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Scratch building a Doomwheel; - but where to start??
Topic Started: 29th June 2005 - 09:48 AM (321 Views)
Frankensqueek
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Its simple enough, I want a doomwheel, cant be arsed to pay £30 from the GW site and I don't like getting Warhammer off ebay, oh yeh, and auctions scare me.

So, the solution is to make one (yay) but im crap with green stuff and I have not much stuff to make it with (boo).

So far I came up with:

-2 peanut butter lids for the wheels, you know, the big ones with the grippy round the edge of the lid. Trouble is, I cant eat 2 jars of PB.

-I got loads of rats from the plague monk sprue to shove in the wheels.

-the odd sythes from the gobbo chariot could make the fizzy pop bang thing at the front.

No i'm stuck. how to make the rest, i only want to use things i already have. Cheaper you see. the hardest part will be finding an engineer for it....

Any help would be great, and i'll be totally stoked if i can get it finished!

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IF you don't want to buy warhammer, stop playing warhammer!
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Frankensqueek
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Dont mean to be picky, Nagash, but that didnt really help

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that wasnt very helpful was it nagash? Especiallywith the fact you have incredible modelling skills, you would probably be one of the best people to help him here, afterall, converted models are often much nicer than GW ones, plus we like individuallity

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-2 peanut butter lids for the wheels, you know, the big ones with the grippy round the edge of the lid. Trouble is, I cant eat 2 jars of PB.


try getting a lot of friends to help :P but its a cool idea
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Ride your bike around your neighbourhood checking recycling boxes until you find two PB lids? As for the Engineer, that I'd recommend you buy rather than scratchbuild...they're just too distinctive. If you do scratchbuild one, I'd suggest a plastic Plague Monk as the base, for the robes and hood. Good luck there though...

You've got a LOT of work to turn a PB lid into a Doomwheel wheel ahead of you. Good luck! :)
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Frankensqueek
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Thanks for the encouragement ;)

I'm determined to do this though, I love the rules way too much!!

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Here's a webpage that might help. It sounds quite rough-looking though, but nothing you can't spruce up with stuff from your bitz box or random stuff from hardware stores.

You could take a look around a hardwarestore when you're getting your stuff, there's bound to be some mechanical-looking stuff you could use to decorate your creation. Lke springs maybe. Ah, just a suggestion, i've found that if you dissect the top part off a standard Bic Lighter, there's these things that look like gears. Just tossing random info at ya :D

If you have spare WLC bitz, you could use the warpstone chassis on it for the engine, plus the engineer. Otherwise, you could use the moulder packmasters too for the engineer, there's the head with the two spikes and the bug-eye goggles, i reckon he could make an engineer.


I've always fancied making a doomwheel with ratogres running inside the wheels, like one of those hamster wheels... :lol:
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I know that was a "bad" answer, but his post was stupid.
IF he was asking how to convert a doomwheel, beasuse he would like some help, sure i would help him.

here is the thing, there are so many who wants to have nice looking models, but don't want to pay for the models.

you have to WORK hard to get a cool looking model. I coul never make a cool model out of a tp and some green stuff.

I understand if you want to delite this, and its ok with me.
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Frankensqueek
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Sorry nagash, im not lazy or anything, but 30 pounds IS too much for a mdel of that size. And I thought i'd just make my own.

Sorry if the wording was a bit out.

I was going to ask advise on building my own screaming bell, but i'd better not.... :unsure:

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Actually, there are quite a few DIY screaming bells around here, check the posts for the last 3 months. Just lots of balsa wood, gs, chariot bits and a bell.
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i'll eat the PB fpr ya! :D

sorry, i can't really help more than that. love to see how this turns out.
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Well, if you don't want to eat that much peanut butter for the lids, I'm sure there's other options as well. Since its going to be your own home made design it wouldn't need to look exactly like the GW version.

Maybe it would have just one very wide wheel? Cut both ends off a small can like for tomato paste, use some balsa to add some spoke type structures on each side then use a Y or U shaped fork that heads off to the stern wheels. Imagine the front forks and handlebars of a bicycle but with one super big fat steamroller type wheel, then the forks drag on the ground behind it with some little wheels where the handle grips would be, then mount a chair or platform in the middle. A platform with various levers and such might be easiest so you wouldn't need to create a sitting skaven. Plop down some engineer looking rat and presto! Doomwheel. Add some lightning rods and tesla coils for good measure.

Or another single wheel idea... maybe you could take a lesson from the "hamster wheel" nickname. Find some clear ball, maybe a plastic christmas tree ornament or something, and put a central axle though it. Sneak in some of the giant rats for movement and rig up a seat or platform for the driver on top.


As for ebay, i've had a great deal of success with it. Not long ago I got a new box of nightrunners for about $18 after shipping for example. Just need to keep what you're looking for in mind, buy from folks with a good rating, look for the longer duration auctions (not the 1-2day things) and all(or mostly) good feedback. Remember to consider the shipping cost too, some folks ask a lot for shipping to the point where you could buy the item new cheeper. Feel free to send them questions too, can use their answers to gague how reliable they are likely to be. Certainly would be the least hassle way of getting one, but making your own could be fun too.
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Frankensqueek
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I've started to make it, but sorry guys, i've decided to make a real naff one made from cardboard. 2 reasons, one my opponent probs wont let me use it, even though he invented some kind of 'Dwarf goat riders', and second, it probably wouldn't turn out all that well in the end anyway, so no point in putting too much effort in.

Having said that, it doesnt stually look that bad. It follows the GW design, because its easiest (though having just read Tilara's post, I might rethink it!). The wheels are cut from a large cardboard tube, a block of polestyrene in the middle holds everything together, back wheel is again cardboard, and is connected to the hull with spears and sheilds (it doesnt look as bad as it sounds!). a cardboard seat is placed on top of the hull with a banner glued to the back. The zappy thing on the front is going to be made from 2 goblin chariot scythes, and dark elf chariot scythes make up the telsa coil things on the sides. Still dont have a clue about the driver, but that doesnt really matter. I'm going to shove all my little rats in the wheels, and then close them off with some spokes (probably more cardboard!)

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Frankensqueek
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Ok, i've finished it, minus the driver.

Its made out of nothing but Cardboard and small peices from my bitz box: rats, spikes and a banner etc.

I'll post pics as soon as i can be bothered to move....

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