One of Simon’s Drop Pods.
Author: Felix
Ork Fuel Depot
As well as putting together an Ork Fort I also using a similar technique to build an Ork Fuel Depot. Using parts from the Stompa kit and Cities of Death Manufactorium I added more detail to the Depot.
See the full workbench feature on the fuel depot. However at this stage it is probably going to be just an ordinary fort now.
Stormraven finally arrives…
Despite leaking much earlier than we can guess Games Workshop wanted, today saw the infamous Stormraven becoming available to pre-order on the Games Workshop website.
The Stormraven Gunship is an armoured versatile craft that combines the role of dropship, armoured transport and strike craft.
This multi-part plastic kit contains 116 components including every option available for the Stormraven from heavy bolters, assault cannons and plasma cannons through to Bloodstrike Missiles and a modified magna-grapple. The kit also comes will full interior detail, which can be painted prior to assembly, and a clear plastic cockpit window through which you can see the pilot and the turret gunner.
Personally I am not a great fan of the model I think it looks a little too squat and front heavy. It’s almost a flying Land Raider, but then again I guess that’s what it is suppose to be!
What do you think, do you like it?
Ork Warbiker
This well painted Ork Warbiker was on display at GamesDay 2007.
I really do quite like this model.
So will I be getting some?
Probably not, as I think that they look quite fiddly to paint and therefore would take a fair bit of time to paint. Well you never know, one day….
Fitting the Big Trakk Exhausts
The next stage for my Big Ork Trakk was to add the exhausts. There are two exhausts and it is not immediately apparent where they fit.
They are fitted on either side of the driver’s seat facing out at an angle.
Fitting the right exhaust, with the exhaust highlighted.
Fitting the left exhaust, with the exhaust highlighted.
The workbench feature on the Big Trakk may help anyone else putting one of these kits together.
Ruined Tower
This ruined tower was on display at GamesDay 2006.
I think it was one of those one off pieces that GW was doing around that time, made from hard expanded polystryrene that was then sold pre-painted.
I think it is a nice piece of scenery and if I was a regular player of Warhammer Fantasy at that time I would have bought it. It would also suit other systems such as Flintloque.
See my fantasy scenery gallery.
Forge World Ork Trukk with Enclosed Cab
Having taken the parts our of the bag and washed the resin pieces of the Forge World Ork Trukk with Enclosed Cab the next stage was to start putting it together.
The resin cab is basically one piece to which the smaller parts fit very easily.
I decided to construct the flatbed with the sides up.
The chassis was constructed as per the instructions, though like my other Trukk as I had spare wheels I gave the model all rounded wheels rather than the mix that comes as standard with the kit.
Another view.
I do really like how different this kit (and the wheels) this makes the Ork Trukk look. As a result I won’t have a consistent style of Ork Trukk, just a ramshackle series of vehicles that may have a common heritage, but look all cobbled together from whatever was lying about in the Mek’s workshop.
See the full workbench feature on the Forge World Ork Trukk with Enclosed Cab.
Defending the Fort
Though not quite finished, I have used my Ork Fort in a couple of games now. In this game my Orks are defending it in a Rorke’s Drift type scenario.
Click the image for a larger view.
In the background you can see a Space Marine Drop Pod that would be used to attack the fort.
Cold One
This is Jes Goodwin’s Dark Elf Cold One as displayed at GamesDay 2007.
I always though that this would make for a unique mount for an Imperial Guard unit, specifically a Tallarn unit. I was never a fan of the Forge World Mukaali mounts that they designed for the Tallarn.
Ork Big Trakk Wheels
The next stage for my Big Ork Trakk was to add the wheels.
These were attached to the suspension (torsion bars) before they were fixed to the vehicle.
The next stage was to add the driving wheels. Again fix these with the model on a flat surface as this will ensure that the model sits flat on the tracks. I did one wheel at a time to ensure I didn’t knock them as I stuck them together. Also ensure that you have the suspension or torsion bars facing to towards the back of the vehicle.
The other side.
Starting to look a lot more like a Big Trakk now.
The workbench feature on the Big Trakk may help anyone else putting one of these kits together.