Last year, in my final post before Christmas, I mentioned that one of my sisters had given me the Forge World Ork Nob Warbiker set, and that, instead of the usual 3, I was trying to squeeze 5 bikes from it. When I looked at the kit I realised there were too many cool parts to use, and I didn't want them to simply disappear into my box of spares. And besides, why have some when you can have many? I promised to share the other two bikes when they were done, so now I'm making good on that.
These two are mainly made from the pieces in the kit, except, crucially, I had to use the cut-down chassis from an old Space Marine Bike, in order to provide most of the structure of the first one above (the one with the caterpillar tracks at the front). Fortunately some of those left-over bits from the Nob Biker kit allowed me to almost completely hide the old Marine bike behind greenskin gubbins. You can still make out the engine block in a couple of the images, though I subtly changed its profile by trimming the foot plates from beneath it.
The other one got the trike wheels at the back, so I decided to use that wider rear space to mount a diminutive hanger on. He's probably got a very hot left foot right now from the overtaxed exhaust that he's precariously balanced above. I also figured I'd bring in a fresh Ork head for the rider. One with a piece of iron bolted to the side of its jaw, which I grabbed from the Age of Sigmar Orruk Brutes set. I think mixing in a few odd pieces from other kits, and slightly varying my painting style helps to get across the idea that Orks grow to different sizes, can have a range of skin tones, get injured differently, wear different prosthetics and like to tinker with all their equipment. Basically, in short, each and every Ork and Ork vehicle can be unique. Something which is fun, if a little time-consuming, to try to capture across an entire army.
So I'll finish off with a quick snap of the gang getting their rev on, ready to go start a fight someplace.
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