Mek Gun and Trukk Kitbash (1+1=4)

Here's a tutorial, or walk through on how I made 4 Mek Gunz from the Ork Mek Gun and Ork Trukk boxes.  The basic idea is simple, use the Trukk wheels and bits to make gun carriages.  I built the Tracktor kannon straight out of the box, and the other three are kitbashes... if you wanted you could mix and match all 4.  I'd also recommend using other bits in your collection, but I refrained in the video to keep it simple... with the exception of the Kannon and Zapp gun from the Battle Wagon kit (I figure most Ork collectors will have one or two of those lying around.

Video after the break and pictures below.   Any questions? ask away...

Badmoon Shoota Boyz

Below you'll see some badmoons that I've had on my to-do list for quite some time.  I picked up the gas mas heads back in 2010 (link to the store below), and have been waiting to do these guys and the trukk for some time.

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The Nob has a Black Orc head that has been modified to look like a gas mask, and the big shoota boy has a burna boy head.  The gas mask heads came in a pack of 10, so I needed to makeup two more to finish out the 12 boy mob.

The techniques were similar to the Badmoon trukk I did a few weeks ago, except without the weathering powders.  Fun guys to paint and a mob of 12 is small enough to be enjoyable.

Ork Trukk Tutorial and Guide

Here's my latest addition to my Ork collection.  I've had this truck assembled and primed for quite a while, but never got around to painting it (like so many other things).  I've come up with a decent method of cutting time off Ork vehicles by spraying them with a silver base before painting.  Its not a solid colour, more of a directional layer over a black base.  From here the washes and a drybrush of necron compound finished with some weathering powders does the trick.  The additional colours help breakup the mini, in this cae black, yellow and bronze.

I have some shoota boyz with after market gas masks to go with this, so hopefully I get to painting them up relatively soon.

Tracks for Trukk conversion

I've had some questions about what tracks I used... here's some pics of the box. The Dragon kit number is 3814, M-4 HVSS Running Gear w/T-80 Track Set, 1:35 Quartermaster series. You don't need this exact set, any one that comes with the running gear would work. I only used this one because I found it on sale somewhere a long time ago.

Finished Trukk Conversion pics

Here's some finished pics of the Trukk Conversion project. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out even though I had some doubts when I was building it.

The mud on the tracks was done with Liquitex Texture Gel Resin Sand (from an art store). I stippled some scorched brown all over it then drybrushed with the reaper desert sand triad.

More Trukk Conversion pics

Working my way through painting this. Its actually going fairly quickly, but I haven't had a ton of time to devote to is (watching the Stanley Cup). Anyway, here's a few more pics.

I did the yellows with foundations and am adding some paint chips in a similar way to the blood angels, except this time with Reaper Lemon yellow, GW dark Flesh, then some silvers.

Ork Trukk conversion (tracks)

Here's a project I started a year ago, but only now am painting it. I took a set of tracks from a 1/35th sherman scale model and swapped them for the Trukk's wheels. I ended up increasing the length about an inch, but since I don't really play tournaments that shouldn't matter.

Here it is with a black base and some silver drybrushing:

Ork Trukk

Here's some pics of the second Trukk I've painted up for my Ork horde. The hood ornament is from the Black Orc sprue.

Armies on Parade

Gamesworkshop hosted an "armies on parade" competition this past Saturday. They announced that there would be prizes to be won, so I rounded up my orks and gave it a go. I managed to get a narrow victory over a nice looking beastmen army netting a $50 gift certificate in the process.

I made up the board specifically for this. Its some left over wood from shelves I made with 4 coats of magnetic paint. All the models have magnets on their bases, so it makes for easier transportation (and quicker setup of the display).