Quick Hit Friday - Ork Warbike Nob

With the new codex Biker Nobs as a unit are a bit overcosted, but normal Warbikes are great!.  I figured I'd keep enough Nobz for 1 unit and build the Warbikers with the bits I had left over.  In order to keep the units visibly different I'm going for a less is more approach.  With the Bikernobz I loaded them with gear and converted the crap out of them, but for these boys I'm keeping everything more toned down.  The unit Nob here is a bit of an exception, he is a Nob after all.  I'm using Kromlech heads and torsos for the entire unit (biker gang!).  The power claw is from the AoBR Warboss, trimmed up a bit to fit.  I'm not fan of the weedy ones that come with the normal kits.  I'm short a dakkagun, so I'll scratchbuild one for this guy.  The front fairing is just on of the wheel rams put together in a different way.  Here's the WiP for this guy:

Nob Bikerz WIP Part 5

Here is the latest biker:

The head is a Fantasy Football head from Puppetswar, the torso from the Orc Pilots set from Kromlec.  I used JB Weld for the resin to plastic joins, as anything else I've doesn't work very well.  I'm going to take a break from Nob Bikerz for a while to work on lootas.  MTK...

Nob Bikerz WIP part 4

Alright, next biker!

Nob Bikerz WIP Part 2

First Biker of the unit finished:

Onto to Biker 2!

Nob Bikerz WIP part 1

In addition to finishing the boss I started my second unit of Nob Bikers.  Here's the WIP:

I trimmed away the front of a standard bike and flipped the remaining bit around.  This let's the rider lean forward a bit more.  The engine is from a cut up deffkopta, with the bike forks mounted underneath.

I'd have more WIP shots but I got on a roll.  More to come...

Warbiker boss part 6

Whew.  Still catching up from vacation and Thanksgiving.  The Boss is done!

Now to finish the second Nob Biker unit...

Warbiker boss part 5

Hey I managed to squeeze in some modeling time and a post before the beginning of my Turkey day prep.

Here's the current progress:

 

I wanted a different Power Klaw, bigger and more brutal:

 

 Big Dakka guns from the tutorial:

 

I made a cast from a bike wheel for a more Speed Freeky shoulder pad:

 

A 1/35th scale oil drum:

 

 I needed a huge biker head, so I started some putty work on the stock AoBR bonce.  I was going to try for a cloth skullcap but I ended going with a tanker style cap instead.  The extra bulk of the cap compliments the big head better, and it will tie in with some of the tanks I have planned later.

 

 

Not done with the sculpting, but a good start I think!

 

Warbiker Boss part 4

Quick hit, crazy busy with "real life" but manged to ge this far:

Warbiker Boss part 3

Quick update.  Progress so far:

 

Closeup of forks:

A tube inside a tube, reenforced with paperclip wire:

To make the rear transaxle and the front engine I used Killa Kan leg joints:

 

Rear Axle closeups:

 

 

A comparison with a regular bike:

 

 

 

Warbiker Boss continued...

A little more progress:
Adding the new front fork mounts, and I added some rivets and gubbinz to the engine.

 

Close up of the cross mounts for the rear clip:

 

Overall.

 

More to come...