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It takes a 100 grots to change a light bulb..
one to throw a spanner at it,
and the other 99 to find a new one

(Well I thought it was funny )

Just checked your base again. Just a suggestion but stick it to a CD. Mine is on a CD and is very stable. In game terms I don't now, but for display purposes it's ok.

Vik, I know you love airships, not sure if you've seen this blog yet here on dakkadakka.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/545074.page
It's 1/1200 scale, but the work he's doing is amazing.

hk1x1 wrote:It takes a 100 grots to change a light bulb..
one to throw a spanner at it,
and the other 99 to find a new one

(Well I thought it was funny )

and it is...

Camkierhi wrote:Just checked your base again. Just a suggestion but stick it to a CD. Mine is on a CD and is very stable. In game terms I don't now, but for display purposes it's ok.

ah... good idea!... bigger feet helps to steady the bird even better!!!

Theophony wrote:Vik, I know you love airships, not sure if you've seen this blog yet here on dakkadakka.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/545074.page
It's 1/1200 scale, but the work he's doing is amazing.

oh yeah... octavus work looks always very good!


achem....

for the competition of inmygravenimage...
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/3420/300224.page#5909962

i have to enter a repurposed model...

my choice for entry is this 60mm tall "ronin mech"...

sprue looks like this:


built according to the instruction it would look like this...


but after i had a bit of time to play and saw and hack and glue and what not with that kit... it now looks like this...



it is some kind of mega noob or rather a mego grot...

hope you like^^

Are th round bits on his chest armor discs, or suction cups? If the first you should add him to your grot army as Grotimus Prime, if the second then grotipuss prime, but I think he needs some tentacles/ wires hanging out.

lol.... it is supposed to look like riveted scale armor...i guess the WIP shot could be a bit misleading^^

Add in a few rough-cut plates of metal (or some other ork-y looking things) and I can see that working.

Like the little head peeping out.

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
lol.... it is supposed to look like riveted scale armor...i guess the WIP shot could be a bit misleading^^

It looks good to me Vik, just was wondering since we've seen some cool suction cups lately from nerdfest

 dsteingass wrote:
No excuses..get to the G.O.A.T. comrade!

Alright thats it.. here is 10$ I do what i want.

You can always use sinker weights from fishing tackle for weight. I like to try and use heavy regular everyday stuff for weights. A battery, coated in primer and repainted works rather well, And through some rivets around the rims and presto you've got a barrel.

hey KC... what about the acid inside the battery? i agree a battery could look very good due to the shape ... lots of details and such... but i would be very hesitant to use hazardous materials... have you had already tried that? any still active models you could show? it be an educational value for all of us!

It looks good to me Vik, just was wondering since we've seen some cool suction cups lately from nerdfest

from where i am standing atm i can´t see any suction cups in my nearer future... or the farer future either... i have toyed with the chaos from time to time but i never got around to even start something remotly naughtly as them... tho i do apreciate the odd (of course odd after all it´s chaos) slaanesh model

at doc H... well i don´t know where to put these... any ideas?...also... since the grot fighter had a (acording to storag) jetson´s feel to them i wanted to keep the new model in a bit of a futuristc feel too... so a bit of gundam style should still be seen?

also... since the grot fighter had a (acording to storag) jetson´s feel to them i wanted to keep the new model in a bit of a futuristc feel too... so a bit of gundam style should still be seen?

Oh, I see. Makes sense for that then.

It was just looking a little too clean and curvy for an ork thing to me, the legs in particular and I like what you did for the upper body.
As it's for Graven's competition I would say it doesn't look naturally Ork-y enough though... yet...

However I'm not much of an Ork tech' expert to help. If I was doing it I would look at Killa Kans and Deff Dreds to see what extra stuff is added to the frame to give it an ork feel. Rough metal plates were just my first thought, maybe some pistons or something (obviously rivets)...

i agree with you... tho it is not really a killa kan but more a sort of meganob or rather a megagrot...i have another one of these ronin mechs... i think later on this then gets the more orky treatment...
by the way... did you recognize the "soupplate" helemt on the mechs head?

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
hey KC... what about the acid inside the battery? i agree a battery could look very good due to the shape ... lots of details and such... but i would be very hesitant to use hazardous materials... have you had already tried that? any still active models you could show? it be an educational value for all of us!

It looks good to me Vik, just was wondering since we've seen some cool suction cups lately from nerdfest

from where i am standing atm i can´t see any suction cups in my nearer future... or the farer future either... i have toyed with the chaos from time to time but i never got around to even start something remotly naughtly as them... tho i do apreciate the odd (of course odd after all it´s chaos) slaanesh model

at doc H... well i don´t know where to put these... any ideas?...also... since the grot fighter had a (acording to storag) jetson´s feel to them i wanted to keep the new model in a bit of a futuristc feel too... so a bit of gundam style should still be seen?

Thats why I said to coat it with primer or even a clear coat before sticking it onto the model and then paint it. That way it wont rust. I have a couple that Ive used inside models, and theyve been in there for years with no problems. The only problem is I cant really show you pics of the actual battery, because in the 2 vehicles Ive tried it on, the batteries were put inside. But Ive yet to have any mysterious liquid puddles under the models

But as I said, you can easily goto any store that sells fishing gear and buy some lead weights. Those are cheap as chips. and plenty heavy. You can even melt them down in a tuna fish can and pour the lead into a mold you can make for better compartmentalization on the model. Just remember to do that in a well ventilated area. Unless you want your brain to turn to mush



Jeez....acid, lead vapours, super glue fumes, razor blades everywhere.....what the hell is wrong with us?

LOL.... yeah... what the hell is wrong with us... you know that doing the manly thing always involves a little hurt here and there

hmmm coating... yeah... that might work...

and the fishing gear... i think i also could use the odd shaped screws that somehow turn up in the screwdrawer by magic... you know these old screws you never bought?... i bet everybody knows about these right?

You have done much good work since I was here last. Flying orks are fantaztik.

thanks weety!... the green bug finaly had biten me^^

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i agree with you... tho it is not really a killa kan but more a sort of meganob or rather a megagrot...i have another one of these ronin mechs... i think later on this then gets the more orky treatment...

Fair enough. Keep at it.

by the way... did you recognize the "soupplate" helemt on the mechs head?

The short answer is "no"...
Not at least from that angle, is it from a previous model or an "ex" toy?

Sorry to hear that vik, there's no cure, except plastic, glue, and bad jokes. Speaking of which I'll teach you how to
Count to three in Ork.

One.......
More Dan one....
Three....

It's usually followed by gunshots, explosions or just a good brawl.

I think you mean, "Bitten by the squig".

Count to three in Ork.

One.......
More Dan one....
Lots....

Corrected that for you there...LOL

 Camkierhi wrote:

Count to three in Ork.

One.......
More Dan one....
Lots....

Corrected that for you there...LOL

As you can tell cam, I'm not orky enough. I have barely escaped that fate by surrendering myself to eternal labour as a servo skull

and as these have not enough teef... there are mostly just considered scrap metal by the horde


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in the good and honorable tradition of the league of extraordinary riveteers i present to you a piece of hobby kharma... courtesy of camkierhi....

today i recevieved a cool care package from him...

this showed up when opening it:



lots of cool stuff!!!!

see for yourself:

heretic and xenos (green hides) decals...
those cool orky decals will rather soon find some very good use with my upcoming projects!


some cool roda with cogteeth... i believe these are from a printer...


these pipes and those plastic washers willl come in extra handy... tho i have to ask... what are these brass thingies from?


and last but not least... see these riders? original warzone hussars...if there ever was a need to restart my scratchbuild horse from sprue scheme... this is... for sure!!!



many thanks cam!.... we all will see these bitz and bites sooner than we all think...(those cogteeth i think will rather soon reapear as i think these would be cool for some killakan details...)

cheers, vik

You are welcome.

Cool stuff, Vik. Do us proud.

Very cool gubbins indeed!


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Very cool gubbins indeed!

Very cool gubbins Vik, and nice job Cam .
Vik I think you have two of the same pic in your post though.

Cannot wait to see the epicness of what will come out of this haul.

The brass bits (missing pic) are motherboard mountings.

Nice little haul there Vik, good on ya Cam for sharing the wealth

Reminds me that I have a defunct Kodak printer in the garage waiting to be cannabilised - will no doubt prove extremely useful on my League comp entry, all those luvverly cogs and whatnot...

thanks cam for the explanation of those brass screws.... i had thought it might be something PC related...

and also... i took your tip to use a CD to heart... and that was a brilliant idea again!...

and i think it was theo that suggested doing the base to look like a big chimney? well... i totally went for that look.... now i must get me some cotton or better even steelwool...cross fingers that i´ll get this at the hardwarestore....