jamsessionein
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So after a bit of playtesting, I\'ve come to realize that I do really like bikers. I was sort\'ve miffed that they could no longer screen other units in 40k 4th ed after the new ork codex came out, since that 4+ cover save was really something, but now that we have that back in 5th ed, I\'m willing to give these boyz a go. 
When paired up with what I hope will eventually be 30 lootas, I expect the ridiculous amounts of ork shooting I will have flying around the table during my games will be more than rewarding.
This will probably be a pretty slow project, since I\'ve got a lot going on right now and little time to bash these together, but I figured I\'d throw what I\'ve done up here so far and look for ideas (see the end of the post).
As of right now, I have the parts to make 21 of the newer bikes, though I expect I\'ll need at least two more boxes - one for making a Wazdakka bike, and one for the extra 3 bikers I\'ll need for an even two dozen. Below is the start of the first six I\'ve put together so far.
I will admit that they\'re not that technically impressive, but I\'m starting to get the hang of them. My ideal goal is to have no two bikes quite the same, but I may find that a bit difficult as I get further on in. The first four I put together were pretty much stock bikes as I swapped bits and pieces around from the kits so I had unique front plates (by the handlebars) for all of them.
These are all pretty straightforward. The only things I\'ve been changing are the weapons the riders have, but I\'m not sure why - something in the back of my head says I might want to save some of the warbiker parts to make squads of \'trukk boyz\' later, since I have like six or seven trukk kits lying around in my apartment now that need to be built.
The riders on all of the bikes are pinned together, since I am obsessive about my miniatures being solidly constructed. They are removable to facilitate painting easier, and when it\'s all painted up I\'ll just glue them down onto their seats (there is a pin sticking out of each seat on the bike for them to pin to)
These two I started getting a bit more adventurous:
The one with the gun between the handlebars is something I have been considering continuing. I have a bunch of those guns - spares from warmachines mercenary warjacks - that fit comfortably in that space with a bit of hacking down. Obviously, just that front gun is not enough, so I strapped an autocannon onto his bike.
The one below that is something of a play on the older ork bikes - I used the guns and front plate from one of GW\'s old plastic bike kits to somewhat reproduce the older edition outline.
I expect about half the bikes in my squads won\'t have guards over their front tires, since I like the \'chopper\' ish appearance they have without all that weight on the front.
And a group shot:
I\'m starting to struggle to come up with interesting weapons combinations for these bikes. I have a couple heavy bolters I\'m going to use for the next few, but a majority of my heavy weapons collection does not work for this - weapons from devastators like plasma or lascannons don\'t make any sense on a bike (unless it\'s Wazdakka) since they\'re essentially firing big shootas. I would really like to save a couple of the guns from these bikes for use in other conversions down the road, though, so I expect I\'ll end up scratch building a few weapons.
Anyway, that\'s all so far.
When paired up with what I hope will eventually be 30 lootas, I expect the ridiculous amounts of ork shooting I will have flying around the table during my games will be more than rewarding. This will probably be a pretty slow project, since I\'ve got a lot going on right now and little time to bash these together, but I figured I\'d throw what I\'ve done up here so far and look for ideas (see the end of the post).
As of right now, I have the parts to make 21 of the newer bikes, though I expect I\'ll need at least two more boxes - one for making a Wazdakka bike, and one for the extra 3 bikers I\'ll need for an even two dozen. Below is the start of the first six I\'ve put together so far.
I will admit that they\'re not that technically impressive, but I\'m starting to get the hang of them. My ideal goal is to have no two bikes quite the same, but I may find that a bit difficult as I get further on in. The first four I put together were pretty much stock bikes as I swapped bits and pieces around from the kits so I had unique front plates (by the handlebars) for all of them.
These are all pretty straightforward. The only things I\'ve been changing are the weapons the riders have, but I\'m not sure why - something in the back of my head says I might want to save some of the warbiker parts to make squads of \'trukk boyz\' later, since I have like six or seven trukk kits lying around in my apartment now that need to be built.
The riders on all of the bikes are pinned together, since I am obsessive about my miniatures being solidly constructed. They are removable to facilitate painting easier, and when it\'s all painted up I\'ll just glue them down onto their seats (there is a pin sticking out of each seat on the bike for them to pin to)
These two I started getting a bit more adventurous:
The one with the gun between the handlebars is something I have been considering continuing. I have a bunch of those guns - spares from warmachines mercenary warjacks - that fit comfortably in that space with a bit of hacking down. Obviously, just that front gun is not enough, so I strapped an autocannon onto his bike.
The one below that is something of a play on the older ork bikes - I used the guns and front plate from one of GW\'s old plastic bike kits to somewhat reproduce the older edition outline.
I expect about half the bikes in my squads won\'t have guards over their front tires, since I like the \'chopper\' ish appearance they have without all that weight on the front.
And a group shot:
I\'m starting to struggle to come up with interesting weapons combinations for these bikes. I have a couple heavy bolters I\'m going to use for the next few, but a majority of my heavy weapons collection does not work for this - weapons from devastators like plasma or lascannons don\'t make any sense on a bike (unless it\'s Wazdakka) since they\'re essentially firing big shootas. I would really like to save a couple of the guns from these bikes for use in other conversions down the road, though, so I expect I\'ll end up scratch building a few weapons.
Anyway, that\'s all so far.
