My girlfriend want an Ogryn for her future squad and she was complaining that there wasn't any really good models out there. She simply didn't like any of the fifty different one's I showed her. Kind of annoyed I told her to make one herself. Big mistake! She said she didn't know how to do it and that I should make one for her instead of buying her flowers. So I agreed to make her one. I asked her if it should have a buzzsaw or a big gun to wich she replied: "A big sniper gun!" My first thought was "WTF!" but then I thought "Why not?"

So here's the start. Still missing a scope but the guillie suit is getting there:




Cheers

Are you complaining that your girlfriend wants you to make her a model instead of giving her flowers...? (the only time I have ever used violent smilies online).

Ha ha, well I don't buy her flowers anyway...

That's pretty cool. I really like the ogryn approach to the whole weapon: big and ready to be used in close combat (with that bayonet) Love the idea of sneaky ogryn who stands ten feet tall

HAHAH! This thread is so 'mudboy' is not even funny... well, it is... in EVERY aspect. The story AND the model. Since it is for your GF, tell her that it will be "safe" from "The Great Devourer" when I go to Denmark.

Ogryn Sniper? PURE WIN!

Really great idea.

Thanks guys.

He's all finished and ready for priming. The gaze/gause/freaking medic-wrap-around-wound-thingy is a biatch to work with but I hope it will look good when painted.





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Mudboy...you are a nut but a good nut.

Did you put any glue on the gauze or anything to flatten it? I am curious how it will paint. I wonder if there will be loose fibers that are hard to paint. I am excited to see this painted and how well it works when finished.

Looking good Mudboy.

Superglue over the ghillie suit helps to a) attach it b) stiffens the fibres, making painting really easy (even if you shred the edges of the suit).

Laney:D

Cool. You might want to consider removing that bajonet at the end of the gun: in terms of accuracy it will get in the way. As far as accuracy is really an issue for an Ogryn sniper, of course...

Oh, and is that a mold line I see on the gun?

Thanks.

Yeah, the whole suit is drenched in superglue to stiffen it and I also gave it a blast of purity seal just in case.
It'll be interersting to see how it turns out.

Arachas wrote:

Oh, and is that a mold line I see on the gun?

WHAT?!? WHERE??? AARRRGH ..... wait a minute, are you pulling my chain?

The bajonet stays. He's an ogryn!

Not that it would apply to this rifle, but some need the bayonets for accuracy unless they're retooled/resighted:

Q. Why does my M44 (of M91/30) shoot so far to the left (or right) of the point of aim?
A. M44s were sighted in with the bayonet extended. Shooting with the bayonet stowed affects the barrel harmonics and
can change the point of impact by as much as 1 foot per 100 yards. Not all M44s are effected this much or even at all.
Either shoot with the bayonet extended or drift the front sight to compensate for the difference. Similarly M91/30s were
sighted with the bayonet fixed.

Babam, bayonet or no bayonet depending on what you like

Snixy: Accuracy? Realism? Is an OGRYN!!!!

Just justifying his having a bayonet in case its owner enjoys it