Open Up and Say WAAAGH!!!

I've spent several weeks putting together this little gem.  It's not quite a custom Ork Waaagh Trukk or even a Snazzwagon.  I'm just going to go with Waaagh Buggy.  

After mulling over design ideas for days, a mental picture of what I wanted developed.  The frame, wheels, side light, and chassis are really the Final Faction Arrow ATV. I began covering the frame with bits of plasticard, parts of sprues, granny grid, and extra dividers for storage bins, and some plastic from an old laundry detergent lid (the Ork skull on the front, metal teeth, and a panel or two were cut from it.)  The rivets are small studs for jewelry/craft.

         

The twin guns in the front and the rocket launcher are also from Final Faction as well as the robotic arms in the back. The smaller guns along the sides of the perch are by BrickArms.  I added oil drums, gas cans, and tarps from Tamiya.  The gas lines are made out of a cord from a computer mouse.  The giant skull on the back I hacked off an old Halloween decoration.  The deck on the back is a door from an old toy truck.  The chain is from a toilet flapper.  The exhausts pipes are cut down pieces of some Crazy Straws.  The piece on the top of the engine was a cap on a battery I recently purchased.  The tanks on the sides are from an Imex model. I bought the Ork driver on eBay and the seat on Etsy.  

 A bunch of superglue, red, silver, black (a few other colors too - copper, green, brown, orange, yellow, gray, and olive) paint later and ....one Ork Buggy.

                           

The Fluff:  A band of Ork Evil Sunz found and attacked an Ogryn Desert Buggy killing its driver and crew in the process.  They towed it  back and began to convert it into a fast attack vehicle.  They added whatever the could scavenge to their new WAAAGH Machine: Big Shootas, Smaller Shootas, a Rokkit Launcha, two Grabbin Claws.  They added lots of shielding and painted it red so that it would go fast.  The finishing touch was the addition of the skull of a dead Ogryn they had killed.  All done, off they rode to find some 'umies to fight. *(I'll update the pics once I add some Ork figures to it.)

I've got some pics of this labor of love.  Don't be an Orka-Dorka, check 'em out. 

                              

Too Cool Terrain

Had some insomnia last night.  I started watching the amazing tutorial videos on Papercuts and couldn't stop.   The dioramas this guy makes are seriously unbelievable.  I know I will never be as good (I don't have the patience) as this artist, but I can dream.  Click the link below to check out some way awesome stuff.

Papercuts

The Chemical Plant Project

Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.

                                                                                                             Dave Barry, American Journalist

As I'm sure many folks do, I sometimes spend idle time watching YouTube videos.  Often I find myself focusing on the DIY terrain builds for miniature wargaming.  Recently I saw several great vids on scratch built chemical plants.  Not that I need any more terrain (I DON'T!), but I couldn't resist the urge to do a chemical plant.  How many WH40K images have you see over the years on the internet with the gallant Space Marines taking on some foe or another at a chemical plant?  Somewhere deep in my slightly warped mind was a gnawing to build one of these bad boys.

I saw an eBay auction for the old Pegasus Hobbies Chemical Plant (made in Russia if I'm not mistaken).  You can still find a sprue or two around on the internet but not too often do you see a complete kit.  I won the auction (got it for a really good price) and it arrived here in no time.  So now, I have the kit and as soon as I complete a couple of the current builds, I'm going to try my hand at a project that will be half scratch built and half kit built (I have a vision in my head).  I'm thinking I might add my Gothic Train to it.  We shall see, boys and girls.  When I tackle this project, pics will be sure to follow.  Until next time.

I Need Power!!!

I've had this idea in my head for some time now.  I wanted to build a power generator (terrain piece) for my miniature wargaming table.  I've been gathering up some odds and ends and finally decided I had what I need to give it a go.

The base is 3 old CDs glued together with a piece of granny grid on top.  The tank is a plastic piece that a bathtub handle came in.  The catwalk is made from a few pieces of Platformer that I still had.  The shields are upside-down old Heroscape turn markers with their bases removed.  I used a couple of Mutant Chronicle bases to make the tower.  A clear plastic spray bottle cap with bits added form the top.  Parts from a couple of old kids toys were used for the pipes and the thermal conductors. The ladders are made from cut down hair curlers.  A tube of superglue later and presto!  One power generator!

Before

After

I added a light in the middle of the tank.  When the lights are off, the clear tube flickers with a weird greenish-yellow glow! This was a fun and quick project and a great way to start off hobby season for 2020! Not bad for a DIY!!!