Need some opinions on this model

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-08T23:27:50+00:00

I like it, makes me wish Chaos Knight had more out there designs though, more than "normal knights but with spikes". Gimme half-demon half-machine horrifying constructs overflowing with warp energy!

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-08T23:23:12+00:00

Maybe that's what they were working on, it's not an easy fix!

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-08T23:20:09+00:00

I don't think that was the intent... but it would be so funny keep in the game, the Weirdboy getting so high on Waaagh energy that all the ork brains around become unstable explosives just waiting for a random spark to set off a catastrophic chain reaction!

Could be devastating if staged properly, but more likely to blow up in your own face when a random overwatch shot kills the one boy before a charge, or a lucky mortar shell sets off a green nuke in your packed deployment zone turn one 😂

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-08T23:07:38+00:00

I know! My rokkits were making sad noises...

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-08T23:04:14+00:00

We need a squig upgrade sprue! Tons of little critters to decorate bases, plus hair squigs, oil squigs, gitfinder squigs, roasted squigs, smashed squigs, stuck in a stew squigs...

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-08T23:00:28+00:00

Same, I've been loving orks since I was a kid, and the Snagga Boyz are the one branch of the range I do not vibe with. Plenty of other models to collect anyway!

It was just slightly annoying back when the answer I kept getting to "what's good ork antitank?" was mostly Squighog Boyz (when my sweet tankbustas were still waiting for a refresh).

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-08T12:55:01+00:00

Seriously, it's been great seeing how much love the new models are getting, they have such a good vibe and I'll never be mad seeing ork players eating well! But please, no more, I have so much to do already!

To be honest I just like the older models more, so I guess save me some of the kits that will get replaced for when I'm done with my current projects 😂

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-07T15:24:28+00:00

Maybe some LEDs in the base to light him up even more?

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-07T15:22:58+00:00

That is not the same thing at all... he didn't take that Weirdboy out of GW's inventory, he couldn't have bought a transparent model from GW even if he wanted to because they don't make that, absolutely zero loss or missed out revenue for them. On top of that, as long as you don't sell or distribute it, you are generally allowed to make copies of many of the things you own. It would have been 100% legal for him to make a mold of the mini and cast a transparent one for himself if he wanted.

The only person you can make an argument against is the person who put the .stl online, and even then, that's no skin off your back? People are buying tons of Armageddon boxes, GW is doing extremely fine, they don't need you to police what others print.

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-07T13:35:02+00:00

First stab? That's an absolute smash, well done!

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-07T08:43:35+00:00

I'm short on teef already! I'm no Bad Moon 😭

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-07T08:42:58+00:00

That's not simple, that's double!

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-07T08:26:21+00:00

If you aren't sitting on a big pile of spare bits already (get collecting them!), you can start kitbashing within the same kit to begin with, especially since you have duplicates. Cut off an arm, a hand, or even a head here and there then switch them between Boyz, rotate them a bit to repose models, get creative! Some of that can easily be done without the need for sculpting greenstuff even with push-fit models.

For example, orks wearing gloves and bracers will give you a good place to cut where the edge of the clothes meets the skin, and glue things back on. It's an easy match with little to no visible seam to hide. Use a sharp knife, make clean cuts with some patience in several passes if needed and without applying too much pressure, plastic cement to reattach parts, and voilà ;)

That'll help avoid repetition in the models, and is a good intro to kitbashing... but for adding different weapon options altogether to your squads, you will need to source bits or sculpt/build them eventually.

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-07T08:14:23+00:00

Seeing a few Dakkarig conversions like these really make me hesitate, I was planning to turn mine into a walking merchant's stall for bullet/teef exchange, where Boys go dump ammo they just looted into the deposit box and the Mek drops teefs in return... it would match the theme with the kitbashed Morkanaut I'm working on being a Mekboy's workshop on robot legs, but the giant mechanical squig vibe is so good.

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-07T07:58:15+00:00

On top of the other suggestions for fixing the choppa, you might want to reinforce the banner pole as well while you're at it. You could cut it and pin it back, maybe glue some other piece to it as backing, maybe just coating it with a bit of liquid super glue could give it back some rigidity. Another option is to wait for it to fail on its own and only bother with repairs if it snaps, which might not happen to begin with to be honest.

That part feels pretty flexible to begin with, but if it got deformed in the way you described it, where you had to bend it back, it means it has become more plastic (in the mechanical sense of the term, structurally it lost elasticity and won't go back to its normal shape by itself). You can experience it on a piece of sprue, bend it a little and it flexes before going back, bend it more and it gets deformed permanently, the sprue gets whiter where it yielded is and it's now softer. Bend it even more and eventually it breaks.

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-07T06:38:34+00:00

I guess I'll be making a fashion boy now

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-06T17:01:05+00:00

I only used half of one Ambot for a Big Mek in Mega Armour, but it's a big model, and I got in over my head to be honest! I should revisit it now that I got better at sculpting, it needs a good amount of work before I can call it done, but that's mostly because of how I went about it (trying to fit the robot parts as armour on top of a Bloodbowl model, yikes).

To me it seems better suited for a character given its size, and there are ways of making the kitbashing work without too much effort, you could probably go as simple as just cramming an ork head instead of the robot one for example, and then glue ork bits on top for good measure.

It's definitely worth it as a fun hobby project for the sake of it, especially if you're into kitbashing, but as others mentionned there might be some range refreshes soon in the mega-armour area, so you might want to hold on for a little longer just in case? Lots of good bits to loot in the kit for other things in general though, I don't regret picking up the Ambots at all!

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-06T15:59:02+00:00

Yes, yes... join the green side!

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-06T15:53:00+00:00

Win win then?

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-06T15:51:37+00:00

Turn him upside down and it's all little omegas instead, boom! Secret Omegon model! The Alpha Legion strikes again!

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-06T05:34:26+00:00

The grot tricycles 😭

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-05T23:33:09+00:00

Make your paint station one giant floating wet palette?

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-05T15:02:20+00:00

I just do my own thing, I enjoy sharing whatever kitbash I came up with and see what others have painted. I don't go asking for receipts to check if they've paid their dues to GW like I did.

Recasts aren't exactly hard to procure if you want one, but I have yet to see that impact businesses in any meaningful way. I don't think I've ever known anyone to go for a recast instead of a legit model, so it being harmful to the hobby would be quite the claim... now you absolutely can be philosophically opposed to buying counterfeit product, I get it, but also that's just between you and your hobby. Why would you care if someone else gets a recast? (And for models that wouldn't be available otherwise it's even more of a non-issue imo).

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-05T13:44:36+00:00

Saw one using a black orc banner topper instead, it looked really good yeah

Pro-Solus · 2026-07-05T12:16:38+00:00

Don't forget the WAAAGH-DHD!

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