Ork Dread goes to the paint shop.

Today I worked on the Ork Dreadnought I just primed black and dry brushed with tin bitz, followed by boltgun metal and then washed  with badab black currently is looking a bit obscured but I think it will work in the end, since it already looks good.

I already used some dwarf bronze in the exhaust pipe.

Dread challenge Completed

Ok Im finishing my Ork Dread Today, in the last post I redid the left side and did a new arm so all that was left was to make a top, after consulting with Dave Taylor a decision was made.
I used 2 bases to create the top the first one is a flying base that serves as cover for the paint pot hole, but Im actually going ahead of me here.
First I got a  Space Marine dreadnought flamer, I used a cutter to remove the original tubes and replace them with plasticard tubes to enlarge the flamer to Ork proper size.

Next step was to place the flamer and the plying base.
to do a proper hatch I decided that the easy way out was to remove the inner plastic in a 25mm infantry base.
I looks good but It needed some bitz  that I promply placed.

I added some rivets for good measure, and to cover the slot where model tabs are inserted I used another spare sm dreadnought piece I think that with the rivets it looks properly scavenged.

keep reading for the pictures of the final result:

Dread challenge Part 8

Ok today after reading a lot the Ork Codex, I realized that by not using a second CC arm I was in efect restricting my dread in a bad way, so I did a new arm in a similar process to the one used in a previous post, but instead of doing a duplicate I reoriented the internals and drilled 2 holes to make a new CC weapon.

When the new arm was ready I removed the big shoota and placed the new arm, I also added some aditional details like fangs and rivets ( a tiring chore but it enhaces the end result).

I think everything is better now, and just need a big scorcha and enclosing the dread.

If you are interested in the previous work here is a recompilation:
Arm Close combat weapon completed
Arm without weapon and Big shoota completed
Initial work on the arm
Increased feets
Hip Construction

Dread challenge Part 7

Today I finally broke the CC weapon block I had, I decided to cut a strip of thick plasticard,and cut along the drawed line you see.

After that I sused some spare plasticard to form the weapon body.

Finally I glued the weapon to the arm and refined the cabling I already had pre placed:

One last thing, my baby opined that The ork symbol wasnt mean enough sio she drawed me a better option What you think about it?

Now I just have to finish the top and will be able to complete my dread, a really though block to overcome.

If you are interested in the previous work here is a recompilation:
Arm without weapon and Big shoota completed
Initial work on the arm
Increased feets
Hip Construction

Dread challenge Part 6

Ok a fairly productive day, I managed to complete the arm.

After that I wanted to work on the engine, so I created an exhaust pipe.

Dread challenge Part 5

Ok I have continued with the dread today. so far the arm is partially completed.
First I cut some strips of plasticard, one piece of H shaped plasticard and some plastic tubing

With them asembled I proceded to cut a bit of tube to be the body join

then I shaped a disc to cover the hole (something Im still bad doing)


so far I think I have a good arm for the dread.



If you are interested in the previous work here are some Dread previous posts:
Increased feets
Hip Construction

Dread challenge Part 4

From the last post in the series, you might remember that the legs for the dread where a bit feeble.

So today I added a bit of green putty, and about the body I recovered a paint pot that was ready for it from 20023 at least if not earlier. ( I definitely need a green putty course)

It looks better and the body looks great so far.



That's all for now but If you are interested in the:

The Legs construction
The Hip construction

Dread challenge start

Ok after watching the pics from forge world for the mega dread I decided that I should start a new dread for me, with that in mind I'm getting ready, first some Ork plans are in order:

after that I started with the feet so far I have done just the lower bits:

muahahaha!

Ok what happens when you need sleep and have:
some plastic.

and an image of the new mega ork from ForgeWorld

of course a new challenge to do .

I'm planning to create a custom dread, I hope it works since it will be my next personal challenge