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Vik, think of my Orky mono-tread "Topp Geah" Plenty of fun working on that

cormadepanda wrote:Life is a tad dramatic.

I am excited for this... "drop" you speak of. I hope it will be the beats of your work.

incoming^^...well not the supply drop...as the real orky one is still on it´s way to me... but my scratch build grot tank is all here...lookee down there...

MagosBiff90 wrote:Hey VIK..... all the best for the RL issues... thats a lot on the plate... truely impressive to keep churning out work of such quality!!

That half track is truely a beast to behold!!

thanks mate, on both subjects...!

Theophony wrote:Viks gone green on us, it must be an infection, everyone is going Ork/Orc crazy........must resist

the greenness always slumbered inside me... now it breaks loose full steam...er...diesel... and you wont ...resist... eventually...

Camkierhi wrote:About time, I been trying hard enough.

indeed...you have to account for a lot on that issue....

shasolenzabi wrote:Vik, think of my Orky mono-tread "Topp Geah" Plenty of fun working on that

I need an assisting pic for that one... my memory is foggy ...if at all


well here it comes... the wee lil fether...









and the backside is spoilered as it could be considered a bit on the naughty side...
the lil fether here knows everything about his driving and lets everyone know what he thinks about them thinking about his driving...as opposed to asking everybody how his driving is....



hope you like....


cheers, vik

love the living bumper sticker , great work on the tank Vik

living bumper sticker???... I don´t get it....

Now who is showing off, brilliant, love it totally.

One day soon I think I will do Grot tanks.

Love the little guy.

The living bumper sticker is the grot out the back hatch waving hello to the other saying "how's my driving?"

The living bumper sticker rules! GW used to make snotlings that were flipping the bird. They rode on the old snotling pump wagon. Good times.

Somehow it looks front heavy, like it might tip forward? But it's 'orcy' so of course it will work.

How fast did you build that? I must see it painted now. Too cool.

Very grot made looking tank

Wow! THat is so fantastically, overly-riveted in the greatest possible greenskin way!

Remember the Atari 2600 game Combat? When your tank got hit it just spun around in circles, it seems like that would be the case here Absolutely LOVE the rear-grot!

Big manly man hugs. Also, in the grot tank you have found your true calling!

Nice tank, Vik. Like the treads.

Camkierhi wrote:Now who is showing off, brilliant, love it totally.

One day soon I think I will do Grot tanks.

Love the little guy.

well....could be that I start with showing off.......I thought the lil bumper fella was needed... imperial stuff can be sufficient all in itself without the showing of lil men inside... but grots always need that personal touch...right?... wouldn´t be the same all enclosed and clean^^...
also... boy... I had to clean up my desk today... all those chips for making the weathered orky look on all the plates... sheesh... that is what takes up the most part when making orky stuff....

Theophony wrote:The living bumper sticker is the grot out the back hatch waving hello to the other saying "how's my driving?"

yeah... I think I ´ve stumbled in this on my own^^

Red Harvest wrote:The living bumper sticker rules! GW used to make snotlings that were flipping the bird. They rode on the old snotling pump wagon. Good times.

Somehow it looks front heavy, like it might tip forward? But it's 'orcy' so of course it will work.

How fast did you build that? I must see it painted now. Too cool.

how fast... two days worth of work...not real time... but hobby time... it was a VERRRY fast build for my own building history...and you´re right... the build is a bit "tipsy" and I am currently already working on something new.... I am more of a builder than a painter... I see that each time I have completed a build....

shasolenzabi wrote:Very grot made looking tank

thank you sir!

dsteingass wrote:Wow! THat is so fantastically, overly-riveted in the greatest possible greenskin way!

Remember the Atari 2600 game Combat? When your tank got hit it just spun around in circles, it seems like that would be the case here Absolutely LOVE the rear-grot!

cant tell which console of Atari I had back then... but I played back then different games... my mum was dead against anything shooty.... but I bet the lil green men inside would hoot and scream in joy when this would happen
and it might have indeed an overdose of rivets.... heresy!!!^^

inmygravenimage wrote:Big manly man hugs. Also, in the grot tank you have found your true calling!

honestly... making green hide stuff is very liberating... nothing is forbidden... everything is possible... every shape and you are free to build each new one in a totally different way... so you can develop the "wheel" each time anew....
and thanks mate!

Dr H wrote:Nice tank, Vik. Like the treads.

the treads where made with U-shaped rods cut to the needed size... then desperately hurt with my dremel and a steel brush tool....I looked like dandruff victim...


sooooo...after winning the football game against france it is fitting to give the old quote: after the game is before the game...

meaning... a new build has started...show for yourself...







sorry for the slightly blurry and upturned pics....

the track wheels were made from the intestines of cassette tapes...should look nice when painted...

the idea is to make these tracks to be used for a grot variant of the half track truck...
I think I will need to orky up the treads tho... they´re way too clean looking still...


cheers, vik

You almost have me switching to grots Vik. I was showing my brother in law your blog and I had an idea for a grot speed freak crew.

The tracks look excellent, too bad I don't have anymore cassette tapes , damn innovation.

Ha genius are they vid or music cassettes ?

Great work can't wait to see your battalion grow

That is some excellent treads. And a mighty interesting grot turret. Great work vik. I expect the rest of the drop is soon to come?

Fantastic work. Funny because I am using the inner of a vhs cassette also. This is going to be awesome.

As toclean tracks, well yes, but a careful addition of some rivets and very careful addition of my patented dribble of superglue and sprinkle with bicarbonate of soda, adds rusty corrosion. Ten miutes and you are golden, well actually rust, but you know what I mean.

Not that you need advise from me on modelling, these last few are looking truly amazing. For a second I thought you had bought in that grot tank, then closer look and WOW fantastic.

Showing us again, why we consider you the master. (Not just cus your OLD!!)

Stop calling Vik old... I'm older than him and that just means I'm ancient .

Ah but Theo you are timeless!

Vik is actually younger than most of us, he just "feels" older!!

He feels old because of all the wisdom he has , usually takes ages for someone to be that wise.

Exactly.


He obviously got my and your share!!

I did trade mine in for an extra helping of sarcasm, guess who got the better part of that deal......ME

You fellas don't know my sarcastic side yet... Usually I am a grumpy person...and wisdom...I bet I wouldn't even recognize some if it would bite me in me bum...

Also even tho I am already finished with one halftrack build I am currently stuck with how to build furthermore as I want this one to have an open space on the back compartment...if that is understandable?

Yes, many halftracks were open in the back compartment

well....time for a little show off, eh?

the half track construction today went a bit further one could say...











and LDD, its music cassette tapes... I wish I still had some video tapes around... there is good plastic and details on them for sure

and cam...I thought for the tracks if this is an orky one...then some snips and odd ends to add to make them less smooth looking...adding a bit of profile...

also...for this build...it kinda developed itself on its own... now I am not too sure if this should be too an imp one...your thoughts?

cheers, vik

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

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the track wheels were made from the intestines of cassette tapes...should look nice when painted...

the idea is to make these tracks to be used for a grot variant of the half track truck...
I think I will need to orky up the treads tho... they´re way too clean looking still...


cheers, vik

Send a few cassette wheels to Cam so he can make molds and cast them. They are quite fitting for the piece too. Nice idea. Too bad cassettes are obsolete. (Well, not too too bad, given the sound quality.)

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
You fellas don't know my sarcastic side yet... Usually I am a grumpy person...and wisdom...I bet I wouldn't even recognize some if it would bite me in me bum...

Also even tho I am already finished with one halftrack build I am currently stuck with how to build furthermore as I want this one to have an open space on the back compartment...if that is understandable?

Which 'grumpy'?
mürrisch
grantig
brummig
knurrig
muffig
griesgrämig
muffelig
reizbar

Wow, Germans have a lot of words for grumpy. Or so says Mr Google.

I suspect an image search for 'open topped tracked vehicle' will yield plenty of inspiration for the next steps. Or try 'arctic tracked vehicle'. There are some interesting things there that could easily become open topped.

And stop working so fast, junger Mann. You guys are going to give me a stroke or something trying to keep up.

Well at this moment it looks amazing, and Imperial. I am sure by the time you have done, it will be grot through and through.

Great work.

that is a rather interesting idea... casting old world tech to be used for the hobby....

and well...I would settle for a mix of these:

mürrisch, grantig, griesgrämig and reizbar...

quite often I am a black and white person... people I don´t like know that I don´t like them quite clear...and people I like I am very loyal towards... but I tend to be not able to change my mind about people that have gotten on the bad side of my book (similar to the one of santa... one for the naughty ones and one for the good ones)

german is all in all a language with many words for a similar meaning...for me English helps my own efforts with a less colourful vocabulary (mind you, standard English only... when you get down to slang and so on you are out of everyones depth )

that artic tracked vehicle idea is something I indeed have been bottling up too... there is a phenotype that is curiosly not represented that way in the 40k universe???! weird... but about to be changed^^



at cam...so you think I should devote this truck for the green tide...challenge accepted^^

New vehicle looking excellent vik. I also would love a half track with skis. I have the old GIJoe snowcat somewhere in the basement which was that exactly.

As for the whole trusting and judging people thing, I think we're are very similar in that regard. I trust people initially, but as soon as they earn my wrath.....well then they are . Others who are on my good side, especially longtime friends I will do almost anything for.

better put in words than my rant... I am totally with you Theo!

skies... well that is not what I meant... but indeed the IOM seems not to think about snow in that regard....

Now that is a cool halftrack idea Vik, also allows for canvas for wet weather!

I was thinking the M-3 Half-Track