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Finished

Si — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Finally added the photos of my finished gobsmasha. Painted up in my grots orange/blue colour scheme, I'm quite happy with the results. The wheels could perhaps have done with being more metallic, the rusty colour clashes a bit with the orange paint. But meh, it's good enough for grot work :). I'm happy with it, though possibly that's just happy to have something complete!

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Wheels Update

Si — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Ok the wheels are now sat behind me drying. I’ve used some simple model filler to plug the gaps. Once it’s dry I’ll sand it down and the whole lot is ready for priming. With luck we’ll have a fine day over the weekend when I can get outside with the spray can.

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Second Update

Si — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Second update today, but this is work I've actually done today. I've now added rivets, probably all I'm going to add (I think it's possible to go over the top.. i know, controversial). I've added armoured plates to the sides, they were looking a little bare. I've also added the plating to the wheels. A big job of going around and filling gaps on there, but that's the result of the soft mould.

I'm really happy with this, I think it's got the same solid, hamfisted waaagh type feeling the epic model has. And that's exactly what I was going for. Woot.

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Project Overview

Si — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Project Overview

I’ve always loved the gobsmasha. Built by Meks to teach the younger, more enthusiastic Evil Sunz yoofs the ways of speed and shooting they had a robust, indestructable quality. Of course this wasn’t matched by their in game stats, but meh, I don’t play so it stuck in my head.

As I’ve probably mentioned my Grot army is all about harking back to 2nd ed orks and their no absent (in my opinion) character and charm. So the gobsmasha seemed like a decent addition.

I actually started this project months ago, making the wheels, but only got around to the chassis yesterday. Here’s a whirlwind tour.

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First Update (it’s a biggy)

Si — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The wheels were made of a short length of 42mm diameter pipe. This was capped, then dressed with foamboard "treads" and a lot of plasticard. My original intention was to cast these in resin, but that's expensive, so I did the cheap option. A tub of liquid latex ( ï¿½1.99), and a packet of resin plaster (ï¿½2.99). Bargain. The results aren't perfect, as you'd expect, but I think in this case that works. Once the finished plaster casts are toughened up with plasticard and paint/varnish they should be fine. Again worth noting I don't play 40k, so my models are display only. Not sure how this stuff would stand up to regular movement. They say the resin plaster stuff is tougher than normal plaster of paris, but I can't see any difference.

I had to adjust two of the wheels with a hacksaw, and they stood up to that well. My front wheels are slightly narrower than the rear, but should still work ok. I forgot to take any scale pics, so for reference a Space Marine comes up to the bottom of the top tread on each wheel.

Next up was the chassis. Foamboard lumps, a large cube of polystyrene in the middle, and Robert's your mother's brother. This was then cased in plasticard, and edged to hide my dire joints.

Then I started detailing. The rear exhaust is a funky pipe connector thing I bought from B&Q. A couple of quid for 2, but they just seemed like immensely useful pieces. Also on the rear we have an IG searchlight backpiece, an oil barrel, the connector from some IG heavy weapon, and a really cool wheel from an old M113 kit.

The engine bay is just more plasticard, decorated with two leman russ doors, the back of an old hk missile box, and another piece from the m113 kit.

The top has a raised section on the left, this will get a viewing port out the top (my grots aren't stupid orks, why shove your head out when you don't need to?). The right section is a normal 25mm base with the breech from a basilisk earthshaker and some more M113 details around the sides.

Finally the front has an old Rhino hatch (as a tribute to the Epicast Gobsmasha of old), and chimera front hatch doors on the other side (these are obviously tinkering hatches, when the grots need to get at the gun at high speed). The gun itself is a basilisk earthshaker cannon. Backwards. I chopped it at an angle to suit, then inserted some tubing in the breech and a wheel hub on top of the smaller pipe above and job's a good un. Actually really happy with how it came together. One of those things that clicked, like the grot gyrocopter.

Obviously stuff still to do. Next job tonight are the rivets on all the raised sections, though I'm not going to go mad with them. The wheels need plating as I mentioned, but other than that we're pretty much there. Might mount a twin linked big shoota on top. Not sure what this will count as in my army yet so that'll decide any periphery armament.

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