| 'Hot Rod'
Style Wartrukk - project
completed on 2/12/2011 |
I'm thinking I may want to bring a 'Speed freek' style
army to my next tournament. It makes it a lot easier to
stick to the time limit if all your guys are mounted up.
I wanted something a bit different for this Watrukk.
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Concept and Construction
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Right
off the bat I knew I wanted a six-wheeled chassis design.
I found a toy set that had smaller versions of the standard
tires I use on my Ork vehicles, and figured they would look
good on the front.
I like how funky this thing looks with 2 sets of 'steering'
tires and the big 'drive' tires in the back.
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Here's
the chassis from the back...
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...and
from underneath.
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I've
started on the body work for this thing. The front of this
baby will feature a super-charged engine with the intake
manifold and other goodies sticking out the hole in the
hood.
I'll also be adding a roll cage to this thing to give it
kind of a 'dune buggy' look.
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Here's
a shot from the back showing the passenger compartment.
The jacked up design not only adds to the 'speedy' look
of the thing, it will also help to keep models from falling
off the back of the Trukk.
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Here's
the beginnings of the roll cage. Kind of makes it look like
the demented offspring of a pickup truck, a hot rod, and
a dune buggy.
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As
you can see, I've added some detail work at this stage.
The engine is pretty much good to go, and I've started to
detail the front grill as well.
I've added some support struts for what will be a reinforced
ram and I've also added some center support bars to the
roll cage.
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I've
added some 'diamond plate' plasticard to the bed to give
it some texture. I've also put in some exhaust pipes and
an extra fuel tank.
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Here's
another shot of the udercarriage showing the drive shaft
and the armor plate under the engine compartment. This thing
rides pretty low to the ground in the front, so protecting
the engine is a good idea.
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Update
2/07/11:
I've got the detailing all finished up on this thing,
small rivets, armor plates, the works.
I've also included a grot rigger. Rules wise, I may or
may not equip the trukk with a grot rigger, but I think
he looks cool.
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I've
also got the big shoota as a pintle mount on the roll cage.
The weapon is removable so that I can swap it out for a
rokkit launcha if I want.
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Here's
a shot from the rear showing the tailgate, complete with
glyph and jerry can.
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Here
it is from the opposite angle on the rear...
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...
and a bird's eye view of the passenger compartment. I've
got an extra ammo box and a shoota attached to the side
walls.
At this point, this thing is ready for primer and painting.
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Painting
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Here's
the 'Hot Rod' all painted up and ready for the tabletop.
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Here's
a shot from the opposite side. I opted to leave the grot
rigger off for the time being. I'll probably add him at
a later date, but for now he's 5 points of upgrade that
doesn't see much use.
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From
the right side rear...
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...
and the left side rear.
Bag it an' tag it, boyz. This sucker's done :)
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