The Grot Mob

As I'm back at work now I decided to work on the mobs. So I wont get any paint on the Cuttas till I get back home.

Im going for the pirate theme for the Grots to fit in with the boats. I will do up about 20ish Grots including 5 snots as I seem to go through them pretty quick. I will probably just leave them fairly generic with minimal mods. I think I will build a card for each grot with all his stat much like warmachine.

So here is the crew so far.

The Captain. I think I'll call him Cpt Squid Beard but then I'd have to sculpt a beard (As you can see my sculting isnt that good) So I will leave him unnammed at the moment.

Im thinking of also giving him a Squig Parrot.

Next up is the Banna Wava. He'll get the same treatment as the Capt.

Here are a few of the crew. They will also get a bit more pirate stuff sculpted to them.

And a few Snots. These were like 2nd edition metals. Ive replaced the heads but need to do a bit of work to blend them in.

I should have them done in a day or two and then to get paint on them. I want to do a total of 4 mobs so they will be red yellow blue and green. The Grots will be Kahki with red trim so they are basically my Green team. The current ork mob are yellow. Im trying to do the paint jobs quickly so they will mostly be painted with washes.

Cutta and Lugga

I got myself one of those hole punches I see alot of people with to use as a rivet maker. So I went to town with it making the two Cuttas I will need. Here are a couple of bad pics of them. No wips as I was too busy to take any

The two of them together. They can hold 6 but 4 fit comfortably.

I think the mast is too big so I might swap it out. Not sure what to make the saile out of. Maybe light cloth.

I have made all the moving bits work so the boom will swing around and the steering turns a rear skid.

You mught see the bits on the boom and floor. Not sure what they are called but I will add ropes to it so I can make the boom move. I will also have ropes for the sails as well so they can be raised or lowered

 The mast is damaged to reflect the damage done on the last game I have. Damn Mutie guns take em out every time.

The big lugga with a bit of paint on it. Going for a russian type look so Kaki and red.

Ork Trakk

So this was origanilly going to be my trukk and I had converted a Kopta to be a trakk. But after a bit of research I realised that most people were under a misunderstanding like myself that a trak was a small vehicle that had room only for a gunner. In the rulez it states that a trak weighs more than a trukk and therefore can only move 5 inches when thrusting. The only way this would make sense is if the trakk was the size of a trukk but with catapillar treads instead of wheeels hence the weigh increase.

If they ever do a second edition I hope this gets cleared up. So anyway here is a WIP of the track. It needs the front end finished and the gunners location fixed and maybe a few extra bits like fuel tanks then the jobs a guddin.

Im not a mechanic and dont know mych about engines but hopefully this one will look the goods.

Needs some pipes coming out of it tho.

The engine in the trakk. Definitely needs pipes.

I will have full roll cages everywhere I just ran out of tubing. More on order from ebay

A comparison shot of the Trakk and Big Lugga. As you can see the Lugga got away from me.

The trak is actually about an inch longer in the tray than the GW trukk.

So this will do for a few days. Hopefully after the weekend I will have Paint on them and they will be finished so I can do up a few more bikes and work on a couple of smaller buggies.

Big Lugga build nearly finished

Just few small things to add to this and Im done. A figure head (I might wait till I have a game and see if I capture and ork or something). Stearing wheel and port holes and some rope and nettings. I also want trophies hanging of it but will do that after painting. The color scheme for this one will be like my khador minis. I like the idea of cam green with red stars.

Anyway here tis for now.

As you will probably guess this this is pretty big. Much bigger than the trak Im building. I can probably use it as a trukk if I needed a spare one. I intend to build 4 mobs in total.

The other side. You may not make it out but there are two holes in the front for rope to attach to the front skids for steering.

Old Kopta blades for the egine. I was going to make a working motor but as the body is foam I decided a hot motor sitting inside foam might be a very bad idea.

A pick of the poop deck. Just needs a steering wheel and its done. Also you can see the door leading to the engine room.

So my next post for this guy will be in a few days maybe a week when I hope to have paint on it.

Size creep Arrrggg

Size creep sux. Whether your sculting or whether your scratch building a big lugga.

 Now Big is a relative term and in the form of Lugga it just means bigga than a cutta. Well in this case my big lugga has become twice the size of an oversized Ork trukk. So I decided to remove some bits to bring it back to scale. Its still huge but with a 20% reduction it doesnt look too silly now.

Rather than add a new post I'll just put an update in here. This has been interesting. From a simple lugga its got bigger than ben hur. As I hope to build a much more intricate one for my Warmachine faction I will definitely plan that one much better.

So my big lugga is mostly done now. Just need railings on the Aft deck and a railing in the middle then hide all the holes. Then it needs some skids and a steering system and then just decos that I will do as I play.

Also need a big propella here to drive the boat. I have a spare set of Kopta blades that I will use for that. Also need to finish the window frame.

Big Lugga update

Doing a few bits for the big lugga. Ive been working on the Forcastle (Focsal) I will magnetise the splater gun in case I change my mind and put a twin linked in there. Also as its so big I might even use it as a trukk one day.

The Focsal. I will put some scrap metal to protect the grots and make it look more Goblinie.

Im planning on a figure head as well just not sure what yet. Maybe a tied up orc.

A few pics of the Splatter gun. It actually woks. Im going to magnatise it once im finished building it.

I have a few squigs laying around so I might have a grot trying to load one in. I also want to make a trigger devise for it so I can load it and use it during the game.

GorkaMorka update

Here is a quick update of the Grot Big Lugga. Most of the plating is done then all the pretty stuff will be left to do. Im going to use a set of skids for this one witha giant fan out the back for propulsion.