Not dead yet...

Just been sick.  I haven't made any progress in a week or so.  Updates to come.

Skarboyz Part 1

I wanted a relatively low cost hard as nails melee unit I could torpedo into an enemy and let them run amok.  I'm a big fan of the older ork history and it stuck me that what I wanted were Skarboyz,  ork veterans if you will.  Nothing direct in the codex, but after perusing the entries I noticed Nobz would fit the bill.  But how to keep them cheap?  Since the are a fire and forget unit more to shove in somebodies face and not worry about them surviving I decided to keep the upgrades simple, Heavy Armor (more modeling opportunities) and some power klaws along with a "Boss" (he'll be bigger and have a boss pole).  Stuff them in a trukk and launch away.  But how to model them?  I already have two 'Uge Warbosses.  I have multiple copies of the AoBR Warboss setaside for Mega Armor conversions, so that leaves the AoBR Nobz. I've got a bunch so off I go!

So I need to turn this pile a mediocre models into something Ded 'Ard.  Let's see...

Trukk #3- Complete

Not much to say on the completion.  I added the Big Shoota and the exhaust.  I also took the Dremel to the trukk to make nice and lived in:

Trukk #3 Part 3

This is a quick update.  Got the rivets and wheels on.  It actually makes quire a difference.I wasn't too excited about this trukk but as its come together I'm likin it.  I think it really has that jalopy look I'm trying to capture.

Trukk #3 Part 2

More progress. I cut elements for the trukk bed:

I predistressed the edges of the bed plates as they will be too hard to get at once glued in.

Quick Hit: Bitz from unlikely sources

I've been asked more than once about some of the bits I use on builds and it got me thinking about the "non-standard" parts I find and incorporate.  Let's take two recent builds posted here, a Nob Biker and the Gobsmasha:

Trukk #3 Part 1

I needed 1 more trukk to load the boyz in.  I started by using a the chassis I shorted some time ago and added more structure to lengthen and widen the bed. I glued the front axle upsidedown and on the top of the frame to drop the nose in the weeds.   The rear axle had to be extended to accomodate the wider bed. The engine is the stock trukk kit: