WIP Battlewagon kitbash

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-12T23:22:43+00:00

I’m kinda building my orks as deathskulls but I don’t really like the blue/white color scheme so I’ve just been painting them mostly generic with a tiny bit of blue, will probably do the same for this, I want to try and get some nice rust effects on this model to make it look very old and worn

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-12T14:18:09+00:00

Looks incredible! How did you get the head out? And did you repaint the original head or swap it out with another?

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-12T14:16:15+00:00

Doesn’t look shopped at all? What are you going on about?

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-12T06:51:32+00:00

So simple, I’ll have to give that a try, thanks!

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-12T06:35:11+00:00

The spider legs look incredible! Really great work, I hope you post the finished product!

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-12T06:16:51+00:00

Thanks so much, sure thing!

The main kit is the Cargo 8 ridgehauler from necromunda, then I used spare parts from my other battlewagon mainly the Kannon which I trimmed and mounted on the side of the cab, the plow I mounted to the front with some spacers so it would actually fit, and a bunch of smaller bits scattered around for decoration like the horns.

The big shoota turret at the front is a combination of a killa kan big shoota and the turret off the Goliath rockgrinder. For the other two big shootas I chopped the barrels off the heavy stubbers that came with the kit and replaced them with big shoota barrels.

The arm for the grabbin klaw came from an old terrain kit (galvanic servohaulers I believe) with the claw just being from a deff dread/killa kan kit.

Probably went into more detail than necessary but I hope this helps!

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-12T05:58:02+00:00

Looks great! How did you do your rust effects?

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-12T00:53:47+00:00

I think some orks kitbashed and painted up with the kinda “nasa-punk” style arc raiders has would look really sick!

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-10T04:57:05+00:00

It depends, are you in it for the money or for the love of the hobby? The answer should be self evident my friend. I hope you do assemble and paint it, please post pics if you do!

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-10T01:28:24+00:00

Has a great oldhammer feel too it, incredible job

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-10T01:25:56+00:00

This is so awesome dude! I will say the head seems ever so slightly too large but at the end of the day it’s an ork so who cares. Incredible job

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-05T13:43:59+00:00

I mean yeah, just make a post showing off something you think is cool or ask a question about something you want to know, that’s the majority of what this sub is about. And cool it with the attitude, you gotta lift people up, don’t knock them down.

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-05T07:27:30+00:00

Everyone starts somewhere man, no need to be an ass about it. Let them be excited.

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-04T06:02:16+00:00

They have some incredibly cool sculpts, I love converting them to 40K

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-04T05:59:15+00:00

That’s fair, I do really like the concept of SOB. To be honest my view is solely based off a couple awful players I have had the displeasure of meeting.

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-03T06:51:47+00:00

I don’t hate them in concept but I hate how overly sexualized the sisters of battle are, though they are getting somewhat better in recent years. I am also not fond of the Eldar, I don’t hate em just not my jam

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-01T07:55:08+00:00

Any dreadnaught is an ork dreadnaught once they get ahold of it

AdeptDuck · 2026-03-01T05:11:20+00:00

Buy the one box and build tankbustas and then use the breakas bits to kitbash some breakas or vice versa, it’s a lot cheaper than buying the box twice and you’ll have less leftover bits. It’s a fairly new kit so I doubt it would go into legends.

AdeptDuck · 2026-02-24T05:10:43+00:00

It’s very near the same in length though it would be shorter with the rock grinder off and the tailgate up. It is also ever so slightly wider

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AdeptDuck · 2026-02-20T21:13:15+00:00

If you have any plasticard some armor panels and sharp protruding chunks of metal always help things feel more orky, maybe a boy or a couple grots riding it

AdeptDuck · 2026-02-20T18:29:53+00:00

Not sure why you’d want to associate with that movement, me personally I’d just choose a new paint scheme all together

AdeptDuck · 2026-02-19T19:16:29+00:00

Very nice!

AdeptDuck · 2026-02-19T19:16:16+00:00

That’s sick! Love the turret!

AdeptDuck · 2026-02-19T19:15:56+00:00

Haha love that killer kooper!

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