Jetpack Orc ride!

In my lat post I wen on about my tech geek side, and did not have any mini related content. So you might not have seen the last post as i did not share the links on G+.

But I did manage to get a bit of work done. Below are two molds I made of my hard drive jumper jetpack. Also the epoxy I am using, I know it is not green stuff, it is some thing I picked up at Lowes as plastic epoxy. It works very well for what I use it for.

 Here the Epoxy is mixed. You see water in the photo as I use that to help with mixing, to limit the stick of the epoxy.

 Here it is pressed into the mold.

 After 15 minutes under a very hot lamp.

Here they are cleaned up and glued on to the boys.

Now here are two I did last week, but did not take a photo of.

Guard squad, and jet packs.

Tonight I finished the painting of a guard squad, they just need basing. Then I took some epoxy putty and pressed it into the jet pack mold. I think this will work from me.

First Jumpa Troopa.

Mad Doc heer, to show off the first of the Fire Jumpas. To make this jumpa, I removed the base, moved the legs a bit, bet the arms in a bit. For the jump I used an old computer hard drive jumper. I put a fin on it, and a wire as the rounded top. I have made three jump packs one I used on this guy the other two I am going to cast. I could not get my camera to play nice today sorry for the shotty photos.

More 15mm Orcs painted this weekend.

This weekend I worked on finishing another squad of Orcs. Note: These minis are OOP and are no longer being sold. I Also removed the banners that were cast on them, and replaced with hand painted ones. I am not going to name the fractions, but you should be able to guess them. The top photos are just of the banners, and a boss with flags added. The photos below are of the 10 boy mob. Now I have counted up all of the MJ Orcs I have, and it turns out to be 110. I have 11 full mobs of 10 boys each. I still have more MJ Orcs just not boys.

Orc Truck kit bash from a just a chassis.

Update 10\21\2013 scroll to the bottom for the final photos of this truck.

From my last post here is my here is the base chassis. I had a front bumper, and push bar in my bitz box. I came up with tires, see my last post.

So now that I have the base, I need to find some more bitz and make a truck out of it. I had some plastic card stock fro the bed bottom.

With the bed I needed sides. Back to the bitz box. Lucky for me I have a ton of old IG tank bitz, and the first item used was a hunter killer launch box. I use one for each bed side. The I added hatch covers for the sides. I also used the hatch covers for a bed extension.

Better view of damage.

Here you can see I added a boost to the engine, and some NOS tanks. Also you can see I have some really bad welding on the bed, and sides. Lets face it, this is a total scrap job.

Now time for the front, I need to add some bitz, and damage. See the kannon behind the driver, as well as the bullet hole, and a hole corner taken out. Also added a spare tire.

Here is a side by side with a stock truck, and this one.

UPDATE!

I primed the truck and want to add the photos. As all ways click for a larger view.

Update.

Below is the truck with a complete dry brushing of metal. I am now going to paint the parts of the truck in the color of the bit, as they were on the original item. The floor of the truck is Rhino hull, and in Rhino blue. The sides will be in IG OD green.

Update 10-6-2013.

I have finished the truck and want to show some before wash, and after was photos. The was is Polyshades stain, and polyurethane, by Mixwax. I just brushed it all over the truck, and let it dry. As all was click the photo to see the larger one. I suggest you look at al of them to see the difference the was makes. The boyz (driver and gunner) are primed ready for paint next.

Before wash.

After wash.

Before wash.

After wash.

Before wash.

After wash.

Before Wash.

After wash.

Before wash.

After wash.

Before wash.

After wash.

UpDate 10\21\2013

I have completed this model, by finishing the Driver and Gunner this weekend. Also I started another project. Here are three photos of the completed truck with crew.

Now I am working on a track, by adding bitz and breaking bitz. Will start a blog post for that one soon.

Noel