they look like so much fun!! PS FINALLY your prize is in da mail. Thanks for your patience good sir!!

Some very early WIP painting shots for you of the Cambulance. Just something to show I've been busy.

Main tread:


Interior:


Roof:


Cambulance:

Nice work Gits'. Like the blood.

Very nice, love the gits patented checks I also love how everyone else is P&M'ing crazily about Adepticon, and you're just smugly pottering away at a side project

I must admit I've been enjoying that myself.




It's worth noting that even the parts that are painted (aside from the roof) are far from done. Just wanted to so my progress so far.

I think the cross should be green .. orks after all.. 2 cents

I thought about that, but there's precident in my ork army for them to be influenced by their human opponents and clearly, the concept of an ambulance and the symbol of the cross have no meaning from a purely ork perspective. Thus this is a particular pain boy's interpretation of what he's seen the humies do. A green cross wouldn't make any sense as a "mimic" because humies aren't red... so clearly the cross color isn't indicative of skin color.

I think it'll come together nicely once I get the base colors down. Still a long way to go.

Love it so far.

Yep, that's looking mighty fine so far.....

I just found out that the 40k group in Madison is just giving up on trying to fix what GW has completely f'd up (i.e. it's rules and game balance). So they're allowing just about everything *including* IA units and rules. This is a major change in the local meta & while I'm sure it'll insure that I never win another game again... it also means I'll finally be able to field the figures I love as what they're supposed to be rather than a proxy of a codex unit. I got so excited that I grabbed the last two grot tanks (have 4 built and painted) and put them together as well as doctoring them up a bit to make them special. Now all that's left to do is paint them!



I took great delight in adding little extra bits to make these non-standard. I love the little skull topped antennae... every time you move the tanks they just vibrate all over the place.


So... finish painting the Cambulance, then it's on to the last two grot tanks!

They look fabulous. Always loved your grot tanks, got to have me a go at some of them soon.

Personally I think thats the way the game should be played, The rules are a guide. So great news there, at last you can let your hair down!