 Da Skullhamma, Finished |
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  Feb 16 2008, 06:07 PM
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 Mayor of Orktown  Group: Bad Moonz Posts: 1,992 Joined: 5-March 05 From: London, England Member No.: 1,210  |
Better late than never.
 As soon as I saw the new Baneblade kit I knew that old Mek Wing-Nutz would be drooling over the prospect of looting one, and Tepok's komp gave me the incentive I needed to build a Skullhamma. First off I ripped out the top section of the main body to make room for troop transport, looted all the nice engine gubbinz from the rear and boxed in all the holes I'd created.   Front ramp added with a simple plasticard tubing hinge. Also started on platforms for the front mini turrets.  Main high-pressure squig fuel tank plumbed into the rear - the Chem-plant kit is perfect looting material.   Decided to scratch-build a more orkier turret and came up with a design based on a stompa head. Mek Wing-Nutz started building a small stompa, ran out of teef and then decided it'd look good on-top of his new tank.    After spending ages mulling over where to position the kannon I decided on a mini turret to go ontop of the main one.   And of-course, I couldn't resist adding a deff-rolla! Had to be a small one to allow the front ramp to open properly.
This post has been edited by Gaf-Naz: May 29 2012, 06:06 PM -------------------- Ork Town III - Terrain building competition, sponsored by Ramshackle Games.
Do you need some 6th edition fortifications for your army, a new terrain piece or an 'armies on display' board? Then build it, paint it, post it and move into "da orkiest town in da ooniverse", and have the chance of winning a prize! |
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Feb 16 2008, 06:08 PM
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Mayor of Orktown Group: Bad Moonz Posts: 1,992 Joined: 5-March 05 From: London, England Member No.: 1,210 |
Mini-turrets for the front, armed with twin-linked big shootas. Base on paintpot lids, topped with slotta bases.
 And the start of the 3 supa rokkits. Cardboard tubes, wrapped in thin plasticard and topped-off with glue bottle-tops (thanks Kr00zA for the inspiration).  And here's the beast in all it's glory (note - still got to finish the supa rokkits).       Close-up of the ramp lowering mekanism.  Mek Wing-Nutz showing off his new work. 
-------------------- Ork Town III - Terrain building competition, sponsored by Ramshackle Games.
Do you need some 6th edition fortifications for your army, a new terrain piece or an 'armies on display' board? Then build it, paint it, post it and move into "da orkiest town in da ooniverse", and have the chance of winning a prize! |
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Feb 16 2008, 06:09 PM
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Mayor of Orktown Group: Bad Moonz Posts: 1,992 Joined: 5-March 05 From: London, England Member No.: 1,210 |
I think I got my measurements a bit wrong when I scratchbuilt Da Gob ov Bork!
  Please don't ask when this will see some paint.  Big thanks to Tepok for running the komp and good luck to all the other kompetitors.  All C&C appreciated. 
-------------------- Ork Town III - Terrain building competition, sponsored by Ramshackle Games.
Do you need some 6th edition fortifications for your army, a new terrain piece or an 'armies on display' board? Then build it, paint it, post it and move into "da orkiest town in da ooniverse", and have the chance of winning a prize! |
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Feb 16 2008, 06:24 PM
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 Skarboy  Group: Freebooterz Posts: 1,447 Joined: 2-June 06 From: A house Member No.: 2,605 |
So... when will this see paint?
Another great entry, very high standard, I'll shut up, and add you to the list of finished lootas Tepok -------------------- Proppa Unproppa |
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Feb 16 2008, 08:05 PM
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 Kommando Group: Bad Moonz Posts: 966 Joined: 14-December 05 From: Barcelona, Angelis Member No.: 1,977 |
Soooooo superb! I'll really be reviewing your built for when I make combinations of front ramp+Def-rolla!
The turret is just so killy! I can owly uuuh! and Aaaah! in awe!
-------------------- More Krumpin' and less talkin'
Jean-Luc Picard ends with 'Ard! "There's a difference between bein' Smart boy an' bein' a Smart Git Gimzod"- Kommanda Uzgob, from Deff Skwadron Waaagh Tuznik's Noo Codex kill tally sofar: W:18 D:3 L:3 |
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Feb 16 2008, 08:17 PM
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 Snotling Group: Boyz Posts: 127 Joined: 11-July 07 From: some where you dont nedd to know Mr Stalker Member No.: 4,574 |
i love how u used the chemical plant kit and would just like to know where everybody gets them
keep up the good work -------------------- hah i win because you may be a level 2 wizard but im a level 5 RETARD......
wait....... oh god d?%m it. QUOTE (EvilMonkee @ Mar 14 2008, 05:38 PM)  Absolutely awesome. Any chance of a shot from the rear? if it moves ill sleep with it, if it dosent we'll work something out |
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Feb 16 2008, 09:40 PM
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 telescoping arm  Group: Snakebitez Posts: 509 Joined: 12-November 07 From: 4077th M*A*S*H Member No.: 5,552 |
wow looks good but maby some random plates on the main gun
-------------------- "Da old wayz ar' da best!" "We'z don't need yer stinken teknoligy!" "Is dat a double barreled 'xtra shooty mega blasta with 'xtra scopes and a red paint job?!?!" "Ill take five."
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 Feb 16 2008, 09:57 PM
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 Snotling Group: Boyz Posts: 121 Joined: 24-August 07 From: Somewhere over the rainbow... Member No.: 4,812 |
That turret is win.
Seriously though, only an ork would stack turret on top of each other, and the mini turrets just look awesome. |
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Feb 17 2008, 12:11 AM
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 Kommando Group: Bad Moonz Posts: 1,006 Joined: 16-December 06 From: Longmeadow, MA Member No.: 3,644 |
Top notch, Gaf Naz! I am dying to know what you used to make that killy looking deff rolla! Are those bitz in the chemical plant set? I have one I haven't opened yet.
Sorry, I have nothing critical to say, I am just gushing over this build. The turret on top of turret, the paint lid turrets, the drop ramp, its all looking really good. And as crazy as it sounds, I want to hug the Gob uv Bork, such a beautiful tank! -------------------- Easy Waaaghers
MEGA Armored Warboss TOEGNASHER Da DurDregga Behind Brother-Captain Bob, a great rift opened from the void, and space elves hopped out with cookies. In their time of greatest peril, Craftworld Keebler came to the Mon Keigh. Unfortunately for both, this would be no ordinary bake sale. |
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Feb 17 2008, 04:34 AM
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Mushling Group: Grotz Posts: 27 Joined: 16-January 08 Member No.: 6,240 |
awsome work cant wait to see t painted!
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Feb 17 2008, 08:29 AM
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 'Ard Boy Group: Boyz Posts: 873 Joined: 7-January 07 From: near Hannover, Germany Member No.: 3,744 |
respect,
personally the rokkits are a little to big but the way the are done are perfect. my favourite parts are the engine and the ramp. -------------------- In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in at about 2:55, when you know that you've had all the baths you can usefully have that day, that however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the papers you will never actually read it, or use the revolutionary new pruning technique it describes, and that as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the long dark teatime of the soul.
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Feb 17 2008, 09:49 AM
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 Yoof Group: Boyz Posts: 226 Joined: 14-October 06 Member No.: 3,275 |
QUOTE (clayton @ Feb 17 2008, 10:47 AM) i love how u used the chemical plant kit and would just like to know where everybody gets them You can get them all over the place, here's the link to what I think is the manufacturers website. They pop up on eBay frequently. Enough OT talk, that's a nice and proppa build! And da Gob uv Gork is proppa sized too. Just moreso.  The rokkits are ace already, what else are you planning to do to them?
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Feb 17 2008, 01:40 PM
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 telescoping arm Group: Boyz Posts: 499 Joined: 22-February 07 From: VA, USA Member No.: 3,958 |
This thing is sweet. I really like the way that you worked that chemplant in there. Also those supa missles are great. I'm not to sure about that tiny deth rolla though.
The rest is inspired as always with your stuff. It's cool to see it next to the Gob ov Bork! Good job. -------------------- Where's da trukk?
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Feb 17 2008, 05:30 PM
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 Glorifier of Grotz  Group: Deathskullz Posts: 1,999 Joined: 18-March 06 From: Under your bed Member No.: 2,307 |
QUOTE (Gaf-Naz @ Feb 16 2008, 03:39 PM) I think I got my measurements a bit wrong when I scratchbuilt Da Gob ov Bork! I think GW got their measurements wrong. I never thought I'd say, "The new Baneblades look weedy." Well, the new Baneblades look weedy. This thing is just wrong in so many good Orky ways. I also love the turret on turret design. For an Ork, that would just make enough sense for it to work.Yes, where are the deathrolla bitz from? -------------------- Yoo kin pikk yer Warboss an' yoo kin pikk yer noze. But, yoo kant pikk yer Warbossez noze.
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb." Kromlech for all your Orky goodness. Avatar by KroozA Nozeminer Studioz |
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Feb 17 2008, 06:17 PM
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Mayor of Orktown Group: Bad Moonz Posts: 1,992 Joined: 5-March 05 From: London, England Member No.: 1,210 |
Cheers for the komments guys.
clayton - I got the chem plant from this shop. Not sure where you're from but these kits seem to be available at most decent online model shops. Ug Thok / Noze - the spiky bits on the deff-rolla are from the chem plant kit. They're some sort of connector piece. I used one where the barrel of the main kannon meets the turret too. Nice useful bits. DocNuk - the rokkits are very big, especially as they're basically a re-rollable krak missile - for some reason I thought that Supa Rokkits were like Grot Bombs, but didn't check their stats in the book until I'd built them. I guess the rokkit's engines could be fired-up, but not launched, to give the tank a turbo-boost. Metaphorozine - the rokkits will get some smaller fins, random plating, rivets and possibly small cockpit windows. Am going to investigate the local model airplane shop and see what they've got that may work. Noze - I'd heard that the new GW plastic baneblade is 1" bigger all round than the FW resin one. I guess the stormblade Mek Wing-Nutz looted for Da Gob was built by giants.
-------------------- Ork Town III - Terrain building competition, sponsored by Ramshackle Games.
Do you need some 6th edition fortifications for your army, a new terrain piece or an 'armies on display' board? Then build it, paint it, post it and move into "da orkiest town in da ooniverse", and have the chance of winning a prize! |
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Feb 17 2008, 06:17 PM
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 Explosive Kranium Group: Deathskullz Posts: 608 Joined: 16-October 05 From: Cobenhagen, Denmark Member No.: 1,792 |
Love it, its an absolute beast, watching this have convinced me that I really need to make me a skullhammer ^^
Love the rokkits, very proppa! and the ramp with the arrow is nice, always good to let the boys know which way to charge in case they get confused! A bit of a shame that you had to make a mini-rolla instead of a proppa big one, but I can see the dilemma with the ramp, all in all, jobz a gud 'un! -------------------- I like to loot it loot it
QUOTE The rulebook also doesn't say anything about beating people like this with their own army case. So, technically... Nozeminer - In the "best cheat ever" thread. |
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Feb 17 2008, 06:24 PM
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 Grot Slave Group: Boyz Posts: 148 Joined: 6-January 08 From: Tampa Member No.: 6,123 |
QUOTE (Gaf-Naz @ Feb 16 2008, 05:39 PM) The Unpainted one has a very 'METAL SLUG' feel to it! Very nice Konversion! Please show us when it is painted! Awesome!! -------------------- |
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Feb 17 2008, 07:59 PM
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 Wartrukk Driver Group: Deathskullz Posts: 1,651 Joined: 5-June 06 From: San Diego,Ca USA Member No.: 2,616 |
Awesome!
I like how the 'ead feels like the mek knows he wants this to evolve into a Banebot and eventually a stompa or even gargant. I have 1 of those Megagargants left (traded the other 2 a while back) and yours just feels like it's right. The gob uv gork is speshul... dat's why it's bigger  I'd love to see all yer stuff on the table together... your builds are usually top notch and this one's no exception!
-------------------- CODE Originally Posted by Uthan the Perverse in 'Culture vs. Kultur: Thoughts on Orkish Society' The Orks are the pinnacle of creation. For them, the great struggle is won. They have evolved a society which knows no stress or angst. Who are we to judge them? We panzee who have failed, or the Humans, on the road to ruin in their turn. And why? Because we sought answers to questions that an Ork wouldn't even bother to ask. We see a culture that is strong and despise it as crude. Check out my site and blog. Pardon the horrendous design.. it's a WiP |
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Feb 18 2008, 03:20 AM
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 Snotroom Group: Grotz Posts: 47 Joined: 6-November 05 From: France, near Paris Member No.: 1,853 |
Awesome model!
 And if we had similar ideas (them stuff seem to be floating around), your skullhamma is neater than mine... I especially dig the turret.
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Feb 20 2008, 01:03 AM
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 He who was Snord  Group: Nobz Posts: 5,159 Joined: 11-November 03 From: Hong Kong Member No.: 175 |
Damn, there is so much to like about this model. I think the turrets are the best feature, and the way they're stacked up is 100% proppa. I also like the way you've done the rokkits, although they look unfinished - they're big enough to have Grot pilots, so I would have included them, or at least somewhere for the pilots to go (although I note that you intend to add more detail). I also like the big boiler on the back; it's become a fairly common feature on Ork conversions now, but it definitely looks the part. The deffrolla is weedy, but that doesn't matter - it just looks like stuff that's been added to the front. I guess my only real criticism is that, like a lot of Skullhammas, it doesn't look at all like a Fast vehicle, but it's very hard to make something this big look speedy.
On a personal note, I'm finding it very hard to match the level of inventiveness that you guys are displaying in this kontest. There was a time when my Ork vehicle conversions were reasonably well received, but I'm increasingly finding that my tendency to stick to things that are based on historical tanks is leading to rather humdrum designs. Meanwhile, many of you are prepared to take risks with your designs, leading to much more interesting and genuinely Orky models. My Skullhamma isn't ready to put up here, and even if it was I don't think it comes close to creations like this or DokNuK's (I'm still looking at the other entries in the kontest). -------------------- Oddballz
 "If you wants to understan' an enemy, you gotta walk a mile in his shoes. Den, if he's still your enemy, at least you're a mile away and he's got no shoes." Plateau, trollish philosopher |
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