So, as an option for building vehicles that are either hard to find, out of production, or expensive collectors items, I have found myself drawn into the scratchbuilding world using paper.
Eli Patoroch has some great designs, and you can links to his files on Zealot and Paper Modeler forums (look for Armorman's thrreads) and Facebook with Warhammer Paperfabricators. The guy is a legend creating paper models to vehicles GW and Forgeworld have yet to make... But he also has a ton of vehicles that are unique in that they are real world armored vehicles with 40K features (bolters, autocannons, lascannons in lieu of the real world equivelents).
Patoroch is not the only source however, as Genet Models has designs that are very well suited to the scenarios encountered on Angelis in Gorkamorka. One in particular is this 4x4:
There are a few others, like the 6x6 and convoy models in both 28mm and 15mm scale that would serve well for Gorkers, Morkers, and Diggas to run as 'looted' with some kit bashing, Since I'm trying to piece together some Dustrats, I might end up using this as the basis for kit bashing some Light Recce vehicles as the above armored car is beyond the scope of Gorkamorka (and the BMP replacement for the Chimera as well).
It's a toss up for the Dustrat Support and Salvage Vehicle though! Either designer has a few designs that would provide a great basis for that vehicle!
I'll see what I can come up with, and if there is a lot of interest here in Yaktribe, I will certainly have to post a build thread. I love getting constructive criticism and input from the model builders out there for methods and techniques. If you have never used paper before, let me tell you, it is pretty awesome with how closely you can get it to resemble the real thing, especially when you go the extra step or two to prime and paint the models. While cost is my primary concern, paper is cheap and available; many designs can be adapted to sheets of styrene plasti-card without too much effort (i.e. don't worry about bend tabs at that point).
Eli Patoroch has some great designs, and you can links to his files on Zealot and Paper Modeler forums (look for Armorman's thrreads) and Facebook with Warhammer Paperfabricators. The guy is a legend creating paper models to vehicles GW and Forgeworld have yet to make... But he also has a ton of vehicles that are unique in that they are real world armored vehicles with 40K features (bolters, autocannons, lascannons in lieu of the real world equivelents).
Patoroch is not the only source however, as Genet Models has designs that are very well suited to the scenarios encountered on Angelis in Gorkamorka. One in particular is this 4x4:
There are a few others, like the 6x6 and convoy models in both 28mm and 15mm scale that would serve well for Gorkers, Morkers, and Diggas to run as 'looted' with some kit bashing, Since I'm trying to piece together some Dustrats, I might end up using this as the basis for kit bashing some Light Recce vehicles as the above armored car is beyond the scope of Gorkamorka (and the BMP replacement for the Chimera as well).
It's a toss up for the Dustrat Support and Salvage Vehicle though! Either designer has a few designs that would provide a great basis for that vehicle!
I'll see what I can come up with, and if there is a lot of interest here in Yaktribe, I will certainly have to post a build thread. I love getting constructive criticism and input from the model builders out there for methods and techniques. If you have never used paper before, let me tell you, it is pretty awesome with how closely you can get it to resemble the real thing, especially when you go the extra step or two to prime and paint the models. While cost is my primary concern, paper is cheap and available; many designs can be adapted to sheets of styrene plasti-card without too much effort (i.e. don't worry about bend tabs at that point).
