Ork Looted Tank

I finished up my this looted tank in a traditional red paint job to ensure maximum speed! 

The tank commander was pieced together using the torso from the GW Grot kit and a head from my bits box. The arms were sculpted from green stuff as were the sleeves and collar of his shirt.

For details on how I pieced together this build check out my previous two 'Work in Progress' posts linked below:

WIP - Ork Looted Tank 2

WIP - Ork Looted Tank 1

Grot Tank

I found these World War Toons Sherman tanks from MENG at Hobby Lobby. You can also find them at your local hobby store or online. They run between $7-$15 each.

The aesthetic is very similar to the Hasegawa Egg planes I've been using to make Grot Dakka Jets. The obvious next step was to make some Grot Tanks so I got about building. Unfortunately I forgot to take WIP photos but I do have this before/after example to give you an idea of the work I did:

MENG makes several variants of these tanks and they all share a toony quality. I used a few bits and a bunch of styrene scrap to convert the tank. I also used greenstuff to make the weld lines. The model was airbrushed with Vallejo paints of various tones of red and detailed with Vallejo acrylics. Most of the metallic were achieved with graphite powder. After the painting was completed I washed it all in oil paints and sealed it with a mat finish and touched up the graphite areas.

IPMS Las Vegas Best of The West 2018

This past weekend I attended the IPMS Las Vegas Best of the West model show held at the East Side Cannery. There were hundreds of models on display varying in subject from rotary aircraft, to Sci-Fi figures, to WWII armor. I entered models into the Sci-Fi Figure, Sci-Fi Vehicle, Sci-Fi Diorama, and Collections categories. 

There were impressive works featuring the best in paint, construction, and engineering. Perhaps the most wow factor came from Hero Endo who, among other models, created the below floating grav-tank.

This is just one of the dozens of tables filling the hall.

There were a great number of war game models on display.

While this titan diorama was impressive, and came away with an award, it pains me to see so much resin tied down to a diorama!

There were many other impressive entries in the Sci-Fi and Figure categories:

 

 

 

 

 

An ever growing subject, there was no shortage of Gundam and Mechs on display!

 

One outstanding entry was this lot of gaming terrain which was entered as a collection. These are for use with WWII tabletop games and featured both intact and damaged versions.

 

As always many fantastic vendors were on hand and I picked up a few good sci-fi kits to add to my collection. War Room Games was on hand selling their wares and displaying product like these well painted Tau and Space Marine armies:

 

In the end I placed second in three categories: Sci-Fi Vehicles, Collections, and Sci-Fi Dioramas

Now I'm back at the hobby table and working on getting ready for this year's IPMS National Convention which will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center August 1st-4th.