Fighta Bommer (4)

Hmm when you set out to do something only do find out you are out of plastic card, you get very sad :( and end up buying wired games like napoleon total war and play that all the time and forget to build any fighta bommer :)

But I finally got my mojo back did some work on the bommer, since I could not work on the body, I did some work on the engines, and I an pretty pleased with the result.

The flaps are going to be folded down to the tube in the center, the engines were actually simple to make, but time consuming.

I have also made some bombs, but I forgot to take any pictures, so you are going to see them next time I get around to take some pictures.

Fighta Bommer (2)

I did some more work Da Bommer this time I started on the wings.

We ad to strap a grot to da biggst pole we could find in da shop to give you tis high photo.

 

Surprisingly he did manage to take tis fine photo on his way crasing to da earth after

some of da boys thought it was funny to let go af da pole...

Ha ha ha ha ha

dad was funny

I forgot to take some shots of my ingenious wing fixing thingi (in own words), but will take some later when I get back to the workshop.

But I almost finished the rips for the left wing. Holy s*** that was tedious work, I would like to point out that someone, not mention any names here, thought it would look cool if the wing where at an angle, so all the ribs needed to be different sizes argh.... Well I did get it done and here is a shot of the power of the rainbow clamps.

Also I am not sure about the bottom part of the plane, so I think I am going to scrap that and go for some wing mounted jet engines, but more on that later.

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Well back to the workshop
C&C is welcome

Fighta Bommer (1)

Because when it comes to building stuff I sometimes have the attention span of a gopher ;P

You know sometimes you just have to do something else, I had one of those moments last Saturday. We have been playing a lot of apocalypse late in my local gaming club. I have always had to idea to apocalypse that it is not just a normal 40k game with more points, of course this might be solved be using special missions or narrative storytelling, but I think the way is the introduce models and armies not seen in normal games, and I don't just mean three Baneblades. It could be a funny model or some small unit that gives the over all feel to the army, and army springs to mind when it comes to special units.... DA ORKS

So yes I have started an Ork Apocalypse army Da ROAF (Da r-someting Ork Air force) mainly because this have the potential to being a fun army to play in a apocalypse game with out having 5000p+ army.

Of course I have started with the essentials Da mighty Fighta Bommer.
The main problem with construction the hull is getting the shape and structural integrity, and what I have found is a old and time tested method for hull construction, ribs and more ribs, this methode have been used for millennia for ship building and it works fine for ork aircraft building.

My plan is to construct the hull with ribs and cote them with thin .5 mm plasticcard wich is easier to bend over the curves, and the late orkify the plane with slap on armor plates and repairs.

I have going to use the same approach on the wings, with one or two beams running down the middle for support and a way to attach the wing to the hull.

Of course no fighta bommer is compleet with out an rear turret.

This simple turret is constructed from .75 mm strips of plasticcard and some styrene rods in different sizes. And of course a little vision slot on the top so the gunner can see what he is shooting at.

Futuristic cargo container

Well it has been some time since my last post, but I am still alive and scratching.

My latest project is in the more small terrain pieces(fx something to place between all your cool buildings) And today's model is a futuristic cargo container, I got inspired to do the other day, seeing what I believe is some kind of generator.

So I made a model in sketch up to get an idea of how I am going to build it.












(Space marine only for comparison and not included)















I am planning to one of the sides and the cast it in resin since the container is octagonal it should work fine, and save me from a lot of work. Plus it will give me the opportunity to replicate the model, to make all kinds of cool pieces.

The Bastion (4)

Hmm have been quite some time since i last worked on any modeling related projects. But with my summer vacation over, it is time to get busy with the modeling again. I have had close to a month to ponder over new ideas so I am ready to get going.

I have some ideas for the walls, doing the with a angle like the tower, and I most say I am pretty satisfied with the result.





























I am thinking about using some strips of plastic card to cover up to joints, making it look steel reinforced like the tower.

At first I was think about using the agies defence line bits for the parapet, but the bends will make it look weird. So I am just making them out of foam like the rest of the wall.

































(space marine just for size compariosen and not included in the final product?)

I am gonna do the stone work just like the other parts of the wall, and the glue the part together, witch also means the for now i am stuck since I don't have my glue with me atm, but hopefully I will be able to get it tomorrow.

The Bastion (3)

Well I have gotten the time put some rivets on the door, and I am pretty pleased with the result.


Before rivets



After...

The Bastion (2)

Last night I worked some more on the bastion, more specific I made an other door, since the kit only comes with one and i needed 2.



The reason for the back piece being higher then the door is that i have a big hole, left over from the heavy bolter emplacement, that I have to cover up.




A small keypad so you can lock the door.




And the end result.

All it needs now are rivet, rivet and more RIVETS.

The Bastion (1)

I have recently gotten my hands on the new Bastion kit from GW, and thought i would have some fun with it. This project will also give me some opportunities to try some new techniques, among other making texture on foam board.

I don't want this to be just an standard bastion, so i am building the tower with a fortified walkway to the quad autocannon, overlooking the entrance.



I am planing on using the aegis defence line as the fortifications on the walkway. The quad cannon will be placed at the end of the walkway, on top of the entrance.





The walls are made for 10mm thick blue form board, and the brick work is made using a ruler and a permanent marker, but i suppose you can use any kind of pencil or pen.