I'm eventually making an whole table of orky fortified scrapyard terrain. I was working on wall sections with walkways en masse, but I got sidetracked and I knew I would eventually want a crane, and the pieces were speaking to me so I went ahead and made it lol. I'm gonna add some more random scrap pieces to the boom and the mast but its mostly there now.
My primary interest in the hobby is toy-bashing/upcycling junk for my scratch builds, but there's only so many vehicles I can make with closed cabs and no visible Orks. (either that or incorporate that my orks are really shy into my lore lol.) I also don't have a 3D printer (or funds to get one. I found this guy by zinge industries but even at £3 each (+£3.50 shipping) theyre more expensive than I'd normally spend on a whole vehicle and I'm on a really tight budget, I'm also not 100% inspired by the pose.
If anyone knows a decent method / source to get my hands on some (uk based, notts/derby) that'd be really helpful . Thanks in advance <3.
I got sidetracked from working on my stompa, and the cab from a cement truck transformers toy (This one) kept eyeing me from my bits box.
The cab is built normal (behind all the extra armour) but I completely cut and reshaped the chassis to fit the trukk dimensions, before building the truckbed.
Beside's from the transformers toy, The rest is mostly toy parts, printer parts and jewelry chain. the hubcaps on the wheels are blades from a paper-shredder, and washers. the curved panels holding up the wreckin' ball are PVC drainpipe - a great crafting material that's cheap and easy to work with
I'm particularly happy with how the the Wreckin' ball turned out, as well as the the spiked bumper (as proxy for the spiked wheels) and the exposed fuel tank (made from a plumbing fitting.) Less happy with the exhaust pipes/smokestacks (which look kinda janky) and the rear end (which I'm probably going to have another look at with fresh eyes at some point. Overall very happy with how it turned out.
Hopefully at some point I'll stop procrastinating and finish something lol.
More photos in the comments.
Have now built everything for my junk stompa. Newly added is the head, the glyph on the chest representing my custom clan The Zzap Ratz and the structural reinforcement on the smokestacks. For the head I went for a single, wide open window, because in general I'm trying to give my builds a construction equipment aesthetic. I might add mesh to the inside of the window (thoughts appreciated). I've also paneled up the bottom (unphotographed.) I don't even know how I'd start to get a photo of that, its pretty boring anyway.
first four parts:
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Next is gap filling, and riveting the whole thing - if anyone has some advice about what what products to use and how to do for either of those steps I'm fully out of my depth - I have acrylic modelling paste for gap-filling and nail beads and thin CA glue for rivets but have heard differing opinions on if these are good options
Got the shell of my Stompa together and added the weapon arms. Finally got all the Dakka attached together in one place. Feet are not attached yet because the bottom is still bare cardboard and I've left the front panel detached (although I have it propped up in place for some of the photos) because I think I'm gonna need to glue some rocks in there for balance to get the feet in the pose I like. Paneling didn't take as long as I expected, I was most using the hull from a action figure navy boat (soldier force) and it was very forgiving - flexible enough to be bent to the right shape but strong enough to not warp. Mostly used that boat, some printer plastic and some PVC pipe for this part + some other random plastic panels here and there for variation in surface and detail.
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Next, I have to panel the bottom and finalise where I want the feet, which will probably involve ballast as mentioned above, then I can attach the front. I think I'm gonna do the head last - I'm still deciding between replicating the official model's style with a full face and teeth and horns etc, or doing something a bit more industrial like construction equipment. Probably gonna end up finding a balance somewhere in-between, I'm definitely gonna add some teeth; wouldn't be a stompa without them.
PS, excuse the bad photography, Sorry.