Scratch building...RT /40K

[Fighelm]

Part one: This time it's RT into current wh40k (advanced apologies to any purists out there). Some scratch built vehicles, tanks and dreadnought to follow. Made for myself, my eldest lad and his mates to play the oldskool RT and 8th into 9th ed wh40k. All this stuff was made from the bits box, old toy bits, random recycled ♻️ plastics, covid test kits, glue tops, gardening clips, old lego, proprietary computer cable ties, lids, pots, etc etc....i had fun snipping & glueing it together, & am now conscious that much was created under fug of glue vapour.

Used modern kits for gretchin/grots. Some old metal space orks for scale (heresay I hear, on square bases! So I could fit them snug on platform once painted up...).

First up, grot tanks. Questions on a postcard... (fired from a muzzle)

 

[Fighelm]

Part twoooo: Dreadnoughts.

These grots chucked them together with bits of all sorts plus sprues and some gardening clips. They may have requisitioned some other stuff from other kits... Anyhow.

 

[orkwrangler]

What did you use for tank tracks?

 

[Fighelm]

What did you use for tank tracks?

Some computer cable tidy rubberised ties, proprietary ones I bought years ago. Similar material to the old airfix tank tracks!

 

[Fighelm]

Part trez: Mega (bigga/shootier/crunchier) Dreadnoughts or some such nonsense. Again, built with bits + an ork big boss fella sticking his (stoopid) head out of the top hatch along with his pet squig...

 

[Brother Meredith]

These are all awesome! Love some orcy scratch building and conversions!

 

[Fighelm]

Part cuatro: Ork 'madmax' stuff. This next one is a take on a looted vehicle converted for every kind of wrongness and havoc. It's actually an old Britain Ltd's 'Deetail' Daimler Dingo (diecast 1/35 scale ww2 model I had as kid back in the70s I think) turned around & a proper job done on it... The big boss fella has also brought his pet squig, just to annoy the war trukk driver. Some of you Sharp-eyed kids may have noticed the big red nitrous cylinder for extra vooooom. I found that empty discarded laughing gas cylinder left by some local miscreant at the back garages on our estate. Et voila! .... & built it into the model (as you do). Oh & the decals off a panzer or something.

 

[Fighelm]

These are all awesome! Love some orcy scratch building and conversions!

Creations of a diseased mind (& breathing in too much superglue fume)...

 

[Fighelm]

And finally (for now and the near future). Part visii: The big sod-off warwagon. Well some sort of interpretation of a belching ork monstrosity anyhoo. Totally scratch built this thing with glazers shims, bits of card, mdf, plastic bits and pieces, plus raided airfix model bits. May have nicked stuff off the kid's old action figures & toys(!)... And maybe some toy tyres. They won't know as it's all glued on now, disguised and painted . May have robbed some (spare) railings off a modern 40k chaos rhino as well. No one saw me do it. A modern plastic ork driving it though. Sucks, but not gonna chop a precious metal mini for the sake of that. The RT space orks raiders are stood proudly at the back surveying all that they are about to own, drive over & probably burn 🔥.

 

[Fighelm]

Any questions? 🧐 😂

 

[Eric]

Wow, awesome scratch building. These are great. What did you use for the spiked railings on the large war wagon?

 

[Fighelm]

Wow, awesome scratch building. These are great. What did you use for the spiked railings on the large war wagon?

Cheers Eric! They were robbed off a Chaos rhino... bits left over as I had pimped it for my thousand sons faction- no 'gothick' accesorising for them. But the orks wanted them fitted to stop 'em falling off the back at high speed.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Looks awesome! Mad Max would be proud. 😉

 

[Fighelm]

Looks awesome! Mad Max would be proud. 😉

Thank you kindly! & "WITNESS ME!" (sprays silver paint on chops)...

 

[orkwrangler]

But the orks wanted them fitted to stop 'em falling off the back at high speed.

Appropriate! IIRC there is a Rogue Trader rule for the old battlewagon that it can carry as many miniatures as you want but if any fall off they count as casualties.

 

[Fighelm]

Appropriate! IIRC there is a Rogue Trader rule for the old battlewagon that it can carry as many miniatures as you want but if any fall off they count as casualties.

Yep. Balance as many on as possible, hanging off the stays...

 

[twisted moon]

some really nice stuff here, and properly in the rt spirit.

 

[Fighelm]

some really nice stuff here, and properly in the rt spirit.

Thankee kind sir!