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The Armies of 40k => Orks => Topic started by: angel of death 007 on October 1, 2012, 09:54:42 AM
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Welcome to the Junkyard, fellow orks. It is that time for a long honored ork tradition. Previously known as the Scrapyard Build Off, it was engineered by our own mek mastermind Dropfall. Unfortuneately Dropfall has got lost in the warp and no ork has seen him since.
So in the late Dropfall's honor, we bring you the Gitz it Done Event. For all of you newbies and onlookers who weren't lucky enough to be amongst our ranks prior, it is an event in which you get to complete that hunk of gray plastic, half built, half painted, project. Either that or it is a good time to raid your recycling bin and put your thinking caps on.
The rules are simple...
1.) Pledge a project on this page. The project will need to be completed by the end of the month.
2.) Photograph or list your starting point. This will give everyone an idea of what you are pledging. If it is a NIB item which you are planning to build/ paint then there isn't a need, unless you are konverting.
3.) Work on your project, you can show work in progress pics or list what you are doing. (everyone likes to see these)
4.) Once your project is finished it MUST be posted with a picture prior to the start of the next month.
5.) Collect your teef.
Seems easy enough right, even for a horde of orks to follow. Where is the catch....
ah yes we need one of those. Since this event is to get you off your no good, bottoms and get that box, closet or room full of neglected orks finished there is a catch.
Anything you pledge and do not finish. You will be fined half the total amount of teef you could have earned.
Now since I am not quite as Mad as the Dok. Here are the two ways that one can count their project as complete.
1.) A large amount of konversions or a large scratchbuild project will be considered finished for scoring if the full konversion is done in a month
2.) Everything else pledged must be fully built and painted. No excuses you weedy gitz.
If you are too yellow to participate, then don't be green with envy when your fellow boyz start to stack their teef up. This would be a good time for all you Weedy Gitz to redeem yourselves, yes you do know who you are.
Teef will be awarded based on size of the model or unit pledged, degree of konversion done, and finished product.
So raid your closests and let the Gitz R Done Event off with a bang. Lets show 40konline just what a real ork Junkyard looks like. WAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH H.
Project Pledgers and their projects for Orktober.
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Well I completely stalled last month with just 1 biker and no looting; for which I have summarily executed the Nob in charge. So since it's Orktober, I'll use Gitz it Done to try and get myself back on track . . . and I'm going to optimistically pledge the following:
4 WarBikers (to go with the one already done)
5 WarBikers
1 converted Wazdakka
1 converted Biker nob with PK(s!)
All are built but unpainted save that the first 4 have an undercoat - just tried to take a photo and my camera battery is dead, so will charge and photo tomorrow.
All are converted to some extent, but the most converted are Waz and the Nob, both of which I'm happy with, so I hope painting does them justice.
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I'd love to take part in this, but I'm not going to put my name down just yet. I'm not being yellow, our house is having a lot of work done to it and I have no idea how much access I'll have to my painting area/stuff. Most of my Orks are currently invading a mate's house while the work is going on (he's a panzee Eldar player so they shouldn't have much trouble).
However, I did get given one of the new jets for my birthday over the summer, and it's still in the box (again, house upheaval to blame) so if it turns out that I do have time, I'll get painting :)
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Well... Since I have a tourney coming up... I might as well pledge the stuff I plan to have done by November 4th... Here it is... Pics incoming...
Finish 1 grot missle/Kannon
Finish sponsons on Battle wagon
Add Kannon to Battle wagon
Complete Flakk gunz on Big Trakk
Paint Dakka Jet
Adam
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Ok everyone remember that in this event the only competition is your own abilities and Father Time. That said I do not advice crazy hard projekts *looks back at my own contributions to past Scrapyard and Junkyard events*... err, don't take me as an example on that.
I've actually wracked my brain all day for which of my unfinished projects to take to this Junkyard, and there still isn't a definitive answer for me, nothing really sticking out and saying "this is the one I gotta do", unlike the last couple with my crazy Kan and Dread projekts. So take this as a placeholder of sorts, I know I'm gonna play my part in this event, just don't know what I'm gonna bring to the table so to speak (which is bad as I usually only finish these events right up at the deadline, again don't take me as an example on what to do with these events!).
Peace
~OD
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Ok, this is a first stage/starting point pic - all I did last night was to do the metal effect on the front 5; I usually do vehicles by painting all metal and then build everything up from there.
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I recently came into possession of an O&G army, so I'll be tearing up all my boys and retooling them with fantasy bits.
There's no way I'll be painting 100 boys by the end of the month though, especially since I need my desk clear for studying as much as possible. In order to have something painted to show, I'll also be properly looting the Russ that's been grating at me for not making looted September. To the same end, there's the beginnings of a nob biker gang that wants to show off for unit of the month.
So all up that's
100 mix-n-match boys
3 nob bikers
1 boomwagon
The bikers and wagon will be painted for sure, and so will the boys.
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Dralith I ask that you choose your words carefully. I know that it is possible to complete a huge project such as the 100 boyz you list, but it is something that is NOT easy. Yes I read your post in full and I know that you don't plan on doing the painting of all those boyz, but this thread is really for everything to be at the 'finished' state, as in built and painted. More over is that...
Anything you pledge and do not finish. You will be fined half the total amount of teef you could have earned.
I'm not saying "don't do it", just make sure to budget your time well, as this thread is all about getting to that finished work. I do tip my hat to you Dralith and wish you the best of luck. The only other person that comes to my mind with project ideas more insane than mine was Athaga and I haven't seen him around for a good while.
In a related note, just a general question I'm putting out there, if I was to say build a convert two of those Dakka Jets out of 40-60% of the standard kit would I have to base them? I ask has its the first idea I've had that sounds good for my own contribution to the thread (as well as the first unfinished project box I pulled out), but am at a lack of ideas on how I'd base them (don't have the flying stand and I'm not paying 10 bucks each for one, of course if anyone has any ideas I'm open to suggestion, after all that's why that project got shelved in the first place.)
Peace
~OD
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OK, I am in, I have a "few" projects that need getting done, and had to decide.
So I am going to finish off 90 boys, and my newest warboss with big choppa.
The warboss is already about 75% done so that will be fairly easy. (edit: Done)
Three squads of 30 boys each with a nob that has a PK and BP, These will take a bit more as they are assembled and primed but just in the box waiting. (edit: Done) LINK (http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=223982.msg2707161#msg2707161)
I am also throwin in 30 grots with three herders. They too are assembled and primed, just waiting for me to find a "round tooit" laying around. (edit: Done) LINK (http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=223982.msg2708886#msg2708886)
Then I am also adding in 35 cultists that will be Diggas and an ork boss that will count as a chaos lord. (edit: Done) LINK (http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=223982.msg2707876#msg2707876)
I know, I know, that most of you are shocked that a dedicated speed freak such as myself would undertake such a project. A while back I was challenged by one of my local nid players to out hoard him, so I put together as many orks as I could find and fielded them against him. I had 206 models on the table vs his 168 models in a 2k game, I even used Ghaz and ten nobs just to use up the points. So now I have a lot of boys that need painting, I did use up some by making four drive by squads during our shoota boy month, but now I guess I must get on it and get them all painted.
I will of course post pictures once I get started on them.
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Nice, time to gets it done. I need to convert some lootas for my deffskulls, Unfortunately I already started and have 1 conversion (I plan on converting 10).
So, I guess I pledge 9 lootas and a converted (just a couple o armor plates) aegis.
I already have 14 lootas, but the models are sooo bland for a unit that steals anything. So, I'm planning on having at least one bit from another army for each loota.
so heres the start, the other 9 are just boyz currently.
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I also wanna convert some kannon big guns, but I wont make that ambitious pledge just yet lol.
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I bought a flying stand on ebay for about 4 bucks... You just have to watch for a bit...
Adam
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Dralith I ask that you choose your words carefully. I know that it is possible to complete a huge project such as the 100 boyz you list, but it is something that is NOT easy. Yes I read your post in full and I know that you don't plan on doing the painting of all those boyz, but this thread is really for everything to be at the 'finished' state, as in built and painted. More over is that...
Anything you pledge and do not finish. You will be fined half the total amount of teef you could have earned.
I'm not saying "don't do it", just make sure to budget your time well, as this thread is all about getting to that finished work. I do tip my hat to you Dralith and wish you the best of luck. The only other person that comes to my mind with project ideas more insane than mine was Athaga and I haven't seen him around for a good while.
~OD
After careful consideration, I have decided to heed your advice as an ork would. Pledge edited accordingly.
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@Dralith - you're nuts, but in a good way :) looking forward to seeing how your project goes. And if you do pull it off, I think you should get bonus Madboy teef for Most Insane Project ;)
@Respekt - that Ork is tooled up! Great looking Loota, can't wait to see the others.
@Baron Wastelands - always enjoy looking at your stuff, interesting that you start with the metal effect, I do it the other way around. Will be good to see how it is done.
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Ok...tossing my hat in the ring: I pledge the following:
1. Zzap gun battery: 3 guns with crew & runtherd - oop lifta guns x3, nib grots and runtherd
2. truck/trak vehicle: based on WWII halftrack - optional flakfun/rokkit launchas
3. junka (IA8): based on WWII tracked field gun - optional KFF mount
4. 5 nobz: NIB
5. 4 nobz: converted from bits and other companies line of orks
6. Terrain: Da Drops - converted/scratch built dangerous terrain
Sounds like a lot. I think I can do it. Any comments appreciated.
...now...where's me xacto?...
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I pledge:
Konvert and paint 5 rokkit buggies (from old AOBR koptas)
paint 3 Kanz
paint 1 warboss
Paint 1 deff dread
Paint 4 lootas
build 1 orky building, a watchtower type of thing probably, but the end product might be different. if I don't paint the building, it still counts as finished, right?
1 wagon
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Oh man I def a Yoof this month. Due to work and family commitments this month I cannot pledge a single thing. My 1st unit of burnas are done, my Dakka Wing Fighta is done, my Burna is almost done (basing) and my 1st unit of bikers are done. If it changes in the next couple of weeks I will def try and get involved, (as I wish to) 8)
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Well then, a running start on the list pledged
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Here you see the boss is 90% done, just some baseing and little more touch up
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Here you see the first squad is done, the seven on the right are a little darker as they were semi started and laying around in the bitz box for a long time, I just got them painted to match all the others. The ink is still wet in this picture as I had to go to work.
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Here I tried to do a close up so you can see I did teef as well as the eyes, (and holsters, and armbands, etc)
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That squad with boss mixed in took just over nine hours of painting. Next week I have three days off, so I should be able to get the other two squads done as well as the grots ;D
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In a related note, just a general question I'm putting out there, if I was to say build a convert two of those Dakka Jets out of 40-60% of the standard kit would I have to base them? I ask has its the first idea I've had that sounds good for my own contribution to the thread (as well as the first unfinished project box I pulled out), but am at a lack of ideas on how I'd base them (don't have the flying stand and I'm not paying 10 bucks each for one, of course if anyone has any ideas I'm open to suggestion, after all that's why that project got shelved in the first place.)
I would say the answer to this should be "Yes" as a model isn't really finished til it is based. As far as basing goes though you could use a round base with either a fake tree or stick like tree or even an old ruin with a clear flight stand or a metal wire that leads up to the model. Or even a really big nail and put a magnet on the bottom of the plane.
I am in the same boat as you, I bought one plane and then bought a few bitz to convert another. But as my house is still in shambles as I am getting both bathrooms done and the kitchen redone, i don't have a work space at all. Everything from the cabinets is everywhere. So not sure what I am going to try to get done, I would love to do a flyer but I doubt I will have time. Maybe I will paint my 2nd battlewagon or my mega dread, as they both need some paint.
I will just see when the renovation gets done.
As far as 100 boyz go....... Honestly I will say it is impossible. I did 30 one month and it took all my sanity, between painting them and basing them. My limit is usually 20 and even at that, it gets a bit tedious.
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Thanks AoD. You're right in that a model needs to be based, and until you wrote those suggestions I didn't have any clue as to what/how I was gonna do it, I'm definitely going to take that advice! And good luck with the renovation, that's an incredible amount of work.
As for the 100 boys it seems that Skeetergod is off to an amazing kick start. That much quality paint in 9 hours makes me balk, its way better than I could have pulled off in that time frame. Heck it could be an interesting WotW betting pool to see who would finish first between Skeetergod and Dralith, although with Skeetergod's last post that idea is blown out of the water.
Anyway I am signing up for the DakkaJets, this time unlike the last Junkyard I'm only planning on making 2 from one kit, the bits box is still looking quite a bit empty since the last event, and I can't even really compete with Skeetergod or Dralith for the most insane project this go around.
Starting Point
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This is the so far pic, using two bits of PVC, the one used for kans and dreads is on top, and it is measured out at only a few centimeters below the width of the standard kit's frame (this will soon be fixed with the addition of more card and bits. I remember when I put it together that it was a lot of work cutting the pipe and getting it to stay attached (but thankfully that's done!).
The front nozzle needs to be trimmed down and filled off to the same (or similar) arc as the standard kit (thank the lord for the Dremel), and as for other bits for the projekt I have most of the Bomma kit (some parts have mysteriously gone missing, I think there might be a Deathskull or a sneaky Grot around my place), as well as some bits from DE Raiders and Jetbikes, and I can't make a konversion without some Leman Russ bits (I don't know what I'll do when they take that sprue off the special order list).
So... 25 days. This is gonna be interesting (and probably difficult). At least I don't have a 9-5 job to distract me (trying to look on the brighter side of unemployment).
Peace
~OD
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Well, skeetergod did have a head start with assembly and priming, but being goff (for now) should speed things up a bit. However, I'm handicapping myself further due to the fact that I have a game on Tuesday, and then a test on Thursday so I'm holding off on pulling apart the regular boys. Besides, I have to buy some more glue.
I must admit the basing aspect slipped my mind, but luckily I got a whole lot of flock and static grass with the orcs and goblins. Now I'm trying to decide whether to go for desert, grassland or snow.
Meanwhile I've found enough round bases to stick them all on luckily; had to cannibalize from my guardians though. No matter, I'm planning on getting stupenny shuffley resin bases for that project anyway. Also I'm tidying up the bits for the new boys: clean all the mould lines!
In addition, the biker nobs are at the doc, and their rides are with the meks, who are also busy sticking scrap plasticard on the Russ to patch up the holes they had to put in it to stop it moving long enough to nick it in the first place.
The size of this project still hasn't quite hit me: I know it's daunting but I don't feel daunted. I guess I'm in denial.
Oh yeah, hopefully I can borrow a camera so as to give yous the ocular proof.
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100 boyz is... Well... Going to be challenging! I did 50 one month in preparation for a tourney and I haven't painted a boy since... Burned me out on them... On the flip side though, I did manage to get really good at painting boyz! lol
Anyhow, here is my work as of now... Most of mine is just finishing models that have been primed and/or adding weapons and such for a tourney at the beginning of next month...
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Adam
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Good luck on the cam situation Dralith. Most phones have a camera in them, but quality is questionable and to be honest I'm not sure how to get the picture off the phone (I know I'm a troglodyte when it comes to certain technologies).
Nice stuff Adam, from what I can see I'm intriqued with the bases on the Kans, any chance we can see a more detailed picture?
Projekt Update: 4 hours in...
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Using a combination of the dremel and a handsaw I cut the kan diameter PVC for an alternate side engine intake for one of the planes and mounted it. Additionally measurements (and rechecking measurements) I've started cutting out wings and made a duplicate Flyer base.
I know it doesn't look like a lot of work done in 4 hours, the need for more precision than my typical Orky close enough approach + tool accidents do happen though and I can only hope that there won't be too many more setbacks on this projekt. Using the new scratchbase I made the first mock up of a large scrap complex (small shack
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Thankfully I still have some scratch side plates from Leman Russes, as well as the top hull of what was going to be a LemanRuss to Battlewagon conversion. I need to plop more scrap on, as well as Gretchen looters, and maybe a dead SMurf, but I think this basic beginning layout is good enough. Definitely not looking forward to the time intensive detailing of the card to make it look like a Leman Russ track unit, but it'll have to do.
Peace
~OD
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A very long day, from about 0730 (the "0" stands for omg early) till sunset of painting orks.
Sixty orks, as you can see I got all the "bulk" painting done. That is the skin, clothes and weapons.
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Here is the all slugga squad
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Here in this squad I added in three rockit launchas so that I can either death or glory and/or shoot at planes.
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Now on to touchups, and other details like teef, eyes, holsters, etc. And some basing. I have all of today off and the weather is supposed to be good, so I should make some serious progress today. I might even put the grots on the table and get painting them as well. :P
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Wow Skeetergod. I continue to be astounded at the fast paint skillz you display. Additionally good show on mixing up the boyz a bit, I notice a couple AoBR, standard and fantasy in there. I also find it a bit intriguing that it looks like we use the same desert sand linen color for Ork shirts, but then again great minds think alike.
As for myself...
8 hours into projekt...
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Here is the basic bit reproductions and how they stand at the moment. The track unit isn't very highly detailed yet, but I've put down the first layer of ablative (which will need some additional filler or greenstuffing to round everything out), as well as the armor segmentation. All that's left there is the last minimal layer of ablative then the fine details of gear works. I'm going to leave out the turning alignment and forward shocks and either hope that's not noticed or more likely have those bits covered up with other assorted junk. As for the rear horizontal wing it's size duplicated with lots of damaged bits (maybe too much detailing, it stands out on the standard plane, which I suppose I must now ding and damage the heck out of... insert orky grin here)
More on the standard plane...
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this is the front of the side engine intake. I know it doesn't look like much, but its more difficult than it looks. At least I made sure to have additional precut sized bits for the other side. It'll look great when painted though, which is the redeeming quality at the end of the day.
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The base is... well a continuing challenge. After getting the pipe secured and the Russ hull down had a problem with the glue when touching up. Thankfully almost all of the glue spilled in limited visability and not on the hull, so to use the spilt glue I started chopping some sprue and threw a couple off cuts in. It does break up monotony and adds detail, but I'm not sure about the painting. Another unfortunate part of this was the weakening of the central pipe, but thankfully I was able to reinforce it with a slightly smaller one I was going to have attached to the plane itself, and it still supports the weight necessary.
Peace
~OD
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OD, you once again prove that your are still the freakin Da Vinci of plasticard. 8)
My ork boys are done, two almost eleven hour days of painting and 90 boys later, I am looking for something else to do.
Now don't get me wrong, I didn't spend eleven straight hours chained to the painting table each day, there were food breaks, answer the phone breaks, coffee breaks, honey do this breaks, and of course taking out the trash break as well. However the majority of the both days were spent painting.
Since I am on pseudo holiday, "roughing" it in the woods in my RV, sitting around enjoying the quiet, I think I will get started on the grots, since I have only ever used them for wargear in the past this should be interesting painting thirty grots and their three herders.
I am currently without camera so I won't be able to get a picture until this Thursday.
So, can I make another pledge, or am I done for the month?
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Well, figured I'd better show what I've got started to ensure that I'm done by the end of the month...
This is the beginnings of my zzap battery; again, they started life as what was known as lifta gunz, back in the day...
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I have started more grot crew and a runtherd, I'll get pictures along shortly...You can also see some of my nobz in the upper portion of the picture. Here are the piles of nobz that I'm working with:
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I have most assembled now...yes, better pictures are coming along shortly...
My vehicle shots:
truck/trak
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I apologize for the blurry shot, don't know what caused that. This particular vehicle screws together, and I've kept it apart until I'm completely done, modeling and painting. Lots of plasticard and bits work, but a good working vision on paper...
junka
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Now, this was fully assembled when I purchased it years ago and has sit on my shelves gathering dust. I've begun "breaking/altering" it's bits and appearance. It too has a good vision on paper; translation with plasticard and bits is also forthcoming. I'm toying with the idea of having two seperate "machine" mounts: KFF, and SAG mounts, utilizing magnets and whatnot...
Well, that's all for now. I worked more on them all yesterday and today. My schedule is as follows:
8-12: Assembly of all parts, figures, items
13-19: Primer and paint all assembled items
20-26: build terrain, Da Drops
27-31: finishing touches to all works.
I'll be busy, but since I haven't slept a full night since 1988 anyway, I have the spare time.
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Looking good Ork enuff... I can't wait to see what you are doing with all of those bits... BTW... Where did the zzap gun bitz come from... Looks good...
Skeet... Have you gone blind yet... I can't believe you have painted that many boyz! lol
Adam
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adam: they are the old Ork Smasha gunz, circa mid- to late-90's. I've had them forever. I think they were part of the codex from the early 90's. Never got to use them, can't use them now as "smashas"; why not zzap? Good times....good times...
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Cool stuff Ork E Nuff I really like the base you have for what you've labeled trukk/trakk. In my opinion I think the Big Trakk would fit it best, but that's in part because it looks larger than the standard Trukk model and the Big Trakk is the in between. Also what I can only assume are Flakk guns in the rear turret are one of the weapon options for the Big Trakk. If you know what the model is of or scale of it you'll probably have a couple of copycats rushing off to pick it up.
Projekt Update: 12 hours into projekt...
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Engines have been attached to both airframes, on the pipe built I've also attached the front cowling from the standard kit. Of course I did this without remembering I had to chop a centemeter and a half from the front so it's slightly longer than the usual jet, I'll have to live with that though. The rear horizontal scratch wing is finished and a bit bloody, every good Orky Konversion I've done has entailed at least one injury on my part so at least I think I'm on the right track with it.
I'd post more photos of the current progress but unfortunately the camera's battery died after this shot (which doesn't show a lot of the work unfortunately). I did go through a good regimen of scratches, dings, and bullet holes on the body of the kit and the hull of the Leman Russ on the base. The scratch wings are in progress, working on recessing the shooty bitz and wingflaps. It'll look great when all's said and done, for now it's a bit of a mess so it's just as well that the camera can't take a pic of it.
Peace
~OD
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Well then, I have been busy while "roughing it" ;)
Here are the Ninety boys and the boss done
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Here is the first squad
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Here is the second squad
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And here is the third squad with rockit launchas
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Then of course a great running start on the thirty grots
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A closer look to see that I even got to the teef
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A group photo of the three herders
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And if that wasn't enough, I assembled the fourty cultists from the new box set
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Twenty Shooty cultists
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Twenty Choppy cultists
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All led by Bat Mek who will "count as" a no frills chaos lord
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The grots look shinier than the orks as I ran out of ork hide and had to use dark angels green, a bit of ink work should take care of that. Then to base them and they are done.
As for the cultists, you can see they will be "led" by an ork boy who will count as their champion. I am stealing the idea to call them "Diggas" (nicked from another ork who wasn't looking) ??? If I am allowed to I would like to declare them for this "Gitz it Done" event, if not I will keep working on them just because I didn't get to last month for the looting the new box set event.
I will have to wait till I get to the store as I am currently out of primer (gee, wonder why) and to see what my work schedule is for next week, to see how far I get. Bat Mek is already done, so I can't claim him for this challenge, he was just one of my many to do things that can be done with orks that makes the game fun.
I am having a blast getting all this done, who knows, I might even get to work on my two other stompas if I get these cultists done in time. ;D
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If I remember correctly the SBO (precursor to the current Junkyard Events) Athaga continually added more challenges as he went, of course that was then and this is now. AoD will have to make a ruling on it, and I'm not going to guess if he'll say yes or no. What I will say is "By Gork's Fist thats an amazing job!" Did you paint your fingers Red?! Skeetergod you are truly an Orky master of Speed Painting.
Also thanks for giving me a new thing to post in the signature Skeetergod, its incredibly nice to be compared to Leonardo, who next to Rube Goldberg and M.C. Escher is one of the most inspirational artists for me (and those who don't know the artists should really look them up!).
Breaking my cycle of updates here I am with a Projekt Update at hour 15
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Here's a shot of the basic plane's frame now all together (no longer mocking it together with rubber bands!) with quite a bit of internal card holding the kustom side engines on as well as a plasticard internal maw. I have a feeling if I was building it standard it would have stuck together better, but the challenge is part of the fun.
What to discuss next... Why not the Wings!
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These will be added to the plane above, and both of them are 80-85% complete now, lots of damage of course as is my purview. At the moment I don't know if I'll damage the wing flaps too much, I kinda like it has is, looks as though the flaps are brand new which gives a bit of strangeness to the otherwise blasted wings. Comments on this would be highly appreciated.
Lastly is the base with a shot of the pipe flyer resting on top
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The Russ sides are mocked up with a bit of tape, but the main phase of the detailing is complete, all that's left to it is putting in the gear works, and access doors (which unfortunately have to wait on me buying the tubing I need as well as either buying another Russ sprue or finding the bits). On the side you may notice a conspicous piece of tube, it's going to be made up to the hull of a broken down kan which will be resting/covering the rounded edge of the Russ track.
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This is obviously an overhead shot of the base mock up currently, the Kan torso is in place, although I think I need to skew it so its not so perpendicular. On the other side of the Russ Trakk is about 1/4th of the bottom of the standard Russ kit heavily damaged of course. Its an element of extra detail that I feel is necessary, although it does slightly hang over the edge of the base which I hope won't be too much of an issue. I also hope to have the cash to grab some grots to plop on/around the base, maybe with a small Rebel Grot hide out in the almost upsidedown Russ cabin. The round bit in the Russ tracks is in part to keep the mock up at the right width, but also because I'm thinking about putting in another rod for added support.
So that's where I'm at. It may or may not look like much for the time I've put in, but that's the nature of scratchbuilding/heavy konverzion work. At this point I estimate the entire project to be around 40-45% complete. Still a lot of work to do what with building canopies, the guns, rear wings, landing struts, and of course finishing base 1 and making the 2nd base/figuring out how to mount the flyer without the flying stand. Oh and paint. I know there's 20 more days left which sounds like a lot of time, but the real world's schedule is filling up fast.
Peace
~OD
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Loota Progress:
Sorry I didn't get any pics before I base coated them.
Some conversions I like, some I don't, so looking for any suggestions.
sorry for the pic-heavy-ness, the large classroom style pic looked bad :(
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Probably my favorite one above, the under-arm hold looks surprisingly natural.
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my least favorite one below, any help? probably shouldn't have put an eldar missle launcher on there LOL. I moved that one rivit that is off too, so thats slightly better.
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I've started painting, making surprisingly good progress. Again, any feedback and suggestions will definitely be taken.
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THose lootas look great... Very unique and very orky...
AoD... What did you use to do all that pitting on the wings in you plasticard?
Adam
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What to discuss next... Why not the Wings!
These will be added to the plane above, and both of them are 80-85% complete now, lots of damage of course as is my purview. At the moment I don't know if I'll damage the wing flaps too much, I kinda like it has is, looks as though the flaps are brand new which gives a bit of strangeness to the otherwise blasted wings. Comments on this would be highly appreciated.
I love the look of the wings, can beat the flaps up a little to 'blend' or they were just looted from a shiny new one and smashedinto place to replace the nonexisting ones left on the battlefield, lol either way those wings look really great. Whats your secret to doing those blast marks they look really good? :o
@ Skeeter... your are a painting god. Spead Freak and Paint Freak, awesome combo there boss ;) love the work on the chaos as well
@ respekt... love them lootas... gives me ideas when I can get some more boys.. have lots of imperial weaponary that needs to be turned to the green side
@ Ork E... I like those conversions you are doing, never seen those cannons before only in bigger variety from FW
You guys are def the Green Menace 8) Whaaagh!
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Little late to the game, but I'm making a pledge!
BUILT, NEED TO PAINT:
- 16 Burnas
- 9 Lootas
- 3 Mekboyz
- Converted Mega/Meka dread (not sure yet) from DV Hellbrute
I plan on pledging more once I figure out which projects I'd like to take on. I'll edit this post later with starting pics.
-Travis
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Welcome to the party travisb7, just remember not to bite off more than you can chew, if you do you'll be paying for it in the Teef! Don't say I didn't warn you.
Great work Respekt! I dig your Lootas, they have a great character and the choice of Eldar, SM, and Necron bits was brilliant. As for the bottom one I think the reasons why you feel its a little naff is because it lacks the almost organic cut up bits that the others have (that and it started out as an AoBR Big Shoota). For Orks it works fine, but if you want to improve upon it I see two options, either you disassemble the EML from the top and fiddle with it, OR you just add some extra card and bits to give it that complicated look. I would recommend the second of those two options because he isn't bad, it just doesn't look as if he fits in with the rest.
I love the look of the wings, can beat the flaps up a little to 'blend' or they were just looted from a shiny new one and smashedinto place to replace the nonexisting ones left on the battlefield, lol either way those wings look really great.
Thanks for the input Boss Ard'Ragger, I think they'll definitely have to have a different paint style than the rest of the boat. And because you and adamscurr have asked...
AoD... What did you use to do all that pitting on the wings in you plasticard?
Hmm... should I really share my "secrets" of model building. I don't know, I mean adamscurr one of my fellow bosses of the WotW did just confuse me with angel of death 007. I'm just joshing, of course I'll tell.
The "secret" is not really a secret at all. Well I suppose that's debatable. When I'm detailing I only use one tool, an old Exacto blade which has a broken off tip. Now I'm not advising anyone break off the tips of their blades as the tip is the sharpest and best part of the blade when it comes to precision cutting and detailing, but rather don't just chuck a blade when it breaks. Using the blunted head it is easy to carve irregular patterns into card (the ease is relative I suppose).
Another thing to consider is that if you look closely (sorry it isn't a better photograph) the top armor is segmented in strange bits. This is because that top is entirely comprised of off cuts of card that I've mushed together (another reason why you always save your scrap). Some were already detailed and then cut off from other parts of card, but most are freshly converted for the project, and are cut up before gluing down. This of course leads to many (and I mean many) accidental cuts on the fingers, so if you steal, I mean Loot, I mean use my technique be extremely careful as it is anything but safe. I could actually take a pic of busted up finger to attest as proof, but I'm not going to waste space with that.
Projekt Update: 19.5 hours into projekt...
I both did and didn't get as much as I wanted finished in this space of time. Simply put I had hoped to get further, but setbacks seem to constantly occur. On the bright side the more I look at these photos the more I think to myself, "nah you're making good progress". Anyway...
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Here's my first couple reproductions of the Supa Shootas. For it I "graduated" to the smaller and more delicate drill bit to make the holes. I don't want to make another set of these. Yes they look good enough, but very time intensive. I stress that, Time Intensive! Admittedly there's more detail that doesn't come out in the shot and I'll be pleased with them when they are mounted and painted, but at the moment I'm sick of them.
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The Russ Trakks are nearly complete, all that's left is the large wheelhouse on the inside loop, and either another access panel or Side Sponson for the exterior side. The Sponson would probably look best, but then there's the element of time and the lack of GW grey for it on hand. The gear works are all aligned properly to one another and come close to where they are supposed to be on the real kit, but are unfortunately not completely accurate. I spent a bit too much time working on that and decided to just get it to an approximate close enough. After all my hope is that people don't spend too much time looking closely at part of the base and instead focus on the model the base is on.
Speaking of which...
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I am really liking the pipe built much more than the standard body. Quite a few changes have happened, for starters there's a thick wire in the exposed section of where the engine connects, a front airscoop as been attached, the main exhaust ports have been plopped on, and the beginnings of the cabin have taken place. The Wings and glass canopy are just mocked on at the moment, the canopy itself will only be finalized after paint. This piece however had the biggest setback of the project thus far (and hopefully the last one).
In the rear you may notice a chasm that's been cut out. This is because I needed to get a notch for the rear wing. I measured it out multiple times, and then when I went to cut I cut behind the line instead of directly on top. As such there isn't enough room to cut another slot in, and this one is off center and leans slightly to the side. It's very irksome and the only way to fix it would actually be to replace the entire bit (which would mean take everything apart and I'm not doing that). Instead I'll do what I should have done in the first place and cut the tab off instead of creating a slot for the tab.
My apologies, just realized that a lot of this post is rambling. Haven't been getting a lot of sleep (looks at work table) I wonder why?
Peace
~OD
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OMG OD ....... teach me LOL. In all seriousness, those gun bits look just like the original, well done. 19.5 hours into the project, wow, I guess quality work takes time, thats for sure.
Lots of inspiration coming out of this thread! keep it coming.
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Od... I noticed my mistake... I had AoD on the brain... Was thinking about something else at the time... I humbly appologize... And to stroke your ego a little, I was going to say the supashootas look awesome... Truely spot on!
Adam
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OMG OD ....... teach me LOL. In all seriousness, those gun bits look just like the original, well done. 19.5 hours into the project, wow, I guess quality work takes time, thats for sure.
For me experience is the best teacher, and in truth I think its the best teacher for everyone. For every good konverzion I've done there is at minimum 2 bad ones. I will admit that my work as been steadily improving, but setbacks are a continual thing that many times has lead me to scrap an entire project. Sometimes though, just Sometimes mistakes can lead to great places and new ideas. I won't be officially teaching anything, but if anyone has any questions ideas or input, I'm always up for a conversation.
Od... I noticed my mistake... I had AoD on the brain... Was thinking about something else at the time... I humbly appologize... And to stroke your ego a little, I was going to say the supashootas look awesome... Truely spot on!
I figured as much, I was just razzing you a bit. When I showed the girlfriend your response post she had a rather off color joke that I won't be posting in the forum, but I get the feeling that most people of the gutter mindset will have already thought of it. Thanks.
Projekt Update: 26 hours in...
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Well I wanted to wait off on updating as I think I've been far too frequent in doing so, but I can't resist doing so any longer. Besides an hour here and there has lead to quite a deal of progress.
Dakka 2
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The canopy work is finished, as well as the first 1/4 of plating. It is of course still removable, but the way I constructed the cockpit I won't have to glue it in. For a while I was toying with the idea of putting an actual pilot model in, but of course certain realities make that inadvisable (besides full enclosed canopies are like bowties, they're cool). The rear vertical wing is attached (although not in the frame of the picture), and the mistaken groove chiziled out is mostly filled.
Onto Dakka 1,
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Wings and side thrusters are all a go. This bad boy has already fallen down quite a few times, but hasn't broken as of yet, which is incredibly gratifying. After looking at some real aircraft though I am reconsidering my original plan for the other two supa shootas though. My plan was scratching another 4 (all in the style that I've already done) and mounting in the front airscoop section, but I'm beginning to have second thoughts about it. The other possibility is one where the wings meet the engines (which would not only look cool, but add some extra stability), but then I'm unsure where to put the last set. In a related whoopsie-daisy I realized that I forgot to detail the underside of the wings, not a major mistake, but it would have been far easier if I had remembered to do that before connecting it together.
Then there's the base of it,
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At this point I believe I've spent far more time working on the base than any other part of the projekt and it's only 1 base (insert loud Homer Simpson catchphrase here). Nevertheless I've never really highly detailed a base before, and there is nothing stopping me from making it a universal base for multiple flyers (especially the Warkopta aka Chinnork I've been wanting to build).
Anyway, the Russ track has been pitmarked and scratched up (although very little is visible to the camera lens, which ultimately means I need more, and inside is honeycombed with support beams for the central pillar that will be holding the flyer. In retrospect its something I should have photographed, especially with the large amount of work that was necessary (at the same time after hearing a crack I wonder if I did enough). On the visible exterior I added the physical tracks from the Leman Russ I have been saving (I'm not scratchbuilding that, but do lament it's use as I don't think I'll find another segmented track sprue), and have added a considerable rubble pile of sprue cutoffs. There's also a hidden Nid spore terrain item in there, as my last several contributions to these events have been heavy Nid Fighters. I'm also thinking about adding one or two more to cover up areas on the Track unit that I don't think are quite up to snuff (namely the lack of the shocks and the large drive wheel). All in all I'm not sure if the base has more of a Deathskull feel or a Bad Moon Dreadmob feel.
Which leads me to the big general question that's been set ablaze in my head the past few days. When it comes time to paint these jets, I don't think my general red will do it. I was turned on yesterday to the DeffWing comic (I had never heard of it before and frankly I'm amazed at that, it's great work that I hope everybody gets a chance to look up and dig through), and while their jets were the distinctive Go Fasta red I noticed that there was quite a bit of Blood Axe lean that they had. I also realized that fluffwise the skill, dedication, and more than the Average Orky taktics would make Blood Axes the most likely to be fighter aces. So long story short (too late) should I go for a Blood Axe paint scheme? To be honest I'm not sure what exactly that would entail other than garish out of place camo with an emphasis on Olive Drab and Khaki, which I might end up using to paint the Russ. Still it is too early to think about.
Peace
~OD
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OD, that dakka jet is looking pretty darn good, I am eagerly awaiting your final product.
Then here I go with more stuff done, I finished off the cultists that I previously posted, did a little trading to get more of the choppy ones, but still had to use 7 of the shooty ones as I didn't want to have multiple of the champions.
I did change my mind and instead of running two squads of diggas I made one big squad of 35 :o
I went for the coal miner look, lots and lots of washes with black ink over dark browns.
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They are cool as they are a larger squad than grots and only cost one more point than grots, another cheep unit to add to the hoard. Of course a mean trick is that a chaos lord is fearless, and as I understand it a fearless hero passes on his ability to the squad he leads. :D
Just as I was taking pictures the clouds closed in and I had to use the flash to show off the champion and his buds.
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On the side here is a few of the robe wearing gun toters that look like ring wraiths
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And of course more choppy Diggas
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Then, just because I like him so much is a picture of Bat Mek who counts as the chaos lord, but fits the sorta theme of an ork leading umies into battle, thus the digga paint job on the former cultists who saw the light and became orks instead. ;)
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Now, to go and finish off those grots. Shouldn't take long, just an inking and basing left to go.
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I'd like to add one battle wagon to my pledge for this month, I will edit my post accordingly but wanted to notify everybody here. I hope I can add to my pledge this late in the month.
I am progressing quite well, with only 4 buggies and 3 kanz (and the wagon) left to paint, will post pics soon.
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Boy does this Stink I missed this stuff. I have had a serious case of illness and finally had to go see the mad doc for a fix me up. Actually the doc might have been better than what I went though in the last month and a half.
So then with that out of the way I just want to say that everyones work looks great really nice work. I'm really looking forward to watching this thread since I need to still recover and have another surgery with the mad doc so I can't even get anything done at the moment.
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At long last the Grots are done! 8)
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Then from another angle
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I updated my original post to show in a nutshell what I have done this month. LINK (http://www.40konline.com/index.php?topic=223982.msg2706082#msg2706082)
Lots of fun and lots of army completed, I even played a game of green tide against a chaos player and won, good stuff!!!
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I'd like to add one battle wagon to my pledge for this month, I will edit my post accordingly but wanted to notify everybody here. I hope I can add to my pledge this late in the month.
I am progressing quite well, with only 4 buggies and 3 kanz (and the wagon) left to paint, will post pics soon.
Glad to hear you're progressing Ginger, and good luck with the addition. You do know there are only like 8 days left in the month right (well granted you posted that when it was 10). I don't suppose I might convince you to plop a couple WIP pics on, as it is the only WIP posters are Skeetergod, Respekt and myself, and that's a shame. What made the previous SBO's, Go Big or Go Home, and Junkyard threads so popular was the vast array of WIP. Of course that is just my opinion, but it does really help motivate a project by getting input and reactions from the crowd. Again, that's my opinion.
Boy does this Stink I missed this stuff. I have had a serious case of illness and finally had to go see the mad doc for a fix me up. Actually the doc might have been better than what I went though in the last month and a half.
So then with that out of the way I just want to say that everyones work looks great really nice work. I'm really looking forward to watching this thread since I need to still recover and have another surgery with the mad doc so I can't even get anything done at the moment.
Typhon you gotta take care of yourself first and foremost. Get well soon man, there will be another WotW Orky build project, as part of the ruling council I guarantee it. It probably won't happen before the new year, but it will happen.
Lots of fun and lots of army completed, I even played a game of green tide against a chaos player and won, good stuff!!!
Skeetergod you painted a green tide this month. Just eyeballing it I think its around 1050 points, possibly a little more or less. And since I didn't say it earlier, good choice with the Big Choppa Warboss. He's a much smarter tactical build for all comers lists these days than the Pk, not to mention there's a bit more variety with conversion.
And now my own Projekt Update, hour 40...
(yes 40, I thought I was overloading the thread with my WIPs here so I held off, if anyone is interested in seeing the WIP stuff in between my last post and now you can PM me or check the globe in my profile.)
Dakka 1
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The big change here (aside from the front intake, canopy, and extra detailing) is the landing gear. I've been wanting to plop on landing gear from the beginning to make the model be able to stand on its own for two reasons, 1 I like landing gear it adds realism as well as the possibility for using it has a non-blown up terrain piece/special objective, and 2 it helps prevent all those falling off the table and breaking events (which have transpired far too often for my tastes)
As it is, I'm unsure about the gear. It took a long time to build it, but I feel like it's just sucking all the speed out of the model. I'd hate to scrap it, but I think I might have to. Sigh, such is the way of scrapbuilding, some things you really think are going to be dynamite and then they just don't come to fruition.
Still not sure where to mount the other 2 Twin Supa Shootas (which are already scratchbuilt and waiting to be mounted), and I was successful at trading some stuff for a Flying stand, huzzah.
Dakka 2
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This byrd is all about the speed. And to think she once looked slow and naff, at the moment she ranks pretty high on my "favorite skratchbuilds" list. The wings are just tacked on and won't be attached until the flaps are complete (or the shoota mounts), and she still needs rear landing gear, at the moment I'm leaning towards wheels rather than a tailhook. Don't get me wrong tailhooks are very Orky, but it just doesn't feel right to me. All in all she's about 75% complete.
And of course what I will really make Dakka 2 the most eye popping centerpiece of my army (if not collection), the base...
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I dig the Lictor so much that I'm no longer making it the rear of the base, I'm making it the front. Oh that poor Slugga Boy, I'm really torn if I should make him a Deathskull loota (which will be the hated rivals of the Bad Moon army I'm building) or if I should just make him a Redshirt. I really shouldn't make him a Redshirt, but the Trekkie in me is like dying for it. The dead Kan has got to be my favorite Kan conversion too, shame he won't be getting any legs. As for the base itself I think it's close, REALLY close but not finished yet. It's still missing that ineffable something to really bring it all the way home, that je nes sais quoi that I haven't quite figured out yet, and I don't have a lot of time to figure it out either. Still though I'm gonna try, because I want this to be a home run.
So all in all I estimate the entire projekt is around 80-85% complete. There's still a lot of work to do what with plating, establishing a mounting pin, wing work, landing gear, guns, not to mention detailing and battle damage. Ugh, I need to finish, my Orky Pride demands it!
Peace
~OD
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OD... Dakka two is looking great... Truely a spot on piece of work... I agree with you, the base is spectacular. But don't sell the plane short, it looks equally as awesome...
Adam
As for my own project update, I have most of everything painted... Just need to get a hold of the camera!
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Skeetergod you painted a green tide this month. Just eyeballing it I think its around 1050 points, possibly a little more or less. And since I didn't say it earlier, good choice with the Big Choppa Warboss. He's a much smarter tactical build for all comers lists these days than the Pk, not to mention there's a bit more variety with conversion.
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Peace
~OD
Thanks OD, I painted up 156 models (can't count Bat Mek as I had him done just before the Scrapyard launched). Now at least I have the option to run a different style list if I want/need to.
That dakka jet is looking fantastic, and as for the base... The little something you are missing is................. .. a SHRUBBERY! :o
Seriously, a plant of some sort. I am not suggesting a daisey or frilly flower, although that would be funny, but some sort of plant life looking stuff to off set the whole warzone destruction theme you have. That little tuft of terrain will definitely be the peece da resistaance (that is French for really cool).
@ Adamscurr, I am really looking forward to seeing your stuff all painted.
@ Typhon, get better soon, the orks need you. Do we need to send a Mad Doc?
@ Ginger Farseer, sneak into your "others" domain and snick their camera, pictures are worth a thousand words, and some teef. ;)
I am eagerly anticipating seeing everyones projects done, and the cool pictures to drool over and maybe give me some more ideas of stuff to do.
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Everything looks great!
OD: Wow...what else can I say? Wow....redshirt the slugga, it sings to the trekkie in me also..if only you could mold a complete Kirk quaffy hairdo...oh well...
SKEET: Great job! I really liked the BatMek...truly inspired!
Now to business: I have to regretfully pull out of the contest. My family is going through some tough times right now with my wife and her sister both having cancer. My wife's chemo is going well, all should be ok in a few months; but it takes a lot of support from me on the homefront and I just can't justify the time needed to complete and paint everything by next Wednesday, as it's time I can spend with both my wife and our son. I feel I let everyone down, sorry and I'll be the bigger man/ork (hard to be anything else when ya weighs in at 300+lbs) and expect to pay accordingly with my teef. I'll post some pictures when I finally get everything done.
It all looks great! I look forward to seeing more finished products!
OEN
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Now to business: I have to regretfully pull out of the contest. My family is going through some tough times right now with my wife and her sister both having cancer. My wife's chemo is going well, all should be ok in a few months; but it takes a lot of support from me on the homefront and I just can't justify the time needed to complete and paint everything by next Wednesday, as it's time I can spend with both my wife and our son. I feel I let everyone down, sorry and I'll be the bigger man/ork (hard to be anything else when ya weighs in at 300+lbs) and expect to pay accordingly with my teef. I'll post some pictures when I finally get everything done.
Ork E Nuff,
As someone who has dealt with cancer in their family, I understand the immense emotional, financial, and time constraints it can bring.
If the bosses of this challenge agree, I will take up Ork E Nuff's vow in addition to my own to preserve his Teef. I can't physically help you and your family get through this trying time, but I can always paint a few models to honor the sacrifices you are making for your loved ones.
That being said, I may need to adjust the vow a bit (to fit what I currently own but do not have built). I will total the points tonight of your vow, and match it with an equal point value vow.
-Travis
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Travis, you're a saint... ;)
Ork Enuff... That really stinks to hear... But we certainly could not penalize you when you have a lot of much more important buisness at home... I'll talk with the other bosses, I'm sure we can work something out...
Adam
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@ Ork E Nuff Sorry to hear but glad she is doing well to the treatment. I have learned that you need to take care of your own first cause I almost checked out last week and really put priorities into place for me. So please take care of your family and my you and your family have many blessing in this time of healing.
@ Skeet trust me what I have been through I think the mad doc did have me for a while
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Good thread here!
Here are my final shots of lootas and my aegis. Paint is meh. I always notice details I completely forgot when I take pics, like I gotta go back and paint all their tongues :( .
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In light of the challenges facing Ork Enuff, Skeet and I have decided to offer up a propa challenge...
Anyone is welcome to add an additional model to the Gitz in Done Event in Ork Enuff's name, since his real life challenges are preventing him from making his bid. Not only will we give you teef for your entry, but we will match those teef to give to Ork Enuff for the month. This is a good chance to support a fellow member going through some tough times...
In the spirit, I'll add 5 big shoota boyz... pic incoming...
Adam
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In light of the challenges facing Ork Enuff, Skeet and I have decided to offer up a propa challenge...
Anyone is welcome to add an additional model to the Gitz in Done Event in Ork Enuff's name, since his real life challenges are preventing him from making his bid. Not only will we give you teef for your entry, but we will match those teef to give to Ork Enuff for the month. This is a good chance to support a fellow member going through some tough times...
In the spirit, I'll add 5 big shoota boyz... pic incoming...
Adam
Adam,
I'm going to keep my original oath of semi-matching Ork E Nuff's original:
1. 3 Big Gunz with Crew
2. 4 Warbuggies (various stages of painting already)
3. 9 Nobs (various stages of painting - will be repainting as well)
4. At least ONE Ork Objective Marker
I may add to this as well depending on how much I can get done this weekend.
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To all:
Wow...thanks guys. Ya know, most forums on the web are simply havens of faceless know-it-alls who hide within their anonimity and throw nothing but mindless pap and insults at everyone they perceive as a threat to their fragile egos; this forum is really different. For you young 'uns, this is really a great place to spend some time and learn the ropes from old timers where your opinion is just as valid as the next guy; for you old timers, thanks for makin' this the best place to spend some time on the web and for ensuring that this collection of icons and psyuedonims are treated with both dignity and respect and for administratin' a proper mob along the way. Ok, enuff of that befores I get sappy...
I'll still attempt to post some pictures of progress along the way on my original projects as time permits. Again, thanks to everyone out there, you truly are the best!
OEN
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And just when I was about to throw out some "mindless pap and insults at everyone they perceive as a threat to their fragile egos..." ;D
Adam
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I'll bite. Though I may regret this decision....
1 Nob Shoota Boy (Still a work in progress...)
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Not sure how to turn those into thumbnails..
YFNK,
Un'Toof
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Alright... My dakka jet is up... I'm pretty happy with the project... Though I'm thinking of darkening the red on the glass... More to paint... lol
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Adam
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OEN, family always always always has to come first, you are doing the right thing. The whole reason why we formed the Way of the Waaagh was to create a community of people, and while we may all be separated far and wide, when something like this happens we can all try to help out. Sure teef isn't exactly a real currency, nevertheless I'm gifting you a good sized crate of them which will appear on the next teef update. Unfortunately at this moment in time it is the only thing I can do, the exception of course being if you need a friendly ear, on that front I am always available to you.
I'll also convert up 3 kannons in your honor which I hope to have completed by the end of the thread, no idea if I'll have the time to paint though. Major props goes out to Adamscurr and Travisb7 for their honor models as well.
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Respekt you've done some great work, don't discount it as 'meh'. Frankly it's better than a lot of the models I play against.
Kommando Un'Toof it's not a bad start, I also commend you for undertaking the challenge, at this moment there's only a little more than 3 days so it's an undertaking.
Adam that's a great jet man, I dig the heavy rust look. Was it a standard color or a blend that you used?
As for myself the builds have been finished at hour 51. The first couple undercoats are down
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now admittedly this picture isn't great, but the black looks great, I'm actually tempted to have the black as the main color, they look really great (I'll have to take some more pics when I get a chance).
Not a lot of time left before the end of the month, lets all power through it.
Peace
~OD
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I make rust these days by priming the model with a brownish red, followed by dry brushing red, orange, and yellow. Then I fleck boltgun metal wherever I feel like, followed by lathering the piece in brown inks... It makes for a gnarly rust effect...
Adam
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Just wanted to let everyone know that I will not be able to finish the model in time. Had a midterm come up, then life happened. :p
Ohh well I'll get it done soon enough. Saving up for an airbrush now. ^_^ I plan on air brushing my entire Ork Army. If things turn out well I'll make a tutorial on it.
YFNK,
Un'Toof
Edit: No tutorial needed. There is already a great one here... How to paint Evil Sunz Ork Nob by Lester Bursley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvIeP6JPTfw#ws)
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@Everyone:
Great to see the models coming along. We're still in the middle of house renovation upheaval so there's been very little time available for painting, hence my quietness over the last couple of months.
But more importantly, the last couple of pages are why I'm proud to be involved here. What an awesome bunch you lot are. I salute you all. Although I can't produce models on Ork E Nuff's behalf right now, I'm happily donating 10 teef if the bosses agree.
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Ok, so with one day to go, it's pretty clear I'm not going to finish both units. So here's where I am: seven fully finished warbikes, including the nob, and 4 warbikes with Wazdakka as WIP. I tend to run units of 6 (or 5 with a character) so that's one full unit, which I'm pretty pleased with, despite not making the whole pledge.
Some pics of the finished unit, particularly happy with the Biker nob with dual PKs clutching the handlebars:
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Hope you like :) Will see what I can get done tomorrow night, but I think it might take another month to get the rest done at present!
Anyway, I'm willing to take the full hit for not finishing my pledge, but I would like to willingly jump aboard the current (battle) wagon, and ask that if I do get any teef credit for finishing what I have done, that the teef are donated to Ork E Nuff. Hope things are going ok, mate.
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That yellow looks great! The only thing I would change though is the color... shouldn't it be red? After all... red ones go faster. ^_^
Seriously though... amazing! ^_^
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Thought I'd put in my pics before the end of the month... I took another pic of the dakka jet... The old camera is terrible, but I found that the Ipad has a great camera on it!
I'm pretty happy with all of the models...
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shouldn't it be red? After all... red ones go faster. ^_^
While the red ones do go fasta, there is something to be said for going against the grain and going with a stark klan color. That being said, Baron Wastelands your Bad Moons bikers are truly great work. There's a lot of great painters that are part of the WotW, but I have an affinity towards Bad Moons at the moment, and you're paint skills in that department leave me scratching my head going "how'd he do that?!"
Great work as always adam, are the dags and checks decals or did you paint them? I ask because if they are decals, you've done amazingly well with them as I can't see any bubbles or areas where it didn't go on straight or are coming up (I have some difficulty with decals, could you tell?)
As for myself, I have my own final update, and am celebrating the fact it got finished just before the 11th hour (a true rarity for me in these projekts!)
Lets start with the last minute Scratch built Kannons for Ork E Nuff...
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They're simple, and the picture perfect example of scratchbuilds, each of them are constructed from scrap that any other bloke would have tossed in the bin rather than the bits box. The total components are half a Battlecannon, a Leman Russ hatch, Leman Russ sponson bitz, sprues, and cut off scrap card. I particularly like the one in the rear which used bits from the front sponson of the Russ instead of the side sponsons. The front tubing of the Kannons are removable just in case I want to use them as Lobbas, or more realistically if I ever decide to do an Imperial Grot Army they'll be perfect for Mortar weapon teams. The "base" is just a thin cut out of card sized to Monstrous Creature bases and is really there because I think they look better with bases despite the Ork Artillery models lacking a real base.
But enough with that, let's show off the completed Dakka 1...
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With Dakka 1 (well with Dakka 2 as well) I tried out a new type of weathering. Well it was new to me, the basic premise is a series of mud caking washes that are breezed back across the model with a hairdryer before hung up like clothes to dry. It's supposed to simulate real weathering of planes going thru dust storms. I think it came out great, but definitely not as expected (than of course in true Orky fashion nothing I build or paint comes out exactly as expected).
The Base came out amazing I think, of course it is just one half of what is currently my favorite konversion
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I did try a couple different types of fauna for the side, but nothing really seemed to fit, or really looked right with the Martian red sands that I've been basing most of my models in. The only detraction I really have with the base is that I'd have much rather used the old Scything Talons for the Lictor, but it was a great find to get that classic Lictor in the first place, beggars can't be choosers after all.
And for the whole package, Dakka 2 atop the scenic base...
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Like I alluded to earlier, this is (for the moment anyway) my personal favorite konversion I've built. It could be classified as a scratchbuild I suppose, but the fact that it contains so much of the standard Dakkajet kit it wouldn't feel right to me. The mud layering effect really changed the whole dynamic that the first couple coats of jet and metallic black gave, but at the same time it looked a little too Batman to me, and we all should know from earlier in this thread that the Batman Ork thing is really Skeetergod's area of expertise. Oh before I forget, both Dakkajets can be removed from their bases to sit on the ground, perfect for if/when I build an airfield that will need some idle jets to sit on (oh wonderfully bad terrain ideas that will be overcomplicated, difficult to build, and take up more space than I have free).
And to round it all off in parting here's a group shot of the whole bunch
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Peace
~OD
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Od... I think your Dakka jets are by far some of the best conversions I've ever seen... The one on the right looks really gnarly... I really like the bulk of it... It looks mean... Expect it to get shot down a lot as people will think it looks very scary!
As for my checkers, everything is painted... I also don't like decals and don't use them... Everything is free hand...
Adam
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Here are my completed vow entries.
Group shot!
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Burnas
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Grots and the "RancOrk"
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Tried out a few paint schemes with these - I like the far right buggy best
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Da Emp'ror's Guard
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Just in time! I love everyone else's entries as well!
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Travis... You did all that in a month... You are a dedicated painter... Can you even see to read this? You and Skeet are going to go blind painting all that! lol
Adam
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Travis... You did all that in a month... You are a dedicated painter... Can you even see to read this? You and Skeet are going to go blind painting all that! lol
Adam
Painted it all in a bloody week! I've always had a problem with procrastination, but on the B&C I painted 2500+ points of Black Templars for a similar challenge.
If I were to really put my hands to it, I could probably have finished a few more squads of boyz that are still nice and primed.
Thanks!
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well, I must apologise for the very late pics and response, just as I finished (almost) life stuck its head out out and prevented me from posting these pics. All I ca do is grovel a bit, and promise that I do have everyone other than the building completed by the end of the month.
The battle wagon
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The kanz and the dread
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the rokkit buggies, lootas and warboss
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And, here is a group shot.
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Everything here is looking just great!
Od, those jets are just amazing, it's been said before, but I'll say it again, you are the freaking da Vinci of plasticard! :)
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Congrats to all those who finished their projects. Very good job with a lot more painted editions to your armies. Sorry I could not be more active in this event but I had a promotion at work that consumed the majority of my time all month plus had to have over half the house redone due to a water pipe breaking.
Anyway.... here are the teef earnings for the month
Baron Wastelands: 16
Adamscurr: 5
OD from TV: 20
Dralith: -28
Skeetergod: 80
Respekt: 15
Ork E Nuff... 0
Ginger Farseer: 33
Travisb7: 25
Congrats to everyone. And please remember to be careful what you pledge. ::) It is a good day to be green.
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Well done to everyone, loads of teef earns this month! ;D
AOD of interest, how do you score how many teef are earnt? I know it is different for converted and scratch built models, and presumably for different sizes, but what are the specifics?
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Well done to everyone, loads of teef earns this month! ;D
AOD of interest, how do you score how many teef are earnt? I know it is different for converted and scratch built models, and presumably for different sizes, but what are the specifics?
I used my super secret ork decoder ring...
actually it was kinda straight forward
5 teef for 10 boyz (equivalent), regular size vehicles, squads of bikes, buggies, deff koptas or kans, and dread or dreadsize.
10 teef for larger mostly battlewagons in this category unless it is a really really big walker large scale mega dread
since we had nothing this month that went bigger than that it was fairly easy
3 teef for character models
Full conversions where almost all the model was konverted in the competition itself got double the appropriate teef.
Deductions were made at half the teef amount that could have been earned, for uncompleted pledges.
And there was some rounding involved as well. If i messed anything up feel free to PM me as the toof gremlin.. i mean orkounant has been breathing down my back.
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It was a good time... I ended up not being able to go to my tournament, which was a major bummer for me and took away my motivation to finish me pledge... I am happy though that I got the big stuff done! lol
Adam
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Everything seems about right (I just had a quick glance), I was just planning what I should prioritise before the next junkyard event, hoping that it would leave me with the stuff I can paint fastest for most teef next time. (anything to get a few more teef). in reality, I will probabally just paint in my usual haphazard way, but it feels good to plan a bit for a change.
Oh, and thank you to all the bosses, especially AOD for organising this event.
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Adam I love your conversion on that dakka jet. Makes me want to pick up the kit knowing that if you are brave enough you can make two jets outa one kit.
Im sorry though I really dont like that base. Makes me think of when I was a kid, and my conversions were just pileing things on. Its just TO much going on which sadly is like a blemish on a beautiful work of art. Please dont take offense just thought I would give you some feedback. Jet is something else
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Psssst!!! (looks around to see if anyone is watching, holds hand next to mouth so no one can see what is said) that was OD from TV that converted the two jets, you know the BIG boss with the big boss pole. (looks around innocently like nothing happened).
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What... You don't think it was my incredible design on my dakka jet that made him think it could be made into two... Don't steal my glory!!! lol
Seriously though, it was Od... I did think it... Odd, that I was given credit for it... lol Sorry... Couldn't help the pun!
Adam
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Yeah yeah yeah, funning aside, this is thred-necro.
Nevertheless thankyou for your comment wfcxleatherneck. As for the base itself, yes it is overcomplicated, nevertheless I have never before attempted a "scenic" base, and to that end I think it was an amazing success, as well as it putting me over the top on my lgs's and lgw's ruling on 70-75% or above GW product to use it in store.
Peace
~OD
Post Script: Everyone be on the lookout for the next Junkyard Event, and if you can't wait, there is the Saint Snik model building competition currently going on.
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