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 Viktor von Domm wrote:
well... actually yes... and even more so as i ordered by bits and kits some orky and grot related stuff as we speak...

but it wont be here in time... so for this one...npe i think...tho it would be the good choice... but also... it would destroy my glyph... and some other features... beside... the pilots wouldn´t know where to steer to...er...


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at sel... well i have ordered the bomma exhausts... and i think i have some more already here?... have to take a look....

They don't care where they steer there Grots they just wait till they hear BOOM

well the only tricky thing is finding open hands for both arms... the other stuff would be doable without thought...


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would zombie hands on grot arms look too much out of place?

They probably would be too big for them, but a grot that could palm a basketball would be a pro ball player


Spud mckenzie.

Or grot size comparison versus the night of a space marine.

well actually you can covert grots with catachan or cadian hands... it is almost not noticable...

Fantastic looking plane Vik! Love the rivet-art and pilots' spat!

Oh Vik, as much as I like rivet-punk this time you really talking my language!

Suppa glida! ME LIKE IT! My grots would surely approve! It looks like they've looted it straight from the Jetsons

If your plane wasn't spiraling towards the ground I'd say make the flight stand with two wires attached to the wings as contrails. Paint the wires white, and attach some cotton ball fluff on them and bobs your second cousin.

dsteingass wrote:Fantastic looking plane Vik! Love the rivet-art and pilots' spat!

thanks mate!... i still have to master the art of weathering armor plates ...but i am getting there^^

storag wrote:Oh Vik, as much as I like rivet-punk this time you really talking my language!

Suppa glida! ME LIKE IT! My grots would surely approve! It looks like they've looted it straight from the Jetsons

lol... yes... i see where you are coming from with the jetsons... lol...i still have to figure out how i cope with that round sphere in the middle... should i cover it in metalplates or leave it as is?

Theophony wrote:If your plane wasn't spiraling towards the ground I'd say make the flight stand with two wires attached to the wings as contrails. Paint the wires white, and attach some cotton ball fluff on them and bobs your second cousin.

nice idea... hmm... it will atm be modeled to look like it is taking a fast turn... so those contrails could be a good way to show the speed...and spin even...

upsy daisy!!! update time...


well today i´ve worked on the underside of the plane... i took your comments to heart and searched for more exhausts...also... i made some rocket launchers of different sizes... they still look imperial... tho i am fine with that... i think i have to inch into the grot theme one mm a time^^
also...i took the ...drive me closer theme to a new level... but see for yourself...

underside...



and rocket launchers... two of three different sizes...


i realize those pics are rather crappy^^

"drive me closer to your doom!"



cheers, vik

grot bombs for the win .

Looks like enough firepower for a minute or two, but the exhaust needs to be bigger.

Those are some nifty little hardpoints for the missiles Vik! HAHA Crazy Grot rider

thanks mates... by the way... i have planned to mount the bomb rider upside down... good idea or not?

and that bomb will be detailed soon ...!

Upside down is the way to go. Be hilarious if one was falling out.

My brain has been thinking about the flyer...

But first, good progress. The hard points are really nice.

Like the grot bomb/missile, but it could maybe do with a control stick of some kind though...

VENTS! Is what I came to say though. The area between the prop' and the wings, if there isn't going to be much engine sticking out there, there could/should be many vents. That will give it a nice fighter plane feel to it.

Also, those little rockets, are they 40k rockets or real world rockets? They're very WWII-like. Not a criticism, just curious.

 Dr H wrote:
My brain has been thinking about the flyer...

But first, good progress. The hard points are really nice.

Like the grot bomb/missile, but it could maybe do with a control stick of some kind though...

VENTS! Is what I came to say though. The area between the prop' and the wings, if there isn't going to be much engine sticking out there, there could/should be many vents. That will give it a nice fighter plane feel to it.

Also, those little rockets, are they 40k rockets or real world rockets? They're very WWII-like. Not a criticism, just curious.

second this. their GW stuff.


Upsdie down if you can falling grot.

Theophony wrote:Upside down is the way to go. Be hilarious if one was falling out.

yep... as hilarious as i can do^^...

Dr H wrote:My brain has been thinking about the flyer...

But first, good progress. The hard points are really nice.

Like the grot bomb/missile, but it could maybe do with a control stick of some kind though...

VENTS! Is what I came to say though. The area between the prop' and the wings, if there isn't going to be much engine sticking out there, there could/should be many vents. That will give it a nice fighter plane feel to it.

Also, those little rockets, are they 40k rockets or real world rockets? They're very WWII-like. Not a criticism, just curious.

those rockets are from GW stuff... the two bigger once tho i have no clue... but the six rockets are from the HW team sprue...
as for the vents... i too have thought about adding some...either i scratch build them or i could use SM backpack vents cut off...?
and hopefully i can do some "nose art " on those weapon of miss-destruction so that they wont look too WWII like

cormadepanda wrote:

 Dr H wrote:
My brain has been thinking about the flyer...

But first, good progress. The hard points are really nice.

Like the grot bomb/missile, but it could maybe do with a control stick of some kind though...

VENTS! Is what I came to say though. The area between the prop' and the wings, if there isn't going to be much engine sticking out there, there could/should be many vents. That will give it a nice fighter plane feel to it.

Also, those little rockets, are they 40k rockets or real world rockets? They're very WWII-like. Not a criticism, just curious.

second this. their GW stuff.


Upsdie down if you can falling grot.

a falling grot... i have plans for that... me=cunning git^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

those rockets are from GW stuff... the two bigger once tho i have no clue... but the six rockets are from the HW team sprue...
as for the vents... i too have thought about adding some...either i scratch build them or i could use SM backpack vents cut off...?
and hopefully i can do some "nose art " on those weapon of miss-destruction so that they wont look too WWII like

I've seen the bigger missiles on the IG walkers, but the little ones look familiar to some I'm sure I've stuck on a plane in my past, that's the only reason they look like that to me.

I think the backpack vents would be too small really. You want more shark's gill-like effect and big ones, Ork love big ones...

Also, you have quite a sizeable tail on the plane itself. Would be good for some tail-art...

tail-art

er... right....

bigger vents... how would these look like then?

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

tail-art

er... right....

bigger vents... how would these look like then?

Kind of like shark's gills...
I've actually failed to find any pictures of planes with them, but I have found cars...

They can be as simple of as complex as you like;
Just a slit/hole in the fuselage or sculpted (made from card or actually sculpted from putty/clay).
They can dip into the body (tricky), or they can stick out from the body.

You want them facing backwards, to let hot air out. Not as bonnet scoops...

hmmm.... interesting... i think i need to find a spot where to add these...

the slit design is rather easy methinks...
the first one tho looks good but needs the most work...

i need to speed this up a bit... my holidays are almost over... and i doubt i am that often gifted with hobby work when schoollife finally tortures me again...

i already know of two papers i have to do...

Yeah, that's the balancing act you have to do, detail Vs. work/time.

Not to overload you with ideas but as an alternative, you could do the exhausts like that on a Hurricane or Spitfire, but then you have other exhausts anyway, and they could also be tricky...

these were my original idea as well... but they would be placed behind the wings... is that feasible ?

About the hemisphere belly part; I'd add a few patches like everywhere else but so the won't hide the initial shape. This jetsons style is more hilarious and grotish than any amount of bombs you can stick to it.
The bomb piloting git seems nice but I'm not sure. He looks to big for that plane. I need a group shot

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
these were my original idea as well... but they would be placed behind the wings... is that feasible ?

Sure, why not, this is Ork tech' after all. You can get away with anything really...

 Dr H wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
these were my original idea as well... but they would be placed behind the wings... is that feasible ?

Sure, why not, this is Ork tech' after all. You can get away with anything really...

This is the 100% trurth. Ork tech works because they think it will. Logic should be put aside and the rule of cool should be amplified.

 cormadepanda wrote:
This is the 100% trurth. Ork tech works because they think it will. Logic should be put aside and the rule of cool should be amplified.

That is not quite true, I believe... Orks DO have logic, though, it's, you know, Orkish logic which differ from human by A LOT. As I think, the Ork's logic is very close to a bizzare version of a childish logic, e.g. "trees make the wind blow" or, as a more specific example, "everything with wings should fly, everything with barrels should shoot".
Just my thoughts

Looking great, love everything.

I think of the orks as the ultimate in "belief conquers all". Keep your SOB and SM, they know nothing of faith. True faith is strapping yourself to a brick, and it fly's because you painted it RED. Really fly's. JUST BECAUSE IT'S RED..... now that is belief.

Logic be damned, exhausts can run out anywhere. I think behind the wing will be fine, but they should definitely be Spitfire-esk.

Thats looking cool vik very orky

only suggestion is to mover those exhausts onto the side and maybe as has been said, a bit larger ...

also needs more dakka!

storag wrote:About the hemisphere belly part; I'd add a few patches like everywhere else but so the won't hide the initial shape. This jetsons style is more hilarious and grotish than any amount of bombs you can stick to it.
The bomb piloting git seems nice but I'm not sure. He looks to big for that plane. I need a group shot

well i tried to attempt a group shot... but it seems not all of the grots wanted to be staring in the same pic... i think it is some kind of band related quarrel... there are a bit like a rock group in that department
and yep... i totally agree... small riveted patches here and there!!!

Dr H wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
these were my original idea as well... but they would be placed behind the wings... is that feasible ?

Sure, why not, this is Ork tech' after all. You can get away with anything really...

see below... your helpful suggestions have been bearing fruits

cormadepanda wrote:

 Dr H wrote:

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
these were my original idea as well... but they would be placed behind the wings... is that feasible ?

Sure, why not, this is Ork tech' after all. You can get away with anything really...

This is the 100% trurth. Ork tech works because they think it will. Logic should be put aside and the rule of cool should be amplified.

rule of cool always is the main rule...

ishkatar wrote:

 cormadepanda wrote:
This is the 100% trurth. Ork tech works because they think it will. Logic should be put aside and the rule of cool should be amplified.

That is not quite true, I believe... Orks DO have logic, though, it's, you know, Orkish logic which differ from human by A LOT. As I think, the Ork's logic is very close to a bizzare version of a childish logic, e.g. "trees make the wind blow" or, as a more specific example, "everything with wings should fly, everything with barrels should shoot".
Just my thoughts

did i tell you i want to become a nursery nurse... i love your explanaition!!!... yup... that´s how children see the world and try to get a grip on all the stuff they don´t really understand at once... i think this is how religions were born...also... big chemical smokestacks make the clouds... but we all knew that one

Camkierhi wrote:Looking great, love everything.

I think of the orks as the ultimate in "belief conquers all". Keep your SOB and SM, they know nothing of faith. True faith is strapping yourself to a brick, and it fly's because you painted it RED. Really fly's. JUST BECAUSE IT'S RED..... now that is belief.

Logic be damned, exhausts can run out anywhere. I think behind the wing will be fine, but they should definitely be Spitfire-esk.

for the exhausts... look below... and that was a very motivational speach mister... i see you are a true green hide!

OneManNoodles wrote:Thats looking cool vik very orky

only suggestion is to mover those exhausts onto the side and maybe as has been said, a bit larger ...

also needs more dakka!

well... hopefully we do mean the same think... cuase... here goes:

hello ladies and gents...update time...

so...
*the strong points got mounted...
*more exhausts and even the shark gilled exhausts were build...
* a gunner grot got made for the bolter nest...
*stearing gear go included to the cockpit...
*the bomb got some serious detail work...
and...
it flies...meaning... i made a flight stand... it is a bit front heavy which needs to be dealt with by making a sturdy and heavy base... i have good confidence in this

so... without further addo...the pics:




the pose is supposed to be a downward turn...

grot bolt gunner

squabbling cockpit crew...

shark gilled exhausts on the sides...(both sides...needs sanding tomorrow...)

shock!...empty cockpit...!!!

groupshot of the crew outside...still whining...

propeller side details:


and da bomb...question...what makes a big bomb even more dangerous?...add teeth...





the big question is... where to put that beast??? i think i need to make a structure to hold that thing...

The teef on the bomb are fantastic Vik!

Yep, that's one dangerous bomb.

Liking the details. Very much like the ports behind the propeller, they're cool.

Those gills by the cockpit look like they were a pain to do. Will be good in the end though. Good job.